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ArticleThe Journal of cell biology2025

CCSer2 gates dynein activity at the cell periphery.

Juliana L Zang, Daytan Gibson, Ann-Marie Zheng, Wanjing Shi, John P Gillies, Chris Stein, Catherine M Drerup, Morgan E DeSantis

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Article in The Journal of cell biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors.

Juliana L ZangDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5738-8355
Daytan Gibson *Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-7779-9916
Ann-Marie Zheng *Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9170-6118
Wanjing Shi *Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-7431-0516
John P GilliesDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9659-5579
Chris SteinDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-2903-8155
Catherine M DrerupDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0219-3075
Morgan E DeSantisDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4096-8548

Funding

Cellular Biotechnology Training Program (CBTP) - Years 31-35T32GM145304 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Guizhi Zhu · 2022 to 2026
$2.6M
Mechanisms of dynein regulationR35GM146739 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Morgan DeSantis · 2022 to 2026
$1.7M
Mechanisms of Lis1 and NudE/L Regulation of the Molecular Motor DyneinR00GM127757 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI DESANTIS, MORGAN · 2020 to 2022
$747k
National Science Foundation 2142670NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM127757NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM146739NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM145304NIH HHS R35GM146739
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytoplasmic dynein-1 (dynein) is a microtubule-associated, minus end-directed motor that traffics hundreds of different cargos. Dynein must discriminate between cargos and traffic them at the appropriate time from the correct cellular region. How dynein's trafficking activity is regulated in time or cellular space remains poorly understood. Here, we identify CCSer2 as the first known protein to gate dynein activity in the spatial dimension. CCSer2 promotes the migration of developing zebrafish primordium cells, macrophages, and cultured human cells by facilitating the trafficking of cargos that are acted on by peripherally localized dynein. Our data suggest that CCSer2 disfavors the interaction between dynein and its regulator Ndel1 at the cell edge, resulting in localized dynein activation. These findings support a model where the spatial specificity of dynein is achieved by the localization of proteins that trigger Ndel1's release from dynein. We propose that CCSer2 defines a broader class of proteins that activate dynein in distinct microenvironments via regulating Ndel1-dynein interaction.

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Cytoplasmic DyneinsDyneinsZebrafish ProteinsAnimalsCarrier ProteinsCell MovementHumansMacrophagesProtein TransportZebrafishCarrier ProteinsCytoplasmic DyneinsDyneinsNDEL1 protein, humanZebrafish Proteins

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PMID40261303
PMCPMC12013514

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