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XB-ART-40550
Neurosci Lett 2009 Oct 25;4623:272-5. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.07.020.
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The voltage-gated Na+ channel beta3 subunit does not mediate trans homophilic cell adhesion or associate with the cell adhesion molecule contactin.

McEwen DP , Chen C , Meadows LS , Lopez-Santiago L , Isom LL .


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Voltage-gated Na(+) channel (VGSC) beta1 and beta2 subunits are multifunctional, serving as both channel modulators and cell adhesion molecules (CAMs). The purpose of this study was to determine whether VGSC beta3 subunits function as CAMs. The beta3 extracellular domain is highly homologous to beta1, suggesting that beta3 may also be a functional CAM. We investigated the trans homophilic cell adhesive properties of beta3, its association with the beta1-interacting CAM contactin, as well as its ability to interact with the cytoskeletal protein ankyrin. Our results demonstrate that, unlike beta1, beta3 does not participate in trans homophilic cell-cell adhesion or associate with contactin. Further, beta3 does not associate with ankyrin(G) in a heterologous system. Previous studies have shown that beta3 interacts with the CAM neurofascin-186 but not with VGSC beta1. Taken together, these findings suggest that, although beta1 and beta3 exhibit similar channel modulatory properties in heterologous systems, these subunits differ with regard to their homophilic and heterophilic CAM binding profiles.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: ank1

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