Abstract
Primary cilia are involved in important developmental and disease pathways, such as the regulation of neurogenesis and tumorigenesis. They function as sensory antennae and are essential in the regulation of key extracellular signalling systems. We have investigated the effects of cell stress on primary cilia. Exposure of mammalian cells in vitro, and zebrafish cells in vivo, to elevated temperature resulted in the rapid loss of cilia by resorption. In mammalian cells loss of cilia correlated with a reduction in hedgehog signalling. Heat-shock-dependent loss of cilia was decreased in cells where histone deacetylases (HDACs) were inhibited, suggesting resorption is mediated by the axoneme-localised tubulin deacetylase HDAC6. In thermotolerant cells the rate of ciliary resorption was reduced. This implies a role for molecular chaperones in the maintenance of primary cilia. The cytosolic chaperone Hsp90 localises to the ciliary axoneme and its inhibition resulted in cilia loss. In the cytoplasm of unstressed cells, Hsp90 is known to exist in a complex with HDAC6. Moreover, immediately after heat shock Hsp90 levels were reduced in the remaining cilia. We hypothesise that ciliary resorption serves to attenuate cilia-mediated signalling pathways in response to extracellular stress, and that this mechanism is regulated in part by HDAC6 and Hsp90.
Highlights
Primary cilia are involved in important developmental and disease pathways, such as the regulation of neurogenesis and tumorigenesis
In this study we investigate the effects of cell stress on primary cilia
Heat shock dependent loss of cilia was decreased in cells where histone deacetylases (HDACs) were inhibited, suggesting resorption is mediated by HDAC6 which localises to ciliary axonemes
Summary
Primary cilia are involved in important developmental and disease pathways, such as the regulation of neurogenesis and tumorigenesis. Heat-shock induces rapid resorption of primary cilia CL Thompson1,2*, NV Prodromou2, DP Osborn3, R Ashworth1, MM Knight1, PL Beales3, JP Chapple2 From First International Cilia in Development and Disease Scientific Conference (2012) London, UK.
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