Kazrin promotes dynein/dynactin-dependent traffic from early to recycling endosomes

Abstract

Kazrin is a protein widely expressed in vertebrates whose depletion causes a myriad of developmental defects, in part derived from altered cell adhesion and migration, as well as failure to undergo Epidermal to Mesenchymal Transition. However, the primary molecular role of kazrin, which might contribute to all these functions, has not been elucidated yet. We previously identified one of its isoforms, kazrin C, as a protein that potently inhibits clathrin-mediated endocytosis when overexpressed. We now generated kazrin knock out mouse embryonic fibroblasts to investigate its endocytic function. We found that kazrin depletion delays juxtanuclear enrichment of internalized material, indicating a role in endocytic traffic from early to recycling endosomes. Consistently, we found that the C-terminal domain of kazrin C, predicted to be an intrinsically disordered region, directly interacts with several early endosome (EE) components, and that kazrin depletion impairs retrograde motility of these organelles. Further, we noticed that the N-terminus of kazrin C shares homology with dynein/dynactin adaptors and that it directly interacts with the dynactin complex and the dynein light intermediate chain 1. Altogether, the data indicate that one of the primary kazrin functions is to facilitate endocytic recycling by promoting dynein/dynactin-dependent transport of EEs or EE-derived transport intermediates to the recycling endosomes.

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  1. Ines Hernandez-Perez

    Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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  2. Javier Rubio

    Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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  3. Adrian Baumann

    Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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  4. Henrique Girao

    Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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  5. Miriam Ferrando

    Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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  6. Elena Rebollo

    Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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  7. Anna M Aragay

    Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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  8. María Isabel Geli

    Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Agencia Estatal de Investigación (BFU2017-82959-P)

  • María Isabel Geli

Agencia Estatal de Investigación (PID2020-120053GB-I00)

  • María Isabel Geli

Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (EQC2018-004541 EU FeDer)

  • Elena Rebollo

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC1501/18)

  • Elena Rebollo

Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (BES-2015-071691)

  • Ines Hernandez-Perez

Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (BES-2015-071691)

  • Adrian Baumann

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© 2023, Hernandez-Perez et al.

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  1. Ines Hernandez-Perez
  2. Javier Rubio
  3. Adrian Baumann
  4. Henrique Girao
  5. Miriam Ferrando
  6. Elena Rebollo
  7. Anna M Aragay
  8. María Isabel Geli
(2023)
Kazrin promotes dynein/dynactin-dependent traffic from early to recycling endosomes
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