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Antón Z, Weijman JF, Williams C, Moody ERR, Mantell J, Yip YY, Cross JA, Williams TA, Steiner RA, Crump MP, Woolfson DN, Dodding MP. Molecular mechanism for kinesin-1 direct membrane recognition. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:7/31/eabg6636. [PMID: 34321209 PMCID: PMC8318374 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abg6636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
The cargo-binding capabilities of cytoskeletal motor proteins have expanded during evolution through both gene duplication and alternative splicing. For the light chains of the kinesin-1 family of microtubule motors, this has resulted in an array of carboxyl-terminal domain sequences of unknown molecular function. Here, combining phylogenetic analyses with biophysical, biochemical, and cell biology approaches, we identify a highly conserved membrane-induced curvature-sensitive amphipathic helix within this region of a subset of long kinesin light-chain paralogs and splice isoforms. This helix mediates the direct binding of kinesin-1 to lipid membranes. Membrane binding requires specific anionic phospholipids, and it contributes to kinesin-1-dependent lysosome positioning, a canonical activity that, until now, has been attributed exclusively the recognition of organelle-associated cargo adaptor proteins. This leads us to propose a protein-lipid coincidence detection framework for kinesin-1-mediated organelle transport.
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- Zuriñe Antón
- School of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- School of Chemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK
- Bristol BioDesign Institute, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- Randall Centre of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
- School of Chemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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- Randall Centre of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- School of Chemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK
- Bristol BioDesign Institute, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
- School of Chemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK
- Bristol BioDesign Institute, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK.
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Wobst H, Schmitz B, Schachner M, Diestel S, Leshchyns'ka I, Sytnyk V. Kinesin-1 promotes post-Golgi trafficking of NCAM140 and NCAM180 to the cell surface. J Cell Sci 2015; 128:2816-29. [PMID: 26101351 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.169391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 06/18/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
The neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM, also known as NCAM1) is important during neural development, because it contributes to neurite outgrowth in response to its ligands at the cell surface. In the adult brain, NCAM is involved in regulating synaptic plasticity. The molecular mechanisms underlying delivery of NCAM to the neuronal cell surface remain poorly understood. We used a protein macroarray and identified the kinesin light chain 1 (KLC1), a component of the kinesin-1 motor protein, as a binding partner of the intracellular domains of the two transmembrane isoforms of NCAM, NCAM140 and NCAM180. KLC1 binds to amino acids CGKAGPGA within the intracellular domain of NCAM and colocalizes with kinesin-1 in the Golgi compartment. Delivery of NCAM180 to the cell surface is increased in CHO cells and neurons co-transfected with kinesin-1. We further demonstrate that the p21-activated kinase 1 (PAK1) competes with KLC1 for binding to the intracellular domain of NCAM and contributes to the regulation of the membrane insertion of NCAM. Our results indicate that NCAM is delivered to the cell surface through a kinesin-1-mediated transport mechanism in a PAK1-dependent manner.
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- Hilke Wobst
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, Department of Human Metabolomics, University of Bonn, Bonn 53115, Germany
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- Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, Department of Human Metabolomics, University of Bonn, Bonn 53115, Germany
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- Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience and Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8082, USA Center for Neuroscience, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, China
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- Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, Department of Human Metabolomics, University of Bonn, Bonn 53115, Germany
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Jia X, Li J, Shi D, Zhao Y, Dong Y, Ju H, Yang J, Sun J, Li X, Ren H. Grouping annotations on the subcellular layered interactome demonstrates enhanced autophagy activity in a recurrent experimental autoimmune uveitis T cell line. PLoS One 2014; 9:e104404. [PMID: 25116327 PMCID: PMC4130584 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2014] [Accepted: 07/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Human uveitis is a type of T cell-mediated autoimmune disease that often shows relapse-remitting courses affecting multiple biological processes. As a cytoplasmic process, autophagy has been seen as an adaptive response to cell death and survival, yet the link between autophagy and T cell-mediated autoimmunity is not certain. In this study, based on the differentially expressed genes (GSE19652) between the recurrent versus monophasic T cell lines, whose adoptive transfer to susceptible animals may result in respective recurrent or monophasic uveitis, we proposed grouping annotations on a subcellular layered interactome framework to analyze the specific bioprocesses that are linked to the recurrence of T cell autoimmunity. That is, the subcellular layered interactome was established by the Cytoscape and Cerebral plugin based on differential expression, global interactome, and subcellular localization information. Then, the layered interactomes were grouping annotated by the ClueGO plugin based on Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes databases. The analysis showed that significant bioprocesses with autophagy were orchestrated in the cytoplasmic layered interactome and that mTOR may have a regulatory role in it. Furthermore, by setting up recurrent and monophasic uveitis in Lewis rats, we confirmed by transmission electron microscopy that, in comparison to the monophasic disease, recurrent uveitis in vivo showed significantly increased autophagy activity and extended lymphocyte infiltration to the affected retina. In summary, our framework methodology is a useful tool to disclose specific bioprocesses and molecular targets that can be attributed to a certain disease. Our results indicated that targeted inhibition of autophagy pathways may perturb the recurrence of uveitis.
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- Xiuzhi Jia
- Department of Immunology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
- Infection and Immunity, Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin, China
- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, the 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, the 4th Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Immunology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
- Infection and Immunity, Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin, China
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- Department of Immunology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
- Infection and Immunity, Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin, China
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- Department of Immunology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
- Infection and Immunity, Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin, China
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- Department of Immunology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
- Infection and Immunity, Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin, China
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- The Blood Center of Hei Long Jiang Province, Harbin, China
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Immunology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
- Infection and Immunity, Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin, China
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Killian RL, Flippin JD, Herrera CM, Almenar-Queralt A, Goldstein LSB. Kinesin light chain 1 suppression impairs human embryonic stem cell neural differentiation and amyloid precursor protein metabolism. PLoS One 2012; 7:e29755. [PMID: 22272245 PMCID: PMC3260181 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
The etiology of sporadic Alzheimer disease (AD) is largely unknown, although evidence implicates the pathological hallmark molecules amyloid beta (Aβ) and phosphorylated Tau. Work in animal models suggests that altered axonal transport caused by Kinesin-1 dysfunction perturbs levels of both Aβ and phosphorylated Tau in neural tissues, but the relevance of Kinesin-1 dependent functions to the human disease is unknown. To begin to address this issue, we generated human embryonic stem cells (hESC) expressing reduced levels of the kinesin light chain 1 (KLC1) Kinesin-1 subunit to use as a source of human neural cultures. Despite reduction of KLC1, undifferentiated hESC exhibited apparently normal colony morphology and pluripotency marker expression. Differentiated neural cultures derived from KLC1-suppressed hESC contained neural rosettes but further differentiation revealed obvious morphological changes along with reduced levels of microtubule-associated neural proteins, including Tau and less secreted Aβ, supporting the previously established connection between KLC1, Tau and Aβ. Intriguingly, KLC1-suppressed neural precursors (NPs), isolated using a cell surface marker signature known to identify cells that give rise to neurons and glia, unlike control cells, failed to proliferate. We suggest that KLC1 is required for normal human neural differentiation, ensuring proper metabolism of AD-associated molecules APP and Tau and for proliferation of NPs. Because impaired APP metabolism is linked to AD, this human cell culture model system will not only be a useful tool for understanding the role of KLC1 in regulating the production, transport and turnover of APP and Tau in neurons, but also in defining the essential function(s) of KLC1 in NPs and their progeny. This knowledge should have important implications for human neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Rhiannon L. Killian
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (LSBG); (AA-Q)
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (LSBG); (AA-Q)
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Gerber S, Bonneau D, Gilbert B, Munnich A, Dufier JL, Rozet JM, Kaplan J. USH1A: chronicle of a slow death. Am J Hum Genet 2006; 78:357-9. [PMID: 16400615 PMCID: PMC1380243 DOI: 10.1086/500275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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- Sylvie Gerber
- Unité de Recherches sur les Handicaps Génétiques de l’Enfant and Service d’Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris; Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU d’Angers, Angers, France; and Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Unité de Recherches sur les Handicaps Génétiques de l’Enfant and Service d’Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris; Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU d’Angers, Angers, France; and Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Unité de Recherches sur les Handicaps Génétiques de l’Enfant and Service d’Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris; Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU d’Angers, Angers, France; and Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Unité de Recherches sur les Handicaps Génétiques de l’Enfant and Service d’Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris; Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU d’Angers, Angers, France; and Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Unité de Recherches sur les Handicaps Génétiques de l’Enfant and Service d’Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris; Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU d’Angers, Angers, France; and Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Unité de Recherches sur les Handicaps Génétiques de l’Enfant and Service d’Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris; Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU d’Angers, Angers, France; and Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Unité de Recherches sur les Handicaps Génétiques de l’Enfant and Service d’Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris; Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU d’Angers, Angers, France; and Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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McCart AE, Mahony D, Rothnagel JA. Alternatively spliced products of the human kinesin light chain 1 (KNS2) gene. Traffic 2003; 4:576-80. [PMID: 12839500 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0854.2003.00113.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
Conventional kinesin is a microtubule-based molecular motor involved in the transport of membranous and non-membranous cargoes. The kinesin holoenzyme exists as a heterotetramer, consisting of two heavy chain and two light chain subunits. It is thought that one function of the light chains is to interact with the cargo. Alternative splicing of kinesin light chain pre-mRNA has been observed in lower organisms, although evidence for alternative splicing of the human gene has not been reported. We have identified 19 variants of the human KNS2 gene (KLC1) that are generated by alternative splicing of downstream exons, but calculate that KNS2 has the potential to produce 285 919 spliceforms. Corresponding spliceforms of the mouse KLC1 gene were also identified. The alternative exons are all located 3' of exon 12 and the novel spliceforms produce both alternative carboxy termini and alternative 3' untranslated regions. The observation of multiple light chain isoforms is consistent with their proposed role in specific cargo attachment.
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- Amy E McCart
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4072
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Bhullar B, Zhang Y, Junco A, Oko R, van der Hoorn FA. Association of kinesin light chain with outer dense fibers in a microtubule-independent fashion. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:16159-68. [PMID: 12594206 PMCID: PMC3178653 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m213126200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Conventional kinesin I motor molecules are heterotetramers consisting of two kinesin light chains (KLCs) and two kinesin heavy chains. The interaction between the heavy and light chains is mediated by the KLC heptad repeat (HR), a leucine zipper-like motif. Kinesins bind to microtubules and are involved in various cellular functions, including transport and cell division. We recently isolated a novel KLC gene, klc3. klc3 is the only known KLC expressed in post-meiotic male germ cells. A monoclonal anti-KLC3 antibody was developed that, in immunoelectron microscopy, detects KLC3 protein associated with outer dense fibers (ODFs), unique structural components of sperm tails. No significant binding of KLC3 with microtubules was observed with this monoclonal antibody. In vitro experiments showed that KLC3-ODF binding occurred in the absence of kinesin heavy chains or microtubules and required the KLC3 HR. ODF1, a major ODF protein, was identified as the KLC3 binding partner. The ODF1 leucine zipper and the KLC3 HR mediated the interaction. These results identify and characterize a novel interaction between a KLC and a non-microtubule macromolecular structure and suggest that KLC3 could play a microtubule-independent role during formation of sperm tails.
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- Bhupinder Bhullar
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, 330 Hospital Dr. N. W., Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada. Tel.: 403-220-3323; Fax: 403-283-8727;
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Cabeza-Arvelaiz Y, Thompson TC, Sepulveda JL, Chinault AC. LAPSER1: a novel candidate tumor suppressor gene from 10q24.3. Oncogene 2001; 20:6707-17. [PMID: 11709705 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1204866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2001] [Revised: 07/20/2001] [Accepted: 07/26/2001] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Numerous LOH and mutation analysis studies in different tumor tissues, including prostate, indicate that there are multiple tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) present within the human chromosome 8p21-22 and 10q23-24 regions. Recently, we showed that LZTS1 (or FEZ1), a putative TSG located on 8p22, has the potential to function as a cell growth modulator. We report here the cloning, gene organization, cDNA sequence characterization and expression analysis of LAPSER1, an LZTS1-related gene. This gene maps within a subregion of human chromosome 10q24.3 that has been reported to be deleted in various cancers, including prostate tumors, as frequently as the neighboring PTEN locus. The complete LAPSER1 cDNA sequence encodes a predicted protein containing various domains resembling those typically found in transcription factors (P-Box, Q-rich and multiple leucine zippers). LAPSER1 is expressed at the highest levels in normal prostate and testis, where multiple isoforms are seen, some of which are either undetectable or differentially expressed in some prostate tumor tissues and cell lines. Over-expression of LAPSER1 cDNA strongly inhibited cell growth and colony-forming efficiencies of most cancer cells assessed. Together these data suggest that LAPSER1 is another gene involved in the regulation of cell growth whose loss of function may contribute to the development of cancer.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Blotting, Northern
- Cell Cycle Proteins
- Cell Division
- Cell Line
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/physiology
- Databases as Topic
- Gene Deletion
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Humans
- Loss of Heterozygosity
- Male
- Models, Genetic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Prostate/metabolism
- Prostatic Neoplasms/metabolism
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Rats
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Testis/metabolism
- Tissue Distribution
- Transfection
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins
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- Y Cabeza-Arvelaiz
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Cabeza-Arvelaiz Y, Sepulveda JL, Lebovitz RM, Thompson TC, Chinault AC. Functional identification of LZTS1 as a candidate prostate tumor suppressor gene on human chromosome 8p22. Oncogene 2001; 20:4169-79. [PMID: 11464283 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1204539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2000] [Revised: 04/09/2001] [Accepted: 04/12/2001] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Deletions in the 8p21-22 region of the human genome are among the most common genetic alterations in prostate carcinomas. Several studies in different tumor tissues, including prostate, indicate that there are probably multiple tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) present in this region. To identify candidate TSGs on 8p22 a YAC contig spanning this region was assembled and YAC clones retrofitted with a selectable marker (neo) were transferred into rat prostate AT6.2 cells. Two overlapping YAC clones showed greatly reduced colony-forming efficiency, indicating they may carry a TSG. Two BAC clones encompassing the overlapping region also appeared to exert suppressive effects on the growth of AT6.2 cells. Database searches for genes mapped to the critical region identified a gene known as FEZ1 (LZTS1) as a potential candidate suppressor gene. Subsequent experiments showed that over-expression of LZTS1 cDNA inhibited stable colony-forming efficiencies of AT6.2, HEK-293 and LNCaP cells. In contrast, LZTS1-transfected Rat-1 and RM1 cells were growth-stimulated. Database searches also identified additional isoforms of the LZTS1 mRNA, as well as LZTS1 protein domains reminiscent of those found in transcription factors. Together these data suggest that the LZTS1 gene is involved in the regulation of cell growth and its loss of function may contribute to the development of prostatic carcinomas, as well as other cancers.
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- Y Cabeza-Arvelaiz
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, TX 77030, USA
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Junco A, Bhullar B, Tarnasky HA, van der Hoorn FA. Kinesin light-chain KLC3 expression in testis is restricted to spermatids. Biol Reprod 2001; 64:1320-30. [PMID: 11319135 PMCID: PMC3161965 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod64.5.1320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
Abstract
Kinesins are tetrameric motor molecules, consisting of two kinesin heavy chains (KHCs) and two kinesin light chains (KLCs) that are involved in transport of cargo along microtubules. The function of the light chain may be in cargo binding and regulation of kinesin activity. In the mouse, two KLC genes, KLC1 and KLC2, had been identified. KLC1 plays a role in neuronal transport, and KLC2 appears to be more widely expressed. We report the cloning from a testicular cDNA expression library of a mammalian light chain, KLC3. The KLC3 gene is located in close proximity to the ERCC2 gene. KLC3 can be classified as a genuine light chain: it interacts in vitro with the KHC, the interaction is mediated by a conserved heptad repeat sequence, and it associates in vitro with microtubules. In mouse and rat testis, KLC3 protein expression is restricted to round and elongating spermatids, and KLC3 is present in sperm tails. In contrast, KLC1 and KLC2 can only be detected before meiosis in testis. Interestingly, the expression profiles of the three known KHCs and KLC3 differ significantly: Kif5a and Kif5b are not expressed after meiosis, and Kif5c is expressed at an extremely low level in spermatids but is not detectable in sperm tails. Our characterization of the KLC3 gene suggests that it carries out a unique and specialized role in spermatids.
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- Correspondence: Frans A. van der Hoorn, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive N.W., Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 4N1. FAX: 403 283 8727;
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Kinesin superfamily proteins (KIFs) are the molecular motors conveying cargos along microtubules. KIF5s, the heavy chains of conventional kinesin (KHC), are originally identified members of KIFs, and neuronal KIF5A and ubiquitous KIF5B have been identified so far. In the present work, we cloned a novel member of KIF5, KIF5C, and generated specific antibodies against three KIF5s to investigate their distribution and functions. KIF5A showed pan-neuronal distribution in the nervous system. KIF5B showed a glial cell distribution pattern in general; however, interestingly, its expression was strongly upregulated in axon-elongating neurons, such as olfactory primary neurons and mossy fibers. KIF5C was also a neuronal KIF5 like KIF5A but was highly expressed in lower motor neurons in 2-week-old or older mice, suggesting its important roles in the maintenance of motor neurons rather than in their formation, such as axonal elongation. Because a large part of KIF5s in adult motor neurons were expected to be KIF5C, we generated mice lacking the kif5C gene to investigate the functions of KIF5C in neurons in living animals. The mutant mice showed smaller brain size but were viable and did not show gross changes in the nervous system. Closer examinations revealed the relative loss of motor neurons to sensory neurons. Because three KIF5s showed high similarity in the amino acid sequence, could rescue the KIF5B mutant cells, and could form heterodimers, we think that there are functional redundancy among the three KIF5s and that KIF5A and KIF5B prevented the KIF5C null mice from the severe phenotype.
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Gyoeva FK, Bybikova EM, Minin AA. An isoform of kinesin light chain specific for the Golgi complex. J Cell Sci 2000; 113 ( Pt 11):2047-54. [PMID: 10806115 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.113.11.2047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Conventional kinesin is a motor protein implicated in the transport of a variety of cytoplasmic organelles along microtubules. The kinesin molecule consists of two heavy chains with motor domains at their amino termini and two light chains, which, together with the carboxyl termini of the heavy chains, are proposed to mediate binding to cargoes. Since the light chains are represented by multiple isoforms diverging at their carboxyl termini they are presumed to specify kinesin targeting to organelles. Previously, we isolated five cDNAs, encoding hamster kinesin light chain isoforms, and found that one of them (B or C) preferentially associated with mitochondria. To obtain additional evidence proving the specific location of various kinesin light chain isoforms on organelles, we made an antibody against a 56 amino-acid sequence found at the carboxyl-terminal regions of the hamster D and E isoforms. By indirect immunofluorescence, this antibody specifically labeled the Golgi complex in cultured cells. In western blots of total cell homogenates, it recognized two close polypeptides, one of which co-purified with the Golgi membranes. Thus, the results of this and previous studies demonstrate that different kinesin light chains are associated with different organelles in cells.
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- F K Gyoeva
- Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Poushchino, Russia 142292.
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Hafezparast M, Witherden A, Nicholson S, Bermingham N, Mackin J, ten Asbroek A, Ball S, Peters J, Baas F, Martin JE, Fisher EM. The kinesin light chain gene: its mapping and exclusion in mouse and human forms of inherited motor neuron degeneration. Neurosci Lett 1999; 273:49-52. [PMID: 10505649 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(99)00620-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The underlying genetic cause is known for only 10-20% of familial motor neuron disease (MND). Thus the genes involved in the aetiology of 80-90% of familial MND remain to be determined, and animal models are powerful tools for undertaking this task. We have mapped a heritable form of motor neuron degeneration in the mouse to a region that has homology to human chromosome 14q32.1-qter. This region contains the kinesin light chain gene (KLC1), which is a candidate for involvement in motor neuron degeneration because of its function in the motor-protein kinesin, and its neuronal expression. To investigate the role of KLC1 in a mouse motor neuron degeneration mutant that we are studying, we have identified mouse Klc1 gene sequences and mapped them with respect to our mutant locus. We have also investigated KLC1 in human patients with familial MND. Based on recombination and the absence of mutations in the coding region of KLC1, this gene can be excluded as a candidate gene in our mouse mutation and, where we have investigated, it is normal in human familial MND.
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- M Hafezparast
- Department of Neurogenetics, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK
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Friedman DS, Vale RD. Single-molecule analysis of kinesin motility reveals regulation by the cargo-binding tail domain. Nat Cell Biol 1999; 1:293-7. [PMID: 10559942 DOI: 10.1038/13008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Conventional kinesin transports membranes along microtubules in vivo, but the majority of cellular kinesin is unattached to cargo. The motility of non-cargo-bound, soluble kinesin may be repressed by an interaction between the amino-terminal motor and carboxy-terminal cargo-binding tail domains, but neither bead nor microtubule-gliding assays have shown such inhibition. Here we use a single-molecule assay that measures the motility of kinesin unattached to a surface. We show that full-length kinesin binds microtubules and moves about ten times less frequently and exhibits discontinuous motion compared with a truncated kinesin lacking a tail. Mutation of either the stalk hinge or neck coiled-coil domain activates motility of full-length kinesin, indicating that these regions are important for tail-mediated repression. Our results suggest that the motility of soluble kinesin in the cell is inhibited and that the motor becomes activated by cargo binding.
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- D S Friedman
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA
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Rahman A, Friedman DS, Goldstein LS. Two kinesin light chain genes in mice. Identification and characterization of the encoded proteins. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:15395-403. [PMID: 9624122 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.25.15395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Native kinesin consists of two light chains and two heavy chains in a 1:1 stoichiometric ratio. To date, only one gene for kinesin light chain has been characterized, while a second gene was identified in a genomic sequencing study but not analyzed biochemically. Here we describe new genes encoding kinesin light chains in mouse. One of these light chains is neuronally enriched, while another shows ubiquitous expression. The presence of multiple kinesin light chain genes in mice is especially interesting, since there are two kinesin heavy chain genes in humans (Niclas, J., Navone, F., Hom-Booher, N., and Vale, R. D. (1994) Neuron 12, 1059-1072). To assess the selectivity of kinesin light chain interaction with the heavy chains, we performed immunoprecipitation experiments. The data suggested that the light chains form homodimers with no specificity in their interaction with the two heavy chains. Immunofluorescence and biochemical subfractionation suggested differences in the subcellular localization of the two kinesin light chain gene products. Although both kinesin light chains are distributed throughout the central and peripheral nervous systems, there is enrichment of one in sciatic nerve axons, while the other shows elevated levels in olfactory bulb glomeruli. These results indicate that the mammalian nervous system contains multiple kinesin light chain gene products with potentially distinct functions.
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- A Rahman
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Division of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Program in Biomedical Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0683, USA
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Gindhart JG, Desai CJ, Beushausen S, Zinn K, Goldstein LS. Kinesin light chains are essential for axonal transport in Drosophila. J Cell Biol 1998; 141:443-54. [PMID: 9548722 PMCID: PMC2148443 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.141.2.443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Kinesin is a heterotetramer composed of two 115-kD heavy chains and two 58-kD light chains. The microtubule motor activity of kinesin is performed by the heavy chains, but the functions of the light chains are poorly understood. Mutations were generated in the Drosophila gene Kinesin light chain (Klc), and the phenotypic consequences of loss of Klc function were analyzed at the behavioral and cellular levels. Loss of Klc function results in progressive lethargy, crawling defects, and paralysis followed by death at the end of the second larval instar. Klc mutant axons contain large aggregates of membranous organelles in segmental nerve axons. These aggregates, or organelle jams (Hurd, D.D., and W.M. Saxton. 1996. Genetics. 144: 1075-1085), contain synaptic vesicle precursors as well as organelles that may be transported by kinesin, kinesin-like protein 68D, and cytoplasmic dynein, thus providing evidence that the loss of Klc function blocks multiple pathways of axonal transport. The similarity of the Klc and Khc (. Cell 64:1093-1102; Hurd, D.D., and W.M. Saxton. 1996. Genetics 144: 1075-1085) mutant phenotypes indicates that KLC is essential for kinesin function, perhaps by tethering KHC to intracellular cargos or by activating the kinesin motor.
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- J G Gindhart
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Division of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0683, USA
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Khodjakov A, Lizunova EM, Minin AA, Koonce MP, Gyoeva FK. A specific light chain of kinesin associates with mitochondria in cultured cells. Mol Biol Cell 1998; 9:333-43. [PMID: 9450959 PMCID: PMC25259 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.9.2.333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/1997] [Accepted: 11/20/1997] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The motor protein kinesin is implicated in the intracellular transport of organelles along microtubules. Kinesin light chains (KLCs) have been suggested to mediate the selective binding of kinesin to its cargo. To test this hypothesis, we isolated KLC cDNA clones from a CHO-K1 expression library. Using sequence analysis, they were found to encode five distinct isoforms of KLCs. The primary region of variability lies at the carboxyl termini, which were identical or highly homologous to carboxyl-terminal regions of rat KLC B and C, human KLCs, sea urchin KLC isoforms 1-3, and squid KLCs. To examine whether the KLC isoforms associate with different cytoplasmic organelles, we made an antibody specific for a 10-amino acid sequence unique to B and C isoforms. In an indirect immunofluorescence assay, this antibody specifically labeled mitochondria in cultured CV-1 cells and human skin fibroblasts. On Western blots of total cell homogenates, it recognized a single KLC isoform, which copurified with mitochondria. Taken together, these data indicate a specific association of a particular KLC (B type) with mitochondria, revealing that different KLC isoforms can target kinesin to different cargoes.
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- A Khodjakov
- Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117334, Russia
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Gindhart JG, Goldstein LS. Tetratrico peptide repeats are present in the kinesin light chain. Trends Biochem Sci 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0004(96)80180-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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