The KASH5 protein involved in meiotic chromosomal movements is a novel dynein activating adaptor

  1. Ritvija Agrawal
  2. John P Gillies
  3. Juliana L Zang
  4. Jingjing Zhang
  5. Sharon R Garrott
  6. Hiroki Shibuya  Is a corresponding author
  7. Jayakrishnan Nandakumar  Is a corresponding author
  8. Morgan E DeSantis  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, United States
  2. University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Abstract

Dynein harnesses ATP hydrolysis to move cargo on microtubules in multiple biological contexts. Dynein meets a unique challenge in meiosis by moving chromosomes tethered to the nuclear envelope to facilitate homolog pairing essential for gametogenesis. Though processive dynein motility requires binding to an activating adaptor, the identity of the activating adaptor required for dynein to move meiotic chromosomes is unknown. We show that the meiosis-specific nuclear-envelope protein KASH5 is a dynein activating adaptor: KASH5 directly binds dynein using a mechanism conserved among activating adaptors and converts dynein into a processive motor. We map the dynein-binding surface of KASH5, identifying mutations that abrogate dynein binding in vitro and disrupt recruitment of the dynein machinery to the nuclear envelope in cultured cells and mouse spermatocytes in vivo. Our study identifies KASH5 as the first transmembrane dynein activating adaptor and provides molecular insights into how it activates dynein during meiosis.

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Source data for TIRF experiments in Figure 3-6 are found in the file "Agrawal_etal_Source data" and labeled appropriately.All custom macros written for this study (used in Figure 5) are available on GitHub (https://github.com/DeSantis-Lab/Nuclear_Envelope_Localization_Macros)

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  1. Ritvija Agrawal

    Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States
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  2. John P Gillies

    Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States
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  3. Juliana L Zang

    Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States
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  4. Jingjing Zhang

    Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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  5. Sharon R Garrott

    Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States
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  6. Hiroki Shibuya

    Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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    hiroki.shibuya@gu.se
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  7. Jayakrishnan Nandakumar

    Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States
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    jknanda@umich.edu
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  8. Morgan E DeSantis

    Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States
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    mdesant@umich.edu
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Funding

National Institutes of Health (R00-GM127757)

  • Morgan E DeSantis

National Institutes of Health (R01-GM120094)

  • Jayakrishnan Nandakumar

American Heart Association (RSG-17-037-01-DMC)

  • Jayakrishnan Nandakumar

European Research Council (StG-801659)

  • Hiroki Shibuya

Swedish Research Council (2018-03426)

  • Hiroki Shibuya

Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (KAW2019.0180)

  • Hiroki Shibuya

American Heart Association

  • Ritvija Agrawal

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

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All animal experiments were approved by and performed in compliance with the regulations at the University of Gothenburg Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (#1316/18).

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© 2022, Agrawal et al.

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  1. Ritvija Agrawal
  2. John P Gillies
  3. Juliana L Zang
  4. Jingjing Zhang
  5. Sharon R Garrott
  6. Hiroki Shibuya
  7. Jayakrishnan Nandakumar
  8. Morgan E DeSantis
(2022)
The KASH5 protein involved in meiotic chromosomal movements is a novel dynein activating adaptor
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