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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 56-64 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Nature Cell Biology |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 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.).
| Funders | Funder number |
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| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | |
| National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Blood Pressure Program | R01HL069000 |
| 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