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ArticleNeuron2010

Snapin-regulated late endosomal transport is critical for efficient autophagy-lysosomal function in neurons.

Qian Cai, Li Lu, Jin-Hua Tian, Yi-Bing Zhu, Haifa Qiao, Zu-Hang Sheng

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Article in Neuron, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 168 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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168 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 234 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qian CaiSynaptic Function Section, The Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-3706, USA. caiq@ninds.nih.gov
Li Lu
Jin-Hua Tian
Yi-Bing Zhu
Haifa Qiao
Zu-Hang Sheng
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Transport and regulation of presynaptic release machineryZIANS002946 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI SHENG, ZU-HANG · 2009 to 2025
$25.6M
Transport and regulation of presynaptic release machineryZ01NS002946 · NINDS · NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI SHENG, ZU-HANG · 1997 to 2008
$2.1M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 NS002946
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuron maintenance and survival require late endocytic transport from distal processes to the soma where lysosomes are predominantly localized. Here, we report a role for Snapin in attaching dynein to late endosomes through its intermediate chain (DIC). snapin(-/-) neurons exhibit aberrant accumulation of immature lysosomes, clustering and impaired retrograde transport of late endosomes along processes, reduced lysosomal proteolysis due to impaired delivery of internalized proteins and hydrolase precursors from late endosomes to lysosomes, and impaired clearance of autolysosomes, combined with reduced neuron viability and neurodegeneration. The phenotypes are rescued by expressing the snapin transgene, but not the DIC-binding-defective Snapin-L99K mutant. Snapin overexpression in wild-type neurons enhances late endocytic transport and lysosomal function, whereas expressing the mutant defective in Snapin-DIC coupling shows a dominant-negative effect. Altogether, our study highlights new mechanistic insights into how Snapin-DIC coordinates retrograde transport and late endosomal-lysosomal trafficking critical for autophagy-lysosomal function, and thus neuronal homeostasis.

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AnimalsAutophagyCerebral CortexChlorocebus aethiopsDyneinsEmbryo, MammalianEndocytosisGreen Fluorescent ProteinsImmunoprecipitationInhibitory Postsynaptic PotentialsLuminescent ProteinsLysosomesMiceMice, KnockoutMicroscopy, ConfocalMicroscopy, ElectronDyneinsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsLuminescent ProteinsSnapin protein, mouseVesicular Transport Proteins

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PMID20920792
PMCPMC2953270
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