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Expression of plectin and HD1 epitopes in patients with epidermolysis bullosa simplex associated with muscular dystrophy.

Abstract：

:Plectin, a widespread cytoskeletal linker protein, is prominently expressed in basal keratinocytes of the epidermis. HD1, originally identified as a hemidesmosomal protein, has been suggested to be an isoform of or closely related to plectin, but the exact relationship between these proteins is unknown. Plectin has recently been identified as the gene/protein system at fault in epidermolysis bullosa simplex associated with muscular dystrophy (EBS-MD; OMIM# 226670). In this study, we examined the expression patterns of plectin and HD1 epitopes in the skin of four unrelated patients with EBS-MD confirmed to be caused by plectin gene mutations. By indirect immunofluorescence, all monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to plectin (5B3, 10F6) or to HD1 (121, E2, K15, 156) bound to the epidermal basement membrane zone (BMZ) of normal human skin. In addition, immunostaining along the periphery of keratinocytes was detected with mAbs 5B3, 10F6 (antiplectin), K15 and 156 (anti-HD1), but not with mAbs 121 and E2 (anti-HD1). Immunolabeling for mAbs 5B3 and 10F6 (antiplectin) was absent in the skin of three patients who had premature termination codon mutations in the plectin gene in both alleles. In contrast, labeling was only slightly reduced in a patient who was homozygous for a 9-bp in-frame deletion mutation in the same gene. Interestingly, peripheral labeling of keratinocytes using mAbs K15 and 156 (anti-HD1) was clearly present in all the patients despite the disappearance of BMZ labeling. Quantitative analysis by postembedding immunoelectron microscopy demonstrated that both plectin and HD1 epitopes were localized in the inner plaque of hemidesmosomes with a mean distance of 110 and 120 nm from the plasma membrane, respectively. These results confirm the molecular heterogeneity of EBS-MD in terms of the expression patterns of plectin and HD1 epitopes which correlate with clinical severity, the pattern of plectin gene mutations and their consequences.

journal_name

Arch Dermatol Res

journal_title

Archives of dermatological research

authors

Shimizu H,Masunaga T,Kurihara Y,Owaribe K,Wiche G,Pulkkinen L,Uitto J,Nishikawa T

doi

10.1007/s004030050449

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pub_date

1999-10-01 00:00:00

pages

531-7

issue

eissn

0340-3696

issn

1432-069X

pii

92910531.403

journal_volume

291

pub_type

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Expression of plectin and HD1 epitopes in patients with epidermolysis bullosa simplex associated with muscular dystrophy.