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- Title
The Bardet-Biedl protein BBS4 targets cargo to the pericentriolar region and is required for microtubule anchoring and cell cycle progression.
- Authors
Kim, Jun Chul; Badano, Jose L; Sibold, Sonja; Esmail, Muneer A; Hill, Josephine; Hoskins, Bethan E; Leitch, Carmen C; Venner, Kerrie; Ansley, Stephen J; Ross, Alison J; Leroux, Michel R; Katsanis, Nicholas; Beales, Philip L
- Abstract
BBS4 is one of several proteins that cause Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS), a multisystemic disorder of genetic and clinical complexity. Here we show that BBS4 localizes to the centriolar satellites of centrosomes and basal bodies of primary cilia, where it functions as an adaptor of the p15glued subunit of the dynein transport machinery to recruit PCM1 (pericentriolar material 1 protein) and its associated cargo to the satellites. Silencing of BBS4 induces PCM1 mislocalization and concomitant deanchoring of centrosomal microtubules, arrest in cell division and apoptotic cell death. Expression of two truncated forms of BBS4 that are similar to those found in some individuals with BBS had a similar effect on PCM1 and microtubules. Our findings indicate that defective targeting or anchoring of pericentriolar proteins and microtubule disorganization contribute to the BBS phenotype and provide new insights into possible causes of familial obesity, diabetes and retinal degeneration.
- Subjects
PROTEINS; CELL cycle; MICROTUBULES; LAURENCE-Moon-Biedl syndrome; CENTROSOMES; RETINAL degeneration
- Publication
Nature Genetics, 2004, Vol 36, Issue 5, p462
- ISSN
1061-4036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ng1352