PUBLICATION

The Exocyst Protein Sec10 Interacts with Polycystin-2 and Knockdown Causes PKD-Phenotypes

Authors
Fogelgren, B., Lin, S.Y., Zuo, X., Jaffe, K.M., Park, K.M., Reichert, R.J., Bell, P.D., Burdine, R.D., and Lipschutz, J.H.
ID
ZDB-PUB-110517-8
Date
2011
Source
PLoS Genetics   7(4): e1001361 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Burdine, Rebecca, Jaffe, Kimberly, Lin, Shin-Yi
Keywords
Cilia, Embryos, Zebrafish, Morpholino, Phenotypes, Kidneys, Vesicles, MAPK signaling cascades
MeSH Terms
  • Mice
  • Kidney/embryology
  • Kidney/pathology
  • Protein Binding
  • Cell Line
  • Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
  • Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
  • Zebrafish
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases/metabolism
  • Vesicular Transport Proteins/genetics
  • Vesicular Transport Proteins/metabolism*
  • Models, Biological
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
  • Phenotype*
  • Cilia/genetics
  • Cilia/metabolism
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Enzyme Activation/genetics
  • Humans
  • Dogs
  • Animals
  • Polycystic Kidney Diseases/genetics*
  • Polycystic Kidney Diseases/metabolism*
  • Polycystic Kidney Diseases/pathology
  • Carrier Proteins/metabolism
  • Gene Knockdown Techniques
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins/metabolism
  • TRPP Cation Channels/deficiency
  • TRPP Cation Channels/metabolism*
PubMed
21490950 Full text @ PLoS Genet.
Abstract
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is characterized by formation of renal cysts that destroy the kidney. Mutations in PKD1 and PKD2, encoding polycystins-1 and -2, cause ADPKD. Polycystins are thought to function in primary cilia, but it is not well understood how these and other proteins are targeted to cilia. Here, we provide the first genetic and biochemical link between polycystins and the exocyst, a highly-conserved eight-protein membrane trafficking complex. We show that knockdown of exocyst component Sec10 yields cellular phenotypes associated with ADPKD, including loss of flow-generated calcium increases, hyperproliferation, and abnormal activation of MAPK. Sec10 knockdown in zebrafish phenocopies many aspects of polycystin-2 knockdown-including curly tail up, left-right patterning defects, glomerular expansion, and MAPK activation-suggesting that the exocyst is required for pkd2 function in vivo. We observe a synergistic genetic interaction between zebrafish sec10 and pkd2 for many of these cilia-related phenotypes. Importantly, we demonstrate a biochemical interaction between Sec10 and the ciliary proteins polycystin-2, IFT88, and IFT20 and co-localization of the exocyst and polycystin-2 at the primary cilium. Our work supports a model in which the exocyst is required for the ciliary localization of polycystin-2, thus allowing for polycystin-2 function in cellular processes.
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Human Disease / Model
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