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Drosophila CLIP-190 and mammalian CLIP-170 display reduced microtubule plus end association in the nervous system

Beaven, Robin; Dzhindzhev, Nikola S.; Qu, Yue; Hahn, Ines; Dajas-Bailador, Federico; Ohkura, Hiroyuki; Prokop, Anderas

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Authors

Robin Beaven

Nikola S. Dzhindzhev

Yue Qu

Ines Hahn

Hiroyuki Ohkura

Anderas Prokop



Abstract

Axons act like cables, electrically wiring the nervous system. Polar bundles of microtubules (MTs) form their backbones and drive their growth. Plus end–tracking proteins (+TIPs) regulate MT growth dynamics and directionality at their plus ends. However, current knowledge about +TIP functions, mostly derived from work in vitro and in nonneuronal cells, may not necessarily apply to the very different context of axonal MTs. For example, the CLIP family of +TIPs are known MT polymerization promoters in nonneuronal cells. However, we show here that neither Drosophila CLIP-190 nor mammalian CLIP-170 is a prominent MT plus end tracker in neurons, which we propose is due to low plus end affinity of the CAP-Gly domain–containing N-terminus and intramolecular inhibition through the C-terminus. Instead, both CLIP-190 and CLIP-170 form F-actin–dependent patches in growth cones, mediated by binding of the coiled-coil domain to myosin-VI. Because our loss-of-function analyses in vivo and in culture failed to reveal axonal roles for CLIP-190, even in double-mutant combinations with four other +TIPs, we propose that CLIP-190 and -170 are not essential axon extension regulators. Our findings demonstrate that +TIP functions known from nonneuronal cells do not necessarily apply to the regulation of the very distinct MT networks in axons.

Citation

Beaven, R., Dzhindzhev, N. S., Qu, Y., Hahn, I., Dajas-Bailador, F., Ohkura, H., & Prokop, A. (2015). Drosophila CLIP-190 and mammalian CLIP-170 display reduced microtubule plus end association in the nervous system. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 26(8), https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E14-06-1083

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 10, 2015
Publication Date Apr 15, 2015
Deposit Date Jul 6, 2016
Publicly Available Date Jul 6, 2016
Journal Molecular Biology of the Cell
Electronic ISSN 1939-4586
Publisher American Society for Cell Biology
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 26
Issue 8
DOI https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E14-06-1083
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/749667
Publisher URL http://www.molbiolcell.org/content/26/8/1491
Contract Date Jul 6, 2016

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