Obscurin is required for ankyrinB-dependent dystrophin localization and sarcolemma integrity

J Cell Biol. 2013 Feb 18;200(4):523-36. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201205118.

Abstract

Obscurin is a large myofibrillar protein that contains several interacting modules, one of which mediates binding to muscle-specific ankyrins. Interaction between obscurin and the muscle-specific ankyrin sAnk1.5 regulates the organization of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in striated muscles. Additional muscle-specific ankyrin isoforms, ankB and ankG, are localized at the subsarcolemma level, at which they contribute to the organization of dystrophin and β-dystroglycan at costameres. In this paper, we report that in mice deficient for obscurin, ankB was displaced from its localization at the M band, whereas localization of ankG at the Z disk was not affected. In obscurin KO mice, localization at costameres of dystrophin, but not of β-dystroglycan, was altered, and the subsarcolemma microtubule cytoskeleton was disrupted. In addition, these mutant mice displayed marked sarcolemmal fragility and reduced muscle exercise tolerance. Altogether, the results support a model in which obscurin, by targeting ankB at the M band, contributes to the organization of subsarcolemma microtubules, localization of dystrophin at costameres, and maintenance of sarcolemmal integrity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Ankyrins / analysis
  • Ankyrins / metabolism
  • Ankyrins / physiology*
  • Costameres / metabolism
  • Cytoskeleton / metabolism
  • Cytoskeleton / ultrastructure
  • Dystroglycans / metabolism
  • Dystrophin / analysis
  • Dystrophin / metabolism*
  • Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors / genetics
  • Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors / metabolism
  • Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors / physiology*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Microtubules / metabolism
  • Microtubules / ultrastructure
  • Models, Biological
  • Muscle Proteins / genetics
  • Muscle Proteins / metabolism
  • Muscle Proteins / physiology*
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Protein Transport
  • Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
  • Sarcolemma / metabolism*
  • Sarcolemma / ultrastructure

Substances

  • Ank2 protein, mouse
  • Ank3 protein, mouse
  • Ankyrins
  • Dystrophin
  • Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
  • Muscle Proteins
  • Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
  • Dystroglycans
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • obscn protein, mouse