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JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 203, Issue 1, Pages 129-147Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201212024
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- National Institutes of Health [GM089933]
- March of Dimes [1-FY11-517]
- Connie and Bob Lurie Fellowship of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation [DRG 2087-11]
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Specific proteins are concentrated within primary cilia, whereas others remain excluded. To understand the mechanistic basis of entry into cilia, we developed an in vitro assay using cells in which the plasma membrane was permeabilized, but the ciliary membrane was left intact. Using a diffusion-to-capture system and quantitative analysis, we find that proteins >9 nm in diameter (similar to 100 kD) are restricted from entering cilia, and we confirm these findings in vivo. Interference with the nuclear pore complex (NPC) or the actin cytoskeleton in permeabilized cells demonstrated that the ciliary diffusion barrier is mechanistically distinct from those of the NPC or the axon initial segment. Moreover, applying a mass transport model to this system revealed diffusion coefficients for soluble and membrane proteins within cilia that are compatible with rapid exploration of the ciliary space in the absence of active transport. Our results indicate that large proteins require active transport for entry into cilia but not necessarily for movement inside cilia.
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