Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-9-23
pubmed:abstractText
The L1-family of cell adhesion molecules is involved in many important aspects of nervous system development. Mutations in the human L1-CAM gene cause a complicated array of neurological phenotypes; however, the molecular basis of these effects cannot be explained by a simple loss of adhesive function. Human L1-CAM and its Drosophila homolog neuroglian are rather divergent in sequence, with the highest degree of amino acid sequence conservation between segments of their cytoplasmic domains. In an attempt to elucidate the fundamental functions shared between these distantly related members of the L1-family, we demonstrate here that the extracellular domains of mammalian L1-CAMs and Drosophila neuroglian are both able to induce the aggregation of transfected Drosophila S2 cells in vitro. To a limited degree they even interact with each other in cell adhesion and neurite outgrowth assays. The cytoplasmic domains of human L1-CAM and neuroglian are both able to interact with the Drosophila homolog of the cytoskeletal linker protein ankyrin. Moreover the recruitment of ankyrin to cell-cell contacts is completely dependent on L1-mediated cell adhesion. These findings support a model of L1 function in which the phenotypes of human L1-CAM mutations results from a disruption of the link between the extracellular environment and the neuronal cytoskeleton.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ankyrins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, Complementary, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Drosophila Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Insect Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Leukocyte L1 Antigen Complex, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Macromolecular Substances, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nrg protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Fusion Proteins
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1061-5385
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
61-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Ankyrins, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Cell Aggregation, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Cerebellar Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Cytoskeleton, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Drosophila melanogaster, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Insect Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Leukocyte L1 Antigen Complex, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Macromolecular Substances, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Neurites, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Saccharomyces cerevisiae, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:9638342-Transfection
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
A conserved role for L1 as a transmembrane link between neuronal adhesion and membrane cytoskeleton assembly.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Michigan, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Ann Arbor 48109-0616, USA. Hortsch@umich.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.