title: UNC-16, a JNK-signaling scaffold protein, regulates vesicle transport in C. elegans.
abstract: Transport of synaptic components is a regulated process. Loss-of-function mutations in the C. elegans unc-16 gene result in the mislocalization of synaptic vesicle and glutamate receptor markers. unc-16 encodes a homolog of mouse JSAP1/JIP3 and Drosophila Sunday Driver. Like JSAP1/JIP3, UNC-16 physically interacts with JNK and JNK kinases. Deletion mutations in Caenorhabditis elegans JNK and JNK kinases result in similar mislocalization of synaptic vesicle markers and enhance weak unc-16 mutant phenotypes. unc-116 kinesin heavy chain mutants also mislocalize synaptic vesicle markers, as well as a functional UNC-16::GFP. Intriguingly, unc-16 mutations partially suppress the vesicle retention defect in unc-104 KIF1A kinesin mutants. Our results suggest that UNC-16 may regulate the localization of vesicular cargo by integrating JNK signaling and kinesin-1 transport.
authors.affiliation: Department of MCD Biology, Sinsheimer Laboratories, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Byrd
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walcoff
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hisamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000818:Animals; D001693:Biological Transport, Active / Q000235:genetics; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D004330:Drosophila; D017353:Gene Deletion; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D006801:Humans; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation / Q000502:physiology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; C485750:MAPK8IP3 protein, human; C403619:Mapk8ip3 protein, mouse; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; C445161:unc-16 protein, C elegans; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases