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@article{Hazime:2017:10.1534/genetics.117.300260,
author = {Hazime, K and Malicki, JJ},
doi = {10.1534/genetics.117.300260},
journal = {Genetics},
pages = {1041--1051},
title = {Apico-basal Polarity Determinants Encoded by <i>crumbs</i> Genes Affect Ciliary Shaft Protein Composition, IFT Movement Dynamics, and Cilia Length},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.117.300260},
volume = {207},
year = {2017}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>One of the most obvious manifestations of polarity in epithelia is the subdivision of the cell surface by cell junctions into apical and basolateral domains. crumbs genes are among key regulators of this form of polarity. Loss of crumbs function disrupts the apical cell junction belt and crumbs overexpression expands the apical membrane size. Crumbs proteins contain a single transmembrane domain and localize to cell junction area at the apical surface of epithelia. In some tissues, they are also found in cilia. To test their role in ciliogenesis, we investigated mutant phenotypes of zebrafish crumbs genes. In zebrafish, mutations of three crumbs genes, oko meduzy/crb2a, crb3a, and crb2b, affect cilia length in a subset of tissues. In oko meduzy (ome), this is accompanied by accumulation of other Crumbs proteins in the ciliary compartment. Moreover, intraflagellar transport (IFT) particle components accumulate in the ciliary shaft of ome;crb3a double mutants. Consistent with the above, Crb3 knockdown in mammalian cells affects the dynamics of IFT particle movement. These findings reveal crumbs-dependent mechanisms that regulate the localization of ciliary proteins, including Crumbs proteins themselves, and show that crumbs genes modulate intraflagellar transport and cilia elongation.</jats:p>
AU - Hazime,K
AU - Malicki,JJ
DO - 10.1534/genetics.117.300260
EP - 1051
PY - 2017///
SP - 1041
TI - Apico-basal Polarity Determinants Encoded by <i>crumbs</i> Genes Affect Ciliary Shaft Protein Composition, IFT Movement Dynamics, and Cilia Length
T2 - Genetics
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.117.300260
UR - https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.117.300260
VL - 207
ER -
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