Human Molecular Genetics Advance Access originally published online on July 21, 2004
Human Molecular Genetics 2004 13(18):2121-2132; doi:10.1093/hmg/ddh223
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Human Molecular Genetics, Vol. 13, No. 18 © Oxford University Press 2004; all rights reserved
Spastin interacts with the centrosomal protein NA14, and is enriched in the spindle pole, the midbody and the distal axon
Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
Received May 25, 2004; Accepted July 12, 2004
Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is characterized by the specific retrograde degeneration of the longest axons in the central nervous system, the corticospinal tracts. The gene most frequently involved in autosomal dominant cases of this disease, SPG4, encodes spastin, an ATPase belonging to the AAA family. AAA proteins are thought to exert their function by the energy-dependent rearrangement of protein complexes. The composite function of these proteins is directed by their binding to regulatory factors and adaptor proteins that target their activity into specific pathways in vivo. We previously found that overexpressed spastin interacts dynamically with microtubules and displays microtubule-severing activity. Here, we demonstrate that spastin is enriched in cell regions containing dynamic microtubules. During cell division spastin is found in the spindle pole, the central spindle and the midbody, whereas in immortalized motoneurons it is enriched in the distal axon and the branching points. Furthermore, spastin interacts with the centrosomal protein NA14, and co-fractionates with 
-tubulin, a centrosomal marker. Deletion of the region required for binding to NA14 disrupts spastin interaction with microtubules, suggesting that NA14 may be an important adaptor to target spastin activity at the centrosome. These data strongly argue that spastin plays a role in cytoskeletal rearrangements and dynamics, and provide an attractive explanation for the degeneration of motor axons in HSP.
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