A 5' dystrophin duplication mutation causes membrane deficiency of alpha-dystroglycan in a family with X-linked cardiomyopathy

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
R D BiesK P Campbell

Abstract

5'-mutations in the dystrophin gene can result in cardiomyopathy without clinically-apparent skeletal myopathy. The effect of dystrophin mutations on the assembly and stability of the dystrophin associated protein (DAP) complex in human heart are not fully understood. The molecular defect in the dystrophin complex was explored in a family with an X-linked pedigree and severe dilated cardiomyopathy. Dystrophin gene analysis demonstrated a 5' duplication involving exons 2-7, which encodes the N-terminal actin binding domain of dystrophin. Ribonuclease protection and PCR assays demonstrated a reduction in muscle promoter transcribed dystrophin mRNA in the heart compared to skeletal muscle. A deficiency of cardiac dystrophin protein was observed by Western blot and lack of membrane localization by immunocytochemistry. The cardiac expression of the dystrophin related protein utrophin was increased, and the 43 kDa (beta-dystroglycan), 50 kDa (alpha-sarcoglycan) and 59 kDa (syntrophin) dystrophin associated proteins (DAPs) were co-isolated and present in nearly normal amounts in the membrane. However, cardiac dystrophin deficiency and increased utrophin expression were associated with loss of extracellular 156 kDa dystrophin associate...Continue Reading

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