The nucleoporin Nup153 is the anchor for Kif1a during basal nuclear migration in brain progenitor cells

Aditi Falnikar*, Sebastian Quintremil, Hung Jun Zhao, Haw Yuan Cheng, Paige Helmer, Jin Wu Tsai, Richard B. Vallee*

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Abstract

Radial glial progenitors (RGPs) are highly elongated epithelial cells that give rise to most stem cells, neurons, and glia in the vertebrate cerebral cortex. During development, the RGP nuclei exhibit a striking pattern of cell-cycle-dependent oscillatory movements known as interkinetic nuclear migration (INM), which we previously found to be mediated during G1 by the kinesin Kif1a and during G2 by cytoplasmic dynein, recruited to the nuclear envelope by the nucleoporins RanBP2 and Nup133. We now identify Nup153 as a nucleoporin anchor for Kif1a, responsible for G1-specific basal nuclear migration, providing a complete model for the mechanisms underlying this basic but mysterious behavior, with broad implications for understanding brain development.

Original languageEnglish
Article number115008
JournalCell Reports
Volume43
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Dec 2024

Keywords

  • CP: Cell biology
  • CP: Neuroscience
  • Kif1a
  • Nup153
  • brain development
  • cell cycle regulation
  • interkinetic nuclear migration
  • neuronal migration

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