デジマ カツフミ
Dejima Katsufumi
出嶋 克史 所属 医学部 医学科 職種 助教 |
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論文種別 | 原著 |
言語種別 | 英語 |
査読の有無 | 査読あり |
表題 | Endomembrane-associated RSD-3 is important for RNAi induced by extracellular silencing RNA in both somatic and germ cells of Caenorhabditis elegans. |
掲載誌名 | 正式名:Scientific reports 略 称:Sci Rep ISSNコード:(2045-2322)2045-2322(Linking) |
掲載区分 | 国外 |
巻・号・頁 | 6,pp.28198 |
著者・共著者 | Imae Rieko, Dejima Katsufumi, Kage-Nakadai Eriko, Arai Hiroyuki, Mitani Shohei |
担当区分 | 2nd著者 |
発行年月 | 2016/06 |
概要 | RNA silencing signals in C. elegans spread among cells, leading to RNAi throughout the body. During systemic spread of RNAi, membrane trafficking is thought to play important roles. Here, we show that RNAi Spreading Defective-3 (rsd-3), which encodes a homolog of epsinR, a conserved ENTH (epsin N-terminal homology) domain protein, generally participates in cellular uptake of silencing RNA. RSD-3 is previously thought to be involved in systemic RNAi only in germ cells, but we isolated several deletion alleles of rsd-3, and found that these mutants are defective in the spread of silencing RNA not only into germ cells but also into somatic cells. RSD-3 is ubiquitously expressed, and intracellularly localized to the trans-Golgi network (TGN) and endosomes. Tissue-specific rescue experiments indicate that RSD-3 is required for importing silencing RNA into cells rather than exporting from cells. Structure/function analysis showed that the ENTH domain alone is sufficient, and membrane association of the ENTH domain is required, for RSD-3 function in systemic RNAi. Our results suggest that endomembrane trafficking through the TGN and endosomes generally plays an important role in cellular uptake of silencing RNA. |
DOI | 10.1038/srep28198 |
PMID | 27306325 |