title: APC/CFzr/Cdh1-Dependent Regulation of Planar Cell Polarity Establishment via Nek2 Kinase Acting on Dishevelled.
abstract: The Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C) is an E3 ubiquitin ligase, well known for its role in cell-cycle progression. However, it has been linked to additional functions, mainly in neuronal contexts, when using the co-activator Cdh1/Fzr. Here, our data indicate a post-mitotic requirement for the APC/CFzr/Cdh1in epithelial cell patterning and planar cell polarity (PCP) in Drosophila. PCP signaling is critical for development by establishing cellular asymmetries and orientation within the plane of an epithelium, via differential localization of distinct complexes of core PCP factors. Loss of APC/C function leads to reduced levels of Dishevelled (Dsh), a core PCP factor. The effect of APC/C on Dsh is mediated by Nek2 kinase, which can phosphorylate Dsh and is a direct APC/CFzr/Cdh1substrate. We have thus uncovered a pathway of regulation whereby APC/CFzr/Cdh1negatively regulates Nek2, which negatively regulates Dsh, to ensure its proper stoichiometric requirement and localization during PCP establishment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell, Developmental & Regenerative Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.
authors.forename: Ursula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell, Developmental & Regenerative Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA. Electronic address: marek.mlodzik@mssm.edu.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mlodzik
mesh_terms: D064173:Anaphase-Promoting Complex-Cyclosome / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002453:Cell Cycle; D016764:Cell Polarity; D000072261:Dishevelled Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000166:cytology* / Q000201:enzymology*; D005123:Eye / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology; D055785:Gene Knockdown Techniques; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D000072261:Dishevelled Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; C000606588:dsh protein, Drosophila; D064173:Anaphase-Promoting Complex-Cyclosome; C000620809:Nek2 protein, Drosophila; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex
keywords: Drosophila; Nek2 kinase; anaphase-promoting complex; asymmetric protein localization; planar cell polarity; post-mitotic function; proteasome-mediated degradation