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Pathak A, Willis KG, Bankaitis VA, McDermott MI. Mammalian START-like phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins - Physiological perspectives and roles in cancer biology. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2024; 1869:159529. [PMID: 38945251 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2024.159529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Revised: 06/09/2024] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
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PtdIns and its phosphorylated derivatives, the phosphoinositides, are the biochemical components of a major pathway of intracellular signaling in all eukaryotic cells. These lipids are few in terms of cohort of unique positional isomers, and are quantitatively minor species of the bulk cellular lipidome. Nevertheless, phosphoinositides regulate an impressively diverse set of biological processes. It is from that perspective that perturbations in phosphoinositide-dependent signaling pathways are increasingly being recognized as causal foundations of many human diseases - including cancer. Although phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins (PITPs) are not enzymes, these proteins are physiologically significant regulators of phosphoinositide signaling. As such, PITPs are conserved throughout the eukaryotic kingdom. Their biological importance notwithstanding, PITPs remain understudied. Herein, we review current information regarding PITP biology primarily focusing on how derangements in PITP function disrupt key signaling/developmental pathways and are associated with a growing list of pathologies in mammals.
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- Adrija Pathak
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA; Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA; Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843 USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA.
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Fuggetta N, Rigolli N, Magdeleine M, Hamaï A, Seminara A, Drin G. Reconstitution of ORP-mediated lipid exchange coupled to PI4P metabolism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2315493121. [PMID: 38408242 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2315493121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024] Open
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Oxysterol-binding protein-related proteins (ORPs) play key roles in the distribution of lipids in eukaryotic cells by exchanging sterol or phosphatidylserine for PI4P between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and other cell regions. However, it is unclear how their exchange capacity is coupled to PI4P metabolism. To address this question quantitatively, we analyze the activity of a representative ORP, Osh4p, in an ER/Golgi interface reconstituted with ER- and Golgi-mimetic membranes functionalized with PI4P phosphatase Sac1p and phosphatidylinositol (PI) 4-kinase, respectively. Using real-time assays, we demonstrate that upon adenosine triphosphate (ATP) addition, Osh4p creates a sterol gradient between these membranes, relying on the spatially distant synthesis and hydrolysis of PI4P, and quantify how much PI4P is needed for this process. Then, we develop a quantitatively accurate kinetic model, validated by our data, and extrapolate this to estimate to what extent PI4P metabolism can drive ORP-mediated sterol transfer in cells. Finally, we show that Sec14p can support PI4P metabolism and Osh4p activity by transferring PI between membranes. This study establishes that PI4P synthesis drives ORP-mediated lipid exchange and that ATP energy is needed to generate intermembrane lipid gradients. Furthermore, it defines to what extent ORPs can distribute lipids in the cell and reassesses the role of PI-transfer proteins in PI4P metabolism.
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- Nicolas Fuggetta
- Université Côte d'Azur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Valbonne 06560, France
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- Department of Physics, École Normale Supérieure (LPENS), Paris 75005, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Valbonne 06560, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Valbonne 06560, France
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- Malga, Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Genoa, Genoa 16145, Italy
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Valbonne 06560, France
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Arabiotorre A, Bankaitis VA, Grabon A. Regulation of phosphoinositide metabolism in Apicomplexan parasites. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11:1163574. [PMID: 37791074 PMCID: PMC10543664 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1163574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Phosphoinositides are a biologically essential class of phospholipids that contribute to organelle membrane identity, modulate membrane trafficking pathways, and are central components of major signal transduction pathways that operate on the cytosolic face of intracellular membranes in eukaryotes. Apicomplexans (such as Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium spp.) are obligate intracellular parasites that are important causative agents of disease in animals and humans. Recent advances in molecular and cell biology of Apicomplexan parasites reveal important roles for phosphoinositide signaling in key aspects of parasitosis. These include invasion of host cells, intracellular survival and replication, egress from host cells, and extracellular motility. As Apicomplexans have adapted to the organization of essential signaling pathways to accommodate their complex parasitic lifestyle, these organisms offer experimentally tractable systems for studying the evolution, conservation, and repurposing of phosphoinositide signaling. In this review, we describe the regulatory mechanisms that control the spatial and temporal regulation of phosphoinositides in the Apicomplexan parasites Plasmodium and T. gondii. We further discuss the similarities and differences presented by Apicomplexan phosphoinositide signaling relative to how these pathways are regulated in other eukaryotic organisms.
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- Angela Arabiotorre
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, College of Medicine Texas A&M Health Sciences Center College Station, Bryan, TX, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, College of Medicine Texas A&M Health Sciences Center College Station, Bryan, TX, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States
- Department of Chemistry Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, College of Medicine Texas A&M Health Sciences Center College Station, Bryan, TX, United States
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Fuggetta N, Rigolli N, Magdeleine M, Seminara A, Drin G. Reconstitution of ORP-mediated lipid exchange process coupled to PI(4)P metabolism. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.08.04.551917. [PMID: 37577629 PMCID: PMC10418177 DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.04.551917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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Lipid distribution in the eukaryotic cells depends on tight couplings between lipid transfer and lipid metabolism. Yet these couplings remain poorly described. Notably, it is unclear to what extent lipid exchangers of the OSBP-related proteins (ORPs) family, coupled to PI(4)P metabolism, contribute to the formation of sterol and phosphatidylserine gradient between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and other cell regions. To address this question, we have examined in vitro the activity of Osh4p, a representative ORP, between Golgi mimetic membranes in which PI(4)P is produced by a PI 4-kinase and ER mimetic membranes in which PI(4)P is hydrolyzed by the phosphatase Sac1p. Using quantitative, real-time assays, we demonstrate that Osh4p creates a sterol gradient between the two membranes by sterol/PI(4)P exchange as soon as a PI(4)P gradient is generated at this interface following ATP addition, and define how much PI(4)P must be synthesized for this process. Then, using a kinetic model supported by our in vitro data, we estimate to what extent PI(4)P metabolism can drive lipid transfer in cells. Finally, we show that Sec14p, by transferring phosphatidylinositol between membranes, can support the synthesis of PI(4)P and the creation of a sterol gradient by Osh4p. These results indicate to what extent ORPs, under the control of PI(4)P metabolism, can distribute lipids in the cell.
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- Nicolas Fuggetta
- Université Côte d'Azur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 660 route des lucioles, 06560 Valbonne, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique, École Normale Supérieure (LPENS), 75005 Paris, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 660 route des lucioles, 06560 Valbonne, France
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- Malga, Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Genoa, Villa Cambiaso 1, 16145 Genoa, Italy
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 660 route des lucioles, 06560 Valbonne, France
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Ancajas CF, Carr AJ, Lou J, Sagar R, Zhou Y, Reynolds TB, Best MD. Harnessing Clickable Acylated Glycerol Probes as Chemical Tools for Tracking Glycerolipid Metabolism. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202300417. [PMID: 37085958 PMCID: PMC10498425 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/23/2023]
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We report the use of clickable monoacylglycerol (MAG) analogs as probes for the labeling of glycerolipids during lipid metabolism. Incorporation of azide tags onto the glycerol region was pursued to develop probes that would label glycerolipids, in which the click tag would not be removed through processes including acyl chain and headgroup remodeling. Analysis of clickable MAG probes containing acyl chains of different length resulted in widely variable cell imaging and cytotoxicity profiles. Based on these results, we focused on a probe bearing a short acyl chain (C4 -MAG-N3 ) that was found to infiltrate natural lipid biosynthetic pathways to produce click-tagged versions of both neutral and phospholipid products. Alternatively, strategic blocking of the glycerol sn-3 position in probe C4 -MEG-N3 served to deactivate phospholipid tagging and focus labeling on neutral lipids. This work shows that lipid metabolic labeling profiles can be tuned based on probe structures and provides valuable tools for evaluating alterations to lipid metabolism in cells.
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- Christelle F Ancajas
- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, 1420 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, 1420 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, 1420 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, 1420 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, 1311 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, 1311 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, 1420 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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Arabiotorre A, Formanowicz M, Bankaitis VA, Grabon A. Phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate signaling regulates dense granule biogenesis and exocytosis in Toxoplasma gondii. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.01.09.523261. [PMID: 36712082 PMCID: PMC9882004 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.09.523261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Phosphoinositide metabolism defines the foundation of a major signaling pathway that is conserved throughout the eukaryotic kingdom. The 4-OH phosphorylated phosphoinositides such as phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate (PtdIns4P) and phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate are particularly important molecules as these execute intrinsically essential activities required for the viability of all eukaryotic cells studied thus far. Using intracellular tachyzoites of the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii as model for assessing primordial roles for PtdIns4P signaling, we demonstrate the presence of PtdIns4P pools in Golgi/trans-Golgi (TGN) system and in post-TGN compartments of the parasite. Moreover, we show that deficits in PtdIns4P signaling result in structural perturbation of compartments that house dense granule cargo with accompanying deficits in dense granule exocytosis. Taken together, the data report a direct role for PtdIns4P in dense granule biogenesis and exocytosis. The data further indicate that the biogenic pathway for secretion-competent dense granule formation in T. gondii is more complex than simple budding of fully matured dense granules from the TGN.
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- Angela Arabiotorre
- Department of Cell Biology & Genetics, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, Texas 77843-1114, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-2128
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- Department of Cell Biology & Genetics, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, Texas 77843-1114, USA
- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-2128
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-2128
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- Department of Cell Biology & Genetics, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, Texas 77843-1114, USA
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Balla T, Gulyas G, Mandal A, Alvarez-Prats A, Niu Y, Kim YJ, Pemberton J. Roles of Phosphatidylinositol 4-Phosphorylation in Non-vesicular Cholesterol Trafficking. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2023; 1422:327-352. [PMID: 36988887 PMCID: PMC11135459 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-21547-6_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
Abstract
Cholesterol (Chol) is an essential component of all eukaryotic cell membranes that affects the function of numerous peripheral as well as integral membrane proteins. Chol is synthesized in the ER, but it is selectively enriched within the plasma membrane (PM) and other endomembranes, which requires Chol to cross the aqueous phase of the cytoplasm. In addition to the classical vesicular trafficking pathways that are known to facilitate the bulk transport of membrane intermediates, Chol is also transported via non-vesicular lipid transfer proteins that work primarily within specialized membrane contact sites. Some of these transport pathways work against established concentration gradients and hence require energy. Recent studies highlight the unique role of phosphoinositides (PPIns), and phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PI4P) in particular, for the control of non-vesicular Chol transport. In this chapter, we will review the emerging connection between Chol, PPIns, and lipid transfer proteins that include the important family of oxysterol-binding protein related proteins, or ORPs.
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- Tamas Balla
- Section on Molecular Signal Transduction, Program for Developmental Neuroscience, Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Section on Molecular Signal Transduction, Program for Developmental Neuroscience, Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section on Molecular Signal Transduction, Program for Developmental Neuroscience, Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section on Molecular Signal Transduction, Program for Developmental Neuroscience, Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section on Molecular Signal Transduction, Program for Developmental Neuroscience, Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Lebecq A, Doumane M, Fangain A, Bayle V, Leong JX, Rozier F, Marques-Bueno MD, Armengot L, Boisseau R, Simon ML, Franz-Wachtel M, Macek B, Üstün S, Jaillais Y, Caillaud MC. The Arabidopsis SAC9 enzyme is enriched in a cortical population of early endosomes and restricts PI(4,5)P 2 at the plasma membrane. eLife 2022; 11:73837. [PMID: 36044021 PMCID: PMC9436410 DOI: 10.7554/elife.73837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Membrane lipids, and especially phosphoinositides, are differentially enriched within the eukaryotic endomembrane system. This generates a landmark code by modulating the properties of each membrane. Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2] specifically accumulates at the plasma membrane in yeast, animal, and plant cells, where it regulates a wide range of cellular processes including endocytic trafficking. However, the functional consequences of mispatterning PI(4,5)P2 in plants are unknown. Here, we functionally characterized the putative phosphoinositide phosphatase SUPPRESSOR OF ACTIN9 (SAC9) in Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis). We found that SAC9 depletion led to the ectopic localization of PI(4,5)P2 on cortical intracellular compartments, which depends on PI4P and PI(4,5)P2 production at the plasma membrane. SAC9 localizes to a subpopulation of trans-Golgi Network/early endosomes that are enriched in a region close to the cell cortex and that are coated with clathrin. Furthermore, it interacts and colocalizes with Src Homology 3 Domain Protein 2 (SH3P2), a protein involved in endocytic trafficking. In the absence of SAC9, SH3P2 localization is altered and the clathrin-mediated endocytosis rate is reduced. Together, our results highlight the importance of restricting PI(4,5)P2 at the plasma membrane and illustrate that one of the consequences of PI(4,5)P2 misspatterning in plants is to impact the endocytic trafficking.
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- Alexis Lebecq
- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- University of Tübingen, Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), Tübingen, Germany
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- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Division of Biological Science, University of Montana, Missoula, United States
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- Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, Department of Quantitative Proteomics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, Department of Quantitative Proteomics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- University of Tübingen, Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), Tübingen, Germany.,Faculty of Biology & Biotechnology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Bankaitis VA, Tripathi A, Chen XR, Igumenova TI. New strategies for combating fungal infections: Inhibiting inositol lipid signaling by targeting Sec14 phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins. Adv Biol Regul 2022; 84:100891. [PMID: 35240534 PMCID: PMC9149032 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbior.2022.100891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Virulent fungi represent a particularly difficult problem in the infectious disease arena as these organisms are eukaryotes that share many orthologous activities with their human hosts. The fact that these activities are often catalyzed by conserved proteins places additional demands on development of pharmacological strategies for specifically inhibiting target fungal activities without imposing undesirable secondary effects on the host. While deployment of a limited set of anti-mycotics has to date satisfied the clinical needs for treatment of fungal infections, the recent emergence of multi-drug resistant fungal 'superbugs' now poses a serious global health threat with rapidly diminishing options for treatment. This escalating infectious disease problem emphasizes the urgent need for development of new classes of anti-mycotics. In that regard, Sec14 phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins offer interesting possibilities for interfering with fungal phosphoinositide signaling with exquisite specificity and without targeting the highly conserved lipid kinases responsible for phosphoinositide production. Herein, we review the establishment of proof-of-principle that demonstrates the feasibility of such an approach. We also describe the lead compounds of four chemotypes that directly target fungal Sec14 proteins. The rules that pertain to the mechanism(s) of Sec14 inhibition by validated small molecule inhibitors, and the open questions that remain, are discussed - as are the challenges that face development of next generation Sec14-directed inhibitors.
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- Vytas A Bankaitis
- Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-0014, USA; Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-0014, USA.
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-0014, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-0014, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-0014, USA
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Maitra N, Hammer S, Kjerfve C, Bankaitis VA, Polymenis M. Translational control of lipogenesis links protein synthesis and phosphoinositide signaling with nuclear division in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2022; 220:iyab171. [PMID: 34849864 PMCID: PMC8733439 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyab171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Continuously dividing cells coordinate their growth and division. How fast cells grow in mass determines how fast they will multiply. Yet, there are few, if any, examples of a metabolic pathway that actively drives a cell cycle event instead of just being required for it. Here, we show that translational upregulation of lipogenic enzymes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae increased the abundance of lipids and promoted nuclear elongation and division. Derepressing translation of acetyl-CoA carboxylase and fatty acid synthase also suppressed cell cycle-related phenotypes, including delayed nuclear division, associated with Sec14p phosphatidylinositol transfer protein deficiencies, and the irregular nuclear morphologies of mutants defective in phosphatidylinositol 4-OH kinase activities. Our results show that increased lipogenesis drives a critical cell cycle landmark and report a phosphoinositide signaling axis in control of nuclear division. The broad conservation of these lipid metabolic and signaling pathways raises the possibility these activities similarly govern nuclear division in other eukaryotes.
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- Nairita Maitra
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
- Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX 77843, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Garcia JM, Schwabe MJ, Voelker DR, Riekhof WR. A functional genomic screen in Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveals divergent mechanisms of resistance to different alkylphosphocholine chemotherapeutic agents. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2021; 11:6347582. [PMID: 34568930 PMCID: PMC8496327 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
The alkylphosphocholine (APC) class of antineoplastic and antiprotozoal drugs, such as edelfosine and miltefosine, are structural mimics of lyso-phosphatidylcholine (lyso-PC), and are inhibitory to the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae at low micromolar concentrations. Cytotoxic effects related to inhibition of phospholipid synthesis, induction of an unfolded protein response, inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation, and disruption of lipid rafts have been attributed to members of this drug class, however, the molecular mechanisms of action of these drugs remain incompletely understood. Cytostatic and cytotoxic effects of the APCs exhibit variability with regard to chemical structure, leading to differences in effectiveness against different organisms or cell types. We now report the comprehensive identification of S. cerevisiae titratable-essential gene and haploid nonessential gene deletion mutants that are resistant to the APC drug miltefosine (hexadecyl-O-phosphocholine). Fifty-eight strains out of ∼5600 tested displayed robust and reproducible resistance to miltefosine. This gene set was heavily enriched in functions associated with vesicular transport steps, especially those involving endocytosis and retrograde transport of endosome derived vesicles to the Golgi or vacuole, suggesting a role for these trafficking pathways in transport of miltefosine to potential sites of action in the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondrion. In addition, we identified mutants with defects in phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate synthesis (TetO::STT4) and hydrolysis (sac1Δ), an oxysterol binding protein homolog (osh2Δ), a number of ER-resident proteins, and multiple components of the eisosome. These findings suggest that ER-plasma membrane contact sites and retrograde vesicle transport are involved in the interorganelle transport of lyso-PtdCho and related lyso-phospholipid-like analogs to their intracellular sites of cytotoxic activity.
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- Jaquelin M Garcia
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO 80206, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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Emerging Prospects for Combating Fungal Infections by Targeting Phosphatidylinositol Transfer Proteins. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22136754. [PMID: 34201733 PMCID: PMC8269425 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22136754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The emergence of fungal “superbugs” resistant to the limited cohort of anti-fungal agents available to clinicians is eroding our ability to effectively treat infections by these virulent pathogens. As the threat of fungal infection is escalating worldwide, this dwindling response capacity is fueling concerns of impending global health emergencies. These developments underscore the urgent need for new classes of anti-fungal drugs and, therefore, the identification of new targets. Phosphoinositide signaling does not immediately appear to offer attractive targets due to its evolutionary conservation across the Eukaryota. However, recent evidence argues otherwise. Herein, we discuss the evidence identifying Sec14-like phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins (PITPs) as unexplored portals through which phosphoinositide signaling in virulent fungi can be chemically disrupted with exquisite selectivity. Recent identification of lead compounds that target fungal Sec14 proteins, derived from several distinct chemical scaffolds, reveals exciting inroads into the rational design of next generation Sec14 inhibitors. Development of appropriately refined next generation Sec14-directed inhibitors promises to expand the chemical weaponry available for deployment in the shifting field of engagement between fungal pathogens and their human hosts.
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Wang Y, Yuan P, Grabon A, Tripathi A, Lee D, Rodriguez M, Lönnfors M, Eisenberg-Bord M, Wang Z, Man Lam S, Schuldiner M, Bankaitis VA. Noncanonical regulation of phosphatidylserine metabolism by a Sec14-like protein and a lipid kinase. J Cell Biol 2021; 219:151686. [PMID: 32303746 PMCID: PMC7199851 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201907128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The yeast phosphatidylserine (PtdSer) decarboxylase Psd2 is proposed to engage in a membrane contact site (MCS) for PtdSer decarboxylation to phosphatidylethanolamine (PtdEtn). This proposed MCS harbors Psd2, the Sec14-like phosphatidylinositol transfer protein (PITP) Sfh4, the Stt4 phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) 4-OH kinase, the Scs2 tether, and an uncharacterized protein. We report that, of these components, only Sfh4 and Stt4 regulate Psd2 activity in vivo. They do so via distinct mechanisms. Sfh4 operates via a mechanism for which its PtdIns-transfer activity is dispensable but requires an Sfh4-Psd2 physical interaction. The other requires Stt4-mediated production of PtdIns-4-phosphate (PtdIns4P), where Stt4 (along with the Sac1 PtdIns4P phosphatase and endoplasmic reticulum–plasma membrane tethers) indirectly modulate Psd2 activity via a PtdIns4P homeostatic mechanism that influences PtdSer accessibility to Psd2. These results identify an example in which the biological function of a Sec14-like PITP is cleanly uncoupled from its canonical in vitro PtdIns-transfer activity and challenge popular functional assumptions regarding lipid-transfer protein involvements in MCS function.
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- Yaxi Wang
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.,Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.,Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX.,Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
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Lete MG, Tripathi A, Chandran V, Bankaitis VA, McDermott MI. Lipid transfer proteins and instructive regulation of lipid kinase activities: Implications for inositol lipid signaling and disease. Adv Biol Regul 2020; 78:100740. [PMID: 32992233 PMCID: PMC7986245 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbior.2020.100740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Revised: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Cellular membranes are critical platforms for intracellular signaling that involve complex interfaces between lipids and proteins, and a web of interactions between a multitude of lipid metabolic pathways. Membrane lipids impart structural and functional information in this regulatory circuit that encompass biophysical parameters such as membrane thickness and fluidity, as well as chaperoning the interactions of protein binding partners. Phosphatidylinositol and its phosphorylated derivatives, the phosphoinositides, play key roles in intracellular membrane signaling, and these involvements are translated into an impressively diverse set of biological outcomes. The phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins (PITPs) are key regulators of phosphoinositide signaling. Found in a diverse array of organisms from plants, yeast and apicomplexan parasites to mammals, PITPs were initially proposed to be simple transporters of lipids between intracellular membranes. It now appears increasingly unlikely that the soluble versions of these proteins perform such functions within the cell. Rather, these serve to facilitate the activity of intrinsically biologically insufficient inositol lipid kinases and, in so doing, promote diversification of the biological outcomes of phosphoinositide signaling. The central engine for execution of such functions is the lipid exchange cycle that is a fundamental property of PITPs. How PITPs execute lipid exchange remains very poorly understood. Molecular dynamics simulation approaches are now providing the first atomistic insights into how PITPs, and potentially other lipid-exchange/transfer proteins, operate.
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- Marta G Lete
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX, 77843-1114, USA; Institute Biofisika (UPV/EHU, CSIC) and University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX, 77843-1114, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX, 77843-1114, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX, 77843-1114, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-2128, USA; Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77840, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX, 77843-1114, USA.
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Zaman MF, Nenadic A, Radojičić A, Rosado A, Beh CT. Sticking With It: ER-PM Membrane Contact Sites as a Coordinating Nexus for Regulating Lipids and Proteins at the Cell Cortex. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:675. [PMID: 32793605 PMCID: PMC7387695 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Membrane contact sites between the cortical endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the plasma membrane (PM) provide a direct conduit for small molecule transfer and signaling between the two largest membranes of the cell. Contact is established through ER integral membrane proteins that physically tether the two membranes together, though the general mechanism is remarkably non-specific given the diversity of different tethering proteins. Primary tethers including VAMP-associated proteins (VAPs), Anoctamin/TMEM16/Ist2p homologs, and extended synaptotagmins (E-Syts), are largely conserved in most eukaryotes and are both necessary and sufficient for establishing ER-PM association. In addition, other species-specific ER-PM tether proteins impart unique functional attributes to both membranes at the cell cortex. This review distils recent functional and structural findings about conserved and species-specific tethers that form ER-PM contact sites, with an emphasis on their roles in the coordinate regulation of lipid metabolism, cellular structure, and responses to membrane stress.
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- Mohammad F Zaman
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.,Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.,The Centre for Cell Biology, Development, and Disease, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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Lipp NF, Ikhlef S, Milanini J, Drin G. Lipid Exchangers: Cellular Functions and Mechanistic Links With Phosphoinositide Metabolism. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:663. [PMID: 32793602 PMCID: PMC7385082 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Lipids are amphiphilic molecules that self-assemble to form biological membranes. Thousands of lipid species coexist in the cell and, once combined, define organelle identity. Due to recent progress in lipidomic analysis, we now know how lipid composition is finely tuned in different subcellular regions. Along with lipid synthesis, remodeling and flip-flop, lipid transfer is one of the active processes that regulates this intracellular lipid distribution. It is mediated by Lipid Transfer Proteins (LTPs) that precisely move certain lipid species across the cytosol and between the organelles. A particular subset of LTPs from three families (Sec14, PITP, OSBP/ORP/Osh) act as lipid exchangers. A striking feature of these exchangers is that they use phosphatidylinositol or phosphoinositides (PIPs) as a lipid ligand and thereby have specific links with PIP metabolism and are thus able to both control the lipid composition of cellular membranes and their signaling capacity. As a result, they play pivotal roles in cellular processes such as vesicular trafficking and signal transduction at the plasma membrane. Recent data have shown that some PIPs are used as energy by lipid exchangers to generate lipid gradients between organelles. Here we describe the importance of lipid counter-exchange in the cell, its structural basis, and presumed links with pathologies.
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- Nicolas-Frédéric Lipp
- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, Université Côte d'Azur, Valbonne, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, Université Côte d'Azur, Valbonne, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, Université Côte d'Azur, Valbonne, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, Université Côte d'Azur, Valbonne, France
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Wang Y, Mousley CJ, Lete MG, Bankaitis VA. An equal opportunity collaboration between lipid metabolism and proteins in the control of membrane trafficking in the trans-Golgi and endosomal systems. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2019; 59:58-72. [PMID: 31039522 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2019.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2019] [Revised: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Recent years have witnessed the evolution of the cell biology of lipids into an extremely active area of investigation. Deciphering the involvement of lipid metabolism and lipid signaling in membrane trafficking pathways defines a major nexus of contemporary experimental activity on this front. Significant effort in that direction is invested in understanding the trans-Golgi network/endosomal system where unambiguous connections between membrane trafficking and inositol lipid and phosphatidylcholine metabolism were first discovered. However, powered by new advances in contemporary cell biology, the march of science is rapidly expanding that window of inquiry to include ever more diverse arms of the lipid metabolome, and to include other compartments of the secretory pathway as well.
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- Yaxi Wang
- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2128, USA
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI), Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2128, USA; Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114, USA.
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Grabon A, Bankaitis VA, McDermott MI. The interface between phosphatidylinositol transfer protein function and phosphoinositide signaling in higher eukaryotes. J Lipid Res 2018; 60:242-268. [PMID: 30504233 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.r089730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Revised: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Phosphoinositides are key regulators of a large number of diverse cellular processes that include membrane trafficking, plasma membrane receptor signaling, cell proliferation, and transcription. How a small number of chemically distinct phosphoinositide signals are functionally amplified to exert specific control over such a diverse set of biological outcomes remains incompletely understood. To this end, a novel mechanism is now taking shape, and it involves phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) transfer proteins (PITPs). The concept that PITPs exert instructive regulation of PtdIns 4-OH kinase activities and thereby channel phosphoinositide production to specific biological outcomes, identifies PITPs as central factors in the diversification of phosphoinositide signaling. There are two evolutionarily distinct families of PITPs: the Sec14-like and the StAR-related lipid transfer domain (START)-like families. Of these two families, the START-like PITPs are the least understood. Herein, we review recent insights into the biochemical, cellular, and physiological function of both PITP families with greater emphasis on the START-like PITPs, and we discuss the underlying mechanisms through which these proteins regulate phosphoinositide signaling and how these actions translate to human health and disease.
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- Aby Grabon
- E. L. Wehner-Welch Laboratory, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114
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- E. L. Wehner-Welch Laboratory, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114
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- E. L. Wehner-Welch Laboratory, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114
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Del Bel LM, Griffiths N, Wilk R, Wei HC, Blagoveshchenskaya A, Burgess J, Polevoy G, Price JV, Mayinger P, Brill JA. The phosphoinositide phosphatase Sac1 regulates cell shape and microtubule stability in the developing Drosophila eye. Development 2018; 145:dev151571. [PMID: 29752385 PMCID: PMC6031321 DOI: 10.1242/dev.151571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Epithelial patterning in the developing Drosophila melanogaster eye requires the Neph1 homolog Roughest (Rst), an immunoglobulin family cell surface adhesion molecule expressed in interommatidial cells (IOCs). Here, using a novel temperature-sensitive (ts) allele, we show that the phosphoinositide phosphatase Sac1 is also required for IOC patterning. Sac1ts mutants have rough eyes and retinal patterning defects that resemble rst mutants. Sac1ts retinas exhibit elevated levels of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PI4P), consistent with the role of Sac1 as a PI4P phosphatase. Indeed, genetic rescue and interaction experiments reveal that restriction of PI4P levels by Sac1 is crucial for normal eye development. Rst is delivered to the cell surface in Sac1ts mutants. However, Sac1ts mutant IOCs exhibit severe defects in microtubule organization, associated with accumulation of Rst and the exocyst subunit Sec8 in enlarged intracellular vesicles upon cold fixation ex vivo Together, our data reveal a novel requirement for Sac1 in promoting microtubule stability and suggest that Rst trafficking occurs in a microtubule- and exocyst-dependent manner.
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- Lauren M Del Bel
- Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, PGCRL Building, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A4, Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, PGCRL Building, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A4, Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, PGCRL Building, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A4, Canada
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- Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, PGCRL Building, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A4, Canada
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, South Sciences Building Room 8166, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, Oregon 97239-3098, USA
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- Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, PGCRL Building, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A4, Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, PGCRL Building, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A4, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, South Sciences Building Room 8166, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, Oregon 97239-3098, USA
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- Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, PGCRL Building, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A4, Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
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Del Bel LM, Brill JA. Sac1, a lipid phosphatase at the interface of vesicular and nonvesicular transport. Traffic 2018; 19:301-318. [PMID: 29411923 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The lipid phosphatase Sac1 dephosphorylates phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PI4P), thereby holding levels of this crucial membrane signaling molecule in check. Sac1 regulates multiple cellular processes, including cytoskeletal organization, membrane trafficking and cell signaling. Here, we review the structure and regulation of Sac1, its roles in cell signaling and development and its links to health and disease. Remarkably, many of the diverse roles attributed to Sac1 can be explained by the recent discovery of its requirement at membrane contact sites, where its consumption of PI4P is proposed to drive interorganelle transfer of other cellular lipids, thereby promoting normal lipid homeostasis within cells.
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- Lauren M Del Bel
- Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Chen D, Yang C, Liu S, Hang W, Wang X, Chen J, Shi A. SAC-1 ensures epithelial endocytic recycling by restricting ARF-6 activity. J Cell Biol 2018; 217:2121-2139. [PMID: 29563216 PMCID: PMC5987724 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201711065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2017] [Revised: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 02/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Arf6/ARF-6 is a crucial regulator of the endosomal phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2) pool in endocytic recycling. To further characterize ARF-6 regulation, we performed an ARF-6 interactor screen in Caenorhabditis elegans and identified SAC-1, the homologue of the phosphoinositide phosphatase Sac1p in yeast, as a novel ARF-6 partner. In the absence of ARF-6, basolateral endosomes show a loss of SAC-1 staining in epithelial cells. Steady-state cargo distribution assays revealed that loss of SAC-1 specifically affected apical secretory delivery and basolateral recycling. PI(4,5)P2 levels and the endosomal labeling of the ARF-6 effector UNC-16 were significantly elevated in sac-1 mutants, suggesting that SAC-1 functions as a negative regulator of ARF-6. Further analyses revealed an interaction between SAC-1 and the ARF-6-GEF BRIS-1. This interaction outcompeted ARF-6(guanosine diphosphate [GDP]) for binding to BRIS-1 in a concentration-dependent manner. Consequently, loss of SAC-1 promotes the intracellular overlap between ARF-6 and BRIS-1. BRIS-1 knockdown resulted in a significant reduction in PI(4,5)P2 levels in SAC-1-depleted cells. Interestingly, the action of SAC-1 in sequestering BRIS-1 is independent of SAC-1's catalytic activity. Our results suggest that the interaction of SAC-1 with ARF-6 curbs ARF-6 activity by limiting the access of ARF-6(GDP) to its guanine nucleotide exchange factor, BRIS-1.
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- Dan Chen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medicine and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medicine and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medicine and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medicine and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medicine and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medicine and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medicine and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China .,Institute for Brain Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.,Key Laboratory of Neurological Disease of National Education Ministry, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Zewe JP, Wills RC, Sangappa S, Goulden BD, Hammond GR. SAC1 degrades its lipid substrate PtdIns4 P in the endoplasmic reticulum to maintain a steep chemical gradient with donor membranes. eLife 2018; 7:35588. [PMID: 29461204 PMCID: PMC5829913 DOI: 10.7554/elife.35588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Gradients of PtdIns4P between organelle membranes and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are thought to drive counter-transport of other lipids via non-vesicular traffic. This novel pathway requires the SAC1 phosphatase to degrade PtdIns4P in a 'cis' configuration at the ER to maintain the gradient. However, SAC1 has also been proposed to act in 'trans' at membrane contact sites, which could oppose lipid traffic. It is therefore crucial to determine which mode SAC1 uses in living cells. We report that acute inhibition of SAC1 causes accumulation of PtdIns4P in the ER, that SAC1 does not enrich at membrane contact sites, and that SAC1 has little activity in 'trans', unless a linker is added between its ER-anchored and catalytic domains. The data reveal an obligate 'cis' activity of SAC1, supporting its role in non-vesicular lipid traffic and implicating lipid traffic more broadly in inositol lipid homeostasis and function.
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- James P Zewe
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, United States
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Chang CL, Chen YJ, Liou J. ER-plasma membrane junctions: Why and how do we study them? BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2017; 1864:1494-1506. [PMID: 28554772 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2017.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Revised: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-plasma membrane (PM) junctions are membrane microdomains important for communication between the ER and the PM. ER-PM junctions were first reported in muscle cells in 1957, but mostly ignored in non-excitable cells due to their scarcity and lack of functional significance. In 2005, the discovery of stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) mediating a universal Ca2+ feedback mechanism at ER-PM junctions in mammalian cells led to a resurgence of research interests toward ER-PM junctions. In the past decade, several major advancements have been made in this emerging topic in cell biology, including the generation of tools for labeling ER-PM junctions and the unraveling of mechanisms underlying regulation and functions of ER-PM junctions. This review summarizes early studies, recently developed tools, and current advances in the characterization and understanding of ER-PM junctions. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Membrane Contact Sites edited by Christian Ungermann and Benoit Kornmann.
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- Chi-Lun Chang
- Department of Physiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Physiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Physiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
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Lipid transfer proteins and the tuning of compartmental identity in the Golgi apparatus. Chem Phys Lipids 2016; 200:42-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2016.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2016] [Revised: 06/21/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Huang J, Ghosh R, Tripathi A, Lönnfors M, Somerharju P, Bankaitis VA. Two-ligand priming mechanism for potentiated phosphoinositide synthesis is an evolutionarily conserved feature of Sec14-like phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylcholine exchange proteins. Mol Biol Cell 2016; 27:2317-30. [PMID: 27193303 PMCID: PMC4945147 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e16-04-0221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The two-ligand priming mechanism for stimulated phosphoinositide synthesis described for Saccharomyces Sec14 is also a conserved feature of Sec14-like phosphatidylinositol- and phosphatidylcholine-transfer proteins of the most evolutionarily advanced plants. Lipid signaling, particularly phosphoinositide signaling, plays a key role in regulating the extreme polarized membrane growth that drives root hair development in plants. The Arabidopsis AtSFH1 gene encodes a two-domain protein with an amino-terminal Sec14-like phosphatidylinositol transfer protein (PITP) domain linked to a carboxy-terminal nodulin domain. AtSfh1 is critical for promoting the spatially highly organized phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate signaling program required for establishment and maintenance of polarized root hair growth. Here we demonstrate that, like the yeast Sec14, the AtSfh1 PITP domain requires both its phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns)- and phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho)-binding properties to stimulate PtdIns-4-phosphate [PtdIns(4)P] synthesis. Moreover, we show that both phospholipid-binding activities are essential for AtSfh1 activity in supporting polarized root hair growth. Finally, we report genetic and biochemical evidence that the two-ligand mechanism for potentiation of PtdIns 4-OH kinase activity is a broadly conserved feature of plant Sec14-nodulin proteins, and that this strategy appeared only late in plant evolution. Taken together, the data indicate that the PtdIns/PtdCho-exchange mechanism for stimulated PtdIns(4)P synthesis either arose independently during evolution in yeast and in higher plants, or a suitable genetic module was introduced to higher plants from a fungal source and subsequently exploited by them.
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- Jin Huang
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Developmental Biology, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114 Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2128 Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840
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Huang J, Ghosh R, Bankaitis VA. Sec14-like phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins and the biological landscape of phosphoinositide signaling in plants. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2016; 1861:1352-1364. [PMID: 27038688 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2016.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2016] [Revised: 03/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Phosphoinositides and soluble inositol phosphates are essential components of a complex intracellular chemical code that regulates major aspects of lipid signaling in eukaryotes. These involvements span a broad array of biological outcomes and activities, and cells are faced with the problem of how to compartmentalize and organize these various signaling events into a coherent scheme. It is in the arena of how phosphoinositide signaling circuits are integrated and, and how phosphoinositide pools are functionally defined and channeled to privileged effectors, that phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) transfer proteins (PITPs) are emerging as critical players. As plant systems offer some unique advantages and opportunities for study of these proteins, we discuss herein our perspectives regarding the progress made in plant systems regarding PITP function. We also suggest interesting prospects that plant systems hold for interrogating how PITPs work, particularly in multi-domain contexts, to diversify the biological outcomes for phosphoinositide signaling. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Plant Lipid Biology edited by Kent D. Chapman and Ivo Feussner.
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- Jin Huang
- Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114 USA.
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114 USA
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114 USA; Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-1114 USA; Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-1114 USA.
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Khan D, McGrath KR, Dorosheva O, Bankaitis VA, Tripathi A. Structural elements that govern Sec14-like PITP sensitivities to potent small molecule inhibitors. J Lipid Res 2016; 57:650-62. [PMID: 26921357 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m066381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Sec14-like phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins (PITPs) play important biological functions in integrating multiple aspects of intracellular lipid metabolism with phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate signaling. As such, these proteins offer new opportunities for highly selective chemical interference with specific phosphoinositide pathways in cells. The first and best characterized small molecule inhibitors of the yeast PITP, Sec14, are nitrophenyl(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl)methanones (NPPMs), and a hallmark feature of NPPMs is their exquisite targeting specificities for Sec14 relative to other closely related Sec14-like PITPs. Our present understanding of Sec14::NPPM binding interactions is based on computational docking and rational loss-of-function approaches. While those approaches have been informative, we still lack an adequate understanding of the basis for the high selectivity of NPPMs among closely related Sec14-like PITPs. Herein, we describe a Sec14 motif, which we term the VV signature, that contributes significantly to the NPPM sensitivity/resistance of Sec14-like phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns)/phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho) transfer proteins. The data not only reveal previously unappreciated determinants that govern Sec14-like PITP sensitivities to NPPMs, but enable predictions of which Sec14-like PtdIns/PtdCho transfer proteins are likely to be NPPM resistant or sensitive based on primary sequence considerations. Finally, the data provide independent evidence in support of previous studies highlighting the importance of Sec14 residue Ser173 in the mechanism by which NPPMs engage and inhibit Sec14-like PITPs.
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- Danish Khan
- Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2128
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2128
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2128
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2128 Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114 Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2128
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114
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Tani M. Structure–Function Relationship of Complex Sphingolipids in Yeast. TRENDS GLYCOSCI GLYC 2016. [DOI: 10.4052/tigg.1509.1j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Motohiro Tani
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University
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- Motohiro Tani
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University
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Rudge SA, Wakelam MJO. Phosphatidylinositolphosphate phosphatase activities and cancer. J Lipid Res 2015; 57:176-92. [PMID: 26302980 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.r059154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Signaling through the phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathways mediates the actions of a plethora of hormones, growth factors, cytokines, and neurotransmitters upon their target cells following receptor occupation. Overactivation of these pathways has been implicated in a number of pathologies, in particular a range of malignancies. The tight regulation of signaling pathways necessitates the involvement of both stimulatory and terminating enzymes; inappropriate activation of a pathway can thus result from activation or inhibition of the two signaling arms. The focus of this review is to discuss, in detail, the activities of the identified families of phosphoinositide phosphatase expressed in humans, and how they regulate the levels of phosphoinositides implicated in promoting malignancy.
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- Simon A Rudge
- Signalling Programme, Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB22 3AT, United Kingdom
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- Signalling Programme, Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB22 3AT, United Kingdom
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Grabon A, Khan D, Bankaitis VA. Phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins and instructive regulation of lipid kinase biology. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2015; 1851:724-35. [PMID: 25592381 PMCID: PMC5221696 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2014.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2014] [Revised: 11/21/2014] [Accepted: 12/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Phosphatidylinositol is a metabolic precursor of phosphoinositides and soluble inositol phosphates. Both sets of molecules represent versatile intracellular chemical signals in eukaryotes. While much effort has been invested in understanding the enzymes that produce and consume these molecules, central aspects for how phosphoinositide production is controlled and functionally partitioned remain unresolved and largely unappreciated. It is in this regard that phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) transfer proteins (PITPs) are emerging as central regulators of the functional channeling of phosphoinositide pools produced on demand for specific signaling purposes. The physiological significance of these proteins is amply demonstrated by the consequences that accompany deficits in individual PITPs. Although the biological problem is fascinating, and of direct relevance to disease, PITPs remain largely uncharacterized. Herein, we discuss our perspectives regarding what is known about how PITPs work as molecules, and highlight progress in our understanding of how PITPs are integrated into cellular physiology. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Phosphoinositides.
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- Aby Grabon
- Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2128, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843-1114, USA; Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2128, USA.
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Ghosh R, de Campos MKF, Huang J, Huh SK, Orlowski A, Yang Y, Tripathi A, Nile A, Lee HC, Dynowski M, Schäfer H, Róg T, Lete MG, Ahyayauch H, Alonso A, Vattulainen I, Igumenova TI, Schaaf G, Bankaitis VA. Sec14-nodulin proteins and the patterning of phosphoinositide landmarks for developmental control of membrane morphogenesis. Mol Biol Cell 2015; 26:1764-81. [PMID: 25739452 PMCID: PMC4436786 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-10-1475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2014] [Accepted: 02/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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A Sec14-nodulin protein model is used to identify the nodulin domain as a novel phosphoinositide effector module with a role in controlling lateral organization of phosphoinositide. The domain organization of Sec14-nodulin proteins suggests a versatile principle for the bit mapping of membrane surfaces into high-definition lipid-signaling screens. Polarized membrane morphogenesis is a fundamental activity of eukaryotic cells. This process is essential for the biology of cells and tissues, and its execution demands exquisite temporal coordination of functionally diverse membrane signaling reactions with high spatial resolution. Moreover, mechanisms must exist to establish and preserve such organization in the face of randomizing forces that would diffuse it. Here we identify the conserved AtSfh1 Sec14-nodulin protein as a novel effector of phosphoinositide signaling in the extreme polarized membrane growth program exhibited by growing Arabidopsis root hairs. The data are consistent with Sec14-nodulin proteins controlling the lateral organization of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PtdIns(4,5)P2) landmarks for polarized membrane morphogenesis in plants. This patterning activity requires both the PtdIns(4,5)P2 binding and homo-oligomerization activities of the AtSfh1 nodulin domain and is an essential aspect of the polarity signaling program in root hairs. Finally, the data suggest a general principle for how the phosphoinositide signaling landscape is physically bit mapped so that eukaryotic cells are able to convert a membrane surface into a high-definition lipid-signaling screen.
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- Ratna Ghosh
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
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- Center for Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Physiology, Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
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- Department of Physics, Tampere University of Technology, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
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- Center for Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Physiology, Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Zentrum für Datenverarbeitung, Universität Tübingen, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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- Center for Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Physiology, Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tampere University of Technology, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland
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- Unidad de Biofísica (CSIC, UPV/EHU), Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Unidad de Biofísica (CSIC, UPV/EHU), Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, 48940 Leioa, Spain Institut de Formation aux Carrieres de Sante de Rabat, 10000 Rabat, Morocco
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- Unidad de Biofísica (CSIC, UPV/EHU), Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Tampere University of Technology, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland MEMPHYS-Center for Biomembrane Physics, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
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- Center for Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Physiology, Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
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Hsu F, Mao Y. The structure of phosphoinositide phosphatases: Insights into substrate specificity and catalysis. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2014; 1851:698-710. [PMID: 25264170 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2014.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2014] [Revised: 09/10/2014] [Accepted: 09/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Phosphoinositides (PIs) are a group of key signaling and structural lipid molecules involved in a myriad of cellular processes. PI phosphatases, together with PI kinases, are responsible for the conversion of PIs between distinctive phosphorylation states. PI phosphatases are a large collection of enzymes that are evolved from at least two disparate ancestors. One group is distantly related to endonucleases, which apply divalent metal ions for phosphoryl transfer. The other group is related to protein tyrosine phosphatases, which contain a highly conserved active site motif Cys-X5-Arg (CX5R). In this review, we focus on structural insights to illustrate current understandings of the molecular mechanisms of each PI phosphatase family, with emphasis on their structural basis for substrate specificity determinants and catalytic mechanisms. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Phosphoinositides.
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- FoSheng Hsu
- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Tani M, Kuge O. Involvement of Sac1 phosphoinositide phosphatase in the metabolism of phosphatidylserine in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 2014; 31:145-58. [PMID: 24578286 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2013] [Revised: 01/18/2014] [Accepted: 02/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Sac1 is a phosphoinositide phosphatase that preferentially dephosphorylates phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate. Mutation of SAC1 causes not only the accumulation of phosphoinositides but also reduction of the phosphatidylserine (PS) level in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this study, we characterized the mechanism underlying the PS reduction in SAC1-deleted cells. Incorporation of (32) P into PS was significantly delayed in sac1∆ cells. Such a delay was also observed in SAC1- and PS decarboxylase gene-deleted cells, suggesting that the reduction in the PS level is caused by a reduction in the rate of biosynthesis of PS. A reduction in the PS level was also observed with repression of STT4 encoding phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase or deletion of VPS34 encoding phophatidylinositol 3-kinase. However, the combination of mutations of SAC1 and STT4 or VPS34 did not restore the reduced PS level, suggesting that both the synthesis and degradation of phosphoinositides are important for maintenance of the PS level. Finally, we observed an abnormal PS distribution in sac1∆ cells when a specific probe for PS was expressed. Collectively, these results suggested that Sac1 is involved in the maintenance of a normal rate of biosynthesis and distribution of PS.
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- Motohiro Tani
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Ren J, Pei-Chen Lin C, Pathak MC, Temple BRS, Nile AH, Mousley CJ, Duncan MC, Eckert DM, Leiker TJ, Ivanova PT, Myers DS, Murphy RC, Brown HA, Verdaasdonk J, Bloom KS, Ortlund EA, Neiman AM, Bankaitis VA. A phosphatidylinositol transfer protein integrates phosphoinositide signaling with lipid droplet metabolism to regulate a developmental program of nutrient stress-induced membrane biogenesis. Mol Biol Cell 2014; 25:712-27. [PMID: 24403601 PMCID: PMC3937096 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e13-11-0634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2013] [Revised: 12/10/2013] [Accepted: 12/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Lipid droplet (LD) utilization is an important cellular activity that regulates energy balance and release of lipid second messengers. Because fatty acids exhibit both beneficial and toxic properties, their release from LDs must be controlled. Here we demonstrate that yeast Sfh3, an unusual Sec14-like phosphatidylinositol transfer protein, is an LD-associated protein that inhibits lipid mobilization from these particles. We further document a complex biochemical diversification of LDs during sporulation in which Sfh3 and select other LD proteins redistribute into discrete LD subpopulations. The data show that Sfh3 modulates the efficiency with which a neutral lipid hydrolase-rich LD subclass is consumed during biogenesis of specialized membrane envelopes that package replicated haploid meiotic genomes. These results present novel insights into the interface between phosphoinositide signaling and developmental regulation of LD metabolism and unveil meiosis-specific aspects of Sfh3 (and phosphoinositide) biology that are invisible to contemporary haploid-centric cell biological, proteomic, and functional genomics approaches.
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- Jihui Ren
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7090
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-1114
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322-4250
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- R. L. Juliano Structural Bioinformatics Core, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7260
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-1114
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-1114
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5650
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80045-0511
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-6600
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-6600
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80045-0511
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-6600
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322-4250
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-1114
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Nile AH, Tripathi A, Yuan P, Mousley CJ, Suresh S, Wallace IM, Shah SD, Pohlhaus DT, Temple B, Nislow C, Giaever G, Tropsha A, Davis RW, St Onge RP, Bankaitis VA. PITPs as targets for selectively interfering with phosphoinositide signaling in cells. Nat Chem Biol 2014; 10:76-84. [PMID: 24292071 PMCID: PMC4059020 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2013] [Accepted: 10/02/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Sec14-like phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins (PITPs) integrate diverse territories of intracellular lipid metabolism with stimulated phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate production and are discriminating portals for interrogating phosphoinositide signaling. Yet, neither Sec14-like PITPs nor PITPs in general have been exploited as targets for chemical inhibition for such purposes. Herein, we validate what is to our knowledge the first small-molecule inhibitors (SMIs) of the yeast PITP Sec14. These SMIs are nitrophenyl(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl)methanones (NPPMs) and are effective inhibitors in vitro and in vivo. We further establish that Sec14 is the sole essential NPPM target in yeast and that NPPMs exhibit exquisite targeting specificities for Sec14 (relative to related Sec14-like PITPs), propose a mechanism for how NPPMs exert their inhibitory effects and demonstrate that NPPMs exhibit exquisite pathway selectivity in inhibiting phosphoinositide signaling in cells. These data deliver proof of concept that PITP-directed SMIs offer new and generally applicable avenues for intervening with phosphoinositide signaling pathways with selectivities superior to those afforded by contemporary lipid kinase-directed strategies.
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- Aaron H. Nile
- Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-1114 USA
- Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7090 USA
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-1114 USA
- Laboratory for Molecular Modeling, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7355 USA
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-1114 USA
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-1114 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94304
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- Department of Biochemistry, Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94304
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- Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7090 USA
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- Laboratory for Molecular Modeling, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7355 USA
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- R. L. Juliano Structural Bioinformatics Core, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7260 USA
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences,, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences,, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Laboratory for Molecular Modeling, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7355 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94304
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- Department of Biochemistry, Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94304
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-1114 USA
- Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7090 USA
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PtdIns(4)P signalling and recognition systems. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2013; 991:59-83. [PMID: 23775691 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6331-9_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The Golgi apparatus is a sorting platform that exchanges extensively with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), endosomes (Es) and plasma membrane (PM) compartments. The last compartment of the Golgi, the trans-Golgi Network (TGN) is a large complex of highly deformed membranes from which vesicles depart to their targeted organelles but also are harbored from retrograde pathways. The phosphoinositide (PI) composition of the TGN is marked by an important contingent of phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate (PtdIns(4)P). Although this PI is present throughout the Golgi, its proportion grows along the successive cisternae and peaks at the TGN. The levels of this phospholipid are controlled by a set of kinases and phosphatases that regulate its concentrations in the Golgi and maintain a dynamic gradient that determines the cellular localization of several interacting proteins. Though not exclusive to the Golgi, the synthesis of PtdIns(4)P in other membranes is relatively marginal and has unclear consequences. The significance of PtdIns(4)P within the TGN has been demonstrated for numerous cellular events such as vesicle formation, lipid metabolism, and membrane trafficking.
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Kim YJ, Hernandez MLG, Balla T. Inositol lipid regulation of lipid transfer in specialized membrane domains. Trends Cell Biol 2013; 23:270-8. [PMID: 23489878 PMCID: PMC3665726 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2013.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2012] [Revised: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 01/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The highly dynamic membranous network of eukaryotic cells allows spatial organization of biochemical reactions to suit the complex metabolic needs of the cell. The unique lipid composition of organelle membranes in the face of dynamic membrane activities assumes that lipid gradients are constantly generated and maintained. Important advances have been made in identifying specialized membrane compartments and lipid transfer mechanisms that are critical for generating and maintaining lipid gradients. Remarkably, one class of minor phospholipids--the phosphoinositides--is emerging as important regulators of these processes. Here, we summarize several lines of research that have led to our current understanding of the connection between phosphoinositides and the transport of structural lipids and offer some thoughts on general principles possibly governing these processes.
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- Yeun Ju Kim
- Section on Molecular Signal Transduction, Program for Developmental Neuroscience, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Section on Molecular Signal Transduction, Program for Developmental Neuroscience, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Section on Molecular Signal Transduction, Program for Developmental Neuroscience, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Phosphoinositide signalling molecules interact with a plethora of effector proteins to regulate cell proliferation and survival, vesicular trafficking, metabolism, actin dynamics and many other cellular functions. The generation of specific phosphoinositide species is achieved by the activity of phosphoinositide kinases and phosphatases, which phosphorylate and dephosphorylate, respectively, the inositol headgroup of phosphoinositide molecules. The phosphoinositide phosphatases can be classified as 3-, 4- and 5-phosphatases based on their specificity for dephosphorylating phosphates from specific positions on the inositol head group. The SAC phosphatases show less specificity for the position of the phosphate on the inositol ring. The phosphoinositide phosphatases regulate PI3K/Akt signalling, insulin signalling, endocytosis, vesicle trafficking, cell migration, proliferation and apoptosis. Mouse knockout models of several of the phosphoinositide phosphatases have revealed significant physiological roles for these enzymes, including the regulation of embryonic development, fertility, neurological function, the immune system and insulin sensitivity. Importantly, several phosphoinositide phosphatases have been directly associated with a range of human diseases. Genetic mutations in the 5-phosphatase INPP5E are causative of the ciliopathy syndromes Joubert and MORM, and mutations in the 5-phosphatase OCRL result in Lowe's syndrome and Dent 2 disease. Additionally, polymorphisms in the 5-phosphatase SHIP2 confer diabetes susceptibility in specific populations, whereas reduced protein expression of SHIP1 is reported in several human leukaemias. The 4-phosphatase, INPP4B, has recently been identified as a tumour suppressor in human breast and prostate cancer. Mutations in one SAC phosphatase, SAC3/FIG4, results in the degenerative neuropathy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Indeed, an understanding of the precise functions of phosphoinositide phosphatases is not only important in the context of normal human physiology, but to reveal the mechanisms by which these enzyme families are implicated in an increasing repertoire of human diseases.
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Hsu F, Mao Y. The Sac domain-containing phosphoinositide phosphatases: structure, function, and disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 8:395-407. [PMID: 24860601 DOI: 10.1007/s11515-013-1258-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Phosphoinositides (PIs) have long been known to have an essential role in cell physiology. Their intracellular localization and concentration must be tightly regulated for their proper function. This spatial and temporal regulation is achieved by a large number of PI kinases and phosphatases that are present throughout eukaryotic species. One family of these enzymes contains a conserved PI phosphatase domain termed Sac. Although the Sac domain is homologous among different Sac domain-containing proteins, all appear to exhibit varied substrate specificity and subcellular localization. Dysfunctions in several members of this family are implicated in a range of human diseases such as cardiac hypertrophy, bipolar disorder, Down's syndrome, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). In plant, several Sac domain-containing proteins have been implicated in the stress response, chloroplast function and polarized secretion. In this review, we focus on recent findings in the family of Sac domain-containing PI phosphatases in yeast, mammal and plant, including the structural analysis into the mechanism of enzymatic activity, cellular functions, and their roles in disease pathophysiology.
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- FoSheng Hsu
- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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The striking morphology of the Golgi complex has fascinated cell biologists since its discovery over 100 years ago. Yet, despite intense efforts to understand how membrane flow relates to Golgi form and function, this organelle continues to baffle cell biologists and biochemists alike. Fundamental questions regarding Golgi function, while hotly debated, remain unresolved. Historically, Golgi function has been described from a protein-centric point of view, but we now appreciate that conceptual frameworks for how lipid metabolism is integrated with Golgi biogenesis and function are essential for a mechanistic understanding of this fascinating organelle. It is from a lipid-centric perspective that we discuss the larger question of Golgi dynamics and membrane trafficking. We review the growing body of evidence for how lipid metabolism is integrally written into the engineering of the Golgi system and highlight questions for future study.
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- Vytas A Bankaitis
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7090, USA.
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Wood CS, Hung CS, Huoh YS, Mousley CJ, Stefan CJ, Bankaitis V, Ferguson KM, Burd CG. Local control of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate signaling in the Golgi apparatus by Vps74 and Sac1 phosphoinositide phosphatase. Mol Biol Cell 2012; 23:2527-36. [PMID: 22553352 PMCID: PMC3386216 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e12-01-0077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Signaling by phosphatidylinositol 4-kinases (PI4Ks) in the Golgi apparatus controls lipid homeostasis and protein-sorting pathways. Signaling is shown to be terminated on the medial cisterna by a complex of a PI4K effector, Vps74, and Sac1, the major PtdIns4P phosphatase in the cell. In the Golgi apparatus, lipid homeostasis pathways are coordinated with the biogenesis of cargo transport vesicles by phosphatidylinositol 4-kinases (PI4Ks) that produce phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PtdIns4P), a signaling molecule that is recognized by downstream effector proteins. Quantitative analysis of the intra-Golgi distribution of a PtdIns4P reporter protein confirms that PtdIns4P is enriched on the trans-Golgi cisterna, but surprisingly, Vps74 (the orthologue of human GOLPH3), a PI4K effector required to maintain residence of a subset of Golgi proteins, is distributed with the opposite polarity, being most abundant on cis and medial cisternae. Vps74 binds directly to the catalytic domain of Sac1 (KD = 3.8 μM), the major PtdIns4P phosphatase in the cell, and PtdIns4P is elevated on medial Golgi cisternae in cells lacking Vps74 or Sac1, suggesting that Vps74 is a sensor of PtdIns4P level on medial Golgi cisternae that directs Sac1-mediated dephosphosphorylation of this pool of PtdIns4P. Consistent with the established role of Sac1 in the regulation of sphingolipid biosynthesis, complex sphingolipid homeostasis is perturbed in vps74Δ cells. Mutant cells lacking complex sphingolipid biosynthetic enzymes fail to properly maintain residence of a medial Golgi enzyme, and cells lacking Vps74 depend critically on complex sphingolipid biosynthesis for growth. The results establish additive roles of Vps74-mediated and sphingolipid-dependent sorting of Golgi residents.
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- Christopher S Wood
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6058, USA
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Rupwate SD, Rupwate PS, Rajasekharan R. Regulation of lipid biosynthesis by phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C through the transcriptional repression of upstream activating sequence inositol containing genes. FEBS Lett 2012; 586:1555-60. [PMID: 22673525 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2012] [Revised: 04/11/2012] [Accepted: 04/12/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The regulation of phospholipid biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae through cis-acting upstream activating sequence inositol (UAS(ino)) and trans-acting elements, such as the INO2-INO4 complex and OPI1 by inositol supplementation in growth is thoroughly studied. In this study, we provide evidence for the regulation of lipid biosynthesis by phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PLC) through UAS(ino) and the trans-acting elements. Gene expression analysis and radiolabelling experiments demonstrated that the overexpression of rice PLC in yeast cells altered phospholipid biosynthesis at the levels of transcriptional and enzyme activity. This is the first report implicating PLC in the direct regulation of lipid biosynthesis.
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- Sunny D Rupwate
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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Mousley CJ, Yuan P, Gaur NA, Trettin KD, Nile AH, Deminoff SJ, Dewar BJ, Wolpert M, Macdonald JM, Herman PK, Hinnebusch AG, Bankaitis VA. A sterol-binding protein integrates endosomal lipid metabolism with TOR signaling and nitrogen sensing. Cell 2012; 148:702-15. [PMID: 22341443 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2010] [Revised: 10/13/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Kes1, and other oxysterol-binding protein superfamily members, are involved in membrane and lipid trafficking through trans-Golgi network (TGN) and endosomal systems. We demonstrate that Kes1 represents a sterol-regulated antagonist of TGN/endosomal phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate signaling. This regulation modulates TOR activation by amino acids and dampens gene expression driven by Gcn4, the primary transcriptional activator of the general amino acid control regulon. Kes1-mediated repression of Gcn4 transcription factor activity is characterized by nonproductive Gcn4 binding to its target sequences, involves TGN/endosome-derived sphingolipid signaling, and requires activity of the cyclin-dependent kinase 8 (CDK8) module of the enigmatic "large Mediator" complex. These data describe a pathway by which Kes1 integrates lipid metabolism with TORC1 signaling and nitrogen sensing.
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- Carl J Mousley
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7090, USA.
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Zhong S, Hsu F, Stefan CJ, Wu X, Patel A, Cosgrove MS, Mao Y. Allosteric activation of the phosphoinositide phosphatase Sac1 by anionic phospholipids. Biochemistry 2012; 51:3170-7. [PMID: 22452743 PMCID: PMC3329130 DOI: 10.1021/bi300086c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Sac family phosphoinositide phosphatases comprise an evolutionarily conserved family of enzymes in eukaryotes. Our recently determined crystal structure of the Sac phosphatase domain of yeast Sac1, the founding member of the Sac family proteins, revealed a unique conformation of the catalytic P-loop and a large positively charged groove at the catalytic site. We now report a unique mechanism for the regulation of its phosphatase activity. Sac1 is an allosteric enzyme that can be activated by its product phosphatidylinositol or anionic phospholipid phosphatidylserine. The activation of Sac1 may involve conformational changes of the catalytic P-loop induced by direct binding with the regulatory anionic phospholipids in the large cationic catalytic groove. These findings highlight the fact that lipid composition of the substrate membrane plays an important role in the control of Sac1 function.
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- Shurong Zhong
- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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Bankaitis VA, Ile KE, Nile AH, Ren J, Ghosh R, Schaaf G. Thoughts on Sec14-like nanoreactors and phosphoinositide signaling. Adv Biol Regul 2012; 52:115-21. [PMID: 22776890 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbior.2011.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2011] [Accepted: 11/11/2011] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Vytas A Bankaitis
- Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7090, USA.
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Dyson JM, Fedele CG, Davies EM, Becanovic J, Mitchell CA. Phosphoinositide phosphatases: just as important as the kinases. Subcell Biochem 2012; 58:215-279. [PMID: 22403078 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3012-0_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Phosphoinositide phosphatases comprise several large enzyme families with over 35 mammalian enzymes identified to date that degrade many phosphoinositide signals. Growth factor or insulin stimulation activates the phosphoinositide 3-kinase that phosphorylates phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate [PtdIns(4,5)P(2)] to form phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate [PtdIns(3,4,5)P(3)], which is rapidly dephosphorylated either by PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10) to PtdIns(4,5)P(2), or by the 5-phosphatases (inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatases), generating PtdIns(3,4)P(2). 5-phosphatases also hydrolyze PtdIns(4,5)P(2) forming PtdIns(4)P. Ten mammalian 5-phosphatases have been identified, which regulate hematopoietic cell proliferation, synaptic vesicle recycling, insulin signaling, and embryonic development. Two 5-phosphatase genes, OCRL and INPP5E are mutated in Lowe and Joubert syndrome respectively. SHIP [SH2 (Src homology 2)-domain inositol phosphatase] 2, and SKIP (skeletal muscle- and kidney-enriched inositol phosphatase) negatively regulate insulin signaling and glucose homeostasis. SHIP2 polymorphisms are associated with a predisposition to insulin resistance. SHIP1 controls hematopoietic cell proliferation and is mutated in some leukemias. The inositol polyphosphate 4-phosphatases, INPP4A and INPP4B degrade PtdIns(3,4)P(2) to PtdIns(3)P and regulate neuroexcitatory cell death, or act as a tumor suppressor in breast cancer respectively. The Sac phosphatases degrade multiple phosphoinositides, such as PtdIns(3)P, PtdIns(4)P, PtdIns(5)P and PtdIns(3,5)P(2) to form PtdIns. Mutation in the Sac phosphatase gene, FIG4, leads to a degenerative neuropathy. Therefore the phosphatases, like the lipid kinases, play major roles in regulating cellular functions and their mutation or altered expression leads to many human diseases.
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- Jennifer M Dyson
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Wellington Rd, 3800, Clayton, Australia
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Devising Powerful Genetics, Biochemical and Structural Tools in the Functional Analysis of Phosphatidylinositol Transfer Proteins (PITPs) Across Diverse Species. Methods Cell Biol 2012; 108:249-302. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-386487-1.00013-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Mousley CJ, Davison JM, Bankaitis VA. Sec14 like PITPs couple lipid metabolism with phosphoinositide synthesis to regulate Golgi functionality. Subcell Biochem 2012; 59:271-87. [PMID: 22374094 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3015-1_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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An interface coordinating lipid metabolism with proteins that regulate membrane trafficking is necessary to regulate Golgi morphology and dynamics. Such an interface facilitates the membrane deformations required for vesicularization, forms platforms for protein recruitment and assembly on appropriate sites on a membrane surface and provides lipid co-factors for optimal protein activity in the proper spatio-temporally regulated manner. Importantly, Sec14 and Sec14-like proteins are a unique superfamily of proteins that sense specific aspects of lipid metabolism, employing this information to potentiate phosphoinositide production. Therefore, Sec14 and Sec14 like proteins form central conduits to integrate multiple aspects of lipid metabolism with productive phosphoinositide signaling.
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- Carl J Mousley
- Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 27599-7090, Chapel Hill, NC, USA,
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Rediscovery by Whole Genome Sequencing: Classical Mutations and Genome Polymorphisms in Neurospora crassa. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2011; 1:303-16. [PMID: 22384341 PMCID: PMC3276140 DOI: 10.1534/g3.111.000307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2011] [Accepted: 08/03/2011] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Classical forward genetics has been foundational to modern biology, and has been the paradigm for characterizing the role of genes in shaping phenotypes for decades. In recent years, reverse genetics has been used to identify the functions of genes, via the intentional introduction of variation and subsequent evaluation in physiological, molecular, and even population contexts. These approaches are complementary and whole genome analysis serves as a bridge between the two. We report in this article the whole genome sequencing of eighteen classical mutant strains of Neurospora crassa and the putative identification of the mutations associated with corresponding mutant phenotypes. Although some strains carry multiple unique nonsynonymous, nonsense, or frameshift mutations, the combined power of limiting the scope of the search based on genetic markers and of using a comparative analysis among the eighteen genomes provides strong support for the association between mutation and phenotype. For ten of the mutants, the mutant phenotype is recapitulated in classical or gene deletion mutants in Neurospora or other filamentous fungi. From thirteen to 137 nonsense mutations are present in each strain and indel sizes are shown to be highly skewed in gene coding sequence. Significant additional genetic variation was found in the eighteen mutant strains, and this variability defines multiple alleles of many genes. These alleles may be useful in further genetic and molecular analysis of known and yet-to-be-discovered functions and they invite new interpretations of molecular and genetic interactions in classical mutant strains.
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