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The Journal of Neuroscience, June 1, 2001, 21(11):3806-3818
Src-Class Kinases Act within the Agrin/MuSK Pathway to Regulate
Acetylcholine Receptor Phosphorylation, Cytoskeletal Anchoring, and
Clustering
Ali S.
Mohamed,
Kimberly A.
Rivas-Plata,
Jonathan R.
Kraas,
Suha M.
Saleh, and
Sheridan L.
Swope
Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center,
Washington DC 20007-2197
Synaptogenesis at the neuromuscular junction requires agrin-induced
stable localization of acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) at the endplate.
The effects of agrin are transduced by the muscle-specific receptor
tyrosine kinase (MuSK). This study provides evidence that Src-class
protein tyrosine kinases mediate the effects of agrin-activated MuSK to
regulate clustering and anchoring of AChRs in skeletal muscle. MuSK was
complexed with both Src and Fyn in the C2 mouse muscle cell line. These
associations were enhanced by agrin and by increasing protein tyrosine
phosphorylation with pervanadate. Coupling between MuSK and the
Src-class kinases in vivo appeared to be caused by a
phosphotyrosine-SH2 domain interaction because binding of MuSK to the
SH2 domains of Fyn and Src in vitro was specific,
enhanced by phosphorylation, and dependent on MuSK autophosphorylation.
In addition, Src and Fyn phosphorylated MuSK. AChR phosphorylation,
stimulated by agrin or pervanadate, was inhibited by blocking Src-class
kinases with PP1. Furthermore, agrin-induced clustering and
cytoskeletal anchoring of AChRs was dependent on Src-family kinases.
These data support the conclusion that Fyn and Src act downstream of
MuSK to regulate the stable localization of AChRs at the neuromuscular
endplate during agrin-induced synaptogenesis.
Key words:
synaptogenesis; neuromuscular junction; Src; Fyn; skeletal muscle; cytoskeleton; phosphorylation; MuSK; agrin; PP1; Src
homology 2 domain; pervanadate
Copyright © 2001 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/01/21113806-13$05.00/0
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