The armadillo repeat region targets ARVCF to cadherin-based cellular junctions.

The cytoplasmic domain of the transmembrane protein M-cadherin is involved in anchoring cytoskeletal elements to the plasma membrane at cell-cell contact sites. Several members of the armadillo repeat protein family mediate this linkage. We show here that ARVCF, a member of the p120 (ctn) subfamily, is a ligand for the ...
cytoplasmic domain of M-cadherin, and characterize the regions involved in this interaction in detail. Complex formation in an in vivo environment was demonstrated in (1) yeast two-hybrid screens, using a cDNA library from differentiating skeletal muscle and part of the cytoplasmic M-cadherin tail as a bait, and (2) mammalian cells, using a novel experimental system, the MOM recruitment assay. Immunoprecipitation and in vitro binding assays confirmed this interaction. Ectopically expressed EGFP-ARVCF-C11, an N-terminal truncated fragment, targets to junctional structures in epithelial MCF7 cells and cardiomyocytes, where it colocalizes with the respective cadherins, beta-catenin and p120 (ctn). Hence, the N terminus of ARVCF is not required for junctional localization. In contrast, deletion of the four N-terminal armadillo repeats abolishes this ability in cardiomyocytes. Detailed mutational analysis revealed the armadillo repeat region of ARVCF as sufficient and necessary for interaction with the 55 membrane-proximal amino acids of the M-cadherin tail.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Armadillo Domain Proteins, Binding Sites, Cadherins, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Cell Membrane, Cells, Cultured, Heart Ventricles, Humans, Intercellular Junctions, Ligands, Mice, Molecular Sequence Data, Muscles, Myocardium, Phosphoproteins, Recombinant Proteins, Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid, Sequence Alignment, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Transfection
J. Cell. Sci.
Date: Nov. 01, 2000
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