MG53 nucleates assembly of cell membrane repair machinery

C Cai, H Masumiya, N Weisleder, N Matsuda, M Nishi… - Biophysical …, 2009 - cell.com
Dynamic membrane repair is essential not only for long-term maintenance of cellular
integrity but also for recovery from acute cell injury. While compromised membrane repair …

Redox-dependent oligomerization through a leucine zipper motif is essential for MG53-mediated cell membrane repair

M Hwang, J Ko, N Weisleder… - American Journal of …, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
We recently discovered that MG53, a muscle-specific tripartite motif (TRIM) family protein,
functions as a sensor of oxidation to nucleate the assembly of cell membrane repair …

Recombinant MG53 protein modulates therapeutic cell membrane repair in treatment of muscular dystrophy

N Weisleder, N Takizawa, P Lin, X Wang… - Science translational …, 2012 - science.org
Mitsugumin 53 (MG53), a muscle-specific TRIM family protein, is an essential component of
the cell membrane repair machinery. Here, we examined the translational value of targeting …

Sustained elevation of MG53 in the bloodstream increases tissue regenerative capacity without compromising metabolic function

Z Bian, Q Wang, X Zhou, T Tan, KH Park… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
MG53 is a muscle-specific TRIM-family protein that presides over the cell membrane repair
response. Here, we show that MG53 present in blood circulation acts as a myokine to …

[HTML][HTML] Nonmuscle myosin IIA facilitates vesicle trafficking for MG53-mediated cell membrane repair

P Lin, H Zhu, C Cai, X Wang, C Cao, R Xiao… - The FASEB …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Repair of injury to the plasma membrane is an essential mechanism for maintenance of
cellular homeostasis and integrity that involves coordinated movement of intracellular …

Polymerase Transcriptase Release Factor (PTRF) Anchors MG53 Protein to Cell Injury Site for Initiation of Membrane Repair*♦

H Zhu, P Lin, G De, K Choi, H Takeshima… - Journal of Biological …, 2011 - ASBMB
Plasma membrane repair is an essential process for maintenance of homeostasis at the
cellular and tissue levels, whereas compromised repair capacity contributes to degenerative …

Enhancing muscle membrane repair by gene delivery of MG53 ameliorates muscular dystrophy and heart failure in δ-Sarcoglycan-deficient hamsters

B He, R Tang, N Weisleder, B Xiao, Z Yuan, C Cai… - Molecular therapy, 2012 - cell.com
Muscular dystrophies (MDs) are caused by genetic mutations in over 30 different genes,
many of which encode for proteins essential for the integrity of muscle cell structure and …

MG53 regulates membrane budding and exocytosis in muscle cells

C Cai, H Masumiya, N Weisleder, Z Pan, M Nishi… - Journal of Biological …, 2009 - ASBMB
Membrane recycling and remodeling contribute to multiple cellular functions, including cell
fusion events during myogenesis. We have identified a tripartite motif (TRIM72) family …

Structure and activation of the RING E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM72 on the membrane

SH Park, J Han, BC Jeong, JH Song, SH Jang… - Nature Structural & …, 2023 - nature.com
Defects in plasma membrane repair can lead to muscle and heart diseases in humans.
Tripartite motif-containing protein (TRIM) 72 (mitsugumin 53; MG53) has been determined to …

Cardioprotection of ischemia/reperfusion injury by cholesterol-dependent MG53-mediated membrane repair

X Wang, W Xie, Y Zhang, P Lin, L Han, P Han… - Circulation …, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Unrepaired cardiomyocyte membrane injury causes irreplaceable cell loss,
leading to myocardial fibrosis and eventually heart failure. However, the cellular and …