Kinesin motor Klp98A mediates apical to basal Wg transport.

Development and tissue homeostasis rely on the tight regulation of morphogen secretion. In the Drosophila wing imaginal disc epithelium, Wg secretion for long-range signal transduction occurs after apical Wg entry into the endosomal system, followed by secretory endosomal transport. While Wg release appears to occur from the apical and basal cell side, its exact post-endocytic fate and the functional relevance of polarized endosomal Wg trafficking is poorly understood. Here, we identify the kinesin-3 family member Klp98A as the master regulator of intracellular Wg transport after apical endocytosis. In the absence of Klp98A functional mature endosomes accumulate in the apical cytosol and endosome transport to the basal cytosol is perturbed. Despite the resulting Wg mislocalization, Wg signal transduction occurs normally. We conclude that transcytosis-independent routes for Wg trafficking exist and demonstrate that Wg can be recycled apically via Rab4-recycling endosomes in the absence of Klp98A. © 2020. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.

Citation

Leonie Witte, Karen Linnemannstoens, Kevin Schmidt, Mona Honemann-Capito, Ferdinand Grawe, Andreas Wodarz, Julia Christina Gross. Kinesin motor Klp98A mediates apical to basal Wg transport. Development (Cambridge, England). 2020 Jan 01

PMID: 34004863

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