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EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 32, Issue 14, Pages 2056-2072Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2013.131
Keywords
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); dendrite morphology; secretory pathway; VAMP-associated protein (VAP); Yip1 interacting factor (YIF1)
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- Het Prinses Beatrix Spierfonds grant
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO-ALW-VICI)
- Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMW-TOP)
- European Science Foundation (EURYI)
- EMBO Young Investigators Program (YIP)
- Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP-CDA)
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The vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP) associated protein B (VAPB) is an integral membrane protein localized to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The P56S mutation in VAPB has been linked to motor neuron degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis type 8 (ALS8) and forms ER-like inclusions in various model systems. However, the role of wild-type and mutant VAPB in neurons is poorly understood. Here, we identified Yip1-interacting factor homologue A (YIF1A) as a new VAPB binding partner and important component in the early secretory pathway. YIF1A interacts with VAPB via its transmembrane regions, recycles between the ER and Golgi and is mainly localized to the ER-Golgi intermediate compartments (ERGICs) in rat hippocampal neurons. VAPB strongly affects the distribution of YIF1A and is required for intracellular membrane trafficking into dendrites and normal dendritic morphology. When VAPB-P56S is present, YIF1A is recruited to the VAPB-P56S clusters and loses its ERGIC localization. These data suggest that both VAPB and YIF1A are important for ER-to-Golgi transport and that missorting of YIF1A may contribute to VAPB-associated motor neuron disease.
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