The many different cellular functions of MYO7A in the retina.

Abstract:

:Mutations in MYO7A (myosin VIIa) cause Usher syndrome type 1B, a disorder involving profound congenital deafness and progressive blindness. In the retina, most MYO7A is localized in the apical region of the RPE (retinal pigmented epithelial) cells, and a small amount is associated with the ciliary and periciliary membranes of the photoreceptor cells. Its roles appear to be quite varied. Studies with MYO7A-null mice indicate that MYO7A participates in the apical localization of RPE melanosomes and in the removal of phagosomes from the apical RPE for their delivery to lysosomes in the basal RPE. In the first role, MYO7A competes with microtubule motors, but in the second one, it may function co-operatively. An additional role of MYO7A in the RPE is indicated by the requirement for it in the light-dependent translocation of the ER (endoplasmic reticulum)-associated visual cycle enzyme RPE65 and normal functioning of the visual retinoid cycle. In photoreceptor cells lacking MYO7A, opsin accumulates abnormally in the transition zone of the cilium, suggesting that MYO7A functions as a selective barrier for membrane proteins at the distal end of the transition zone. It is likely that the progressive retinal degeneration that occurs in Usher syndrome 1B patients results from a combination of cellular defects in the RPE and photoreceptor cells.

journal_name

Biochem Soc Trans

authors

Williams DS,Lopes VS

doi

10.1042/BST0391207

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-10-01 00:00:00

pages

1207-10

issue

5

eissn

0300-5127

issn

1470-8752

pii

BST0391207

journal_volume

39

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