Regulation of endosome dynamics by Rab5 and Huntingtin-HAP40 effector complex in physiological versus pathological conditions

Methods in Enzymology
Arun PalM Zerial

Abstract

Vesicular transport of signaling molecules, specifically neurotrophins, in neurons is essential for their differentiation, survival, and plasticity. Neurotrophins such as neuron growth factor (NGF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) are internalized by receptor-mediated endocytosis at synaptic terminals and loaded into endosomes for microtubule-based transport along axons to the cell body where they exert their signaling function in the nucleus. The molecular mechanisms underlying this intracellular transport are not only relevant from a basic knowledge viewpoint, but have also important implications for neurodegenerative diseases. Defects in trafficking are increasingly implicated in the pathology of Huntington's disease (HD) and other neurodegenerative disorders. The small GTPases Rab5 and Rab7 play important roles in the endocytic trafficking of neurotrophins. We have recently identified Huntingtin (Htt) and Huntingtin associated protein of 40 kDa (HAP40) as a novel Rab5 effector complex that regulates endosome motility. In HD, we detected higher HAP40 protein levels compared with normal cells. Such increase causes an augmented recruitment of Htt onto Rab5-positive early endosomes that drastically reduces their mot...Continue Reading

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