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The Journal of Neuroscience, June 1, 2001, 21(11):3839-3848
The Exocyst Complex Associates with Microtubules to Mediate
Vesicle Targeting and Neurite Outgrowth
Irving E.
Vega1 and
Shu-Chan
Hsu1, 2
1 Department of Biochemistry, University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School,
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, and 2 Department of Cell
Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
08854
During neuronal development, vesicles are targeted to the growth
cone to promote neurite outgrowth and synaptogenesis. The Exocyst
complex is an essential macromolecule in the secretory pathway that may
play a role in vesicle targeting. Although it has been shown that this
complex is enriched in rat brain, the molecular mechanism underlying
its function is largely unknown. Here, we report that the Exocyst
complex coimmunoprecipitates with microtubules from total rat brain
lysate. Additionally, the Exocyst complex subcellular localization
changes on neuronal differentiation. In undifferentiated
pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells, this complex is associated with
microtubules at the microtubule organizing center. However, in
differentiated PC12 cells and cultured hippocampal neurons, the Exocyst
complex and microtubules extend to the growing neurite and colocalize
at the growth cone with synaptotagmin. Inhibition of the NGF-activated
MAP kinase pathway blocks the Exocyst complex and microtubule
redistribution, abolishing neurite outgrowth and promoting cytosolic
accumulation of secretory vesicles. Consistently, the overexpression of
Exocyst sec10 subunit mutant blocks neurite
outgrowth. These results indicate that the Exocyst complex targets
secretory vesicles to specific domains of the plasma membrane through
its association with the microtubules, promoting neurite outgrowth.
Key words:
Exocyst complex; microtubules; exocytosis; vesicle
targeting; neurite outgrowth; differentiation; MAP kinase pathway
Copyright © 2001 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/01/21113839-10$05.00/0
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