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 …

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 …

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 …

Visualization of MG53-mediated cell membrane repair using in vivo and in vitro systems

N Weisleder, P Lin, X Zhao, M Orange, H Zhu… - JoVE (Journal of …, 2011 - jove.com
Repair of acute injury to the cell membrane is an elemental process of normal cellular
physiology, and defective membrane repair has been linked to many degenerative human …

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 …

[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 …

Membrane repair defects in muscular dystrophy are linked to altered interaction between MG53, caveolin-3, and dysferlin

C Cai, N Weisleder, JK Ko, S Komazaki… - Journal of Biological …, 2009 - ASBMB
Defective membrane repair can contribute to the progression of muscular dystrophy.
Although mutations in caveolin-3 (Cav3) and dysferlin are linked to muscular dystrophy in …

Modulation of wound healing and scar formation by MG53 protein-mediated cell membrane repair

H Li, P Duann, PH Lin, L Zhao, Z Fan, T Tan… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
Cell membrane repair is an important aspect of physiology, and disruption of this process
can result in pathophysiology in a number of different tissues, including wound healing …

Mitsugumin 53 (MG53) facilitates vesicle trafficking in striated muscle to contribute to cell membrane repair

N Weisleder, H Takeshima, J Ma - Communicative & integrative …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Repair of the plasma membrane following damage is an important aspect of normal cellular
physiology, and disruption of this process is observed in many pathologic states. In a recent …

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 …