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aPKC Cycles between Functionally Distinct PAR Protein Assemblies to Drive Cell Polarity.

Developmental cell | 2017

The conserved polarity effector proteins PAR-3, PAR-6, CDC-42, and atypical protein kinase C (aPKC) form a core unit of the PAR protein network, which plays a central role in polarizing a broad range of animal cell types. To functionally polarize cells, these proteins must activate aPKC within a spatially defined membrane domain on one side of the cell in response to symmetry-breaking cues. Using the Caenorhabditis elegans zygote as a model, we find that the localization and activation of aPKC involve distinct, specialized aPKC-containing assemblies: a PAR-3-dependent assembly that responds to polarity cues and promotes efficient segregation of aPKC toward the anterior but holds aPKC in an inactive state, and a CDC-42-dependent assembly in which aPKC is active but poorly segregated. Cycling of aPKC between these distinct functional assemblies, which appears to depend on aPKC activity, effectively links cue-sensing and effector roles within the PAR network to ensure robust establishment of polarity.

Pubmed ID: 28781174 RIS Download

Associated grants

  • Agency: Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom
    Id: 080007
  • Agency: Medical Research Council, United Kingdom
  • Agency: Cancer Research UK, United Kingdom
    Id: FC001086
  • Agency: Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom
  • Agency: Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom
    Id: 207496/Z/17/Z
  • Agency: Arthritis Research UK, United Kingdom
    Id: FC001086
  • Agency: Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom
    Id: FC001086
  • Agency: NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P40 OD010440
  • Agency: Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom
    Id: 054523

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