Journal
DEVELOPMENT
Volume 148, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/dev.192674
Keywords
Alternative splicing; KIF2A; Cortical development; Proximity-interactome mapping
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- European Commission Seventh Framework Programme International Reintegration Grant [PIRG07-GA-2010-268433]
- Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu [TUBITAK-115Z707, TUBITAK-BIDEB 2211/E]
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KIF2A is essential for dendritic arborization and radial migration of cortical neurons during brain development. Three Kif2a isoforms were studied, with only two supporting neuronal migration. A KIF2A mutation causing brain malformations led to changes in its interactome, including depletion of mitochondrial proteins.
KIF2A is a kinesin motor protein with essential roles in neural progenitor division and axonal pruning during brain development. However, how different KIF2A alternative isoforms function during development of the cerebral cortex is not known. Here, we focus on three Kif2a isoforms expressed in the developing cortex. We show that Kif2a is essential for dendritic arborization in mice and that the functions of all three isoforms are sufficient for this process. Interestingly, only two of the isoforms can sustain radial migration of cortical neurons; a third isoform, lacking a key N-terminal region, is ineffective. By proximity-based interactome mapping for individual isoforms, we identify previously known KIF2A interactors, proteins localized to the mitotic spindle poles and, unexpectedly, also translation factors, ribonucleoproteins and proteins that are targeted to organelles, prominently to the mitochondria. In addition, we show that a KIF2A mutation, which causes brain malformations in humans, has extensive changes to its proximity-based interactome, with depletion of mitochondrial proteins identified in the wild-type KIF2A interactome. Our data raises new insights about the importance of alternative splice variants during brain development.
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