PTEN regulates cilia through Dishevelled

Iryna Shnitsar, Mikhail Bashkurov, Glenn R. Masson, Abiodun A. Ogunjimi, Sherly Mosessian, Eduardo Aguiar Cabeza, Calley L. Hirsch, Daniel Trcka, Gerald Gish, Jing Jiao, Hong Wu, Rudolf Winklbauer, Roger L. Williams, Laurence Pelletier, Jeffrey L. Wrana (Lead / Corresponding author), Miriam Barrios-Rodiles (Lead / Corresponding author)

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    Abstract

    Cilia are hair-like cellular protrusions important in many aspects of eukaryotic biology. For instance, motile cilia enable fluid movement over epithelial surfaces, while primary (sensory) cilia play roles in cellular signalling. The molecular events underlying cilia dynamics, and particularly their disassembly, are not well understood. Phosphatase and tensin homologue (PTEN) is an extensively studied tumour suppressor, thought to primarily act by antagonizing PI3-kinase signalling. Here we demonstrate that PTEN plays an important role in multicilia formation and cilia disassembly by controlling the phosphorylation of Dishevelled (DVL), another ciliogenesis regulator. DVL is a central component of WNT signalling that plays a role during convergent extension movements, which we show here are also regulated by PTEN. Our studies identify a novel protein substrate for PTEN that couples PTEN to regulation of cilia dynamics and WNT signalling, thus advancing our understanding of potential underlying molecular etiologies of PTEN-related pathologies.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number8388
    Number of pages14
    JournalNature Communications
    Volume6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 24 Sept 2015

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Chemistry
    • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
    • General Physics and Astronomy

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