MG53 nucleates assembly of cell membrane repair machinery

Chuanxi Cai, Haruko Masumiya, Noah Weisleder, Noriyuki Matsuda, Miyuki Nishi, Moonsun Hwang, Jae Kyun Ko, Peihui Lin, Angela Thornton, Xiaoli Zhao, Zui Pan, Shinji Komazaki, Marco Brotto, Hiroshi Takeshima, Jianjie Ma

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Abstract

Dynamic membrane repair and remodelling is an elemental process that maintains cell integrity and mediates efficient cellular function. Here we report that MG53, a muscle-specific tripartite motif family protein (TRIM72), is a component of the sarcolemmal membrane-repair machinery. MG53 interacts with phosphatidylserine to associate with intracellular vesicles that traffic to and fuse with sarcolemmal membranes. Mice null for MG53 show progressive myopathy and reduced exercise capability, associated with defective membrane-repair capacity. Injury of the sarcolemmal membrane leads to entry of the extracellular oxidative environment and MG53 oligomerization, resulting in recruitment of MG53-containing vesicles to the injury site. After vesicle translocation, entry of extracellular Ca2+ facilitates vesicle fusion to reseal the membrane. Our data indicate that intracellular vesicle translocation and Ca2+-dependent membrane fusion are distinct steps involved in the repair of membrane damage and that MG53 may initiate the assembly of the membrane repair machinery in an oxidation-dependent manner.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)56-64
Number of pages9
JournalNature Cell Biology
Volume11
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

Funding

We thank Michael Reid, Jerome Parness, and Heping Cheng for helpful suggestions to this work. Yi Chu provided assistance in data processing and graphic conversions. We also thank the Cancer Institute of New Jersey Tissue Analytic Services Shared Resource and the UMDNJ-Cell Imaging Core facility, which is supported by NCRR from NIH, for providing assistance with imaging. This work was supported by grants from NIH (J.M.), Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan (H.T.) and the American Heart Association (C.C., N.W., M.B.).

FundersFunder number
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Blood Pressure ProgramR01HL069000
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Blood Pressure Program
National Center for Research Resources
American the American Heart Association
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Rutgers University
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Cell Biology

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