BLOC-1 and BLOC-3 regulate VAMP7 cycling to and from melanosomes via distinct tubular transport carriers Megan K. Dennis1,2, Cédric Delevoye3,4, Amanda Acosta-Ruiz1,2, Ilse Hurbain3,4, Maryse Romao3,4, Geoffrey G. Hesketh5, Philip S. Goff6, Elena V. Sviderskaya6, Dorothy C. Bennett6, J. Paul Luzio5, Thierry Galli7, David J. Owen5, Graça Raposo3,4 and Michael S. Marks1,2,8 1Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, and 2Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Dept of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; 3Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR144, Structure and Membrane Compartments, F-75005, Paris, France; 4 Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR144, Cell and Tissue Imaging Facility (PICT-IBiSA), F-75005, Paris, France; 5Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; 6Cell Biology & Genetics Research Centre, St. George’s , University of London, London, UK; 7Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Univ. Paris-Diderot, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS UMR7592, INSERM ERL U950, Membrane Traffic in Health & Disease, Paris, France. 8To whom correspondence should be addressed: Michael S. Marks, Ph.D. Dept. of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute 816G Abramson Research Center 3615 Civic Center Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215-590-3664 Email:
[email protected] Running title: VAMP7 into and out of melanosomes Keywords: SNARE, lysosome-related organelle, melanogenesis, Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, recycling, endosome, 2 ABSTRACT Endomembrane organelle maturation requires cargo delivery via fusion with membrane transport intermediates and recycling of fusion factors to their sites of origin.