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ArticlePloS one2013

Mutations in LMNA modulate the lamin A--Nesprin-2 interaction and cause LINC complex alterations.

Liu Yang, Martina Munck, Karthic Swaminathan, Larisa E Kapinos, Angelika A Noegel, Sascha Neumann

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Liu YangInstitute for Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC) and Cologne Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Martina Munck
Karthic Swaminathan
Larisa E Kapinos
Angelika A Noegel
Sascha Neumann
University of Cologne · DECologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated Diseases · DEUniversity of Basel · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn eukaryotes the genetic material is enclosed by a continuous membrane system, the nuclear envelope (NE). Along the NE specific proteins assemble to form meshworks and mutations in these proteins have been described in a group of human diseases called laminopathies. Laminopathies include lipodystrophies, muscle and cardiac diseases as well as metabolic or progeroid syndromes. Most laminopathies are caused by mutations in the LMNAgene encoding lamins A/C. Together with Nesprins (Nuclear Envelope Spectrin Repeat Proteins) they are core components of the LINC complex (Linker of Nucleoskeleton and Cytoskeleton). The LINC complex connects the nucleoskeleton and the cytoskeleton and plays a role in the transfer of mechanically induced signals along the NE into the nucleus, and its components have been attributed functions in maintaining nuclear and cellular organization as well as signal transduction.

resultsHere we narrowed down the interaction sites between lamin A and Nesprin-2 to aa 403-425 in lamin A and aa 6146-6347 in Nesprin-2. Laminopathic mutations in and around the involved region of lamin A (R401C, G411D, G413C, V415I, R419C, L421P, R427G, Q432X) modulate the interaction with Nesprin-2 and this may contribute to the disease phenotype. The most notable mutation is the lamin A mutation Q432X that alters LINC complex protein assemblies and causes chromosomal and transcription factor rearrangements.

conclusionMutations in Nesprin-2 and lamin A are characterised by complex genotype phenotype relations. Our data show that each mutation in LMNAanalysed here has a distinct impact on the interaction among both proteins that substantially explains how distinct mutations in widely expressed genes lead to the formation of phenotypically different diseases.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell Line, TumorChlorocebus aethiopsChromatinCOS CellsCytoskeletonGenetic Diseases, InbornHumansLamin Type AMiceMicrofilament ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataMutation, MissenseNerve Tissue ProteinsNuclear EnvelopeChromatinLamin Type ALMNA protein, humanMicrofilament ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsNuclear ProteinsSYNE2 protein, human

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PMID23977161
PMCPMC3748058
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