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ArticleCell research2022

Regulators of tubulin polyglutamylation control nuclear shape and cilium disassembly by balancing microtubule and actin assembly.

Lei Wang, Sharad C Paudyal, Yuchen Kang, Mikito Owa, Feng-Xia Liang, Alexander Spektor, Holger Knaut, Irma Sánchez, Brian D Dynlacht

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Article in Cell research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lei WangDepartment of Pathology, New York University Cancer Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. Lei.Wang@nyulangone.org.
Sharad C PaudyalDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Yuchen KangDepartment of Pathology, New York University Cancer Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Mikito OwaDepartment of Pathology, New York University Cancer Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Feng-Xia LiangMicroscopy Laboratory, Division of Advanced Research Technologies, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
Alexander SpektorDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Holger KnautSkirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Irma SánchezDepartment of Pathology, New York University Cancer Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Brian D DynlachtDepartment of Pathology, New York University Cancer Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. Brian.Dynlacht@nyulangone.org.
New York University · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Vaccine FacilityP30CA016087 · NCI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI ANIRBAN MAITRA · 1985 to 2026
$83.1M
Elucidating the regulators of ciliogenesis - Revision - Equipment SupplementR01GM120776 · NIGMS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Brian D Dynlacht · 2016 to 2026
$4.6M
Molecular and Cellular Control of Collective Cell Migration.R01NS102322 · NINDS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI KNAUT, HOLGER · 2018 to 2022
$2.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016087NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM120776NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS102322
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytoskeletal networks play an important role in regulating nuclear morphology and ciliogenesis. However, the role of microtubule (MT) post-translational modifications in nuclear shape regulation and cilium disassembly has not been explored. Here we identified a novel regulator of the tubulin polyglutamylase complex (TPGC), C11ORF49/CSTPP1, that regulates cytoskeletal organization, nuclear shape, and cilium disassembly. Mechanistically, loss of C11ORF49/CSTPP1 impacts the assembly and stability of the TPGC, which modulates long-chain polyglutamylation levels on microtubules (MTs) and thereby balances the binding of MT-associated proteins and actin nucleators. As a result, loss of TPGC leads to aberrant, enhanced assembly of MTs that penetrate the nucleus, which in turn leads to defects in nuclear shape, and disorganization of cytoplasmic actin that disrupts the YAP/TAZ pathway and cilium disassembly. Further, we showed that C11ORF49/CSTPP1-TPGC plays mechanistically distinct roles in the regulation of nuclear shape and cilium disassembly. Remarkably, disruption of C11ORF49/CSTPP1-TPGC also leads to developmental defects in vivo. Our findings point to an unanticipated nexus that links tubulin polyglutamylation with nuclear shape and ciliogenesis.

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ActinsTubulinCiliaMicrotubulesProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalActinsTubulin

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PMID34782749
PMCPMC8807603
OpenAlexW3213001096

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