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c21orf59/kurly Controls Both Cilia Motility and Polarization

Authors
Jaffe, K.M., Grimes, D.T., Schottenfeld-Roames, J., Werner, M.E., Ku, T.J., Kim, S.K., Pelliccia, J.L., Morante, N.F., Mitchell, B.J., Burdine, R.D.
ID
ZDB-PUB-160226-23
Date
2016
Source
Cell Reports   14(8): 1841-9 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Burdine, Rebecca, Grimes, Daniel T., Jaffe, Kimberly
Keywords
Kurly (Kur), c21orf59, cilia, ciliopathy, disheveled, multiciliated cell, planar cell polarity, primary ciliary dyskinesia
MeSH Terms
  • Xenopus Proteins/genetics
  • Xenopus Proteins/metabolism
  • Binding Sites
  • Xenopus laevis/embryology
  • Xenopus laevis/genetics*
  • Xenopus laevis/metabolism
  • Skin/cytology
  • Skin/growth & development
  • Skin/metabolism
  • Signal Transduction
  • Dishevelled Proteins/genetics
  • Dishevelled Proteins/metabolism
  • Larva/genetics
  • Larva/growth & development
  • Larva/metabolism
  • Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
  • Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
  • Homologous Recombination
  • Protein Binding
  • Cilia/metabolism
  • Kidney/cytology
  • Kidney/growth & development
  • Kidney/metabolism
  • Gene Expression
  • LIM Domain Proteins/genetics*
  • LIM Domain Proteins/metabolism
  • Cell Movement
  • CRISPR-Cas Systems
  • Mutation
  • Cell Polarity
  • Genetic Loci
  • Microtubules/metabolism*
  • Microtubules/ultrastructure
  • Animals
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian
  • Zebrafish/embryology
  • Zebrafish/genetics*
  • Zebrafish/metabolism
PubMed
26904945 Full text @ Cell Rep.
Abstract
Cilia are microtubule-based projections that function in the movement of extracellular fluid. This requires cilia to be: (1) motile and driven by dynein complexes and (2) correctly polarized on the surface of cells, which requires planar cell polarity (PCP). Few factors that regulate both processes have been discovered. We reveal that C21orf59/Kurly (Kur), a cytoplasmic protein with some enrichment at the base of cilia, is needed for motility; zebrafish mutants exhibit characteristic developmental abnormalities and dynein arm defects. kur was also required for proper cilia polarization in the zebrafish kidney and the larval skin of Xenopus laevis. CRISPR/Cas9 coupled with homologous recombination to disrupt the endogenous kur locus in Xenopus resulted in the asymmetric localization of the PCP protein Prickle2 being lost in mutant multiciliated cells. Kur also makes interactions with other PCP components, including Disheveled. This supports a model wherein Kur plays a dual role in cilia motility and polarization.
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