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Published 18 August 2003. doi:10.1083/jcb.200305131
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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525/2003/8/543 $5.00
The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 162, Number 4, 543-549


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Impaired membrane resealing and autoimmune myositis in synaptotagmin VII–deficient mice



Sabyasachi Chakrabarti1, Koichi S. Kobayashi2, Richard A. Flavell2, Carolyn B. Marks3,4, Katsuya Miyake6, David R. Liston1,3, Kimberly T. Fowler1,3, Fred S. Gorelick3,5 and Norma W. Andrews1,3

1 Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine
2 Section of Immunobiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
3 Department of Cell Biology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510
4 Center for Cell and Molecular Imaging, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510
5 Section of Digestive Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510
6 Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912

Address correspondence to Norma W. Andrews, Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 295 Congress Ave., New Haven, CT 06510. Tel.: (203) 737-2410. Fax: (203) 737-2630. email: norma.andrews{at}yale.edu

Members of the synaptotagmin family have been proposed to function as Ca2+ sensors in membrane fusion. Syt VII is a ubiquitously expressed synaptotagmin previously implicated in plasma membrane repair and Trypanosoma cruzi invasion, events which are mediated by the Ca2+-regulated exocytosis of lysosomes. Here, we show that embryonic fibroblasts from Syt VII–deficient mice are less susceptible to trypanosome invasion, and defective in lysosomal exocytosis and resealing after wounding. Examination of mutant mouse tissues revealed extensive fibrosis in the skin and skeletal muscle. Inflammatory myopathy, with muscle fiber invasion by leukocytes and endomysial collagen deposition, was associated with elevated creatine kinase release and progressive muscle weakness. Interestingly, similar to what is observed in human polymyositis/dermatomyositis, the mice developed a strong antinuclear antibody response, characteristic of autoimmune disorders. Thus, defective plasma membrane repair in tissues under mechanical stress may favor the development of inflammatory autoimmune disease.

Key Words: exocytosis; repair; lysosome; inflammatory myopathy; knockout mouse


Abbreviations used in this paper: DMEM, Dulbecco's minimal essential medium; ES, embryonic stem; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; MEF, murine embryonic fibroblast.


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