PUBLICATION
Cilia localization is essential for in vivo functions of the Joubert syndrome protein Arl13b/Scorpion
- Authors
- Duldulao, N.A., Lee, S., and Sun, Z.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-091120-47
- Date
- 2009
- Source
- Development (Cambridge, England) 136(23): 4033-4042 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Duldulao, Neil, Lee, Sunjin, Sun, Zhaoxia
- Keywords
- Arl13b, Scorpion, Cilium, Joubert syndrome, Kidney cyst, Laterality
- MeSH Terms
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- ADP-Ribosylation Factors/genetics
- ADP-Ribosylation Factors/metabolism
- Alleles
- Animals
- Cilia/genetics
- Cilia/metabolism*
- Cilia/ultrastructure
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/ultrastructure
- Gene Deletion
- Genes, Recessive
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Hybridization
- Kidney Diseases, Cystic/genetics
- Kidney Diseases, Cystic/metabolism
- Mutation
- Point Mutation
- Syndrome
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish/metabolism
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 19906870 Full text @ Development
Citation
Duldulao, N.A., Lee, S., and Sun, Z. (2009) Cilia localization is essential for in vivo functions of the Joubert syndrome protein Arl13b/Scorpion. Development (Cambridge, England). 136(23):4033-4042.
Abstract
arl13b was initially cloned as the novel cystic kidney gene scorpion (sco) in zebrafish and was shown to be required for cilia formation in the kidney duct. In mouse, a null mutant of Arl13b shows abnormal ultrastructure of the cilium and defective sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling. Importantly, a recent study linked mutations in ARL13B to a classical form of Joubert syndrome (JS), an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by a distinctive cerebellar malformation. In this study, we analyzed the zebrafish arl13b (sco) mutant and gene products in detail. We first demonstrate that Arl13b is a protein that is highly enriched in the cilium and is required for cilia formation in multiple organs in zebrafish, and that knockdown of arl13b leads to multiple cilia-associated phenotypes. We additionally show that multiple regions of Arl13b are required for its localization to the cilium. By means of rescuing experiments with a series of deletion and point mutants, we further demonstrate that the ciliary localization is crucial for the in vivo function of Arl13b. Together, these results strongly support the hypothesis that JS-related disease (JSRD) is a ciliopathy, or a disease caused by ciliary defects, and that Arl13b functions mainly through the cilium.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping