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Liu J, Guo H, Yang J, Xiao Y, Cai A, Zhao T, Womer FY, Zhao P, Zheng J, Zhang X, Wang J, Zhu R, Wang F. Visual cortex repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) reversing neurodevelopmental impairments in adolescents with major psychiatric disorders (MPDs): A cross-species translational study. CNS Neurosci Ther 2024; 30:e14427. [PMID: 37721197 PMCID: PMC10915985 DOI: 10.1111/cns.14427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
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AIMS Neurodevelopmental impairments are closely linked to the basis of adolescent major psychiatric disorders (MPDs). The visual cortex can regulate neuroplasticity throughout the brain during critical periods of neurodevelopment, which may provide a promising target for neuromodulation therapy. This cross-species translational study examined the effects of visual cortex repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on neurodevelopmental impairments in MPDs. METHODS Visual cortex rTMS was performed in both adolescent methylazoxymethanol acetate (MAM) rats and patients with MPDs. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and brain tissue proteomic data in rats and fMRI and clinical symptom data in patients were analyzed. RESULTS The regional homogeneity (ReHo) analysis of fMRI data revealed an increase in the frontal cortex and a decrease in the posterior cortex in the MAM rats, representing the abnormal neurodevelopmental pattern in MPDs. In regard to the effects of rTMS, similar neuroimaging changes, particularly reduced frontal ReHo, were found both in MAM rats and adolescent patients, suggesting that rTMS may reverse the abnormal neurodevelopmental pattern. Proteomic analysis revealed that rTMS modulated frontal synapse-associated proteins, which may be the underpinnings of rTMS efficacy. Furthermore, a positive relationship was observed between frontal ReHo and clinical symptoms after rTMS in patients. CONCLUSION Visual cortex rTMS was proven to be an effective treatment for adolescent MPDs, and the underlying neural and molecular mechanisms were uncovered. Our study provides translational evidence for therapeutics targeting the neurodevelopmental factor in MPDs.
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- Juan Liu
- Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain HospitalNanjing Medical UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
- Functional Brain Imaging Institute of Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjingChina
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- Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain HospitalNanjing Medical UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
- Functional Brain Imaging Institute of Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjingChina
- School of Biomedical Engineering and InformaticsNanjing Medical UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
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- Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain HospitalNanjing Medical UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
- Functional Brain Imaging Institute of Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjingChina
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- Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain HospitalNanjing Medical UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
- Functional Brain Imaging Institute of Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjingChina
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and InformaticsNanjing Medical UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
- Changzhou Second People's Hospital, Changzhou Medical CenterNanjing Medical UniversityChangzhouJiangsuChina
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- Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain HospitalNanjing Medical UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
- Functional Brain Imaging Institute of Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesVanderbilt University Medical CenterNashvilleTennesseeUSA
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- Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain HospitalNanjing Medical UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
- Functional Brain Imaging Institute of Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjingChina
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- Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain HospitalNanjing Medical UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
- Functional Brain Imaging Institute of Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjingChina
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- Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain HospitalNanjing Medical UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
- School of Biomedical Engineering and InformaticsNanjing Medical UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and TechnologyChinese Academy of Sciences‐Wuhan National Laboratory for OptoelectronicsWuhanChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain HospitalNanjing Medical UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
- Functional Brain Imaging Institute of Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjingChina
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- Early Intervention Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated Nanjing Brain HospitalNanjing Medical UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
- Functional Brain Imaging Institute of Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjingChina
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Cepeda AP, Ninov M, Neef J, Parfentev I, Kusch K, Reisinger E, Jahn R, Moser T, Urlaub H. Proteomic Analysis Reveals the Composition of Glutamatergic Organelles of Auditory Inner Hair Cells. Mol Cell Proteomics 2024; 23:100704. [PMID: 38128648 PMCID: PMC10832297 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2023.100704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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In the ear, inner hair cells (IHCs) employ sophisticated glutamatergic ribbon synapses with afferent neurons to transmit auditory information to the brain. The presynaptic machinery responsible for neurotransmitter release in IHC synapses includes proteins such as the multi-C2-domain protein otoferlin and the vesicular glutamate transporter 3 (VGluT3). Yet, much of this likely unique molecular machinery remains to be deciphered. The scarcity of material has so far hampered biochemical studies which require large amounts of purified samples. We developed a subcellular fractionation workflow combined with immunoisolation of VGluT3-containing membrane vesicles, allowing for the enrichment of glutamatergic organelles that are likely dominated by synaptic vesicles (SVs) of IHCs. We have characterized their protein composition in mice before and after hearing onset using mass spectrometry and confocal imaging and provide a fully annotated proteome with hitherto unidentified proteins. Despite the prevalence of IHC marker proteins across IHC maturation, the profiles of trafficking proteins differed markedly before and after hearing onset. Among the proteins enriched after hearing onset were VAMP-7, syntaxin-7, syntaxin-8, syntaxin-12/13, SCAMP1, V-ATPase, SV2, and PKCα. Our study provides an inventory of the machinery associated with synaptic vesicle-mediated trafficking and presynaptic activity at IHC ribbon synapses and serves as a foundation for future functional studies.
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- Andreia P Cepeda
- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
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- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany; Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Auditory Neuroscience and InnerEarLab, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; Auditory Neuroscience & Synaptic Nanophysiology Group Max-Planck-Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
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- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
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- Functional Auditory Genomics Group, Institute for Auditory Neuroscience and InnerEarLab, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Gene Therapy for Hearing Impairment and Deafness, Department for Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany; Cluster of Excellence "Multiscale Bioimaging: from Molecular Machines to Networks of Excitable Cells" (MBExC), University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
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- Institute for Auditory Neuroscience and InnerEarLab, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; Auditory Neuroscience & Synaptic Nanophysiology Group Max-Planck-Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany; Cluster of Excellence "Multiscale Bioimaging: from Molecular Machines to Networks of Excitable Cells" (MBExC), University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
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- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany; Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; Cluster of Excellence "Multiscale Bioimaging: from Molecular Machines to Networks of Excitable Cells" (MBExC), University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
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Ji J, Yu Y, Wu S, Wang D, Weng J, Wang W. Different conformational dynamics of SNARE protein Ykt6 among yeast and mammals. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:104968. [PMID: 37380075 PMCID: PMC10388204 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2023] [Revised: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023] Open
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Ykt6 is one of the most conserved SNARE (N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) proteins involved in multiple intracellular membrane trafficking processes. The membrane-anchoring function of Ykt6 has been elucidated to result from its conformational transition from a closed state to an open state. Two ways of regulating the conformational transition were proposed: the C-terminal lipidation and the phosphorylation at the SNARE core. Despite many aspects of common properties, Ykt6 displays differential cellular localizations and functional behaviors in different species, such as yeast, mammals, and worms. The structure-function relationship underlying these differences remains elusive. Here, we combined biochemical characterization, single-molecule FRET measurement, and molecular dynamics simulation to compare the conformational dynamics of yeast and rat Ykt6. Compared to rat Ykt6 (rYkt6), yeast Ykt6 (yYkt6) has more open conformations and could not bind dodecylphosphocholine that inhibits rYkt6 in the closed state. A point mutation T46L/Q57A was shown to be able to convert yYkt6 to a more closed and dodecylphosphocholine-bound state, where Leu46 contributes key hydrophobic interactions for the closed state. We also demonstrated that the phospho-mutation S174D could shift the conformation of rYkt6 to a more open state, but the corresponding mutation S176D in yYkt6 leads to a slightly more closed conformation. These observations shed light on the regulatory mechanism underlying the variations of Ykt6 functions across species.
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- Jie Ji
- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Multiscale Research Institute of Complex Systems, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Multiscale Research Institute of Complex Systems, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources Preservation and Utilization, Agro-biological Gene Research Center, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Multiscale Research Institute of Complex Systems, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Multiscale Research Institute of Complex Systems, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Sánchez-Martín P, Kriegenburg F, Alves L, Adam J, Elsaesser J, Babic R, Mancilla H, Licheva M, Tascher G, Münch C, Eimer S, Kraft C. ULK1-mediated phosphorylation regulates the conserved role of YKT6 in autophagy. J Cell Sci 2023; 136:jcs260546. [PMID: 36644903 PMCID: PMC10022743 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.260546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Autophagy is a catabolic process during which cytosolic material is enwrapped in a newly formed double-membrane structure called the autophagosome, and subsequently targeted for degradation in the lytic compartment of the cell. The fusion of autophagosomes with the lytic compartment is a tightly regulated step and involves membrane-bound SNARE proteins. These play a crucial role as they promote lipid mixing and fusion of the opposing membranes. Among the SNARE proteins implicated in autophagy, the essential SNARE protein YKT6 is the only SNARE protein that is evolutionarily conserved from yeast to humans. Here, we show that alterations in YKT6 function, in both mammalian cells and nematodes, produce early and late autophagy defects that result in reduced survival. Moreover, mammalian autophagosomal YKT6 is phospho-regulated by the ULK1 kinase, preventing premature bundling with the lysosomal SNARE proteins and thereby inhibiting autophagosome-lysosome fusion. Together, our findings reveal that timely regulation of the YKT6 phosphorylation status is crucial throughout autophagy progression and cell survival.
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- Pablo Sánchez-Martín
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- CIBSS - Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Structural Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry II, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Structural Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry II, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry II, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Structural Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- CIBSS - Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Sec22b is a critical and nonredundant regulator of plasma cell maintenance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2213056120. [PMID: 36595686 PMCID: PMC9926242 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2213056120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Despite the essential role of plasma cells in health and disease, the cellular mechanisms controlling their survival and secretory capacity are still poorly understood. Here, we identified the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) Sec22b as a unique and critical regulator of plasma cell maintenance and function. In the absence of Sec22b, plasma cells were hardly detectable and serum antibody titers were dramatically reduced. Accordingly, Sec22b-deficient mice fail to mount a protective immune response. At the mechanistic level, we demonstrated that Sec22b contributes to efficient antibody secretion and is a central regulator of plasma cell maintenance through the regulation of their transcriptional identity and of the morphology of the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria. Altogether, our results unveil an essential and nonredundant role for Sec22b as a regulator of plasma cell fitness and of the humoral immune response.
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Rechtzigel MJ, Meyerink BL, Leppert H, Johnson TB, Cain JT, Ferrandino G, May DG, Roux KJ, Brudvig JJ, Weimer JM. Transmembrane Batten Disease Proteins Interact With a Shared Network of Vesicle Sorting Proteins, Impacting Their Synaptic Enrichment. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:834780. [PMID: 35692423 PMCID: PMC9174988 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.834780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Batten disease is unique among lysosomal storage disorders for the early and profound manifestation in the central nervous system, but little is known regarding potential neuron-specific roles for the disease-associated proteins. We demonstrate substantial overlap in the protein interactomes of three transmembrane Batten proteins (CLN3, CLN6, and CLN8), and that their absence leads to synaptic depletion of key partners (i.e., SNAREs and tethers) and altered synaptic SNARE complexing in vivo, demonstrating a novel shared etiology.
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- Pediatrics and Rare Diseases Group, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
- Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, United States
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- Pediatrics and Rare Diseases Group, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
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- Pediatrics and Rare Diseases Group, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
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- Pediatrics and Rare Diseases Group, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
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- Pediatrics and Rare Diseases Group, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
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- Pediatrics and Rare Diseases Group, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
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- Pediatrics and Rare Diseases Group, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
- Department of Pediatrics, Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, United States
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- Pediatrics and Rare Diseases Group, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
- Department of Pediatrics, Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, United States
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- Pediatrics and Rare Diseases Group, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
- Department of Pediatrics, Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, United States
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A conformational switch driven by phosphorylation regulates the activity of the evolutionarily conserved SNARE Ykt6. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2016730118. [PMID: 33723042 PMCID: PMC8000380 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2016730118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ykt6 is a conserved SNARE that plays critical roles along multiple vesicular pathways. To achieve its function, Ykt6 cycles between the cytosol and membrane-bound compartments through reversible lipidation. The mechanism that regulates these transitions is unknown. Ykt6 function is disrupted by α-synuclein, a protein critically implicated in synucleinopathies such as Parkinson’s Disease. Through a multidisciplinary approach, we report that phosphorylation regulated by Ca2+ signaling drives a conformational change that allows Ykt6 to switch from a closed cytosolic to an open membrane-bound form. Phosphorylation is also a critical determinant for Ykt6 protein interactions with functional consequences in the secretory and autophagy pathways under normal and α-synuclein conditions. This work provides a mechanistic insight into Ykt6 regulation with therapeutic implications for synucleinopathies. Ykt6 is a soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor activating protein receptor (SNARE) critically involved in diverse vesicular fusion pathways. While most SNAREs rely on transmembrane domains for their activity, Ykt6 dynamically cycles between the cytosol and membrane-bound compartments where it is active. The mechanism that regulates these transitions and allows Ykt6 to achieve specificity toward vesicular pathways is unknown. Using a Parkinson’s disease (PD) model, we found that Ykt6 is phosphorylated at an evolutionarily conserved site which is regulated by Ca2+ signaling. Through a multidisciplinary approach, we show that phosphorylation triggers a conformational change that allows Ykt6 to switch from a closed cytosolic to an open membrane-bound form. In the phosphorylated open form, the spectrum of protein interactions changes, leading to defects in both the secretory and autophagy pathways, enhancing toxicity in PD models. Our studies reveal a mechanism by which Ykt6 conformation and activity are regulated with potential implications for PD.
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Davis LJ, Bright NA, Edgar JR, Parkinson MDJ, Wartosch L, Mantell J, Peden AA, Luzio JP. Organelle tethering, pore formation and SNARE compensation in the late endocytic pathway. J Cell Sci 2021; 134:268392. [PMID: 34042162 PMCID: PMC8186482 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.255463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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To provide insights into the kiss-and-run and full fusion events resulting in endocytic delivery to lysosomes, we investigated conditions causing increased tethering and pore formation between late endocytic organelles in HeLa cells. Knockout of the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) VAMP7 and VAMP8 showed, by electron microscopy, the accumulation of tethered lysosome-associated membrane protein (LAMP)-carrier vesicles around multivesicular bodies, as well as the appearance of ‘hourglass’ profiles of late endocytic organelles attached by filamentous tethers, but did not prevent endocytic delivery to lysosomal hydrolases. Subsequent depletion of the SNARE YKT6 reduced this delivery, consistent with it compensating for the absence of VAMP7 and VAMP8. We also investigated filamentous tethering between multivesicular bodies and enlarged endolysosomes following depletion of charged multi-vesicular body protein 6 (CHMP6), and provide the first evidence that pore formation commences at the edge of tether arrays, with pore expansion required for full membrane fusion. Summary: Endocytic delivery to lysosomes by kiss and run/membrane fusion entails pore formation commencing at the edge of tether arrays, and demonstrates SNARE redundancy and compensation.
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- Luther J Davis
- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) and Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, The Keith Peters Building, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) and Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, The Keith Peters Building, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) and Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, The Keith Peters Building, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) and Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, The Keith Peters Building, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) and Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, The Keith Peters Building, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Medical Sciences Building, University Walk, Bristol BS81TD, UK.,Wolfson Bioimaging Facility, University of Bristol, Medical Sciences Building, University Walk, Bristol BS81TD, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Science & Centre for Membrane Interactions and Dynamics (CMIAD), The University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) and Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, The Keith Peters Building, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK
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Role of SNAREs in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Cells 2021; 10:cells10050991. [PMID: 33922505 PMCID: PMC8146804 DOI: 10.3390/cells10050991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Neurodegenerative diseases are pathologies of the central and peripheral nervous systems characterized by loss of brain functions and problems in movement which occur due to the slow and progressive degeneration of cellular elements. Several neurodegenerative diseases are known such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and many studies on the molecular mechanisms underlying these pathologies have been conducted. Altered functions of some key proteins and the presence of intraneuronal aggregates have been identified as responsible for the development of the diseases. Interestingly, the formation of the SNARE complex has been discovered to be fundamental for vesicle fusion, vesicle recycling and neurotransmitter release. Indeed, inhibition of the formation of the SNARE complex, defects in the SNARE-dependent exocytosis and altered regulation of SNARE-mediated vesicle fusion have been associated with neurodegeneration. In this review, the biological aspects of neurodegenerative diseases and the role of SNARE proteins in relation to the onset of these pathologies are described.
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Lamotte JDD, Roqueviere S, Gautier H, Raban E, Bouré C, Fonfria E, Krupp J, Nicoleau C. hiPSC-Derived Neurons Provide a Robust and Physiologically Relevant In Vitro Platform to Test Botulinum Neurotoxins. Front Pharmacol 2021; 11:617867. [PMID: 33519485 PMCID: PMC7840483 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.617867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are zinc metalloproteases that block neurotransmitter release at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ). Their high affinity for motor neurons combined with a high potency have made them extremely effective drugs for the treatment of a variety of neurological diseases as well as for aesthetic applications. Current in vitro assays used for testing and developing BoNT therapeutics include primary rodent cells and immortalized cell lines. Both models have limitations concerning accuracy and physiological relevance. In order to improve the translational value of preclinical data there is a clear need to use more accurate models such as human induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSC)-derived neuronal models. In this study we have assessed the potential of four different human iPSC-derived neuronal models including Motor Neurons for BoNT testing. We have characterized these models in detail and found that all models express all proteins needed for BoNT intoxication and showed that all four hiPSC-derived neuronal models are sensitive to both serotype A and E BoNT with Motor Neurons being the most sensitive. We showed that hiPSC-derived Motor Neurons expressed authentic markers after only 7 days of culture, are functional and able to form active synapses. When cultivated with myotubes, we demonstrated that they can innervate myotubes and induce contraction, generating an in vitro model of NMJ showing dose-responsive sensitivity BoNT intoxication. Together, these data demonstrate the promise of hiPSC-derived neurons, especially Motor Neurons, for pharmaceutical BoNT testing and development.
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Tang BL. Vesicle transport through interaction with t-SNAREs 1a (Vti1a)'s roles in neurons. Heliyon 2020; 6:e04600. [PMID: 32775753 PMCID: PMC7398939 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) family mediates membrane fusion during membrane trafficking and autophagy in all eukaryotic cells, with a number of SNAREs having cell type-specific functions. The endosome-trans-Golgi network (TGN) localized SNARE, Vesicle transport through interaction with t-SNAREs 1A (Vti1a), is unique among SNAREs in that it has numerous neuron-specific functions. These include neurite outgrowth, nervous system development, spontaneous neurotransmission, synaptic vesicle and dense core vesicle secretion, as well as a process of unconventional surface transport of the Kv4 potassium channel. Furthermore, the human VT11A gene is known to form fusion products with neighboring genes in cancer tissues, and VT11A variants are associated with risk in cancers, including glioma. In this review, I highlight VTI1A's known physio-pathological roles in brain neurons, as well as unanswered questions in these regards.
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- Bor Luen Tang
- Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System, Singapore.,NUS Graduate School of Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Cuddy LK, Wani WY, Morella ML, Pitcairn C, Tsutsumi K, Fredriksen K, Justman CJ, Grammatopoulos TN, Belur NR, Zunke F, Subramanian A, Affaneh A, Lansbury PT, Mazzulli JR. Stress-Induced Cellular Clearance Is Mediated by the SNARE Protein ykt6 and Disrupted by α-Synuclein. Neuron 2019; 104:869-884.e11. [PMID: 31648898 PMCID: PMC6895429 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Revised: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Age-related neurodegenerative disorders are characterized by a slow, persistent accumulation of aggregated proteins. Although cells can elicit physiological responses to enhance cellular clearance and counteract accumulation, it is unclear how pathogenic proteins evade this process in disease. We find that Parkinson's disease α-synuclein perturbs the physiological response to lysosomal stress by impeding the SNARE protein ykt6. Cytosolic ykt6 is normally autoinhibited by a unique farnesyl-mediated regulatory mechanism; however, during lysosomal stress, it activates and redistributes into membranes to preferentially promote hydrolase trafficking and enhance cellular clearance. α-Synuclein aberrantly binds and deactivates ykt6 in patient-derived neurons, thereby disabling the lysosomal stress response and facilitating protein accumulation. Activating ykt6 by small-molecule farnesyltransferase inhibitors restores lysosomal activity and reduces α-synuclein in patient-derived neurons and mice. Our findings indicate that α-synuclein creates a permissive environment for aggregate persistence by inhibiting regulated cellular clearance and provide a therapeutic strategy to restore protein homeostasis by harnessing SNARE activity.
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- Leah K Cuddy
- The Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- The Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- The Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- The Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- The Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- The Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- The Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- The Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Institute of Biochemistry, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- The Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- The Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Lysosomal Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- The Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Kriegenburg F, Bas L, Gao J, Ungermann C, Kraft C. The multi-functional SNARE protein Ykt6 in autophagosomal fusion processes. Cell Cycle 2019; 18:639-651. [PMID: 30836834 PMCID: PMC6464585 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2019.1580488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Revised: 01/06/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Autophagy is a degradative pathway in which cytosolic material is enwrapped within double membrane vesicles, so-called autophagosomes, and delivered to lytic organelles. SNARE (Soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) proteins are key to drive membrane fusion of the autophagosome and the lytic organelles, called lysosomes in higher eukaryotes or vacuoles in plants and yeast. Therefore, the identification of functional SNARE complexes is central for understanding fusion processes and their regulation. The SNARE proteins Syntaxin 17, SNAP29 and Vamp7/VAMP8 are responsible for the fusion of autophagosomes with lysosomes in higher eukaryotes. Recent studies reported that the R-SNARE Ykt6 is an additional SNARE protein involved in autophagosome-lytic organelle fusion in yeast, Drosophila, and mammals. These current findings point to an evolutionarily conserved role of Ykt6 in autophagosome-related fusion events. Here, we briefly summarize the principal mechanisms of autophagosome-lytic organelle fusion, with a special focus on Ykt6 to highlight some intrinsic features of this unusual SNARE protein.
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- Franziska Kriegenburg
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Vienna Biocenter, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Biochemistry Section, Department of Biology/Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
- Center of Cellular Nanoanalytics Osnabrück (CellNanOs), University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Biochemistry Section, Department of Biology/Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
- Center of Cellular Nanoanalytics Osnabrück (CellNanOs), University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Vienna Biocenter, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- CIBSS - Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg
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Dingjan I, Linders PTA, Verboogen DRJ, Revelo NH, Ter Beest M, van den Bogaart G. Endosomal and Phagosomal SNAREs. Physiol Rev 2018; 98:1465-1492. [PMID: 29790818 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00037.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
The soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) protein family is of vital importance for organelle communication. The complexing of cognate SNARE members present in both the donor and target organellar membranes drives the membrane fusion required for intracellular transport. In the endocytic route, SNARE proteins mediate trafficking between endosomes and phagosomes with other endosomes, lysosomes, the Golgi apparatus, the plasma membrane, and the endoplasmic reticulum. The goal of this review is to provide an overview of the SNAREs involved in endosomal and phagosomal trafficking. Of the 38 SNAREs present in humans, 30 have been identified at endosomes and/or phagosomes. Many of these SNAREs are targeted by viruses and intracellular pathogens, which thereby reroute intracellular transport for gaining access to nutrients, preventing their degradation, and avoiding their detection by the immune system. A fascinating picture is emerging of a complex transport network with multiple SNAREs being involved in consecutive trafficking routes.
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- Ilse Dingjan
- Department of Tumor Immunology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , The Netherlands ; and Department of Molecular Immunology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen , Groningen , The Netherlands
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- Department of Tumor Immunology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , The Netherlands ; and Department of Molecular Immunology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen , Groningen , The Netherlands
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- Department of Tumor Immunology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , The Netherlands ; and Department of Molecular Immunology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen , Groningen , The Netherlands
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- Department of Tumor Immunology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , The Netherlands ; and Department of Molecular Immunology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen , Groningen , The Netherlands
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- Department of Tumor Immunology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , The Netherlands ; and Department of Molecular Immunology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen , Groningen , The Netherlands
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- Department of Tumor Immunology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , The Netherlands ; and Department of Molecular Immunology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen , Groningen , The Netherlands
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Wu S, Wang D, Weng J, Liu J, Wang W. A revisit of the conformational dynamics of SNARE protein rYkt6. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018; 503:2841-2847. [PMID: 30119892 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.08.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins are involved in the fusion of vesicles with their target membranes. R-SNARE protein Ykt6 is one of the most conserved SNARE in eukaryotes. The conformational state of Ykt6 is regulated by the lipidations at its C-terminal motif. Previous studies show that the binding of dodecylphosphocholine (DPC) can stabilize a closed conformation of rat Ykt6 (rYkt6) and mimic the farnesylated rYkt6. Despite this model, the detailed conformational dynamics of Ykt6 is still unclear. Here, we combined smFRET and MD simulation to demonstrate that the un-lipidated rYkt6 adopts five major conformational states. DPC binding shifts the conformational distribution toward the more closed states. At the same time, there remain considerable fractions of open and semi-open conformations in the presence of DPC. These newly revealed dynamic features of rYkt6 are consistent with its unique functional diversity in neuronal cells.
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- Shaowen Wu
- Multiscale Research Institute of Complex Systems, Department of Chemistry and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China
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- Multiscale Research Institute of Complex Systems, Department of Chemistry and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China
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- Multiscale Research Institute of Complex Systems, Department of Chemistry and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China
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- Multiscale Research Institute of Complex Systems, Department of Chemistry and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China.
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- Multiscale Research Institute of Complex Systems, Department of Chemistry and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China.
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Gao J, Reggiori F, Ungermann C. A novel in vitro assay reveals SNARE topology and the role of Ykt6 in autophagosome fusion with vacuoles. J Cell Biol 2018; 217:3670-3682. [PMID: 30097515 PMCID: PMC6168247 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201804039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2018] [Revised: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Autophagosome fusion with vacuoles requires a conserved fusion machinery, though the topology remained unclear. Two papers in this issue, Bas et al. and Gao et al., uncover Ykt6 as the required autophagosomal SNARE. Autophagy is a catabolic pathway that delivers intracellular material to the mammalian lysosomes or the yeast and plant vacuoles. The final step in this process is the fusion of autophagosomes with vacuoles, which requires SNARE proteins, the homotypic vacuole fusion and protein sorting tethering complex, the RAB7-like Ypt7 GTPase, and its guanine nucleotide exchange factor, Mon1-Ccz1. Where these different components are located and function during fusion, however, remains to be fully understood. Here, we present a novel in vitro assay to monitor fusion of intact and functional autophagosomes with vacuoles. This process requires ATP, physiological temperature, and the entire fusion machinery to tether and fuse autophagosomes with vacuoles. Importantly, we uncover Ykt6 as the autophagosomal SNARE. Our assay and findings thus provide the tools to dissect autophagosome completion and fusion in a test tube.
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- Jieqiong Gao
- Biochemistry Section, Department of Biology/Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Biochemistry Section, Department of Biology/Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany .,Center of Cellular Nanoanalytics Osnabrück (CellNanOs), University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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Naydenov NG, Joshi S, Feygin A, Saini S, Litovchick L, Ivanov AI. A membrane fusion protein, Ykt6, regulates epithelial cell migration via microRNA-mediated suppression of Junctional Adhesion Molecule A. Cell Cycle 2018; 17:1812-1831. [PMID: 30010460 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2018.1496755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Vesicle trafficking regulates epithelial cell migration by remodeling matrix adhesions and delivering signaling molecules to the migrating leading edge. Membrane fusion, which is driven by soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor associated receptor (SNARE) proteins, is an essential step of vesicle trafficking. Mammalian SNAREs represent a large group of proteins, but few have been implicated in the regulation of cell migration. Ykt6 is a unique SNARE existing in equilibrium between active membrane-bound and inactive cytoplasmic pools, and mediating vesicle trafficking between different intracellular compartments. The biological functions of this protein remain poorly understood. In the present study, we found that Ykt6 acts as a negative regulator of migration and invasion of human prostate epithelial cells. Furthermore, Ykt6 regulates the integrity of epithelial adherens and tight junctions. The observed anti-migratory activity of Ykt6 is mediated by a unique mechanism involving the expressional upregulation of microRNA 145, which selectively decreases the cellular level of Junctional Adhesion Molecule (JAM) A. This decreased JAM-A expression limits the activity of Rap1 and Rac1 small GTPases, thereby attenuating cell spreading and motility. The described novel functions of Ykt6 could be essential for the regulation of epithelial barriers, epithelial repair, and metastatic dissemination of cancer cells.
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- Nayden G Naydenov
- a Department of Inflammation and Immunity , Lerner Research Institute of Cleveland Clinic Foundation , Cleveland , OH , USA.,b Department of Human and Molecular Genetics , Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond , VA , USA
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- b Department of Human and Molecular Genetics , Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond , VA , USA
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- b Department of Human and Molecular Genetics , Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond , VA , USA
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- c Department of Internal Medicine , Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond , VA , USA
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- c Department of Internal Medicine , Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond , VA , USA
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- a Department of Inflammation and Immunity , Lerner Research Institute of Cleveland Clinic Foundation , Cleveland , OH , USA.,b Department of Human and Molecular Genetics , Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond , VA , USA
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Matsui T, Jiang P, Nakano S, Sakamaki Y, Yamamoto H, Mizushima N. Autophagosomal YKT6 is required for fusion with lysosomes independently of syntaxin 17. J Cell Biol 2018; 217:2633-2645. [PMID: 29789439 PMCID: PMC6080929 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201712058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2017] [Revised: 04/01/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Matsui et al. identify YKT6 as a novel autophagosomal SNARE protein. YKT6 is
required for autophagosome–lysosome fusion independently of STX17, a
known autophagosomal SNARE. Macroautophagy is an evolutionarily conserved catabolic mechanism that delivers
intracellular constituents to lysosomes using autophagosomes. To achieve
degradation, lysosomes must fuse with closed autophagosomes. We previously
reported that the soluble N-ethylmaleimide–sensitive
factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) protein syntaxin (STX) 17
translocates to autophagosomes to mediate fusion with lysosomes. In this study,
we report an additional mechanism. We found that autophagosome–lysosome
fusion is retained to some extent even in STX17 knockout (KO)
HeLa cells. By screening other human SNAREs, we identified YKT6 as a novel
autophagosomal SNARE protein. Depletion of YKT6 inhibited
autophagosome–lysosome fusion partially in wild-type and completely in
STX17 KO cells, suggesting that YKT6 and STX17 are
independently required for fusion. YKT6 formed a SNARE complex with SNAP29 and
lysosomal STX7, both of which are required for autophagosomal fusion.
Recruitment of YKT6 to autophagosomes depends on its N-terminal longin domain
but not on the C-terminal palmitoylation and farnesylation that are essential
for its Golgi localization. These findings suggest that two independent SNARE
complexes mediate autophagosome–lysosome fusion.
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- Takahide Matsui
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Research Core, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Takáts S, Glatz G, Szenci G, Boda A, Horváth GV, Hegedűs K, Kovács AL, Juhász G. Non-canonical role of the SNARE protein Ykt6 in autophagosome-lysosome fusion. PLoS Genet 2018; 14:e1007359. [PMID: 29694367 PMCID: PMC5937789 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2017] [Revised: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 04/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The autophagosomal SNARE Syntaxin17 (Syx17) forms a complex with Snap29 and Vamp7/8 to promote autophagosome-lysosome fusion via multiple interactions with the tethering complex HOPS. Here we demonstrate that, unexpectedly, one more SNARE (Ykt6) is also required for autophagosome clearance in Drosophila. We find that loss of Ykt6 leads to large-scale accumulation of autophagosomes that are unable to fuse with lysosomes to form autolysosomes. Of note, loss of Syx5, the partner of Ykt6 in ER-Golgi trafficking does not prevent autolysosome formation, pointing to a more direct role of Ykt6 in fusion. Indeed, Ykt6 localizes to lysosomes and autolysosomes, and forms a SNARE complex with Syx17 and Snap29. Interestingly, Ykt6 can be outcompeted from this SNARE complex by Vamp7, and we demonstrate that overexpression of Vamp7 rescues the fusion defect of ykt6 loss of function cells. Finally, a point mutant form with an RQ amino acid change in the zero ionic layer of Ykt6 protein that is thought to be important for fusion-competent SNARE complex assembly retains normal autophagic activity and restores full viability in mutant animals, unlike palmitoylation or farnesylation site mutant Ykt6 forms. As Ykt6 and Vamp7 are both required for autophagosome-lysosome fusion and are mutually exclusive subunits in a Syx17-Snap29 complex, these data suggest that Vamp7 is directly involved in membrane fusion and Ykt6 acts as a non-conventional, regulatory SNARE in this process. SNARE proteins are critical executors of most vesicle fusion events in eukaryotic cells. 4 SNARE domains assemble into a bundle to promote fusion. We have previously shown that Syntaxin 17, Snap29 (contributing 2 SNARE domains) and Vamp7 form the SNARE complex executing autophagosome-lysosome fusion in Drosophila. Surprisingly, one more SNARE protein (Ykt6) is also required in vivo for autophagosome-lysosome fusion. We find that Ykt6 can form a less stable complex with Syntaxin 17 and Snap29 than Vamp7, because Vamp7 outcompetes Ykt6. Ykt6, Vamp7 and Syntaxin 17 all bind to the tethering complex HOPS to promote vesicle fusion. Ykt6 likely plays a non-canonical role in autophagosome-lysosome fusion, because its mutant form (which is thought to be unable to assemble into a fusion-competent SNARE complex) still rescues the fusion defect of ykt6 mutant cells, and it restores viability in mutant animals.
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- Szabolcs Takáts
- Department of Anatomy, Cell and Developmental Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Premium Postdoctoral Research Program, Budapest, Hungary
- * E-mail: (ST); (GJ)
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- Department of Anatomy, Cell and Developmental Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Anatomy, Cell and Developmental Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Anatomy, Cell and Developmental Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Genetics, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Anatomy, Cell and Developmental Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Anatomy, Cell and Developmental Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Anatomy, Cell and Developmental Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
- Institute of Genetics, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
- * E-mail: (ST); (GJ)
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Li H, Wu J, Shen H, Yao X, Liu C, Pianta S, Han J, Borlongan CV, Chen G. Autophagy in hemorrhagic stroke: Mechanisms and clinical implications. Prog Neurobiol 2017; 163-164:79-97. [PMID: 28414101 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2017.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2016] [Revised: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/08/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Accumulating evidence advances the critical role of autophagy in brain pathology after stroke. Investigations employing autophagy induction or inhibition using pharmacological tools or autophagy-related gene knockout mice have recently revealed the biological significance of intact and functional autophagy in stroke. Most of the reported cases attest to a pro-survival role for autophagy in stroke, by facilitating removal of damaged proteins and organelles, which can be recycled for energy generation and cellular defenses. However, these observations are difficult to reconcile with equally compelling evidence demonstrating stroke-induced upregulation of brain cell death index that parallels enhanced autophagy. This begs the question of whether drug-induced autophagy during stroke culminates in improved or worsened pathological outcomes. A corollary fascinating hypothesis, but presents as a tricky conundrum, involves the effects of autophagy on cell death and inflammation, which are two main culprits in the disease progression of stroke-induced brain injury. Evidence has extended the roles of autophagy in inflammation via cytokine regulation in an unconventional secretion manner or by targeting inflammasomes for degradation. Moreover, in the recently concluded Vancouver Autophagy Symposium (VAS) held in 2014, the potential of selective autophagy for clinical treatment has been recognized. The role of autophagy in ischemic stroke has been reviewed previously in detail. Here, we evaluate the strength of laboratory and clinical evidence by providing a comprehensive summary of the literature on autophagy, and thereafter we offer our perspectives on exploiting autophagy as a drug target for cerebral ischemia, especially in hemorrhagic stroke.
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- Haiying Li
- Department of Neurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University,188 Shizi Street, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University,188 Shizi Street, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University,188 Shizi Street, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University,188 Shizi Street, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University,188 Shizi Street, Suzhou 215006, China
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- Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, Department of Neurosurgery & Brain Repair, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine,12901 Bruce B Downs Blvd Tampa, FL 33612 USA
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- Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, Department of Neurosurgery & Brain Repair, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine,12901 Bruce B Downs Blvd Tampa, FL 33612 USA
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- Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, Department of Neurosurgery & Brain Repair, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine,12901 Bruce B Downs Blvd Tampa, FL 33612 USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery & Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University,188 Shizi Street, Suzhou 215006, China.
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Gordon DE, Chia J, Jayawardena K, Antrobus R, Bard F, Peden AA. VAMP3/Syb and YKT6 are required for the fusion of constitutive secretory carriers with the plasma membrane. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1006698. [PMID: 28403141 PMCID: PMC5406017 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2016] [Revised: 04/26/2017] [Accepted: 03/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The cellular machinery required for the fusion of constitutive secretory vesicles with the plasma membrane in metazoans remains poorly defined. To address this problem we have developed a powerful, quantitative assay for measuring secretion and used it in combination with combinatorial gene depletion studies in Drosophila cells. This has allowed us to identify at least three SNARE complexes mediating Golgi to PM transport (STX1, SNAP24/29 and Syb; STX1, SNAP24/29 and YKT6; STX4, SNAP24 and Syb). RNAi mediated depletion of YKT6 and VAMP3 in mammalian cells also blocks constitutive secretion suggesting that YKT6 has an evolutionarily conserved role in this process. The unexpected role of YKT6 in plasma membrane fusion may in part explain why RNAi and gene disruption studies have failed to produce the expected phenotypes in higher eukaryotes.
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- David E. Gordon
- University of California San Francisco, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, San Francisco, CA, United States of America
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, 61 Biopolis Drive, Proteos, Singapore
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, 61 Biopolis Drive, Proteos, Singapore
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- Department of Biomedical Science & Centre for Membrane Interactions and Dynamics (CMIAD), The University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Climer LK, Hendrix RD, Lupashin VV. Conserved Oligomeric Golgi and Neuronal Vesicular Trafficking. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2017; 245:227-247. [PMID: 29063274 DOI: 10.1007/164_2017_65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The conserved oligomeric Golgi (COG) complex is an evolutionary conserved multi-subunit vesicle tethering complex essential for the majority of Golgi apparatus functions: protein and lipid glycosylation and protein sorting. COG is present in neuronal cells, but the repertoire of COG function in different Golgi-like compartments is an enigma. Defects in COG subunits cause alteration of Golgi morphology, protein trafficking, and glycosylation resulting in human congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) type II. In this review we summarize and critically analyze recent advances in the function of Golgi and Golgi-like compartments in neuronal cells and functions and dysfunctions of the COG complex and its partner proteins.
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- Leslie K Climer
- College of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics, UAMS, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- College of Medicine, Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, UAMS, Little Rock, AR, USA
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Lipid Regulated Intramolecular Conformational Dynamics of SNARE-Protein Ykt6. Sci Rep 2016; 6:30282. [PMID: 27493064 PMCID: PMC4974504 DOI: 10.1038/srep30282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Cellular informational and metabolic processes are propagated with specific membrane fusions governed by soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNARE). SNARE protein Ykt6 is highly expressed in brain neurons and plays a critical role in the membrane-trafficking process. Studies suggested that Ykt6 undergoes a conformational change at the interface between its longin domain and the SNARE core. In this work, we study the conformational state distributions and dynamics of rat Ykt6 by means of single-molecule Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (smFRET) and Fluorescence Cross-Correlation Spectroscopy (FCCS). We observed that intramolecular conformational dynamics between longin domain and SNARE core occurred at the timescale ~200 μs. Furthermore, this dynamics can be regulated and even eliminated by the presence of lipid dodecylphoshpocholine (DPC). Our molecular dynamic (MD) simulations have shown that, the SNARE core exhibits a flexible structure while the longin domain retains relatively stable in apo state. Combining single molecule experiments and theoretical MD simulations, we are the first to provide a quantitative dynamics of Ykt6 and explain the functional conformational change from a qualitative point of view.
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Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins constitute the core membrane fusion machinery of intracellular transport and intercellular communication. A little more than ten years ago, it was proposed that the long N-terminal domain of a subset of SNAREs, henceforth called the longin domain, could be a crucial regulator with multiple functions in membrane trafficking. Structural, biochemical and cell biology studies have now produced a large set of data that support this hypothesis and indicate a role for the longin domain in regulating the sorting and activity of SNAREs. Here, we review the first decade of structure-function data on the three prototypical longin SNAREs: Ykt6, VAMP7 and Sec22b. We will, in particular, highlight the conserved molecular mechanisms that allow longin domains to fold back onto the fusion-inducing SNARE coiled-coil domain, thereby inhibiting membrane fusion, and describe the interactions of longin SNAREs with proteins that regulate their intracellular sorting. This dual function of the longin domain in regulating both the membrane localization and membrane fusion activity of SNAREs points to its role as a key regulatory module of intracellular trafficking.
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- Frédéric Daste
- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS UMR 7592, Membrane Traffic in Health & Disease, INSERM ERL U950, Paris F-75013, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS UMR 7592, Membrane Traffic in Health & Disease, INSERM ERL U950, Paris F-75013, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS UMR 7592, Membrane Traffic in Health & Disease, INSERM ERL U950, Paris F-75013, France
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Climer LK, Dobretsov M, Lupashin V. Defects in the COG complex and COG-related trafficking regulators affect neuronal Golgi function. Front Neurosci 2015; 9:405. [PMID: 26578865 PMCID: PMC4621299 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The Conserved Oligomeric Golgi (COG) complex is an evolutionarily conserved hetero-octameric protein complex that has been proposed to organize vesicle tethering at the Golgi apparatus. Defects in seven of the eight COG subunits are linked to Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG)-type II, a family of rare diseases involving misregulation of protein glycosylation, alterations in Golgi structure, variations in retrograde trafficking through the Golgi and system-wide clinical pathologies. A troublesome aspect of these diseases are the neurological pathologies such as low IQ, microcephaly, and cerebellar atrophy. The essential function of the COG complex is dependent upon interactions with other components of trafficking machinery, such as Rab-GTPases and SNAREs. COG-interacting Rabs and SNAREs have been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Defects in Golgi maintenance disrupts trafficking and processing of essential proteins, frequently associated with and contributing to compromised neuron function and human disease. Despite the recent advances in molecular neuroscience, the subcellular bases for most neurodegenerative diseases are poorly understood. This article gives an overview of the potential contributions of the COG complex and its Rab and SNARE partners in the pathogenesis of different neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Leslie K Climer
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR, USA
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Hadžić T, Park D, Abruzzi KC, Yang L, Trigg JS, Rohs R, Rosbash M, Taghert PH. Genome-wide features of neuroendocrine regulation in Drosophila by the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor DIMMED. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:2199-215. [PMID: 25634895 PMCID: PMC4344488 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Neuroendocrine (NE) cells use large dense core vesicles (LDCVs) to traffic, process, store and secrete neuropeptide hormones through the regulated secretory pathway. The dimmed (DIMM) basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor of Drosophila controls the level of regulated secretory activity in NE cells. To pursue its mechanisms, we have performed two independent genome-wide analyses of DIMM's activities: (i) in vivo chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) to define genomic sites of DIMM occupancy and (ii) deep sequencing of purified DIMM neurons to characterize their transcriptional profile. By this combined approach, we showed that DIMM binds to conserved E-boxes in enhancers of 212 genes whose expression is enriched in DIMM-expressing NE cells. DIMM binds preferentially to certain E-boxes within first introns of specific gene isoforms. Statistical machine learning revealed that flanking regions of putative DIMM binding sites contribute to its DNA binding specificity. DIMM's transcriptional repertoire features at least 20 LDCV constituents. In addition, DIMM notably targets the pro-secretory transcription factor, creb-A, but significantly, DIMM does not target any neuropeptide genes. DIMM therefore prescribes the scale of secretory activity in NE neurons, by a systematic control of both proximal and distal points in the regulated secretory pathway.
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- Tarik Hadžić
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Center for Behavioral Genomics, Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454, USA
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- Molecular and Computational Biology Program, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Molecular and Computational Biology Program, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Center for Behavioral Genomics, Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Wang T, Grabski R, Sztul E, Hay JC. p115-SNARE interactions: a dynamic cycle of p115 binding monomeric SNARE motifs and releasing assembled bundles. Traffic 2015; 16:148-71. [PMID: 25406594 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12242] [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: 08/27/2013] [Revised: 11/17/2014] [Accepted: 11/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tethering factors regulate the targeting of membrane-enclosed vesicles under the control of Rab GTPases. p115, a golgin family tether, has been shown to participate in multiple stages of ER/Golgi transport. Despite extensive study, the mechanism of action of p115 is poorly understood. SNARE proteins make up the machinery for membrane fusion, and strong evidence shows that function of p115 is directly linked to its interaction with SNAREs. Using a gel filtration binding assay, we have demonstrated that in solution p115 stably interacts with ER/Golgi SNAREs rbet1 and sec22b, but not membrin and syntaxin 5. These binding preferences stemmed from selectivity of p115 for monomeric SNARE motifs as opposed to SNARE oligomers. Soluble monomeric rbet1 can compete off p115 from coat protein II (COPII) vesicles. Furthermore, excess p115 inhibits p115 function in trafficking. We conclude that monomeric SNAREs are a major binding site for p115 on COPII vesicles, and that p115 dissociates from its SNARE partners upon SNAREpin assembly. Our results suggest a model in which p115 forms a mixed p115/SNARE helix bundle with a monomeric SNARE, facilitates the binding activity and/or concentration of the SNARE at prefusion sites and is subsequently ejected as SNARE complex formation and fusion proceed.
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- Ting Wang
- Division of Biological Sciences and Center for Structural & Functional Neuroscience, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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Weng J, Yang Y, Wang W. Lipid regulated conformational dynamics of the longin SNARE protein Ykt6 revealed by molecular dynamics simulations. J Phys Chem A 2014; 119:1554-62. [PMID: 25268560 DOI: 10.1021/jp5075708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The conformation and subcellular localization of R-SNARE protein Ykt6 are regulated by the lipidation state of its C-terminal CCAIM motif. Biochemical and crystallography studies showed that lipid molecules binding at a hydrophobic pocket at the interface between the longin domain and the SNARE core can lock Ykt6 at a closed conformation and mimic the farnesylated state of Ykt6. In this study, we performed in silico farnesylation of Ykt6 and explored the conformational dynamics of Ykt6 using conventional and steered MD simulations. We found that the farnesylated Ykt6 model structure is stable during the 2 μs simulation and the farnesyl group adopts conformations similar to those of the DPC molecule bound to Ykt6. Both DPC binding and farnesylation were found to reduce the conformational flexibility of Ykt6 and hinder the dissociation of SNARE core from the longin domain. The dissociation of the αF-αG segment is the rate-limiting step during the putative closed-to-open conformational transition of Ykt6, and the key residues involved in this process are consistent with the experimental mutagenesis study.
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- Jingwei Weng
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, and ‡Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University , Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
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Steady increase in the incidence of atherosclerosis is becoming a major concern not only in the United States but also in other countries. One of the major risk factors for the development of atherosclerosis is high concentrations of plasma low-density lipoprotein, which are metabolic products of very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL). VLDLs are synthesized and secreted by the liver. In this review, we discuss various stages through which VLDL particles go from their biogenesis to secretion in the circulatory system. Once VLDLs are synthesized in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum, they are transported to the Golgi. The transport of nascent VLDLs from the endoplasmic reticulum to Golgi is a complex multistep process, which is mediated by a specialized transport vesicle, the VLDL transport vesicle. The VLDL transport vesicle delivers VLDLs to the cis-Golgi lumen where nascent VLDLs undergo a number of essential modifications. The mature VLDL particles are then transported to the plasma membrane and secreted in the circulatory system. Understanding of molecular mechanisms and identification of factors regulating the complex intracellular VLDL trafficking will provide insight into the pathophysiology of various metabolic disorders associated with abnormal VLDL secretion and identify potential new therapeutic targets.
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- Samata Tiwari
- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, 6900 Lake Nona Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32827, USA
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Thayanidhi N, Liang Y, Hasegawa H, Nycz DC, Oorschot V, Klumperman J, Hay JC. R-SNARE ykt6 resides in membrane-associated protease-resistant protein particles and modulates cell cycle progression when over-expressed. Biol Cell 2012; 104:397-417. [DOI: 10.1111/boc.201100048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2011] [Accepted: 03/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Evans SE, Kottom TJ, Pagano RE, Limper AH. Primary alveolar epithelial cell surface membrane microdomain function is required for Pneumocystis β-glucan-induced inflammatory responses. Innate Immun 2012; 18:709-16. [PMID: 22334619 DOI: 10.1177/1753425912436763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Intense lung inflammation characterizes respiratory failure associated with Pneumocystis pneumonia. Our laboratory has previously demonstrated that alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) elaborate inflammatory cytokines and chemokines in response to the Pneumocystis carinii cell wall constituent β-(1→3)-glucan (PCBG), and that these responses require lactosylceramide, a prominent glycosphingolipid constituent of certain cell membrane microdomains. The relevance of membrane microdomains, also termed plasma membrane lipid rafts, in cell signaling and macromolecule handling has been increasingly recognized in many biologic systems, but their role in P. carinii-induced inflammation is unknown. To investigate the mechanisms of microdomain-dependent P. carinii-induced inflammation, we challenged primary rat AECs with PCBG with or without pre-incubation with inhibitors of microdomain function. Glycosphingolipid and cholesterol rich microdomain inhibition resulted in significant attenuation of P. carinii-induced expression of TNF-α and the rodent C-X-C chemokine MIP-2, as well as their known inflammatory secondary signaling pathways. We have previously shown that protein kinase C (PKC) is activated by PCBG challenge and herein show that PKC localizes to AEC microdomains. We also demonstrate by conventional microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, confocal microscopy and spectrophotofluorimetry that AECs internalize fluorescently-labeled PCBG by microdomain-mediated mechanisms, and that anti-microdomain pretreatments prevent internalization. Taken together, these data suggest an important role for AEC microdomain function in PCBG-induced inflammatory responses. This offers a potential novel target for therapeutics for a condition that continues to exert unacceptable morbidity and mortality among immunocompromised populations.
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- Scott E Evans
- Thoracic Diseases Research Unit and the Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, MN 55905, USA
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Cebrian I, Visentin G, Blanchard N, Jouve M, Bobard A, Moita C, Enninga J, Moita LF, Amigorena S, Savina A. Sec22b regulates phagosomal maturation and antigen crosspresentation by dendritic cells. Cell 2012; 147:1355-68. [PMID: 22153078 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 235] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2011] [Revised: 09/07/2011] [Accepted: 11/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Antigen (Ag) crosspresentation by dendritic cells (DCs) involves the presentation of internalized Ags on MHC class I molecules to initiate CD8+ T cell-mediated immunity in response to certain pathogens and tumor cells. Here, we identify the SNARE Sec22b as a specific regulator of Ag crosspresentation. Sec22b localizes to the ER-Golgi intermediate compartment (ERGIC) and pairs to the plasma membrane SNARE syntaxin 4, which is present in phagosomes (Phgs). Depletion of Sec22b inhibits the recruitment of ER-resident proteins to Phgs and to the vacuole containing the Toxoplasma gondii parasite. In Sec22b-deficient DCs, crosspresentation is compromised after Ag phagocytosis or endocytosis and after invasion by T. gondii. Sec22b silencing inhibited Ag export to the cytosol and increased phagosomal degradation by accelerating lysosomal recruitment. Our findings provide insight into an intracellular traffic pathway required for crosspresentation and show that Sec22b-dependent recruitment of ER proteins to Phgs critically influences phagosomal functions in DCs.
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- Ignacio Cebrian
- Institut Curie, INSERM U932, Immunité et Cancer, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Chua CEL, Tang BL. Rabs, SNAREs and α-synuclein--membrane trafficking defects in synucleinopathies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 67:268-81. [PMID: 21439320 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2011.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2011] [Revised: 03/15/2011] [Accepted: 03/16/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Neuronal dysfunctions and neurodegeneration are often associated with defects in membrane transport. Synucleinopathies are a diverse group of neurodegenerative disorders that share a common pathological feature--insoluble aggregates composed largely of the protein α-synuclein in certain populations of neurons and glia. The actual physiological function of the brain-enriched α-synuclein is still not particularly clear. What is obvious is that when the protein is present in pathologically high amounts, or in mutant forms with enhanced membrane association and oligomerization, it causes neuronal demise with manifestations of impaired neuronal traffic, heightened oxidative stress, mitochondrial degeneration and defects in lipid metabolism. α-synuclein's direct association with the activities of key components of the eukaryotic membrane traffic machinery, namely Rabs and the soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor (NSF) attachment protein receptors (SNAREs), has highlighted a key role for membrane transport defects in α-synuclein-mediated pathology. Here, we summarize and discuss recent findings in this regard, and their implications in the molecular aspects of synucleinopathy.
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- Christelle En Lin Chua
- Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, 8 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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Ayong L, DaSilva T, Mauser J, Allen CM, Chakrabarti D. Evidence for prenylation-dependent targeting of a Ykt6 SNARE in Plasmodium falciparum. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2011; 175:162-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2010.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2010] [Revised: 11/01/2010] [Accepted: 11/05/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The identification of the SNARE complex required for the fusion of VLDL-transport vesicle with hepatic cis-Golgi. Biochem J 2010; 429:391-401. [PMID: 20450495 DOI: 10.1042/bj20100336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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VLDLs (very-low-density lipoproteins) are synthesized in the liver and play an important role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Following their biogenesis in hepatic ER (endoplasmic reticulum), nascent VLDLs are exported to the Golgi which is a physiologically regulatable event. We have previously shown that a unique ER-derived vesicle, the VTV (VLDL-transport vesicle), mediates the targeted delivery of VLDL to the Golgi lumen. Because VTVs are different from other ER-derived transport vesicles in their morphology and biochemical composition, we speculated that a distinct set of SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor-attachment protein receptor) proteins would form a SNARE complex which would eventually facilitate the docking/fusion of VTVs with Golgi. Our results show that Sec22b is concentrated in VTVs as compared with the ER. Electron microscopic results show that Sec22b co-localizes with p58 and Sar1 on the VTV surface. Pre-treatment of VTV with antibodies against Sec22b inhibited VTV-Golgi fusion, indicating its role as a v-SNARE (vesicle SNARE). To isolate the SNARE complex, we developed an in vitro docking assay in which VTVs were allowed to dock with the Golgi, but fusion was prevented to stabilize the SNARE complex. After the docking reaction, VTV-Golgi complexes were collected, solubilized in 2% Triton X-100 and the SNARE complex was co-immunoprecipitated using anti-Sec22b or GOS28 antibodies. A approximately 110 kDa complex was identified in non-boiled samples that was dissociated upon boiling. The components of the complex were identified as Sec22b, syntaxin 5, rBet1 and GOS28. Antibodies against each SNARE component significantly inhibited VTV-Golgi fusion. We conclude that the SNARE complex required for VTV-Golgi fusion is composed of Sec22b, syntaxin 5, rBet1 and GOS28.
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Thayanidhi N, Helm JR, Nycz DC, Bentley M, Liang Y, Hay JC. Alpha-synuclein delays endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-to-Golgi transport in mammalian cells by antagonizing ER/Golgi SNAREs. Mol Biol Cell 2010; 21:1850-63. [PMID: 20392839 PMCID: PMC2877643 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e09-09-0801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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This work demonstrates that α-synuclein inhibits the biosynthetic secretory pathway of mammalian cells potently and directly under nontoxic conditions and in the absence of insoluble α-synuclein aggregates. A potential mechanism involving α-synuclein binding to ER/Golgi SNAREs and inhibiting fusogenic SNARE complex assembly is elucidated. Toxicity of human α-synuclein when expressed in simple organisms can be suppressed by overexpression of endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-to-Golgi transport machinery, suggesting that inhibition of constitutive secretion represents a fundamental cause of the toxicity. Whether similar inhibition in mammals represents a cause of familial Parkinson's disease has not been established. We tested elements of this hypothesis by expressing human α-synuclein in mammalian kidney and neuroendocrine cells and assessing ER-to-Golgi transport. Overexpression of wild type or the familial disease-associated A53T mutant α-synuclein delayed transport by up to 50%; however, A53T inhibited more potently. The secretory delay occurred at low expression levels and was not accompanied by insoluble α-synuclein aggregates or mistargeting of transport machinery, suggesting a direct action of soluble α-synuclein on trafficking proteins. Co-overexpression of ER/Golgi arginine soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (R-SNAREs) specifically rescued transport, indicating that α-synuclein antagonizes SNARE function. Ykt6 reversed α-synuclein inhibition much more effectively than sec22b, suggesting a possible neuroprotective role for the enigmatic high expression of ykt6 in neurons. In in vitro reconstitutions, purified α-synuclein A53T protein specifically inhibited COPII vesicle docking and fusion at a pre-Golgi step. Finally, soluble α-synuclein A53T directly bound ER/Golgi SNAREs and inhibited SNARE complex assembly, providing a potential mechanism for toxic effects in the early secretory pathway.
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Vivona S, Liu CW, Strop P, Rossi V, Filippini F, Brunger AT. The longin SNARE VAMP7/TI-VAMP adopts a closed conformation. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:17965-73. [PMID: 20378544 PMCID: PMC2878558 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.120972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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SNARE protein complexes are key mediators of exocytosis by juxtaposing opposing membranes, leading to membrane fusion. SNAREs generally consist of one or two core domains that can form a four-helix bundle with other SNARE core domains. Some SNAREs, such as syntaxin target-SNAREs and longin vesicular-SNAREs, have independent, folded N-terminal domains that can interact with their respective SNARE core domains and thereby affect the kinetics of SNARE complex formation. This autoinhibition mechanism is believed to regulate the role of the longin VAMP7/TI-VAMP in neuronal morphogenesis. Here we use nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to study the longin-SNARE core domain interaction for VAMP7. Using complete backbone resonance assignments, chemical shift perturbations analysis, and hydrogen/deuterium exchange experiments, we conclusively show that VAMP7 adopts a preferentially closed conformation in solution. Taken together, the closed conformation of longins is conserved, in contrast to the syntaxin family of SNAREs for which mixtures of open and closed states have been observed. This may indicate different regulatory mechanisms for SNARE complexes containing syntaxins and longins, respectively.
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- Sandro Vivona
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Wen W, Yu J, Pan L, Wei Z, Weng J, Wang W, Ong YS, Tran THT, Hong W, Zhang M. Lipid-Induced conformational switch controls fusion activity of longin domain SNARE Ykt6. Mol Cell 2010; 37:383-95. [PMID: 20159557 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2009] [Revised: 05/01/2009] [Accepted: 12/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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While most SNAREs are permanently anchored to membranes by their transmembrane domains, the dually lipidated SNARE Ykt6 is found both on intracellular membranes and in the cytosol. The cytosolic Ykt6 is inactive due to the autoinhibition of the SNARE core by its longin domain, although the molecular basis of this inhibition is unknown. Here, we demonstrate that unlipidated Ykt6 adopts multiple conformations, with a small population in the closed state. The structure of Ykt6 in complex with a fatty acid suggests that, upon farnesylation, the Ykt6 SNARE core forms four alpha helices that wrap around the longin domain, forming a dominantly closed conformation. The fatty acid, buried in a hydrophobic groove formed between the longin domain and its SNARE core, is essential for maintaining the autoinhibited conformation of Ykt6. Our study reveals that the posttranslationally attached farnesyl group can actively regulate Ykt6 fusion activity in addition to its anticipated membrane-anchoring role.
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- Wenyu Wen
- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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Vedovato M, Rossi V, Dacks JB, Filippini F. Comparative analysis of plant genomes allows the definition of the "Phytolongins": a novel non-SNARE longin domain protein family. BMC Genomics 2009; 10:510. [PMID: 19889231 PMCID: PMC2779197 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2009] [Accepted: 11/04/2009] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background Subcellular trafficking is a hallmark of eukaryotic cells. Because of their pivotal role in the process, a great deal of attention has been paid to the SNARE proteins. Most R-SNAREs, or "longins", however, also possess a highly conserved, N-terminal fold. This "longin domain" is known to play multiple roles in regulating SNARE activity and targeting via interaction with other trafficking proteins. However, the diversity and complement of longins in eukaryotes is poorly understood. Results Our comparative genome survey identified a novel family of longin-related proteins, dubbed the "Phytolongins" because they are specific to land plants. Phytolongins share with longins the N-terminal longin domain and the C-terminal transmembrane domain; however, in the central region, the SNARE motif is replaced by a novel region. Phylogenetic analysis pinpoints the Phytolongins as a derivative of the plant specific VAMP72 longin sub-family and allows elucidation of Phytolongin evolution. Conclusion "Longins" have been defined as R-SNAREs composed of both a longin domain and a SNARE motif. However, expressed gene isoforms and splice variants of longins are examples of non-SNARE motif containing longins. The discovery of Phytolongins, a family of non-SNARE longin domain proteins, together with recent evidence on the conservation of the longin-like fold in proteins involved in both vesicle fusion (e.g. the Trs20 tether) and vesicle formation (e.g. σ and μ adaptin) highlight the importance of the longin-like domain in protein trafficking and suggest that it was one of the primordial building blocks of the eukaryotic membrane-trafficking machinery.
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- Marco Vedovato
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
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Chaineau M, Danglot L, Galli T. Multiple roles of the vesicular-SNARE TI-VAMP in post-Golgi and endosomal trafficking. FEBS Lett 2009; 583:3817-26. [PMID: 19837067 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2009] [Revised: 10/09/2009] [Accepted: 10/13/2009] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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SNARE (Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) proteins are the core machinery of membrane fusion. Vesicular SNAREs (v-SNAREs) interact with their target SNAREs (t-SNAREs) to form SNARE complexes which mediate membrane fusion. Here we review the basic properties and functions of the v-SNARE TI-VAMP/VAMP7 (Tetanus neurotoxin insensitive-vesicle associated membrane protein). TI-VAMP interacts with its t-SNARE partners, particularly plasmalemmal syntaxins, to mediate membrane fusion and with several regulatory proteins especially via its amino-terminal regulatory Longin domain. Partners include AP-3, Hrb/(Human immunodeficiency virus Rev binding) protein, and Varp (Vps9 domain and ankyrin repeats containing protein) and regulate TI-VAMP's function and targeting. TI-VAMP is involved both in secretory and endocytic pathways which mediate neurite outgrowth and synaptic transmission, plasma membrane remodeling and lysosomal secretion.
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- Mathilde Chaineau
- Membrane Traffic in Neuronal and Epithelial Morphogenesis', INSERM U950, Paris F-75013, France
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The Longin Domain Regulates the Steady-State Dynamics of Sec22 in
Plasmodium falciparum. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2009; 8:1330-40. [DOI: 10.1128/ec.00092-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The specificity of vesicle-mediated transport is largely regulated by the membrane-specific distribution of SNARE (soluble
N
-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) proteins. However, the signals and machineries involved in SNARE protein targeting to the respective intracellular locations are not fully understood. We have identified a Sec22 ortholog in
Plasmodium falciparum
(PfSec22) that contains an atypical insertion of the
Plasmodium
export element within the N-terminal longin domain. This Sec22 protein partially associates with membrane structures in the parasitized erythrocytes when expressed under the control of the endogenous promoter element. Our studies indicate that the atypical longin domain contains signals that are required for both endoplasmic reticulum (ER)/Golgi apparatus recycling of PfSec22 and partial export beyond the ER/Golgi apparatus interface. ER exit of PfSec22 is regulated by motifs within the α3 segment of the longin domain, whereas the recycling and export signals require residues within the N-terminal hydrophobic segment. Our data suggest that the longin domain of PfSec22 exhibits major differences from the yeast and mammalian orthologs, perhaps indicative of a novel mechanism for Sec22 trafficking in malaria parasites.
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The paradigm for soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) function in mammalian cells has been built on advancements in our understanding of structural and biochemical aspects of synaptic vesicle exocytosis, involving specifically synaptobrevin, syntaxin 1 and SNAP25. Interestingly, a good number of SNAREs which are not directly involved in neurotransmitter exocytosis, are either brain-enriched or have distinct neuron-specific functions. Syntaxins 12/13 regulates glutamate receptor recycling via its interaction with neuron-enriched endosomal protein of 21 kDa (NEEP21). TI-VAMP/VAMP7 is essential for neuronal morphogenesis and mediates the vesicular transport processes underlying neurite outgrowth. Ykt6 is highly enriched in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus and is targeted to a novel compartment in neurons. Syntaxin 16 has a moderate expression level in many tissues, but is rather enriched in the brain. Here, we review and discuss the neuron-specific physiology and possible pathology of these and other (such as SNAP-29 and Vti1a-beta) members of the SNARE family.
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- Ya Wang
- Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Chatre L, Wattelet-Boyer V, Melser S, Maneta-Peyret L, Brandizzi F, Moreau P. A novel di-acidic motif facilitates ER export of the syntaxin SYP31. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2009; 60:3157-65. [PMID: 19516076 PMCID: PMC2718219 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2008] [Revised: 03/16/2009] [Accepted: 04/16/2009] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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It is generally accepted that ER protein export is largely influenced by the transmembrane domain (TMD). The situation is unclear for membrane-anchored proteins such as SNAREs, which are anchored to the membrane by their TMD at the C-terminus. For example, in plants, Sec22 and SYP31 (a yeast Sed5 homologue) have a 17 aa TMD but different locations (ER/Golgi and Golgi), indicating that TMD length alone is not sufficient to explain their targeting. To establish the identity of factors that influence SNARE targeting, mutagenesis and live cell imaging experiments were performed on SYP31. It was found that deletion of the entire N-terminus domain of SYP31 blocked the protein in the ER. Several deletion mutants of different parts of this N-terminus domain indicated that a region between the SNARE helices Hb and Hc is required for Golgi targeting. In this region, replacement of the aa sequence MELAD by GAGAG or MALAG retained the protein in the ER, suggesting that MELAD may function as a di-acidic ER export motif EXXD. This suggestion was further verified by replacing the established di-acidic ER export motif DLE of a type II Golgi protein AtCASP and a membrane-anchored type I chimaera, TMcCCASP, by MELAD or GAGAG. The MELAD motif allowed the proteins to reach the Golgi, whereas the motif GAGAG was found to be insufficient to facilitate ER protein export. Our analyses indicate that we have identified a novel and transplantable di-acidic motif that facilitates ER export of SYP31 and may function for type I and type II proteins in plants.
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- Laurent Chatre
- University of Bordeaux 2, Membrane Biogenesis Laboratory, CNRS UMR 5200, 146, rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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- University of Bordeaux 2, Membrane Biogenesis Laboratory, CNRS UMR 5200, 146, rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
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- University of Bordeaux 2, Membrane Biogenesis Laboratory, CNRS UMR 5200, 146, rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
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- University of Bordeaux 2, Membrane Biogenesis Laboratory, CNRS UMR 5200, 146, rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
- Michigan State University-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- University of Bordeaux 2, Membrane Biogenesis Laboratory, CNRS UMR 5200, 146, rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
- Imaging platform of the IFR 103, INRA-Bordeaux, France
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Gong H, Umemiya R, Zhou J, Liao M, Zhang H, Jia H, Nishikawa Y, Xuan X, Fujisaki K. Blocking the secretion of saliva by silencing the HlYkt6 gene in the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 39:372-381. [PMID: 19328851 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2009.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2008] [Revised: 12/14/2008] [Accepted: 03/02/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) have been identified as the key components of the protein complexes that facilitate vesicle traffic, of which Ykt6 (from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, v-SNARE) is proved to be a multifunctional protein in the membrane fusion. In the present study, a tick homologue of Ykt6 (HlYkt6, predicted 22.6 kDa), was isolated from the ixodid tick Haemaphysalis longicornis. RT-PCR and Western blot analysis indicated that the gene and the encoded protein were expressed ubiquitously in different tissues of the partially fed adult tick. Silencing of the HlYkt6 gene resulted in a significant decrease of the engorged body weight (82.9 +/- 26.8 mg vs. 232.17 +/- 59.1 mg in the PBS-injected control group and 178.7 +/- 57.0 mg in the GFP dsRNA-injected control group) and high mortality of replete ticks (100% in tested group vs. 4.8% in the PBS and 20.4% in GFP dsRNA-injected control groups). Disruption of HlYkt6 mRNA led to the suppression of saliva secretion, and a lower anticoagulant activity of the released liquid from the glands (APTT time: 25.25 +/- 1.50 s) than that of the control groups (39.25 +/- 0.50 s in the PBS-treated group and 40.0 +/- 1.41 s in the GFP dsRNA-treated group). These results suggest the vital role of the HlYkt6 protein in the exocytosis of saliva proteins, the feeding and survival of ticks.
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- Haiyan Gong
- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Hokkaido, Japan
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A VAMP7/Vti1a SNARE complex distinguishes a non-conventional traffic route to the cell surface used by KChIP1 and Kv4 potassium channels. Biochem J 2009; 418:529-40. [PMID: 19138172 PMCID: PMC2650881 DOI: 10.1042/bj20081736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The KChIPs (K(+) channel-interacting proteins) are EF hand-containing proteins required for the traffic of channel-forming Kv4 K(+) subunits to the plasma membrane. KChIP1 is targeted, through N-terminal myristoylation, to intracellular vesicles that appear to be trafficking intermediates from the ER (endoplasmic reticulum) to the Golgi but differ from those underlying conventional ER-Golgi traffic. To define KChIP1 vesicles and the traffic pathway followed by Kv4/KChIP1 traffic, we examined their relationship to potential SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein-attachment protein receptor) proteins mediating the trafficking step. To distinguish Kv4/KChIP1 from conventional constitutive traffic, we compared it to the traffic of the VSVG (vesicular-stomatitis virus G-protein). Expression of KChIP with single or triple EF hand mutations quantitatively inhibited Kv4/KChIP1 traffic to the cell surface but had no effect on VSVG traffic. KChIP1-expressing vesicles co-localized with the SNARE proteins Vti1a and VAMP7 (vesicle-associated membrane protein 7), but not with the components of two other ER-Golgi SNARE complexes. siRNA (small interfering RNA)-mediated knockdown of Vti1a or VAMP7 inhibited Kv4/KChIP1traffic to the plasma membrane in HeLa and Neuro2A cells. Vti1a and VAMP7 siRNA had no effect on VSVG traffic or that of Kv4.2 when stimulated by KChIP2, a KChIP with different intrinsic membrane targeting compared with KChIP1. The present results suggest that a SNARE complex containing VAMP7 and Vti1a defines a novel traffic pathway to the cell surface in both neuronal and non-neuronal cells.
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α-synuclein gene mutations are major underlying genetic defects known in familial juvenile onset Parkinson’s disease (PD), and α-synuclein is a major constituent of Lewy Bodies, the pathological hallmark of PD. The normal cellular function of α-synuclein has been elusive, and its exact etiological mechanism in causing dopaminergic neuronal death in PD is also not clearly understood. Very recent reports now indicate that mutant or simply over-expressed α-synuclein could cause damage by interfering with particular steps of neuronal membrane traffic. α-synuclein selectively blocks endoplamic reticulum-to-Golgi transport, thus causing ER stress. A screen in a yeast revealed that α-synuclein toxicity could be suppressed by over-expression of the small GTPase Ypt1/Rab1, and that over-expression of the latter rescues neuron loss in invertebrate and mammalian models of α-synuclein-induced neurodegeneration. α-synuclein may also serve a chaperone function for the proper folding of synaptic SNAREs that are important for neurotransmitter release. We discuss these recent results and the emerging pathophysiological interaction of α-synuclein with components of neuronal membrane traffic.
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alpha-synuclein gene mutations are major underlying genetic defects known in familial juvenile onset Parkinson's disease (PD), and alpha-synuclein is a major constituent of Lewy Bodies, the pathological hallmark of PD. The normal cellular function of alpha-synuclein has been elusive, and its exact etiological mechanism in causing dopaminergic neuronal death in PD is also not clearly understood. Very recent reports now indicate that mutant or simply over-expressed alpha- synuclein could cause damage by interfering with particular steps of neuronal membrane traffic. alpha-synuclein selectively blocks endoplamic reticulum-to-Golgi transport, thus causing ER stress. A screen in a yeast revealed that alpha- synuclein toxicity could be suppressed by over-expression of the small GTPase Ypt1/Rab1, and that over-expression of the latter rescues neuron loss in invertebrate and mammalian models of alpha-synuclein-induced neurodegeneration. alpha-synuclein may also serve a chaperone function for the proper folding of synaptic SNAREs that are important for neurotransmitter release. We discuss these recent results and the emerging pathophysiological interaction of alpha-synuclein with components of neuronal membrane traffic.
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- Christelle En Lin Chua
- Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Lin Chua CE, Tang BL. ? - synuclein and Parkinson's disease: the first roadblock. J Cell Mol Med 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2006.tb00442.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Siddiqi SA, Mahan J, Siddiqi S, Gorelick FS, Mansbach CM. Vesicle-associated membrane protein 7 is expressed in intestinal ER. J Cell Sci 2006; 119:943-50. [PMID: 16495485 PMCID: PMC2828367 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Intestinal dietary triacylglycerol absorption is a multi-step process. Triacylglycerol exit from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the rate-limiting step in the progress of the lipid from its apical absorption to its basolateral membrane export. Triacylglycerol is transported from the ER to the cis Golgi in a specialized vesicle, the pre-chylomicron transport vesicle (PCTV). The vesicle-associated membrane protein 7 (VAMP7) was found to be more concentrated on PCTVs compared with ER membranes. VAMP7 has been previously identified associated with post-Golgi sites in eukaryotes. To examine the potential role of VAMP7 in PCTV trafficking, antibodies were generated that identified a 25 kDa band consistent with VAMP7 but did not crossreact with VAMP1,2. VAMP7 was concentrated on intestinal ER by immunofluorescence microscopy. Immunoelectron microscopy showed that the ER proteins Sar1 and rBet1 were present on PCTVs and colocalized with VAMP7. Iodixanol gradient centrifugation showed VAMP7 to be isodense with ER and endosomes. Although VAMP7 localized to intestinal ER, it was not present in the ER of liver and kidney. Anti-VAMP7 antibodies reduced the transfer of triacylglycerol, but not newly synthesized proteins, from the ER to the Golgi by 85%. We conclude that VAMP7 is enriched in intestinal ER and that it plays a functional role in the delivery of triacylglycerol from the ER to the Golgi.
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- Shadab A. Siddiqi
- Division of Gastroenterology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163 USA
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- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN 38163 USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163 USA
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- Department of Medicine, VA Healthcare, and Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06516 USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163 USA
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN 38163 USA
- Author for correspondence ()
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Siddiqi SA, Siddiqi S, Mahan J, Peggs K, Gorelick FS, Mansbach CM. The identification of a novel endoplasmic reticulum to Golgi SNARE complex used by the prechylomicron transport vesicle. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:20974-20982. [PMID: 16735505 PMCID: PMC2833420 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m601401200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Dietary long chain fatty acids are absorbed in the intestine, esterified to triacylglycerol, and packaged in the unique lipoprotein of the intestine, the chylomicron. The rate-limiting step in the transit of chylomicrons through the enterocyte is the exit of chylomicrons from the endoplasmic reticulum in prechylomicron transport vesicles (PCTV) that transport chylomicrons to the cis-Golgi. Because chylomicrons are 250 nm in average diameter and lipid absorption is intermittent, we postulated that a unique SNARE pairing would be utilized to fuse PCTV with their target membrane, cis-Golgi. PCTV loaded with [(3)H]triacylglycerol were incubated with cis-Golgi and were separated from the Golgi by a sucrose step gradient. PCTV-chylomicrons acquire apolipoprotein-AI (apoAI) only after fusion with the Golgi. PCTV became isodense with Golgi upon incubation and were considered fused when their cargo chylomicrons acquired apoAI but docked when they did not. PCTV, docked with cis-Golgi, were solubilized in 2% Triton X-100, and proteins were immunoprecipitated using VAMP7 or rBet1 antibodies. In both cases, a 112-kDa complex was identified in nonboiled samples that dissociated upon boiling. The constituents of the complex were VAMP7, syntaxin 5, vti1a, and rBet1. Antibodies to each SNARE component significantly inhibited fusion of PCTV with cis-Golgi. Membrin, Sec22b, and Ykt6 were not found in the 112-kDa complex. We conclude that the PCTV-cis-Golgi SNARE complex is composed of VAMP7, syntaxin 5, Bet1, and vti1a.
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- Shadab A Siddiqi
- Division of Gastroenterology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163
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- Division of Gastroenterology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163
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- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38104
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- Division of Gastroenterology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163
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- Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Healthcare, New Haven, Connecticut 06516; Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06516
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- Division of Gastroenterology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38104.
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