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Gottardo M, Riparbelli MG, Callaini G, Megraw TL. Evidence for intraflagellar transport in butterfly spermatocyte cilia. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2023; 80:112-122. [PMID: 37036073 PMCID: PMC10330035 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
Abstract
In the model organism insect Drosophila melanogaster short cilia assemble on spermatocytes that elaborate into 1.8 mm long flagella during spermatid differentiation. A unique feature of these cilia/flagella is their lack of dependence on intraflagellar transport (IFT) for their assembly. Here, we show that in the common butterfly Pieris brassicae, the spermatocyte cilia are exceptionally long: about 40 μm compared to less than 1 μm in Drosophila. By transmission electron microscopy, we show that P. brassicae spermatocytes display several features not found in melanogaster, including compelling evidence of IFT structures and features of motile cilia.
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- Marco Gottardo
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Italy
- These Authors contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Italy
- These Authors contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL USA
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Cyge B, Voronina V, Hoque M, Kim EN, Hall J, Bailey-Lundberg JM, Pazour GJ, Crawford HC, Moon RT, Li FQ, Takemaru KI. Loss of the ciliary protein Chibby1 in mice leads to exocrine pancreatic degeneration and pancreatitis. Sci Rep 2021; 11:17220. [PMID: 34446743 PMCID: PMC8390639 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-96597-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Primary cilia protrude from the apical surface of many cell types and act as a sensory organelle that regulates diverse biological processes ranging from chemo- and mechanosensation to signaling. Ciliary dysfunction is associated with a wide array of genetic disorders, known as ciliopathies. Polycystic lesions are commonly found in the kidney, liver, and pancreas of ciliopathy patients and mouse models. However, the pathogenesis of the pancreatic phenotype remains poorly understood. Chibby1 (Cby1), a small conserved coiled-coil protein, localizes to the ciliary base and plays a crucial role in ciliogenesis. Here, we report that Cby1-knockout (KO) mice develop severe exocrine pancreatic atrophy with dilated ducts during early postnatal development. A significant reduction in the number and length of cilia was observed in Cby1-KO pancreta. In the adult Cby1-KO pancreas, inflammatory cell infiltration and fibrosis were noticeable. Intriguingly, Cby1-KO acinar cells showed an accumulation of zymogen granules (ZGs) with altered polarity. Moreover, isolated acini from Cby1-KO pancreas exhibited defective ZG secretion in vitro. Collectively, our results suggest that, upon loss of Cby1, concomitant with ciliary defects, acinar cells accumulate ZGs due to defective exocytosis, leading to cell death and progressive exocrine pancreatic degeneration after birth.
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- Benjamin Cyge
- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA
- Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11974, USA
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- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA.
- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA.
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11974, USA.
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, BST 7-182, 101 Nicolls Rd., Stony Brook, NY, 11794-8651, USA.
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Hodge SH, Watts A, Marley R, Baines RA, Hafen E, MacDougall LK. Twitchy, the Drosophila orthologue of the ciliary gating protein FBF1/dyf-19, is required for coordinated locomotion and male fertility. Biol Open 2021; 10:bio058531. [PMID: 34357392 PMCID: PMC8353261 DOI: 10.1242/bio.058531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Primary cilia are compartmentalised from the rest of the cell by a ciliary gate comprising transition fibres and a transition zone. The ciliary gate allows the selective import and export of molecules such as transmembrane receptors and transport proteins. These are required for the assembly of the cilium, its function as a sensory and signalling centre and to maintain its distinctive composition. Certain motile cilia can also form within the cytosol as exemplified by human and Drosophila sperm. The role of transition fibre proteins has not been well described in the cytoplasmic cilia. Drosophila have both compartmentalised primary cilia, in sensory neurons, and sperm flagella that form within the cytosol. Here, we describe phenotypes for twitchy the Drosophila orthologue of a transition fibre protein, mammalian FBF1/C. elegans dyf-19. Loss-of-function mutants in twitchy are adult lethal and display a severely uncoordinated phenotype. Twitchy flies are too uncoordinated to mate but RNAi-mediated loss of twitchy specifically within the male germline results in coordinated but infertile adults. Examination of sperm from twitchy RNAi-knockdown flies shows that the flagellar axoneme forms, elongates and is post-translationally modified by polyglycylation but the production of motile sperm is impaired. These results indicate that twitchy is required for the function of both sensory cilia that are compartmentalised from the rest of the cell and sperm flagella that are formed within the cytosol of the cell. Twitchy is therefore likely to function as part of a molecular gate in sensory neurons but may have a distinct function in sperm cells.
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- Suzanne H. Hodge
- School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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Saito H, Matsukawa-Usami F, Fujimori T, Kimura T, Ide T, Yamamoto T, Shibata T, Onoue K, Okayama S, Yonemura S, Misaki K, Soba Y, Kakui Y, Sato M, Toya M, Takeichi M. Tracheal motile cilia in mice require CAMSAP3 for formation of central microtubule pair and coordinated beating. Mol Biol Cell 2021; 32:ar12. [PMID: 34319756 PMCID: PMC8684751 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e21-06-0303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Motile cilia of multiciliated epithelial cells undergo synchronized beating to produce fluid flow along the luminal surface of various organs. Each motile cilium consists of an axoneme and a basal body (BB), which are linked by a “transition zone” (TZ). The axoneme exhibits a characteristic 9+2 microtubule arrangement important for ciliary motion, but how this microtubule system is generated is not yet fully understood. Here we show that calmodulin-regulated spectrin-associated protein 3 (CAMSAP3), a protein that can stabilize the minus-end of a microtubule, concentrates at multiple sites of the cilium–BB complex, including the upper region of the TZ or the axonemal basal plate (BP) where the central pair of microtubules (CP) initiates. CAMSAP3 dysfunction resulted in loss of the CP and partial distortion of the BP, as well as the failure of multicilia to undergo synchronized beating. These findings suggest that CAMSAP3 plays pivotal roles in the formation or stabilization of the CP by localizing at the basal region of the axoneme and thereby supports the coordinated motion of multicilia in airway epithelial cells.
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- Hiroko Saito
- Laboratory for Cell Adhesion and Tissue Patterning, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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- Division of Embryology, National Institute for Basic Biology, and Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI, the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Okazaki, 444-8787 Japan
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- Division of Embryology, National Institute for Basic Biology, and Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI, the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Okazaki, 444-8787 Japan
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- Laboratory for Cell Adhesion and Tissue Patterning, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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- Laboratory for Organismal Patterning, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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- Nonequilibrium Physics of Living Matter RIKEN Hakubi Research Team, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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- Laboratory for Physical Biology, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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- Laboratory for Ultrastructural Research, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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- Laboratory for Ultrastructural Research, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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- Laboratory for Ultrastructural Research, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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- Ultrastructural Research Team, RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cytoskeletal Logistics, Center for Advanced Biomedical Sciences (TWIns), Waseda University, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cytoskeletal Logistics, Center for Advanced Biomedical Sciences (TWIns), Waseda University, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan.,Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-0051, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cytoskeletal Logistics, Center for Advanced Biomedical Sciences (TWIns), Waseda University, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan
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- Laboratory for Cell Adhesion and Tissue Patterning, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe 650-0047, Japan.,Laboratory of Cytoskeletal Logistics, Center for Advanced Biomedical Sciences (TWIns), Waseda University, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan.,Major in Bioscience, Global Center for Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- Laboratory for Cell Adhesion and Tissue Patterning, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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Shoda T, Yamazoe K, Tanaka Y, Asano Y, Inoue YH. Orbit/CLASP determines centriole length by antagonising Klp10A in Drosophila spermatocytes. J Cell Sci 2021; 134:jcs251231. [PMID: 33674447 PMCID: PMC8015252 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.251231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
After centrosome duplication, centrioles elongate before M phase. To identify genes required for this process and to understand the regulatory mechanism, we investigated the centrioles in Drosophila premeiotic spermatocytes expressing fluorescently tagged centriolar proteins. We demonstrated that an essential microtubule polymerisation factor, Orbit (the Drosophila CLASP orthologue, encoded by chb), accumulated at the distal end of centrioles and was required for the elongation. Conversely, a microtubule-severing factor, Klp10A, shortened the centrioles. Genetic analyses revealed that these two proteins functioned antagonistically to determine centriole length. Furthermore, Cp110 in the distal tip complex was closely associated with the factors involved in centriolar dynamics at the distal end. We observed loss of centriole integrity, including fragmentation of centrioles and earlier separation of the centriole pairs, in Cp110-null mutant cells either overexpressing Orbit or depleted of Klp10A Excess centriole elongation in the absence of the distal tip complex resulted in the loss of centriole integrity, leading to the formation of multipolar spindle microtubules emanating from centriole fragments, even when they were unpaired. Our findings contribute to understanding the mechanism of centriole integrity, disruption of which leads to chromosome instability in cancer cells.
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- Tsuyoshi Shoda
- Department of Insect Biomedical Research, Centre for Advanced Insect Research Promotion, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Insect Biomedical Research, Centre for Advanced Insect Research Promotion, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Insect Biomedical Research, Centre for Advanced Insect Research Promotion, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Insect Biomedical Research, Centre for Advanced Insect Research Promotion, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Insect Biomedical Research, Centre for Advanced Insect Research Promotion, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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Role of DZIP1-CBY-FAM92 transition zone complex in the basal body to membrane attachment and ciliary budding. Biochem Soc Trans 2021; 48:1067-1075. [PMID: 32491167 DOI: 10.1042/bst20191007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Revised: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Cilia play important signaling or motile functions in various organisms. In Human, cilia dysfunctions are responsible for a wide range of diseases, called ciliopathies. Cilia assembly is a tightly controlled process, which starts with the conversion of the centriole into a basal body, leading to the formation of the ciliary bud that protrudes inside a ciliary vesicle and/or ultimately at the cell surface. Ciliary bud formation is associated with the assembly of the transition zone (TZ), a complex architecture of proteins of the ciliary base which plays critical functions in gating proteins in and out of the ciliary compartment. Many proteins are involved in the assembly of the TZ, which shows structural and functional variations in different cell types or organisms. In this review, we discuss how a particular complex, composed of members of the DZIP1, CBY and FAM92 families of proteins, is required for the initial stages of cilia assembly leading to ciliary bud formation and how their functional hierarchy contributes to TZ assembly. Moreover, we summarize how evidences in Drosophila reveal functional differences of the DZIP1-CBY-FAM92 complex in the different ciliated tissues of this organism. Whereas it is essential for proper TZ assembly in the two types of ciliated tissues, it is involved in stable anchoring of basal bodies to the plasma membrane in male germ cells. Overall, the DZIP1-CBY-FAM92 complex reveals a molecular assembly pathway required for the initial stages of ciliary bud formation and that is conserved from Drosophila to Human.
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Bornens M. Centrosome organization and functions. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2020; 66:199-206. [PMID: 33338884 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2020.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2020] [Revised: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
The centrosome, discovered near 1875, was named by Boveri when proposing the chromosomal theory of heredity. After a long eclipse, a considerable amount of molecular data has been accumulated on the centrosome and its biogenesis in the last 30 years, summarized regularly in excellent reviews. Major questions are still at stake in 2021 however, as we lack a comprehensive view of the centrosome functions. I will first try to see how progress towards a unified view of the role of centrosomes during evolution is possible, and then review recent data on only some of the many important questions raised by this organelle.
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- Michel Bornens
- Institut Curie, PSL University, CNRS - UMR 144, 75005 Paris, France.
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Wu Z, Pang N, Zhang Y, Chen H, Peng Y, Fu J, Wei Q. CEP290 is essential for the initiation of ciliary transition zone assembly. PLoS Biol 2020; 18:e3001034. [PMID: 33370260 PMCID: PMC7793253 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Cilia play critical roles during embryonic development and adult homeostasis. Dysfunction of cilia leads to various human genetic diseases, including many caused by defects in transition zones (TZs), the "gates" of cilia. The evolutionarily conserved TZ component centrosomal protein 290 (CEP290) is the most frequently mutated human ciliopathy gene, but its roles in ciliogenesis are not completely understood. Here, we report that CEP290 plays an essential role in the initiation of TZ assembly in Drosophila. Mechanistically, the N-terminus of CEP290 directly recruits DAZ interacting zinc finger protein 1 (DZIP1), which then recruits Chibby (CBY) and Rab8 to promote early ciliary membrane formation. Complete deletion of CEP290 blocks ciliogenesis at the initiation stage of TZ assembly, which can be mimicked by DZIP1 deletion mutants. Remarkably, expression of the N-terminus of CEP290 alone restores the TZ localization of DZIP1 and subsequently ameliorates the defects in TZ assembly initiation in cep290 mutants. Our results link CEP290 to DZIP1-CBY/Rab8 module and uncover a previously uncharacterized important function of CEP290 in the coordination of early ciliary membrane formation and TZ assembly.
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- Zhimao Wu
- Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Center for Energy Metabolism and Reproduction, Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Center for Energy Metabolism and Reproduction, Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Center for Energy Metabolism and Reproduction, Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Center for Energy Metabolism and Reproduction, Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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Dobbelaere J, Schmidt Cernohorska M, Huranova M, Slade D, Dammermann A. Cep97 Is Required for Centriole Structural Integrity and Cilia Formation in Drosophila. Curr Biol 2020; 30:3045-3056.e7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Revised: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Lapart JA, Gottardo M, Cortier E, Duteyrat JL, Augière C, Mangé A, Jerber J, Solassol J, Gopalakrishnan J, Thomas J, Durand B. Dzip1 and Fam92 form a ciliary transition zone complex with cell type specific roles in Drosophila. eLife 2019; 8:49307. [PMID: 31821146 PMCID: PMC6904220 DOI: 10.7554/elife.49307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Cilia and flagella are conserved eukaryotic organelles essential for cellular signaling and motility. Cilia dysfunctions cause life-threatening ciliopathies, many of which are due to defects in the transition zone (TZ), a complex structure of the ciliary base. Therefore, understanding TZ assembly, which relies on ordered interactions of multiprotein modules, is of critical importance. Here, we show that Drosophila Dzip1 and Fam92 form a functional module which constrains the conserved core TZ protein, Cep290, to the ciliary base. We identify cell type specific roles of this functional module in two different tissues. While it is required for TZ assembly in all Drosophila ciliated cells, it also regulates basal-body growth and docking to the plasma membrane during spermatogenesis. We therefore demonstrate a novel regulatory role for Dzip1 and Fam92 in mediating membrane/basal-body interactions and show that these interactions exhibit cell type specific functions in basal-body maturation and TZ organization. Many animal cells have hair-like structures called cilia on their surface, which help them to sense and interact with their surroundings. The cilia are supported by protein filaments and must assemble correctly because faulty cilia can lead to several life-threatening diseases. Problems in an area at the base of the cilia, known as the ‘transition zone’, account for the most severe forms of these diseases in humans. The transition zone is responsible for selecting which proteins are allowed in and out of the cilia. The transition zone itself is made up of many proteins that work together to determine the cilia composition. But not all of these proteins are known, and it is unclear how those that are known affect cilia structure. One protein found in transition zones of several animals, including fruit flies and mice, is called Cby. Lapart et al. set out to understand which other proteins interact with Cby in fruit flies to better understand what this protein does in the transition zone. A series of experiments showed that Cby interacts with two proteins called Dzip1 and Fam92 to regulate the assembly of transition zones. Together these three proteins constrain a core component of the transition zone, a fourth protein called Cep290, to the base of the cilia. Fruit flies only have cilia on cells in their sensory organs and testes and, in both types of tissue, cilia could only form properly when Dzip1 and Fam92 were present. Lapart et al. also showed that, in the fruit fly testes, Dzip1 and Fam92 helped to anchor the newly forming cilia to the cell surface. This anchoring role was particularly important for the fruit flies’ sperm to grow their characteristic whip-like tails, which are a specialized type of cilia that allow sperm cells to move. Overall, the findings show how some transition zone proteins work together and that they can have different effects in different tissues. Understanding the mechanisms behind healthy cilia assembly will likely be key to tackling cilia-related diseases.
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- Jean-André Lapart
- Institut NeuroMyoGène, CNRS UMR 5310, INSERM U1217, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institut NeuroMyoGène, CNRS UMR 5310, INSERM U1217, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Institut NeuroMyoGène, CNRS UMR 5310, INSERM U1217, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Institut NeuroMyoGène, CNRS UMR 5310, INSERM U1217, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- IRCM, INSERM, Université de Montpellier, ICM, Montpellier, France
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- Institut NeuroMyoGène, CNRS UMR 5310, INSERM U1217, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- IRCM, INSERM, Université de Montpellier, ICM, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institut NeuroMyoGène, CNRS UMR 5310, INSERM U1217, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Institut NeuroMyoGène, CNRS UMR 5310, INSERM U1217, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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Persico V, Callaini G, Riparbelli MG. The Microtubule-Depolymerizing Kinesin-13 Klp10A Is Enriched in the Transition Zone of the Ciliary Structures of Drosophila melanogaster. Front Cell Dev Biol 2019; 7:173. [PMID: 31497602 PMCID: PMC6713071 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2019.00173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
The precursor of the flagellar axoneme is already present in the primary spermatocytes of Drosophila melanogaster. During spermatogenesis each primary spermatocyte shows a centriole pair that moves to the cell membrane and organizes an axoneme-based structure, the cilium-like region (CLR). The CLRs persist through the meiotic divisions and are inherited by young spermatids. During spermatid differentiation the ciliary caps elongate giving rise to the sperm axoneme. Mutations in Klp10A, a kinesin-13 of Drosophila, results in defects of centriole/CLR organization in spermatocytes and of ciliary cap assembly in elongating spermatids. Reduced Klp10A expression also results in strong structural defects of sensory type I neurons. We show, here, that this protein displays a peculiar localization during male gametogenesis. The Klp10A signal is first detected at the distal ends of the centrioles when they dock to the plasma membrane of young primary spermatocytes. At the onset of the first meiotic prometaphase, when the CLRs reach their full size, Klp10A is enriched in a distinct narrow area at the distal end of the centrioles and persists in elongating spermatids at the base of the ciliary cap. We conclude that Klp10A could be a core component of the ciliary transition zone in Drosophila.
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- Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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Augière C, Lapart JA, Duteyrat JL, Cortier E, Maire C, Thomas J, Durand B. salto/CG13164 is required for sperm head morphogenesis in Drosophila. Mol Biol Cell 2019; 30:636-645. [PMID: 30601696 PMCID: PMC6589691 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e18-07-0429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Producing mature spermatozoa is essential for sexual reproduction in metazoans. Spermiogenesis involves dramatic cell morphological changes going from sperm tail elongation and nuclear reshaping to cell membrane remodeling during sperm individualization and release. The sperm manchette plays a critical scaffolding function during nuclear remodeling by linking the nuclear lamina to the cytoskeleton. Here, we describe the role of an uncharacterized protein in Drosophila, salto/CG13164, involved in nuclear shaping and spermatid individualization. Salto has dynamic localization during spermatid differentiation, being progressively relocated from the sperm-nuclear dense body, which is equivalent to the mammalian sperm manchette, to the centriolar adjunct and acrosomal cap during spermiogenesis. salto-null male flies are sterile and exhibit complete spermatid individualization defects. salto-deficient spermatids show coiled spermatid nuclei at late maturation stages and stalled individualization complexes. Our work sheds light on a novel component involved in cytoskeleton-based cell-morphological changes during spermiogenesis.
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- Céline Augière
- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS UMR-5310, INSERM U-1217, Institut NeuroMyoGène, F-69008 Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS UMR-5310, INSERM U-1217, Institut NeuroMyoGène, F-69008 Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS UMR-5310, INSERM U-1217, Institut NeuroMyoGène, F-69008 Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS UMR-5310, INSERM U-1217, Institut NeuroMyoGène, F-69008 Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS UMR-5310, INSERM U-1217, Institut NeuroMyoGène, F-69008 Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS UMR-5310, INSERM U-1217, Institut NeuroMyoGène, F-69008 Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS UMR-5310, INSERM U-1217, Institut NeuroMyoGène, F-69008 Lyon, France
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The "transition zone" of the cilium-like regions in the Drosophila spermatocytes and the role of the C-tubule in axoneme assembly. Exp Cell Res 2018; 371:262-268. [PMID: 30130520 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2018.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Revised: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The fruit-fly Drosophila melanogaster harbours different types of ciliary structures: ciliary projections associated with neurons of type I and cilium-like regions (CLRs) found during male gametogenesis. The latter deserve particular attention since they are morphologically similar to vertebrate primary cilia and transform into the sperm axonemes during spermiogenesis. Although, all the centrioles are able to organize the CLRs, we found that the mother centriole docks first to the plasma membrane suggesting a new intrinsic functional asymmetry between the parent centrioles. We also show that the CLRs lack the Y-links that connect the axoneme doublets with the plasma membrane in conventional primary cilia. Moreover, the C-tubules, that are lacking in the axoneme of the primary cilia, persisted along the CLRs albeit modified into longitudinal blades. Remarkably, mutant flies in which the CLRs are devoid of the C-tubules or their number is reduced lack sperm axonemes or have incomplete axonemes. Therefore, the C-tubules are dispensable for the assembly of the CLRs but are essential for sperm axoneme elongation and maintenance in Drosophila.
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Gupta A, Fabian L, Brill JA. Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate regulates cilium transition zone maturation in Drosophila melanogaster. J Cell Sci 2018; 131:jcs.218297. [PMID: 30054387 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.218297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2018] [Accepted: 07/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Cilia are cellular antennae that are essential for human development and physiology. A large number of genetic disorders linked to cilium dysfunction are associated with proteins that localize to the ciliary transition zone (TZ), a structure at the base of cilia that regulates trafficking in and out of the cilium. Despite substantial effort to identify TZ proteins and their roles in cilium assembly and function, processes underlying maturation of TZs are not well understood. Here, we report a role for the membrane lipid phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) in TZ maturation in the Drosophila melanogaster male germline. We show that reduction of cellular PIP2 levels through ectopic expression of a phosphoinositide phosphatase or mutation of the type I phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase Skittles induces formation of longer than normal TZs. These hyperelongated TZs exhibit functional defects, including loss of plasma membrane tethering. We also report that the onion rings (onr) allele of DrosophilaExo84 decouples TZ hyperelongation from loss of cilium-plasma membrane tethering. Our results reveal a requirement for PIP2 in supporting ciliogenesis by promoting proper TZ maturation.
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- Alind Gupta
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada.,Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A4, Canada
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- Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A4, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada .,Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A4, Canada.,Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
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Jana SC, Mendonça S, Machado P, Werner S, Rocha J, Pereira A, Maiato H, Bettencourt-Dias M. Differential regulation of transition zone and centriole proteins contributes to ciliary base diversity. Nat Cell Biol 2018; 20:928-941. [PMID: 30013109 DOI: 10.1038/s41556-018-0132-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Cilia are evolutionarily conserved structures with many sensory and motility-related functions. The ciliary base, composed of the basal body and the transition zone, is critical for cilia assembly and function, but its contribution to cilia diversity remains unknown. Hence, we generated a high-resolution structural and biochemical atlas of the ciliary base of four functionally distinct neuronal and sperm cilia types within an organism, Drosophila melanogaster. We uncovered a common scaffold and diverse structures associated with different localization of 15 evolutionarily conserved components. Furthermore, CEP290 (also known as NPHP6) is involved in the formation of highly diverse transition zone links. In addition, the cartwheel components SAS6 and ANA2 (also known as STIL) have an underappreciated role in basal body elongation, which depends on BLD10 (also known as CEP135). The differential expression of these cartwheel components contributes to diversity in basal body length. Our results offer a plausible explanation to how mutations in conserved ciliary base components lead to tissue-specific diseases.
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal.,Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular (IPATIMUP), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Portugal and Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde-i3S, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal.,European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Electron Microscopy Core Facility, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal.,Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology (BIMSB), Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal.,Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde-i3S, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde-i3S, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Department of Biomedicine, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Roque H, Saurya S, Pratt MB, Johnson E, Raff JW. Drosophila PLP assembles pericentriolar clouds that promote centriole stability, cohesion and MT nucleation. PLoS Genet 2018; 14:e1007198. [PMID: 29425198 PMCID: PMC5823460 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2017] [Revised: 02/22/2018] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Pericentrin is a conserved centrosomal protein whose dysfunction has been linked to several human diseases. It has been implicated in many aspects of centrosome and cilia function, but its precise role is unclear. Here, we examine Drosophila Pericentrin-like-protein (PLP) function in vivo in tissues that form both centrosomes and cilia. Plp mutant centrioles exhibit four major defects: (1) They are short and have subtle structural abnormalities; (2) They disengage prematurely, and so overduplicate; (3) They organise fewer cytoplasmic MTs during interphase; (4) When forming cilia, they fail to establish and/or maintain a proper connection to the plasma membrane—although, surprisingly, they can still form an axoneme-like structure that can recruit transition zone (TZ) proteins. We show that PLP helps assemble “pericentriolar clouds” of electron-dense material that emanate from the central cartwheel spokes and spread outward to surround the mother centriole. We propose that the partial loss of these structures may largely explain the complex centriole, centrosome and cilium defects we observe in Plp mutant cells. Centrioles are complex, microtubule (MT) based structures that organise two important cell organelles, the centrosome and the cilium. The centrosome is a major MT organising centre in many cell types, while the cilium functions as a cellular “antenna” responsible for regulating several cellular signalling pathways. Pericentrin is conserved centriole-binding protein that plays an important part in centrosome and cilium function, and mutations in the Pericentrin gene are linked to several human diseases. Here we use the fruit-fly Drosophila melanogaster to investigate how Pericentrin-Like-Protein (the fly homolog of Pericentrin) contributes to centriole, centrosome and cilium function. We find that Plp mutant fly centrioles have subtle structural defects, organize less microtubules, and do not properly migrate to the cell membrane to form cilia. We also observe that PLP helps assemble “pericentriolar clouds”—dense structures that emanate from the centriole, and appear to interact with microtubules, as well as connect existing centrioles to newly formed ones. In mutant flies these structures are significantly reduced in size. We propose that the defects in these PLP structures can explain most, if not all, the complex defects observed in Plp mutants.
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- Helio Roque
- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Siller SS, Sharma H, Li S, Yang J, Zhang Y, Holtzman MJ, Winuthayanon W, Colognato H, Holdener BC, Li FQ, Takemaru KI. Conditional knockout mice for the distal appendage protein CEP164 reveal its essential roles in airway multiciliated cell differentiation. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1007128. [PMID: 29244804 PMCID: PMC5747467 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2017] [Revised: 12/29/2017] [Accepted: 11/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Multiciliated cells of the airways, brain ventricles, and female reproductive tract provide the motive force for mucociliary clearance, cerebrospinal fluid circulation, and ovum transport. Despite their clear importance to human biology and health, the molecular mechanisms underlying multiciliated cell differentiation are poorly understood. Prior studies implicate the distal appendage/transition fiber protein CEP164 as a central regulator of primary ciliogenesis; however, its role in multiciliogenesis remains unknown. In this study, we have generated a novel conditional mouse model that lacks CEP164 in multiciliated tissues and the testis. These mice show a profound loss of airway, ependymal, and oviduct multicilia and develop hydrocephalus and male infertility. Using primary cultures of tracheal multiciliated cells as a model system, we found that CEP164 is critical for multiciliogenesis, at least in part, via its regulation of small vesicle recruitment, ciliary vesicle formation, and basal body docking. In addition, CEP164 is necessary for the proper recruitment of another distal appendage/transition fiber protein Chibby1 (Cby1) and its binding partners FAM92A and FAM92B to the ciliary base in multiciliated cells. In contrast to primary ciliogenesis, CEP164 is dispensable for the recruitment of intraflagellar transport (IFT) components to multicilia. Finally, we provide evidence that CEP164 differentially controls the ciliary targeting of membrane-associated proteins, including the small GTPases Rab8, Rab11, and Arl13b, in multiciliated cells. Altogether, our studies unravel unique requirements for CEP164 in primary versus multiciliogenesis and suggest that CEP164 modulates the selective transport of membrane vesicles and their cargoes into the ciliary compartment in multiciliated cells. Furthermore, our mouse model provides a useful tool to gain physiological insight into diseases associated with defective multicilia.
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- Saul S. Siller
- Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
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- Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
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- Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
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- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
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- Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America
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Jiang M, Kauppila TES, Motori E, Li X, Atanassov I, Folz-Donahue K, Bonekamp NA, Albarran-Gutierrez S, Stewart JB, Larsson NG. Increased Total mtDNA Copy Number Cures Male Infertility Despite Unaltered mtDNA Mutation Load. Cell Metab 2017; 26:429-436.e4. [PMID: 28768180 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2017.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Revised: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Mutations of mtDNA cause mitochondrial diseases and are implicated in age-associated diseases and aging. Pathogenic mtDNA mutations are often present in a fraction of all mtDNA copies, and it has been widely debated whether the proportion of mutant genomes or the absolute number of wild-type molecules determines if oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) will be impaired. Here, we have studied the male infertility phenotype of mtDNA mutator mice and demonstrate that decreasing mtDNA copy number worsens mitochondrial aberrations of spermatocytes and spermatids in testes, whereas an increase in mtDNA copy number rescues the fertility phenotype and normalizes testes morphology as well as spermatocyte proteome changes. The restoration of testes function occurs in spite of unaltered total mtDNA mutation load. We thus demonstrate that increased copy number of mtDNA can efficiently ameliorate a severe disease phenotype caused by mtDNA mutations, which has important implications for developing future strategies for treatment of mitochondrial dysfunction.
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- Min Jiang
- Department of Mitochondrial Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Mitochondrial Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Mitochondrial Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Proteomics Core Facility, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Proteomics Core Facility, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- FACS and Imaging Core Facility, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Mitochondrial Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Mitochondrial Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Mitochondrial Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Mitochondrial Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, 50931 Cologne, Germany; Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
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McClure-Begley TD, Klymkowsky MW. Nuclear roles for cilia-associated proteins. Cilia 2017; 6:8. [PMID: 28560031 PMCID: PMC5445336 DOI: 10.1186/s13630-017-0052-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Cilia appear to be derived, evolutionarily, from structures present in the ancestral (pre-ciliary) eukaryote, such as microtubule-based vesicle trafficking and chromosome segregation systems. Experimental observations suggest that the ciliary gate, the molecular complex that mediates the selective molecular movement between cytoplasmic and ciliary compartments, shares features with nuclear pores. Our hypothesis is that this shared transport machinery is at least partially responsible for the observation that a number of ciliary and ciliogenesis-associated proteins are found within nuclei where they play roles in the regulation of gene expression, DNA repair, and nuclear import and export. Recognizing the potential for such nuclear roles is critical when considering the phenotypic effects that arise from the mutational modification of ciliary proteins.
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- Tristan D McClure-Begley
- Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
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- Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
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Lattao R, Kovács L, Glover DM. The Centrioles, Centrosomes, Basal Bodies, and Cilia of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 2017; 206:33-53. [PMID: 28476861 PMCID: PMC5419478 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.116.198168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2016] [Accepted: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Centrioles play a key role in the development of the fly. They are needed for the correct formation of centrosomes, the organelles at the poles of the spindle that can persist as microtubule organizing centers (MTOCs) into interphase. The ability to nucleate cytoplasmic microtubules (MTs) is a property of the surrounding pericentriolar material (PCM). The centriole has a dual life, existing not only as the core of the centrosome but also as the basal body, the structure that templates the formation of cilia and flagellae. Thus the structure and functions of the centriole, the centrosome, and the basal body have an impact upon many aspects of development and physiology that can readily be modeled in Drosophila Centrosomes are essential to give organization to the rapidly increasing numbers of nuclei in the syncytial embryo and for the spatially precise execution of cell division in numerous tissues, particularly during male meiosis. Although mitotic cell cycles can take place in the absence of centrosomes, this is an error-prone process that opens up the fly to developmental defects and the potential of tumor formation. Here, we review the structure and functions of the centriole, the centrosome, and the basal body in different tissues and cultured cells of Drosophila melanogaster, highlighting their contributions to different aspects of development and cell division.
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- Ramona Lattao
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, CB2 3EH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, CB2 3EH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, CB2 3EH, United Kingdom
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Gonçalves J, Pelletier L. The Ciliary Transition Zone: Finding the Pieces and Assembling the Gate. Mol Cells 2017; 40:243-253. [PMID: 28401750 PMCID: PMC5424270 DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2017.0054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 04/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic cilia are organelles that project from the surface of cells to fulfill motility and sensory functions. In vertebrates, the functions of both motile and immotile cilia are critical for embryonic development and adult tissue homeostasis. Importantly, a multitude of human diseases is caused by abnormal cilia biogenesis and functions which rely on the compartmentalization of the cilium and the maintenance of its protein composition. The transition zone (TZ) is a specialized ciliary domain present at the base of the cilium and is part of a gate that controls protein entry and exit from this organelle. The relevance of the TZ is highlighted by the fact that several of its components are coded by ciliopathy genes. Here we review recent developments in the study of TZ proteomes, the mapping of individual components to the TZ structure and the establishment of the TZ as a lipid gate.
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- João Gonçalves
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5,
Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5,
Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8,
Canada
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Ohta M, Desai A, Oegema K. How centrioles acquire the ability to reproduce. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28271993 PMCID: PMC5342821 DOI: 10.7554/elife.25358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A protein called SAS-7 is required for daughter centrioles to become mothers in C. elegans.
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- Midori Ohta
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States
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Sugioka K, Hamill DR, Lowry JB, McNeely ME, Enrick M, Richter AC, Kiebler LE, Priess JR, Bowerman B. Centriolar SAS-7 acts upstream of SPD-2 to regulate centriole assembly and pericentriolar material formation. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28092264 PMCID: PMC5342823 DOI: 10.7554/elife.20353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The centriole/basal body is a eukaryotic organelle that plays essential roles in cell division and signaling. Among five known core centriole proteins, SPD-2/Cep192 is the first recruited to the site of daughter centriole formation and regulates the centriolar localization of the other components in C. elegans and in humans. However, the molecular basis for SPD-2 centriolar localization remains unknown. Here, we describe a new centriole component, the coiled-coil protein SAS-7, as a regulator of centriole duplication, assembly and elongation. Intriguingly, our genetic data suggest that SAS-7 is required for daughter centrioles to become competent for duplication, and for mother centrioles to maintain this competence. We also show that SAS-7 binds SPD-2 and regulates SPD-2 centriolar recruitment, while SAS-7 centriolar localization is SPD-2-independent. Furthermore, pericentriolar material (PCM) formation is abnormal in sas-7 mutants, and the PCM-dependent induction of cell polarity that defines the anterior-posterior body axis frequently fails. We conclude that SAS-7 functions at the earliest step in centriole duplication yet identified and plays important roles in the orchestration of centriole and PCM assembly. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.20353.001
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- Kenji Sugioka
- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, United States
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- Department of Zoology, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, United States
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, United States
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- Department of Zoology, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, United States
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- Department of Zoology, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, United States
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- Department of Zoology, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, United States
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- Department of Zoology, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, United States
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- Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, United States.,Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, United States.,Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, United States
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Acquisition of oocyte polarity involves complex translocation and aggregation of intracellular organelles, RNAs, and proteins, along with strict posttranscriptional regulation. While much is still unknown regarding the formation of the animal-vegetal axis, an early marker of polarity, animal models have contributed to our understanding of these early processes controlling normal oogenesis and embryo development. In recent years, it has become clear that proteins with self-assembling properties are involved in assembling discrete subcellular compartments or domains underlying subcellular asymmetries in the early mitotic and meiotic cells of the female germline. These include asymmetries in duplication of the centrioles and formation of centrosomes and assembly of the organelle and RNA-rich Balbiani body, which plays a critical role in oocyte polarity. Notably, at specific stages of germline development, these transient structures in oocytes are temporally coincident and align with asymmetries in the position and arrangement of nuclear components, such as the nuclear pore and the chromosomal bouquet and the centrioles and cytoskeleton in the cytoplasm. Formation of these critical, transient structures and arrangements involves microtubule pathways, intrinsically disordered proteins (proteins with domains that tend to be fluid or lack a rigid ordered three-dimensional structure ranging from random coils, globular domains, to completely unstructured proteins), and translational repressors and activators. This review aims to examine recent literature and key players in oocyte polarity.
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- Mara Clapp
- Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, USA.
- Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, USA.
- Department of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1020, New York, NY, 10029-6574, USA.
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BAR Domain-Containing FAM92 Proteins Interact with Chibby1 To Facilitate Ciliogenesis. Mol Cell Biol 2016; 36:2668-2680. [PMID: 27528616 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00160-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 08/05/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Chibby1 (Cby1) is a small, conserved coiled-coil protein that localizes to centrioles/basal bodies and plays a crucial role in the formation and function of cilia. During early stages of ciliogenesis, Cby1 is required for the efficient recruitment of small vesicles at the distal end of centrioles to facilitate basal body docking to the plasma membrane. Here, we identified family with sequence similarity 92, member A (FAM92A) and FAM92B, which harbor predicted lipid-binding BAR domains, as novel Cby1-interacting partners using tandem affinity purification and mass spectrometry. We found that in cultured cell lines, FAM92A colocalizes with Cby1 at the centrioles/basal bodies of primary cilia, while FAM92B is undetectable. In airway multiciliated cells, both FAM92A and -92B colocalize with Cby1 at the base of cilia. Notably, the centriolar localization of FAM92A and -92B depends largely on Cby1. Knockdown of FAM92A in RPE1 cells impairs ciliogenesis. Consistent with the membrane-remodeling properties of BAR domains, FAM92A and -92B in cooperation with Cby1 induce deformed membrane-like structures containing the small GTPase Rab8 in cultured cells. Our results therefore suggest that FAM92 proteins interact with Cby1 to promote ciliogenesis via regulation of membrane-remodeling processes.
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Vieillard J, Paschaki M, Duteyrat JL, Augière C, Cortier E, Lapart JA, Thomas J, Durand B. Transition zone assembly and its contribution to axoneme formation in Drosophila male germ cells. J Cell Biol 2016; 214:875-89. [PMID: 27646273 PMCID: PMC5037411 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201603086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Ciliary transition zone (TZ) assembly is complex and incompletely understood. Vieillard et al. show that Drosophila Cby and Dila cooperate to assemble the TZ and membrane cap, which, together with microtubule remodeling by kinesin-13, is required for axoneme formation in male germ cells. The ciliary transition zone (TZ) is a complex structure found at the cilia base. Defects in TZ assembly are associated with human ciliopathies. In most eukaryotes, three protein complexes (CEP290, NPHP, and MKS) cooperate to build the TZ. We show that in Drosophila melanogaster, mild TZ defects are observed in the absence of MKS components. In contrast, Cby and Azi1 cooperate to build the TZ by acting upstream of Cep290 and MKS components. Without Cby and Azi1, centrioles fail to form the TZ, precluding sensory cilia assembly, and no ciliary membrane cap associated with sperm ciliogenesis is made. This ciliary cap is critical to recruit the tubulin-depolymerizing kinesin Klp59D, required for regulation of axonemal growth. Our results show that Drosophila TZ assembly in sensory neurons and male germ cells involves cooperative actions of Cby and Dila. They further reveal that temporal control of membrane cap assembly by TZ components and microtubule elongation by kinesin-13 is required for axoneme formation in male germ cells.
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- Jennifer Vieillard
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1217, Institut NeuroMyoGène, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 5310, F-69100 Lyon, France
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1217, Institut NeuroMyoGène, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 5310, F-69100 Lyon, France
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1217, Institut NeuroMyoGène, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 5310, F-69100 Lyon, France
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1217, Institut NeuroMyoGène, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 5310, F-69100 Lyon, France
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1217, Institut NeuroMyoGène, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 5310, F-69100 Lyon, France
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1217, Institut NeuroMyoGène, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 5310, F-69100 Lyon, France
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1217, Institut NeuroMyoGène, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 5310, F-69100 Lyon, France
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1217, Institut NeuroMyoGène, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 5310, F-69100 Lyon, France
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Siller SS, Burke MC, Li FQ, Takemaru KI. Chibby functions to preserve normal ciliary morphology through the regulation of intraflagellar transport in airway ciliated cells. Cell Cycle 2016; 14:3163-72. [PMID: 26266958 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2015.1080396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Airway cilia provide the coordinated motive force for mucociliary transport, which prevents the accumulation of mucus, debris, pollutants, and bacteria in our respiratory tracts. As airway cilia are constantly exposed to the environment and, hence, are an integral component of the pathogenesis of several congenital and chronic pulmonary disorders, it is necessary to understand the molecular mechanisms that control ciliated cell differentiation and ciliogenesis. We have previously reported that loss of the basal body protein Chibby (Cby) results in chronic upper airway infection in mice due to a significant reduction in the number of airway cilia. In the present work, we demonstrate that Cby is required for normal ciliary structure and proper distribution of proteins involved in the bidirectional intraflagellar transport (IFT) system, which consists of 2 distinct sub-complexes, IFT-A and IFT-B, and is essential for ciliary biogenesis and maintenance. In fully differentiated ciliated cells, abnormal paddle-like cilia with dilated ciliary tips are observed in Cby-/- airways and primary cultures of mouse tracheal epithelial cells (MTECs). In addition, IFT88, an IFT-B sub-complex protein, robustly accumulates within the dilated tips of both multicilia in Cby-/- MTECs and primary cilia in Cby-/- mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs). Furthermore, we show that only IFT-B components, including IFT20 and IFT57, but not IFT-A and Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) proteins, amass with IFT88 in these distended tips in Cby-/- ciliated cells. Taken together, our findings suggest that Cby plays a role in the proper distribution of IFT particles to preserve normal ciliary morphology in airway ciliated cells.
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- Saul S Siller
- a Medical Scientist Training Program; Stony Brook University; Stony Brook , NY USA.,b Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology; Stony Brook University; Stony Brook , NY USA.,c Department of Pharmacological Sciences ; Stony Brook University; Stony Brook , NY USA
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- a Medical Scientist Training Program; Stony Brook University; Stony Brook , NY USA.,d Graduate Program in Genetics; Stony Brook University; Stony Brook , NY USA
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- b Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology; Stony Brook University; Stony Brook , NY USA.,c Department of Pharmacological Sciences ; Stony Brook University; Stony Brook , NY USA
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- a Medical Scientist Training Program; Stony Brook University; Stony Brook , NY USA.,b Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology; Stony Brook University; Stony Brook , NY USA.,c Department of Pharmacological Sciences ; Stony Brook University; Stony Brook , NY USA.,d Graduate Program in Genetics; Stony Brook University; Stony Brook , NY USA
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Pratt MB, Titlow JS, Davis I, Barker AR, Dawe HR, Raff JW, Roque H. Drosophila sensory cilia lacking MKS proteins exhibit striking defects in development but only subtle defects in adults. J Cell Sci 2016; 129:3732-3743. [PMID: 27577095 PMCID: PMC5087661 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.194621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Cilia are conserved organelles that have important motility, sensory and signalling roles. The transition zone (TZ) at the base of the cilium is crucial for cilia function, and defects in several TZ proteins are associated with human congenital ciliopathies such as nephronophthisis (NPHP) and Meckel-Gruber syndrome (MKS). In several species, MKS and NPHP proteins form separate complexes that cooperate with Cep290 to assemble the TZ, but flies seem to lack core components of the NPHP module. We show that MKS proteins in flies are spatially separated from Cep290 at the TZ, and that flies mutant for individual MKS genes fail to recruit other MKS proteins to the TZ, whereas Cep290 seems to be recruited normally. Although there are abnormalities in microtubule and membrane organisation in developing MKS mutant cilia, these defects are less apparent in adults, where sensory cilia and sperm flagella seem to function quite normally. Thus, localising MKS proteins to the cilium or flagellum is not essential for viability or fertility in flies.
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- Metta B Pratt
- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Centre for Microvascular Research, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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Jana SC, Bettencourt-Dias M, Durand B, Megraw TL. Drosophila melanogaster as a model for basal body research. Cilia 2016; 5:22. [PMID: 27382461 PMCID: PMC4932733 DOI: 10.1186/s13630-016-0041-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Accepted: 04/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is one of the most extensively studied organisms in biological research and has centrioles/basal bodies and cilia that can be modelled to investigate their functions in animals generally. Centrioles are nine-fold symmetrical microtubule-based cylindrical structures required to form centrosomes and also to nucleate the formation of cilia and flagella. When they function to template cilia, centrioles transition into basal bodies. The fruit fly has various types of basal bodies and cilia, which are needed for sensory neuron and sperm function. Genetics, cell biology and behaviour studies in the fruit fly have unveiled new basal body components and revealed different modes of assembly and functions of basal bodies that are conserved in many other organisms, including human, green algae and plasmodium. Here we describe the various basal bodies of Drosophila, what is known about their composition, structure and function.
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- Swadhin Chandra Jana
- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Rua da Quinta Grande, número 6, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Institut NeuroMyogène, CNRS UMR-5310 INSERM-U1217, Université Claude Bernard Lyon-1, Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA
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Gottardo M, Callaini G, Riparbelli MG. Does Unc-GFP uncover ciliary structures in the rhabdomeric eye of Drosophila? J Cell Sci 2016; 129:2726-31. [PMID: 27235419 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.185942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Accepted: 05/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The uncoordinated (unc) gene product, a potential ortholog of mammalian orofaciodigital syndrome 1 (Ofd1), is involved in the assembly of the ciliary axoneme in Drosophila and it is, therefore, constrained to cell types that have ciliary structures, namely type 1 sensory neurons and male germ cells. Here, we show that evenly spaced Unc-GFP spots are present in the eye imaginal discs of third-instar larvae. These spots are restricted to the R8 photoreceptor cell of each ommatidium in association with mother centrioles. This finding is unexpected because the Drosophila eye is of the rhabdomeric type and would be expected to lack ciliary structures.
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- Marco Gottardo
- University of Siena, Department of Life Sciences, Via A. Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- University of Siena, Department of Life Sciences, Via A. Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
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Centrioles and cilia are highly conserved eukaryotic organelles. Drosophila melanogaster is a powerful genetic and cell biology model organism, extensively used to discover underlying mechanisms of centrosome and cilia biogenesis and function. Defects in centrosomes and cilia reduce fertility and affect different sensory functions, such as proprioception, olfaction, and hearing. The fly possesses a large diversity of ciliary structures and assembly modes, such as motile, immotile, and intraflagellar transport (IFT)-independent or IFT-dependent assembly. Moreover, all the diverse ciliated cells harbor centrioles at the base of the cilia, called basal bodies, making the fly an attractive model to better understand the biology of this organelle. This chapter describes protocols to visualize centrosomes and cilia by fluorescence and electron microscopy.
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Chen JV, Kao LR, Jana SC, Sivan-Loukianova E, Mendonça S, Cabrera OA, Singh P, Cabernard C, Eberl DF, Bettencourt-Dias M, Megraw TL. Rootletin organizes the ciliary rootlet to achieve neuron sensory function in Drosophila. J Cell Biol 2015; 211:435-53. [PMID: 26483560 PMCID: PMC4621839 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201502032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 09/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Drosophila Rootletin organizes rootlets in sensory neurons, where it transmits multiple sensory inputs and maintains basal body cohesion, yet it is not required for cilium stability. Cilia are essential for cell signaling and sensory perception. In many cell types, a cytoskeletal structure called the ciliary rootlet links the cilium to the cell body. Previous studies indicated that rootlets support the long-term stability of some cilia. Here we report that Drosophila melanogaster Rootletin (Root), the sole orthologue of the mammalian paralogs Rootletin and C-Nap1, assembles into rootlets of diverse lengths among sensory neuron subtypes. Root mutant neurons lack rootlets and have dramatically impaired sensory function, resulting in behavior defects associated with mechanosensation and chemosensation. Root is required for cohesion of basal bodies, but the cilium structure appears normal in Root mutant neurons. We show, however, that normal rootlet assembly requires centrioles. The N terminus of Root contains a conserved domain and is essential for Root function in vivo. Ectopically expressed Root resides at the base of mother centrioles in spermatocytes and localizes asymmetrically to mother centrosomes in neuroblasts, both requiring Bld10, a basal body protein with varied functions.
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- Jieyan V Chen
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Biology Department, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306
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Gottardo M, Pollarolo G, Llamazares S, Reina J, Riparbelli M, Callaini G, Gonzalez C. Loss of Centrobin Enables Daughter Centrioles to Form Sensory Cilia in Drosophila. Curr Biol 2015; 25:2319-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2015] [Revised: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Gottardo M, Callaini G, Riparbelli MG. Aurora A inhibition by MNL8054 promotes centriole elongation during Drosophila male meiosis. Cell Cycle 2015; 14:2844-52. [PMID: 25785740 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2015.1026488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Aurora A kinase plays an important role in several aspects of cell division, including centrosome maturation and separation, a crucial step for the correct organization of the bipolar spindle. Although it has long been showed that this kinase accumulates at the centrosome throughout mitosis its precise contribution to centriole biogenesis and structure has until now not been reported. It is not surprising that so little is known, due to the small size of somatic centrioles, where only dramatic structural changes may be identified by careful electron microscopy analysis. Conversely, centrioles of Drosophila primary spermatocytes increase tenfold in length during the first prophase, thus making any change easily detectable. Therefore, we examined the consequence of the pharmacological inhibition of Aurora A by MLN8054 on centriole biogenesis during early Drosophila gametogenesis. Here, we show that depletion of this kinase results in longer centrioles, mainly during transition from prophase to prometaphase of the first meiosis. We also found abnormal ciliogenesis characterized by irregularly growing axonemal doublets. Our results represent the first documentation of a potential requirement of Aurora A in centriole integrity and elongation.
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- Marco Gottardo
- a Department of Life Sciences ; University of Siena ; Siena , Italy
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Burke MC, Li FQ, Cyge B, Arashiro T, Brechbuhl HM, Chen X, Siller SS, Weiss MA, O'Connell CB, Love D, Westlake CJ, Reynolds SD, Kuriyama R, Takemaru KI. Chibby promotes ciliary vesicle formation and basal body docking during airway cell differentiation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 207:123-37. [PMID: 25313408 PMCID: PMC4195830 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201406140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Airway multiciliated epithelial cells play crucial roles in the mucosal defense system, but their differentiation process remains poorly understood. Mice lacking the basal body component Chibby (Cby) exhibit impaired mucociliary transport caused by defective ciliogenesis, resulting in chronic airway infection. In this paper, using primary cultures of mouse tracheal epithelial cells, we show that Cby facilitates basal body docking to the apical cell membrane through proper formation of ciliary vesicles at the distal appendage during the early stages of ciliogenesis. Cby is recruited to the distal appendages of centrioles via physical interaction with the distal appendage protein CEP164. Cby then associates with the membrane trafficking machinery component Rabin8, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for the small guanosine triphosphatase Rab8, to promote recruitment of Rab8 and efficient assembly of ciliary vesicles. Thus, our study identifies Cby as a key regulator of ciliary vesicle formation and basal body docking during the differentiation of airway ciliated cells.
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- Michael C Burke
- Graduate Program in Genetics, Medical Scientist Training Program, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, and Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 Graduate Program in Genetics, Medical Scientist Training Program, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, and Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794
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- Graduate Program in Genetics, Medical Scientist Training Program, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, and Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 Graduate Program in Genetics, Medical Scientist Training Program, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, and Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794
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- Graduate Program in Genetics, Medical Scientist Training Program, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, and Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794
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- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Division of Cell Biology, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Heath, Denver, CO 80206
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- Graduate Program in Genetics, Medical Scientist Training Program, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, and Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794
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- Graduate Program in Genetics, Medical Scientist Training Program, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, and Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 Graduate Program in Genetics, Medical Scientist Training Program, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, and Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794
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- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signaling, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21072
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- Graduate Program in Genetics, Medical Scientist Training Program, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, and Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794
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- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signaling, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21072
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- Division of Cell Biology, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Heath, Denver, CO 80206
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- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Graduate Program in Genetics, Medical Scientist Training Program, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, and Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 Graduate Program in Genetics, Medical Scientist Training Program, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, and Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 Graduate Program in Genetics, Medical Scientist Training Program, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, and Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 Graduate Program in Genetics, Medical Scientist Training Program, Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, and Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794
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Drosophila melanogaster is a powerful genetic model organism to understand the function of proteins in specific cellular processes. Cilia have been extensively studied in Drosophila playing various sensory functions that are essential for fly survival. Indeed, flies defective in cilia formation cannot walk, fly, or feed properly. Drosophila harbors different types of cilia that can be motile or immotile or that can show compartimentalized (intraflagellar transport (IFT)-dependent) or cytoplasmic (IFT-independent) mode of assembly. Therefore, Drosophila represents an advantageous model organism to study the function of novel ciliary candidates and to address specific questions such as their requirement for IFT-dependent processes versus other aspects of cilia-associated functions. This chapter describes protocols to visualize cilia by direct or indirect fluorescent labeling and protocols to analyze ciliary ultrastructure by electron microscopy.
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Vieillard J, Jerber J, Durand B. Contrôle transcriptionnel des gènes ciliaires. Med Sci (Paris) 2014; 30:968-75. [DOI: 10.1051/medsci/20143011010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Lu Y, Roy R. Centrosome/Cell cycle uncoupling and elimination in the endoreduplicating intestinal cells of C. elegans. PLoS One 2014; 9:e110958. [PMID: 25360893 PMCID: PMC4215990 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2013] [Accepted: 09/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The centrosome cycle is most often coordinated with mitotic cell division through the activity of various essential cell cycle regulators, consequently ensuring that the centriole is duplicated once, and only once, per cell cycle. However, this coupling can be altered in specific developmental contexts; for example, multi-ciliated cells generate hundreds of centrioles without any S-phase requirement for their biogenesis, while Drosophila follicle cells eliminate their centrosomes as they begin to endoreduplicate. In order to better understand how the centrosome cycle and the cell cycle are coordinated in a developmental context we use the endoreduplicating intestinal cell lineage of C. elegans to address how novel variations of the cell cycle impact this important process. In C. elegans, the larval intestinal cells undergo one nuclear division without subsequent cytokinesis, followed by four endocycles that are characterized by successive rounds of S-phase. We monitored the levels of centriolar/centrosomal markers and found that centrosomes lose their pericentriolar material following the nuclear division that occurs during the L1 stage and is thereafter never re-gained. The centrioles then become refractory to S phase regulators that would normally promote duplication during the first endocycle, after which they are eliminated during the L2 stage. Furthermore, we show that SPD-2 plays a central role in the numeral regulation of centrioles as a potential target of CDK activity. On the other hand, the phosphorylation on SPD-2 by Polo-like kinase, the transcriptional regulation of genes that affect centriole biogenesis, and the ubiquitin/proteasome degradation pathway, contribute collectively to the final elimination of the centrioles during the L2 stage.
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- Yu Lu
- Department of Biology, The Developmental Biology Research Initiative, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Biology, The Developmental Biology Research Initiative, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Basiri ML, Ha A, Chadha A, Clark NM, Polyanovsky A, Cook B, Avidor-Reiss T. A migrating ciliary gate compartmentalizes the site of axoneme assembly in Drosophila spermatids. Curr Biol 2014; 24:2622-31. [PMID: 25447994 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.09.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2013] [Revised: 08/27/2014] [Accepted: 09/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND In most cells, the cilium is formed within a compartment separated from the cytoplasm. Entry into the ciliary compartment is regulated by a specialized gate located at the base of the cilium in a region known as the transition zone. The transition zone is closely associated with multiple structures of the ciliary base, including the centriole, axoneme, and ciliary membrane. However, the contribution of these structures to the ciliary gate remains unclear. RESULTS Here we report that, in Drosophila spermatids, a conserved module of transition zone proteins mutated in Meckel-Gruber syndrome (MKS), including Cep290, Mks1, B9d1, and B9d2, comprise a ciliary gate that continuously migrates away from the centriole to compartmentalize the growing axoneme tip. We show that Cep290 is essential for transition zone composition, compartmentalization of the axoneme tip, and axoneme integrity and find that MKS proteins also delimit a centriole-independent compartment in mouse spermatids. CONCLUSIONS Our findings demonstrate that the ciliary gate can migrate away from the base of the cilium, thereby functioning independently of the centriole and of a static interaction with the axoneme to compartmentalize the site of axoneme assembly.
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- Marcus L Basiri
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, 3050 W. Towerview Boulevard, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, 3050 W. Towerview Boulevard, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, 3050 W. Towerview Boulevard, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospekt Toreza, 44, 194223 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, 3050 W. Towerview Boulevard, Toledo, OH 43606, USA.
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Chibby functions in Xenopus ciliary assembly, embryonic development, and the regulation of gene expression. Dev Biol 2014; 395:287-98. [PMID: 25220153 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Revised: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Wnt signaling and ciliogenesis are core features of embryonic development in a range of metazoans. Chibby (Cby), a basal-body associated protein, regulates β-catenin-mediated Wnt signaling in the mouse but not Drosophila. Here we present an analysis of Cby's embryonic expression and morphant phenotypes in Xenopus laevis. Cby RNA is supplied maternally, negatively regulated by Snail2 but not Twist1, preferentially expressed in the neuroectoderm, and regulates β-catenin-mediated gene expression. Reducing Cby levels reduced the density of multiciliated cells, the number of basal bodies per multiciliated cell, and the numbers of neural tube primary cilia; it also led to abnormal development of the neural crest, central nervous system, and pronephros, all defects that were rescued by a Cby-GFP chimera. Reduction of Cby led to an increase in Wnt8a and decreases in Gli2, Gli3, and Shh RNA levels. Many, but not all, morphant phenotypes were significantly reversed by the Wnt inhibitor SFRP2. These observations extend our understanding of Cby's role in mediating the network of interactions between ciliogenesis, signaling systems and tissue patterning.
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Lee YL, Santé J, Comerci CJ, Cyge B, Menezes LF, Li FQ, Germino GG, Moerner WE, Takemaru KI, Stearns T. Cby1 promotes Ahi1 recruitment to a ring-shaped domain at the centriole-cilium interface and facilitates proper cilium formation and function. Mol Biol Cell 2014; 25:2919-33. [PMID: 25103236 PMCID: PMC4230582 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-02-0735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Cby1 localizes to centrioles and antagonizes canonical Wnt signaling. Cby1−/− mice have cystic kidneys, and Cby1 facilitates primary cilium formation and ciliary recruitment of Arl13b. Cby1 localizes to a distal centriolar domain with Ofd1 and Ahi1, and the amount of Ahi1 at the transition zone is reduced in Cby1−/− cells. Defects in centrosome and cilium function are associated with phenotypically related syndromes called ciliopathies. Cby1, the mammalian orthologue of the Drosophila Chibby protein, localizes to mature centrioles, is important for ciliogenesis in multiciliated airway epithelia in mice, and antagonizes canonical Wnt signaling via direct regulation of β-catenin. We report that deletion of the mouse Cby1 gene results in cystic kidneys, a phenotype common to ciliopathies, and that Cby1 facilitates the formation of primary cilia and ciliary recruitment of the Joubert syndrome protein Arl13b. Localization of Cby1 to the distal end of mature centrioles depends on the centriole protein Ofd1. Superresolution microscopy using both three-dimensional SIM and STED reveals that Cby1 localizes to an ∼250-nm ring at the distal end of the mature centriole, in close proximity to Ofd1 and Ahi1, a component of the transition zone between centriole and cilium. The amount of centriole-localized Ahi1, but not Ofd1, is reduced in Cby1−/− cells. This suggests that Cby1 is required for efficient recruitment of Ahi1, providing a possible molecular mechanism for the ciliogenesis defect in Cby1−/− cells.
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- Yin Loon Lee
- Department of Biology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Biology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794
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- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794
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- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794
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- Department of Biology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 Department of Genetics, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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Bokolia NP, Mishra M. Hearing molecules, mechanism and transportation: modeled in Drosophila melanogaster. Dev Neurobiol 2014; 75:109-30. [PMID: 25081222 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2014] [Revised: 07/29/2014] [Accepted: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Mechanosensory transduction underlies the perception of touch, sound and acceleration. The mechanical signals exist in the environment are resensed by the specialized mechanosensory cells, which convert the external forces into the electrical signals. Hearing is a magnificent example that relies on the mechanotransduction mediated by the auditory cells, for example the inner-ear hair cells in vertebrates and the Johnston's organ (JO) in fly. Previous studies have shown the fundamental physiological processes in the fly and vertebrate auditory organs are similar, suggesting that there might be a set of similar molecules underlying these processes. The molecular studies of the fly JO have been shown to be remarkably successful in discovering the developmental and functional genes that provided further implications in vertebrates. Several evolutionarily conserved molecules and signaling pathways have been shown to govern the development of the auditory organs in both vertebrates and invertebrates. The current review describes the similarities and differences between the vertebrate and fly auditory organs at developmental, structural, molecular, and transportation levels.
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- Naveen Prakash Bokolia
- Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela, Orissa, India
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The primary cilium compartmentalizes a tiny fraction of the cell surface and volume, yet many proteins are highly enriched in this area and so efficient mechanisms are necessary to concentrate them in the ciliary compartment. Here we review mechanisms that are thought to deliver protein cargo to the base of cilia and are likely to interact with ciliary gating mechanisms. Given the immense variety of ciliary cytosolic and transmembrane proteins, it is almost certain that multiple, albeit frequently interconnected, pathways mediate this process. It is also clear that none of these pathways is fully understood at the present time. Mechanisms that are discussed below facilitate ciliary localization of structural and signaling molecules, which include receptors, G-proteins, ion channels, and enzymes. These mechanisms form a basis for every aspect of cilia function in early embryonic patterning, organ morphogenesis, sensory perception and elsewhere.
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- Jarema Malicki
- MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics; Department of Biomedical Science; The University of Sheffield; Sheffield, UK
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Huet D, Blisnick T, Perrot S, Bastin P. The GTPase IFT27 is involved in both anterograde and retrograde intraflagellar transport. eLife 2014; 3:e02419. [PMID: 24843028 PMCID: PMC4003483 DOI: 10.7554/elife.02419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The construction of cilia and flagella depends on intraflagellar transport (IFT), the bidirectional movement of two protein complexes (IFT-A and IFT-B) driven by specific kinesin and dynein motors. IFT-B and kinesin are associated to anterograde transport whereas IFT-A and dynein participate to retrograde transport. Surprisingly, the small GTPase IFT27, a member of the IFT-B complex, turns out to be essential for retrograde cargo transport in Trypanosoma brucei. We reveal that this is due to failure to import both the IFT-A complex and the IFT dynein into the flagellar compartment. To get further molecular insight about the role of IFT27, GDP- or GTP-locked versions were expressed in presence or absence of endogenous IFT27. The GDP-locked version is unable to enter the flagellum and to interact with other IFT-B proteins and its sole expression prevents flagellum formation. These findings demonstrate that a GTPase-competent IFT27 is required for association to the IFT complex and that IFT27 plays a role in the cargo loading of the retrograde transport machinery. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02419.001 Long, thin structures called cilia and flagella are found on the surface of many cells, and perform a range of roles, including propelling the cells around or sensing changes in the surrounding environment. A process called intraflagellar transport (IFT for short) is responsible for flagellum construction in eukaryotic cells. Protein complexes called IFT trains carry the building blocks that make up flagella along microtubule ‘tracks’ between the base and the tip of a flagellum. IFT trains are made from two different protein complexes called IFT-A and IFT-B, which are dragged by various molecular motors. The IFT-B complex is necessary for the train to move towards the tip of the flagellum, and so enables the flagellum to grow. The IFT-A protein complex is required to recycle the train back towards the base of the flagellum. Huet et al. examined the role that a protein called IFT27 plays in intraflagellar transport. IFT27 is part of the IFT-B complex, and so it was thought to only affect how flagella grow. However, short flagella still grow when IFT27 is absent, but they are filled with IFT trains that are not able to reverse back from the tip. Huet et al. reveal that the IFT-A complex and the molecular motor that is essential for reversing the train are not transported into the flagellum if IFT27 is not present. This is therefore an unusual case of an IFT-B protein affecting the IFT-A complex and the transport back to the base. IFT27 also affects how the IFT-B complex forms. ITF27 can bind to some small molecules, which can switch the protein ‘on’ or ‘off’. Huet et al. found that when IFT27 is switched off it is not transported into flagella, and also cannot bind to some of the other proteins in the IFT-B complex. This means that if IFT27 is locked in an inactive state, the IFT-B complex does not form, and a flagellum cannot grow. Therefore, activated IFT27 is needed for putting together the IFT train and to ensure its movement in either direction along the microtubule tracks. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02419.002
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- Diego Huet
- Trypanosome Cell Biology Unit, Institut Pasteur & CNRS, Paris, France Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Cellule Pasteur-UPMC, Paris, France
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- Trypanosome Cell Biology Unit, Institut Pasteur & CNRS, Paris, France
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- Trypanosome Cell Biology Unit, Institut Pasteur & CNRS, Paris, France
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- Trypanosome Cell Biology Unit, Institut Pasteur & CNRS, Paris, France
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Soulavie F, Piepenbrock D, Thomas J, Vieillard J, Duteyrat JL, Cortier E, Laurençon A, Göpfert MC, Durand B. hemingway is required for sperm flagella assembly and ciliary motility in Drosophila. Mol Biol Cell 2014; 25:1276-86. [PMID: 24554765 PMCID: PMC3982993 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e13-10-0616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Motile cilia play important functions in many organisms. In Drosophila, hemingway (hmw) encodes a novel protein conserved in species with motile cilia. hmw-mutant flies are hearing impaired and male sterile. HMW is required for acquisition of motile properties of cilia in the fly sound receiver and stability of the sperm axoneme. Cilia play major functions in physiology and development, and ciliary dysfunctions are responsible for several diseases in humans called ciliopathies. Cilia motility is required for cell and fluid propulsion in organisms. In humans, cilia motility deficiencies lead to primary ciliary dyskinesia, with upper-airways recurrent infections, left–right asymmetry perturbations, and fertility defects. In Drosophila, we identified hemingway (hmw) as a novel component required for motile cilia function. hmw encodes a 604–amino acid protein characterized by a highly conserved coiled-coil domain also found in the human orthologue, KIAA1430. We show that HMW is conserved in species with motile cilia and that, in Drosophila, hmw is expressed in ciliated sensory neurons and spermatozoa. We created hmw-knockout flies and found that they are hearing impaired and male sterile. hmw is implicated in the motility of ciliated auditory sensory neurons and, in the testis, is required for elongation and maintenance of sperm flagella. Because HMW is absent from mature flagella, we propose that HMW is not a structural component of the motile axoneme but is required for proper acquisition of motile properties. This identifies HMW as a novel, evolutionarily conserved component necessary for motile cilium function and flagella assembly.
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- Fabien Soulavie
- Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR 5534, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Lyon 1, 69622 Lyon, France Department of Cellular Neurobiology, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Mendes Maia T, Gogendeau D, Pennetier C, Janke C, Basto R. Bug22 influences cilium morphology and the post-translational modification of ciliary microtubules. Biol Open 2014; 3:138-51. [PMID: 24414207 PMCID: PMC3925317 DOI: 10.1242/bio.20146577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Cilia and flagella are organelles essential for motility and sensing of environmental stimuli. Depending on the cell type, cilia acquire a defined set of functions and, accordingly, are built with an appropriate length and molecular composition. Several ciliary proteins display a high degree of conservation throughout evolution and mutations in ciliary genes are associated with various diseases such as ciliopathies and infertility. Here, we describe the role of the highly conserved ciliary protein, Bug22, in Drosophila. Previous studies in unicellular organisms have shown that Bug22 is required for proper cilia function, but its exact role in ciliogenesis has not been investigated yet. Null Bug22 mutant flies display cilia-associated phenotypes and nervous system defects. Furthermore, sperm differentiation is blocked at the individualization stage, due to impaired migration of the individualization machinery. Tubulin post-translational modifications (PTMs) such as polyglycylation, polyglutamylation or acetylation, are determinants of microtubule (MT) functions and stability in centrioles, cilia and neurons. We found defects in the timely incorporation of polyglycylation in sperm axonemal MTs of Bug22 mutants. In addition, we found that depletion of human Bug22 in RPE1 cells resulted in the appearance of longer cilia and reduced axonemal polyglutamylation. Our work identifies Bug22 as a protein that plays a conserved role in the regulation of PTMs of the ciliary axoneme.
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Boekhoff-Falk G, Eberl DF. The Drosophila auditory system. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2013; 3:179-91. [PMID: 24719289 DOI: 10.1002/wdev.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2013] [Revised: 08/28/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Development of a functional auditory system in Drosophila requires specification and differentiation of the chordotonal sensilla of Johnston's organ (JO) in the antenna, correct axonal targeting to the antennal mechanosensory and motor center in the brain, and synaptic connections to neurons in the downstream circuit. Chordotonal development in JO is functionally complicated by structural, molecular, and functional diversity that is not yet fully understood, and construction of the auditory neural circuitry is only beginning to unfold. Here, we describe our current understanding of developmental and molecular mechanisms that generate the exquisite functions of the Drosophila auditory system, emphasizing recent progress and highlighting important new questions arising from research on this remarkable sensory system.
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- Grace Boekhoff-Falk
- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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Gottardo M, Callaini G, Riparbelli MG. The cilium-like region of the Drosophila spermatocyte: an emerging flagellum? J Cell Sci 2013; 126:5441-52. [PMID: 24105264 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.136523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Primary cilia and flagella are distinct structures with different functions in eukaryotic cells. Despite the fact that they share similar basic organization and architecture, a direct developmental continuity among them has not been reported until now. The primary cilium is a dynamic structure that typically assembles and disassembles during mitotic cell cycles, whereas the sperm axoneme is nucleated by the centriole inherited by the differentiating spermatid at the end of meiosis. Fruit flies display a remarkable exception to this general rule. Drosophila spermatocytes have an unusual axoneme-based structure reminiscent of primary cilia (the cilium-like region, or CLR). This structure persists through the meiotic divisions when it is internalized with the centriole to organize the centrosome and is finally inherited by young spermatids. Examination of elongating spermatids by transmission electron microscopy (EM) and cold regrowth experiments suggests that the motile axoneme derives directly from the elongation and remodelling of the immotile CLR. Both the CLR and elongating spermatid flagella have incomplete C-tubules that form longitudinal sheets associated with the B-tubule wall, unlike axonemes of other organisms in which C-tubules stop growing at the transition between the basal body and the axonemal doublets. Moreover, both the CLR and spermatid flagella lack a structured transition zone, a characteristic feature of ciliated cells. Uncoordinated (unc) mutants that lack C-remnants have short centrioles, suggesting that the C-sheets play a role in the elongation of the centriole after it docks to the cell membrane. The structural similarities between CLR and sperm axoneme suggest that the CLR can be considered as the basal region of the future axoneme and could represent the start point for its elongation.
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- Marco Gottardo
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Via A. Moro 4, 53100 Siena, Italy
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Jerber J, Baas D, Soulavie F, Chhin B, Cortier E, Vesque C, Thomas J, Durand B. The coiled-coil domain containing protein CCDC151 is required for the function of IFT-dependent motile cilia in animals. Hum Mol Genet 2013; 23:563-77. [DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Riparbelli MG, Cabrera OA, Callaini G, Megraw TL. Unique properties of Drosophila spermatocyte primary cilia. Biol Open 2013; 2:1137-47. [PMID: 24244850 PMCID: PMC3828760 DOI: 10.1242/bio.20135355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Accepted: 08/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The primary cilium is an essential organelle required for animal development and adult homeostasis that is found on most animal cells. The primary cilium contains a microtubule-based axoneme cytoskeleton that typically grows from the mother centriole in G0/G1 phase of the cell cycle as a membrane-bound compartment that protrudes from the cell surface. A unique system of bidirectional transport, intraflagellar transport (IFT), maintains the structure and function of cilia. While the axoneme is dynamic, growing and shrinking at its tip, at the same time it is very stable to the effects of microtubule-targeting drugs. The primary cilia found on Drosophila spermatocytes diverge from the general rules of primary cilium biology in several respects. Among these unique attributes, spermatocyte cilia assemble from all four centrioles in an IFT-independent manner in G2 phase, and persist continuously through two cell divisions. Here, we show that Drosophila spermatocyte primary cilia are extremely sensitive to microtubule-targeting drugs, unlike their mammalian counterparts. Spermatocyte cilia and their axonemes fail to assemble or be maintained upon nocodazole treatment, while centriole replication appears unperturbed. On the other hand, paclitaxel (Taxol), a microtubule-stabilizing drug, disrupted transition zone assembly and anchoring to the plasma membrane while causing spermatocyte primary cilia to grow extensively long during the assembly/elongation phase, but did not overtly affect the centrioles. However, once assembled to their mature length, spermatocyte cilia appeared unaffected by Taxol. The effects of these drugs on axoneme dynamics further demonstrate that spermatocyte primary cilia are endowed with unique assembly properties.
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