FBXO25, an F-box protein homologue of atrogin-1, is not induced in atrophying muscle.

Atrogin-1/MAFbx/FBXO32 is a muscle-specific ubiquitin-ligase (E3) that is dramatically increased in atrophying muscle. Here, we have investigated the functional relationship between atrogin-1 and FBXO25 which shares 65% amino acid identity. Using a RT-PCR, we demonstrated that FBXO25 is highly expressed in brain, kidney, and intestine, whereas atrogin-1 expression is largely ...
restricted to striate muscle. FBXO25 was shown here to contain a functional F-box domain that binds to Skp1 and thereby to Roc1 and Cul1, the major components of SCF-type E3s. In addition, the productive SCF complex containing FBXO25 showed ubiquitin ligase activity. We investigated the differential expression of atrogin-1 and FBXO25 in fasted and dexamethasone-treated mice and also in rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Although the atrogin-1 was strongly induced in muscle in all three models, no changes were observed in the expression of FBXO25. Therefore, here we have shown that FBXO25 is a novel F-box protein analogous to atrogin-1, which is not involved in muscle atrophy. Further functional studies should elucidate the exact role of FBXO25 in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Cell Nucleus, F-Box Proteins, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Male, Mice, Molecular Sequence Data, Muscle Proteins, Muscular Atrophy, Protein Binding, RNA, Messenger, Rats, Rats, Wistar, S-Phase Kinase-Associated Proteins, SKP Cullin F-Box Protein Ligases, Sequence Alignment, Ubiquitin, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
Biochim. Biophys. Acta
Date: Jun. 01, 2006
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