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Song G, Wang Q, Zhang M, Yang H, Xie H, Zhao Q, Zhu Q, Zhang X, Wang H, Wang P, Shen Q. Real-Time In Situ Screening of Omega-7 Phospholipids in Marine Biological Resources Using an iKnife-Rapid-Evaporative-Ionization-Mass-Spectrometry-Based Lipidomics Phenotype. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2021; 69:9004-9011. [PMID: 33435687 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c05442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Omega-7 (n-7) phospholipids were bioactive substances in marine animals. In this study, a fast lipidomics phenotyping approach for real-time in situ screening of n-7 phospholipids in five kinds of economic seafood, salmon, prawn, bluefin tuna, hairtail, and butterfish, was established using iKnife rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry (REIMS). The n-7 phospholipids were structurally characterized and quantitatively analyzed, and the profiles were statistically analyzed by multivariate recognition analysis. It indicated that the difference of n-7 phospholipids in seafood samples was significant (p < 0.05), with R2(cum) and Q2(cum) values of >0.9. The proportion of n-7 phospholipids in salmon was the highest (20.43%), followed by bluefin tuna, prawn, hairtail, and butterfish. The ions of m/z 742.54 (PC 16:1-18:1), 768.55 (PC 16:1-20:2), 697.48 (PE 16:1-18:1), and 699.48 (PE 16:1-18:0) were the main n-7 phospholipids. The effectiveness of iKnife REIMS was further verified by hydrophilic interaction chromatography mass spectrometry and gas chromatography. The results demonstrated that proposed iKnife REIMS was an excellent technique for front-line screening of n-7 phospholipids in a large variety of marine biological resources.
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- Gongshuai Song
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Zhejiang Province Joint Key Laboratory of Aquatic Products Processing, Institute of Seafood, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310012, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Hangzhou Yuhang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yuhang, Zhejiang 311106, People's Republic of China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Zhejiang Province Joint Key Laboratory of Aquatic Products Processing, Institute of Seafood, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310012, People's Republic of China
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- College of Standardization, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, People's Republic of China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Zhejiang Province Joint Key Laboratory of Aquatic Products Processing, Institute of Seafood, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310012, People's Republic of China
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- Zhoushan Institute of Calibration and Testing for Quality and Technical Supervision, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316021, People's Republic of China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Zhejiang Province Joint Key Laboratory of Aquatic Products Processing, Institute of Seafood, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310012, People's Republic of China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Zhejiang Province Joint Key Laboratory of Aquatic Products Processing, Institute of Seafood, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310012, People's Republic of China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Zhejiang Province Joint Key Laboratory of Aquatic Products Processing, Institute of Seafood, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310012, People's Republic of China
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- Zhoushan Institute of Calibration and Testing for Quality and Technical Supervision, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316021, People's Republic of China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Zhejiang Province Joint Key Laboratory of Aquatic Products Processing, Institute of Seafood, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310012, People's Republic of China
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Song G, Zhang M, Zhang Y, Wang H, Li S, Dai Z, Shen Q. In Situ Method for Real-Time Discriminating Salmon and Rainbow Trout without Sample Preparation Using iKnife and Rapid Evaporative Ionization Mass Spectrometry-Based Lipidomics. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2019; 67:4679-4688. [PMID: 30951305 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b00751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The domestic rainbow trout producers issued a standard with an aquatic association that classified rainbow trout as salmon, which raised the concern of consumers on the fish parasites infection. Herein, an in situ method was developed using "iKnife" and rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry based lipidomics for real-time discrimination of salmon and rainbow trout without sample preparation. A total of 12 fatty acids and 37 phospholipid species was identified and imported into statistical analysis for building an in situ and real-time recognition model. The ions with | p(corr)| > 0.5 and | p| > 0.03 were shown to be responsible for allocating samples, and the ions with high correlation values, such as of m/ z 747.50, 771.49, and 863.55, indicated large weights in identification of the salmon and rainbow trout. The results indicated that this technology could be employed as a front-line test method to ensure the authenticity of salmon products.
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- Gongshuai Song
- Zhejiang Province Joint Key Laboratory of Aquatic Products Processing, Institute of Seafood , Zhejiang Gongshang University , Hangzhou 310012 , China
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- Zhejiang Province Joint Key Laboratory of Aquatic Products Processing, Institute of Seafood , Zhejiang Gongshang University , Hangzhou 310012 , China
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- Zhejiang Province Joint Key Laboratory of Aquatic Products Processing, Institute of Seafood , Zhejiang Gongshang University , Hangzhou 310012 , China
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- Zhejiang Province Key Lab of Anesthesiology , The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University , Wenzhou 325035 , China
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- Aquatic Products Quality Inspection Center of Zhejiang Province , Hangzhou 310012 , China
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- Zhejiang Province Joint Key Laboratory of Aquatic Products Processing, Institute of Seafood , Zhejiang Gongshang University , Hangzhou 310012 , China
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- Zhejiang Province Joint Key Laboratory of Aquatic Products Processing, Institute of Seafood , Zhejiang Gongshang University , Hangzhou 310012 , China
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Bourtsala A, Dafnis I, Chroni A, Farmaki T, Galanopoulou D. Study of the Involvement of Phosphatidic Acid Formation in the Expression of Wound-Responsive Genes in Cotton. Lipids 2018; 53:589-599. [PMID: 30198579 DOI: 10.1002/lipd.12058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Revised: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Plants use phospholipase D (PLD, EC 3.1.4.4)/phosphatidic acid (PtdOH) for the transduction of environmental signals including those coming from wounding. Based on our previous findings suggesting that wound-induced PLDα-derived PtdOH can act as a local signaling molecule in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), we show that wounding immediately increases local NADPH oxidase (NADPHox) and cellulose synthase A (CeSA) gene expression. After developing a novel fluorimetric assay for the investigation of n-butanol inhibitory effect on PLD activity, we show that only NADPHox gene upregulation is reduced when n-butanol is applied prior to wounding. This suggests that NADPHox is a possible downstream target of PLD function, while a different CeSA-involving response system may exist in cotton. Overall, this study provides new knowledge on signal-transduction mechanisms following wounding of cotton leaves.
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- Angeliki Bourtsala
- Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 15771, Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Biosciences and Applications, National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Patr. Gregoriou E & 27 Neapoleos Str, 15341 Agia Paraskevi, Greece
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- Institute of Biosciences and Applications, National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Patr. Gregoriou E & 27 Neapoleos Str, 15341 Agia Paraskevi, Greece
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- Institute of Applied Biosciences, Centre for Research and Technology, 6th km Charilaou-Thermi Rd, 57001 Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 15771, Athens, Greece
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Qiao B, Lu H, Cao YX, Chen R, Yuan YJ. Phospholipid profiles ofPenicillium chrysogenumin different scales of fermentations. Eng Life Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201200139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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- Bin Qiao
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering, Ministry of Education; School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University; Tianjin P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering, Ministry of Education; School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University; Tianjin P. R. China
- Hebei Zhongrun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd; China, Shijiazhuang Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. (CSPC); Shijiazhuang P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering, Ministry of Education; School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University; Tianjin P. R. China
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- Hebei Zhongrun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd; China, Shijiazhuang Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. (CSPC); Shijiazhuang P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering, Ministry of Education; School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University; Tianjin P. R. China
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Shen Q, Wang Y, Gong L, Guo R, Dong W, Cheung HY. Shotgun lipidomics strategy for fast analysis of phospholipids in fisheries waste and its potential in species differentiation. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2012; 60:9384-9393. [PMID: 22946708 DOI: 10.1021/jf303181s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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An efficient shotgun lipidomics strategy was established and optimized for fast phospholipid profiling of viscera from three fish species: Lateolabrax japonicas, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, and Carassius auratus. This strategy relies on direct infusion of total lipid extracts into a tandem mass spectrometer without additional separation of the individual molecular species. Four classes of phospholipids, including phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylinositol (PI), and phosphatidylserine (PS), were analyzed, and at least 81 molecular species of phospholipids were identified, including 34 species of PC, 24 species of PE, 12 species of PS, and 11 species of PI, in both positive- and negative-ion electrospray ionization mode. The results show that fish viscera, which are traditionally discarded as fisheries wastes, are nutritional in phospholipids with total contents of the four detected phospholipid classes ranging from 1.52 to 3.29 mg/g in the three tested fish species. Regardless of the tested fish species, PC and PE are the dominant phospholipid classes, followed by PI and PS. Furthermore, principal component analysis (PCA) was applied to normalize the relative amounts of the identified phospholipid species. The results demonstrate that PS 18:0/22:6, PI 18:0/20:4, and PI 18:0/20:5 were the main contributors of cumulative value and could be used as an indicator for fish species differentiation. This shotgun lipidomics method was >10 times faster than traditional methods, because no chromatographic separation was needed. The successful application of this strategy paves the way for full utilization of traditionally discarded fisheries wastes and provides an alternative means for fish species differentiation.
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- Qing Shen
- Department of Chemistry and Biology, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Comparative lipidomic analysis of Cephalosporium acremonium insights into industrial and pilot fermentations. BIOTECHNOL BIOPROC E 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s12257-011-0494-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Murray DH, Tamm LK. Molecular mechanism of cholesterol- and polyphosphoinositide-mediated syntaxin clustering. Biochemistry 2011; 50:9014-22. [PMID: 21916482 DOI: 10.1021/bi201307u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The neuronal acceptor SNARE complex that functions as the receptor for synaptic vesicle docking and fusion at the presynaptic membrane is composed of the single-span transmembrane protein syntaxin-1A and the palmitoylated soluble protein SNAP-25. Previously, we explored interactions that promote the formation of syntaxin-1A clusters in membranes. Cholesterol activates clustering in native and model membranes, and its depletion in neuroendocrine cells results in a homogeneous distribution of the protein. However, as little as 1 mol % phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI-4,5-P(2)) or 20 mol % phosphatidylserine was found to disperse syntaxin-1A clusters [Murray, D. H., and Tamm, L. K. (2009) Biochemistry 48, 4617-4625]. Strong evidence suggests that syntaxin-1A and its synaptic vesicle cognate synaptobrevin both interact directly with PI-4,5-P(2) and that this interaction activates fusion. However, the molecular details of this interaction and its relationship to the partial dispersion of syntaxin-1A clusters remain largely unexplored. Hence, we mutated the polybasic juxtamembrane motif of syntaxin-1A and found several residues that partially or fully abrogate the electrostatic interaction with PI-4,5-P(2). We further show that even in the presence of physiological concentrations of phosphatidylserine, the PI-4,5-P(2)-syntaxin interaction is sufficiently strong to disrupt syntaxin-1A clustering. The stereochemistry of PI-4,5-P(2) is not critical for this interaction as other polyphosphoinositides have similar effects. Forming an acceptor SNARE complex between syntaxin-1A and SNAP-25 weakens but does not abrogate cholesterol/PI-4,5-P(2)-controlled cluster formation. Potential consequences of these interactions with respect to synaptic vesicle fusion are discussed.
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- David H Murray
- Center for Membrane Biology and Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Virginia 22908, United States
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A phosphorylation-regulated amphipathic helix controls the membrane translocation and function of the yeast phosphatidate phosphatase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:17539-44. [PMID: 20876142 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1007974107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Regulation of membrane lipid composition is crucial for many aspects of cell growth and development. Lipins, a novel family of phosphatidate (PA) phosphatases that generate diacylglycerol (DAG) from PA, are emerging as essential regulators of fat metabolism, adipogenesis, and organelle biogenesis. The mechanisms that govern lipin translocation onto membranes are largely unknown. Here we show that recruitment of the yeast lipin (Pah1p) is regulated by PA levels onto the nuclear/endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane. Recruitment requires the transmembrane protein phosphatase complex Nem1p-Spo7p. Once dephosphorylated, Pah1p can bind to the nuclear/ER membrane independently of Nem1p-Spo7p via a short amino-terminal amphipathic helix. Dephosphorylation enhances the activity of Pah1p, both in vitro and in vivo, but only in the presence of a functional helix. The helix is required for both phospholipid and triacylglycerol biosynthesis. Our data suggest that dephosphorylation of Pah1p by the Nem1p-Spo7p complex enables the amphipathic helix to anchor Pah1p onto the nuclear/ER membrane allowing the production of DAG for lipid biosynthesis.
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Fas/CD95 down-regulation in lymphoma cells through acquired alkyllysophospholipid resistance: partial role of associated sphingomyelin deficiency. Biochem J 2009; 425:225-34. [DOI: 10.1042/bj20090455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The ALP (alkyl-lysophospholipid) edelfosine (1-O-octadecyl-2-O-methyl-rac-glycero-3-phosphocholine) induces apoptosis in S49 mouse lymphoma cells. A variant cell line, S49AR, made resistant to ALP, was found previously to be impaired in ALP uptake via lipid-raft-mediated endocytosis. In the present paper, we report that these cells display cross-resistance to Fas/CD95 ligation [FasL (Fas ligand)], and can be gradually resensitized by prolonged culturing in the absence of ALP. Fas and ALP activate distinct apoptotic pathways, since ALP-induced apoptosis was not abrogated by dominant-negative FADD (Fas-associated protein with death domain), cFLIPL [cellular FLICE (FADD-like interleukin 1β-converting enzyme)-inhibitory protein long form] or the caspase 8 inhibitor Z-IETD-FMK (benzyloxycarbonyl-Ile-Glu-Thr-Asp-fluoromethylketone). ALP-resistant cells showed decreased Fas expression, at both the mRNA and protein levels, in a proteasome-dependent fashion. The proteasome inhibitor MG132 partially restored Fas expression and resensitized the cells to FasL, but not to ALP. Resistant cells completely lacked SM (sphingomyelin) synthesis, which seems to be a unique feature of the S49 cell system, having very low SM levels in parental cells. Lack of SM synthesis did not affect cell growth in serum-containing medium, but retarded growth under serum-free (SM-free) conditions. SM deficiency determined in part the resistance to ALP and FasL. Exogenous short-chain (C12-) SM partially restored cell-surface expression of Fas in lipid rafts and FasL sensitivity, but did not affect Fas mRNA levels or ALP sensitivity. We conclude that the acquired resistance of S49 cells to ALP is associated with down-regulated SM synthesis and Fas gene transcription and that SM in lipid rafts stabilizes Fas expression at the cell surface.
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Zhang J, Xue R, Ong WY, Chen P. Roles of cholesterol in vesicle fusion and motion. Biophys J 2009; 97:1371-80. [PMID: 19720025 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2009] [Revised: 06/18/2009] [Accepted: 06/22/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Although it is well established that exocytosis of neurotransmitters and hormones is highly regulated by numerous secretory proteins, such as SNARE proteins, there is an increasing appreciation of the importance of the chemophysical properties and organization of membrane lipids to various aspects of the exocytotic program. Based on amperometric recordings by carbon fiber microelectrodes, we show that deprivation of membrane cholesterol by methyl-beta-cyclodextrin not only inhibited the extent of membrane depolarization-induced exocytosis, it also adversely affected the kinetics and quantal size of vesicle fusion in neuroendocrine PC12 cells. In addition, total internal fluorescence microscopy studies revealed that cholesterol depletion impaired vesicle docking and trafficking, which are believed to correlate with the dynamics of exocytosis. Furthermore, we found that free cholesterol is able to directly trigger vesicle fusion, albeit with less potency and slower kinetics as compared to membrane depolarization stimulation. These results underscore the versatile roles of cholesterol in facilitating exocytosis.
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- Jing Zhang
- Division of Bioengineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Lafont E, Milhas D, Carpentier S, Garcia V, Jin ZX, Umehara H, Okazaki T, Schulze-Osthoff K, Levade T, Benoist H, Ségui B. Caspase-mediated inhibition of sphingomyelin synthesis is involved in FasL-triggered cell death. Cell Death Differ 2009; 17:642-54. [DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2009.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Arisz SA, Testerink C, Munnik T. Plant PA signaling via diacylglycerol kinase. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2009; 1791:869-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2009.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2008] [Revised: 04/09/2009] [Accepted: 04/16/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Darios F, Wasser C, Shakirzyanova A, Giniatullin A, Goodman K, Munoz-Bravo JL, Raingo J, Jorgačevski J, Kreft M, Zorec R, Rosa JM, Gandia L, Gutiérrez LM, Binz T, Giniatullin R, Kavalali ET, Davletov B. Sphingosine facilitates SNARE complex assembly and activates synaptic vesicle exocytosis. Neuron 2009; 62:683-94. [PMID: 19524527 PMCID: PMC2697323 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2008] [Revised: 11/27/2008] [Accepted: 04/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Synaptic vesicles loaded with neurotransmitters fuse with the plasma membrane to release their content into the extracellular space, thereby allowing neuronal communication. The membrane fusion process is mediated by a conserved set of SNARE proteins: vesicular synaptobrevin and plasma membrane syntaxin and SNAP-25. Recent data suggest that the fusion process may be subject to regulation by local lipid metabolism. Here, we have performed a screen of lipid compounds to identify positive regulators of vesicular synaptobrevin. We show that sphingosine, a releasable backbone of sphingolipids, activates synaptobrevin in synaptic vesicles to form the SNARE complex implicated in membrane fusion. Consistent with the role of synaptobrevin in vesicle fusion, sphingosine upregulated exocytosis in isolated nerve terminals, neuromuscular junctions, neuroendocrine cells and hippocampal neurons, but not in neurons obtained from synaptobrevin-2 knockout mice. Further mechanistic insights suggest that sphingosine acts on the synaptobrevin/phospholipid interface, defining a novel function for this important lipid regulator.
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- Department of Neuroscience, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology and Molecular Cell Physiology, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology and Molecular Cell Physiology, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Celica Biomedical Center, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology and Molecular Cell Physiology, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Celica Biomedical Center, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Teófilo Hernando Institute and Department of pharmacology and therapeutics, Autonomous University of Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Teófilo Hernando Institute and Department of pharmacology and therapeutics, Autonomous University of Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Neurosciences, CSIC-Miguel Hernández University, 03550 Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, 30625 Hanover, Germany
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- Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Kuopio, 70600 Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Neuroscience, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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The lipid composition of biological membranes is crucial for many aspects of organelle function, including growth, signalling, and transport. Lipins represent a novel family of lipid phosphatases that dephosphorylate phosphatidic acid (PA) to produce diacylglycerol (DAG), and perform key functions in phospholipid and triacylglycerol biosynthesis and gene expression. In addition to its role in lipid biosynthesis, the yeast lipin Pah1p and its regulators are required for the maintenance of a spherical nuclear shape. This review summarizes recent advances in our understanding of the yeast lipin Pah1p and highlights the possible roles of phospholipid metabolism in nuclear membrane biogenesis.
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- Symeon Siniossoglou
- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK.
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Khoo SHG, Al-Rubeai M. Metabolic characterization of a hyper-productive state in an antibody producing NS0 myeloma cell line. Metab Eng 2009; 11:199-211. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2009.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2008] [Revised: 12/10/2008] [Accepted: 02/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Xia JM, Yuan YJ. Comparative lipidomics of four strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveals different responses to furfural, phenol, and acetic acid. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2009; 57:99-108. [PMID: 19049411 DOI: 10.1021/jf802720t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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To reveal differences between inhibitor-resistant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains and their parental strain and to investigate the response of S. cerevisiae to furfural, phenol, and acetic acid, comparative lipidomics strategy was employed using an LC-ESI/MS(n) technique on four S. cerevisiae strains, which include an industrial strain (SC) and three tolerant strains screened by this laboratory by step adaptationa furfural-tolerant strain (SCF), a phenol-tolerant strain (SCP), and an acetic acid-tolerant strain (SCA). Lipidome data were then analyzed using wavelet transform-principal component analysis (WT-PCA). Results revealed that phosphatidylcholines (PCs), phosphatidylinositols (PIs), and phosphatidic acids (PAs) were biomarkers for discriminating SC from SCF, SCP, and SCA, respectively. PIs were believed to be extraordinarily important in all inhibitor-tolerant processes because they were the biomarkers responsible for the discrimination of all four different strains. Further analysis of the distribution of different hydrocarbon chains revealed that both the saturation and the length of the chains helped in maintaining proper fluidity of membranes.
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- Jin-Mei Xia
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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Yaradanakul A, Wang TM, Lariccia V, Lin MJ, Shen C, Liu X, Hilgemann DW. Massive Ca-induced membrane fusion and phospholipid changes triggered by reverse Na/Ca exchange in BHK fibroblasts. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 132:29-50. [PMID: 18562498 PMCID: PMC2442179 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200709865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Baby hamster kidney (BHK) fibroblasts increase their cell capacitance by 25-100% within 5 s upon activating maximal Ca influx via constitutively expressed cardiac Na/Ca exchangers (NCX1). Free Ca, measured with fluo-5N, transiently exceeds 0.2 mM with total Ca influx amounting to approximately 5 mmol/liter cell volume. Capacitance responses are half-maximal when NCX1 promotes a free cytoplasmic Ca of 0.12 mM (Hill coefficient approximately 2). Capacitance can return to baseline in 1-3 min, and responses can be repeated several times. The membrane tracer, FM 4-64, is taken up during recovery and can be released at a subsequent Ca influx episode. Given recent interest in signaling lipids in membrane fusion, we used green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusions with phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P(2)) and diacylglycerol (DAG) binding domains to analyze phospholipid changes in relation to these responses. PI(4,5)P(2) is rapidly cleaved upon activating Ca influx and recovers within 2 min. However, PI(4,5)P(2) depletion by activation of overexpressed hM1 muscarinic receptors causes only little membrane fusion, and subsequent fusion in response to Ca influx remains massive. Two results suggest that DAG may be generated from sources other than PI(4,5)P in these protocols. First, acylglycerols are generated in response to elevated Ca, even when PI(4,5)P(2) is metabolically depleted. Second, DAG-binding C1A-GFP domains, which are brought to the cell surface by exogenous ligands, translocate rapidly back to the cytoplasm in response to Ca influx. Nevertheless, inhibitors of PLCs and cPLA2, PI(4,5)P(2)-binding peptides, and PLD modification by butanol do not block membrane fusion. The cationic agents, FM 4-64 and heptalysine, bind profusely to the extracellular cell surface during membrane fusion. While this binding might reflect phosphatidylserine (PS) "scrambling" between monolayers, it is unaffected by a PS-binding protein, lactadherin, and by polylysine from the cytoplasmic side. Furthermore, the PS indicator, annexin-V, binds only slowly after fusion. Therefore, we suggest that the luminal surfaces of membrane vesicles that fuse to the plasmalemma may be rather anionic. In summary, our results provide no support for any regulatory or modulatory role of phospholipids in Ca-induced membrane fusion in fibroblasts.
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- Alp Yaradanakul
- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Thole JM, Vermeer JEM, Zhang Y, Gadella TWJ, Nielsen E. Root hair defective4 encodes a phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate phosphatase required for proper root hair development in Arabidopsis thaliana. THE PLANT CELL 2008; 20:381-95. [PMID: 18281508 PMCID: PMC2276440 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.054304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Polarized expansion of root hair cells in Arabidopsis thaliana is improperly controlled in root hair-defective rhd4-1 mutant plants, resulting in root hairs that are shorter and randomly form bulges along their length. Using time-lapse fluorescence microscopy in rhd4-1 root hairs, we analyzed membrane dynamics after labeling with RabA4b, a marker for polarized membrane trafficking in root hairs. This revealed stochastic loss and recovery of the RabA4b compartment in the tips of growing root hairs, consistent with a role for the RHD4 protein in regulation of polarized membrane trafficking in these cells. The wild-type RHD4 gene was identified by map-based cloning and was found to encode a Sac1p-like phosphoinositide phosphatase. RHD4 displayed a preference for phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate [PI(4)P] in vitro, and rhd4-1 roots accumulated higher levels of PI(4)P in vivo. In wild-type root hairs, PI(4)P accumulated primarily in a tip-localized plasma membrane domain, but in rhd4-1 mutants, significant levels of PI(4)P were detected associated with internal membranes. A fluorescent RHD4 fusion protein localized to membranes at the tips of growing root hairs. We propose that RHD4 is selectively recruited to RabA4b-labeled membranes that are involved in polarized expansion of root hair cells and that, in conjunction with the phosphoinositide kinase PI-4Kbeta1, RHD4 regulates the accumulation of PI(4)P on membrane compartments at the tips of growing root hairs.
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- Julie M Thole
- Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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Dopico AM, Tigyi GJ. A glance at the structural and functional diversity of membrane lipids. Methods Mol Biol 2007; 400:1-13. [PMID: 17951723 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-519-0_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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In the postgenomic era, spatially and temporally regulated molecular interactions as signals are beginning to take center stage in the understanding of fundamental biological events. For years, reductionism derived from the "fluid mosaic" model of the cell membrane has portrayed membrane lipids as rather passive molecules that, whereas separating biologically relevant aqueous phases, provided an environment so that membrane proteins could fulfill the specificity and selectivity required for proper cell signaling. Whereas these roles for membrane lipids still stand, the structural diversity of lipids and their complex arrangement in supramolecular assemblies have expanded such limited, although fundamental roles. Growing developments in the field of membrane lipids help to understand biological phenomena at the nanoscale domain, and reveal this heterogeneous group of organic compounds as a long underestimated group of key regulatory molecules. In this introductory chapter, brief overviews of the structural diversity of membrane lipids, the impact of different lipids on membrane properties, the vertical organization of lipids into rafts and caveolae, and the functional role of lipids as mediators of inter- and intracellular signals are provided. Any comprehensive review on membrane lipids, whether emphasizing structural or functional aspects, will require several volumes. The purpose of this chapter is to provide both introduction and rationale for the selection of topics that lie ahead in this book. For this reason, the list of references primarily includes reviews on particular issues dealing with membrane lipids wherein the reader can find further references.
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- Alex M Dopico
- Department of Pharmacology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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van der Luit AH, Vink SR, Klarenbeek JB, Perrissoud D, Solary E, Verheij M, van Blitterswijk WJ. A new class of anticancer alkylphospholipids uses lipid rafts as membrane gateways to induce apoptosis in lymphoma cells. Mol Cancer Ther 2007; 6:2337-45. [PMID: 17699729 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-07-0202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Single-chain alkylphospholipids, unlike conventional chemotherapeutic drugs, act on cell membranes to induce apoptosis in tumor cells. We tested four different alkylphospholipids, i.e., edelfosine, perifosine, erucylphosphocholine, and compound D-21805, as inducers of apoptosis in the mouse lymphoma cell line S49. We compared their mechanism of cellular entry and their potency to induce apoptosis through inhibition of de novo biosynthesis of phosphatidylcholine at the endoplasmic reticulum. Alkylphospholipid potency closely correlated with the degree of phosphatidylcholine synthesis inhibition in the order edelfosine > D-21805 > erucylphosphocholine > perifosine. In all cases, exogenous lysophosphatidylcholine, an alternative source for cellular phosphatidylcholine production, could partly rescue cells from alkylphospholipid-induced apoptosis, suggesting that phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis is a direct target for apoptosis induction. Cellular uptake of each alkylphospholipid was dependent on lipid rafts because pretreatment of cells with the raft-disrupting agents, methyl-beta-cyclodextrin, filipin, or bacterial sphingomyelinase, reduced alkylphospholipid uptake and/or apoptosis induction and alleviated the inhibition of phosphatidylcholine synthesis. Uptake of all alkylphospholipids was inhibited by small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated blockage of sphingomyelin synthase (SMS1), which was previously shown to block raft-dependent endocytosis. Similar to edelfosine, perifosine accumulated in (isolated) lipid rafts independent on raft sphingomyelin content per se. However, perifosine was more susceptible than edelfosine to back-extraction by fatty acid-free serum albumin, suggesting a more peripheral location in the cell due to less effective internalization. Overall, our results suggest that lipid rafts are critical membrane portals for cellular entry of alkylphospholipids depending on SMS1 activity and, therefore, are potential targets for alkylphospholipid anticancer therapy.
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- Arnold H van der Luit
- Division of Cellular Biochemistry, the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Haucke V, Di Paolo G. Lipids and lipid modifications in the regulation of membrane traffic. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2007; 19:426-35. [PMID: 17651957 PMCID: PMC2042035 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2007.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2007] [Revised: 05/23/2007] [Accepted: 06/08/2007] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Lipids play a multitude of roles in intracellular protein transport and membrane traffic. While a large body of data implicates phosphoinositides in these processes, much less is known about other glycerophospholipids such as phosphatidic acid, diacylglycerol, and phosphatidylserine. Growing evidence suggests that these lipids may also play an important role, either by mediating protein recruitment to membranes or by directly affecting membrane dynamics. Although membrane lipids are believed to be organized in microdomains, recent advances in cellular imaging methods paired with sophisticated reporters and proteomic analysis have led to the formulation of alternative ideas regarding the characteristics and putative functions of lipid microdomains and their associated proteins. In fact, the traditional view that membrane proteins may freely diffuse in a large 'sea of lipids' may need to be revised. Lastly, modifications of proteins by lipids or related derivatives have surprisingly complex roles on regulated intracellular transport of a wide range of molecules.
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- Volker Haucke
- Institute of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
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Phospholipid biosynthetic enzymes produce diverse molecular structures and are often present in multiple forms encoded by different genes. This work utilizes comparative genomics and phylogenetics for exploring the distribution, structure and evolution of phospholipid biosynthetic genes and pathways in 26 eukaryotic genomes. Although the basic structure of the pathways was formed early in eukaryotic evolution, the emerging picture indicates that individual enzyme families followed unique evolutionary courses. For example, choline and ethanolamine kinases and cytidylyltransferases emerged in ancestral eukaryotes, whereas, multiple forms of the corresponding phosphatidyltransferases evolved mainly in a lineage specific manner. Furthermore, several unicellular eukaryotes maintain bacterial-type enzymes and reactions for the synthesis of phosphatidylglycerol and cardiolipin. Also, base-exchange phosphatidylserine synthases are widespread and ancestral enzymes. The multiplicity of phospholipid biosynthetic enzymes has been largely generated by gene expansion in a lineage specific manner. Thus, these observations suggest that phospholipid biosynthesis has been an actively evolving system. Finally, comparative genomic analysis indicates the existence of novel phosphatidyltransferases and provides a candidate for the uncharacterized eukaryotic phosphatidylglycerol phosphate phosphatase.
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- Athanasios Lykidis
- Genome Biology Program, DOE-Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA 94598, USA.
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Van der Luit A, Budde M, Zerp S, Caan W, Klarenbeek J, Verheij M, van Blitterswijk W. Resistance to alkyl-lysophospholipid-induced apoptosis due to downregulated sphingomyelin synthase 1 expression with consequent sphingomyelin- and cholesterol-deficiency in lipid rafts. Biochem J 2007; 401:541-9. [PMID: 17049047 PMCID: PMC1820802 DOI: 10.1042/bj20061178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The ALP (alkyl-lysophospholipid) edelfosine (1-O-octadecyl-2-O-methyl-rac-glycero-3-phosphocholine; Et-18-OCH3) induces apoptosis in S49 mouse lymphoma cells. To this end, ALP is internalized by lipid raft-dependent endocytosis and inhibits phosphatidylcholine synthesis. A variant cell-line, S49AR, which is resistant to ALP, was shown previously to be unable to internalize ALP via this lipid raft pathway. The reason for this uptake failure is not understood. In the present study, we show that S49AR cells are unable to synthesize SM (sphingomyelin) due to down-regulated SMS1 (SM synthase 1) expression. In parental S49 cells, resistance to ALP could be mimicked by small interfering RNA-induced SMS1 suppression, resulting in SM deficiency and blockage of raft-dependent internalization of ALP and induction of apoptosis. Similar results were obtained by treatment of the cells with myriocin/ISP-1, an inhibitor of general sphingolipid synthesis, or with U18666A, a cholesterol homoeostasis perturbing agent. U18666A is known to inhibit Niemann-Pick C1 protein-dependent vesicular transport of cholesterol from endosomal compartments to the trans-Golgi network and the plasma membrane. U18666A reduced cholesterol partitioning in detergent-resistant lipid rafts and inhibited SM synthesis in S49 cells, causing ALP resistance similar to that observed in S49AR cells. The results are explained by the strong physical interaction between (newly synthesized) SM and available cholesterol at the Golgi, where they facilitate lipid raft formation. We propose that ALP internalization by lipid-raft-dependent endocytosis represents the retrograde route of a constitutive SMS1- and lipid-raft-dependent membrane vesicular recycling process.
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- Arnold H. Van der Luit
- *Division of Cellular Biochemistry, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- *Division of Cellular Biochemistry, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- †Department of Radiotherapy, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- *Division of Cellular Biochemistry, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- *Division of Cellular Biochemistry, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- †Department of Radiotherapy, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- *Division of Cellular Biochemistry, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Ozawa T, Umezawa Y. Identification of proteins targeted into the endoplasmic reticulum by cDNA library screening. Methods Mol Biol 2007; 390:269-280. [PMID: 17951694 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-466-7_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Protein targeting from cytosol into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in mammalian cells is an initial step in the biogenesis of most secretory and membrane proteins as well as the proteins localized in the ER, Golgi, and lysosomes. Identification of these proteins is crucial for understanding this biological process, which varies in different mammalian cell types. To identify ER-targeted proteins, we have developed a method for high-throughput screening of genes that encode proteins transported into the ER in living mammalian cells. The principle is based on the reconstitution of two fragments of split green fluorescent protein (GFP) by protein splicing and retrovirus-mediated expression cloning. The method is able to collect ER-targeted proteins systematically and to accurately identify many novel proteins. This method will facilitate understanding of the secretory pathway and intercellular communication in living mammalian cells.
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- Takeaki Ozawa
- Department of Molecular Structure, Institute of Molecular Science, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
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de Kroon AIPM. Metabolism of phosphatidylcholine and its implications for lipid acyl chain composition in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2006; 1771:343-52. [PMID: 17010666 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2006.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2006] [Revised: 07/28/2006] [Accepted: 07/31/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Phosphatidylcholine (PC) is a very abundant membrane lipid in most eukaryotes including the model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Consequently, the molecular species profile of PC, i.e. the ensemble of PC molecules with acyl chains differing in number of carbon atoms and double bonds, is important in determining the physical properties of eukaryotic membranes, and should be tightly regulated. In this review current insights in the contributions of biosynthesis, turnover, and remodeling by acyl chain exchange to the maintenance of PC homeostasis at the level of the molecular species in yeast are summarized. In addition, the phospholipid class-specific changes in membrane acyl chain composition induced by PC depletion are discussed, which identify PC as key player in a novel regulatory mechanism balancing the proportions of bilayer and non-bilayer lipids in yeast.
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- Anton I P M de Kroon
- Department Biochemistry of Membranes, Bijvoet Institute and Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Preuss ML, Schmitz AJ, Thole JM, Bonner HKS, Otegui MS, Nielsen E. A role for the RabA4b effector protein PI-4Kbeta1 in polarized expansion of root hair cells in Arabidopsis thaliana. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 172:991-8. [PMID: 16567499 PMCID: PMC2063757 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200508116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The RabA4b GTPase labels a novel, trans-Golgi network compartment displaying a developmentally regulated polar distribution in growing Arabidopsis thaliana root hair cells. GTP bound RabA4b selectively recruits the plant phosphatidylinositol 4-OH kinase, PI-4Kβ1, but not members of other PI-4K families. PI-4Kβ1 colocalizes with RabA4b on tip-localized membranes in growing root hairs, and mutant plants in which both the PI-4Kβ1 and -4Kβ2 genes are disrupted display aberrant root hair morphologies. PI-4Kβ1 interacts with RabA4b through a novel homology domain, specific to eukaryotic type IIIβ PI-4Ks, and PI-4Kβ1 also interacts with a Ca2+ sensor, AtCBL1, through its NH2 terminus. We propose that RabA4b recruitment of PI-4Kβ1 results in Ca2+-dependent generation of PI-4P on this compartment, providing a link between Ca2+ and PI-4,5P2–dependent signals during the polarized secretion of cell wall components in tip-growing root hair cells.
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- Mary L Preuss
- Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO 63132, USA
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Fairn GD, McMaster CR. The roles of the human lipid-binding proteins ORP9S and ORP10S in vesicular transport. Biochem Cell Biol 2006; 83:631-6. [PMID: 16234851 DOI: 10.1139/o05-064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Inactivation of the yeast oxysterol binding protein related protein (ORP) family member Kes1p allows yeast cells to survive in the absence of Sec14p, a phospholipid transfer protein required for cell viability because of the role it plays in transporting vesicles from the Golgi. We expressed human ORP9S and ORP10S in yeast lacking Sec14p and Kes1p function, and found that ORP9S completely complemented Kes1p function, whereas ORP10S possessed only a weak ability to replace Kes1p function. Purified ORP9S protein bound several phosphoinositides, whereas ORP10 bound specifically to phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate. The combined evidence demonstrates that only a subset of human ORP proteins can function as negative regulators of Golgi-derived vesicular transport.
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- Gregory D Fairn
- Department of Pediatrics, Atlantic Research Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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Fairn G, McMASTER C. Identification and assessment of the role of a nominal phospholipid binding region of ORP1S (oxysterol-binding-protein-related protein 1 short) in the regulation of vesicular transport. Biochem J 2006; 387:889-96. [PMID: 15617515 PMCID: PMC1135022 DOI: 10.1042/bj20041915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The ORPs (oxysterol-binding-protein-related proteins) constitute an enigmatic family of intracellular lipid receptors that are related through a shared lipid binding domain. Emerging evidence suggests that ORPs relate lipid metabolism to membrane transport. Current data imply that the yeast ORP Kes1p is a negative regulator of Golgi-derived vesicular transport mediated by the essential phosphatidylinositol/phosphatidylcholine transfer protein Sec14p. Inactivation of Kes1p function allows restoration of growth and vesicular transport in cells lacking Sec14p function, and Kes1p function in this regard can be complemented by human ORP1S (ORP1 short). Recent studies have determined that Kes1p and ORP1S both bind phospholipids as ligands. To explore the function of distinct linear segments of ORP1S in phospholipid binding and vesicular transport regulation, we generated a series of 15 open reading frames coding for diagnostic regions within ORP1S. Purified versions of these ORP1S deletion proteins were characterized in vitro, and allowed the identification of a nominal phospholipid binding region. The in vitro analysis was interpreted in the context of in vivo growth and vesicle transport assays for members of the ORP1S deletion set. The results determined that the phospholipid binding domain per se was insufficient for inhibition of vesicular transport by ORP1S, and that transport of carboxypeptidase Y and invertase from the Golgi may be regulated differentially by specific regions of ORP1S/Kes1p.
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- Gregory D. Fairn
- Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Atlantic Research Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4H7
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Atlantic Research Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4H7
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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The cellular lipidome comprises over 1000 different lipids. Most lipids look similar having a polar head and hydrophobic tails. Still, cells recognize lipids with exquisite specificity. The functionality of lipids is determined by their local concentration, which varies between organelles, between the two leaflets of the lipid bilayer and even within the lateral plane of the membrane. To incorporate function, cellular lipidomics must not only determine which lipids are present but also the concentration of each lipid at each specific intracellular location in time and the lipid's interaction partners. Moreover, cellular lipidomics must include the enzymes of lipid metabolism and transport, their specificity, localization and regulation. Finally, it requires a thorough understanding of the physical properties of lipids and membranes, especially lipid-lipid and lipid-protein interactions. In the context of a cell, the complex relationships between metabolites can only be understood by viewing them as an integrated system. Cellular lipidomics provides a framework for understanding and manipulating the vital role of lipids, especially in membrane transport and sorting and in cell signaling.
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- Gerrit van Meer
- Department of Membrane Enzymology, Bijvoet Center and Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
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Ghanekar Y, Lowe M. Protein kinase D: activation for Golgi carrier formation. Trends Cell Biol 2005; 15:511-4. [PMID: 16109486 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2005.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2005] [Revised: 07/29/2005] [Accepted: 08/10/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Protein kinase D regulates fission at the trans-Golgi network (TGN) of transport carriers that deliver cargo to the plasma membrane. PKD is first recruited to the TGN through interaction with diacylglycerol and is subsequently activated by phosphorylation to promote carrier fission. In a recent study, the relevant upstream kinase at the TGN was identified as the novel protein kinase C isoform PKCeta, which in turn is activated in response to heterotrimeric G-protein activation. These findings indicate the existence of a kinase signaling cascade at the TGN that regulates carrier fission and suggest a mechanism by which cargo might direct the formation of its transport carriers.
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- Yashoda Ghanekar
- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, UK
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Subbarayan V, Xu XC, Kim J, Yang P, Hoque A, Sabichi AL, Llansa N, Mendoza G, Logothetis CJ, Newman RA, Lippman SM, Menter DG. Inverse relationship between 15-lipoxygenase-2 and PPAR-gamma gene expression in normal epithelia compared with tumor epithelia. Neoplasia 2005; 7:280-93. [PMID: 15799828 PMCID: PMC1501140 DOI: 10.1593/neo.04457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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15-Lipoxygenase-2 (15-LOX-2) synthesizes 15-S-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (15-S-HETE), an endogenous ligand for the nuclear receptor, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma). Several studies have described an inverse relationship between 15-LOX-2 and PPAR-gamma expression in normal versus tumor samples. To systematically determine if this is a ubiquitous phenomenon, we used a variety of epithelial and nonepithelial cells and some tissues to further evaluate the extent of this inverse relationship. The levels of mRNA or protein were measured by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction or Western gray level intensity, whereas distribution was determined by in situ hybridization or immunofluorescence. 15-S-HETE was measured by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. Normal epithelial cells/samples generally expressed high levels of 15-LOX-2 along with the enzyme product 15-S-HETE, but both levels were reduced in cancer cells/samples. In contrast, most cancer cells expressed high levels of PPAR-gamma mRNA and protein, which were absent from normal epithelial cells. Overall, the inverse relationship between these two genes was primarily restricted to epithelial samples. Forced expression of PPAR-gamma reduced 15-LOX-2 protein levels in normal cells, whereas forced expression of 15-LOX-2 in tumor cells suppressed PPAR-gamma protein levels. These results suggest that feedback mechanisms may contribute to the loss of 15-LOX-2 pathway components, which coincide with an increase in PPAR-gamma in many epithelial cancers.
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- Vemparala Subbarayan
- Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Díaz Añel AM, Malhotra V. PKCeta is required for beta1gamma2/beta3gamma2- and PKD-mediated transport to the cell surface and the organization of the Golgi apparatus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 169:83-91. [PMID: 15824133 PMCID: PMC2171908 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200412089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Protein kinase D (PKD) binds to a pool of diacylglycerol (DAG) in the TGN and undergoes a process of activation that involves heterotrimeric GTP-binding protein subunits βγ to regulate membrane fission. This fission reaction is used to generate transport carriers at the TGN that are en route to the cell surface. We now report that PKD is activated specifically by G protein subunit β1γ2 and β3γ2 via the Golgi apparatus–associated PKCη. Compromising the kinase activity of PKCη-inhibited protein transport from TGN to the cell surface. Expression of constitutively activated PKCη caused Golgi fragmentation, which was inhibited by a kinase inactive form of PKD. Our findings reveal that βγ, PKCη, and PKD act in series to generate transport carriers from the TGN and their overactivation results in complete vesiculation of the Golgi apparatus.
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Ozawa T, Nishitani K, Sako Y, Umezawa Y. A high-throughput screening of genes that encode proteins transported into the endoplasmic reticulum in mammalian cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2005; 33:e34. [PMID: 15731327 PMCID: PMC549573 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gni032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The compartments of eukaryotic cells maintain a distinct protein composition to perform a variety of specialized functions. We developed a new method for identifying the proteins that are transported to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in living mammalian cells. The principle is based on the reconstitution of two split fragments of enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) by protein splicing with DnaE from Synechocystis PCC6803. Complementary DNA (cDNA) libraries fused to the N-terminal halves of DnaE and EGFP are introduced in mammalian cells with retroviruses. If an expressed protein is transported into the ER, the N-terminal half of EGFP meets its C-terminal half in the ER, and full-length EGFP is reconstituted by protein splicing. The fluorescent cells are isolated using fluorescence-activated cell sorting and the cDNAs are sequenced. The developed method was able to accurately identify cDNAs that encode proteins transported to the ER. We identified 27 novel proteins as the ER-targeting proteins. The present method overcomes the limitation of the previous GFP- or epitope-tagged methods, using which it was difficult to identify the ER-targeting proteins in a high-throughput manner.
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Affiliation(s)
- Takeaki Ozawa
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of TokyoHongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Japan Science and Technology CorporationTokyo, Japan
- PREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of TokyoHongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Japan Science and Technology CorporationTokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of TokyoHongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Japan Science and Technology CorporationTokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of TokyoHongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Japan Science and Technology CorporationTokyo, Japan
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +81 3 5841 4351; Fax: +81 3 5841 8349;
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Opi1p, a transcription regulator of phospholipid metabolism in budding yeast, is retained in the endoplasmic reticulum by association with Scs2p. New research shows that binding of phosphatidic acid to Opi1p is a prerequisite for this targeting.
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- Günther Daum
- Institute of Biochemistry, Technical University Graz, Petersgasse 12/2, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
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The best-understood mechanisms for generating transport vesicles in the secretory and endocytic pathways involve the localized assembly of cytosolic coat proteins such as clathrin, coat protein complex (COP)I and COPII onto membranes. These coat proteins can deform membranes by themselves, but accessory proteins might help to generate the tight curvature needed to form a vesicle. Enzymes that pump phospholipid from one leaflet of the bilayer to the other (flippases) can deform membranes by creating an imbalance in the phospholipid number between the two leaflets. Recent studies describe a requirement for the yeast Drs2p family of P-type ATPases in both phospholipid translocation and protein transport in the secretory and endocytic pathways. This indicates that flippases work with coat proteins to form vesicles.
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- Todd R Graham
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235-1634, USA.
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Jackowski S, Fagone P. CTP: Phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase: paving the way from gene to membrane. J Biol Chem 2004; 280:853-6. [PMID: 15536089 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r400031200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- Suzanne Jackowski
- Protein Science Division, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA.
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De Matteis MA, Godi A. Protein–lipid interactions in membrane trafficking at the Golgi complex. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2004; 1666:264-74. [PMID: 15519320 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2004.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2004] [Accepted: 07/09/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The integrated interplay between proteins and lipids drives many key cellular processes, such as signal transduction, cytoskeleton remodelling and membrane trafficking. The last of these, membrane trafficking, has the Golgi complex as its central station. Not only does this organelle orchestrates the biosynthesis, transport and intracellular distribution of many proteins and lipids, but also its own function and structure is dictated by intimate functional and physical relationships between protein-based and lipid-based machineries. These machineries are involved in the control of the fundamental events that govern membrane traffic, such as in the budding, fission and fusion of transport intermediates, in the regulation of the shape and geometry of the Golgi membranes themselves, and, finally, in the generation of "signals" that can have local actions in the secretory system, or that may affect other cellular systems. Lipid-protein interactions rely on the abilities of certain protein domains to recognize specific lipids. These interactions are mediated, in particular, through the headgroups of the phospholipids, although a few of these protein domains are able to specifically interact with the phospholipid acyl chains. Recent evidence also indicates that some proteins and/or protein domains are more sensitive to the physical environment of the membrane bilayer (such as its curvature) than to its chemical composition.
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- M A De Matteis
- Department of Cell Biology and Oncology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Via Nazionale, 66030 Santa Maria Imbaro (Chieti), Italy.
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Peterman TK, Ohol YM, McReynolds LJ, Luna EJ. Patellin1, a novel Sec14-like protein, localizes to the cell plate and binds phosphoinositides. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2004; 136:3080-94; discussion 3001-2. [PMID: 15466235 PMCID: PMC523369 DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.045369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2004] [Revised: 07/23/2004] [Accepted: 07/23/2004] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Membrane trafficking is central to construction of the cell plate during plant cytokinesis. Consequently, a detailed understanding of the process depends on the characterization of molecules that function in the formation, transport, targeting, and fusion of membrane vesicles to the developing plate, as well as those that participate in its consolidation and maturation into a fully functional partition. Here we report the initial biochemical and functional characterization of patellin1 (PATL1), a novel cell-plate-associated protein that is related in sequence to proteins involved in membrane trafficking in other eukaryotes. Analysis of the Arabidopsis genome indicated that PATL1 is one of a small family of Arabidopsis proteins, characterized by a variable N-terminal domain followed by two domains found in other membrane-trafficking proteins (Sec14 and Golgi dynamics domains). Results from immunolocalization and biochemical fractionation studies suggested that PATL1 is recruited from the cytoplasm to the expanding and maturing cell plate. In vesicle-binding assays, PATL1 bound to specific phosphoinositides, important regulators of membrane trafficking, with a preference for phosphatidylinositol(5)P, phosphatidylinositol(4,5)P(2), and phosphatidylinositol(3)P. Taken together, these findings suggest a role for PATL1 in membrane-trafficking events associated with cell-plate expansion or maturation and point to the involvement of phosphoinositides in cell-plate biogenesis.
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- T Kaye Peterman
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts 02481, USA.
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Jackowski S, Rehg JE, Zhang YM, Wang J, Miller K, Jackson P, Karim MA. Disruption of CCTbeta2 expression leads to gonadal dysfunction. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:4720-33. [PMID: 15143167 PMCID: PMC416414 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.11.4720-4733.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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There are two mammalian genes that encode isoforms of CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase (CCT), a key rate-controlling step in membrane phospholipid biogenesis. Quantitative determination of the CCT transcripts reveals that CCTalpha is ubiquitously expressed and is found at the highest levels in the testis and lung, with lower levels in the liver and ovary. CCTbeta2 is a very minor isoform in most tissues but is significantly expressed in the brain, lung, and gonads. CCTbeta3 is the third isoform recently discovered in mice and is expressed in the same tissues as CCTbeta2, with its highest level in testes. We investigated the role(s) of CCTbeta2 by generating knockout mice. The brains and lungs of mice lacking CCTbeta2 expression did not exhibit any overt defects. On the other hand, a large percentage of the CCTbeta2(-/-) females were sterile and their ovaries exhibited defective ovarian follicle development. The proportion of female CCTbeta2(-/-) mice with defective ovaries increased as the animals aged. The rare litters born from CCTbeta2(-/-) x CCTbeta2(-/0) matings had the normal number of pups. The abnormal ovarian histopathology was characterized by disorganization of the tissue in young adult mice and absence of follicles and ova in older mice, along with interstitial stromal cell hyperplasia which culminated in the emergence of tubulostromal ovarian tumors by 16 months of age. Grossly defective CCTbeta2(-/-) ovaries were associated with high follicle-stimulating (FSH) and luteinizing (LH) hormone levels. Male CCTbeta2(-/0) mice exhibited progressive multifocal testicular degeneration and reduced fertility but had normal FSH and LH levels. Thus, the most notable phenotype of CCTbeta2 knockout mice was gonad degeneration and reproductive deficiency. The results indicate that although CCTbeta2 is expressed at very low levels compared to the alpha-isoform, loss of CCTbeta2 expression causes a breakdown in the gonadal response to hormonal stimulation.
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- Suzanne Jackowski
- Protein Science Division, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale, Memphis, TN 38105-2794, USA.
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Boumann HA, de Kruijff B, Heck AJR, de Kroon AIPM. The selective utilization of substrates in vivo by the phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine biosynthetic enzymes Ept1p and Cpt1p in yeast. FEBS Lett 2004; 569:173-7. [PMID: 15225629 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.05.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2004] [Accepted: 05/18/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In yeast, the aminoalcohol phosphotransferases Ept1p and Cpt1p catalyze the final steps in the CDP-ethanolamine and CDP-choline routes leading to phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and phosphatidylcholine (PC), respectively. To determine how these enzymes contribute to the molecular species profiles of PE and PC in vivo, wild-type, cpt1Delta, and ept1Delta cells were pulse labeled with deuterated ethanolamine and choline. Analysis of newly synthesized PE and PC using electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry revealed that PE and PC produced by Ept1p and Cpt1p have different species compositions, demonstrating that the enzymes consume distinct sets of diacylglycerol species in vivo. Using the characteristic phospholipid species profiles produced by Ept1p and Cpt1p as molecular fingerprints, it was also shown that in vivo CDP-monomethylethanolamine is preferentially used as substrate by Ept1p, whereas CDP-dimethylethanolamine and CDP-propanolamine are converted by Cpt1p.
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- Henry A Boumann
- Department Biochemistry of Membranes, Centre for Biomembranes and Lipid Enzymology, Institute of Biomembranes, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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