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Bardet-Biedl Syndrome 3 protein promotes ciliary exit of the signaling protein phospholipase D via the BBSome

  1. Yan-Xia Liu
  2. Bin Xue
  3. Wei-Yue Sun
  4. Jenna L Wingfield
  5. Jun Sun
  6. Mingfu Wu
  7. Karl F Lechtreck
  8. Zhenlong Wu
  9. Zhen-Chuan Fan  Is a corresponding author
  1. Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China
  2. University of Georgia, United States
  3. Albany Medical College, United States
  4. China Agricultural University, China
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.59119
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  1. Yan-Xia Liu
  2. Bin Xue
  3. Wei-Yue Sun
  4. Jenna L Wingfield
  5. Jun Sun
  6. Mingfu Wu
  7. Karl F Lechtreck
  8. Zhenlong Wu
  9. Zhen-Chuan Fan
(2021)
Bardet-Biedl Syndrome 3 protein promotes ciliary exit of the signaling protein phospholipase D via the BBSome
eLife 10:e59119.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.59119
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Abstract

Certain ciliary signaling proteins couple with the BBSome, a conserved complex of Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) proteins, to load onto retrograde intraflagellar transport (IFT) trains for their removal out of cilia in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Here, we show that loss of the Arf-like 6 (ARL6) GTPase BBS3 causes the signaling protein phospholipase D (PLD) to accumulate in cilia. Upon targeting to the basal body, BBSomes enter and cycle through cilia via IFT, while BBS3 in a GTP-bound state separates from BBSomes, associates with the membrane, and translocates from the basal body to cilia by diffusion. Upon arriving at the ciliary tip, GTP-bound BBS3 binds and recruits BBSomes to the ciliary membrane for interacting with PLD, thus making the PLD-laden BBSomes available to load onto retrograde IFT trains for ciliary exit. Therefore, BBS3 promotes PLD exit from cilia via the BBSome providing a regulatory mechanism for ciliary signaling protein removal out of cilia.

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  1. Yan-Xia Liu

    Institute of Health Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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  2. Bin Xue

    Institute of Health Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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  3. Wei-Yue Sun

    Institute of Health Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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  4. Jenna L Wingfield

    Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, United States
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  5. Jun Sun

    Institute of Health Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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  6. Mingfu Wu

    Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Albany Medical College, Albany, United States
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  7. Karl F Lechtreck

    Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, United States
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  8. Zhenlong Wu

    State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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  9. Zhen-Chuan Fan

    Institute of Health Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CRP/CHN15-01)

  • Zhen-Chuan Fan

National Natural Science Foundation of China (41876134)

  • Jun Sun

National Institutes of Health (GM110413)

  • Karl F Lechtreck

National Natural Science Foundation of China (32070698)

  • Zhen-Chuan Fan

Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Bureau (19PTSYJC00050)

  • Zhen-Chuan Fan

Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Bureau (18JCZDJC34100)

  • Zhen-Chuan Fan

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Yan-Xia Liu
  2. Bin Xue
  3. Wei-Yue Sun
  4. Jenna L Wingfield
  5. Jun Sun
  6. Mingfu Wu
  7. Karl F Lechtreck
  8. Zhenlong Wu
  9. Zhen-Chuan Fan
(2021)
Bardet-Biedl Syndrome 3 protein promotes ciliary exit of the signaling protein phospholipase D via the BBSome
eLife 10:e59119.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.59119

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