Protein kinase d regulates trafficking of dendritic membrane proteins in developing neurons.

J Neurosci

Laboratory of Neurobiology and Cell Biology, Instituto Investigacion Medica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, 5016 Córdoba, Argentina.

Published: September 2008

In non-neuronal cells, inactivation of protein kinase D (PKD) blocks fission of trans-Golgi network (TGN) transport carriers, inducing the appearance of long tubules filled with cargo. We now report on the function of PKD1 in neuronal protein trafficking. In cultured hippocampal pyramidal cells, the transferrin receptor (TfR) and the low-density receptor-related protein (LRP) are predominantly transported to dendrites and excluded from axons. Expression of kinase-inactive PKD1 or its depletion by RNA interference treatment dramatically and selectively alter the intracellular trafficking and membrane delivery of TfR- and LRP-containing vesicles, without inhibiting exit from the TGN or inducing Golgi tubulation. After PKD1 suppression, dendritic membrane proteins are mispackaged into carriers that transport VAMP2; these vesicles are distributed to both axons and dendrites, but are rapidly endocytosed from dendrites and preferentially delivered to the axonal membrane. A kinase-defective mutant of PKD1 lacking the ability to bind diacylglycerol and hence its Golgi localization does not cause missorting of TfR or LRP. These results suggest that in neurons PKD1 regulates TGN-derived sorting of dendritic proteins and hence has a role in neuronal polarity.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2648138PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1879-08.2008DOI Listing

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