Microtubules originate asymmetrically at the somatic Golgi and are guided via Kinesin2 to maintain polarity within neurons
Microtubules originate asymmetrically at the somatic Golgi and are guided via Kinesin2 to maintain polarity within neurons
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微管不对称地起源于体细胞高尔基体,并通过驱动蛋白 2 引导以维持神经元内的极性
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10.1101/846832
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2019
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Mukherjee A
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Mukherjee A
Neurons contain polarised microtubule arrays essential for neuronal function. Microtubules have fast-growing plus ends and stable minus ends; within axons plus ends grow away from the soma (plus-end-out) and within dendrites they grow towards the soma (minus-end-out). How microtubules are nucleated and how microtubule polarity is established and maintained within neurons remains unclear. We show that withinDrosophilaneurons the major microtubule nucleating complexes, γ-TuRCs, localise to the somatic Golgi, which nucleates microtubules preferentially towards the axon. We find that Kinesin-2, a plus-end-associated motor that “walks’’ along adjacent microtubules, guides these growing microtubules into axons. In contrast, Kinesin-2 prevents growing microtubules from entering dendrites. We propose that this exclusion occurs when plus-end-associated Kinesin-2 engages with dendritic microtubules of opposite polarity, generating a backward stalling force on the growing plus end. Thus, asymmetric nucleation and Kinesin-2-mediated microtubule guidance contribute to plus-end-out polarity within axons and maintain minus-end-out polarity in dendrites.