Drosophila Sensory Cilia Lacking MKS Proteins Exhibit Striking Defects in Development but Only Subtle Defects in Adults

Overview

Journal J Cell Sci

Specialty Cell Biology

Date 2016 Sep 1

PMID 27577095

Citations 20

Authors

Metta B Pratt

Joshua S Titlow

Ilan Davis

Amy R Barker

Helen R Dawe

Jordan W Raff

Helio Roque

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Abstract

Cilia are conserved organelles that have important motility, sensory and signalling roles. The transition zone (TZ) at the base of the cilium is crucial for cilia function, and defects in several TZ proteins are associated with human congenital ciliopathies such as nephronophthisis (NPHP) and Meckel-Gruber syndrome (MKS). In several species, MKS and NPHP proteins form separate complexes that cooperate with Cep290 to assemble the TZ, but flies seem to lack core components of the NPHP module. We show that MKS proteins in flies are spatially separated from Cep290 at the TZ, and that flies mutant for individual MKS genes fail to recruit other MKS proteins to the TZ, whereas Cep290 seems to be recruited normally. Although there are abnormalities in microtubule and membrane organisation in developing MKS mutant cilia, these defects are less apparent in adults, where sensory cilia and sperm flagella seem to function quite normally. Thus, localising MKS proteins to the cilium or flagellum is not essential for viability or fertility in flies.

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