Journal
BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
Volume 111, Issue 4, Pages 95-107Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/boc.201800042
Keywords
axoneme; C; elegans; cilia; microtubule; transition zone
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Funding
- National Institutes of Health [DK059418, DK116606, OD 010943]
- New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research [CSCR16FEL008]
- Waksman Institute Charles and Johanna Busch Fellowship
- University Bevier Fellowship
- Simons Foundation [SF349247]
- NYSTAR
- NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences [GM103310]
- Agouron Institute [F00316]
- NIH [OD019994, RR029300]
- NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs [P40 OD010440]
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Background information The current consensus on cilia development posits that the ciliary transition zone (TZ) is formed via extension of nine centrosomal microtubules. In this model, TZ structure remains unchanged in microtubule number throughout the cilium life cycle. This model does not however explain structural variations of TZ structure seen in nature and could also lend itself to the misinterpretation that deviations from nine-doublet microtubule ultrastructure represent an abnormal phenotype. Thus, a better understanding of events that occur at the TZ in vivo during metazoan development is required. Results To address this issue, we characterized ultrastructure of two types of sensory cilia in developing Caenorhabditis elegans. We discovered that, in cephalic male (CEM) and inner labial quadrant (IL2Q) sensory neurons, ciliary TZs are structurally plastic and remodel from one structure to another during animal development. The number of microtubule doublets forming the TZ can be increased or decreased over time, depending on cilia type. Both cases result in structural TZ intermediates different from TZ in cilia of adult animals. In CEM cilia, axonemal extension and maturation occurs concurrently with TZ structural maturation. Conclusions and Significance Our work extends the current model to include the structural plasticity of metazoan transition zone, which can be structurally delayed, maintained or remodelled in cell type-specific manner.
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