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Mechanism of positioning the cell nucleus in vertebrate photoreceptors

Authors
Tsujikawa, M., Omori, Y., Biyanwila, J., and Malicki, J.
ID
ZDB-PUB-070907-33
Date
2007
Source
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America   104(37): 14819-14824 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Malicki, Jarema, Omori, Yoshihiro, Tsujikawa, Motokazu
Keywords
Bardet–Biedl syndrome, retina, motor complex, neurodegeneration
MeSH Terms
  • 1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase/metabolism
  • Animals
  • Cell Nucleus/physiology*
  • Cell Survival/physiology
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Dyneins/metabolism
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian
  • Genetic Linkage
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • In Situ Hybridization
  • Microtubule-Associated Proteins/metabolism
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/chemistry
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/genetics
  • Models, Biological
  • Mosaicism
  • Mutation
  • Nuclear Envelope/chemistry
  • Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate/cytology
  • Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate/physiology*
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • RNA, Messenger/analysis
  • Retina/cytology
  • Retina/embryology
  • Zebrafish/embryology*
  • Zebrafish/physiology*
  • Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
PubMed
17785424 Full text @ Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
Abstract
Organelles are frequently distributed in a nonrandom manner in a cell's cytoplasm. A particular distribution pattern often facilitates a specific function of a cell, whereas its aberrations can lead to cell death. We show that a mutation in the zebrafish mikre oko (mok) locus, which encodes dynactin 1 subunit of the dynactin complex, produces a severe displacement of the photoreceptor cell nucleus toward the synaptic terminus. Interference with the function of other dynein complex constituents, including p50/dynamitin, the Lis1 polypeptide, and the disruption of a nuclear envelope component of the syne gene family in vertebrate photoreceptors also result in the mispositioning of nuclei. Although the overall photoreceptor polarity is not affected, this phenotype is accompanied by a misdistribution of the Bardet-Biedl syndrome 4 polypeptide and a decreased photoreceptor survival. These findings reveal an important mechanism that regulates nuclear position in vertebrate neurons.
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