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ArticleCell reports2024

Optogenetic control of kinesin-1, -2, -3 and dynein reveals their specific roles in vesicular transport.

Sahil Nagpal, Karthikeyan Swaminathan, Daniel Beaudet, Maud Verdier, Samuel Wang, Christopher L Berger, Florian Berger, Adam G Hendricks

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Article in Cell reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Regulation of kinesin-2 motility by its β-hairpin motif.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2025
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  6. Positioning centrioles and centrosomes.The Journal of cell biology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Sahil NagpalDepartment of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0E9, Canada.
Karthikeyan SwaminathanDepartment of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0E9, Canada.
Daniel BeaudetDepartment of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0E9, Canada.
Maud VerdierDepartment of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0E9, Canada; Department of Biomedical Engineering and Health, Episen, Université Paris-Est Créteil, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France.
Samuel WangDepartment of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0E9, Canada.
Christopher L BergerDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405-0075, USA.
Florian BergerCell Biology, Neurobiology, and Biophysics, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Adam G HendricksDepartment of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0E9, Canada. Electronic address: adam.hendricks@mcgill.ca.

Funding

Regulation of Axonal Transport by TauR01GM132646 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI BERGER, CHRISTOPHER L. · 2019 to 2022
$1.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM132646
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Each cargo in a cell employs a unique set of motor proteins for its transport. To dissect the roles of each type of motor, we developed optogenetic inhibitors of endogenous kinesin-1, -2, -3 and dynein motors and examined their effect on the transport of early endosomes, late endosomes, and lysosomes. While kinesin-1, -3, and dynein transport vesicles at all stages of endocytosis, kinesin-2 primarily drives late endosomes and lysosomes. Transient optogenetic inhibition of kinesin-1 or dynein causes both early and late endosomes to move more processively by relieving competition with opposing motors. Kinesin-2 and -3 support long-range transport, and optogenetic inhibition reduces the distances that their cargoes move. These results suggest that the directionality of transport is controlled through regulating kinesin-1 and dynein activity. On vesicles transported by several kinesin and dynein motors, modulating the activity of a single type of motor on the cargo is sufficient to direct motility.

Indexed as

DyneinsKinesinsOptogeneticsAnimalsBiological TransportEndocytosisEndosomesHeLa CellsHumansLysosomesDyneinsKinesinsCP: Cell biologydyneinintracellular traffickingkinesinoptogenetics

Identifiers

PMID39159044
PMCPMC11416726

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