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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525/1999/12/1391/ $5.00
The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 147, Number 7, December 27, 1999 1391-1398


Brief Report

A Novel Muscle-specific ß1 Integrin Binding Protein (MIBP) that Modulates Myogenic Differentiation

Ji Lia, Richard Maynea, and Chuanyue Wua
a Department of Cell Biology and The Cell Adhesion and Matrix Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0019

Correspondence to: Chuanyue Wu, VH 217, Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1670 University Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35294-0019. Tel:(205) 975-2253 Fax:(205) 934-7029 E-mail:cwu{at}cellbio.bhs.uab.edu.

Myogenesis is regulated by cell adhesion receptors, including integrins of the ß1 family. We report the identification of a novel muscle-specific ß1 integrin binding protein (MIBP). MIBP binds to the membrane-proximal cytoplasmic region shared by ß1A and ß1D integrins, and the binding occurs in vivo as well as in vitro. Furthermore, we show that MIBP is abundantly expressed by C2C12 myogenic cells before fusion, and the expression of MIBP is dramatically downregulated during subsequent differentiation. Finally, we show that overexpression of MIBP in C2C12 cells resulted in a suppression of fusion and terminal differentiation, suggesting that MIBP may play a key role in controlling the progression of muscle differentiation.

Key Words: integrin binding protein, muscle, myogenic differentiation, signal transduction, myogenin


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