Identification of polypeptides associated with sarcolemmal vesicles enriched in orthogonal arrays

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Abstract

Electron microscopy of freeze-fracture replicas from the sarcolemmas of fast-twitch muscle fibers reveals orthogonal arrays of particles. The biochemical nature of macromolecules associated with the sarcolemmal orthogonal array was investigated using muscle fragments and isolated sarcolemmal vesicles. Muscle fragments incubated in vitro with the lectin concanavalin A exhibited a clustering of orthogonal arrays into local patches. Treatment with other lectins did not result in the clustering of arrays. Clustering was inhibited by the addition of α-methyl-d-mannoside, a ligand which also binds concanavalin A. These results suggest that the orthogonal arrays (or associated components) specifically bind concanavalin A. Sarcolemmal vesicles from rabbit sacrospinalis (SAC) and rat extensor digitorum longus (EDL) (both primarily fast-twitch) and rat soleus (SOL) (primarily slow-twitch) were obtained by a combination of low-salt fractionation and sucrose density gradient centrifugation. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) of proteins and glycoproteins solubilized from these vesicles revealed several bands. Four of these bands were present in gels from both the rabbit and rat fast-twitch muscle sarcolemmal preparations (that contained arrays), yet were absent in gels from rat slow-twitch muscle sarcolemmal preparations (not bearing arrays). An enrichment in vesicles containing arrays was achieved by binding SAC sarcolemmal vesicles to Con A-Sepharose 4B beads. SDS-PAGE analysis of array-enriched vesicles from the concanavalin A beads revealed enrichment of three major bands at Mr 93 000, 54 000 and 49 000. These enriched bands correlate with three of the four bands common to fast-twitch EDL and SAC, yet absent in slow-twitch SOL sarcolemmal preparations. We conclude that at least one macromolecular component associated with the sarcolemmal orthogonal array is a concanavalin A binding glycoprotein. We further conclude that three candidates for this component co-purify with the morphological array, and have approximate molecular weights of 93 000, 54 000 and 49 000.

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