First Author | Coquelle FM | Year | 2002 |
Journal | Mol Cell Biol | Volume | 22 |
Issue | 9 | Pages | 3089-102 |
PubMed ID | 11940666 | Mgi Jnum | J:128546 |
Mgi Id | MGI:3767478 | Doi | 10.1128/MCB.22.9.3089-3102.2002 |
Citation | Coquelle FM, et al. (2002) LIS1, CLIP-170's key to the dynein/dynactin pathway. Mol Cell Biol 22(9):3089-102 |
abstractText | CLIP-170 is a plus-end tracking protein which may act as an anticatastrophe factor. It has been proposed to mediate the association of dynein/dynactin to microtubule (MT) plus ends, and it also binds to kinetochores in a dynein/dynactin-dependent fashion, both via its C-terminal domain. This domain contains two zinc finger motifs (proximal and distal), which are hypothesized to mediate protein-protein interactions. LIS1, a protein implicated in brain development, acts in several processes mediated by the dynein/dynactin pathway by interacting with dynein and other proteins. Here we demonstrate colocalization and direct interaction between CLIP-170 and LIS1. In mammalian cells, LIS1 recruitment to kinetochores is dynein/dynactin dependent, and recruitment there of CLIP-170 is dependent on its site of binding to LIS1, located in the distal zinc finger motif. Overexpression of CLIP-170 results in a zinc finger-dependent localization of a phospho-LIS1 isoform and dynactin to MT bundles, raising the possibility that CLIP-170 and LIS1 regulate dynein/dynactin binding to MTs. This work suggests that LIS1 is a regulated adapter between CLIP-170 and cytoplasmic dynein at sites involved in cargo-MT loading, and/or in the control of MT dynamics. |