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Cytoplasmic dynein intermediate-chain isoforms with different targeting properties created by tissue-specific alternative splicing.


ABSTRACT: The intermediate chains (ICs) are the subunits of the cytoplasmic dynein that provide binding of the complex to cargo organelles through interaction of their N termini with dynactin. We present evidence that in Drosophila, the IC subunits are represented by at least 10 structural isoforms, created by the alternative splicing of transcripts from a unique Cdic gene. The splicing pattern is tissue specific. A constitutive set of four IC isoforms is expressed in all tissues tested; in addition, tissue-specific isoforms are found in the ovaries and nervous tissue. The structural variations between isoforms are limited to the N terminus of the IC molecule, where the interaction with dynactin takes place. This suggests differences in the dynactin-mediated organelle binding by IC isoforms. Accordingly, when transiently expressed in Drosophila Schneider-3 cells, the IC isoforms differ in their intracellular targeting properties from each other. A mechanism is proposed for the regulation of dynein binding to organelles through the changes in the content of the IC isoform pool.

SUBMITTER: Nurminsky DI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC109265 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cytoplasmic dynein intermediate-chain isoforms with different targeting properties created by tissue-specific alternative splicing.

Nurminsky D I DI   Nurminskaya M V MV   Benevolenskaya E V EV   Shevelyov Y Y YY   Hartl D L DL   Gvozdev V A VA  

Molecular and cellular biology 19981101 11


The intermediate chains (ICs) are the subunits of the cytoplasmic dynein that provide binding of the complex to cargo organelles through interaction of their N termini with dynactin. We present evidence that in Drosophila, the IC subunits are represented by at least 10 structural isoforms, created by the alternative splicing of transcripts from a unique Cdic gene. The splicing pattern is tissue specific. A constitutive set of four IC isoforms is expressed in all tissues tested; in addition, tiss  ...[more]

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