The dyneins are a class of motor protein involved in many of aspects of microtubule-dependent movement. Cytoplasmic dynein, in particular, is responsible for diverse forms of vesicular, macromolecular, and mitotic movement, as well as organization of the microtubule cytoskeleton and directed cell movement. How the dyneins function to produce force, and how cytoplasmic dynein is selectively targeted to a diversity of subcellular structures represent two of the major outstanding issues in the field. This proposal pursues Aims directed at each or these issues based on progress during the preceding project period.
Aim I deals with the stalk, a 15 nm long projection extending from the motor domain, which is responsible for microtubule binding.
This Aim will determine the structure of the stalk at atomic resolution;it will further identify conformational changes within its putative antiparallel coiled-coil D-helix responsible for long-range allosteric coupling of microtubule binding and ATP hydrolysis.
Aim II addresses mechanisms involved in cytoplasmic dynein cargo binding. Our recent studies have revealed a general role for the ZW10 protein complex in linking dynactin and dynein to diverse subcellular structures. We will define the mechanism responsible for ZW10 membrane binding;focusing on the Golgi apparatus, we will determine the role of ZW10 relative to Rab6, spectrin, and other factors implicated in dynein cargo binding, with the goal of a complete elucidation of the Golgi cargo binding pathway.
Aim III will involve dynein-mediated virus motility. We will focus on adenovirus as a structurally simple pathogenic form of dynein cargo. We will extend and complete our efforts to identify the interacting partners between dynein and the adenovirus capsid. Together these studies have important implications for understanding many aspects of normal and abnormal cell and developmental biology.
The final aim has particular significance for the control of acute viral infection and the design of gene delivery vectors and strategies.
| Harms, M B; Ori-McKenney, K M; Scoto, M et al. (2012) Mutations in the tail domain of DYNC1H1 cause dominant spinal muscular atrophy. Neurology 78:1714-20 |
| Vallee, Richard B; McKenney, Richard J; Ori-McKenney, Kassandra M (2012) Multiple modes of cytoplasmic dynein regulation. Nat Cell Biol 14:224-30 |
| Hook, Peter; Vallee, Richard (2012) Dynein dynamics. Nat Struct Mol Biol 19:467-9 |
| Ori-McKenney, Kassandra M; Vallee, Richard B (2011) Neuronal migration defects in the Loa dynein mutant mouse. Neural Dev 6:26 |
| Yi, Julie Y; Ori-McKenney, Kassandra M; McKenney, Richard J et al. (2011) High-resolution imaging reveals indirect coordination of opposite motors and a role for LIS1 in high-load axonal transport. J Cell Biol 195:193-201 |
| Tsai, Jin-Wu; Vallee, Richard B (2011) Live microscopy of neural stem cell migration in brain slices. Methods Mol Biol 750:131-42 |
| Tan, Serena C; Scherer, Julian; Vallee, Richard B (2011) Recruitment of dynein to late endosomes and lysosomes through light intermediate chains. Mol Biol Cell 22:467-77 |
| McKenney, Richard J; Weil, Sarah J; Scherer, Julian et al. (2011) Mutually exclusive cytoplasmic dynein regulation by NudE-Lis1 and dynactin. J Biol Chem 286:39615-22 |
| McKenney, Richard J; Vershinin, Michael; Kunwar, Ambarish et al. (2010) LIS1 and NudE induce a persistent dynein force-producing state. Cell 141:304-14 |
| Mao, Yinghui; Varma, Dileep; Vallee, Richard (2010) Emerging functions of force-producing kinetochore motors. Cell Cycle 9:715-9 |
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