Only myosin V tails expressing exon D alter endogenous Rab10
distribution. A, HeLa cells transfected with EGFP-myosin Va tail
splice isoform containing exon D (EGFP-MVa-tail +D) and stained for Rab10.
EFGP-myosin Va tail +D caused endogenous Rab10 to mislocalize to EGFP-labeled
puncta. B, EGFP-myosin Va tail-brain splice isoform, which lacks exon
D (EGFP-MVa-tail -D), also localized to disperse puncta but was unable to
recruit endogenous Rab10. C and D, HeLa cells transfected
with EGFP-myosin Vb tail expressing exon D (EGFP-MVb-tail +D) or lacking exon
D (EGFP-MVb-tail -D) and stained for Rab10. Both splice variants of
EGFP-myosin Vb tail localized to a perinuclear cisternum, but only myosin Vb
tail expressing exon D caused Rab10 to mislocalize to the same cisternum.
E and F, HeLa cells transfected with wild-type EGFP-myosin
Vc tail, which contains an exon D-like domain (EGFP-MVc-tail) or a synthetic
construct lacking exon D (EGFP-MVc-tail ΔD) and stained for Rab10.
Similar to myosin Va and myosin Vb, myosin Vc tail required exon D to recruit
Rab10. Scale bars in all panels represent 10 μm. Percent
co-localization (±S.E.) are listed in the merged images on the
right of each panel (n ≥ 10). *,
statistically significant difference comparing +D and -D constructs
(p < 0.001).