Repository logo

Infoscience

  • English
  • French
Log In
Logo EPFL, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

Infoscience

  • English
  • French
Log In
  1. Home
  2. Academic and Research Output
  3. Journal articles
  4. Discovering Regulators of Centriole Biogenesis through siRNA-Based Functional Genomics in Human Cells
 
research article

Discovering Regulators of Centriole Biogenesis through siRNA-Based Functional Genomics in Human Cells

Balestra, Fernando R.
•
Strnad, Petr
•
Flückiger, Isabelle
Show more
2013
Developmental cell

Centrioles are essential for forming cilia, flagella, and centrosomes and are thus critical for a range of fundamental cellular processes. Despite their importance, the mechanisms governing centriole biogenesis remain incompletely understood. We performed a high-content genome-wide small-interfering-RNA-based screen to identify genes regulating centriole formation in human cells. We designed an algorithm to automatically detect GFP-Centrin foci that, combined with subsequent manual analysis, allowed us to identify 44 genes required for centriole formation and 32 genes needed for restricting centriole number. Detailed follow-up characterization uncovered that the C2 domain protein C2CD3 is required for distal centriole formation and suggests that it functions in the basal body to template primary cilia. Moreover, we found that the E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM37 prevents centriole reduplication events. We developed a dynamic web interface containing all images and numerical features as a powerful resource to investigate facets of centrosome biology.

  • Details
  • Metrics
Type
research article
DOI
10.1016/j.devcel.2013.05.016
Web of Science ID

WOS:000321483000005

Author(s)
Balestra, Fernando R.
Strnad, Petr
Flückiger, Isabelle
Gönczy, Pierre  
Date Issued

2013

Published in
Developmental cell
Volume

25

Issue

6

Start page

555

End page

571

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

Written at

EPFL

EPFL units
UPGON  
RelationURL/DOI

IsSupplementedBy

https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/306888
Available on Infoscience
June 27, 2013
Use this identifier to reference this record
https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/93005
Logo EPFL, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
  • Contact
  • infoscience@epfl.ch

  • Follow us on Facebook
  • Follow us on Instagram
  • Follow us on LinkedIn
  • Follow us on X
  • Follow us on Youtube
AccessibilityLegal noticePrivacy policyCookie settingsEnd User AgreementGet helpFeedback

Infoscience is a service managed and provided by the Library and IT Services of EPFL. © EPFL, tous droits réservés