Abstract
The strong coordinated contraction of heart muscle is dependent on the correct alignment and connection of the myofibrils across the plasma membrane. Previous studies indicate that N-cadherin is involved in cardiac myocyte adhesion and myofibrillogenesis. To investigate whether N-cadherin is specifically required for normal myocyte structure and function, we cultured myocytes from wild-type, N-cadherin-null and mutant embryos expressing the epithelial cadherin E-cadherin. In contrast to previous studies in chicken using N-cadherin-perturbing antibodies, our in vitro studies with mouse cells demonstrate that N-cadherin is not required for myofibrillogenesis, but is critical for myofibril organization. That is, N-cadherin-deficient myocytes beat and myofibrils were well formed; however, alignment of the myofibrils through regions of cell-cell contact was lost, resulting in their random orientation. Gap junctions were perturbed in the N-cadherin-null myocytes. By contrast, focal contacts appeared normal in the mutant cells. Furthermore,E-cadherin restored normal cell morphology and behavior to the N-cadherin-deficient myocytes, including proper alignment of the myofibrils. We conclude that a different adhesive system, most probably integrin, is responsible for myofibrillogenesis in the N-cadherin-null myocytes.
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Created | 22 years, 5 months ago (March 14, 2003, 12:08 p.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 9, 2024, 12:55 a.m.) |
Indexed | 11 months, 3 weeks ago (Sept. 7, 2024, 7:53 p.m.) |
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@article{Luo_2003, title={Cadherin-mediated adhesion is essential for myofibril continuity across the plasma membrane but not for assembly of the contractile apparatus}, volume={116}, ISSN={0021-9533}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jcs.00339}, DOI={10.1242/jcs.00339}, number={8}, journal={Journal of Cell Science}, publisher={The Company of Biologists}, author={Luo, Yang and Radice, Glenn L.}, year={2003}, month=apr, pages={1471–1479} }