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ArticleGenetics2008

Caenorhabditis elegans num-1 negatively regulates endocytic recycling.

Lars Nilsson, Barbara Conradt, Anne-Françoise Ruaud, Carlos Chih-Hsiung Chen, Julia Hatzold, Jean-Louis Bessereau, Barth D Grant, Simon Tuck

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Article in Genetics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. C. elegans as a model for membrane traffic.WormBook : the online review of C. elegans biology · 2014
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  10. Adaptor proteins involved in polarized sorting.The Journal of cell biology · 2014
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  11. Cargo recognition in clathrin-mediated endocytosis.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2013
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  19. The endocytic matrix.Nature · 2010
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Lars NilssonUmeå Center for Molecular Pathogenesis, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
Barbara Conradt
Anne-Françoise Ruaud
Carlos Chih-Hsiung Chen
Julia Hatzold
Jean-Louis Bessereau
Barth D Grant
Simon Tuck
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USDartmouth College · USUmeå University · SEInserm · FR

Funding

Membrane Traffic in C. elegans and MammalsR01GM067237 · NIGMS · RUTGERS THE ST UNIV OF NJ NEW BRUNSWICK · PI GRANT, BARTH DEMIAN · 2003 to 2019
$6.1M
Analysis of Cell Death Regulation in C.elegansR01GM069950 · NIGMS · LUDWIG MAXIMILIAN UNIVERSITY · PI CONRADT, BARBARA · 2004 to 2012
$2.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM67237NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM067237NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM069950NIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM069950
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Much of the material taken into cells by endocytosis is rapidly returned to the plasma membrane by the endocytic recycling pathway. Although recycling is vital for the correct localization of cell membrane receptors and lipids, the molecular mechanisms that regulate recycling are only partially understood. Here we show that in Caenorhabditis elegans endocytic recycling is inhibited by NUM-1A, the nematode Numb homolog. NUM-1AGFP fusion protein is localized to the baso-lateral surfaces of many polarized epithelial cells, including the hypodermis and the intestine. We show that increased NUM-1A levels cause morphological defects in these cells similar to those caused by loss-of-function mutations in rme-1, a positive regulator of recycling in both C. elegans and mammals. We describe the isolation of worms lacking num-1A activity and show that, consistent with a model in which NUM-1A negatively regulates recycling in the intestine, loss of num-1A function bypasses the requirement for RME-1. Genetic epistasis analysis with rab-10, which is required at an early part of the recycling pathway, suggests that loss of num-1A function does not affect the uptake of material by endocytosis but rather inhibits baso-lateral recycling downstream of rab-10.

Indexed as

Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsDNA PrimersEndocytosisGreen Fluorescent ProteinsIntestinal MucosaMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionTransport VesiclesAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsDNA PrimersGreen Fluorescent Proteinsnum-1 protein, C elegans

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PMID18493060
PMCPMC2390616
OpenAlexW2083291307

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