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MiniBAR/GARRE1 is a dual Rac and Rab effector required for ciliogenesis

Authors
Serres, M.P., Shaughnessy, R., Escot, S., Hammich, H., Cuvelier, F., Salles, A., Rocancourt, M., Verdon, Q., Gaffuri, A.L., Sourigues, Y., Malherbe, G., Velikovsky, L., Chardon, F., Sassoon, N., Tinevez, J.Y., Callebaut, I., Formstecher, E., Houdusse, A., David, N.B., Pylypenko, O., Echard, A.
ID
ZDB-PUB-231025-57
Date
2023
Source
Developmental Cell   58(22): 2477-2494.e8 (Journal)
Registered Authors
David, Nicholas
Keywords
BAR domain, Rab GTPase, Rab35, Rac GTPase, actin cytoskeleton, ciliogenesis, ciliopathies, membrane trafficking, myosin II
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Carrier Proteins/metabolism
  • Cilia/metabolism
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins*/metabolism
  • Guanosine Triphosphate/metabolism
  • Signal Transduction
  • Zebrafish*/metabolism
  • rab GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism
PubMed
37875118 Full text @ Dev. Cell
Abstract
Cilia protrude from the cell surface and play critical roles in intracellular signaling, environmental sensing, and development. Reduced actin-dependent contractility and intracellular trafficking are both required for ciliogenesis, but little is known about how these processes are coordinated. Here, we identified a Rac1- and Rab35-binding protein with a truncated BAR (Bin/amphiphysin/Rvs) domain that we named MiniBAR (also known as KIAA0355/GARRE1), which plays a key role in ciliogenesis. MiniBAR colocalizes with Rac1 and Rab35 at the plasma membrane and on intracellular vesicles trafficking to the ciliary base and exhibits fast pulses at the ciliary membrane. MiniBAR depletion leads to short cilia, resulting from abnormal Rac-GTP/Rho-GTP levels and increased acto-myosin-II-dependent contractility together with defective trafficking of IFT88 and ARL13B into cilia. MiniBAR-depleted zebrafish embryos display dysfunctional short cilia and hallmarks of ciliopathies, including left-right asymmetry defects. Thus, MiniBAR is a dual Rac and Rab effector that controls both actin cytoskeleton and membrane trafficking for ciliogenesis.
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