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ArticleScientific reports2017

The endosomal neuronal proteins Nsg1/NEEP21 and Nsg2/P19 are itinerant, not resident proteins of dendritic endosomes.

Chan Choo Yap, Laura Digilio, Lloyd McMahon, Bettina Winckler

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Dynein Is Required for Rab7-Dependent Endosome Maturation, Retrograde Dendritic Transport, and Degradation.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022
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  16. Endosomal trafficking in schizophrenia.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2022
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  19. Schizophrenia-Linked Protein tSNARE1 Regulates Endosomal Trafficking in Cortical Neurons.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chan Choo YapDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA.
Laura DigilioDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA.
Lloyd McMahonDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA.
Bettina WincklerDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA. BWinckler@virginia.edu.
University of Virginia · US

Funding

Organization and Function of Neuronal EndosomesR01NS083378 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI Bettina R Winckler · 2013 to 2026
$5.2M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS083378
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Membrane traffic critically regulates most aspects of neuronal function. Neurons express many neuronal-specific proteins that regulate membrane traffic, including the poorly understood small transmembrane proteins neural-specific gene 1 and 2 (Nsg1/NEEP21 and Nsg2/P19). Nsg1 has been implicated in regulating endosomal recycling and sorting of several important neuronal receptors. Nsg2 is largely unstudied. At steady-state, Nsg1 and Nsg2 only partially co-localize with known endosomal compartments, and it was suggested that they mark a neuronal-specific endosome. Since Nsg1 localizes to and functions in the dendritic endosome, we set out to discover how Nsg1 and Nsg2 localization to endosomes is regulated in primary rat hippocampal neurons, using quadruple immunolocalization against endogenous proteins, live imaging of dendritic endosomes, and interference approaches against the endosomal regulators Rab5 and Rab7. In contrast to previous conclusions, we now show that Nsg1 and Nsg2 are not resident endosomal proteins, but traffic rapidly from the cell surface to lysosomes and have a half-life of less than two hours. Their partial co-localization with canonical endosomal markers thus reflects their rapid flux towards degradation rather than specific targeting to a singular compartment. These findings will require rethinking of how this class of endosomal proteins regulates trafficking of much longer-lived receptors.

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AnimalsCarrier ProteinsCells, CulturedDendritesEndosomesHippocampusMembrane Transport ProteinsMiceNerve Tissue ProteinsProtein TransportRatsTransfectionCarrier ProteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsNsg1 protein, mouseNsg2 protein, mouse

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PMID28874679
PMCPMC5585371
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