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Chen XW, Leto D, Chiang SH, Wang Q, Saltiel AR. Activation of RalA Is Required for Insulin-Stimulated Glut4 Trafficking to the Plasma Membrane via the Exocyst and the Motor Protein Myo1c. Dev Cell 2007; 13:391-404. [PMID: 17765682 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2007.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2007] [Revised: 06/06/2007] [Accepted: 07/18/2007] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Insulin stimulates glucose transport in muscle and adipose tissue by producing translocation of the glucose transporter Glut4. The exocyst, an evolutionarily conserved vesicle tethering complex, is crucial for targeting Glut4 to the plasma membrane. Here we report that insulin regulates this process via the G protein RalA, which is present in Glut4 vesicles and interacts with the exocyst in adipocytes. Insulin stimulates the activity of RalA in a PI 3-kinase-dependent manner. Disruption of RalA function by dominant-negative mutants or siRNA-mediated knockdown attenuates insulin-stimulated glucose transport. RalA also interacts with Myo1c, a molecular motor implicated in Glut4 trafficking. This interaction is modulated by Calmodulin, which functions as the light chain for Myo1c during insulin-stimulated glucose uptake. Thus, RalA serves two functions in insulin action: as a cargo receptor for the Myo1c motor, and as a signal for the unification of the exocyst to target Glut4 vesicles to the plasma membrane.
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- Xiao-Wei Chen
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Liu J, Zuo X, Yue P, Guo W. Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate mediates the targeting of the exocyst to the plasma membrane for exocytosis in mammalian cells. Mol Biol Cell 2007; 18:4483-92. [PMID: 17761530 PMCID: PMC2043555 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-05-0461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The exocyst is an evolutionarily conserved octameric protein complex that tethers post-Golgi secretory vesicles at the plasma membrane for exocytosis. To elucidate the mechanism of vesicle tethering, it is important to understand how the exocyst physically associates with the plasma membrane (PM). In this study, we report that the mammalian exocyst subunit Exo70 associates with the PM through its direct interaction with phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P(2)). Furthermore, we have identified key conserved residues at the C-terminus of Exo70 that are crucial for the interaction of Exo70 with PI(4,5)P(2). Disrupting Exo70-PI(4,5)P(2) interaction abolished the membrane association of Exo70. We have also found that wild-type Exo70 but not the PI(4,5)P(2)-binding-deficient Exo70 mutant is capable of recruiting other exocyst components to the PM. Using the ts045 vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein trafficking assay, we demonstrate that Exo70-PI(4,5)P(2) interaction is critical for the docking and fusion of post-Golgi secretory vesicles, but not for their transport to the PM.
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- Jianglan Liu
- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6018
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6018
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6018
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6018
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Cai H, Reinisch K, Ferro-Novick S. Coats, tethers, Rabs, and SNAREs work together to mediate the intracellular destination of a transport vesicle. Dev Cell 2007; 12:671-82. [PMID: 17488620 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2007.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 510] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tethering factors have been shown to interact with Rabs and SNAREs and, more recently, with coat proteins. Coat proteins are required for cargo selection and membrane deformation to bud a transport vesicle from a donor compartment. It was once thought that a vesicle must uncoat before it recognizes its target membrane. However, recent findings have revealed a role for the coat in directing a vesicle to its correct intracellular destination. In this review we will discuss the literature that links coat proteins to vesicle targeting events.
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- Huaqing Cai
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
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Moore BA, Robinson HH, Xu Z. The crystal structure of mouse Exo70 reveals unique features of the mammalian exocyst. J Mol Biol 2007; 371:410-21. [PMID: 17583731 PMCID: PMC2692999 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2007] [Revised: 05/01/2007] [Accepted: 05/04/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The exocyst is a eukaryotic tethering complex necessary for the fusion of exocytic vesicles with the plasma membrane. Its function in vivo is tightly regulated by interactions with multiple small GTPases. Exo70, one of the eight subunits of the exocyst, is important for the localization of the exocyst to the plasma membrane. It interacts with TC10 and Rho3 GTPases in mammals and yeast, respectively, and has been shown recently to bind to the actin-polymerization complex Arp2/3. Here, we present the crystal structure of Mus musculus Exo70 at 2.25 A resolution. Exo70 is composed of alpha-helices in a series of right-handed helix-turn-helix motifs organized into a long rod of length 170 A and width 35 A. Although the alpha-helical organization of this molecule is similar to that in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Exo70, major structural differences are observed on the surface of the molecule, at the domain boundaries, and in various loop structures. In particular, the C-terminal domain of M. musculus Exo70 adopts a new orientation relative to the N-terminal half not seen in S. cerevisiae Exo70 structures. Given the low level of sequence conservation within Exo70, this structure provides new insights into our understanding of many species-specific functions of the exocyst.
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- Brian A. Moore
- Life Sciences Institute and Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48019
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- Life Sciences Institute and Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48019
- Corresponding Author: Zhaohui Xu, Telephone: (734) 615-2077, Fax: (734) 763-6492, E-mail:
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Aronov S, Gelin-Licht R, Zipor G, Haim L, Safran E, Gerst JE. mRNAs encoding polarity and exocytosis factors are cotransported with the cortical endoplasmic reticulum to the incipient bud in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:3441-55. [PMID: 17339339 PMCID: PMC1899969 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01643-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2006] [Revised: 11/13/2006] [Accepted: 02/09/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Polarized growth in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae depends upon the asymmetric localization and enrichment of polarity and secretion factors at the membrane prior to budding. We examined how these factors (i.e., Cdc42, Sec4, and Sro7) reach the bud site and found that their respective mRNAs localize to the tip of the incipient bud prior to nuclear division. Asymmetric mRNA localization depends upon factors that facilitate ASH1 mRNA localization (e.g., the 3' untranslated region, She proteins 1 to 5, Puf6, actin cytoskeleton, and a physical association with She2). mRNA placement precedes protein enrichment and subsequent bud emergence, implying that mRNA localization contributes to polarization. Correspondingly, mRNAs encoding proteins which are not asymmetrically distributed (i.e., Snc1, Mso1, Tub1, Pex3, and Oxa1) are not polarized. Finally, mutations which affect cortical endoplasmic reticulum (ER) entry and anchoring in the bud (myo4Delta, sec3Delta, and srp101) also affect asymmetric mRNA localization. Bud-localized mRNAs, including ASH1, were found to cofractionate with ER microsomes in a She2- and Sec3-dependent manner; thus, asymmetric mRNA transport and cortical ER inheritance are connected processes in yeast.
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- Stella Aronov
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Wasiak S, Zunino R, McBride HM. Bax/Bak promote sumoylation of DRP1 and its stable association with mitochondria during apoptotic cell death. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 177:439-50. [PMID: 17470634 PMCID: PMC2064824 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200610042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 415] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Dynamin-related protein 1 (DRP1) plays an important role in mitochondrial fission at steady state and during apoptosis. Using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, we demonstrate that in healthy cells, yellow fluorescent protein (YFP)–DRP1 recycles between the cytoplasm and mitochondria with a half-time of 50 s. Strikingly, during apoptotic cell death, YFP-DRP1 undergoes a transition from rapid recycling to stable membrane association. The rapid cycling phase that characterizes the early stages of apoptosis is independent of Bax/Bak. However, after Bax recruitment to the mitochondrial membranes but before the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential, YFP-DRP1 becomes locked on the membrane, resulting in undetectable fluorescence recovery. This second phase in DRP1 cycling is dependent on the presence of Bax/Bak but independent of hFis1 and mitochondrial fragmentation. Coincident with Bax activation, we detect a Bax/Bak-dependent stimulation of small ubiquitin-like modifier-1 conjugation to DRP1, a modification that correlates with the stable association of DRP1 with mitochondrial membranes. Altogether, these data demonstrate that the apoptotic machinery regulates the biochemical properties of DRP1 during cell death.
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- Sylwia Wasiak
- University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Hattendorf DA, Andreeva A, Gangar A, Brennwald PJ, Weis WI. Structure of the yeast polarity protein Sro7 reveals a SNARE regulatory mechanism. Nature 2007; 446:567-71. [PMID: 17392788 DOI: 10.1038/nature05635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2006] [Accepted: 01/29/2007] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Polarized exocytosis requires coordination between the actin cytoskeleton and the exocytic machinery responsible for fusion of secretory vesicles at specific sites on the plasma membrane. Fusion requires formation of a complex between a vesicle-bound R-SNARE and plasma membrane Qa, Qb and Qc SNARE proteins. Proteins in the lethal giant larvae protein family, including lethal giant larvae and tomosyn in metazoans and Sro7 in yeast, interact with Q-SNAREs and are emerging as key regulators of polarized exocytosis. The crystal structure of Sro7 reveals two seven-bladed WD40 beta-propellers followed by a 60-residue-long 'tail', which is bound to the surface of the amino-terminal propeller. Deletion of the Sro7 tail enables binding to the Qbc SNARE region of Sec9 and this interaction inhibits SNARE complex assembly. The N-terminal domain of Sec9 provides a second, high-affinity Sro7 interaction that is unaffected by the tail. The results suggest that Sro7 acts as an allosteric regulator of exocytosis through interactions with factors that control the tail. Sequence alignments indicate that lethal giant larvae and tomosyn have a two-beta-propeller fold similar to that of Sro7, but only tomosyn appears to retain the regulatory tail.
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- Douglas A Hattendorf
- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 299 Campus Drive West, Stanford, California 94305-5126, USA
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Iliev AI, Wouters FS. Application of simple photobleaching microscopy techniques for the determination of the balance between anterograde and retrograde axonal transport. J Neurosci Methods 2007; 161:39-46. [PMID: 17123628 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2006] [Revised: 10/03/2006] [Accepted: 10/04/2006] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The directionality of axonal transport represents an important question in neurophysiological and neuropathological research. Various approaches such as videomicroscopy, radioisotopic and fluorescence-based techniques are used. Recently, a novel FRAP-based (fluorescent recovery after photobleaching) technique using synaptophysin-EGFP expression in primary neurons was applied, allowing reliable and sensitive evaluation of gross axonal transport changes using confocal live-imaging microscopy. Here, we describe a novel FLIP-based (fluorescence loss in photobleaching) approach using a synaptophysin-EGFP probe that allows the differential evaluation of the ante- and retrograde transport parameters. Furthermore, we improved the sensitivity of the probe by substituting EGFP with an ECFP/VenusYFP fusion FRET (fluorescence resonance energy transfer) pair. The use of this FRET couple improves the precision of axonal transport measurements by combining FLIP and FLAP (fluorescence localization after photobleaching) techniques and eliminating the need for pre-bleaching images and thus pixel shifts between various exposures, and by reducing the deleterious effect of photobleaching.
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- Asparouh I Iliev
- Cell Biophysics Group, European Neuroscience Institute-Goettingen, Medical Faculty, Georg August University-Goettingen, Waldweg 33, 37073 Goettingen, Germany.
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Park HO, Bi E. Central roles of small GTPases in the development of cell polarity in yeast and beyond. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2007; 71:48-96. [PMID: 17347519 PMCID: PMC1847380 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00028-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 323] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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SUMMARY The establishment of cell polarity is critical for the development of many organisms and for the function of many cell types. A large number of studies of diverse organisms from yeast to humans indicate that the conserved, small-molecular-weight GTPases function as key signaling proteins involved in cell polarization. The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a particularly attractive model because it displays pronounced cell polarity in response to intracellular and extracellular cues. Cells of S. cerevisiae undergo polarized growth during various phases of their life cycle, such as during vegetative growth, mating between haploid cells of opposite mating types, and filamentous growth upon deprivation of nutrition such as nitrogen. Substantial progress has been made in deciphering the molecular basis of cell polarity in budding yeast. In particular, it becomes increasingly clear how small GTPases regulate polarized cytoskeletal organization, cell wall assembly, and exocytosis at the molecular level and how these GTPases are regulated. In this review, we discuss the key signaling pathways that regulate cell polarization during the mitotic cell cycle and during mating.
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- Hay-Oak Park
- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, 484 West 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1292, USA.
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Wang S, Hsu SC. The molecular mechanisms of the mammalian exocyst complex in exocytosis. Biochem Soc Trans 2007; 34:687-90. [PMID: 17052175 DOI: 10.1042/bst0340687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Exocytosis is a highly ordered vesicle trafficking pathway that targets proteins to the plasma membrane for membrane addition or secretion. Research over the years has discovered many proteins that participate at various stages in the mammalian exocytotic pathway. At the early stage of exocytosis, co-atomer proteins and their respective adaptors and GTPases have been shown to play a role in the sorting and incorporation of proteins into secretory vesicles. At the final stage of exocytosis, SNAREs (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptor) and SNARE-associated proteins are believed to mediate the fusion of secretory vesicles at the plasma membrane. There are multiple events that may occur between the budding of secretory vesicles from the Golgi and the fusion of these vesicles at the plasma membrane. The most obvious and best-known event is the transport of secretory vesicles from Golgi to the vicinity of the plasma membrane via microtubules and their associated motors. At the vicinity of the plasma membrane, however, it is not clear how vesicles finally dock and fuse with the plasma membrane. Identification of proteins involved in these events should provide important insights into the mechanisms of this little known stage of the exocytotic pathway. Currently, a protein complex, known as the sec6/8 or the exocyst complex, has been implicated to play a role at this late stage of exocytosis.
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- S Wang
- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Nelson Biological Laboratories, 604 Allison Rd, D419, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Novick P, Medkova M, Dong G, Hutagalung A, Reinisch K, Grosshans B. Interactions between Rabs, tethers, SNAREs and their regulators in exocytosis. Biochem Soc Trans 2007; 34:683-6. [PMID: 17052174 DOI: 10.1042/bst0340683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Sec2p is the exchange factor that activates Sec4p, the Rab GTPase controlling the final stage of the yeast exocytic pathway. Sec2p is recruited to secretory vesicles by Ypt32-GTP, a Rab controlling exit from the Golgi. Sec15p, a subunit of the octameric exocyst tethering complex and an effector of Sec4p, binds to Sec2p on secretory vesicles, displacing Ypt32p. Sec2p mutants defective in the region 450-508 amino acids bind to Sec15p more tightly. In these mutants, Sec2p accumulates in the cytosol in a complex with the exocyst and is not recruited to vesicles by Ypt32p. Thus the region 450-508 amino acids negatively regulates the association of Sec2p with the exocyst, allowing it to recycle on to new vesicles. The structures of one nearly full-length exocyst subunit and three partial subunits have been determined and, despite very low sequence identity, all form rod-like structures built of helical bundles stacked end to end. These rods may bind to each other along their sides to form the assembled complex. While Sec15p binds Sec4-GTP on the vesicle, other subunits bind Rho GTPases on the plasma membrane, thus tethering vesicles to exocytic sites. Sec4-GTP also binds Sro7p, a yeast homologue of the Drosophila lgl (lethal giant larvae) tumour suppressor. Sro7 also binds to Sec9p, a SNAP25 (25 kDa synaptosome-associated protein)-like t-SNARE [target-membrane-associated SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptor)], and can form a Sec4p-Sro7p-Sec9p ternary complex. Overexpression of Sec4p, Sro7p or Sec1p (another SNARE regulator) can bypass deletions of three different exocyst subunits. Thus promoting SNARE function can compensate for tethering defects.
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- P Novick
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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Stuart LM, Boulais J, Charriere GM, Hennessy EJ, Brunet S, Jutras I, Goyette G, Rondeau C, Letarte S, Huang H, Ye P, Morales F, Kocks C, Bader JS, Desjardins M, Ezekowitz RAB. A systems biology analysis of the Drosophila phagosome. Nature 2006; 445:95-101. [PMID: 17151602 DOI: 10.1038/nature05380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2006] [Accepted: 10/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Phagocytes have a critical function in remodelling tissues during embryogenesis and thereafter are central effectors of immune defence. During phagocytosis, particles are internalized into 'phagosomes', organelles from which immune processes such as microbial destruction and antigen presentation are initiated. Certain pathogens have evolved mechanisms to evade the immune system and persist undetected within phagocytes, and it is therefore evident that a detailed knowledge of this process is essential to an understanding of many aspects of innate and adaptive immunity. However, despite the crucial role of phagosomes in immunity, their components and organization are not fully defined. Here we present a systems biology analysis of phagosomes isolated from cells derived from the genetically tractable model organism Drosophila melanogaster and address the complex dynamic interactions between proteins within this organelle and their involvement in particle engulfment. Proteomic analysis identified 617 proteins potentially associated with Drosophila phagosomes; these were organized by protein-protein interactions to generate the 'phagosome interactome', a detailed protein-protein interaction network of this subcellular compartment. These networks predicted both the architecture of the phagosome and putative biomodules. The contribution of each protein and complex to bacterial internalization was tested by RNA-mediated interference and identified known components of the phagocytic machinery. In addition, the prediction and validation of regulators of phagocytosis such as the 'exocyst', a macromolecular complex required for exocytosis but not previously implicated in phagocytosis, validates this strategy. In generating this 'systems-based model', we show the power of applying this approach to the study of complex cellular processes and organelles and expect that this detailed model of the phagosome will provide a new framework for studying host-pathogen interactions and innate immunity.
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- L M Stuart
- Laboratory of Developmental Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
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Productive viral infection is dependent upon post-entry migration of viruses/viral components to sites within a host cell that complement viral deficiencies. Delivery of virions or component proteins to appropriate sites within an infected cell is critical for completing successive stages in viral replication, including release into the cytoplasm, uncoating, genome replication, viral gene expression, assembly and budding. Vesicular transport is essential for steady-state cellular trafficking of membrane-associated proteins. Rab GTPases and their associated effectors are key regulators of vesicular transport pathways. In recent years, Rab proteins have been implicated in the endocytic or exocytic sorting of component viral proteins or intact viruses, most of which are known to be membrane-encapsulated and enveloped. This review will discuss the current understanding of how Rab GTPases and their effectors may regulate individual vesicular transport steps, and detail emerging discoveries examining how specific Rabs and effectors support viral replication.
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- Thomas W Hodge
- University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Athens, GA 30602, USA, and, Hudson–Alpha Institute for Biotechnology Investigator, Huntsville, AL, USA
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- University of Georgia, Animal Health Research Center, 111 Carlton Street, Room 113, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Synek L, Schlager N, Eliáš M, Quentin M, Hauser MT, Žárský V. AtEXO70A1, a member of a family of putative exocyst subunits specifically expanded in land plants, is important for polar growth and plant development. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 48:54-72. [PMID: 16942608 PMCID: PMC2865999 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02854.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The exocyst is a hetero-oligomeric protein complex involved in exocytosis and has been extensively studied in yeast and animal cells. Evidence is now accumulating that the exocyst is also present in plants. Bioinformatic analysis of genes encoding plant homologs of the exocyst subunit, Exo70, revealed that three Exo70 subgroups are evolutionarily conserved among angiosperms, lycophytes and mosses. Arabidopsis and rice contain 22 and approximately 39 EXO70 genes, respectively, which can be classified into nine clusters considered to be ancient in angiosperms (one has been lost in Arabidopsis). We characterized two independent T-DNA insertional mutants of the AtEXO70A1 gene (exo70A1-1 and exo70A1-2). Heterozygous EXO70A1/exo70A1 plants appear to be normal and segregate in a 1:2:1 ratio, suggesting that neither male nor female gametophytes are affected by the EXO70A1 disruption. However, both exo70A1-1 and exo70A1-2 homozygotes exhibit an array of phenotypic defects. The polar growth of root hairs and stigmatic papillae is disturbed. Organs are generally smaller, plants show a loss of apical dominance and indeterminate growth where instead of floral meristems new lateral inflorescences are initiated in a reiterative manner. Both exo70A1 mutants have dramatically reduced fertility. These results suggest that the putative exocyst subunit EXO70A1 is involved in cell and organ morphogenesis.
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- Lukáš Synek
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rozvojova 135, 165 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, BOKU – University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Sciences, Charles University, Vinicna 5, 128 44 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rozvojova 135, 165 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, BOKU – University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rozvojova 135, 165 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic
- Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Sciences, Charles University, Vinicna 5, 128 44 Prague 2, Czech Republic
- For correspondence (fax +420 225 106 461; phone +420 225 106 457; )
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The exocyst complex is required for the interaction of vesicles with the plasma membrane in preparation for exocytic fusion. Recent crystallographic studies indicate that at least four of the eight subunits contain long, rod-like domains formed from helical bundles. These rods may pack against one another to generate the framework of the complex. How this complex assembles, how it responds to various GTPases and how it is ultimately displaced to allow bilayer fusion are key questions for the future.
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- Mary Munson
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA.
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Camonis JH, White MA. Ral GTPases: corrupting the exocyst in cancer cells. Trends Cell Biol 2006; 15:327-32. [PMID: 15953551 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2005.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2004] [Revised: 04/01/2005] [Accepted: 04/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The Ras-like small G-proteins RalA and RalB have achieved some notoriety as components of one of a growing variety of candidate Ras effector pathways. Recent work has demonstrated that Ral GTPase activation is required to support both the initiation and maintenance of tumorigenic transformation of human cells. The mechanistic basis for this support remains to be defined. However, the discovery that the exocyst is a direct effector complex for activated Ral proteins suggests that mobilization of polarized exocytosis might be a basic component of the biological framework supporting tumorigenic progression.
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Medkova M, France YE, Coleman J, Novick P. The rab exchange factor Sec2p reversibly associates with the exocyst. Mol Biol Cell 2006; 17:2757-69. [PMID: 16611746 PMCID: PMC1474791 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e05-10-0917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Activation of the rab GTPase, Sec4p, by its exchange factor, Sec2p, is needed for polarized transport of secretory vesicles to exocytic sites and for exocytosis. A small region in the C-terminal half of Sec2p regulates its localization. Loss of this region results in temperature-sensitive growth and the depolarized accumulation of secretory vesicles. Here, we show that Sec2p associates with the exocyst, an octameric effector of Sec4p involved in tethering secretory vesicles to the plasma membrane. Specifically, the exocyst subunit Sec15p directly interacts with Sec2p. This interaction normally occurs on secretory vesicles and serves to couple nucleotide exchange on Sec4p to the recruitment of the Sec4p effector. The mislocalization of Sec2p mutants correlates with dramatically enhanced binding to the exocyst complex. We propose that Sec2p is normally released from the exocyst after vesicle tethering so that it can recycle onto a new round of vesicles. The mislocalization of Sec2p mutants results from a failure to be released from Sec15p, blocking this recycling pathway.
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- Martina Medkova
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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Gerges NZ, Backos DS, Rupasinghe CN, Spaller MR, Esteban JA. Dual role of the exocyst in AMPA receptor targeting and insertion into the postsynaptic membrane. EMBO J 2006; 25:1623-34. [PMID: 16601687 PMCID: PMC1440842 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2005] [Accepted: 03/03/2006] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Intracellular membrane trafficking of glutamate receptors at excitatory synapses is critical for synaptic function. However, little is known about the specialized trafficking events occurring at the postsynaptic membrane. We have found that two components of the exocyst complex, Sec8 and Exo70, separately control synaptic targeting and insertion of AMPA-type glutamate receptors. Sec8 controls the directional movement of receptors towards synapses through PDZ-dependent interactions. In contrast, Exo70 mediates receptor insertion at the postsynaptic membrane, but it does not participate in receptor targeting. Thus, interference with Exo70 function accumulates AMPA receptors inside the spine, forming a complex physically associated, but not yet fused with the postsynaptic membrane. Electron microscopic analysis of these complexes indicates that Exo70 mediates AMPA receptor insertion directly within the postsynaptic density, rather than at extrasynaptic membranes. Therefore, we propose a molecular and anatomical model that dissects AMPA receptor sorting and synaptic delivery within the spine, and uncovers new functions of the exocyst at the postsynaptic membrane.
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- Nashaat Z Gerges
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI USA
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, 1150 W Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0632, USA. Tel.: +1 734 615 2686; Fax: +1 734 763 4450; E-mail:
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Stroupe C, Collins KM, Fratti RA, Wickner W. Purification of active HOPS complex reveals its affinities for phosphoinositides and the SNARE Vam7p. EMBO J 2006; 25:1579-89. [PMID: 16601699 PMCID: PMC1440844 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2005] [Accepted: 02/27/2006] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Coupling of Rab GTPase activation and SNARE complex assembly during membrane fusion is poorly understood. The homotypic fusion and vacuole protein sorting (HOPS) complex links these two processes: it is an effector for the vacuolar Rab GTPase Ypt7p and is required for vacuolar SNARE complex assembly. We now report that pure, active HOPS complex binds phosphoinositides and the PX domain of the vacuolar SNARE protein Vam7p. These binding interactions support HOPS complex association with the vacuole and explain its enrichment at the same microdomains on docked vacuoles as phosphoinositides, Ypt7p, Vam7p, and the other SNARE proteins. Concentration of the HOPS complex at these microdomains may be a key factor for coupling Rab GTPase activation to SNARE complex assembly.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, 7200 Vail Building, Room 425 Remsen, Hanover, NH 03755-3844, USA. Tel.: +1 603 650 1701; Fax: +1 603 650 1353; E-mail: , URL: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wickner
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France YE, Boyd C, Coleman J, Novick PJ. The polarity-establishment component Bem1p interacts with the exocyst complex through the Sec15p subunit. J Cell Sci 2006; 119:876-88. [PMID: 16478783 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Spatial regulation of the secretory machinery is essential for the formation of a new bud in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yet, the mechanisms underlying cross-talk between the secretory and the cell-polarity-establishment machineries have not been fully elucidated. Here, we report that Sec15p, a subunit of the exocyst complex, might provide one line of communication. Not only is Sec15p an effector of the rab protein Sec4p, the master regulator of post-Golgi trafficking, but it also interacts with components of the polarity-establishment machinery. We have demonstrated a direct physical interaction between Sec15p and Bem1p, a protein involved in the Cdc42p-mediated polarity-establishment pathway, confirming a prior two-hybrid study. When this interaction is compromised, as in the case of cells lacking the N-terminal 138 residues of Bem1p, including the first Src-homology 3 (SH3) domain, the localization of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged Sec15 is affected, especially in the early stage of bud growth. In addition, Sec15-1p, which is defective in Bem1p binding, mislocalizes along with Sec8p, another exocyst subunit. Overall, our evidence suggests that the interaction of Sec15p with Bem1p is important for Sec15p localization at the early stage of bud growth and, through this interaction, Sec15p might play a crucial role in integrating the signals between Sec4p and the components of the early-polarity-establishment machinery. This, in turn, helps to coordinate the secretory pathway and polarized bud growth.
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- Y Ellen France
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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Rossé C, Hatzoglou A, Parrini MC, White MA, Chavrier P, Camonis J. RalB mobilizes the exocyst to drive cell migration. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:727-34. [PMID: 16382162 PMCID: PMC1346891 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.26.2.727-734.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The Ras family GTPases RalA and RalB have been defined as central components of the regulatory machinery supporting tumor initiation and progression. Although it is known that Ral proteins mediate oncogenic Ras signaling and physically and functionally interact with vesicle trafficking machinery, their mechanistic contribution to oncogenic transformation is unknown. Here, we have directly evaluated the relative contribution of Ral proteins and Ral effector pathways to cell motility and directional migration. Through loss-of-function analysis, we find that RalA is not limiting for cell migration in normal mammalian epithelial cells. In contrast, RalB and the Sec6/8 complex or exocyst, an immediate downstream Ral effector complex, are required for vectorial cell motility. RalB expression is required for promoting both exocyst assembly and localization to the leading edge of moving cells. We propose that RalB regulation of exocyst function is required for the coordinated delivery of secretory vesicles to the sites of dynamic plasma membrane expansion that specify directional movement.
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- Carine Rossé
- Institut Curie, Inserm U528, Transduction Networks Analysis Group, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris cedex 05, France
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Quenneville NR, Chao TY, McCaffery JM, Conibear E. Domains within the GARP subunit Vps54 confer separate functions in complex assembly and early endosome recognition. Mol Biol Cell 2006; 17:1859-70. [PMID: 16452629 PMCID: PMC1415290 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e05-11-1002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Tethering complexes contribute to the specificity of membrane fusion by recognizing organelle features on both donor and acceptor membranes. The Golgi-associated retrograde protein (GARP) complex is required for retrograde traffic from both early and late endosomes to the trans-Golgi network (TGN), presenting a paradox as to how a single complex can interact specifically with vesicles from multiple upstream compartments. We have found that a subunit of the GARP complex, Vps54, can be separated into N- and C-terminal regions that have different functions. Whereas the N-terminus of Vps54 is important for GARP complex assembly and stability, a conserved C-terminal domain mediates localization to an early endocytic compartment. Mutation of this C-terminal domain has no effect on retrograde transport from late endosomes. However, a specific defect in retrieval of Snc1 from early endosomes is observed when recycling from late endosomes to the Golgi is blocked. These data suggest that separate domains recruit tethering complexes to different upstream compartments to regulate individual trafficking pathways.
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- Nicole R Quenneville
- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Child and Family Research Institute, Departments of Medical Genetics and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 4H4, Canada
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Jakobsen MK, Poulsen LR, Schulz A, Fleurat-Lessard P, Møller A, Husted S, Schiøtt M, Amtmann A, Palmgren MG. Pollen development and fertilization in Arabidopsis is dependent on the MALE GAMETOGENESIS IMPAIRED ANTHERS gene encoding a type V P-type ATPase. Genes Dev 2005; 19:2757-69. [PMID: 16291648 PMCID: PMC1283967 DOI: 10.1101/gad.357305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In flowering plants, development of the haploid male gametophytes (pollen grains) takes place in a specialized structure called the anther. Successful pollen development, and thus reproduction, requires high secretory activity in both anther tissues and pollen. In this paper, we describe a novel member of the eukaryotic type V subfamily (P(5)) of P-type ATPase cation pumps, the MALE GAMETOGENESIS IMPAIRED ANTHERS (MIA) gene. MIA protein is highly abundant in the endoplasmic reticulum and small vesicles of developing pollen grains and tapetum cells. T-DNA insertional mutants of MIA suffer from imbalances in cation homeostasis and exhibit a severe reduction in fertility. Mutant microspores fail to separate from tetrads and pollen grains are fragile with an abnormal morphology and altered cell wall structure. Disruption of MIA affects expression of genes essential for secretion as well as a high number of genes encoding cell wall proteins and membrane transporters. MIA functionally complements a mutant in the P(5) ATPase homolog SPF1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, suggesting a common function for P(5) ATPases in single and multicellular organisms. Our results suggest that MIA is required in the secretory pathway for proper secretion of vesicle cargo to the plasma membrane.
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- Mia Kyed Jakobsen
- Department of Plant Biology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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Liebl FLW, Chen K, Karr J, Sheng Q, Featherstone DE. Increased synaptic microtubules and altered synapse development in Drosophila sec8 mutants. BMC Biol 2005; 3:27. [PMID: 16351720 PMCID: PMC1326216 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-3-27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2005] [Accepted: 12/13/2005] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Background Sec8 is highly expressed in mammalian nervous systems and has been proposed to play a role in several aspects of neural development and function, including neurite outgrowth, calcium-dependent neurotransmitter secretion, trafficking of ionotropic glutamate receptors and regulation of neuronal microtubule assembly. However, these models have never been tested in vivo. Nervous system development and function have not been described after mutation of sec8 in any organism. Results We identified lethal sec8 mutants in an unbiased forward genetic screen for mutations causing defects in development of glutamatergic Drosophila neuromuscular junctions (NMJs). The Drosophila NMJ is genetically malleable and accessible throughout development to electrophysiology and immunocytochemistry, making it ideal for examination of the sec8 mutant synaptic phenotype. We developed antibodies to Drosophila Sec8 and showed that Sec8 is abundant at the NMJ. In our sec8 null mutants, in which the sec8 gene is specifically deleted, Sec8 immunoreactivity at the NMJ is eliminated but immunoblots reveal substantial maternal contribution in the rest of the animal. Contrary to the hypothesis that Sec8 is required for neurite outgrowth or synaptic terminal growth, immunocytochemical examination revealed that sec8 mutant NMJs developed more branches and presynaptic terminals during larval development, compared to controls. Synaptic electrophysiology showed no evidence that Sec8 is required for basal neurotransmission, though glutamate receptor trafficking was mildly disrupted in sec8 mutants. The most dramatic NMJ phenotype in sec8 mutants was an increase in synaptic microtubule density, which was approximately doubled compared to controls. Conclusion Sec8 is abundant in the Drosophila NMJ. Sec8 is required in vivo for regulation of synaptic microtubule formation, and (probably secondarily) regulation of synaptic growth and glutamate receptor trafficking. We did not find any evidence that Sec8 is required for basal neurotransmission.
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- Faith LW Liebl
- Department of Cell and Structural Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 601 South Goodwin Avenue, C626, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 W. Taylor St. (M/C 067), Chicago, IL 60607 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 W. Taylor St. (M/C 067), Chicago, IL 60607 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 W. Taylor St. (M/C 067), Chicago, IL 60607 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 W. Taylor St. (M/C 067), Chicago, IL 60607 USA
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A crucial facet of mammalian cell division is the separation of two daughter cells by a process known as cytokinesis. An early event in cytokinesis is the formation of an actomyosis contractile ring, which functions like a purse string in the constriction of the forming furrow between the cells. Far less well characterized are the membrane-trafficking steps which deliver new membrane to the cell surface during the plasma membrane expansion known to accompany furrow formation. It is now clearly established that the plasma membrane at the cleavage furrow of mammalian cells has a distinct lipid and protein composition from the rest of the plasma membrane. This may reflect a requirement for both increased surface area during furrowing and for the co-ordinated delivery of intracellular signalling or membrane re-modelling activities to the correct spatial coordinates during cleavage. In this review, we discuss recent work within the area of membrane traffic and cytokinesis.
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Dong G, Hutagalung AH, Fu C, Novick P, Reinisch KM. The structures of exocyst subunit Exo70p and the Exo84p C-terminal domains reveal a common motif. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2005; 12:1094-100. [PMID: 16249794 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2005] [Accepted: 10/11/2005] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The exocyst is a large complex that is required for tethering vesicles at the final stages of the exocytic pathway in all eukaryotes. Here we present the structures of the Exo70p subunit of this complex and of the C-terminal domains of Exo84p, at 2.0-A and 2.85-A resolution, respectively. Exo70p forms a 160-A-long rod with a novel fold composed of contiguous alpha-helical bundles. The Exo84p C terminus also forms a long rod (80 A), which unexpectedly has the same fold as the Exo70p N terminus. Our structural results and our experimental observations concerning the interaction between Exo70p and other exocyst subunits or Rho3p GTPase are consistent with an architecture wherein exocyst subunits are composed of mostly helical modules strung together into long rods.
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- Gang Dong
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA
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Fielding AB, Schonteich E, Matheson J, Wilson G, Yu X, Hickson GRX, Srivastava S, Baldwin SA, Prekeris R, Gould GW. Rab11-FIP3 and FIP4 interact with Arf6 and the exocyst to control membrane traffic in cytokinesis. EMBO J 2005; 24:3389-99. [PMID: 16148947 PMCID: PMC1276165 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 253] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2005] [Accepted: 08/08/2005] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The dual Rab11/Arf binding proteins, family of Rab11-interacting proteins FIP3 and FIP4 function in the delivery of recycling endosomes to the cleavage furrow and are, together with Rab11, essential for completion of abscission, the terminal step of cytokinesis. Here, we report that both FIP3 and FIP4 bind Arf6 in a nucleotide-dependent manner but exhibit differential affinities for Rab11 and Arf6. Both FIP3 and FIP4 can form ternary complexes with Rab11 and Arf6. Arf6 is localised to the furrow and midbody and we show that Arf6-GTP functions to localise FIP3 and FIP4 to midbodies during cytokinesis. Exo70p, a component of the Exocyst complex, also localises to the furrow of dividing cells and interacts with Arf6. We show that depletion of Exo70p leads to cytokinesis failure and an impairment of FIP3 and Rab11 localisation to the furrow and midbody. Moreover, Exo70p co-immunoprecipitates FIP3 and FIP4. Hence, we propose that FIP3 and FIP4 serve to couple Rab11-positive vesicle traffic from recycling endosomes to the cleavage furrow/midbody where they are tethered prior to fusion events via interactions with Arf6 and the Exocyst.
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- Andrew B Fielding
- Henry Wellcome Laboratory of Cell Biology, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Centre, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Henry Wellcome Laboratory of Cell Biology, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Centre, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Henry Wellcome Laboratory of Cell Biology, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Henry Wellcome Laboratory of Cell Biology, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- School of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- School of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Centre, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Henry Wellcome Laboratory of Cell Biology, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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The physical division of one cell into two requires the highly orchestrated separation of genetic and cytoplasmic contents during M phase of the cell cycle. Mitosis, the physical segregation of the genetic material of a cell into two daughter cells, has traditionally received more attention than cytokinesis, the partitioning of the cytoplasmic contents, yet clearly the two processes must be intimately co-ordinated and tightly regulated. While plant cells divide by the formation of a membranous cell barrier called the phragmoplast, animal cell division is largely driven by contraction of an actomyosin ring. However, recent evidence has suggested that membranes derived from one or more intracellular compartments are also required to break the cytoplasmic bridge connecting two dividing cells during late telophase. In this review, we focus on studies of animal cell cytokinesis that support a requirement for specific endomembrane fusion during fission, define molecular components of the membrane fusion apparatus that may be involved and point to possible roles for an emerging family of cytoskeletal proteins, the septins, in this process.
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- Emily Joo
- Program in Cell Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Langevin J, Morgan MJ, Sibarita JB, Aresta S, Murthy M, Schwarz T, Camonis J, Bellaïche Y. Drosophila Exocyst Components Sec5, Sec6, and Sec15 Regulate DE-Cadherin Trafficking from Recycling Endosomes to the Plasma Membrane. Dev Cell 2005; 9:365-76. [PMID: 16224820 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2005.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The E-Cadherin-catenin complex plays a critical role in epithelial cell-cell adhesion, polarization, and morphogenesis. Here, we have analyzed the mechanism of Drosophila E-Cadherin (DE-Cad) localization. Loss of function of the Drosophila exocyst components sec5, sec6, and sec15 in epithelial cells results in DE-Cad accumulation in an enlarged Rab11 recycling endosomal compartment and inhibits DE-Cad delivery to the membrane. Furthermore, Rab11 and Armadillo interact with the exocyst components Sec15 and Sec10, respectively. Our results support a model whereby the exocyst regulates DE-Cadherin trafficking, from recycling endosomes to sites on the epithelial cell membrane where Armadillo is located.
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Roumanie O, Wu H, Molk JN, Rossi G, Bloom K, Brennwald P. Rho GTPase regulation of exocytosis in yeast is independent of GTP hydrolysis and polarization of the exocyst complex. J Cell Biol 2005; 170:583-94. [PMID: 16103227 PMCID: PMC2171504 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200504108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2005] [Accepted: 07/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Rho GTPases are important regulators of polarity in eukaryotic cells. In yeast they are involved in regulating the docking and fusion of secretory vesicles with the cell surface. Our analysis of a Rho3 mutant that is unable to interact with the Exo70 subunit of the exocyst reveals a normal polarization of the exocyst complex as well as other polarity markers. We also find that there is no redundancy between the Rho3-Exo70 and Rho1-Sec3 pathways in the localization of the exocyst. This suggests that Rho3 and Cdc42 act to polarize exocytosis by activating the exocytic machinery at the membrane without the need to first recruit it to sites of polarized growth. Consistent with this model, we find that the ability of Rho3 and Cdc42 to hydrolyze GTP is not required for their role in secretion. Moreover, our analysis of the Sec3 subunit of the exocyst suggests that polarization of the exocyst may be a consequence rather than a cause of polarized exocytosis.
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- Olivier Roumanie
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Sivaram MVS, Saporita JA, Furgason MLM, Boettcher AJ, Munson M. Dimerization of the exocyst protein Sec6p and its interaction with the t-SNARE Sec9p. Biochemistry 2005; 44:6302-11. [PMID: 15835919 DOI: 10.1021/bi048008z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Vesicles in eukaryotic cells transport cargo between functionally distinct membrane-bound organelles and the plasma membrane for growth and secretion. Trafficking and fusion of vesicles to specific target sites are highly regulated processes that are not well understood at the molecular level. At the plasma membrane, tethering and fusion of secretory vesicles require the exocyst complex. As a step toward elucidation of the molecular architecture and biochemical function(s) of the exocyst complex, we expressed and purified the exocyst subunit Sec6p and demonstrated that it is a predominantly helical protein. Biophysical characterization of purified Sec6p by gel filtration and analytical ultracentrifugation experiments revealed that Sec6p is a dimer. Limited proteolysis defined an independently folded C-terminal domain (residues 300-805) that equilibrated between a dimer and monomer in solution. Removal of residues 300-410 from this construct yielded a well-folded, monomeric domain. These results demonstrate that residues 300-410 are necessary for dimerization, and the presence of the N-terminal region (1-299) increases dimer stability. Moreover, we found that the dimer of Sec6p binds to the plasma membrane t-SNARE Sec9p and inhibits the interaction between Sec9p and its partner t-SNARE Sso1p. This direct interaction between the exocyst complex and the t-SNARE implicates the exocyst in SNARE complex regulation.
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- Mylavarapu V S Sivaram
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
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Mehta SQ, Hiesinger PR, Beronja S, Zhai RG, Schulze KL, Verstreken P, Cao Y, Zhou Y, Tepass U, Crair MC, Bellen HJ. Mutations in Drosophila sec15 reveal a function in neuronal targeting for a subset of exocyst components. Neuron 2005; 46:219-32. [PMID: 15848801 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2005.02.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2004] [Revised: 10/26/2004] [Accepted: 02/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The exocyst is a complex of proteins originally identified in yeast that has been implicated in polarized secretion. Components of the exocyst have been implicated in neurite outgrowth, cell polarity, and cell viability. We have isolated an exocyst component, sec15, in a screen for genes required for synaptic specificity. Loss of sec15 causes a targeting defect of photoreceptors that coincides with mislocalization of specific cell adhesion and signaling molecules. Additionally, sec15 mutant neurons fail to localize other exocyst members like Sec5 and Sec8, but not Sec6, to neuronal terminals. However, loss of sec15 does not cause cell lethality in contrast to loss of sec5 or sec6. Our data suggest a role of Sec15 in an exocyst-like subcomplex for the targeting and subcellular distribution of specific proteins. The data also show that functions of other exocyst components persist in the absence of sec15, suggesting that different exocyst components have separable functions.
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- Sunil Q Mehta
- Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Tsuboi T, Ravier MA, Xie H, Ewart MA, Gould GW, Baldwin SA, Rutter GA. Mammalian exocyst complex is required for the docking step of insulin vesicle exocytosis. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:25565-70. [PMID: 15878854 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m501674200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Glucose stimulates insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells by inducing the recruitment and fusion of insulin vesicles to the plasma membrane. However, little is currently known about the mechanism of the initial docking or tethering of insulin vesicles prior to fusion. Here, we examined the role of the SEC6-SEC8 (exocyst) complex, implicated in trafficking of secretory vesicles to fusion sites in the plasma membrane in yeast and in regulating glucose-stimulated insulin secretion from pancreatic MIN6 beta cells. We show first that SEC6 is concentrated on insulin-positive vesicles, whereas SEC5 and SEC8 are largely confined to the cytoplasm and the plasma membrane, respectively. Overexpression of truncated, dominant-negative SEC8 or SEC10 mutants decreased the number of vesicles at the plasma membrane, whereas expression of truncated SEC6 or SEC8 inhibited overall insulin secretion. When single exocytotic events were imaged by total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy, the fluorescence of the insulin surrogate, neuropeptide Y-monomeric red fluorescent protein brightened, diffused, and then vanished with kinetics that were unaffected by overexpression of truncated SEC8 or SEC10. Together, these data suggest that the exocyst complex serves to selectively regulate the docking of insulin-containing vesicles at sites of release close to the plasma membrane.
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- Takashi Tsuboi
- Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrated Cell Signalling and Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University Walk, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, United Kingdom
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Zhang X, Zajac A, Zhang J, Wang P, Li M, Murray J, TerBush D, Guo W. The critical role of Exo84p in the organization and polarized localization of the exocyst complex. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:20356-64. [PMID: 15788396 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m500511200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
The exocyst complex plays an essential role in tethering secretory vesicles to specific domains of the plasma membrane for exocytosis. However, how the exocyst complex is assembled and targeted to sites of secretion is unclear. Here, we have investigated the role of the exocyst component Exo84p in these processes. We have generated an array of temperature-sensitive yeast exo84 mutants. Electron microscopy and cargo protein traffic analyses of these mutants indicated that Exo84p is specifically involved in the post-Golgi stage of secretion. Using various yeast mutants, we systematically studied the localization of Exo84p and other exocyst proteins by fluorescence microscopy. We found that pre-Golgi traffic and polarized actin organization are required for Exo84p localization. However, none of the exocyst proteins controls Exo84p polarization. In addition, Sec3p is not responsible for the polarization of Exo84p or any other exocyst component to the daughter cell. On the other hand, several exocyst members, including Sec10p, Sec15p, and Exo70p, clearly require Exo84p for their polarization. Biochemical analyses of the exocyst composition indicated that the assembly of Sec10p, Sec15p, and Exo70p with the rest of the complex requires Exo84p. We propose that there are at least two distinct regulatory mechanisms for exocyst polarization, one for Sec3p and one for the other members, including Exo84p. Exo84p plays a critical role in both the assembly of the exocyst and its targeting to sites of secretion.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xiaoyu Zhang
- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6018, USA
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