Tetrahymena Poc1 ensures proper intertriplet microtubule linkages to maintain basal body integrity
Tetrahymena Poc1 ensures proper intertriplet microtubule linkages to maintain basal body integrity
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DOI:
10.1091/mbc.e16-03-0165
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发表时间:
2016-08-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Winey, Mark
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作者:
Meehl, Janet B.;Bayless, Brian A.;Winey, Mark
Basal bodies comprise nine symmetric triplet microtubules that anchor forces produced by the asymmetric beat pattern of motile cilia. The ciliopathy protein Poc1 stabilizes basal bodies through an unknown mechanism. In poc1 Delta cells, electron tomography reveals subtle defects in the organization of intertriplet linkers (A-C linkers) that connect adjacent triplet microtubules. Complete triplet microtubules are lost preferentially near the posterior face of the basal body. Basal bodies that are missing triplets likely remain competent to assemble new basal bodies with nine triplet microtubules, suggesting that the mother basal body microtubule structure does not template the daughter. Our data indicate that Poc1 stabilizes basal body triplet microtubules through linkers between neighboring triplets. Without this stabilization, specific triplet microtubules within the basal body are more susceptible to loss, probably due to force distribution within the basal body during ciliary beating. This work provides insights into how the ciliopathy protein Poc1 maintains basal body integrity.