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Waters RA, Robinson J, Edwardson JM. Syncollin is an antibacterial polypeptide. Cell Microbiol 2021; 23:e13372. [PMID: 34152077 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.13372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2021] [Revised: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Syncollin is a 16-kDa protein found predominantly in the zymogen granules of pancreatic acinar cells, with expression at lower levels in intestinal epithelial cells and neutrophils. Here, we used Strep-tagged syncollin isolated from the supernatant of transiently transfected mammalian cells to test the hypothesis that syncollin has antibacterial properties, which might enable it to play a role in host defence in the gut and possibly elsewhere. We show that syncollin is an exceptionally thermostable protein with a circular dichroism spectrum consistent with a predominantly beta-sheet structure. Syncollin binds to bacterial peptidoglycan and restricts the growth of representative Gram-positive (Lactococcus lactis) and Gram-negative (Escherichia coli) bacteria. Syncollin induces propidium iodide uptake into E. coli (but not L. lactis), indicating permeabilisation of the bacterial membrane. It also causes surface structural damage in both L. lactis and E. coli, as visualised by scanning electron microscopy. We propose that syncollin is a previously unidentified member of a large group of antimicrobial polypeptides that control the gut microbiome. TAKE AWAYS: Syncollin is a 16-kDa protein found in pancreatic zymogen granules. Syncollin is highly thermostable and has a predominantly beta-sheet structure. Syncollin binds peptidoglycan and restricts the growth of L. lactis and E. coli. Syncollin causes propidium iodide uptake into E. coli (but not L. lactis). Syncollin causes surface structural damage in both L. lactis and E. coli.
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- Rosie A Waters
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Mechanistic Biology and Profiling, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
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Nagabhyru P, Dinkins RD, Schardl CL. Transcriptomics of Epichloë-Grass Symbioses in Host Vegetative and Reproductive Stages. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2019; 32:194-207. [PMID: 30145935 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-10-17-0251-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Epichloë species are fungal symbionts (endophytes) of cool-season grasses that transmit vertically via inflorescence primordia (IP), ovaries (OV), and ultimately, embryos. Epichloë coenophiala, an endophyte of tall fescue (Schedonorus arundinaceus), provides multiple protective benefits to the grass. We conducted transcriptome analysis of the tall fescue-E. coenophiala symbiosis, comparing IP, OV, vegetative pseudostems (PS), and the lemma and palea (LP) (bracts) of the young floret. Transcriptomes of host OV and PS exhibited almost no significant differences attributable to endophyte presence or absence. Comparison of endophyte gene expression in different plant parts revealed numerous differentially expressed genes (DEGs). The 150 endophyte DEGs significantly higher in PS over OV included genes for alkaloid biosynthesis and sugar or amino acid transport. The 277 endophyte DEGs significantly higher in OV over PS included genes for protein chaperones (including most heat-shock proteins), trehalose synthesis complex, a bax inhibitor-1 protein homolog, the CLC chloride ion channel, catalase, and superoxide dismutase. Similar trends were apparent in the Brachypodium sylvaticum-Epichloë sylvatica symbiosis. Gene expression profiles in tall fescue IP and LP indicated that the endophyte transcriptome shift began early in host floral development. We discuss possible roles of the endophyte DEGs in colonization of reproductive grass tissues.
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- Padmaja Nagabhyru
- 1 Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, U.S.A.; and
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- 2 USDA-ARS, Forage-Animal Production Research Unit, Lexington, KY 40546, U.S.A
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- 1 Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, U.S.A.; and
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Lal S, Scarinci N, Perez PL, Cantero MDR, Cantiello HF. Lipid bilayer-atomic force microscopy combined platform records simultaneous electrical and topological changes of the TRP channel polycystin-2 (TRPP2). PLoS One 2018; 13:e0202029. [PMID: 30133487 PMCID: PMC6104948 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Ion channels are transmembrane proteins that mediate ion transport across biological membranes. Ion channel function is traditionally characterized by electrical parameters acquired with techniques such as patch-clamping and reconstitution in lipid bilayer membranes (BLM) that provide relevant information such as ionic conductance, selectivity, and gating properties. High resolution structural information of ion channels however, requires independent technologies, of which atomic force microscopy (AFM) is the only one that provides topological features of single functional channel proteins in their native environments. To date practically no data exist on direct correlations between electrical features and topological parameters from functional single channel complexes. Here, we report the design and construction of a BLM reconstitution microchamber that supports the simultaneous recording of electrical currents and AFM imaging from single channel complexes. As proof-of-principle, we tested the technique on polycystin-2 (PC2, TRPP2), a TRP channel family member from which we had previously elucidated its tetrameric topology by AFM imaging, and single channel currents by the BLM technique. The experimental setup provided direct structural-functional correlates from PC2 single channel complexes that disclosed novel topological changes between the closed and open sub-conductance states of the functional channel, namely, an inverse correlation between conductance and height of the channel. Unexpectedly, we also disclosed intrinsic PC2 mechanosensitivity in response to external forces. The platform provides a suitable means of accessing topological information to correlate with ion channel electrical parameters essential to understand the physiology of these transmembrane proteins.
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- Sumit Lal
- Nephrology Division and Electrophysiology Core, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Laboratorio de Canales Iónicos, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Salud, Tecnología y Desarrollo, IMSaTeD (UNSE-CONICET), Santiago del Estero, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Canales Iónicos, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Salud, Tecnología y Desarrollo, IMSaTeD (UNSE-CONICET), Santiago del Estero, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Canales Iónicos, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Salud, Tecnología y Desarrollo, IMSaTeD (UNSE-CONICET), Santiago del Estero, Argentina
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- Nephrology Division and Electrophysiology Core, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Laboratorio de Canales Iónicos, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Salud, Tecnología y Desarrollo, IMSaTeD (UNSE-CONICET), Santiago del Estero, Argentina
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Xiao L, Qu L, Zhu W, Wu Y, Liu Z, Zhang K. Donut-Shaped Nanoparticles Templated by Cyclic Bottlebrush Polymers. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Lifen Xiao
- Institute
of Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy
Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute
of Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy
Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Institute
of Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy
Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Institute
of Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy
Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Ayala G, Morello M, Frolov A, You S, Li R, Rosati F, Bartolucci G, Danza G, Adam RM, Thompson TC, Lisanti MP, Freeman MR, Vizio DD. Loss of caveolin-1 in prostate cancer stroma correlates with reduced relapse-free survival and is functionally relevant to tumour progression. J Pathol 2013; 231:77-87. [PMID: 23729330 DOI: 10.1002/path.4217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2012] [Revised: 05/24/2013] [Accepted: 05/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Levels of caveolin-1 (Cav-1) in tumour epithelial cells increase during prostate cancer progression. Conversely, Cav-1 expression in the stroma can decline in advanced and metastatic prostate cancer. In a large cohort of 724 prostate cancers, we observed significantly decreased levels of stromal Cav-1 in concordance with increased Gleason score (p = 0.012). Importantly, reduced expression of Cav-1 in the stroma correlated with reduced relapse-free survival (p = 0.009), suggesting a role for stromal Cav-1 in inhibiting advanced disease. Silencing of Cav-1 by shRNA in WPMY-1 prostate fibroblasts resulted in up-regulation of Akt phosphorylation, and significantly altered expression of genes involved in angiogenesis, invasion, and metastasis, including a > 2.5-fold increase in TGF-β1 and γ-synuclein (SNCG) gene expression. Moreover, silencing of Cav-1 induced migration of prostate cancer cells when stromal cells were used as attractants. Pharmacological inhibition of Akt caused down-regulation of TGF-β1 and SNCG, suggesting that loss of Cav-1 in the stroma can influence Akt-mediated signalling in the tumour microenvironment. Cav-1-depleted stromal cells exhibited increased levels of intracellular cholesterol, a precursor for androgen biosynthesis, steroidogenic enzymes, and testosterone. These findings suggest that loss of Cav-1 in the tumour microenvironment contributes to the metastatic behaviour of tumour cells by a mechanism that involves up-regulation of TGF-β1 and SNCG through Akt activation. They also suggest that intracrine production of androgens, a process relevant to castration resistance, may occur in the stroma.
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- Gustavo Ayala
- Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Cancer Biology Program, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,The Urological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Cancer Biology Program, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Endocrine Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Endocrine Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- The Urological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, Unit 18-3, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Breast Oncology and Institute of Cancer Sciences, Paterson Institute of Cancer Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Cancer Biology Program, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,The Urological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Departments of Surgery and Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Biology Program, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,The Urological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Takagi A, Hokonohara H, Kawai T. Flat hydrogel substrate for atomic force microscopy to observe liposomes and lipid membranes. Anal Bioanal Chem 2009; 395:2405-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-009-3126-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2009] [Revised: 08/05/2009] [Accepted: 08/31/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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El Kirat K, Morandat S. Cytochrome c interaction with neutral lipid membranes: influence of lipid packing and protein charges. Chem Phys Lipids 2009; 162:17-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2009.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2009] [Revised: 08/05/2009] [Accepted: 08/13/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Zhang P, Luo Y, Chasan B, González-Perrett S, Montalbetti N, Timpanaro GA, Cantero MDR, Ramos AJ, Goldmann WH, Zhou J, Cantiello HF. The multimeric structure of polycystin-2 (TRPP2): structural-functional correlates of homo- and hetero-multimers with TRPC1. Hum Mol Genet 2009; 18:1238-51. [PMID: 19193631 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Polycystin-2 (PC2, TRPP2), the gene product of PKD2, whose mutations cause autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), belongs to the superfamily of TRP channels. PC2 is a non-selective cation channel, with multiple subconductance states. In this report, we explored structural and functional properties of PC2 and whether the conductance substates represent monomeric contributions to the channel complex. A kinetic analysis of spontaneous channel currents of PC2 showed that four intrinsic, non-stochastic subconductance states, which followed a staircase behavior, were both pH- and voltage-dependent. To confirm the oligomeric contributions to PC2 channel function, heteromeric PC2/TRPC1 channel complexes were also functionally assessed by single channel current analysis. Low pH inhibited the PC2 currents in PC2 homomeric complexes, but failed to affect PC2 currents in PC2/TRPC1 heteromeric complexes. Amiloride, in contrast, abolished PC2 currents in both the homomeric PC2 complexes and the heteromeric PC2/TRPC1 complexes, thus PC2/TRPC1 complexes have distinct functional properties from the homomeric complexes. The topological features of the homomeric PC2-, TRPC1- and heteromeric PC2/TRPC1 channel complexes, assessed by atomic force microscopy, were consistent with structural tetramers. TRPC1 homomeric channels had different average diameter and protruding height when compared with the PC2 homomers. The contribution of individual monomers to the PC2/TRPC1 hetero-complexes was easily distinguishable. The data support tetrameric models of both the PC2 and TRPC1 channels, where the overall conductance of a particular channel will depend on the contribution of the various functional monomers in the complex.
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- Peng Zhang
- Nephrology Division and Electrophysiology Core, Massachusetts General Hospital East, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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Shahin V, Datta D, Hui E, Henderson RM, Chapman ER, Edwardson JM. Synaptotagmin perturbs the structure of phospholipid bilayers. Biochemistry 2008; 47:2143-52. [PMID: 18205405 DOI: 10.1021/bi701879g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Synaptotagmin I (syt), an integral protein of the synaptic vesicle membrane, is believed to act as a Ca2+ sensor for neuronal exocytosis. Syt's cytoplasmic domain consists largely of two C2 domains, C2A and C2B. In response to Ca2+ binding, the C2 domains interact with membranes, becoming partially embedded in the lipid bilayer. We have imaged syt C2AB in association with lipid bilayers under fluid, using AFM. As expected, binding of C2AB to bilayers required both an anionic phospholipid [phosphatidylserine (PS)] and Ca2+. C2AB associated with bilayers in the form of aggregates of varying stoichiometries, and aggregate size increased with an increase in PS content. Repeated scanning of bilayers revealed that as C2AB dissociated it left behind residual indentations in the bilayer. The mean depth of these identations was 1.81 nm, indicating that they did not span the bilayer. Individual C2 domains (C2A and C2B) also formed aggregates and produced bilayer indentations. Binding of C2AB to bilayers and the formation of indentations were significantly compromised by mutations that interfere with binding of Ca2+ to syt or reduce the positive charge on the surface of C2B. We propose that bilayer perturbation by syt might be significant with respect to its ability to promote membrane fusion.
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- Victor Shahin
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom
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Morandat S, El Kirat K. Real-time atomic force microscopy reveals cytochrome c-induced alterations in neutral lipid bilayers. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2007; 23:10929-32. [PMID: 17887784 DOI: 10.1021/la702158j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The interaction of cytochrome c (cyt c) with supported lipid membranes was investigated on the nanoscale by real-time atomic force microscopy. Cyt c promoted the formation and the expansion of depressed areas in the fluid parts of the bilayer. When the depressions reached the gel domains, they induced the thickening of their edges. According to the step-height differences, cyt c was able to remove neutral lipids in the fluid phase and then to reside on the mica surface. Concerning gel phases, cyt c might insert between the two lipid leaflets, or it might intercalate between the mica and the bilayer.
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- Sandrine Morandat
- Laboratoire de Génie Enzymatique et Cellulaire, UMR-CNRS 6022, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, BP 20529, 60205 Compiègne Cedex, France
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El Kirat K, Morandat S. Cholesterol modulation of membrane resistance to Triton X-100 explored by atomic force microscopy. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2007; 1768:2300-9. [PMID: 17560898 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2007] [Revised: 04/23/2007] [Accepted: 05/03/2007] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Biomembranes are not homogeneous, they present a lateral segregation of lipids and proteins which leads to the formation of detergent-resistant domains, also called "rafts". These rafts are particularly enriched in sphingolipids and cholesterol. Despite the huge body of literature on raft insolubility in non-ionic detergents, the mechanisms governing their resistance at the nanometer scale still remain poorly documented. Herein, we report a real-time atomic force microscopy (AFM) study of model lipid bilayers exposed to Triton X-100 (TX-100) at different concentrations. Different kinds of supported bilayers were prepared with dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC), sphingomyelin (SM) and cholesterol (Chol). The DOPC/SM 1:1 (mol/mol) membrane served as the non-resistant control, and DOPC/SM/Chol 2:1:1 (mol/mol/mol) corresponded to the raft-mimicking composition. For all the lipid compositions tested, AFM imaging revealed that TX-100 immediately solubilized the DOPC fluid phase leaving resistant patches of membrane. For the DOPC/SM bilayers, the remaining SM-enriched patches were slowly perforated leaving crumbled features reminiscent of the initial domains. For the raft model mixture, no holes appeared in the remaining SM/Chol patches and some erosion occurred. This work provides new, nanoscale information on the biomembranes' resistance to the TX-100-mediated solubilization, and especially about the influence of Chol.
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- Karim El Kirat
- Laboratoire de Biomécanique et Génie Biomédical, UMR-CNRS 6600, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, BP 20529, 60205 Compiègne Cedex, France
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Malisauskas M, Darinskas A, Zamotin VV, Gharibyan A, Kostanyan IA, Morozova-Roche LA. Intermediate amyloid oligomers of lysozyme: Is their cytotoxicity a particular case or general rule for amyloid? BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2006; 71:505-12. [PMID: 16732728 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297906050063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In the current study we investigated the molecular mechanisms of cytotoxicity of amyloid oligomers of horse milk lysozyme. We have shown that lysozyme forms soluble amyloid oligomers and protofibrils during incubation at pH 2.0 and 4.5 and 57 degrees C. These structures bind the amyloid-specific dyes thioflavin T and Congo Red, and their morphology and size were analyzed by atomic force microscopy. Monomeric lysozyme and its fibrils did not affect the viability of three cell types used in our experiments including primary murine neurons and fibroblasts, as well as neuroblastoma cell line IMR-32. However, soluble amyloid oligomers of lysozyme caused death of all these cell types, as estimated by flow-cytometry counting dead cells stained with ethidium bromide. The primary cell cultures appeared to be more sensitive to amyloid than neuroblastoma cell line IMR-32. Amyloid cytotoxicity depends on the size of oligomeric particles: samples containing 20-mers formed at pH 4.5 were more toxic than tetramers and octamers present in the solution at pH 2.0. Soluble amyloid oligomers can self-assemble into doughnut-like structures; however, no correlation was observed between the amount of the doughnut-like structures in the sample and its cytotoxicity. The fact that the intermediate oligomers of such an abundant protein as lysozyme display cytotoxicity confirms a hypothesis that cytotoxicity is a common feature of protein amyloid. Inhibition of intermediate oligomer formation is crucial in preventing amyloid pathogeneses.
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- M Malisauskas
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umea University, Umea 90187, Sweden.
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Zamotin V, Gharibyan A, Gibanova NV, Lavrikova MA, Dolgikh DA, Kirpichnikov MP, Kostanyan IA, Morozova-Roche LA. Cytotoxicity of albebetin oligomers depends on cross-β-sheet formation. FEBS Lett 2006; 580:2451-7. [PMID: 16638570 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.03.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2006] [Revised: 03/16/2006] [Accepted: 03/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Prefibrillar cytotoxicity was suggested as a common amyloid characteristic. We showed two types of albebetin prefibrillar oligomers are formed during incubation at pH 7.3. Initial round-shaped oligomers consist of 10-15 molecules determined by atomic force microscopy, do not bind thioflavin-T and do not affect viability of granular neurons and SH-SY5Y cells. They are converted into ca. 30-40-mers possessing cross-beta-sheet and reducing viability of neuronal cells. Neither monomers nor fibrils possess cytotoxicity. We suggest that oligomeric size is important for stabilising cross-beta-sheet core critical for cytotoxicity. As albebetin was used as a carrier-protein for drug delivery, examination of amyloidogenicity is required prior polypeptide biomedical applications.
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- Vladimir Zamotin
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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Bach JP, Borta H, Ackermann W, Faust F, Borchers O, Schrader M. The secretory granule protein syncollin localizes to HL-60 cells and neutrophils. J Histochem Cytochem 2006; 54:877-88. [PMID: 16517980 DOI: 10.1369/jhc.5a6792.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The secretory granule protein syncollin was first identified in the exocrine pancreas where a population of the protein is associated with the luminal surface of the zymogen granule membrane. In this study we provide first morphological and biochemical evidence that, in addition to its pancreatic localization, syncollin is also present in neutrophilic granulocytes of rat and human origin. By immunohistological studies, syncollin was detected in neutrophilic granulocytes of the spleen. Furthermore, syncollin is expressed by the promyelocytic HL-60 cells, where it is stored in azurophilic granules and in a vesicular compartment. These findings were confirmed by fractionation experiments and immunoelectron microscopy. Treatment with a phorbol ester triggered the release of syncollin indicating that in HL-60 cells it is a secretory protein that can be mobilized upon stimulation. A putative role for syncollin in host defense is discussed.
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- Jan-Philipp Bach
- Department of Cell Biology and Cell Pathology, University of Marburg, Robert-Koch Str. 6, D-35037 Marburg, Germany
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Compound exocytosis occurs in many cell types. It represents a specialized form of secretion in which vesicles undergo fusion with each other as well as with the plasma membrane. In most cases, compound exocytosis occurs sequentially, with deeper-lying vesicles fusing, after a delay, with vesicles that have already fused with the plasma membrane. However, in some cells, vesicles can also apparently fuse with each other intracellularly before any interaction with the plasma membrane. In this review, we discuss the general features of compound exocytosis, and the features that are specific to particular cells. We consider mechanisms that might impose the requirement for vesicles to fuse with the plasma membrane before they become able to fuse with each other, the possibility that there are biochemical differences between vesicle-plasma membrane fusion events and subsequent secondary homotypic vesicle fusion events, and the role that cytoskeletal elements might play in the stabilization of fused vesicles, in order to permit secondary fusion events. Finally, we discuss the likely physiological significance of compound exocytosis in the various cell types in which it exists.
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- James A Pickett
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, UK
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Wäsle B, Turvey M, Larina O, Thorn P, Skepper J, Morton A, Edwardson J. Syncollin is required for efficient zymogen granule exocytosis. Biochem J 2005; 385:721-7. [PMID: 15462671 PMCID: PMC1134747 DOI: 10.1042/bj20041064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Syncollin is a 13 kDa protein that is present in the exocrine pancreas, where the majority of the protein is tightly attached to the luminal surface of the zymogen granule membrane. We have addressed the physiological role of syncollin by studying the phenotype of syncollin KO (knockout) mice. These mice show pancreatic hypertrophy and elevated pancreatic amylase levels. Further, secretagogue-stimulated amylase release from pancreatic lobules of syncollin KO mice was found to be reduced by about 45% compared with wild-type lobules, and the delivery of newly synthesized protein to zymogen granules was delayed, indicating that the mice have a pancreatic secretory defect. As determined by two-photon imaging, the number of secretagogue-stimulated exocytotic events in acini from syncollin KO mice was reduced by 50%. This reduction was accounted for predominantly by a loss of later, 'secondary' fusion events between zymogen granules and other granules that had already fused with the plasma membrane. We conclude that syncollin is required for efficient exocytosis in the pancreatic acinar cell, and that it plays a particularly important role in compound exocytosis.
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- Barbara Wäsle
- *Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, U.K
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- *Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, U.K
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- *Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, U.K
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- *Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, U.K
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- †Multi-Imaging Centre, Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DY, U.K
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- *Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, U.K
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- *Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, U.K
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Li J, Luo R, Hooi SC, Ruga P, Zhang J, Meda P, Li G. Ectopic expression of syncollin in INS-1 beta-cells sorts it into granules and impairs regulated secretion. Biochemistry 2005; 44:4365-74. [PMID: 15766266 DOI: 10.1021/bi048894d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Syncollin was first demonstrated to be a protein capable of affecting granule fusion in a cell-free system, but later studies revealed its luminal localization in zymogen granules. To determine its possible role in exocytosis in the intact cell, syncollin and a truncated form of the protein (lacking the N-terminal hydrophobic domain) were stably transfected in insulin-secreting INS-1 cells since these well-studied exocytotic cells appear not to express the protein per se. Studies by subcellular fractionation analysis, double immunofluorescence staining, and electron microscopy examination revealed that transfection of syncollin produced strong signals in the insulin secretory granules, whereas the product from transfecting the truncated syncollin was predominantly associated with the Golgi apparatus and to a lesser degree with the endoplasmic reticulum. The expressed products were associated with membranes and not the soluble fractions in either cytoplasm or the lumens of organelles. Importantly, insulin release stimulated by various secretagogues was severely impaired in cells expressing syncollin, but not affected by expressing truncated syncollin. Transfection of syncollin appeared not to impede insulin biosynthesis and processing, since cellular contents of proinsulin and insulin and the number of secretory granules were not altered. In addition, the early signals (membrane depolarization and Ca(2+) responses) for regulated insulin secretion were unaffected. These findings indicate that syncollin may be targeted to insulin secretory granules specifically and impair regulated secretion at a distal stage.
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- Jingsong Li
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, National University Medical Institutes, Singapore
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Malisauskas M, Ostman J, Darinskas A, Zamotin V, Liutkevicius E, Lundgren E, Morozova-Roche LA. Does the Cytotoxic Effect of Transient Amyloid Oligomers from Common Equine Lysozyme in Vitro Imply Innate Amyloid Toxicity? J Biol Chem 2005; 280:6269-75. [PMID: 15576361 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m407273200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In amyloid diseases, it is not evident which protein aggregates induce cell death via specific molecular mechanisms and which cause damage because of their mass accumulation and mechanical properties. We showed that equine lysozyme assembles into soluble amyloid oligomers and protofilaments at pH 2.0 and 4.5, 57 degrees C. They bind thioflavin-T and Congo red similar to common amyloid structures, and their morphology was monitored by atomic force microscopy. Molecular volume evaluation from microscopic measurements allowed us to identify distinct types of oligomers, ranging from tetramer to octamer and 20-mer. Monomeric lysozyme and protofilaments are not cytotoxic, whereas the oligomers induce cell death in primary neuronal cells, primary fibroblasts, and the neuroblastoma IMR-32 cell line. Cytotoxicity was accessed by ethidium bromide staining, MTT reduction, and TUNEL assays. Primary cultures were more susceptible to the toxic effect induced by soluble amyloid oligomers than the neuroblastoma cell line. The cytotoxicity correlates with the size of oligomers; the sample incubated at pH 4.5 and containing larger oligomers, including 20-mer, appears to be more cytotoxic than the lysozyme sample kept at pH 2.0, in which only tetramers and octamers were found. Soluble amyloid oligomers may assemble into rings; however, there was no correlation between the quantity of rings in the sample and its toxicity. The cytotoxicity of transient oligomeric species of the ubiquitous protein lysozyme indicates that this is an intrinsic feature of protein amyloid aggregation, and therefore soluble amyloid oligomers can be used as a primary therapeutic target and marker of amyloid disease.
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- Mantas Malisauskas
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Umeå 90187, Sweden
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Wäsle B, Hays LB, Rhodes CJ, Edwardson JM. Syncollin inhibits regulated corticotropin secretion from AtT-20 cells through a reduction in the secretory vesicle population. Biochem J 2004; 380:897-905. [PMID: 15040787 PMCID: PMC1224234 DOI: 10.1042/bj20031726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2003] [Revised: 03/23/2004] [Accepted: 03/24/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Syncollin is a 13 kDa protein that is highly expressed in the exocrine pancreas. Syncollin normally exists as a doughnut-shaped homo-oligomer (quite probably a hexamer) in close association with the luminal surface of the zymogen granule membrane. In the present study, we examine the effect of expression of syncollin in AtT-20 neuroendocrine cells, which do not normally express this protein. Efficient expression was achieved by infection of the cells with adenoviral constructs encoding either untagged or GFP (green fluorescent protein)-tagged syncollin. Both forms of the protein were sorted into corticotropin (ACTH)-positive secretory vesicles present mainly at the tips of cell processes. Neither form affected basal corticotropin secretion or the constitutive secretion of exogenously expressed secreted alkaline phosphatase. In contrast, regulated secretion of corticotropin was inhibited (by 49%) by untagged but not by GFP-tagged syncollin. In parallel, untagged syncollin caused a 46% reduction in the number of secretory vesicles present at the tips of the cell processes. Syncollin-GFP was without effect. We could also show that native syncollin purified from rat pancreas was capable of permeabilizing erythrocytes. We suggest that syncollin may induce uncontrolled permeabilization of corticotropin-containing vesicles and subsequently destabilize them. Both forms of syncollin were tightly membrane-associated and appeared to exist as homooligomers. Hence, the lack of effect of syncollin-GFP on regulated exocytosis suggests that the GFP tag interferes in a subtler manner with the properties of the assembled protein.
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- Barbara Wäsle
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, UK
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Secretagogue receptors and their intracellular signaling pathways regulate pancreatic physiology and may be altered in pathophysiology. Therefore, understanding of the continued progress into their nature and function is relevant to both biology and disease. RECENT FINDINGS The major secretagogue receptors on acinar cells include those binding cholecystokinin and acetylcholine, whereas secretin receptors regulate duct cells. Two physical models of the cholecystokinin receptor and ligand binding have been proposed through extensive structure-activity studies. Receptor oligomerization has been described for both cholecystokinin and secretin receptors. Ca plays a central role in the control of digestive enzyme secretion and is largely mobilized from intracellular stores. Inositol trisphosphate has been joined by two other Ca-releasing messengers, cyclic ADP ribose and nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate, in initiating and coordinating Ca signaling. Progress has also been made in determining the roles of specific organelles in Ca release. Ca triggers secretion, and knowledge of the function and regulation of the proteins involved in exocytosis is accumulating. Continuing advances have also been made in understanding the signaling pathways regulating protein synthesis and growth in adult pancreas. The protein kinase mammalian target of rapamycin and its downstream targets play a central role in protein synthesis, whereas the protein phosphatase calcineurin was recently reported to regulate pancreatic growth. Other signaling molecules include the MAP kinases, PKCs, cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases, and nitric oxide. SUMMARY The current findings reviewed here are illuminating the structure and function of receptors on pancreatic acinar and duct cells and the multiple intracellular signaling pathways that they initiate. Understanding of these mechanisms is contributing to knowledge of normal pancreatic functions and alterations in disease such as pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer.
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- Yan Bi
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0622, USA
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Morozova-Roche LA, Zamotin V, Malisauskas M, Ohman A, Chertkova R, Lavrikova MA, Kostanyan IA, Dolgikh DA, Kirpichnikov MP. Fibrillation of Carrier Protein Albebetin and Its Biologically Active Constructs. Multiple Oligomeric Intermediates and Pathways. Biochemistry 2004; 43:9610-9. [PMID: 15274615 DOI: 10.1021/bi0494121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We showed that the genetically engineered carrier-protein albebetin and its biologically active constructs with interferon-alpha(2) octapeptide LKEKKYSP or differentiation factor hexapeptide TGENHR are inherently highly amyloidogenic at physiological pH. The kinetics of fibrillation were monitored by thioflavine-T (ThT) binding and the morphological changes by atomic force microscopy. Fibrillation proceeds via multiple pathways and includes a hierarchy of amyloid structures ranging from oligomers to protofilaments and fibrils. Comparative height and volume microscopic measurements allowed us to identify two distinct types of oligomeric intermediates: pivotal oligomers ca. 1.2 nm in height comprised of 10-12 monomers and on-pathway amyloid-competent oligomers ca. 2 nm in height constituted of 26-30 molecules. The former assemble into chains and rings with "bead-on-string morphology", in which a "bead" corresponds to an individual oligomer. Once formed, the rings and chains remain in solution simultaneously with fibrils. The latter give rise to protofilaments and fibrils, and their formation is concomitant with an increasing level of ThT binding. The amyloid nature of filamentous structures was confirmed by a pronounced ThT and Congo red binding and beta-sheet-rich far-UV circular dichroism. We suggest that transformation of the pivotal oligomers into the amyloid-prone ones is a limiting stage in amyloid assembly. Peptides, either fused to albebetin or added into solution, and an increased ionic strength promote fibrillation of albebetin (net charge of -12) by counterbalancing critical electrostatic repulsions. This finding demonstrates that the fibrillation of newly designed polypeptide-based products can produce multimeric amyloid species with a potentially "new" functionality, raising questions about their safety.
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Henderson RM, Edwardson JM, Geisse NA, Saslowsky DE. Lipid rafts: feeling is believing. Physiology (Bethesda) 2004; 19:39-43. [PMID: 15016900 DOI: 10.1152/nips.01505.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In the late 1990s, accumulated evidence led to the proposal that biological membranes are composed of microdomains of different lipids, which form functional "rafts." Recent work using atomic force microscopy has given us new insights into the factors influencing the formation and behavior of these physiological microenvironments
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- Robert M Henderson
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom
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Regulated secretion and exocytosis require the selective packaging of regulated secretory proteins in secretory storage organelles and the controlled docking and fusion of these organelles with the plasma membrane. Secretory granule biogenesis involves sorting of secretory proteins and membrane components both at the level of the trans-Golgi network and the immature secretory granule. Sorting is thought to be mediated by selective protein aggregation and the interaction of these proteins with specific membrane domains. There is now considerable interest in the understanding of the complex lipid-protein and protein-protein interactions at the trans-Golgi network and the granule membrane. A role for lipid microdomains and associated sorting receptors in membrane targeting and granule formation is vividly discussed for (neuro)endocrine cells. In exocrine cells, however, little has been known of granule membrane composition and membrane protein function. With the cloning and characterization of granule membrane proteins and their interactions at the inner leaflet of zymogen granules of pancreatic acinar cells, it is now possible to elucidate their function in membrane targeting and sorting of zymogens at the molecular level.
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- Michael Schrader
- Department of Cell Biology and Cell Pathology, University of Marburg, Robert Koch Str 6, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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