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  • Title: Identification of a 115-kDa protein from muscle tissues: expression of a novel nonmuscle alpha-actinin in vascular endothelial cells.
    Author: Imamura M, Masaki T.
    Journal: Exp Cell Res; 1994 Apr; 211(2):380-90. PubMed ID: 8143787.
    Abstract:
    A novel nonmuscle alpha-actinin from chicken lung tissue is distinct from reported nonmuscle and muscle alpha-actinins in its mobility on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) in the presence of 6 M urea (apparent molecular mass is 115 kDa) and its Ca(2+)-sensitivity in actin binding (M. Imamura and T. Masaki, J. Biol. Chem. 267, 25927-25933, 1992). SDS-PAGE analysis of extract from chicken gizzard smooth muscle tissue in the presence of urea showed the existence of a protein migrating at 115 kDa. Analyses of proteolytic digestion and partial amino acid sequence revealed that the latter 115-kDa protein is identical or very similar to the Ca(2+)-insensitive lung alpha-actinin. We prepared an antibody specific for the 115-kDa protein by affinity column coupled with the purified lung alpha-actinin, and the expression and distribution of the 115-kDa protein in muscle tissues were examined. Immunoblotting and immunofluorescence microscopy demonstrated that the 115-kDa protein was expressed in heart and pectoralis muscle tissues as well as in gizzard. Double-fluorescence staining with the anti-115-kDa protein antibody and anti-muscle alpha-actinin antibody indicated that the 115-kDa protein was localized in tubular structures along the axes of muscle fibers, whose diameter was 3.5-5 microns. The tubular structure did not respond to the muscle cells. Vascular-labeling analysis with carbon dye showed that the staining with anti-115-kDa protein antibody was located along the inside of the vascular wall. These results indicated that the Ca(2+)-insensitive alpha-actinin was expressed in vascular endothelial cells and suggested that its Ca(2+)-sensitivity was related to the function of the endothelial cells.
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