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The nexin-dynein regulatory complex subunit DRC1 is essential for motile cilia function in algae and humans.

ABSTRACT: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is characterized by dysfunction of respiratory cilia and sperm flagella and random determination of visceral asymmetry. Here, we identify the DRC1 subunit of the nexin-dynein regulatory complex (N-DRC), an axonemal structure critical for the regulation of dynein motors, and show that mutations in the gene encoding DRC1, CCDC164, are involved in PCD pathogenesis. Loss-of-function mutations disrupting DRC1 result in severe defects in assembly of the N-DRC structure and defective ciliary movement in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and humans. Our results highlight a role for N-DRC integrity in regulating ciliary beating and provide the first direct evidence that mutations in DRC genes cause human disease.

SUBMITTER: Wirschell M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3818796 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The nexin-dynein regulatory complex subunit DRC1 is essential for motile cilia function in algae and humans.

Wirschell Maureen M Olbrich Heike H Werner Claudius C Tritschler Douglas D Bower Raqual R Sale Winfield S WS Loges Niki T NT Pennekamp Petra P Lindberg Sven S Stenram Unne U Carlén Birgitta B Horak Elisabeth E Köhler Gabriele G Nürnberg Peter P Nürnberg Gudrun G Porter Mary E ME Omran Heymut H

Nature genetics 20130127 3

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is characterized by dysfunction of respiratory cilia and sperm flagella and random determination of visceral asymmetry. Here, we identify the DRC1 subunit of the nexin-dynein regulatory complex (N-DRC), an axonemal structure critical for the regulation of dynein motors, and show that mutations in the gene encoding DRC1, CCDC164, are involved in PCD pathogenesis. Loss-of-function mutations disrupting DRC1 result in severe defects in assembly of the N-DRC structure ...[more]

PMID: 23354437

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The nexin-dynein regulatory complex subunit DRC1 is essential for motile cilia function in algae and humans.

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The nexin-dynein regulatory complex subunit DRC1 is essential for motile cilia function in algae and humans.

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