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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2024

The Structure of Cilium Inner Junctions Revealed by Electron Cryo-tomography.

Sam Li, Jose-Jesus Fernandez, Marisa D Ruehle, Rachel A Howard-Till, Amy Fabritius, Chad G Pearson, David A Agard, Mark E Winey

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8 authors.

Sam LiDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0210-8192
Jose-Jesus FernandezNanomaterials and Nanotechnology Research Center (CINN-CSIC), Health Research Institute of Asturias (ISPA), 33011 Oviedo, Spain.
Marisa D RuehleDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Rachel A Howard-TillDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Amy FabritiusDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Chad G PearsonDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1915-6593
David A AgardDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Mark E WineyDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9028-9033

Funding

Structure & Mechanism: microtubule nucleation, centrosomes, phage cytoskeletonR35GM118099 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI AGARD, DAVID A. · 2016 to 2022
$3.6M
Centriole assembly and function for centrosome and cilia biologyR35GM140813 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI CHAD G PEARSON · 2021 to 2026
$3.5M
MIPS (Microtubule Inner Proteins) function in cilia and basal bodiesR01GM127571 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI WINEY, MARK · 2018 to 2025
$2.5M
Glacios™ Cryo Transmission Electron Microscope with 200 kV XFEG opticsS10OD026881 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHENG, YIFAN · 2019 to 2019
$1.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM127571NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118099NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM140813NIH HHS S10 OD026881
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Abstract

The cilium is a microtubule-based organelle critical for many cellular functions. Its assembly initiates at a basal body and continues as an axoneme that projects out of the cell to form a functional cilium. This assembly process is tightly regulated. However, our knowledge of the molecular architecture and the mechanism of assembly is limited. By applying electron cryotomography and subtomogram averaging, we obtained subnanometer resolution structures of the inner junction in three distinct regions of the cilium: the proximal region of the basal body, the central core of the basal body, and the flagellar axoneme. The structures allowed us to identify several basal body and axoneme components. While a few proteins are distributed throughout the entire length of the organelle, many are restricted to particular regions of the cilium, forming intricate local interaction networks and bolstering local structural stability. Finally, by knocking out a critical basal body inner junction component Poc1, we found the triplet MT was destabilized, resulting in a defective structure. Surprisingly, several axoneme-specific components were found to "infiltrate" into the mutant basal body. Our findings provide molecular insight into cilium assembly at its inner Junctions, underscoring its precise spatial regulation.

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assemblybasal bodycentrioleciliumelectron cryo-tomography

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