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  Regulation of endosome dynamics by Rab5 and Huntingtin-HAP40 effector complex in physiological versus pathological conditions

Pal, A., Severin, F., Höpfner, S., & Zerial, M. (2008). Regulation of endosome dynamics by Rab5 and Huntingtin-HAP40 effector complex in physiological versus pathological conditions. In W. E. Balch (Ed.), Small GTPases in disease (pp. 239-257). Amsterdam: Elsevier Acad. Press.

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Pal, Arun1, Author           
Severin, Fedor1, Author           
Höpfner, Sebastian2, Author           
Zerial, Marino1, Author           
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1Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Max Planck Society, ou_2340692              
2External Organizations, ou_persistent22              

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 Abstract: Vesicular transport of signaling molecules, specifically neurotrophins, in neurons is essential for their differentiation, survival, and plasticity. Neurotrophins such as neuron growth factor (NGF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) are internalized by receptor-mediated endocytosis at synaptic terminals and loaded into endosomes for microtubule-based transport along axons to the cell body where they exert their signaling function in the nucleus. The molecular mechanisms underlying this intracellular transport are not only relevant from a basic knowledge viewpoint, but have also important implications for neurodegenerative diseases. Defects in trafficking are increasingly implicated in the pathology of Huntington's disease (HD) and other neurodegenerative disorders. The small GTPases Rab5 and Rab7 play important roles in the endocytic trafficking of neurotrophins. We have recently identified Huntingtin (Htt) and Huntingtin associated protein of 40 kDa (HAP40) as a novel Rab5 effector complex that regulates endosome motility. In HD, we detected higher HAP40 protein levels compared with normal cells. Such increase causes an augmented recruitment of Htt onto Rab5-positive early endosomes that drastically reduces their motility by "switching" these organelles from microtubules to F-actin. These findings suggest a mechanism by which impaired Rab5-mediated trafficking of neurotrophic factors may be a key event of the pathogenetic process leading to neurodegeneration in HD. To dissect the mechanisms by which Htt, HAP40, and Rab5 function in early endosome interactions with the cytoskeleton, we developed assays to investigate endosome-cytoskeleton interactions that can be applied to normal and pathological conditions. We provide here detailed protocols for, first, an assay that measures binding of early endosomes to microtubules and F-actin. Second, we describe an improved protocol for a cell-free assay that recapitulates the motility of early endosomes along microtubules in vitro. These assays provide mechanistic insights into the dysfunction of endosome motility occurring in HD as well as other neurodegenerative disorders.

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Title: Small GTPases in disease
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Publ. Info: Amsterdam : Elsevier Acad. Press
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Title: Methods in enzymology, 438
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