Desmoplakin is required early in development for assembly of desmosomes and cytoskeletal linkage

dc.contributor.authorGallicano, G. I.en
dc.contributor.authorKouklis, P.en
dc.contributor.authorBauer, C.en
dc.contributor.authorYin, M.en
dc.contributor.authorVasioukhin, V.en
dc.contributor.authorDegenstein, L.en
dc.contributor.authorFuchs, E.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-24T19:25:08Z
dc.date.available2015-11-24T19:25:08Z
dc.identifier.issn0021-9525-
dc.identifier.urihttps://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/22575
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dc.subjectAnimalsen
dc.subjectCytoskeletal Proteins/*physiologyen
dc.subjectCytoskeleton/*metabolism/ultrastructureen
dc.subjectDesmoplakinsen
dc.subjectDesmosomes/*metabolism/ultrastructureen
dc.subjectEmbryo Transferen
dc.subjectEmbryonic and Fetal Development/*physiologyen
dc.subjectFemaleen
dc.subjectGenes, Lethalen
dc.subjectGestational Ageen
dc.subjectMiceen
dc.subjectMice, Inbred C57BLen
dc.subjectMice, Knockouten
dc.titleDesmoplakin is required early in development for assembly of desmosomes and cytoskeletal linkageen
heal.abstractDesmosomes first assemble in the E3.5 mouse trophectoderm, concomitant with establishment of epithelial polarity and appearance of a blastocoel cavity. Throughout development, they increase in size and number and are especially abundant in epidermis and heart muscle. Desmosomes mediate cell-cell adhesion through desmosomal cadherins, which differ from classical cadherins in their attachments to intermediate filaments (IFs), rather than actin filaments. Of the proteins implicated in making this IF connection, only desmoplakin (DP) is both exclusive to and ubiquitous among desmosomes. To explore its function and importance to tissue integrity, we ablated the desmoplakin gene. Homozygous -/- mutant embryos proceeded through implantation, but did not survive beyond E6.5. Surprisingly, analysis of these embryos revealed a critical role for desmoplakin not only in anchoring IFs to desmosomes, but also in desmosome assembly and/or stabilization. This finding not only unveiled a new function for desmoplakin, but also provided the first opportunity to explore desmosome function during embryogenesis. While a blastocoel cavity formed and epithelial cell polarity was at least partially established in the DP (-/-) embryos, the paucity of desmosomal cell-cell junctions severely affected the modeling of tissue architecture and shaping of the early embryo.en
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heal.identifier.secondaryhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9864371-
heal.journalNameJ Cell Biolen
heal.journalTypepeer-reviewed-
heal.languageen-
heal.publicationDate1998-
heal.recordProviderΠανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικήςel
heal.typejournalArticle-
heal.type.elΆρθρο Περιοδικούel
heal.type.enJournal articleen

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