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Human Molecular Genetics, 2003, Vol. 12, No. 24 3277-3286
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddg365
© 2003 Oxford University Press

Functional interaction between BMPR-II and Tctex-1, a light chain of Dynein, is isoform-specific and disrupted by mutations underlying primary pulmonary hypertension

Rajiv D. Machado1, Nung Rudarakanchana2, Carl Atkinson2, Julia A. Flanagan1, Rachel Harrison1, Nicholas W. Morrell2 and Richard C. Trembath1,*

1Division of Medical Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK and 2Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's and Papworth Hospitals, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK

Received July 13, 2003; Revised October 8, 2003; Accepted October 17, 2003

Diverse heterozygous mutations of bone morphogenetic receptor type II (BMPR-II) underlie the inherited form of the vascular disorder primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH). As yet, the molecular detail of how such defects contribute to the pathogenesis of PPH remains unclear. BMPR-II is a member of the transforming growth factor-ß cell signalling superfamily. Ligand binding induces cell surface receptor complex formation and activates a cascade of phosphorylation events of intracellular intermediaries termed Smads, which initiate transcriptional regulation. Some 30% of PPH-causing mutations localize to exon 12, which may be spliced out forming an isoform depleted of the unusually long BMPR-II cytoplasmic tail. To further elucidate the consequences of BMPR2 mutation, we sought to characterize aspects of the cytoplasmic domain function by seeking intracellular binding partners. We now report that Tctex-1, a light chain of the motor complex dynein, interacts with the cytoplasmic domain of BMPR-II and demonstrate that Tctex-1 is phosphorylated by BMPR-II, a function disrupted by PPH disease causing mutations within exon 12. Finally we show that BMPR-II and Tctex-1 co-localize to endothelium and smooth muscle within the media of pulmonary arterioles, key sites of vascular remodelling in PPH. Taken together, these data demonstrate a discrete function for the cytoplasmic domain of BMPR-II and justify further investigation of whether the interaction with and phosphorylation of Tctex-1 contributes to the pathogenesis of PPH.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed at: Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Genetics and Medicine, Adrian Building, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK. Tel: +44 1162522269; Fax: +44 116 2523378; Email: rtrembat@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk


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