LRP2

Ciliogenesis screen results (4 screens)

• Kim2016: Not Reported
• Wheway et al. 2015 (siRNA) [siRNA]: No effect PMID:26167766
• Breslow et al. 2018 (CRISPR) [CRISPR]: No Significant Effect PMID:29459680
• Roosing et al. 2015 (siRNA) [siRNA]: No effect PMID:26595381

Phenotypes

Human ciliopathy phenotype:

Intellectual disability

Ciliopathy associations

• Holoprosencephaly

References: PMID:28497274

Subcellular localization

cell junctions, cilia

References: PMID:36764939

Functional category

• Metabolism

Function

The endocytic receptor LRP2 as regulator of PCP component trafficking in ependyma, a multi-ciliated cell type that is involved in facilitating flow of the cerebrospinal fluid in the brain ventricular system. Lack of receptor expression in gene-targeted mice results in a failure to sort PCP core proteins to the anterior or posterior cell side and, consequently, in the inability to coordinate cilia arrangement and to aligned beating (loss of rotational and translational polarity). LRP2 localizes to the ciliary patch region of ependymal cells (PMID: 36764939). Megalin (or LRP2) is an endocytic receptor that plays a central role in embryonic development and adult tissue homeostasis. Loss of this receptor in congenital or acquired diseases results in multiple organ dysfunctions, including forebrain malformation (holoprosencephaly) and renal reabsorption defects (renal Fanconi syndrome) (PMID: 28497274).