TTC30A and TTC30B redundancy protects IFT complex B integrity and its pivotal role in ciliogenesis
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ABSTRACT: Intraflagellar transport (IFT) is a microtubule-based system that supports the assembly and maintenance of cilia, an essential organelle for development and maintenance of cellular integrity. Dysfunction of IFT was shown to lead to a wide spectrum of disease phenotypes, so called ciliopathies of variable severity. In previous studies two distinct complexes (IFT-A; IFT-B) were identified, containing multiple proteins that are part of the IFT machinery. Two of the IFT-B components are TTC30A and TTC30B and in contrast to all other IFT components, only these two are paralogues. To investigate whether these two proteins have a similar and essential ciliary or constitute redundant functions, CRIPSR/Cas9 was used to specifically knock-out TTC30A or B and to generate a double knock-out. Localization studies showed a redundancy of both proteins in ciliogenesis while polyglutamylation of cilia was affected by both single knockouts. Further, the localization of other IFT components was not affected by the depletion of a single paralogue. A loss of both proteins led to a severe ciliogenesis defect, resulting in no cilia formation which can be rescued by expression of TTC30A or B. The redundancy can be explained by highly similar interaction patterns of both paralogues, both equally interact with the IFT-B machinery. In summary our study demonstrates that a loss of one TTC30 paralogue can mostly compensate severe ciliary defects, due to redundancy. However, cells assemble shorter cilia which are potentially limited in their functions, especially because of impaired polyglutamylation. A complete loss of both proteins leads to a deficit in IFT complex B integrity followed by disrupted IFT and subsequently no cilia formation
INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Fusion
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
TISSUE(S): Permanent Cell Line Cell, Cell Culture
SUBMITTER: Tina Beyer
LAB HEAD: Dr. Tina Beyer
PROVIDER: PXD034412 | Pride | 2022-08-12
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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