REGULATION of APICAL POLARITY COMPLEXES by Jay Nicholas
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REGULATION OF APICAL POLARITY COMPLEXES By Jay Nicholas Pieczynski A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Biological Chemistry) in the University of Michigan 2010 Doctoral Committee: Professor Benjamin L. Margolis, Chair Professor Eric R. Fearon Professor Robert S. Fuller Assistant Professor Daniel A. Bochar Assistant Professor Hisashi Umemori Acknowledgements I would like to thank my mentor Dr. Ben Margolis for his guidance and support throughout the process of earning my doctorate degree. He has taught me that being a scientist means being your own toughest critic and to always remember that your work represents who you are and what you have accomplished. I would also like to thank the current and former members of the Margolis laboratory who made my time in the lab very enjoyable. Each person past and present has brought their own personality to the lab and contributed to the success of the group. It has been an honor to be associated with truly gifted scientists, yet even better people. The work contained within this thesis is also dedicated to my former mentors especially Michael Baxter and Dr. Todd Weaver. Michael Baxter was a former teacher of mine growing up in Wisconsin and recognized my potential as a scientist at a very early age. He taught me that science is not about how intelligent you are, but asking the write questions. Dr. Todd Weaver was also very instrumental in my scientific career, allowing me to begin my independent research career during the first years of college. Dr. Weaver recognized my desire to always know more, and challenged me to work outside the classroom in his laboratory for most of my undergraduate career; an experience that I am forever indebted to. Finally, I would like to thank my friends and family. I am blessed to have some of the best friends that one could ask for and my success can only be attributed to having ii people back me up all the way. My brother Tad has been my best friend my entire life and always encouraged me to be the best at whatever I do. My parents, Guy and Liz, have always been there for me especially when times got tough. They taught me that nothing in life is free and that hard work always eventually pays off. I am truly lucky to have two of the best parents who always wanted more for their children than they had. iii Preface Chapter 1 will be submitted as part of an invited review for the American Journal of Physiology Renal Physiology. Chapter 2 was published in December of 2006 in the Journal of Biological Chemistry and contains work completed by Dr. Samuel Straight and Jay Pieczynski. Chapter 3 contains data that will be submitted as a manuscript to Experimental Cell Research and is collaboration between Jay Pieczynski, Dr. Sanjeevkumar Patel, and Dr. Peter Arvan. Chapter 4 contains work that will be published in a future manuscript. Appendix A contains the full data sets of the microarray analysis completed in Chapter 3. Appendix B contains data that was published in Schlüter et al. in Molecular and Cellular Biology in September of 2009 and unpublished data related to that manuscript. iv Table of Contents Acknowledgements............................................................................................................ii Preface ...............................................................................................................................iv List of Figures ................................................................................................................ viii List of Tables......................................................................................................................x List of Appendices ............................................................................................................xi Chapter 1: Development and Maintenance of Renal Epithelial Cell Polarity.............1 1.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................1 1.2 Molecular Interactions Governing the Establishment of Mammalian Epithelial Cell Polarity.................................................................................................................4 1.3 Mammalian Polarity Complexes and Their Interactions.......................................7 1.3.1 The Par Complex Overview ...............................................................7 1.3.2 Par3...................................................................................................10 1.3.3 Par6...................................................................................................15 1.3.4 aPKCζ ..............................................................................................18 1.3.5 The Scribble Complex Overview .....................................................20 1.3.6 Scribble.............................................................................................20 1.3.7 Lgl ....................................................................................................22 1.3.8 Dlg ....................................................................................................24 1.3.9 Crumbs complex Overview..............................................................27 1.3.10 PALS1 ............................................................................................27 1.3.11 PATJ and MUPP1 ..........................................................................29 1.3.12 Crumbs3 .........................................................................................32 1.4 Molecular Mechanisms Establishing Renal Epithelial Cell Polarity ..................35 1.4.1 Establishing Renal Polarity: MET vs. EMT.....................................35 1.4.2 Regulation and Maintenance of Renal Epithelial Polarity: A Trail of Crumbs ......................................................................................................37 1.4.3 Renal Apico-Basal Epithelial Polarity in Context: A Link to Nephropathies, Planar Cell Polarity, and Renal Cilia ...............................42 v 1.5 Concluding Remarks ...........................................................................................45 Chapter 2: Mammalian Lin-7 Stabilizes Polarity Complex Proteins.........................47 2.1 Introduction .........................................................................................................47 2.2 Materials and Methods ........................................................................................49 2.2.1 DNA Constructs ...............................................................................49 2.2.2 Cell Culture and Transfection ..........................................................50 2.2.3 Calcium Switch Assay and Transepithelial Electrical Resistance Measurement .............................................................................................51 2.2.4 Antibodies ........................................................................................52 2.2.5 Immunoprecipitation and Immunoblotting ......................................53 2.2.6 CRB3 Peptide Beads ........................................................................54 2.2.7 Pulse-Chase Labeling .......................................................................54 2.2.8 Immunostaining and Confocal Microscopy .....................................55 2.2.9 Quantitative Real-time PCR.............................................................56 2.3 Results .................................................................................................................57 2.3.1 Lin-7 shRNA affects the formation of tight junctions .....................57 2.3.2 Lin-7 shRNA affects expression of MAGUK family members.......61 2.3.3 The L27 domain of Lin-7C is essential for correct tight junction formation ...................................................................................................63 2.3.4 Reexpression of PALS1 can reverse the tight junction defect seen in Lin-7 knockdown cells ..............................................................................66 2.3.5 Lin-7 expression affects stability of PALS1 in polarized MDCKII cells............................................................................................................73 2.4 Discussion ...........................................................................................................75 Chapter 3: Slug Represses Crumbs3 in Epithelial Cells ..............................................78 3.1 Introduction .........................................................................................................78 3.2 Materials and Methods ........................................................................................81 3.2.1 Cell lines...........................................................................................81 3.2.2 DNA Constructs ...............................................................................82 3.2.3 Antibodies and Immunostaining ......................................................83 3.2.4 Microarray and Statistics..................................................................84 3.2.5 qRT-PCR..........................................................................................84 3.2.6 ChIP Assays .....................................................................................85 3.3 Results .................................................................................................................87