TLN1
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 1SYQ, 2MWN, 4DJ9
Identifiers
Aliases	TLN1, ILWEQ, TLN, talin 1, talin-1
External IDs	OMIM: 186745 MGI: 1099832 HomoloGene: 21267 GeneCards: TLN1
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 9 (human)[1] Band 9p13.3 Start 35,696,948 bp[1] End 35,732,195 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 4 (mouse)[2] Band 4|4 A5 Start 43,531,519 bp[2] End 43,562,691 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in popliteal artery ascending aorta right coronary artery left coronary artery gastric mucosa stromal cell of endometrium left uterine tube right lung tibial nerve upper lobe of left lung Top expressed in ascending aorta superior surface of tongue gallbladder left lung external carotid artery aortic valve lymph node internal carotid artery blood molar More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function structural constituent of cytoskeleton actin filament binding LIM domain binding integrin binding protein binding vinculin binding protein-containing complex binding actin binding cadherin binding phosphatidylserine binding phosphatidylinositol binding Cellular component cytoskeleton cell projection ruffle membrane ruffle cytosol extracellular exosome membrane cell surface cell-cell junction cell junction focal adhesion extracellular region cytoplasm plasma membrane Biological process cell-substrate junction assembly IRE1-mediated unfolded protein response muscle contraction platelet degranulation platelet aggregation cell-cell junction assembly cortical actin cytoskeleton organization cell adhesion viral process integrin-mediated signaling pathway integrin activation Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 7094 21894 Ensembl ENSG00000137076 ENSMUSG00000028465 UniProt Q9Y490 P26039 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_006289 NM_011602 RefSeq (protein) NP_006280 NP_035732 Location (UCSC) Chr 9: 35.7 – 35.73 Mb Chr 4: 43.53 – 43.56 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Talin-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TLN1 gene.^[5][6] Talin-1 is ubiquitously expressed, and is localized to costamere structures in cardiac and skeletal muscle cells, and to focal adhesions in smooth muscle and non-muscle cells. Talin-1 functions to mediate cell-cell adhesion via the linkage of integrins to the actin cytoskeleton and in the activation of integrins. Altered expression of talin-1 has been observed in patients with heart failure, however no mutations in TLN1 have been linked with specific diseases.

Structure

Human talin-1 is 270.0 kDa molecular weight and 2541 amino acids.^[7] The N-terminal region of talin-1 is ~50 kDa in size and homologous to members of the ERM protein family which have a globular FERM domain (residues 86-400) that links the actin cytoskeleton to adhesion proteins.^[8][9] In addition to F-actin,^[10] the N-terminal region of talin-1 binds layilin,^[11] β1- and β3-integrin,^[12][13][14] and focal adhesion kinase.^[15][16] Talin-1 N-terminal region also binds acidic phospholipids for insertion into lipid bilayers.^[17][18][19] The rod domain (>200 kDa) has considerable flexibility and houses a conserved actin binding site,^[10] three vinculin binding sites,^[20][21][22] and also has an additional integrin binding site, termed IBS2.^{[23][24][25][26][27]} The head and rod domains are connected by an unstructured linker region (residues 401-481), which houses several sites of phosphorylation,^[28] as well as protease cleavage.^[29] Talin-1 can homodimerize in an antiparallel fashion,^[30] however, talin-1 and its closely related counterpart, talin-2 do not form heterodimers.^[31]

Function

In mammals talin-1 is ubiquitously expressed; talin-1 is found complexed to integrins and localized to intercalated discs of cardiac muscle and to costamere structures of both skeletal and cardiac muscles,^[32] in correspondence with the I-band and M-line.^[33][34][35] Talin-1 is also found at focal adhesions of smooth muscle cells ^[36] and non-muscle cells.^[9]

In undifferentiated cultures of myoblasts, talin-1 expression is perinuclear, and then progresses to a cytoplasmic distribution followed by a sarcomlemmal, costameric-like pattern by day 15 of differentiation.^[37] Homozygous disruption of TLN1 in mice is embryonic lethal, demonstrating that talin-1 is required for normal embryogenesis.^[38] It has been shown, however, that talin-1 expression is minor in adult cardiomyocytes, and becomes more prominent at costameres during cardiac hypertrophy induced by pharmacological and mechanical stress.^[39]

The primary function of talin-1 involves the linkage of integrins to the actin cytoskeleton and in the energy-dependent activation of integrins.^[9][40] Functions for talin-1 in specific tissues have been illuminated through conditional knockout animals. Studies employing the conditional knockout of talin 1 in skeletal muscle have demonstrated its role in maintaining integrin attachment sites at myotendinous junctions; knockout mice develop progressive myopathy and show deficits in muscle force generation.^[41] In platelets, conditional knockout of talin-1 results in the inability to activate integrins in response to platelet agonists, resulting in mice with severe hemostatic defects and resistance to arterial thrombosis.^[42] Conditional knockout of talin-1 in cardiomyocytes shows that mice have normal cardiac function at baseline, but improved function, blunted hypertrophy, and attenuated fibrosis when subjected to pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy, which correlated with blunted ERK1/2, p38, Akt, and glycogen synthase kinase 3 responses. These data suggest that upregulation of talin-1 in cardiac hypertrophy may be detrimental to cardiomyocytes function.^[39]

Clinical significance

In patients with heart failure, talin-1 expression in cardiomyocytes is increased relative to control cells.^[39]

Interactions

TLN1 has been shown to interact with: