| 2005 |
NIBP/TRAPPC9 physically interacts with NIK and IKKβ (but not IKKα or IKKγ) via yeast two-hybrid and co-immunoprecipitation. Overexpression potentiates TNFα-induced NF-κB activation through increased phosphorylation of the IKK complex, IκBα, and p65; siRNA knockdown reduces TNFα-induced NF-κB activation, prevents NGF-induced neuronal differentiation, and decreases Bcl-xL expression in PC12 cells. |
Yeast two-hybrid screen, co-immunoprecipitation, overexpression/siRNA knockdown with NF-κB luciferase reporter, immunohistochemistry |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
15951441
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| 2005 |
Yeast Trs120p (ortholog of TRAPPC9) is required for vesicle traffic from the early endosome to the late Golgi; trs120 mutants accumulate aberrant Berkeley body-like membrane structures and disrupt recycling of proteins through the early endosome. Trs120p colocalizes with the late Golgi marker Sec7p, and trs120 mutants display mislocalization of COPI subunits, implicating Trs120p in a COPI-dependent trafficking step on the early endosomal pathway. |
Yeast genetics (temperature-sensitive mutants), fluorescence microscopy, electron microscopy, colocalization with Sec7p and COPI subunits |
The Journal of cell biology |
High |
16314430
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| 2011 |
In mammalian cells, TRAPPC2 acts as an adaptor for TRAPPC9 in TRAPPII complex formation: TRAPPC2 binds TRAPPC9, which in turn binds TRAPPC10. A disease-causing TRAPPC2 mutation (D47Y) abolishes interaction with TRAPPC9, and deletional mutants of TRAPPC9 all fail to interact with TRAPPC2 and TRAPPC10. TRAPPC2 also binds TRAPPC8 (putative TRAPPIII-specific subunit), but endogenous TRAPPC9-positive TRAPPII does not contain TRAPPC8, indicating TRAPPC2 binds either TRAPPC9 or TRAPPC8 in the respective mammalian TRAPP complexes. |
Co-immunoprecipitation in mammalian cells with wild-type and disease-associated mutant constructs |
PloS one |
Medium |
21858081
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| 2012 |
TRAPPC9 directly binds p150Glued (dynactin subunit) via p150's carboxyl-terminal domain — the same domain that binds COPII coat components Sec23/Sec24. TRAPPC9 inhibits the interaction between p150Glued and Sec23/Sec24 both in vitro and in vivo, suggesting TRAPPC9 uncouples p150Glued from the COPII coat at the target membrane (ERGIC) to relay vesicle-dynactin interaction, allowing nascent ERGIC to continue microtubule-based movement. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, in vitro binding competition assay, overexpression-based competition for microtubule organizing center localization |
PloS one |
Medium |
22279557
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| 2015 |
Endogenous NIBP/TRAPPC9 binds specifically to phosphorylated IKK2 in a TNFα-dependent manner. NIBP knockdown transiently attenuates TNFα-stimulated phosphorylation of IKK2/p65 and degradation of IκBα, while NIBP overexpression enhances TNFα-induced NF-κB activation and inhibits apoptosis. NIBP knockdown inhibits growth, invasion, colony formation, and xenograft tumorigenesis of breast and colon cancer cells in an NF-κB-dependent manner. |
Co-immunoprecipitation of endogenous proteins, lentiviral shRNA knockdown, NF-κB luciferase reporter, xenograft mouse model |
Oncotarget |
Medium |
25704885
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| 2013 |
In mouse enteric neuronal cells, NIBP/TRAPPC9 shRNA knockdown inhibits TNFα-induced NF-κB activation and neuronal differentiation, while NIBP overexpression promotes both. NIBP-like immunoreactivity colocalizes with cholinergic (~98%) and nitrergic (~87%) neuronal markers in the myenteric plexus but not with glial, smooth muscle, or interstitial cells of Cajal markers. |
Lentiviral shRNA/overexpression in enteric neuronal cell line, NF-κB reporter assay, multi-label immunofluorescence/confocal microscopy in whole-mount intestine |
Neurogastroenterology and motility |
Medium |
24011459
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| 2020 |
Trappc9-deficient mice exhibit cognitive/behavioral deficits and postnatal brain growth delay. Loss of Trappc9 compromises activation of Rab11 in brain, resulting in retardation of endocytic receptor recycling in neurons. An imbalance between dopamine D1 and D2 receptor-containing neurons in the striatum was found; pharmacological manipulation of dopamine receptors (D1 antagonist + D2 agonist) improved cognitive performance of Trappc9 null mice to wild-type levels. |
Trappc9 knockout mice, behavioral testing, biochemical Rab11-GTP pull-down assay, endocytic recycling assay in neurons, pharmacological rescue |
Science advances |
High |
33208359
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| 2020 |
Trappc9 shows maternal allelic expression bias (~70%) in mouse brain. Heterozygous mice lacking the maternal allele (≈70% expression reduction) develop microcephaly, reduced exploratory activity, and social memory deficits similar to homozygous knockouts, while mice lacking the paternal allele (≈30% reduction) are phenotypically normal, establishing a dose-threshold effect linked to imprinting. |
Allele-specific expression analysis, Trappc9 knockout and heterozygous mouse models, MRI, behavioral testing, food intake measurement in a child with TRAPPC9 deficiency |
PLoS genetics |
High |
32877400
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| 2019 |
TRAPPC9 co-immunoprecipitates with L-plastin (LPL) in mature osteoclasts (confirmed by mass spectrometry and reciprocal co-IP). TRAPPC9 colocalizes with LPL at the periphery of osteoclasts. Overexpression of TRAPPC9 promotes LPL recruitment to the actin ring, reorganizes actin clusters, and regulates vinculin recruitment to the osteoclast periphery to initiate podosome formation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation followed by mass spectrometry, immunofluorescence colocalization, viral overexpression system in osteoclasts |
Journal of cellular biochemistry |
Medium |
31453638
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| 2022 |
Patients with biallelic missense variants in TRAPPC9 present with an N-glycosylation defect (CDG type I pattern) in blood and fibroblasts. Tracer metabolomics in TRAPPC9-deficient fibroblasts revealed global metabolic changes including multiple glycosylation-related metabolites. Complementation with wild-type TRAPPC9 and immunofluorescence studies confirmed TRAPPC9 deficiency and abnormal localization, establishing that TRAPPC9 deficiency causes a congenital disorder of glycosylation. |
N-glycosylation analysis of patient blood/fibroblasts, tracer metabolomics, wild-type TRAPPC9 complementation, immunofluorescence localization in patient fibroblasts |
Genetics in medicine |
Medium |
35042660
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| 2022 |
In TRAPPC9 variant (p.Phe232Leu) patient fibroblasts, mutant TRAPPC9 protein accumulates around the nucleus rather than displaying normal distribution. This disrupted localization reduces the amount of neutral lipid-carrying vesicles and their homogeneous distribution, linking abnormal TRAPPC9 localization to defective lipid vesicle trafficking. |
Immunostaining in patient fibroblasts, lipid droplet staining, western blotting, qRT-PCR |
Journal of human genetics |
Low |
34983975
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| 2023 |
Nibp/Trappc9 deficiency in zebrafish (morpholino knockdown and CRISPR mutation) and mice (Cre/LoxP) impairs stability of the TRAPPII complex at actin filaments and microtubules of neurites and growth cones, resulting in defective elongation and branching of neuronal dendrites and axons without significant effects on neurite initiation or neural cell number/type. |
Morpholino knockdown in zebrafish, CRISPR/Cas9 mutation in zebrafish, Cre/LoxP knockout in mice, immunofluorescence of TRAPPII complex at cytoskeletal structures, neuronal morphometry |
International journal of biological sciences |
High |
37416774
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| 2024 |
Trappc9-deficient mice have impaired dopamine synapse formation in the striatum: they synthesize dopamine normally but dopamine-secreting neurons have reduced abundance of dopamine-release structures. Combined transcriptomic (RNA-seq of DRD2 neurons) and proteomic (brain synaptosome) analyses show signs of impaired neurotransmitter secretion. Chronic treatment with DRD2 agonist quinpirole plus DRD1 antagonist SCH23390 relieved obesity and NAFLD; quinpirole alone restored blood glucose homeostasis. |
Trappc9 KO mice, RNA-sequencing, proteomics of synaptosomes, histological and biochemical examination of dopamine synaptic structures, pharmacological rescue |
JCI insight |
Medium |
38889014
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| 2024 |
Leishmania upregulates host TRAPPC9 (the GEF for Rab18) and Rab18 expression in macrophages by reducing Dicer via gp63 metalloprotease, thereby downregulating miR-1914-3p which normally suppresses both TRAPPC9 and Rab18. This results in recruitment of lipid bodies to Leishmania-containing parasitophorous vacuoles and acquisition of host fatty acids for parasite growth; overexpression of miR-1914-3p blocks LB recruitment and suppresses parasite multiplication. |
miRNA overexpression/inhibition, Dicer knockdown, miR-1914-3p reporter assays, lipid body imaging, fatty acid transfer assay in macrophages |
PLoS pathogens |
Medium |
38412149
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| 2024 |
Trappc9-deficient primary hippocampal neurons accumulate a larger lipid droplet (LD) volume per cell following oleic acid stimulation, with markedly reduced Perilipin-2 coating of LDs, implicating the TRAPPII-Rab18 axis in neuronal LD homeostasis. In vivo, Trappc9 KO mice show disproportionate hippocampal volume reduction associated with loss of Sox2-positive neural stem/progenitor cells. |
Trappc9 KO mice, in vivo MRI, immunofluorescence (Sox2, Perilipin-2), lipid droplet staining in primary hippocampal neurons |
Neurobiology of disease |
Medium |
38331351
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| 2017 |
NIBP/TRAPPC9 knockdown in HCT116 colorectal cancer cells reduces phosphorylation of p65, IκBα, IκBβ, ERK1/2, and JNK1/2 following TNFα stimulation, but does not affect basal p-ERK1/2 in the absence of TNFα stimulation. This places NIBP in the canonical NF-κB pathway and indicates it also modulates TNFα-induced MAPK (ERK/JNK) signaling. |
Lentiviral shRNA knockdown in HCT116 cells, western blotting of pathway components after TNFα stimulation, in vivo orthotopic xenograft |
PloS one |
Medium |
28125661
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| 2022 |
Trappc9-null adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) exhibit premature senescence, preferential adipogenic differentiation, profound lipid droplet accumulation in adipogenic cells, and altered calcium deposition in osteoblasts. Trappc9 deficiency upregulates expression of Rab1, Rab11, and Rab18, and agitates autophagy in ASCs. Neural stem cell content in the subventricular zone and dentate gyrus is vastly reduced in Trappc9-null mice. |
Isolation and in vitro differentiation of ASCs from Trappc9 KO mice, western blotting (Rab proteins, autophagy markers), immunofluorescence of neural stem cells in KO brain |
International journal of molecular sciences |
Medium |
35563289
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