Dynein is required for polarized dendritic transport and uniform microtubule orientation in axons Export

@article{18758451, abstract = {Axons and dendrites differ in both microtubule organization and in the organelles and proteins they contain. Here we show that the microtubule motor dynein has a crucial role in polarized transport and in controlling the orientation of axonal microtubules in Drosophila melanogaster dendritic arborization (da) neurons. Changes in organelle distribution within the dendritic arbors of dynein mutant neurons correlate with a proximal shift in dendritic branch position. Dynein is also necessary for the dendrite-specific localization of Golgi outposts and the ion channel Pickpocket. Axonal microtubules are normally oriented uniformly plus-end-distal; however, without dynein, axons contain both plus- and minus-end distal microtubules. These data suggest that dynein is required for the distinguishing properties of the axon and dendrites: without dynein, dendritic organelles and proteins enter the axon and the axonal microtubules are no longer uniform in polarity.}, address = {Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.}, author = {Zheng, Y. and Wildonger, J. and Ye, B. and Zhang, Y. and Kita, A. and Younger, S. H. and Zimmerman, S. and Jan, L. Y. and Jan, Y. N.}, citeulike-article-id = {5378224}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncb1777}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.nature.com/ncb/journal/v10/n10/abs/ncb1777.html}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1038/ncb1777}, issn = {1465-7392}, journal = {Nature Cell Biology}, keywords = {axon, dendrites, drosophila, microtubules, motor-proteins, polarity, trafficking}, month = {October}, number = {10}, pages = {1172--80}, pdf = {file://localhost/Users/christo/Travail/Labo/Biblio/Papers/Zheng\_Nat\%20Cell\%20Biol\_2008.pdf}, posted-at = {2009-08-06 10:14:30}, priority = {0}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group}, title = {Dynein is required for polarized dendritic transport and uniform microtubule orientation in axons}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncb1777}, volume = {10}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - 18758451 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5378224 N2 - Axons and dendrites differ in both microtubule organization and in the organelles and proteins they contain. Here we show that the microtubule motor dynein has a crucial role in polarized transport and in controlling the orientation of axonal microtubules in Drosophila melanogaster dendritic arborization (da) neurons. Changes in organelle distribution within the dendritic arbors of dynein mutant neurons correlate with a proximal shift in dendritic branch position. Dynein is also necessary for the dendrite-specific localization of Golgi outposts and the ion channel Pickpocket. Axonal microtubules are normally oriented uniformly plus-end-distal; however, without dynein, axons contain both plus- and minus-end distal microtubules. These data suggest that dynein is required for the distinguishing properties of the axon and dendrites: without dynein, dendritic organelles and proteins enter the axon and the axonal microtubules are no longer uniform in polarity. IS - 10 JF - Nature Cell Biology SN - 1465-7392 AD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. EP - 80 TI - Dynein is required for polarized dendritic transport and uniform microtubule orientation in axons PB - Nature Publishing Group VL - 10 SP - 1172 KW - axon KW - dendrites KW - drosophila KW - microtubules KW - motor-proteins KW - polarity KW - trafficking AU - Zheng, Y AU - Wildonger, J AU - Ye, B AU - Zhang, Y AU - Kita, A AU - Younger, SH AU - Zimmerman, S AU - Jan, LY AU - Jan, YN PY - 2008/10/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncb1777 ER -