Abstract |
Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts (MLC) is a progressive cerebral white matter disease with onset in childhood, caused by mutations in the MLC1 gene. MLC1 is a protein with unknown function that is mainly expressed in the brain in astrocytic endfeet at the blood-brain and cerebrospinal fluid-brain barriers. It shares its localization at astrocytic endfeet with the dystrophin-associated glycoprotein complex (DGC). The objective of the present study was to investigate the possible association of MLC1 with the DGC. To test this hypothesis, (co)-localization of DGC- proteins and MLC1 was analyzed by immunohistochemical stainings in gliotic brain tissue from a patient with multiple sclerosis, in glioblastoma tissue and in brain tissue from an MLC patient. In control tissue, a direct protein interaction was tested by immunoprecipitation. Results revealed that MLC1 is co-localized with DGC- proteins in gliotic brain tissue. We demonstrated that both MLC1 and aquaporin-4, a member of the DGC, were redistributed in glioblastoma cells. In MLC brain tissue, we showed absence of MLC1 and altered expression of several DGC- proteins. We demonstrated a direct protein interaction between MLC1 and Kir4.1. From these results we conclude that MLC1 is associated with the DGC at astrocytic endfeet.
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Authors | Ilja Boor, Machiel Nagtegaal, Wouter Kamphorst, Paul van der Valk, Jan C Pronk, Jack van Horssen, Argirios Dinopoulos, Kevin E Bove, Ignacio Pascual-Castroviejo, Francesco Muntoni, Raúl Estévez, Gert C Scheper, Marjo S van der Knaap |
Journal | Acta neuropathologica
(Acta Neuropathol)
Vol. 114
Issue 4
Pg. 403-10
(Oct 2007)
ISSN: 0001-6322 [Print] Germany |
PMID | 17628813
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- AQP4 protein, human
- Aquaporin 4
- Dystrophin-Associated Protein Complex
- Glycoproteins
- Kcnj10 (channel)
- MLC1 protein, human
- Membrane Proteins
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying
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Topics |
- Aquaporin 4
(metabolism)
- Astrocytes
(metabolism, pathology)
- Blotting, Western
- Brain
(metabolism, pathology)
- Brain Neoplasms
(metabolism)
- Central Nervous System Cysts
(metabolism, pathology)
- Dystrophin-Associated Protein Complex
(metabolism)
- Glioma
(metabolism)
- Glycoproteins
(metabolism)
- Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
(metabolism, pathology)
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Immunoprecipitation
- Membrane Proteins
(metabolism)
- Multiple Sclerosis
(metabolism)
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying
(metabolism)
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