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Alpha-dystroglycan is a component of the dystrophin-glycoprotein-complex, which is the major mechanism of attachment between the cytoskeleton and the extracellular matrix. Muscle-eye-brain disease (MEB) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by congenital muscular dystrophy, ocular abnormalities and lissencephaly. We recently found that MEB is caused by mutations in the protein O-linked mannose beta1,2-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (POMGnT1) gene. POMGnT1 is a glycosylation enzyme that participates in the synthesis of O-mannosyl glycan, a modification that is rare in mammals but is known to be a laminin-binding ligand of alpha-dystroglycan. Here we report a selective deficiency of alpha-dystroglycan in MEB patients. This finding suggests that alpha-dystroglycan is a potential target of POMGnT1 and that altered glycosylation of alpha-dystroglycan may play a critical role in the pathomechanism of MEB and some forms of muscular dystrophy.
Author(s): Straub V; Kano H; Kobayashi K; Herrmann R; Tachikawa M; Manya H; Nishino I; Nonaka I; Talim B; Voit T; Topaloglu H; Endo T; Yoshikawa H; Toda T
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Year: 2002
Volume: 291
Issue: 5
Pages: 1283-1286
ISSN (print): 0006-291X
ISSN (electronic): 1090-2104
Publisher: Academic Press
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/bbrc.2002.6608
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2002.6608
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