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ArticlePLoS biology2020

Regulation of glial size by eicosapentaenoic acid through a novel Golgi apparatus mechanism.

Albert Zhang, Ziqiang Guan, Kyle Ockerman, Pengyuan Dong, Jiansheng Guo, Zhiping Wang, Dong Yan

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Article in PLoS biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Albert ZhangDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.
Ziqiang GuanDepartment of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.
Kyle OckermanDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-6500-6740
Pengyuan DongCenter of Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Jiansheng GuoCenter of Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Zhiping WangInstitute of Neuroscience and Department of Neurology of Second Affiliated Hospital, NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Dong YanDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-7542-1251
Duke Medical Center · USZhejiang University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University · CN

Funding

Genetic study of gap junction formation and regulation in C. elegans neuronsR01NS105638 · NINDS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI YAN, DONG · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
Mechanisms of neural circuit formation in C. elegansR01NS094171 · NINDS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI YAN, DONG · 2015 to 2019
$1.5M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS094171NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS105638
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coordination of cell growth is essential for the development of the brain, but the molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of glial and neuronal size are poorly understood. To investigate the mechanisms involved in glial size regulation, we used Caenorhabditis elegans amphid sheath (AMsh) glia as a model and show that a conserved cis-Golgi membrane protein eas-1/GOLT1B negatively regulates glial growth. We found that eas-1 inhibits a conserved E3 ubiquitin ligase rnf-145/RNF145, which, in turn, promotes nuclear activation of sbp-1/ SREBP, a key regulator of sterol and fatty acid synthesis, to restrict cell growth. At early developmental stages, rnf-145 in the cis-Golgi network inhibits sbp-1 activation to promote the growth of glia, and when animals reach the adult stage, this inhibition is released through an eas-1-dependent shuttling of rnf-145 from the cis-Golgi to the trans-Golgi network to stop glial growth. Furthermore, we identified long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs), especially eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), as downstream products of the eas-1-rnf-145-sbp-1 pathway that functions to prevent the overgrowth of glia. Together, our findings reveal a novel and potentially conserved mechanism underlying glial size control.

Indexed as

AnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCell SizeEicosapentaenoic AcidFatty Acids, UnsaturatedGolgi ApparatusNeurogliaUbiquitin-Protein LigasesCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsEicosapentaenoic AcidFatty Acids, UnsaturatedUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMID33370778
PMCPMC7793280
OpenAlexW3113444859

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