hScrib interacts with ZO-2 at the cell-cell junctions of epithelial cells

FEBS Lett. 2005 Jul 4;579(17):3725-30. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.05.062.

Abstract

In Drosophila, the tumor suppressor Scribble is localized at the septate junctions of epithelial cells. Its mammalian homologue, hScrib, is a basolateral protein likely associated to proteins of the cell-cell junctions. We report the direct interaction between hScrib and ZO-2, a junction-associated protein. This interaction relies on two PDZ domains of hScrib and on the C-terminal motif of ZO-2. Both proteins localise at cell-cell junctions of epithelial cells. A point mutation in the LRR of hScrib delocalises the protein from the plasma membrane and abrogates the interaction with ZO-2 but not with betaPIX. Tyrosine phosphorylation of hScrib does not impair the interaction with ZO-2. We show a direct link between two junctional proteins that are down-regulated during cancer progression.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • COS Cells
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Epithelial Cells / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Intercellular Junctions / chemistry
  • Intercellular Junctions / metabolism*
  • Membrane Proteins / analysis
  • Membrane Proteins / chemistry
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phosphorylation
  • Protein Interaction Mapping
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins
  • Tyrosine / metabolism
  • Zonula Occludens-2 Protein

Substances

  • Membrane Proteins
  • SCRIB protein, human
  • TJP2 protein, human
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins
  • Zonula Occludens-2 Protein
  • Tyrosine