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Mechanism of secretory cargo sorting at the TGN<br />

Vivek Malhotra 1<br />

CRG: Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelon 08003, Spain 1<br />

Abstract:<br />

Knockdown of actin severing protein Cofilin by siRNA and, over expression of inactive Cofilin or<br />

Cofilin-inactivating kinase (LIMK), arrested secretion of an exogenously expressed soluble<br />

secretory protein in the Trans Golgi Network (TGN) of mammalian cells. A SILAC-mass<br />

spectrometry based protein profiling revealed that a large number of endogenous secretory<br />

proteins were not secreted under these conditions. Surprisingly, a population of proteins<br />

normally retained in the Golgi was secreted. There was a similar defect in the delivery of integral<br />

membrane proteins to the cell surface. Overall, these findings indicate defective cargo sorting at<br />

the TGN. We suggest that Cofilin dependent actin trimming generates a sorting domain at the<br />

TGN, which filters secretory cargo for export; uncontrolled growth of this domain traps proteins<br />

not destined for secretion and excludes secretory proteins. I will present new data on the<br />

downstream effectors of Cofilin that are required for secretory cargo sorting at the TGN.

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