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J Biol Chem, Vol. 274, Issue 17, 11736-11741, April 23, 1999

Interaction of Neuronal Nitric-oxide Synthase with alpha 1-Syntrophin in Rat Brain

Akiko Hashida-OkumuraDagger , Nobuaki OkumuraDagger , Akihiro Iwamatsuparallel , Ruud M. Buijs**, Herms J. Romijnparallel , and Katsuya NagaiDagger

From the Dagger  Division of Protein Metabolism, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamada-Oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan, parallel  Central Laboratories for Key Technology, Kirin Brewery Company, Limited, 1-13-5 Fukuura, Kanazawa-Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0004, Japan, and the ** Netherlands Institute for Research, Meibergdreef 33, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam Zuidoost, Netherlands

Neuronal nitric-oxide synthase (nNOS) has a PSD-95/Dlg/ZO-1 (PDZ) domain that can interact with multiple proteins. nNOS has been known to interact with PSD-95 and a related protein, PSD-93, in brain and with alpha 1-syntrophin in skeletal muscle in mammals. In this study, we have purified an nNOS-interacting protein from bovine brain using an affinity column made of Sepharose conjugated with glutathione S-transferase-rat nNOS fusion protein and identified it as alpha 1-syntrophin by microsequencing. Immunostaining of primary cultures of rat embryonic brain neuronal cells with antibodies against these proteins showed that nNOS and alpha 1-syntrophin were colocalized in neuronal cell bodies and neurites. Immunohistochemical analysis indicated that the nNOS- and alpha 1-syntrophin-like immunoreactive substances were highly expressed in the rat hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) and paraventricular nucleus. In the SCN, nNOS- and alpha 1-syntrophin-like immunoreactive substances were colocalized in the same neurons as detected by confocal microscopy. These results indicate that nNOS in brain interacts with alpha 1-syntrophin in specific neurons of the SCN and paraventricular nucleus and that this interaction might play a physiological role in functions of these neurons.


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