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Rab35 controls cilium length, function and membrane composition

Authors
Kuhns, S., Seixas, C., Pestana, S., Tavares, B., Nogueira, R., Jacinto, R., Ramalho, J.S., Simpson, J.C., Andersen, J.S., Echard, A., Lopes, S.S., Barral, D.C., Blacque, O.E.
ID
ZDB-PUB-190822-7
Date
2019
Source
EMBO reports   20(10): e47625 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Lopes, Susana
Keywords
Arl13b, Rab35, Smoothened, cilia, left-right asymmetry
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Body Patterning
  • Cell Line
  • Cilia/metabolism*
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Humans
  • Membranes/metabolism
  • Mice
  • Models, Biological
  • NIH 3T3 Cells
  • Nucleotides/metabolism
  • Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate/metabolism*
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Transport
  • Telomerase/metabolism
  • Zebrafish/metabolism*
  • Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
  • rab GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism*
PubMed
31432619 Full text @ EMBO Rep.
Abstract
Rab and Arl guanine nucleotide-binding (G) proteins regulate trafficking pathways essential for the formation, function and composition of primary cilia, which are sensory devices associated with Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signalling and ciliopathies. Here, using mammalian cells and zebrafish, we uncover ciliary functions for Rab35, a multitasking G protein with endocytic recycling, actin remodelling and cytokinesis roles. Rab35 loss via siRNAs, morpholinos or knockout reduces cilium length in mammalian cells and the zebrafish left-right organiser (Kupffer's vesicle) and causes motile cilia-associated left-right asymmetry defects. Consistent with these observations, GFP-Rab35 localises to cilia, as do GEF (DENND1B) and GAP (TBC1D10A) Rab35 regulators, which also regulate ciliary length and Rab35 ciliary localisation. Mammalian Rab35 also controls the ciliary membrane levels of Shh signalling regulators, promoting ciliary targeting of Smoothened, limiting ciliary accumulation of Arl13b and the inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase (INPP5E). Rab35 additionally regulates ciliary PI(4,5)P2 levels and interacts with Arl13b. Together, our findings demonstrate roles for Rab35 in regulating cilium length, function and membrane composition and implicate Rab35 in pathways controlling the ciliary levels of Shh signal regulators.
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