PUBLICATION
Novel roles for the radial spoke head protein 9 in neural and neurosensory cilia
- Authors
- Sedykh, I., TeSlaa, J.J., Tatarsky, R.L., Keller, A.N., Toops, K.A., Lakkaraju, A., Nyholm, M.K., Wolman, M.A., Grinblat, Y.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-161001-5
- Date
- 2016
- Source
- Scientific Reports 6: 34437 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Grinblat, Yevgenya, Nyholm, Molly Wagner, TeSlaa, Jessica Joy, Wolman, Marc
- Keywords
- Developmental neurogenesis, Mechanisms of disease
- MeSH Terms
- none
- PubMed
- 27687975 Full text @ Sci. Rep.
Citation
Sedykh, I., TeSlaa, J.J., Tatarsky, R.L., Keller, A.N., Toops, K.A., Lakkaraju, A., Nyholm, M.K., Wolman, M.A., Grinblat, Y. (2016) Novel roles for the radial spoke head protein 9 in neural and neurosensory cilia. Scientific Reports. 6:34437.
Abstract
Cilia are cell surface organelles with key roles in a range of cellular processes, including generation of fluid flow by motile cilia. The axonemes of motile cilia and immotile kinocilia contain 9 peripheral microtubule doublets, a central microtubule pair, and 9 connecting radial spokes. Aberrant radial spoke components RSPH1, 3, 4a and 9 have been linked with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), a disorder characterized by ciliary dysmotility; yet, radial spoke functions remain unclear. Here we show that zebrafish Rsph9 is expressed in cells bearing motile cilia and kinocilia, and localizes to both 9 + 2 and 9 + 0 ciliary axonemes. Using CRISPR mutagenesis, we show that rsph9 is required for motility of presumptive 9 + 2 olfactory cilia and, unexpectedly, 9 + 0 neural cilia. rsph9 is also required for the structural integrity of 9 + 2 and 9 + 0 ciliary axonemes. rsph9 mutant larvae exhibit reduced initiation of the acoustic startle response consistent with hearing impairment, suggesting a novel role for Rsph9 in the kinocilia of the inner ear and/or lateral line neuromasts. These data identify novel roles for Rsph9 in 9 + 0 motile cilia and in sensory kinocilia, and establish a useful zebrafish PCD model.
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