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Sadamitsu K, Yanagi K, Hasegawa Y, Murakami Y, Low SE, Ooshima D, Matsubara Y, Okamoto N, Kaname T, Hirata H. A novel homozygous variant of the PIGK gene caused by paternal disomy in a patient with neurodevelopmental disorder, cerebellar atrophy, and seizures. J Hum Genet 2024:10.1038/s10038-024-01264-3. [PMID: 38902431 DOI: 10.1038/s10038-024-01264-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2024] [Revised: 05/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024]
Abstract
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins are located at the cell surface by a covalent attachment between protein and GPI embedded in the plasma membrane. This attachment is catalyzed by GPI transamidase comprising five subunits (PIGK, PIGS, PIGT, PIGU, and GPAA1) in the endoplasmic reticulum. Loss of either subunit of GPI transamidase eliminates cell surface localization of GPI-anchored proteins. In humans, pathogenic variants in either subunit of GPI transamidase cause neurodevelopmental disorders. However, how the loss of GPI-anchored proteins triggers neurodevelopmental defects remains largely unclear. Here, we identified a novel homozygous variant of PIGK, NM_005482:c.481A > G,p. (Met161Val), in a Japanese female patient with neurodevelopmental delay, hypotonia, cerebellar atrophy, febrile seizures, hearing loss, growth impairment, dysmorphic facial features, and brachydactyly. The missense variant was found heterozygous in her father, but not in her mother. Zygosity analysis revealed that the homozygous PIGK variant in the patient was caused by paternal isodisomy. Rescue experiments using PIGK-deficient CHO cells revealed that the p.Met161Val variant of PIGK reduced GPI transamidase activity. Rescue experiments using pigk mutant zebrafish confirmed that the p.Met161Val variant compromised PIGK function in tactile-evoked motor response. We also demonstrated that axonal localization of voltage-gated sodium channels and concomitant generation of action potentials were impaired in pigk-deficient neurons in zebrafish, suggesting a link between GPI-anchored proteins and neuronal defects. Taken together, the missense p.Met161Val variant of PIGK is a novel pathogenic variant that causes the neurodevelopmental disorder.
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- Kenichiro Sadamitsu
- Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara, 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Genome Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, 157-8535, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital, Izumi, 594-1101, Japan
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- Laboratory of Immunoglycobiology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara, 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara, 252-5258, Japan
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- National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, 157-8535, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital, Izumi, 594-1101, Japan
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- Department of Genome Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, 157-8535, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara, 252-5258, Japan.
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Yuan Y, Li P, Li J, Zhao Q, Chang Y, He X. Protein lipidation in health and disease: molecular basis, physiological function and pathological implication. Signal Transduct Target Ther 2024; 9:60. [PMID: 38485938 PMCID: PMC10940682 DOI: 10.1038/s41392-024-01759-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2023] [Revised: 12/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024] Open
Abstract
Posttranslational modifications increase the complexity and functional diversity of proteins in response to complex external stimuli and internal changes. Among these, protein lipidations which refer to lipid attachment to proteins are prominent, which primarily encompassing five types including S-palmitoylation, N-myristoylation, S-prenylation, glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor and cholesterylation. Lipid attachment to proteins plays an essential role in the regulation of protein trafficking, localisation, stability, conformation, interactions and signal transduction by enhancing hydrophobicity. Accumulating evidence from genetic, structural, and biomedical studies has consistently shown that protein lipidation is pivotal in the regulation of broad physiological functions and is inextricably linked to a variety of diseases. Decades of dedicated research have driven the development of a wide range of drugs targeting protein lipidation, and several agents have been developed and tested in preclinical and clinical studies, some of which, such as asciminib and lonafarnib are FDA-approved for therapeutic use, indicating that targeting protein lipidations represents a promising therapeutic strategy. Here, we comprehensively review the known regulatory enzymes and catalytic mechanisms of various protein lipidation types, outline the impact of protein lipidations on physiology and disease, and highlight potential therapeutic targets and clinical research progress, aiming to provide a comprehensive reference for future protein lipidation research.
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- Yuan Yuan
- Department of Gastroenterology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Clinical Center and Key Laboratory of Intestinal and Colorectal Diseases, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
- Hubei Clinical Center and Key Laboratory of Intestinal and Colorectal Diseases, Wuhan, China.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
- Hubei Clinical Center and Key Laboratory of Intestinal and Colorectal Diseases, Wuhan, China.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
- Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
- Hubei Clinical Center and Key Laboratory of Intestinal and Colorectal Diseases, Wuhan, China.
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Li D. Structure and Function of the Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Transamidase, a Transmembrane Complex Catalyzing GPI Anchoring of Proteins. Subcell Biochem 2024; 104:425-458. [PMID: 38963495 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-58843-3_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/05/2024]
Abstract
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchoring of proteins is a ubiquitous posttranslational modification in eukaryotic cells. GPI-anchored proteins (GPI-APs) play critical roles in enzymatic, signaling, regulatory, and adhesion processes. Over 20 enzymes are involved in GPI synthesis, attachment to client proteins, and remodeling after attachment. The GPI transamidase (GPI-T), a large complex located in the endoplasmic reticulum membrane, catalyzes the attachment step by replacing a C-terminal signal peptide of proproteins with GPI. In the last three decades, extensive research has been conducted on the mechanism of the transamidation reaction, the components of the GPI-T complex, the role of each subunit, and the substrate specificity. Two recent studies have reported the three-dimensional architecture of GPI-T, which represent the first structures of the pathway. The structures provide detailed mechanisms for assembly that rationalizes previous biochemical results and subunit-dependent stability data. While the structural data confirm the catalytic role of PIGK, which likely uses a caspase-like mechanism to cleave the proproteins, they suggest that unlike previously proposed, GPAA1 is not a catalytic subunit. The structures also reveal a shared cavity for GPI binding. Somewhat unexpectedly, PIGT, a single-pass membrane protein, plays a crucial role in GPI recognition. Consistent with the assembly mechanisms and the active site architecture, most of the disease mutations occur near the active site or the subunit interfaces. Finally, the catalytic dyad is located ~22 Å away from the membrane interface of the GPI-binding site, and this architecture may confer substrate specificity through topological matching between the substrates and the elongated active site. The research conducted thus far sheds light on the intricate processes involved in GPI anchoring and paves the way for further mechanistic studies of GPI-T.
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- Dianfan Li
- CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, China.
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Hirata T, Yang J, Tomida S, Tokoro Y, Kinoshita T, Fujita M, Kizuka Y. ER entry pathway and glycosylation of GPI-anchored proteins are determined by N-terminal signal sequence and C-terminal GPI-attachment sequence. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:102444. [PMID: 36055406 PMCID: PMC9520029 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 08/20/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Newly synthesized proteins in the secretory pathway, including glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins (GPI-APs), need to be correctly targeted and imported into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) lumen. GPI-APs are synthesized in the cytosol as preproproteins, which contain an N-terminal signal sequence (SS), mature protein part, and C-terminal GPI-attachment sequence (GPI-AS), and translocated into the ER lumen where SS and GPI-AS are removed, generating mature GPI-APs. However, how various GPI-APs are translocated into the ER lumen in mammalian cells is unclear. Here, we investigated the ER entry pathways of GPI-APs using a panel of KO cells defective in each signal recognition particle–independent ER entry pathway—namely, Sec62, GET, or SND pathway. We found GPI-AP CD59 largely depends on the SND pathway for ER entry, whereas prion protein (Prion) and LY6K depend on both Sec62 and GET pathways. Using chimeric Prion and LY6K constructs in which the N-terminal SS or C-terminal GPI-AS was replaced with that of CD59, we revealed that the hydrophobicity of the SSs and GPI-ASs contributes to the dependence on Sec62 and GET pathways, respectively. Moreover, the ER entry route of chimeric Prion constructs with the C-terminal GPI-ASs replaced with that of CD59 was changed to the SND pathway. Simultaneously, their GPI structures and which oligosaccharyltransferase isoforms modify the constructs were altered without any amino acid change in the mature protein part. Taking these findings together, this study revealed N- and C-terminal sequences of GPI-APs determine the selective ER entry route, which in turn regulates subsequent maturation processes of GPI-APs.
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- Tetsuya Hirata
- Institute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Institute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan; Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Institute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan; WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan; Center for Infectious Disease Education and Research, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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- Institute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan; Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Institute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.
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Ishida M, Maki Y, Ninomiya A, Takada Y, Campeau P, Kinoshita T, Murakami Y. Ethanolamine-phosphate on the second mannose is a preferential bridge for some GPI-anchored proteins. EMBO Rep 2022; 23:e54352. [PMID: 35603428 PMCID: PMC9253782 DOI: 10.15252/embr.202154352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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Glycosylphosphatidylinositols (GPIs) are glycolipids that anchor many proteins (GPI-APs) on the cell surface. The core glycan of GPI precursor has three mannoses, which in mammals, are all modified by ethanolamine-phosphate (EthN-P). It is postulated that EthN-P on the third mannose (EthN-P-Man3) is the bridge between GPI and the protein and the second (EthN-P-Man2) is removed after GPI-protein attachment. However, EthN-P-Man2 may not be always transient, as mutations of PIGG, the enzyme that transfers EthN-P to Man2, result in inherited GPI deficiencies (IGDs), characterized by neuronal dysfunctions. Here, we show that EthN-P on Man2 is the preferential bridge in some GPI-APs, among them, the Ect-5'-nucleotidase and Netrin G2. We find that CD59, a GPI-AP, is attached via EthN-P-Man2 both in PIGB-knockout cells, in which GPI lacks Man3, and with a small fraction in wild-type cells. Our findings modify the current view of GPI anchoring and provide a mechanistic basis for IGDs caused by PIGG mutations.
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- Mizuki Ishida
- Yabumoto Department of Intractable Disease ResearchResearch Institute for Microbial DiseasesOsaka UniversitySuitaJapan
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- Department of ChemistryOsaka UniversityToyonakaJapan
- Project Research Center for Fundamental SciencesGraduate School of ScienceOsaka UniversityToyonakaJapan
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- Central Instrumentation LaboratoryResearch Institute for Microbial DiseasesOsaka UniversitySuitaJapan
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- WPI Immunology Frontier Research CenterOsaka UniversitySuitaJapan
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- Department of PediatricsCHU Sainte‐Justine and University of MontrealMontrealQCCanada
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- Yabumoto Department of Intractable Disease ResearchResearch Institute for Microbial DiseasesOsaka UniversitySuitaJapan
- WPI Immunology Frontier Research CenterOsaka UniversitySuitaJapan
- Center for Infectious Disease Education and ResearchOsaka UniversitySuitaJapan
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- Yabumoto Department of Intractable Disease ResearchResearch Institute for Microbial DiseasesOsaka UniversitySuitaJapan
- WPI Immunology Frontier Research CenterOsaka UniversitySuitaJapan
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Structure of human glycosylphosphatidylinositol transamidase. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2022; 29:203-209. [DOI: 10.1038/s41594-022-00726-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Borges AR, Link F, Engstler M, Jones NG. The Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchor: A Linchpin for Cell Surface Versatility of Trypanosomatids. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:720536. [PMID: 34790656 PMCID: PMC8591177 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.720536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The use of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) to anchor proteins to the cell surface is widespread among eukaryotes. The GPI-anchor is covalently attached to the C-terminus of a protein and mediates the protein’s attachment to the outer leaflet of the lipid bilayer. GPI-anchored proteins have a wide range of functions, including acting as receptors, transporters, and adhesion molecules. In unicellular eukaryotic parasites, abundantly expressed GPI-anchored proteins are major virulence factors, which support infection and survival within distinct host environments. While, for example, the variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) is the major component of the cell surface of the bloodstream form of African trypanosomes, procyclin is the most abundant protein of the procyclic form which is found in the invertebrate host, the tsetse fly vector. Trypanosoma cruzi, on the other hand, expresses a variety of GPI-anchored molecules on their cell surface, such as mucins, that interact with their hosts. The latter is also true for Leishmania, which use GPI anchors to display, amongst others, lipophosphoglycans on their surface. Clearly, GPI-anchoring is a common feature in trypanosomatids and the fact that it has been maintained throughout eukaryote evolution indicates its adaptive value. Here, we explore and discuss GPI anchors as universal evolutionary building blocks that support the great variety of surface molecules of trypanosomatids.
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- Alyssa R Borges
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Functional Analysis of the GPI Transamidase Complex by Screening for Amino Acid Mutations in Each Subunit. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26185462. [PMID: 34576938 PMCID: PMC8465894 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26185462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 09/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor modification is a posttranslational modification of proteins that has been conserved in eukaryotes. The biosynthesis and transfer of GPI to proteins are carried out in the endoplasmic reticulum. Attachment of GPI to proteins is mediated by the GPI-transamidase (GPI-TA) complex, which recognizes and cleaves the C-terminal GPI attachment signal of precursor proteins. Then, GPI is transferred to the newly exposed C-terminus of the proteins. GPI-TA consists of five subunits: PIGK, GPAA1, PIGT, PIGS, and PIGU, and the absence of any subunit leads to the loss of activity. Here, we analyzed functionally important residues of the five subunits of GPI-TA by comparing conserved sequences among homologous proteins. In addition, we optimized the purification method for analyzing the structure of GPI-TA. Using purified GPI-TA, preliminary single particle images were obtained. Our results provide guidance for the structural and functional analysis of GPI-TA.
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A knockout cell library of GPI biosynthetic genes for functional studies of GPI-anchored proteins. Commun Biol 2021; 4:777. [PMID: 34162996 PMCID: PMC8222316 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02337-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Over 100 kinds of proteins are expressed as glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins (GPI-APs) on the cell surface in mammalian cells. GPI-APs possess unique properties in terms of their intracellular trafficking and association with lipid rafts. Although it is clear that GPI-APs play critical roles in various biological phenomena, it is poorly understood how the GPI moiety contributes to these mechanisms. More than 30 genes are involved in the correct biosynthesis of GPI-APs. We here constructed a cell library in which 32 genes involved in GPI biosynthesis were knocked out in human embryonic kidney 293 cells. Using the cell library, the surface expression and sensitivity to phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C of GPI-APs were analyzed. Furthermore, we identified structural motifs of GPIs that are recognized by a GPI-binding toxin, aerolysin. The cell-based GPI-knockout library could be applied not only to basic researches, but also to applications and methodologies related to GPI-APs.
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Chen X, Yin W, Chen S, Zhang W, Li H, Kuang H, Zhou M, Teng Y, Zhang J, Shen G, Liang D, Li Z, Hu B, Wu L. Loss of PIGK function causes severe infantile encephalopathy and extensive neuronal apoptosis. Hum Genet 2021; 140:791-803. [PMID: 33392778 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-020-02243-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Abstract
PIGK gene, encoding a key component of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) transamidase, was recently reported to be associated with inherited GPI deficiency disorders (IGDs). However, little is known about the specific downstream effects of PIGK on neurodevelopment due to the rarity of the disease and the lack of in vivo study. Here, we described 2 patients in a Chinese family presented with profound global developmental delay, severe hypotonia, seizures, and postnatal progressive global brain atrophy including hemisphere, cerebellar and corpus callosum atrophy. Two novel compound heterozygous variants in PIGK were identified via genetic analysis, which was proved to cause significant decrease of PIGK protein and reduced cell surface presence of GPI-APs in the patients. To explore the role of Pigk on embryonic and neuronal development, we constructed Pigk knock-down zebrafish and knock-in mouse models. Zebrafish injected with a small dose of morpholino oligonucleotides displayed severe developmental defects including small eyes, deformed head, curly spinal cord, and unconsumed yolk sac. Primary motor neuronal dysplasia and extensive neural cell apoptosis were further observed. Meanwhile, the mouse models, carrying the two variants respectively homologous with the patients, both resulted in complete embryonic lethality of the homozygotes, which suggested the intolerable effect caused by amino acid substitution of Asp204 as well as the truncated mutation. Our findings provide the in vivo evidence for the essential role of PIGK during the embryonic and neuronal development. Based on these data, we propose a basis for further study of pathological and molecular mechanisms of PIGK-related neurodevelopmental defects.
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- Xin Chen
- Center for Medical Genetics and Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230001, Anhui, China
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Tumor Immunotherapy and Nutrition Therapy, Hefei, 230001, Anhui, China
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- Center for Medical Genetics and Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- Center for Medical Genetics and Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- Center for Medical Genetics and Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- Center for Medical Genetics and Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- Center for Medical Genetics and Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Hunan Jiahui Genetics Hospital, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Disease, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, 443 Huangshan Road, Hefei, 230027, Anhui, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230001, Anhui, China
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Tumor Immunotherapy and Nutrition Therapy, Hefei, 230001, Anhui, China
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- Center for Medical Genetics and Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- Center for Medical Genetics and Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
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- Hefei National Laboratory of Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China.
- CAS Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Disease, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, 443 Huangshan Road, Hefei, 230027, Anhui, China.
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- Center for Medical Genetics and Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
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Nguyen TTM, Murakami Y, Mobilio S, Niceta M, Zampino G, Philippe C, Moutton S, Zaki MS, James KN, Musaev D, Mu W, Baranano K, Nance JR, Rosenfeld JA, Braverman N, Ciolfi A, Millan F, Person RE, Bruel AL, Thauvin-Robinet C, Ververi A, DeVile C, Male A, Efthymiou S, Maroofian R, Houlden H, Maqbool S, Rahman F, Baratang NV, Rousseau J, St-Denis A, Elrick MJ, Anselm I, Rodan LH, Tartaglia M, Gleeson J, Kinoshita T, Campeau PM. Bi-allelic Variants in the GPI Transamidase Subunit PIGK Cause a Neurodevelopmental Syndrome with Hypotonia, Cerebellar Atrophy, and Epilepsy. Am J Hum Genet 2020; 106:484-495. [PMID: 32220290 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2020.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins are critical for embryogenesis, neurogenesis, and cell signaling. Variants in several genes participating in GPI biosynthesis and processing lead to decreased cell surface presence of GPI-anchored proteins (GPI-APs) and cause inherited GPI deficiency disorders (IGDs). In this report, we describe 12 individuals from nine unrelated families with 10 different bi-allelic PIGK variants. PIGK encodes a component of the GPI transamidase complex, which attaches the GPI anchor to proteins. Clinical features found in most individuals include global developmental delay and/or intellectual disability, hypotonia, cerebellar ataxia, cerebellar atrophy, and facial dysmorphisms. The majority of the individuals have epilepsy. Two individuals have slightly decreased levels of serum alkaline phosphatase, while eight do not. Flow cytometric analysis of blood and fibroblasts from affected individuals showed decreased cell surface presence of GPI-APs. The overexpression of wild-type (WT) PIGK in fibroblasts rescued the levels of cell surface GPI-APs. In a knockout cell line, transfection with WT PIGK also rescued the GPI-AP levels, but transfection with the two tested mutant variants did not. Our study not only expands the clinical and known genetic spectrum of IGDs, but it also expands the genetic differential diagnosis for cerebellar atrophy. Given the fact that cerebellar atrophy is seen in other IGDs, flow cytometry for GPI-APs should be considered in the work-ups of individuals presenting this feature.
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- Thi Tuyet Mai Nguyen
- CHU-Sainte Justine Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3T1C5
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- Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA
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- Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, 00146 Rome, Italy
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- Center for Rare Disease and Congenital Defects, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- UF Innovation en diagnostic génomique des maladies rares, CHU Dijon Bourgogne, and INSERM UMR1231 GAD, F-21000, Dijon, France
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- Reference Center for Developmental Anomalies, Department of Medical Genetics, Dijon University Hospital, Dijon, France
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- Clinical Genetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo 12311, Egypt
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- Laboratory for Pediatric Brain Disease, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
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- Laboratory for Pediatric Brain Disease, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287 USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287 USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University and Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, H4A 3J1
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- Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, 00146 Rome, Italy
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- UF Innovation en diagnostic génomique des maladies rares, CHU Dijon Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Centre de référence maladies rares-Déficiences Intellectuelles de causes rares, Centre de génétique, Hôpital d'Enfants, UF Innovation en diagnostic génomique des maladies rares, CHU Dijon Bourgogne, Dijon
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- Clinical Genetic Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK
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- Clinical Genetic Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK
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- Department of Neuromuscular Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- Department of Neuromuscular Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- Department of Neuromuscular Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- Development and Behavioural Pediatrics Department, Institute of Child Health and The Children Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Development and Behavioural Pediatrics Department, Institute of Child Health and The Children Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
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- CHU-Sainte Justine Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3T1C5
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- CHU-Sainte Justine Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3T1C5
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- CHU-Sainte Justine Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3T1C5
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287 USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics and Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, 00146 Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory for Pediatric Brain Disease, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
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- Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- CHU-Sainte Justine Research Center, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3T1C5; Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3T1C5.
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At least 150 human proteins are glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins (GPI-APs). The protein moiety of GPI-APs lacking transmembrane domains is anchored to the plasma membrane with GPI covalently attached to the C-terminus. The GPI consists of the conserved core glycan, phosphatidylinositol and glycan side chains. The entire GPI-AP is anchored to the outer leaflet of the lipid bilayer by insertion of fatty chains of phosphatidylinositol. Because of GPI-dependent membrane anchoring, GPI-APs have some unique characteristics. The most prominent feature of GPI-APs is their association with membrane microdomains or membrane rafts. In the polarized cells such as epithelial cells, many GPI-APs are exclusively expressed in the apical surfaces, whereas some GPI-APs are preferentially expressed in the basolateral surfaces. Several GPI-APs act as transcytotic transporters carrying their ligands from one compartment to another. Some GPI-APs are shed from the membrane after cleavage within the GPI by a GPI-specific phospholipase or a glycosidase. In this review, I will summarize the current understanding of GPI-AP biosynthesis in mammalian cells and discuss examples of GPI-dependent functions of mammalian GPI-APs.
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- Taroh Kinoshita
- Yabumoto Department of Intractable Disease Research, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Okamura K, Hayashi M, Abe Y, Araki Y, Hozumi Y, Suzuki T. Microsatellite polymorphism located immediately upstream of the phosphatidylinositol glycan, class K gene (PIGK) affects its expression, which correlates with tyrosinase activity in human melanocytes. J Dermatol Sci 2017; 85:131-134. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2016.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2016] [Revised: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 10/26/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Liu X, Castro C, Wang Y, Noble J, Ponvert N, Bundy M, Hoel C, Shpak E, Palanivelu R. The Role of LORELEI in Pollen Tube Reception at the Interface of the Synergid Cell and Pollen Tube Requires the Modified Eight-Cysteine Motif and the Receptor-Like Kinase FERONIA. THE PLANT CELL 2016; 28:1035-52. [PMID: 27081182 PMCID: PMC4904665 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.15.00703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2015] [Revised: 04/04/2016] [Accepted: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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In angiosperms, pollen tube reception by the female gametophyte is required for sperm release and double fertilization. In Arabidopsis thaliana lorelei (lre) mutants, pollen tube reception fails in most female gametophytes, which thus remain unfertilized. LRE encodes a putative glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored surface protein with a modified eight-cysteine motif (M8CM). LRE fused to citrine yellow fluorescent protein (LRE-cYFP) remains functional and localizes to the synergid plasma membrane-rich filiform apparatus, the first point of contact between the pollen tube and the female gametophyte. Structure-function analysis using LRE-cYFP showed that the role of LRE in pollen tube reception requires the M8CM, but not the domains required for GPI anchor addition. Consistently, LRE-cYFP-TM, where GPI anchor addition domains were replaced with a single-pass transmembrane domain, fully complemented the pollen tube reception defect in lre-7 female gametophytes. Ectopically expressed and delivered LRE-cYFP from pollen tubes could non-cell-autonomously complement the pollen tube reception defect in lre female gametophytes, only if they expressed FERONIA. Additionally, pollen tube-expressing LRE variants lacking domains critical for GPI anchor addition also rescued lre female gametophyte function. Therefore, LRE and FERONIA jointly function in pollen tube reception at the interface of the synergid cell and pollen tube.
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- Xunliang Liu
- School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721
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- School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721
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- School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721
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- School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721
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- School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
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- School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
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Kinoshita T, Fujita M. Biosynthesis of GPI-anchored proteins: special emphasis on GPI lipid remodeling. J Lipid Res 2015; 57:6-24. [PMID: 26563290 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.r063313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Glycosylphosphatidylinositols (GPIs) act as membrane anchors of many eukaryotic cell surface proteins. GPIs in various organisms have a common backbone consisting of ethanolamine phosphate (EtNP), three mannoses (Mans), one non-N-acetylated glucosamine, and inositol phospholipid, whose structure is EtNP-6Manα-2Manα-6Manα-4GlNα-6myoinositol-P-lipid. The lipid part is either phosphatidylinositol of diacyl or 1-alkyl-2-acyl form, or inositol phosphoceramide. GPIs are attached to proteins via an amide bond between the C-terminal carboxyl group and an amino group of EtNP. Fatty chains of inositol phospholipids are inserted into the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane. More than 150 different human proteins are GPI anchored, whose functions include enzymes, adhesion molecules, receptors, protease inhibitors, transcytotic transporters, and complement regulators. GPI modification imparts proteins with unique characteristics, such as association with membrane microdomains or rafts, transient homodimerization, release from the membrane by cleavage in the GPI moiety, and apical sorting in polarized cells. GPI anchoring is essential for mammalian embryogenesis, development, neurogenesis, fertilization, and immune system. Mutations in genes involved in remodeling of the GPI lipid moiety cause human diseases characterized by neurological abnormalities. Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has >60 GPI-anchored proteins (GPI-APs). GPI is essential for growth of yeast. In this review, we discuss biosynthesis of GPI-APs in mammalian cells and yeast with emphasis on the lipid moiety.
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- Taroh Kinoshita
- WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center and Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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KINOSHITA T. Biosynthesis and deficiencies of glycosylphosphatidylinositol. PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY. SERIES B, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2014; 90:130-43. [PMID: 24727937 PMCID: PMC4055706 DOI: 10.2183/pjab.90.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2014] [Accepted: 02/19/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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At least 150 different human proteins are anchored to the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane via glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI). GPI preassembled in the endoplasmic reticulum is attached to the protein's carboxyl-terminus as a post-translational modification by GPI transamidase. Twenty-two PIG (for Phosphatidyl Inositol Glycan) genes are involved in the biosynthesis and protein-attachment of GPI. After attachment to proteins, both lipid and glycan moieties of GPI are structurally remodeled in the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus. Four PGAP (for Post GPI Attachment to Proteins) genes are involved in the remodeling of GPI. GPI-anchor deficiencies caused by somatic and germline mutations in the PIG and PGAP genes have been found and characterized. The characteristics of the 26 PIG and PGAP genes and the GPI deficiencies caused by mutations in these genes are reviewed.
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- Taroh KINOSHITA
- WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center and Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Correspondence should be addressed: T. Kinoshita, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center and Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan (e-mail: )
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Structural remodeling, trafficking and functions of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins. Prog Lipid Res 2011; 50:411-24. [PMID: 21658410 DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2011.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) is a glycolipid that is covalently attached to proteins as a post-translational modification. Such modification leads to the anchoring of the protein to the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane. Proteins that are decorated with GPIs have unique properties in terms of their physical nature. In particular, these proteins tend to accumulate in lipid rafts, which are critical for the functions and trafficking of GPI-anchored proteins (GPI-APs). Recent studies mainly using mutant cells revealed that various structural remodeling reactions occur to GPIs present in GPI-APs as they are transported from the endoplasmic reticulum to the cell surface. This review examines the recent progress describing the mechanisms of structural remodeling of mammalian GPI-anchors, such as inositol deacylation, glycan remodeling and fatty acid remodeling, with particular focus on their trafficking and functions, as well as the pathogenesis involving GPI-APs and their deficiency.
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Fernández-Messina L, Ashiru O, Agüera-González S, Reyburn HT, Valés-Gómez M. The human NKG2D ligand ULBP2 can be expressed at the cell surface with or without a GPI anchor and both forms can activate NK cells. J Cell Sci 2011; 124:321-7. [PMID: 21224393 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.076042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The activating immune receptor NKG2D binds to several stress-induced ligands that are structurally different. MHC-class-I-related chain (MIC) A/B molecules have a transmembrane domain, whereas most UL16 binding proteins (ULBPs) are glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-linked molecules. The significance of this variability in membrane anchors is unclear. Here, we demonstrate that ULBP2, but not ULBP1 or ULBP3, can reach the cell surface without the GPI modification. Several proteins are expressed at the cell surface as both transmembrane and GPI-linked molecules, either via alternative splicing or by the expression of linked genes. However, to our knowledge, ULBP2 is the first single mammalian cDNA that can be expressed as either a transmembrane or a GPI-anchored protein. The rate of maturation and the levels of cell surface expression of the non-GPI-linked form were lower than those of the GPI-linked ULBP2. Nonetheless, non-GPI ULBP2 was recognised by NKG2D and triggered NK cell cytotoxicity. These data show that differences in membrane attachment by NKG2D ligands are more important for regulation of their surface expression than for cytotoxic recognition by NKG2D and emphasise that detailed characterisation of the cell biology of individual NKG2D ligands will be necessary to allow targeted modulation of this system.
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- Lola Fernández-Messina
- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB21QP, UK
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Chapter 1 Overview of GPI Biosynthesis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1874-6047(09)26001-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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The glycosylphosphatidylinositol transamidase complex (GPIT) consists of five subunits: PIG-U, PIG-T, GPAA1, PIG-S and GPI8, and is important in attaching GPI anchors to target proteins. On the basis of our previous reports incriminating PIG-U as an oncogene in bladder cancer and PIG-T and GPAA1 as oncogenes in breast cancer, we evaluated the expression pattern of the GPIT subunits in 19 different human cancers at both mRNA and protein levels. In general, our results demonstrate a more frequent expression of GPIT subunits in cancers than in normal. Among the 19 anatomic sites compared; breast, ovary and uterus showed consistent evidence of overexpression of specific GPIT subunits. There was also overexpression of PIG-U and GPI8 in lymphoma. In addition, non-small cell lung carcinoma showed significant overexpression of the GPIT subunits as compared to small cell lung carcinoma and normal lung tissue. Also, deregulation of specific GPIT subunits was seen in various other cancers. Forced overexpression of two GPIT subunits; PIG-S and GPI8 alone or in combination induced increased proliferation and invasion of breast cancer cells. Collectively, our study defines a trend involving the deregulated expression and the functional contribution of the GPIT subunits in various cancers with potential implications in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic intervention.
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Jiang WW, Zahurak M, Zhou ZT, Park HL, Guo ZM, Wu GJ, Sidransky D, Trink B, Califano JA. Alterations of GPI transamidase subunits in head and neck squamous carcinoma. Mol Cancer 2007; 6:74. [PMID: 18028549 PMCID: PMC2204038 DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-6-74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2007] [Accepted: 11/21/2007] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND GPI anchor attachment is catalyzed by the GPI transamidase (GPIT) complex. GAA1, PIG-T and PIG-U are the three of five GPIT subunits. Previous studies demonstrated amplification and overexpression of GPIT subunits in bladder and breast cancer with oncogenic function. We performed an analysis of these subunits in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). RESULTS To evaluate GAA1, PIG-T and PIG-U in HNSCC, we used quantitative PCR (QPCR) and quantitative RT-PCR (QRT-PCR) to determine the copy number of those genes in primary tumors and the matching lymphocytes in 28 patients with HNSCC and quantified RNA expression of those genes in 16 primary HNSCC patients and 4 normal control tissue samples. GAA1 showed a significant increase in normalized mRNA expression, 2.11 (95% CI: 1.43, 2.79), in comparison to that of normal controls, 0.43 (95% CI: -0.76, 1.61), p = 0.014 (Mann-Whitney test). The mean genomic copy number of GAA1 was significantly increased in HNSCC, 0.59 (95% CI: 0.50, 0.79), in comparison to lymphocyte DNA, 0.35 (95% CI: 0.30, 0.50), p = 0.001 (paired t-test). CONCLUSION An increased expression level and elevated copy number for GAA1 suggest a role for this GPI anchor subunit in HNSCC.
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- Wei-Wen Jiang
- Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck Cancer Research Division, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 601 N. Caroline Street, 6th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21287-0910, USA.
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Orlean P, Menon AK. Thematic review series: lipid posttranslational modifications. GPI anchoring of protein in yeast and mammalian cells, or: how we learned to stop worrying and love glycophospholipids. J Lipid Res 2007; 48:993-1011. [PMID: 17361015 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.r700002-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 273] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchoring of cell surface proteins is the most complex and metabolically expensive of the lipid posttranslational modifications described to date. The GPI anchor is synthesized via a membrane-bound multistep pathway in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) requiring >20 gene products. The pathway is initiated on the cytoplasmic side of the ER and completed in the ER lumen, necessitating flipping of a glycolipid intermediate across the membrane. The completed GPI anchor is attached to proteins that have been translocated across the ER membrane and that display a GPI signal anchor sequence at the C terminus. GPI proteins transit the secretory pathway to the cell surface; in yeast, many become covalently attached to the cell wall. Genes encoding proteins involved in all but one of the predicted steps in the assembly of the GPI precursor glycolipid and its transfer to protein in mammals and yeast have now been identified. Most of these genes encode polytopic membrane proteins, some of which are organized in complexes. The steps in GPI assembly, and the enzymes that carry them out, are highly conserved. GPI biosynthesis is essential for viability in yeast and for embryonic development in mammals. In this review, we describe the biosynthesis of mammalian and yeast GPIs, their transfer to protein, and their subsequent processing.
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- Peter Orlean
- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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Zacks MA, Garg N. Recent developments in the molecular, biochemical and functional characterization of GPI8 and the GPI-anchoring mechanism [review]. Mol Membr Biol 2006; 23:209-25. [PMID: 16785205 DOI: 10.1080/09687860600601494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Glycoconjugates are utilized by eukaryotic organisms ranging from yeast to humans for the cell surface expression of a wide variety of proteins and lipids. These glycoconjugates are expressed as enzymes or receptors and serve a diversity of functions, including cell signaling and cell survival. In parasitic protozoans, glycoconjugates play roles in infectivity, survival, virulence and immune evasion. Among the alternate glycoconjugate structures that have been identified, glycosylphosphatidylinositols (GPIs) represent a universal structure for the anchorage of proteins, lipids, and phosphosaccharides to cellular membranes. Biosynthesis of the GPI is a multi-step process that culminates in the attachment of the assembled GPI to a precursor protein. This final step in the transfer of the GPI to a protein is catalyzed by GPI8 of the putative transamidase complex (TAM). GPI8 functions dually to perform the proteolytic cleavage of the C-terminal signal sequence of the precursor protein, followed by the formation of an amide bond between the protein and the ethanolamine phosphate of the GPI. This review summarizes the current aggregate of biochemical, gene-disruption and active site mutagenesis studies, which provide evidence that GPI8 is responsible for the protein-GPI anchoring reaction. We describe recently published studies that have identified other potential components of the TAM complex and that have elucidated their likely role in protein-GPI attachment. Further, we discuss the biochemical, molecular and functional differences between protozoan and mammalian GPI8 and the protein-GPI anchoring machinery. Finally, we will present the implications of these studies for the development of anti-parasite drug therapies.
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- Michele A Zacks
- Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-1070, USA
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Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) is used for anchoring many cell surface proteins to the plasma membrane. Biosynthesis of GPI anchor, its attachment to proteins, and modification of GPI-anchored proteins (GPI-APs) en route to the plasma membrane are complex processes (Ferguson, 1999; Kinoshita and Inoue, 2000). GPI-AP-defective mutant cell lines derived from CHO and other cells have been very useful in elucidating GPI biosynthetic pathway and cloning genes involved in these processes. In this chapter, we overview GPI-AP biosynthesis, establishment and characterization of GPI-AP-defective mutant cell lines, expression cloning using those mutant cells, and characteristics of GPI-AP-defective mutant cell lines.
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- Yusuke Maeda
- Department of Immunoregulation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan
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O'Connor E, Eisenhaber B, Dalley J, Wang T, Missen C, Bulleid N, Bishop PN, Trump D. Species specific membrane anchoring of nyctalopin, a small leucine-rich repeat protein. Hum Mol Genet 2005; 14:1877-87. [PMID: 15905181 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Mutations in the gene NYX, which encodes nyctalopin, lead to the retinal disorder congenital stationary night blindness which is characterized by defective night vision (nyctalopia) from birth. Nyctalopin is of unknown function but is predicted to be a secreted glycoprotein of the extracellular small leucine-rich repeat (SLRP) proteoglycan and protein family attached to the cell membrane in humans via a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor but in mouse via a transmembrane domain. We investigated membrane association and attachment for human and mouse nyctalopin and show, conclusively, that human nyctalopin is a GPI anchored protein. In addition, the orthologous mouse protein, although it localizes to the cell surface, is not GPI anchored. We also confirm both mouse and human nyctalopins are glycosylated. Further sequence analysis suggests that chimp, dog and frog nyctalopins are likely to be GPI anchored but that rat nyctalopin is not. This is the first reported example of orthologous proteins which have different mechanisms of cell membrane attachment. Notably, the disease-causing mutations that have been identified to date in the human NYX gene are all distributed throughout the core LRR region and not in the C-terminal GPI anchor signal sequence. We propose that the presence of nyctalopin on the surface of the cell rather than the mechanism of anchoring is crucial to its function.
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- Elizabeth O'Connor
- Academic Unit of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine and Centre for Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, Universiy of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Gaudier E, Forestier L, Gouyer V, Huet G, Julien R, Hoebler C. Butyrate regulation of glycosylation-related gene expression: evidence for galectin-1 upregulation in human intestinal epithelial goblet cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 325:1044-51. [PMID: 15541394 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.10.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2004] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Glycosylation of mucins produced by human intestinal goblet cells plays a crucial role in their functions: mucus gel physico-chemical protective properties, host-bacteria interactions, cell-cell adhesion, cell migration, and cell signaling. Colonic mucin glycosylation can be modified by luminal metabolites of fiber fermentation like butyrate. Our aim was to assess the effect of butyrate on the expression of a large panel of glycosylation-related genes in human intestinal epithelial goblet cells HT29-Cl.16E. We found that only a very scarce group of genes: 9 out of 252 were evidenced by microarray screening, and only three had their modulation significantly confirmed by real time PCR quantification. The most striking effect of butyrate was its 8- to 18-fold increase of galectin-1 gene expression, which was confirmed at the protein level, specifically with a central and apical intracellular localization. Significant butyrate effects will be discussed in regard to their possible link with mucins expressed by HT29-Cl.16E cells.
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Wichroski MJ, Ward GE. Biosynthesis of glycosylphosphatidylinositol is essential to the survival of the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2004; 2:1132-6. [PMID: 14555496 PMCID: PMC219362 DOI: 10.1128/ec.2.5.1132-1136.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The PIGA gene from Toxoplasma gondii has been cloned and characterized. Like mammalian PIGA, the transmembrane and C-terminal domains are sufficient to direct localization to the parasite endoplasmic reticulum. A functional copy of PIGA is required for tachyzoite viability, demonstrating that glycosylphosphatidylinositol biosynthesis is an essential process in T. gondii.
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- Michael J Wichroski
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA
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Vainauskas S, Menon AK. A Conserved Proline in the Last Transmembrane Segment of Gaa1 Is Required for Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) Recognition by GPI Transamidase. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:6540-5. [PMID: 14660601 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m312191200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins are synthesized as precursor proteins that are processed in the endoplasmic reticulum by GPI transamidase (GPIT). Human GPIT is a multisubunit membrane-bound protein complex consisting of Gaa1, Gpi8, phosphatidylinositol glycan (PIG)-S, PIG-T, and PIG-U. The enzyme recognizes a C-terminal signal sequence in the proprotein and replaces it with a preformed GPI lipid. The nature of the functional interaction of the GPIT subunits with each other and with the proprotein and GPI substrates is largely unknown. We recently analyzed the GPIT subunit Gaa1, a polytopic protein with seven transmembrane (TM) spans, to identify sequence determinants in the protein that are required for its interaction with other subunits and for function (Vainauskas, S., Maeda, Y., Kurniawan, H., Kinoshita, T., and Menon, A. K. (2002) J. Biol. Chem. 277, 30535-30542). We showed that elimination of the C-terminal TM segment of Gaa1 allows the protein to interact with Gpi8, PIG-S, and PIG-T but renders the resulting GPIT complex nonfunctional. We now show that GPIT complexes containing C-terminally truncated Gaa1 possess a full complement of subunits and are able to interact with a proprotein substrate but cannot co-immunoprecipitate GPI. We go on to show that mutation of a conserved proline residue centrally located within the C-terminal TM span of Gaa1 is sufficient to abrogate the ability of the resulting GPIT complex to co-immunoprecipitate GPI. We suggest that the putative dynamic hinge created by the proline residue provides a structural basis for the interaction of GPI with GPIT.
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- Saulius Vainauskas
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1544, USA.
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Nagamune K, Ohishi K, Ashida H, Hong Y, Hino J, Kangawa K, Inoue N, Maeda Y, Kinoshita T. GPI transamidase of Trypanosoma brucei has two previously uncharacterized (trypanosomatid transamidase 1 and 2) and three common subunits. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:10682-7. [PMID: 12958211 PMCID: PMC196864 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1833260100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor is a membrane attachment mechanism for cell surface proteins widely used in eukaryotes. GPIs are added to proteins posttranslationally by a complex enzyme, GPI transamidase. Previous studies have shown that human and Saccharomyces cerevisiae GPI transamidases are similar and consist of five homologous components: GAA1, GPI8, PIG-S, PIG-T, and PIG-U in humans and Gaa1p, Gpi8p, Gpi17p, Gpi16p, and Cdc91p in S. cerevisiae. We report that GPI transamidase of Trypanosoma brucei (Tb), a causative agent of African sleeping sickness, shares only three components (TbGAA1, TbGPI8, and TbGPI16) with humans and S. cerevisiae but has two other specific components, trypanosomatid transamidase 1 (TTA1) and TTA2. GPI transamidases of both bloodstream form (growing in mammalian blood) and procyclic form (growing in tsetse fly vector) of the parasite have the same five components. Homologues of TTA1 and TTA2 are present in Leishmania and Trypanosoma cruzi but not in mammals, yeasts, flies, nematodes, plants, or malaria parasites, suggesting that these components may play unique roles in attachment of GPI anchors in trypanosomatid parasites and provide good targets for antitrypanosome drugs.
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- Kisaburo Nagamune
- Department of Immunoregulation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Murakami Y, Siripanyapinyo U, Hong Y, Kang JY, Ishihara S, Nakakuma H, Maeda Y, Kinoshita T. PIG-W is critical for inositol acylation but not for flipping of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchor. Mol Biol Cell 2003; 14:4285-95. [PMID: 14517336 PMCID: PMC207019 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e03-03-0193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Many cell surface proteins are anchored to a membrane via a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI), which is attached to the C termini in the endoplasmic reticulum. The inositol ring of phosphatidylinositol is acylated during biosynthesis of GPI. In mammalian cells, the acyl chain is added to glucosaminyl phosphatidylinositol at the third step in the GPI biosynthetic pathway and then is usually removed soon after the attachment of GPIs to proteins. The mechanisms and roles of the inositol acylation and deacylation have not been well clarified. Herein, we report derivation of human and Chinese hamster mutant cells defective in inositol acylation and the gene responsible, PIG-W. The surface expressions of GPI-anchored proteins on these mutant cells were greatly diminished, indicating the critical role of inositol acylation. PIG-W encodes a 504-amino acid protein expressed in the endoplasmic reticulum. PIG-W is most likely inositol acyltransferase itself because the tagged PIG-W affinity purified from transfected human cells had inositol acyltransferase activity and because both mutant cells were complemented with PIG-W homologs of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe. The inositol acylation is not essential for the subsequent mannosylation, indicating that glucosaminyl phosphatidylinositol can flip from the cytoplasmic side to the luminal side of the endoplasmic reticulum.
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- Yoshiko Murakami
- Department of Immunoregulation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Hong Y, Ohishi K, Kang JY, Tanaka S, Inoue N, Nishimura JI, Maeda Y, Kinoshita T. Human PIG-U and yeast Cdc91p are the fifth subunit of GPI transamidase that attaches GPI-anchors to proteins. Mol Biol Cell 2003; 14:1780-9. [PMID: 12802054 PMCID: PMC165076 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e02-12-0794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Many eukaryotic proteins are anchored to the cell surface via glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI), which is posttranslationally attached to the carboxyl-terminus by GPI transamidase. The mammalian GPI transamidase is a complex of at least four subunits, GPI8, GAA1, PIG-S, and PIG-T. Here, we report Chinese hamster ovary cells representing a new complementation group of GPI-anchored protein-deficient mutants, class U. The class U cells accumulated mature and immature GPI and did not have in vitro GPI transamidase activity. We cloned the gene responsible, termed PIG-U, that encoded a 435-amino-acid hydrophobic protein. The GPI transamidase complex affinity-purified from cells expressing epitope-tagged-GPI8 contained PIG-U and four other known components. Cells lacking PIG-U formed complexes of the four other components normally but had no ability to cleave the GPI attachment signal peptide. Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cdc91p, with 28% amino acid identity to PIG-U, partially restored GPI-anchored proteins on the surface of class U cells. PIG-U and Cdc91p have a functionally important short region with similarity to a region conserved in long-chain fatty acid elongases. Taken together, PIG-U and the yeast orthologue Cdc91p are the fifth component of GPI transamidase that may be involved in the recognition of either the GPI attachment signal or the lipid portion of GPI.
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- Yeongjin Hong
- Department of Immunoregulation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan
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Ohishi K, Nagamune K, Maeda Y, Kinoshita T. Two subunits of glycosylphosphatidylinositol transamidase, GPI8 and PIG-T, form a functionally important intermolecular disulfide bridge. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:13959-67. [PMID: 12582175 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m300586200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Many eukaryotic proteins are tethered to the plasma membrane via glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI). GPI transamidase is localized in the endoplasmic reticulum and mediates post-translational transfer of preformed GPI to proteins bearing a carboxyl-terminal GPI attachment signal. Mammalian GPI transamidase is a multimeric complex consisting of at least five subunits. Here we report that two subunits of mammalian GPI transamidase, GPI8 and PIG-T, form a functionally important disulfide bond between conserved cysteine residues. GPI8 and PIG-T mutants in which relevant cysteines were replaced with serines were unable to fully restore the surface expression of GPI-anchored proteins upon transfection into their respective mutant cells. Microsomal membranes of these transfectants had markedly decreased activities in an in vitro transamidase assay. The formation of this disulfide bond is not essential but required for full transamidase activity. Antibodies against GPI8 and PIG-T revealed that endogenous as well as exogenous proteins formed a disulfide bond. Furthermore trypanosome GPI8 forms a similar intermolecular disulfide bond via its conserved cysteine residue, suggesting that the trypanosome GPI transamidase is also a multimeric complex likely containing the orthologue of PIG-T. We also demonstrate that an inactive human GPI transamidase complex that consists of non-functional GPI8 and four other components was co-purified with the proform of substrate proteins, indicating that these five components are sufficient to hold the substrate proteins.
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- Kazuhito Ohishi
- Department of Immunoregulation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan
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For characterizing how the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) transamidase complex functions, we exploited a two-step miniPLAP (placental alkaline phosphatase) in vitro translation system. With this system, rough microsomal membranes (RM) containing either [(35)S]-labeled Gaa1p or epitope-tagged Gpi8p, alternative components of the enzymatic complex, were first prepared. In a second translation, unmodified or mutant miniPLAP mRNA was used such that [(35)S]-labeled native or variant miniPLAP nascent protein was introduced. Following this, the RM were solubilized and anti-PLAP or anti-epitope immunoprecipitates were analyzed. With transamidase competent HeLa cell RM, anti-PLAP or anti-epitope antibody coprecipitated both Gaa1p and Gpi8p consistent with the assembly of the proprotein into a Gaa1p:Gpi8p-containing complex. When RM from K562 mutant K cells which lack Gpi8p were used, anti-PLAP antibody coprecipitated Gaa1p. The proprotein coprecipitation of Gaa1p increased with a nonpermissive GPI anchor addition (omega) site. In contrast, if a miniPLAP mutant devoid of its C-terminal signal was used, no coprecipitation occurred. During the transamidation reaction, a transient high Mr band forms. To definitively characterize this product, RM from K cells transfected with FLAG-tagged GPI8 were employed. Western blots of anti-FLAG bead isolates of solubilized RM from the cells showed that the high Mr band corresponded to Gpi8p covalently bound to miniPLAP. Loss of the band following hydrazinolysis demonstrated that the two components were associated in a thioester linkage. The data indicate that recognition of the proprotein involves Gaa1p, that the interaction with the complex does not depend on a permissive omega site, and that Gpi8p forms a thioester intermediate with the proprotein. The method could be useful for rapid analysis of nascent protein interactions with transamidase components, and possibly for helping to prepare a functional in vitro transamidase system.
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- Rui Chen
- Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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Lillico S, Field MC, Blundell P, Coombs GH, Mottram JC. Essential roles for GPI-anchored proteins in African trypanosomes revealed using mutants deficient in GPI8. Mol Biol Cell 2003; 14:1182-94. [PMID: 12631733 PMCID: PMC151589 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e02-03-0167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The survival of Trypanosoma brucei, the causative agent of Sleeping Sickness and Nagana, is facilitated by the expression of a dense surface coat of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins in both its mammalian and tsetse fly hosts. We have characterized T. brucei GPI8, the gene encoding the catalytic subunit of the GPI:protein transamidase complex that adds preformed GPI anchors onto nascent polypeptides. Deletion of GPI8 (to give Deltagpi8) resulted in the absence of GPI-anchored proteins from the cell surface of procyclic form trypanosomes and accumulation of a pool of non-protein-linked GPI molecules, some of which are surface located. Procyclic Deltagpi8, while viable in culture, were unable to establish infections in the tsetse midgut, confirming that GPI-anchored proteins are essential for insect-parasite interactions. Applying specific inducible GPI8 RNAi with bloodstream form parasites resulted in accumulation of unanchored variant surface glycoprotein and cell death with a defined multinuclear, multikinetoplast, and multiflagellar phenotype indicative of a block in cytokinesis. These data show that GPI-anchored proteins are essential for the viability of bloodstream form trypanosomes even in the absence of immune challenge and imply that GPI8 is important for proper cell cycle progression.
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- Simon Lillico
- Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, The Anderson College, United Kingdom
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Vainauskas S, Maeda Y, Kurniawan H, Kinoshita T, Menon AK. Structural requirements for the recruitment of Gaa1 into a functional glycosylphosphatidylinositol transamidase complex. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:30535-42. [PMID: 12052837 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m205402200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins are synthesized on membrane-bound ribosomes, translocated across the endoplasmic reticulum membrane, and GPI-anchored by GPI transamidase (GPIT). GPIT is a minimally heterotetrameric membrane protein complex composed of Gaa1, Gpi8, PIG-S and PIG-T. We describe structure-function analyses of Gaa1, the most hydrophobic of the GPIT subunits, with the aim of assigning a functional role to the different sequence domains of the protein. We generated epitope-tagged Gaa1 mutants and analyzed their membrane topology, subcellular distribution, complex-forming capability, and ability to restore GPIT activity in Gaa1-deficient cells. We show that (i) detergent-extracted, Gaa1-containing GPIT complexes sediment unexpectedly rapidly at approximately 17 S, (ii) Gaa1 is an endoplasmic reticulum-localized membrane glycoprotein with a cytoplasmically oriented N terminus and a lumenally oriented C terminus, (iii) elimination of C-terminal transmembrane segments allows Gaa1 to interact with other GPIT subunits but renders the resulting GPIT complex nonfunctional, (iv) interaction between Gaa1 and other GPIT subunits occurs via the large lumenal domain of Gaa1 located between the first and second transmembrane segments, and (v) the cytoplasmic N terminus of Gaa1 is not required for formation of a functional GPIT complex but may act as a membrane-sorting determinant directing Gaa1 and associated GPIT subunits to an endoplasmic reticulum membrane domain.
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- Saulius Vainauskas
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, 433 Babcock Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1544, USA.
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Ellis M, Sharma DK, Hilley JD, Coombs GH, Mottram JC. Processing and trafficking of Leishmania mexicana GP63. Analysis using GP18 mutants deficient in glycosylphosphatidylinositol protein anchoring. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:27968-74. [PMID: 12029085 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m202047200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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GPI8 is a clan CD, family C13 cysteine protease and the catalytic core of the GPI-protein transamidase complex. In Leishmania mexicana, GPI8 is nonessential, and Deltagpi8 mutants lack the GPI-anchored metalloprotease GP63, which is the major surface protein of promastigotes. We have identified the active site histidine and cysteine residues of leishmanial GPI8 and generated Deltagpi8 lines expressing modified GPI8 proteins. This has allowed us to study the processing and trafficking of GP63 in wild type and Deltagpi8 mutants. We show using pulse-chase labeling that in Deltagpi8 non-GPI-anchored GP63 was glycosylated and secreted without further processing from the cell with a t(12) of 120 min. This secretion was prevented by growth of cells in the presence of tunicamycin, indicating that glycosylation is necessary for secretion of non-GPI-anchored proteins. In contrast, in wild type cells the majority of GP63 was rapidly glycosylated, GPI-anchored, and trafficked to the surface with defined processing intermediate forms. Tunicamycin inhibited glycosylation but did not prevent GPI anchor addition or trafficking. These results show that GPI-anchored and unanchored GP63 are trafficked via different pathways. In addition, the balance between GPI anchor addition and secretion of GP63 in Leishmania can vary depending on the activity of the GPI-protein transamidase, which has implications for the host-parasite interaction.
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- Miriam Ellis
- Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, The Anderson College, Glasgow G11 6NU, United Kingdom
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Delorenzi M, Sexton A, Shams-Eldin H, Schwarz RT, Speed T, Schofield L. Genes for glycosylphosphatidylinositol toxin biosynthesis in Plasmodium falciparum. Infect Immun 2002; 70:4510-22. [PMID: 12117963 PMCID: PMC128142 DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.8.4510-4522.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2002] [Revised: 03/21/2002] [Accepted: 04/16/2002] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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About 2.5 million people die of Plasmodium falciparum malaria every year. Fatalities are associated with systemic and organ-specific inflammation initiated by a parasite toxin. Recent studies show that glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) functions as the dominant parasite toxin in the context of infection. GPIs also serve as membrane anchors for several of the most important surface antigens of parasite invasive stages. GPI anchoring is a complex posttranslational modification produced through the coordinated action of a multicomponent biosynthetic pathway. Here we present eight new genes of P. falciparum selected for encoding homologs of proteins essential for GPI synthesis: PIG-A, PIG-B, PIG-M, PIG-O, GPI1, GPI8, GAA-1, and DPM1. We describe the experimentally verified mRNA and predicted amino acid sequences and in situ localization of the gene products to the parasite endoplasmic reticulum. Moreover, we show preliminary evidence for the PIG-L and PIG-C genes. The biosynthetic pathway of the malaria parasite GPI offers potential targets for drug development and may be useful for studying parasite cell biology and the molecular basis for the pathophysiology of parasitic diseases.
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- Mauro Delorenzi
- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria 3050, Australia
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Kang X, Szallies A, Rawer M, Echner H, Duszenko M. GPI anchor transamidase of Trypanosoma brucei: in vitro assay of the recombinant protein and VSG anchor exchange. J Cell Sci 2002; 115:2529-39. [PMID: 12045223 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.115.12.2529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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GPI8 from Trypanosoma brucei was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. TbGPI8 encodes a 37 kDa protein (35 kDa after removal of the putative signal sequence) with a pI of 5.5. It contains one potential N-glycosylation site near the N-terminus but no C-terminal hydrophobic region. Enzyme activity assays using trypanosomal lysates or recombinant TbGpi8 exhibited cleavage of the synthetic peptide acetyl-S-V-L-N-aminomethyl-coumarine, indicating that TbGpi8 is indeed directly involved in the proteolytic processing of the GPI anchoring signal. Intracellular localization of TbGpi8 within tubular structures, such as the endoplasmic reticulum, was observed by using specific anti-TbGpi8 antibodies.
The transamidase mechanism of GPI anchoring was studied in bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei using media containing hydrazine or biotinylated hydrazine. In the presence of the latter nucleophile, part of the newly formed VSG was linked to this instead of the GPI anchor and was not transferred to the cell surface. VSG-hydrazine-biotin was detected by streptavidin in western blots and intracellularly in Golgi-like compartments.
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- Xuedong Kang
- Physiologisch-chemisches Institut, University of Tübingen, Germany
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Chen R, Knez JJ, Merrick WC, Medof ME. Comparative efficiencies of C-terminal signals of native glycophosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proproteins in conferring GPI-anchoring. J Cell Biochem 2002; 84:68-83. [PMID: 11746517 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.1267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Every protein fated to receive the glycophosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor post-translational modification has a C-terminal GPI-anchor attachment signal sequence. This signal peptide varies with respect to length, content, and hydrophobicity. With the exception of predictions based on an upstream amino acid triplet termed omega-->omega + 2 which designates the site of GPI uptake, there is no information on how the efficiencies of different native signal sequences compare in the transamidation reaction that catalyzes the substitution of the GPI anchor for the C-terminal peptide. In this study we utilized the placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) minigene, miniPLAP, and replaced its native 3' end-sequence encoding omega-2 to the C-terminus with the corresponding C-terminal sequences of nine other human GPI-anchored proteins. The resulting chimeras then were fed into an in vitro processing microsomal system where the cleavages leading to mature product from the nascent preproprotein could be followed by resolution on an SDS-PAGE system after immunoprecipitation. The results showed that the native signal of each protein differed markedly with respect to transamidation efficiency, with the signals of three proteins out-performing the others in GPI-anchor addition and those of two proteins being poorer substrates for the GPI transamidase. The data additionally indicated that the hierarchical order of efficiency of transamidation did not depend solely on the combination of permissible residues at omega-->omega + 2.
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- R Chen
- Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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Abrami L, Velluz MC, Hong Y, Ohishi K, Mehlert A, Ferguson M, Kinoshita T, Gisou van der Goot F. The glycan core of GPI-anchored proteins modulates aerolysin binding but is not sufficient: the polypeptide moiety is required for the toxin-receptor interaction. FEBS Lett 2002; 512:249-54. [PMID: 11852090 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)02274-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Sensitivity of mammalian cells to the bacterial toxin aerolysin is due to the presence at their surface of glycosylphosphatidyl inositol (GPI)-anchored proteins which act as receptors. Using a panel of mutants that are affected in the GPI biosynthetic pathway and Trypanosoma brucei variant surface glycoproteins, we show that addition of an ethanolamine phosphate residue on the first mannose of the glycan core does not affect binding. In contrast, the addition of a side chain of up to four galactose residues at position 3 of this same mannose leads to an increase in binding. However, protein free GPIs, which accumulate in mutant cells deficient in the transamidase that transfers the protein to the pre-formed GPI-anchor, were unable to bind the toxin indicating a requirement for the polypeptide moiety, the nature and size of which seem of little importance although two exceptions have been identified.
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- Laurence Abrami
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 4, Geneva, Switzerland
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Gaspar Y, Johnson KL, McKenna JA, Bacic A, Schultz CJ. The complex structures of arabinogalactan-proteins and the journey towards understanding function. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2001. [PMID: 11554470 DOI: 10.1023/a:1010683432529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Arabinogalactan-proteins (AGPs) are a family of complex proteoglycans found in all higher plants. Although the precise function(s) of any single AGP is unknown, they are implicated in diverse developmental roles such as differentiation, cell-cell recognition, embryogenesis and programmed cell death. DNA sequencing projects have made possible the identification of the genes encoding a large number of putative AGP protein backbones. In contrast, our understanding of how AGPs undergo extensive post-translational modification is poor and it is important to understand these processes since they are likely to be critical for AGP function. Genes believed to be responsible for post-translational modification of an AGP protein backbone, include prolyl hydroxylases, glycosyl transferases, proteases and glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchor synthesising enzymes. Here we examine models for proteoglycan function in animals and yeast to highlight possible strategies for determining the function(s) of individual AGPs in plants.
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- Y Gaspar
- Plant Cell Biology Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia
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Ohishi K, Inoue N, Kinoshita T. PIG-S and PIG-T, essential for GPI anchor attachment to proteins, form a complex with GAA1 and GPI8. EMBO J 2001; 20:4088-98. [PMID: 11483512 PMCID: PMC149153 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.15.4088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Many eukaryotic cell surface proteins are anchored to the plasma membrane via glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI). The GPI transamidase mediates GPI anchoring in the endoplasmic reticulum, by replacing a protein's C-terminal GPI attachment signal peptide with a pre-assembled GPI. During this transamidation reaction, the GPI transamidase forms a carbonyl intermediate with a substrate protein. It was known that the GPI transamidase is a complex containing GAA1 and GPI8. Here, we report two new components of this enzyme: PIG-S and PIG-T. To determine roles for PIG-S and PIG-T, we disrupted these genes in mouse F9 cells by homologous recombination. PIG-S and PIG-T knockout cells were defective in transfer of GPI to proteins, particularly in formation of the carbonyl intermediates. We also demonstrate that PIG-S and PIG-T form a protein complex with GAA1 and GPI8, and that PIG-T maintains the complex by stabilizing the expression of GAA1 and GPI8. Saccharomyces cerevisiae Gpi16p (YHR188C) and Gpi17p (YDR434W) are orthologues of PIG-T and PIG-S, respectively.
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- Department of Immunoregulation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Spurway TD, Dalley JA, High S, Bulleid NJ. Early events in glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor addition. substrate proteins associate with the transamidase subunit gpi8p. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:15975-82. [PMID: 11278620 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m010128200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The addition of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors to proteins occurs by a transamidase-catalyzed reaction mechanism soon after completion of polypeptide synthesis and translocation. We show that placental alkaline phosphatase becomes efficiently GPI-anchored when translated in the presence of semipermeabilized K562 cells but is not GPI-anchored in cell lines defective in the transamidase subunit hGpi8p. By studying the synthesis of placental alkaline phosphatase, we demonstrate that folding of the protein is not influenced by the addition of a GPI anchor and conversely that GPI anchor addition does not require protein folding. These results demonstrate that folding of the ectodomain and GPI addition are two distinct processes and can be mutually exclusive. When GPI addition is prevented, either by synthesis of the protein in the presence of cell lines defective in GPI addition or by mutation of the GPI carboxyl-terminal signal sequence cleavage site, the substrate forms a prolonged association with the transamidase subunit hGpi8p. The ability of the transamidase to recognize and associate with GPI anchor signal sequences provides an explanation for the retention of GPI-anchored protein within the ER in the absence of GPI anchor addition.
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- T D Spurway
- University of Manchester, School of Biological Sciences, 2.205 Stopford Building, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom
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Vidugiriene J, Vainauskas S, Johnson AE, Menon AK. Endoplasmic reticulum proteins involved in glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchor attachment: photocrosslinking studies in a cell-free system. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2001; 268:2290-300. [PMID: 11298746 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02106.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Assembly of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPtdIns)-anchored proteins requires translocation of the nascent polypeptide chain across the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane and replacement of the C-terminal signal sequence with a GPtdIns moiety. The anchoring reaction is carried out by an ER enzyme, GPtdIns transamidase. Genetic studies with yeast indicate that the transamidase consists of a dynamic complex of at least two subunits, Gaa1p and Gpi8p. To study the GPtdIns-anchoring reaction, we used a small reporter protein that becomes GPtdIns-anchored when the corresponding mRNA is translated in the presence of microsomes, in conjunction with site-specific photocrosslinking to identify ER membrane components that are proximal to the reporter during its conversion to a GPtdIns-anchored protein. We generated variants of the reporter protein such that upon in vitro translation in the presence of Nepsilon-(5-azido-2-nitrobenzoyl)-lysyl-tRNA, photoreactive lysine residues would be incorporated in the protein specifically near the GPtdIns-attachment site. We analyzed photoadducts resulting from UV irradiation of the samples. We show that proproteins can be crosslinked to the transamidase subunit Gpi8p, as well as to ER proteins of molecular mass approximately 60 kDa, approximately 70 kDa, and approximately 120 kDa. The identification of a photoadduct between a proprotein and Gpi8p provides the first direct evidence of an interaction between a proprotein substrate and one of the genetically identified transamidase subunits. The approximately 70-kDa protein that we identified may correspond to the other subunit Gaa1p, while the other proteins possibly represent additional, hitherto unidentified subunits of the mammalian GPtdIns transamidase complex.
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- J Vidugiriene
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Eisenhaber B, Bork P, Eisenhaber F. Post-translational GPI lipid anchor modification of proteins in kingdoms of life: analysis of protein sequence data from complete genomes. PROTEIN ENGINEERING 2001; 14:17-25. [PMID: 11287675 DOI: 10.1093/protein/14.1.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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To investigate the occurrence of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) lipid anchor modification in various taxonomic ranges, potential substrate proteins have been searched for in completely sequenced genomes. We applied the big-pi predictor for the recognition of propeptide cleavage and anchor attachment sites with a new, generalized analytical form of the extreme-value distribution for evaluating false-positive prediction rates. (i) We find that GPI modification is present among lower and higher Eukaryota (approximately 0.5% of all proteins) but it seems absent in all eubacterial and three archaeobacterial species studied. Four other archaean genomes appear to encode such a fraction of substrate proteins (in the range of eukaryots) that they cannot be explained as false-positive predictions. This result supports the possible existence of GPI anchor modification in an archaean subgroup. (ii) The frequency of GPI-modified proteins on various chromosomes of a given eukaryotic species is different. (iii) Lists of potentially GPI-modified proteins in complete genomes with their predicted cleavage sites are available at http://mendel.imp.univie.ac.at/gpi/gpi_genomes.html. (iv) Orthologues of known transamidase subunits have been found only for EUKARYA: Inconsistencies in domain structure among homologues some of which may indicate sequencing errors are described. We present a refined model of the transamidase complex.
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- B Eisenhaber
- Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, Robert-Rössle-Strasse 10, D-13122 Berlin-Buch, Germany.
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Sharma DK, Hilley JD, Bangs JD, Coombs GH, Mottram JC, Menon AK. Soluble GPI8 restores glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchoring in a trypanosome cell-free system depleted of lumenal endoplasmic reticulum proteins. Biochem J 2000; 351 Pt 3:717-22. [PMID: 11042127 PMCID: PMC1221412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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We previously established an in vitro assay for glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchoring of proteins using trypanosome membranes. We now show that GPI anchoring is lost when the membranes are washed at high pH and restored to physiological pH prior to assay. We show that soluble component(s) of the endoplasmic reticulum that are lost in the high-pH wash are required for GPI anchoring. We reconstituted the high-pH extract with high-pH-treated membranes and demonstrated restoration of activity. Size fractionation of the high-pH extract indicated that the active component(s) was 30-50 kDa in size and was inactivated by iodoacetamide. Activity could also be restored by reconstituting the inactivated membranes with Escherichia coli-expressed, polyhistidine-tagged Leishmania mexicana GPI8 (GPI8-His; L. mexicana GPI8 is a soluble homologue of yeast and mammalian Gpi8p). No activity was seen when iodoacetamide-treated GPI8-His was used; however, GPI8-His could restore activity to iodoacetamide-treated membranes. Antibodies raised against L. mexicana GPI8 detected a protein of approx. 38 kDa in an immunoblot of the high-pH extract of trypanosome membranes. Our data indicate (1) that trypanosome GPI8 is a soluble lumenal protein, (2) that the interaction between GPI8 and other putative components of the transamidase may be dynamic, and (3) that GPI anchoring can be biochemically reconstituted using an isolated transamidase component.
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- D K Sharma
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 433 Babcock Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Hiroi Y, Chen R, Sawa H, Hosoda T, Kudoh S, Kobayashi Y, Aburatani H, Nagashima K, Nagai R, Yazaki Y, Medof ME, Komuro I. Cloning of murine glycosyl phosphatidylinositol anchor attachment protein, GPAA1. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2000; 279:C205-12. [PMID: 10898732 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.2000.279.1.c205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Glycosyl phosphatidylinositols (GPIs) are used to anchor many proteins to the cell surface membrane and are utilized in all eukaryotic cells. GPI anchoring units are attached to proteins via a transamidase reaction mediated by a GPI transamidase complex. We isolated one of the components of this complex, mGPAA1 (murine GPI anchor attachment), by the signal sequence trap method. mGPAA1 cDNA is about 2 kb in length and encodes a putative 621 amino acid protein. The mGPAA1 gene has 12 small exons and 11 small introns. mGPAA1 mRNA is ubiquitously expressed in mammalian cells, and in situ hybridization analysis revealed that it is abundant in the choroid plexus, skeletal muscle, osteoblasts of rib, and occipital bone in mouse embryos. Its expression levels and transamidation efficiency decreased with differentiation of embryonic stem cells. The 3T3 cell lines expressing antisense mGPAA1 failed to express GPI-anchored proteins on the cell surface membrane.
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- Y Hiroi
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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Ohishi K, Inoue N, Maeda Y, Takeda J, Riezman H, Kinoshita T. Gaa1p and gpi8p are components of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) transamidase that mediates attachment of GPI to proteins. Mol Biol Cell 2000; 11:1523-33. [PMID: 10793132 PMCID: PMC14864 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.11.5.1523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Many eukaryotic cell surface proteins are anchored to the membrane via glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI). The GPI is attached to proteins that have a GPI attachment signal peptide at the carboxyl terminus. The GPI attachment signal peptide is replaced by a preassembled GPI in the endoplasmic reticulum by a transamidation reaction through the formation of a carbonyl intermediate. GPI transamidase is a key enzyme of this posttranslational modification. Here we report that Gaa1p and Gpi8p are components of a GPI transamidase. To determine a role of Gaa1p we disrupted a GAA1/GPAA1 gene in mouse F9 cells by homologous recombination. GAA1 knockout cells were defective in the formation of carbonyl intermediates between precursor proteins and transamidase as determined by an in vitro GPI-anchoring assay. We also show that cysteine and histidine residues of Gpi8p, which are conserved in members of a cysteine protease family, are essential for generation of a carbonyl intermediate. This result suggests that Gpi8p is a catalytic component that cleaves the GPI attachment signal peptide. Moreover, Gaa1p and Gpi8p are associated with each other. Therefore, Gaa1p and Gpi8p constitute a GPI transamidase and cooperate in generating a carbonyl intermediate, a prerequisite for GPI attachment.
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- K Ohishi
- Department of Immunoregulation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Milne KG, Ferguson MA. Cloning, expression, and characterization of the acyl-CoA-binding protein in African trypanosomes. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:12503-8. [PMID: 10777537 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.17.12503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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African trypanosomes are shielded from their hosts' defenses by a coat of variant surface glycoprotein molecules, each of which is attached to the plasma membrane by a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor. During the later stages of glycosylphosphatidylinositol biosynthesis, myristic acid is incorporated into the anchor from the donor myristoyl-CoA by a series of unique fatty acid remodeling and exchange reactions. We have cloned and expressed a recombinant trypanosome acyl-CoA-binding protein that has a preference for binding relatively short chain acyl-CoAs and that has a high affinity for binding myristoyl-CoA (K(d) = 3.5 x 10(-10) M). This protein enhances fatty acid remodeling of glycosylphosphatidylinositol precursors in the trypanosome cell-free system. We speculate that the trypanosome acyl-CoA-binding protein plays an active role in supplying myristoyl-CoA to the fatty acid remodeling machinery in the parasite.
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- K G Milne
- Division of Molecular Parasitology and Biological Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, The Wellcome Trust Building, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Hilley JD, Zawadzki JL, McConville MJ, Coombs GH, Mottram JC. Leishmania mexicana mutants lacking glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI):protein transamidase provide insights into the biosynthesis and functions of GPI-anchored proteins. Mol Biol Cell 2000; 11:1183-95. [PMID: 10749923 PMCID: PMC14840 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.11.4.1183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The major surface proteins of the parasitic protozoon Leishmania mexicana are anchored to the plasma membrane by glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors. We have cloned the L. mexicana GPI8 gene that encodes the catalytic component of the GPI:protein transamidase complex that adds GPI anchors to nascent cell surface proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum. Mutants lacking GPI8 (DeltaGPI8) do not express detectable levels of GPI-anchored proteins and accumulate two putative protein-anchor precursors. However, the synthesis and cellular levels of other non-protein-linked GPIs, including lipophosphoglycan and a major class of free GPIs, are not affected in the DeltaGPI8 mutant. Significantly, the DeltaGPI8 mutant displays normal growth in liquid culture, is capable of differentiating into replicating amastigotes within macrophages in vitro, and is infective to mice. These data suggest that GPI-anchored surface proteins are not essential to L. mexicana for its entry into and survival within mammalian host cells in vitro or in vivo and provide further support for the notion that free GPIs are essential for parasite growth.
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- J D Hilley
- Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, The Anderson College, Glasgow G11 6NU, Scotland, United Kingdom
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