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CD13 orients the apical-basal polarity axis necessary for lumen formation

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  • Li-Ting Wang

    (McGill University
    McGill University)

  • Abira Rajah

    (McGill University)

  • Claire M. Brown

    (McGill University
    Advanced BioImaging Facility (ABIF) McGill University)

  • Luke McCaffrey

    (McGill University
    McGill University
    McGill University
    McGill University)

Abstract

Polarized epithelial cells can organize into complex structures with a characteristic central lumen. Lumen formation requires that cells coordinately orient their polarity axis so that the basolateral domain is on the outside and apical domain inside epithelial structures. Here we show that the transmembrane aminopeptidase, CD13, is a key determinant of epithelial polarity orientation. CD13 localizes to the apical membrane and associates with an apical complex with Par6. CD13-deficient cells display inverted polarity in which apical proteins are retained on the outer cell periphery and fail to accumulate at an intercellular apical initiation site. Here we show that CD13 is required to couple apical protein cargo to Rab11-endosomes and for capture of endosomes at the apical initiation site. This role in polarity utilizes the short intracellular domain but is independent of CD13 peptidase activity.

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  • Li-Ting Wang & Abira Rajah & Claire M. Brown & Luke McCaffrey, 2021. "CD13 orients the apical-basal polarity axis necessary for lumen formation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-15, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-24993-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24993-x
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