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      The C. elegans homolog of the murine cystic kidney disease gene Tg737 functions in a ciliogenic pathway and is disrupted in osm-5 mutant worms.

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      Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Caenorhabditis elegans, genetics, Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins, Cilia, Cloning, Molecular, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Genes, Helminth, Helminth Proteins, metabolism, Mice, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Neurons, Afferent, cytology, Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Recessive, Protein Transport, Proteins, Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Tissue Distribution, Transcription Factors, Tumor Suppressor Proteins

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          Cilia and flagella are important organelles involved in diverse functions such as fluid and cell movement, sensory perception and embryonic patterning. They are devoid of protein synthesis, thus their formation and maintenance requires the movement of protein complexes from the cytoplasm into the cilium and flagellum axoneme by intraflagellar transport (IFT), a conserved process common to all ciliated or flagellated eukaryotic cells. We report that mutations in the Caenorhabditis elegans gene Y41g9a.1 are responsible for the ciliary defects in osm-5 mutant worms. This was confirmed by transgenic rescue of osm-5(p813) mutants using the wild-type Y41g9a.1 gene. osm-5 encodes a tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR)-containing protein that is the homolog of murine polaris (Tg737), a protein associated with cystic kidney disease and left-right axis patterning defects in the mouse. osm-5 is expressed in ciliated sensory neurons in C. elegans and its expression is regulated by DAF-19, an RFX-type transcription factor that governs the expression of other genes involved in cilia formation in the worm. Similar to murine polaris, the OSM-5 protein was found to concentrate at the cilium base and within the cilium axoneme as shown by an OSM-5::GFP translational fusion and immunofluorescence. Furthermore, time-lapse imaging of OSM-5::GFP fusion protein shows fluorescent particle migration within the cilia. Overall, the data support a crucial role for osm-5 in a conserved ciliogenic pathway, most likely as a component of the IFT process. http://www.biologists.com/Development/movies/dev3342.html

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