| Literature DB >> 16794080 |
Kumiko Okada1, Akane Inoue, Momoko Okada, Yoji Murata, Shigeru Kakuta, Takafumi Jigami, Sachiko Kubo, Hirokazu Shiraishi, Katsumi Eguchi, Masakatsu Motomura, Tetsu Akiyama, Yoichiro Iwakura, Osamu Higuchi, Yuji Yamanashi.
Abstract
The formation of the neuromuscular synapse requires muscle-specific receptor kinase (MuSK) to orchestrate postsynaptic differentiation, including the clustering of receptors for the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Upon innervation, neural agrin activates MuSK to establish the postsynaptic apparatus, although agrin-independent formation of neuromuscular synapses can also occur experimentally in the absence of neurotransmission. Dok-7, a MuSK-interacting cytoplasmic protein, is essential for MuSK activation in cultured myotubes; in particular, the Dok-7 phosphotyrosine-binding domain and its target in MuSK are indispensable. Mice lacking Dok-7 formed neither acetylcholine receptor clusters nor neuromuscular synapses. Thus, Dok-7 is essential for neuromuscular synaptogenesis through its interaction with MuSK.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 16794080 DOI： 10.1126/science.1127142
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728