
@article {43856,
	title = {FGFR1-mediated protocadherin-15 loading mediates cargo specificity during intraflagellar transport in inner ear hair-cell kinocilia.},
	journal = {Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A},
	volume = {115},
	year = {2018},
	month = {2018 08 14},
	pages = {8388-8393},
	abstract = {<p>The mechanosensory hair cells of the inner ear are required for hearing and balance and have a distinctive apical structure, the hair bundle, that converts mechanical stimuli into electrical signals. This structure comprises a single cilium, the kinocilium, lying adjacent to an ensemble of actin-based projections known as stereocilia. Hair bundle polarity depends on kinociliary protocadherin-15 (Pcdh15) localization. Protocadherin-15 is found only in hair-cell kinocilia, and is not localized to the primary cilia of adjacent supporting cells. Thus, Pcdh15 must be specifically targeted and trafficked into the hair-cell kinocilium. Here we show that kinocilial Pcdh15 trafficking relies on cell type-specific coupling to the generic intraflagellar transport (IFT) transport mechanism. We uncover a role for fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1) in loading Pcdh15 onto kinociliary transport particles in hair cells. We find that on activation, FGFR1 binds and phosphorylates Pcdh15. Moreover, we find a previously uncharacterized role for clathrin in coupling this kinocilia-specific cargo with the anterograde IFT-B complex through the adaptor, DAB2. Our results identify a modified ciliary transport pathway used for Pcdh15 transport into the cilium of the inner ear hair cell and coordinated by FGFR1 activity.</p>
},
	keywords = {Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport, Animals, Cadherins, Chick Embryo, Clathrin, Flagella, Hair Cells, Auditory, Inner, Mice, Phosphorylation, Protein Precursors, Protein Transport, Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1},
	issn = {1091-6490},
	doi = {10.1073/pnas.1719861115},
	author = {Honda, Akira and Kita, Tomoko and Seshadri, Shri Vidhya and Misaki, Kazuyo and Ahmed, Zamal and Ladbury, John E and Richardson, Guy P and Yonemura, Shigenobu and Ladher, Raj K}
}
