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ArticleNature communications2015

Drebrin-like protein DBN-1 is a sarcomere component that stabilizes actin filaments during muscle contraction.

Eugenia Butkevich, Kai Bodensiek, Nikta Fakhri, Kerstin von Roden, Iwan A T Schaap, Irina Majoul, Christoph F Schmidt, Dieter R Klopfenstein

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Article in Nature communications, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Eugenia ButkevichDrittes Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universität, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Kai BodensiekDrittes Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universität, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Nikta FakhriDrittes Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universität, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1261-7465
Kerstin von RodenDrittes Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universität, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Iwan A T SchaapDrittes Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universität, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6665-5104
Irina MajoulInstitute of Biology, Center for Structural and Cell Biology in Medicine, University of Lübeck, 23538 Lübeck, Germany.
Christoph F SchmidtDrittes Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universität, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Dieter R KlopfensteinDrittes Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universität, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
University of Göttingen · DENanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain Cluster of Excellence 171 — DFG Research Center 103 · DEUniversity of Lübeck · DE

Funding

Enhancing and expanding the CGC Strain CollectionP40OD010440 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Ann E. Rougvie · 2012 to 2026
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NIH HHS P40 OD010440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Actin filament organization and stability in the sarcomeres of muscle cells are critical for force generation. Here we identify and functionally characterize a Caenorhabditis elegans drebrin-like protein DBN-1 as a novel constituent of the muscle contraction machinery. In vitro, DBN-1 exhibits actin filament binding and bundling activity. In vivo, DBN-1 is expressed in body wall muscles of C. elegans. During the muscle contraction cycle, DBN-1 alternates location between myosin- and actin-rich regions of the sarcomere. In contracted muscle, DBN-1 is accumulated at I-bands where it likely regulates proper spacing of α-actinin and tropomyosin and protects actin filaments from the interaction with ADF/cofilin. DBN-1 loss of function results in the partial depolymerization of F-actin during muscle contraction. Taken together, our data show that DBN-1 organizes the muscle contractile apparatus maintaining the spatial relationship between actin-binding proteins such as α-actinin, tropomyosin and ADF/cofilin and possibly strengthening actin filaments by bundling.

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Actin CytoskeletonAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsChlorocebus aethiopsCOS CellsGene Expression RegulationMicroscopy, FluorescenceMuscle ContractionMuscle, SkeletalNeuropeptidesPromoter Regions, GeneticSarcomeresCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsdrebrinsNeuropeptides

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PMID26146072
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