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Cell Biology of the Neuron: <strong>Polarity</strong>, Plasticity and Regeneration, Crete 2011<br />

EB3 Stably links Microtubules to Ankyrin G in the<br />

Axon Initial Segment<br />

Christophe Leterrier , Hélène Vacher , Marie-Pierre Fache , Stéphanie Angles<br />

d'Ortoli , Francis Castets , Amapola Autillo-Touati , Bénédicte Dargent<br />

INSERM U641<br />

The Axon Initial Segment (AIS) plays a key role in maintaining the molecular<br />

and functional polarity of the neuron. The relationship between the AIS<br />

architecture and the microtubules (MTs) supporting axonal transport is unknown.<br />

Here we identify a direct and specific interaction between the AIS scaffold<br />

protein ankyrin G (ankG) and the microtubule plus-end binding (EB) protein<br />

EB3. AnkG concentrates and stabilizes EB3 along MTs in the AIS, contrasting<br />

with the role of EB3 as a dynamic MT plus-end tracking protein (+TIP). In<br />

addition, EB3 participates in AIS stability, and AIS disassembly leads to a cellwide<br />

up-regulation of EB3. Thus, EB3 coordinates a molecular and functional<br />

interplay between ankG and the AIS MTs that supports the central role of ankG in<br />

the maintenance of neuronal polarity.<br />

Presented by: Leterrier, Christophe<br />

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