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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-2
pubmed:abstractText
Densin is a member of LAP (leucine-rich repeat and PDZ domain) protein family that localizes in kidney to slit diaphragms, which are essential components of the glomerular filtration barrier. We have previously shown that densin interacts with a crucial slit diaphragm protein, nephrin. Here, we searched for novel binding partners of densin by yeast-two hybrid assay and identified beta-catenin. The interaction was confirmed by reciprocal co-immunoprecipitation assay and the binding site in densin was determined by GST-pull down assays. The GST-tagged densin was also able to pull down P-cadherin together with beta-catenin from human kidney glomerular lysates. Furthermore, densin co-localized with beta-catenin and F-actin in cell-cell contacts in cultured mouse podocytes. During cell-cell contact disruption and reformation densin and beta-catenin were dislocated from and relocated back to plasma membrane in a similar fashion. These and our previous findings suggest that densin may associate with the cadherin-catenin and nephrin complex(es), and may be involved in the formation of the cell-cell contacts including the slit diaphragm.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0300-8177
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
305
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9-18
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17581699-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17581699-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:17581699-Cadherins, pubmed-meshheading:17581699-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:17581699-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:17581699-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17581699-Intercellular Junctions, pubmed-meshheading:17581699-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17581699-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17581699-Multiprotein Complexes, pubmed-meshheading:17581699-Podocytes, pubmed-meshheading:17581699-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:17581699-Protein Interaction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:17581699-Puromycin Aminonucleoside, pubmed-meshheading:17581699-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17581699-Sialoglycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:17581699-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:17581699-beta Catenin
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Densin and beta-catenin form a complex and co-localize in cultured podocyte cell junctions.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't