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Originally published as Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print on October 18, 2007.
Genetics, Vol. 177, 1569-1582, November 2007, Copyright © 2007
doi:10.1534/genetics.107.080689
Role of the Caenorhabditis elegans Multidrug Resistance Gene, mrp-4, in Gut Granule Differentiation
Erin Currie*,
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Brian King,
Andrea L. Lawrenson*,
Lena K. Schroeder*,
Aaron M. Kershner and
Greg J. Hermann*,,1
* Department of Biology and Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon 97219
1 Corresponding author: Department of Biology, Lewis & Clark College, 0615 S.W. Palatine Hill Rd., Portland, OR 97219.
E-mail: hermann{at}lclark.edu
Caenorhabditis elegans gut granules are lysosome-related organelles with birefringent contents. mrp-4, which encodes an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter homologous to mammalian multidrug resistance proteins, functions in the formation of gut granule birefringence. mrp-4(–) embryos show a delayed appearance of birefringent material in the gut granule but otherwise appear to form gut granules properly. mrp-4(+) activity is required for the extracellular mislocalization of birefringent material, body-length retraction, and NaCl sensitivity, phenotypes associated with defective gut granule biogenesis exhibited by embryos lacking the activity of GLO-1/Rab38, a putative GLO-1 guanine nucleotide exchange factor GLO-4, and the AP-3 complex. Multidrug resistance protein (MRP)-4 localizes to the gut granule membrane, consistent with it playing a direct role in the transport of molecules that compose and/or facilitate the formation of birefringent crystals within the gut granule. However, MRP-4 is also present in oocytes and early embryos, and our genetic analyses indicate that its site of action in the formation of birefringent material may not be limited to just the gut granule in embryos. In a search for genes that function similarly to mrp-4(+), we identified WHT-2, another ABC transporter that acts in parallel to MRP-4 for the formation of birefringent material in the gut granule.
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