Department of Biotechnology
inStem (Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine)

Cytoplasmic sequestration of the RhoA effector mDiaphanous1 by Prohibitin2 promotes muscle differentiation.

Publication Type

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Date of Publication

June 5, 2019

Journal

Scientific reports

Volume/Issue

9/1

ISSN

2045-2322

Muscle differentiation is controlled by adhesion and growth factor-dependent signalling through common effectors that regulate muscle-specific transcriptional programs. Here we report that mDiaphanous1, an effector of adhesion-dependent RhoA-signalling, negatively regulates myogenesis at the level of Myogenin expression. In myotubes, over-expression of mDia1ΔN3, a RhoA-independent mutant, suppresses Myogenin promoter activity and expression. We investigated mDia1-interacting proteins that may counteract mDia1 to permit Myogenin expression and timely differentiation. Using yeast two-hybrid and mass-spectrometric analysis, we report that mDia1 has a stage-specific interactome, including Prohibitin2, MyoD, Akt2, and β-Catenin, along with a number of proteosomal and mitochondrial components. Of these interacting partners, Prohibitin2 colocalises with mDia1 in cytoplasmic punctae in myotubes. We mapped the interacting domains of mDia1 and Phb2, and used interacting (mDia1ΔN3/Phb2 FL or mDia1ΔN3/Phb2-Carboxy) and non-interacting pairs (mDia1H + P/Phb2 FL or mDia1ΔN3/Phb2-Amino) to dissect the functional consequences of this partnership on Myogenin promoter activity. Co-expression of full-length as well as mDia1-interacting domains of Prohibitin2 reverse the anti-myogenic effects of mDia1ΔN3, while non-interacting regions do not. Our results suggest that Prohibitin2 sequesters mDia1, dampens its anti-myogenic activity and fine-tunes RhoA-mDia1 signalling to promote differentiation. Overall, we report that mDia1 is multi-functional signalling effector whose anti-myogenic activity is modulated by a differentiation-dependent interactome. The data have been deposited to the ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD012257.

Alternate Journal

Sci Rep

PubMed ID

31165762

PubMed Central ID

PMC6549159

Authors

Amena Saleh
Gunasekaran Subramaniam
Swasti Raychaudhuri
Jyotsna Dhawan

Keywords

Cytoplasm
rhoA GTP-Binding Protein
Animals
Repressor Proteins
Cell Differentiation
Signal Transduction
Muscle Fibers, Skeletal
Protein Domains
Mice
Muscle Development
Humans
Formins
HEK293 Cells
MyoD Protein
Protein Binding
Myogenin
Promoter Regions, Genetic
Prohibitins
Mutation
Two-Hybrid System Techniques