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Grewal T, Nguyen MKL, Buechler C. Cholesterol and COVID-19-therapeutic opportunities at the host/virus interface during cell entry. Life Sci Alliance 2024; 7:e202302453. [PMID: 38388172 PMCID: PMC10883773 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
Abstract
The rapid development of vaccines to combat severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections has been critical to reduce the severity of COVID-19. However, the continuous emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 subtypes highlights the need to develop additional approaches that oppose viral infections. Targeting host factors that support virus entry, replication, and propagation provide opportunities to lower SARS-CoV-2 infection rates and improve COVID-19 outcome. This includes cellular cholesterol, which is critical for viral spike proteins to capture the host machinery for SARS-CoV-2 cell entry. Once endocytosed, exit of SARS-CoV-2 from the late endosomal/lysosomal compartment occurs in a cholesterol-sensitive manner. In addition, effective release of new viral particles also requires cholesterol. Hence, cholesterol-lowering statins, proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 antibodies, and ezetimibe have revealed potential to protect against COVID-19. In addition, pharmacological inhibition of cholesterol exiting late endosomes/lysosomes identified drug candidates, including antifungals, to block SARS-CoV-2 infection. This review describes the multiple roles of cholesterol at the cell surface and endolysosomes for SARS-CoV-2 entry and the potential of drugs targeting cholesterol homeostasis to reduce SARS-CoV-2 infectivity and COVID-19 disease severity.
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- Thomas Grewal
- https://ror.org/0384j8v12 School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- https://ror.org/0384j8v12 School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- https://ror.org/01226dv09 Department of Internal Medicine I, Regensburg University Hospital, Regensburg, Germany
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Feng X, Tong L, Ma L, Mu T, Yu B, Ma R, Li J, Wang C, Zhang J, Gu Y. Mining key circRNA-associated-ceRNA networks for milk fat metabolism in cows with varying milk fat percentages. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:323. [PMID: 38561663 PMCID: PMC10983688 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10252-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Cow milk fat is an essential indicator for evaluating and measuring milk quality and cow performance. Growing research has identified the molecular functions of circular RNAs (circRNAs) necessary for mammary gland development and lactation in mammals. METHOD The present study analyzed circRNA expression profiling data in mammary epithelial cells (MECs) from cows with highly variable milk fat percentage (MFP) using differential expression analysis and weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA). RESULTS A total of 309 differentially expressed circRNAs (DE-circRNAs) were identified in the high and low MFP groups. WGCNA analysis revealed that the pink module was significantly associated with MFP (r = - 0.85, P = 0.007). Parental genes of circRNAs in this module were enriched mainly in lipid metabolism-related signaling pathways, such as focal adhesion, ECM-receptor interaction, adherens junction and AMPK. Finally, six DE-circRNAs were screened from the pink module: circ_0010571, circ_0007797, circ_0002746, circ_0003052, circ_0004319, and circ_0012840. Among them, circ_0002746, circ_0003052, circ_0004319, and circ_0012840 had circular structures and were highly expressed in mammary tissues. Subcellular localization revealed that these four DE-circRNAs may play a regulatory role in the mammary glands of dairy cows, mainly as competitive endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs). Seven hub target genes (GNB1, GNG2, PLCB1, PLCG1, ATP6V0C, NDUFS4, and PIGH) were obtained by constructing the regulatory network of their ceRNAs and then analyzed by CytoHubba and MCODE plugins in Cytoscape. Functional enrichment analysis revealed that these genes are crucial and most probable ceRNA regulators in milk fat metabolism. CONCLUSIONS Our study identified several vital circRNAs and ceRNAs affecting milk fat synthesis, providing new research ideas and a theoretical basis for cow lactation, milk quality, and breed improvement.
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- Xiaofang Feng
- Key Laboratory of Ruminant Molecular and Cellular Breeding, School of Agriculture, Ningxia University, 750021, Yinchuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ruminant Molecular and Cellular Breeding, School of Agriculture, Ningxia University, 750021, Yinchuan, China
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- NingXia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, 750002, Yinchuan, China
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- School of Life Science, Yan'an University, 716000, Yanan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ruminant Molecular and Cellular Breeding, School of Agriculture, Ningxia University, 750021, Yinchuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ruminant Molecular and Cellular Breeding, School of Agriculture, Ningxia University, 750021, Yinchuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ruminant Molecular and Cellular Breeding, School of Agriculture, Ningxia University, 750021, Yinchuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ruminant Molecular and Cellular Breeding, School of Agriculture, Ningxia University, 750021, Yinchuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ruminant Molecular and Cellular Breeding, School of Agriculture, Ningxia University, 750021, Yinchuan, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Ruminant Molecular and Cellular Breeding, School of Agriculture, Ningxia University, 750021, Yinchuan, China
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Kar J, Kar S, Gupta A, Jana SS. Assembly and disassembly dynamics of nonmuscle myosin II control endosomal fission. Cell Rep 2023; 42:112108. [PMID: 36774549 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112108] [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: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 02/13/2023] Open
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Endocytic vesicular trafficking requires merging of two lipid bilayers, but how the two lipid bilayers can come close together during fusion and fission in endocytic trafficking is not well explored. Here, we establish that knocking down nonmuscle myosin IIs (NM IIs) by small interfering RNA (siRNA) or inhibition of their activities by (-) blebbistatin causes the formation of a ring-like assembly of early endosomes (raEE). Inhibition of NM II assembly by an inhibitor of regulatory light-chain (RLC) kinase results in the formation of raEE, whereas inhibition of NM II disassembly by inhibitors of heavy chain kinases, protein kinase C (PKC) and casein kinase 2 (CK2), causes the dispersion of early endosomes. The raEEs retain EEA1, Rab7, and LAMP2 markers. Overexpression of an assembly incompetent form, RLC-AA, and disassembly incompetent form, NMHCIIB-S6A or NMHCIIA-1916A, induces such defects, respectively. Altogether, these data support that NM II assembly and disassembly dynamics participate in endocytic trafficking by regulating fission to maintain the size of early endosomes.
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- Joy Kar
- School of Biological Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- School of Biological Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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Rossetti C, Laraia L. Thermal Proteome Profiling Reveals Distinct Target Selectivity for Differentially Oxidized Oxysterols. ACS Chem Biol 2022; 17:1677-1684. [PMID: 35763711 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.2c00383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Oxysterols are produced physiologically by many species; however, their distinct roles in regulating human physiology have not been studied systematically. The role of differing oxidation states and sites in mediating their biological functions is also unclear. As oxysterols have been associated with atherosclerosis, neurodegeneration, and cancer, a better understanding of their protein targets is desirable. To address this, we mapped the oxysterol interactome with three A- and B-ring oxidized sterols as well as 25-hydroxy cholesterol using thermal proteome profiling, validating selected targets with the cellular thermal shift assay and isothermal dose response fingerprinting. This revealed that the site of oxidation has a profound impact on target selectivity, with each oxysterol possessing an almost unique set of target proteins. Overall, targets clustered in pathways relating to vesicular transport and phosphoinositide metabolism, suggesting that while individual oxysterols bind to a unique set of proteins, the processes they modulate are highly interconnected.
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- Cecilia Rossetti
- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 207, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 207, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Revie NM, Iyer KR, Maxson ME, Zhang J, Yan S, Fernandes CM, Meyer KJ, Chen X, Skulska I, Fogal M, Sanchez H, Hossain S, Li S, Yashiroda Y, Hirano H, Yoshida M, Osada H, Boone C, Shapiro RS, Andes DR, Wright GD, Nodwell JR, Del Poeta M, Burke MD, Whitesell L, Robbins N, Cowen LE. Targeting fungal membrane homeostasis with imidazopyrazoindoles impairs azole resistance and biofilm formation. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3634. [PMID: 35752611 PMCID: PMC9233667 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31308-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Fungal infections cause more than 1.5 million deaths annually. With an increase in immune-deficient susceptible populations and the emergence of antifungal drug resistance, there is an urgent need for novel strategies to combat these life-threatening infections. Here, we use a combinatorial screening approach to identify an imidazopyrazoindole, NPD827, that synergizes with fluconazole against azole-sensitive and -resistant isolates of Candida albicans. NPD827 interacts with sterols, resulting in profound effects on fungal membrane homeostasis and induction of membrane-associated stress responses. The compound impairs virulence in a Caenorhabditis elegans model of candidiasis, blocks C. albicans filamentation in vitro, and prevents biofilm formation in a rat model of catheter infection by C. albicans. Collectively, this work identifies an imidazopyrazoindole scaffold with a non-protein-targeted mode of action that re-sensitizes the leading human fungal pathogen, C. albicans, to azole antifungals.
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- Nicole M Revie
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Program in Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- David Braley Centre for Antibiotics Discovery, M.G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama, Japan
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, Toronto, ON, Canada
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- David Braley Centre for Antibiotics Discovery, M.G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
- Veteran Administration Medical Center, Northport, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Eising S, Esch B, Wälte M, Vargas Duarte P, Walter S, Ungermann C, Bohnert M, Fröhlich F. A lysosomal biogenesis map reveals the cargo spectrum of yeast vacuolar protein targeting pathways. J Cell Biol 2022; 221:213011. [PMID: 35175277 PMCID: PMC8859911 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202107148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
The lysosome is the major catabolic organelle in the cell that has been established as a key metabolic signaling center. Mutations in many lysosomal proteins have catastrophic effects and cause neurodegeneration, cancer, and age-related diseases. The vacuole is the lysosomal analog of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that harbors many evolutionary conserved proteins. Proteins reach vacuoles via the Vps10-dependent endosomal vacuolar protein sorting pathway, via the alkaline phosphatase (ALP or AP-3) pathway, and via the cytosol-to-vacuole transport (CVT) pathway. A systematic understanding of the cargo spectrum of each pathway is completely lacking. Here, we use quantitative proteomics of purified vacuoles to generate the yeast lysosomal biogenesis map. This dataset harbors information on the cargo-receptor relationship of almost all vacuolar proteins. We map binding motifs of Vps10 and the AP-3 complex and identify a novel cargo of the CVT pathway under nutrient-rich conditions. Our data show how organelle purification and quantitative proteomics can uncover fundamental insights into organelle biogenesis.
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- Sebastian Eising
- Molecular Membrane Biology Group, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Molecular Membrane Biology Group, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Biochemistry Section, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Center of Cellular Nanoanalytics Osnabrück, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Biochemistry Section, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany.,Center of Cellular Nanoanalytics Osnabrück, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Dynamics and Imaging, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.,Cells in Motion Interfaculty Centre, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Molecular Membrane Biology Group, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany.,Biochemistry Section, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany
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Wróbel M, Cendrowski J, Szymańska E, Grębowicz-Maciukiewicz M, Budick-Harmelin N, Macias M, Szybińska A, Mazur M, Kolmus K, Goryca K, Dąbrowska M, Paziewska A, Mikula M, Miączyńska M. ESCRT-I fuels lysosomal degradation to restrict TFEB/TFE3 signaling via the Rag-mTORC1 pathway. Life Sci Alliance 2022; 5:5/7/e202101239. [PMID: 35354596 PMCID: PMC8967991 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202101239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Revised: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
ESCRT-I deficiency impairs lysosome membrane turnover and induces homeostatic responses to lysosomal nutrient starvation including activation of MiT-TFE signaling caused by inhibition of the substrate-specific mTORC1 pathway. Within the endolysosomal pathway in mammalian cells, ESCRT complexes facilitate degradation of proteins residing in endosomal membranes. Here, we show that mammalian ESCRT-I restricts the size of lysosomes and promotes degradation of proteins from lysosomal membranes, including MCOLN1, a Ca2+ channel protein. The altered lysosome morphology upon ESCRT-I depletion coincided with elevated expression of genes annotated to biogenesis of lysosomes due to prolonged activation of TFEB/TFE3 transcription factors. Lack of ESCRT-I also induced transcription of cholesterol biosynthesis genes, in response to inefficient delivery of cholesterol from endolysosomal compartments. Among factors that could possibly activate TFEB/TFE3 signaling upon ESCRT-I deficiency, we excluded lysosomal cholesterol accumulation and Ca2+-mediated dephosphorylation of TFEB/TFE3. However, we discovered that this activation occurs due to the inhibition of Rag GTPase–dependent mTORC1 pathway that specifically reduced phosphorylation of TFEB at S122. Constitutive activation of the Rag GTPase complex in cells lacking ESCRT-I restored S122 phosphorylation and prevented TFEB/TFE3 activation. Our results indicate that ESCRT-I deficiency evokes a homeostatic response to counteract lysosomal nutrient starvation, that is, improper supply of nutrients derived from lysosomal degradation.
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- Marta Wróbel
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Microscopy and Cytometry Facility, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Microscopy and Cytometry Facility, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Clinical Oncology, Medical Center for Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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Lecordier L, Uzureau S, Vanwalleghem G, Deleu M, Crowet JM, Barry P, Moran B, Voorheis P, Dumitru AC, Yamaryo-Botté Y, Dieu M, Tebabi P, Vanhollebeke B, Lins L, Botté CY, Alsteens D, Dufrêne Y, Pérez-Morga D, Nolan DP, Pays E. The Trypanosoma Brucei KIFC1 Kinesin Ensures the Fast Antibody Clearance Required for Parasite Infectivity. iScience 2020; 23:101476. [PMID: 32889430 PMCID: PMC7479354 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Revised: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Human innate immunity to Trypanosoma brucei involves the trypanosome C-terminal kinesin TbKIFC1, which transports internalized trypanolytic factor apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) within the parasite. We show that TbKIFC1 preferentially associates with cholesterol-containing membranes and is indispensable for mammalian infectivity. Knockdown of TbKIFC1 did not affect trypanosome growth in vitro but rendered the parasites unable to infect mice unless antibody synthesis was compromised. Surface clearance of Variant Surface Glycoprotein (VSG)-antibody complexes was far slower in these cells, which were more susceptible to capture by macrophages. This phenotype was not due to defects in VSG expression or trafficking but to decreased VSG mobility in a less fluid, stiffer surface membrane. This change can be attributed to increased cholesterol level in the surface membrane in TbKIFC1 knockdown cells. Clearance of surface-bound antibodies by T. brucei is therefore essential for infectivity and depends on high membrane fluidity maintained by the cholesterol-trafficking activity of TbKIFC1.
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- Laurence Lecordier
- Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 12, rue des professeurs Jeener et Brachet, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 12, rue des professeurs Jeener et Brachet, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 12, rue des professeurs Jeener et Brachet, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics at Interface (LBMI), University of Liège-Gembloux Agro Bio Tech, 2, Passage des Déportés, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics at Interface (LBMI), University of Liège-Gembloux Agro Bio Tech, 2, Passage des Déportés, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Catholic University of Louvain, Croix du Sud 4-5, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, CNRS UMR5309, Université Grenoble Alpes, INSERM U1209, 38700 La Tronche, France
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- MaSUN, Mass Spectrometry Facility, University of Namur, 61 Rue de Bruxelles, 5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 12, rue des professeurs Jeener et Brachet, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neurovascular Signaling, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 12, Rue des Profs Jeener et Brachet, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics at Interface (LBMI), University of Liège-Gembloux Agro Bio Tech, 2, Passage des Déportés, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, CNRS UMR5309, Université Grenoble Alpes, INSERM U1209, 38700 La Tronche, France
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Catholic University of Louvain, Croix du Sud 4-5, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Catholic University of Louvain, Croix du Sud 4-5, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 12, rue des professeurs Jeener et Brachet, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium
- Center for Microscopy and Molecular Imaging (CMMI), Université Libre de Bruxelles, 12, Rue des Profs Jeener et Brachet, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 12, rue des professeurs Jeener et Brachet, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium
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Wheeler S, Sillence DJ. Niemann-Pick type C disease: cellular pathology and pharmacotherapy. J Neurochem 2019; 153:674-692. [PMID: 31608980 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.14895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Revised: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Niemann-Pick type C disease (NPCD) was first described in 1914 and affects approximately 1 in 150 000 live births. It is characterized clinically by diverse symptoms affecting liver, spleen, motor control, and brain; premature death invariably results. Its molecular origins were traced, as late as 1997, to a protein of late endosomes and lysosomes which was named NPC1. Mutation or absence of this protein leads to accumulation of cholesterol in these organelles. In this review, we focus on the intracellular events that drive the pathology of this disease. We first introduce endocytosis, a much-studied area of dysfunction in NPCD cells, and survey the various ways in which this process malfunctions. We briefly consider autophagy before attempting to map the more complex pathways by which lysosomal cholesterol storage leads to protein misregulation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and cell death. We then briefly introduce the metabolic pathways of sphingolipids (as these emerge as key species for treatment) and critically examine the various treatment approaches that have been attempted to date.
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- Simon Wheeler
- School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, UK
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- School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, UK
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Small Interfering RNA Screening for the Small GTPase Rab Proteins Identifies Rab5B as a Major Regulator of Hepatitis B Virus Production. J Virol 2019; 93:JVI.00621-19. [PMID: 31118260 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00621-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Viruses are considered to use vesicular trafficking in infected cells, but the details of assembly/release pathways of hepatitis B virus (HBV) are still unknown. To identify key regulators of HBV production, we performed short interfering RNA (siRNA) screening for Rab proteins, which are considered to act as molecular switches in vesicular trafficking using HepG2.2.15 cells. Among 62 Rab proteins, the suppression of Rab5B most significantly increased HBV DNA in the culture supernatant. Surprisingly, 5 days after the transfection of Rab5B siRNA, HBV DNA in the supernatant was increased more than 30-fold, reflecting the increase of infectious HBV particles. Northern blotting showed that transcription of 2.4/2.1-kb mRNA coding envelope proteins containing large hepatitis B surface protein (LHBs) was increased. Analysis of hepatocyte nuclear factors (HNFs) showed that transcription of HNF4α, which is known to enhance 2.4-kb mRNA transcription, was regulated by Rab5B. Also, it was revealed that LHBs had accumulated in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) after Rab5B depletion but not in the multivesicular body (MVB), which is thought to be an organelle utilized for HBV envelope formation. Therefore, it was considered that Rab5B is required for the transport of LHBs from the ER to MVB. Immunofluorescent microscopy showed that HBs proteins, including LHBs, colocalized with HBc in the ER of Rab5B-depleted cells, suggesting that HBV envelopment occurs not only in the MVB but also in the ER. In conclusion, Rab5B is a key regulator of HBV production and could be a target of antiviral therapy.IMPORTANCE HBV infection is a worldwide health problem, but the mechanisms of how HBV utilizes cellular machinery for its life cycle are poorly understood. In particular, it has been unclear how the viral components and virions are transported among the organelles. The HBV budding site has been reported to be the ER or MVB, but it has not been clearly determined. In this study, siRNA-based screening of Rab proteins using HBV-expressing cells showed that Rab5B, one of the Rab5 isoforms, has important roles in late steps of the HBV life cycle. Although Rab5 is known to work on early endosomes, this study showed that Rab5B plays a role in the transport of LHBs between the ER and MVB. Furthermore, it affects the transcription of LHBs. This is the first report on the mechanisms of HBV envelope protein transport among the organelles, and the results provide important insights into the therapeutic control of HBV infection.
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Growth factor stimulation promotes multivesicular endosome biogenesis by prolonging recruitment of the late-acting ESCRT machinery. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:6858-6867. [PMID: 30894482 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1817898116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The formation of multivesicular endosomes (MVEs) mediates the turnover of numerous integral membrane proteins and has been implicated in the down-regulation of growth factor signaling, thereby exhibiting properties of a tumor suppressor. The endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) machinery plays a key role in MVE biogenesis, enabling cargo selection and intralumenal vesicle (ILV) budding. However, the spatiotemporal pattern of endogenous ESCRT complex assembly and disassembly in mammalian cells remains poorly defined. By combining CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing and live cell imaging using lattice light sheet microscopy (LLSM), we determined the native dynamics of both early- and late-acting ESCRT components at MVEs under multiple growth conditions. Specifically, our data indicate that ESCRT-0 accumulates quickly on endosomes, typically in less than 30 seconds, and its levels oscillate in a manner dependent on the downstream recruitment of ESCRT-I. Similarly, levels of the ESCRT-I complex also fluctuate on endosomes, but its average residency time is more than fivefold shorter compared with ESCRT-0. Vps4 accumulation is the most transient, however, suggesting that the completion of ILV formation occurs rapidly. Upon addition of epidermal growth factor (EGF), both ESCRT-I and Vps4 are retained at endosomes for dramatically extended periods of time, while ESCRT-0 dynamics are only modestly affected. Our findings are consistent with a model in which growth factor stimulation stabilizes late-acting components of the ESCRT machinery at endosomes to accelerate the rate of ILV biogenesis and attenuate signal transduction initiated by receptor activation.
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Roles for ER:endosome membrane contact sites in ligand-stimulated intraluminal vesicle formation. Biochem Soc Trans 2018; 46:1055-1062. [PMID: 30242114 PMCID: PMC6195632 DOI: 10.1042/bst20170432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2018] [Revised: 07/31/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Multivesicular endosomes/bodies (MVBs) sort membrane proteins between recycling and degradative pathways. Segregation of membrane proteins onto intraluminal vesicles (ILVs) of MVBs removes them from the recycling pathway and facilitates their degradation following fusion of MVBs with lysosomes. Sorting of many cargos onto ILVs depends on the ESCRT (Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport) machinery, although ESCRT-independent mechanisms also exist. In mammalian cells, efficient sorting of ligand-stimulated epidermal growth factor receptors onto ILVs also depends on the tyrosine phosphatase, PTP1B, an ER-localised enzyme that interacts with endosomal targets at membrane contacts between MVBs and the ER. This review focuses on the potential roles played by ER:MVB membrane contact sites in regulating ESCRT-dependent ILV formation.
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VPS4 is a dynamic component of the centrosome that regulates centrosome localization of γ-tubulin, centriolar satellite stability and ciliogenesis. Sci Rep 2018; 8:3353. [PMID: 29463826 PMCID: PMC5820263 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21491-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The hexameric AAA ATPase VPS4 facilitates ESCRT III filament disassembly on diverse intracellular membranes. ESCRT III components and VPS4 have been localized to the ciliary transition zone and spindle poles and reported to affect centrosome duplication and spindle pole stability. How the canonical ESCRT pathway could mediate these events is unclear. We studied the association of VPS4 with centrosomes and found that GFP-VPS4 was a dynamic component of both mother and daughter centrioles. A mutant, VPS4EQ, which can’t hydrolyze ATP, was less dynamic and accumulated at centrosomes. Centrosome localization of the VPS4EQ mutant, caused reduced γ-tubulin levels at centrosomes and consequently decreased microtubule growth and altered centrosome positioning. In addition, preventing VPS4 ATP hydrolysis nearly eliminated centriolar satellites and paused ciliogensis after formation of the ciliary vesicle. Zebrafish embryos injected with GFP-VPS4EQ mRNA were less viable, exhibited developmental defects and had fewer cilia in Kupffer’s vesicle. Surprisingly, ESCRT III proteins seldom localized to centrosomes and their depletion did not lead to these phenotypes. Our data support an ESCRT III-independent function for VPS4 at the centrosome and reveal that this evolutionary conserved AAA ATPase influences diverse centrosome functions and, as a result, global cellular architecture and development.
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Davis W, Tew KD. ATP-binding cassette transporter-2 (ABCA2) as a therapeutic target. Biochem Pharmacol 2017; 151:188-200. [PMID: 29223352 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2017.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The ATP binding cassette transporter ABCA2 is primarily an endolysosomal membrane protein that demonstrates pleiotropic functionalities, coalescing around the maintenance of homeostasis of sterols, sphingolipids and cholesterol. It is most highly expressed in brain tissue and ABCA2 knockout mice express neurological defects consistent with aberrant myelination. Increased expression of the transporter has been linked with resistance to cancer drugs, particularly those possessing a steroid backbone and gene expression (in concert with other genes involved in cholesterol metabolism) was found to be regulated by sterols. Moreover, in macrophages ABCA2 is influenced by sterols and has a role in regulating cholesterol sequestration, potentially important in cardiovascular disease. Accumulating data indicate the critical importance of ABCA2 in mediating movement of sphingolipids within cellular compartments and these have been implicated in various aspects of cholesterol trafficking. Perhaps because the functions of ABCA2 are linked with membrane building blocks, there are reports linking it with human pathologies, including, cholesterolemias and cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's and cancer. The present review addresses whether there is now sufficient information to consider ABCA2 as a plausible therapeutic target.
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- Warren Davis
- Dept. of Cell & Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Avenue, BSB, MSC 509, Charleston, SC 29425, United States
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- Dept. of Cell & Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Avenue, BSB, MSC 509, Charleston, SC 29425, United States.
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A novel family of mammalian transmembrane proteins involved in cholesterol transport. Sci Rep 2017; 7:7450. [PMID: 28785058 PMCID: PMC5547113 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07077-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cholesterol is an essential compound in mammalian cells because it is involved in a wide range of functions, including as a key component of membranes, precursor of important molecules such as hormones, bile acids and vitamin D. The cholesterol transport across the circulatory system is a well-known process in contrast to the intracellular cholesterol transport, which is poorly understood. Recently in our laboratory, we identified a novel protein in C. elegans involved in dietary cholesterol uptake, which we have named ChUP-1. Insillicoanalysis identified two putative orthologue candidate proteins in mammals. The proteins SIDT1 and SIDT2 share identity and conserved cholesterol binding (CRAC) domains with C. elegans ChUP-1. Both mammalian proteins are annotated as RNA transporters in databases. In the present study, we show evidence indicating that SIDT1 and SIDT2 not only do not transport RNA, but they are involved in cholesterol transport. Furthermore, we show that single point mutations directed to disrupt the CRAC domains of both proteins prevent FRET between SIDT1 and SIDT2 and the cholesterol analogue dehydroergosterol (DHE) and alter cholesterol transport.
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Desmet KLJ, Van Hoeck V, Gagné D, Fournier E, Thakur A, O'Doherty AM, Walsh CP, Sirard MA, Bols PEJ, Leroy JLMR. Exposure of bovine oocytes and embryos to elevated non-esterified fatty acid concentrations: integration of epigenetic and transcriptomic signatures in resultant blastocysts. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:1004. [PMID: 27931182 PMCID: PMC5146907 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-3366-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Background Metabolic stress associated with negative energy balance in high producing dairy cattle and obesity in women is a risk factor for decreased fertility. Non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) are involved in this pathogenesis as they jeopardize oocyte and embryo development. Growing evidence indicates that maternal metabolic disorders can disturb epigenetic programming, such as DNA methylation, in the offspring. Oocyte maturation and early embryo development coincide with methylation changes and both are sensitive to adverse environments. Therefore, we investigated whether elevated NEFA concentrations affect establishment and maintenance of DNA methylation in oocytes and embryos, subsequently altering transcriptomic profiles and developmental competence of resultant blastocysts. Results Bovine oocytes and embryos were exposed to different NEFA concentrations in separate experiments. In the first experiment, oocytes were matured in vitro for 24 h in medium containing: 1) physiological (“BASAL”) concentrations of oleic (OA), palmitic (PA) and stearic (SA) acid or 2) pathophysiological (“HIGH COMBI”) concentrations of OA, PA and SA. In the second experiment, zygotes were cultivated in vitro for 6.5 days under BASAL or HIGH COMBI conditions. Developmental competence was evaluated by assessing cleavage and blastocyst rate. Overall gene expression and DNA methylation of resultant blastocysts were analyzed using microarray. DNA methylation data were re-evaluated by pyrosequencing. HIGH COMBI-exposed oocytes and embryos displayed a lower competence to develop into blastocysts compared to BASAL-exposed counterparts (19.3% compared to 23.2% and 18.2% compared to 25.3%, respectively) (P < 0.05). HIGH COMBI-exposed oocytes and embryos resulted in blastocysts with altered DNA methylation and transcriptomic fingerprints, compared to BASAL-exposed counterparts. Differences in gene expression and methylation were more pronounced after exposure during culture compared to maturation suggesting that zygotes are more susceptible to adverse environments. Main gene networks affected were related to lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, cell death, immune response and metabolic disorders. Conclusions Overall, high variation in methylation between blastocysts made it difficult to draw conclusions concerning methylation of individual genes, although a clear overview of affected pathways was obtained. This may offer clues regarding the high rate of embryonic loss and metabolic diseases during later life observed in offspring from mothers displaying lipolytic disorders.
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- K L J Desmet
- Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie de la Reproduction (CRBR), Département des Sciences Animales, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie de la Reproduction (CRBR), Département des Sciences Animales, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- British Columbia Cancer Agency, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Centre for Molecular Biosciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, UK
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie de la Reproduction (CRBR), Département des Sciences Animales, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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Schwenk BM, Hartmann H, Serdaroglu A, Schludi MH, Hornburg D, Meissner F, Orozco D, Colombo A, Tahirovic S, Michaelsen M, Schreiber F, Haupt S, Peitz M, Brüstle O, Küpper C, Klopstock T, Otto M, Ludolph AC, Arzberger T, Kuhn PH, Edbauer D. TDP-43 loss of function inhibits endosomal trafficking and alters trophic signaling in neurons. EMBO J 2016; 35:2350-2370. [PMID: 27621269 PMCID: PMC5090220 DOI: 10.15252/embj.201694221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2016] [Accepted: 08/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Nuclear clearance of TDP-43 into cytoplasmic aggregates is a key driver of neurodegeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), but the mechanisms are unclear. Here, we show that TDP-43 knockdown specifically reduces the number and motility of RAB11-positive recycling endosomes in dendrites, while TDP-43 overexpression has the opposite effect. This is associated with delayed transferrin recycling in TDP-43-knockdown neurons and decreased β2-transferrin levels in patient CSF Whole proteome quantification identified the upregulation of the ESCRT component VPS4B upon TDP-43 knockdown in neurons. Luciferase reporter assays and chromatin immunoprecipitation suggest that TDP-43 represses VPS4B transcription. Preventing VPS4B upregulation or expression of its functional antagonist ALIX restores trafficking of recycling endosomes. Proteomic analysis revealed the broad reduction in surface expression of key receptors upon TDP-43 knockdown, including ErbB4, the neuregulin 1 receptor. TDP-43 knockdown delays the surface delivery of ErbB4. ErbB4 overexpression, but not neuregulin 1 stimulation, prevents dendrite loss upon TDP-43 knockdown. Thus, impaired recycling of ErbB4 and other receptors to the cell surface may contribute to TDP-43-induced neurodegeneration by blocking trophic signaling.
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- Benjamin M Schwenk
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany.,Munich Cluster of Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany.,Institute for Advanced Study Technische Universität München, München, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany.,Munich Cluster of Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Munich Cluster of Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany.,Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Baur-Institute LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany.,Munich Cluster of Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany.,Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Baur-Institute LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany.,Center for Neuropathology and Prion Research, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.,Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany.,Institute for Advanced Study Technische Universität München, München, Germany.,Institut für Allgemeine Pathologie Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, München, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Munich, Germany .,Munich Cluster of Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany.,Institute for Metabolic Biochemistry LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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Pocognoni CA, Berberián MV, Mayorga LS. ESCRT (Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport) Machinery Is Essential for Acrosomal Exocytosis in Human Sperm1. Biol Reprod 2015; 93:124. [DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.115.132001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2015] [Accepted: 10/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Morishita H, Mizushima N. Autophagy in the lens. Exp Eye Res 2015; 144:22-8. [PMID: 26302409 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2015.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2015] [Revised: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The lens of the eye is a transparent tissue composed of lens fiber cells that differentiate from lens epithelial cells and degrade all cytoplasmic organelles during terminal differentiation. Autophagy is a major intracellular degradation system in which cytoplasmic proteins and organelles are degraded in the lysosome. Although autophagy is constitutively activated in the lens and has been proposed to be involved in lens organelle degradation, its precise role is not well understood. Recent genetic studies in mice have demonstrated that autophagy is critically important for intracellular quality control in the lens but can be dispensable for lens organelle degradation. Here, we review recent findings on the roles of autophagy and lysosomes in organelle degradation and intracellular quality control in the lens, and discuss their possible involvement in the development of human cataract.
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- Hideaki Morishita
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
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Du X, Brown AJ, Yang H. Novel mechanisms of intracellular cholesterol transport: oxysterol-binding proteins and membrane contact sites. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2015; 35:37-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2015.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2015] [Revised: 04/12/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Legent K, Liu HH, Treisman JE. Drosophila Vps4 promotes Epidermal growth factor receptor signaling independently of its role in receptor degradation. Development 2015; 142:1480-91. [PMID: 25790850 DOI: 10.1242/dev.117960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Accepted: 02/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Endocytic trafficking of signaling receptors is an important mechanism for limiting signal duration. Components of the Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport (ESCRT), which target ubiquitylated receptors to intra-lumenal vesicles (ILVs) of multivesicular bodies, are thought to terminate signaling by the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and direct it for lysosomal degradation. In a genetic screen for mutations that affect Drosophila eye development, we identified an allele of Vacuolar protein sorting 4 (Vps4), which encodes an AAA ATPase that interacts with the ESCRT-III complex to drive the final step of ILV formation. Photoreceptors are largely absent from Vps4 mutant clones in the eye disc, and even when cell death is genetically prevented, the mutant R8 photoreceptors that develop fail to recruit surrounding cells to differentiate as R1-R7 photoreceptors. This recruitment requires EGFR signaling, suggesting that loss of Vps4 disrupts the EGFR pathway. In imaginal disc cells mutant for Vps4, EGFR and other receptors accumulate in endosomes and EGFR target genes are not expressed; epistasis experiments place the function of Vps4 at the level of the receptor. Surprisingly, Vps4 is required for EGFR signaling even in the absence of Shibire, the Dynamin that internalizes EGFR from the plasma membrane. In ovarian follicle cells, in contrast, Vps4 does not affect EGFR signaling, although it is still essential for receptor degradation. Taken together, these findings indicate that Vps4 can promote EGFR activity through an endocytosis-independent mechanism.
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- Kevin Legent
- Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine of the Skirball Institute and Department of Cell Biology, NYU School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine of the Skirball Institute and Department of Cell Biology, NYU School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine of the Skirball Institute and Department of Cell Biology, NYU School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Vance JE, Karten B. Niemann-Pick C disease and mobilization of lysosomal cholesterol by cyclodextrin. J Lipid Res 2014; 55:1609-21. [PMID: 24664998 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.r047837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease is a lysosomal storage disease in which endocytosed cholesterol becomes sequestered in late endosomes/lysosomes (LEs/Ls) because of mutations in either the NPC1 or NPC2 gene. Mutations in either of these genes can lead to impaired functions of the NPC1 or NPC2 proteins and progressive neurodegeneration as well as liver and lung disease. NPC1 is a polytopic protein of the LE/L limiting membrane, whereas NPC2 is a soluble protein in the LE/L lumen. These two proteins act in tandem and promote the export of cholesterol from LEs/Ls. Consequently, a defect in either NPC1 or NPC2 causes cholesterol accumulation in LEs/Ls. In this review, we summarize the molecular mechanisms leading to NPC disease, particularly in the CNS. Recent exciting data on the mechanism by which the cholesterol-sequestering agent cyclodextrin can bypass the functions of NPC1 and NPC2 in the LEs/Ls, and mobilize cholesterol from LEs/Ls, will be highlighted. Moreover, the possible use of cyclodextrin as a valuable therapeutic agent for treatment of NPC patients will be considered.
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- Jean E Vance
- The Group on Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids and Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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Kanerva K, Uronen RL, Blom T, Li S, Bittman R, Lappalainen P, Peränen J, Raposo G, Ikonen E. LDL cholesterol recycles to the plasma membrane via a Rab8a-Myosin5b-actin-dependent membrane transport route. Dev Cell 2013; 27:249-62. [PMID: 24209575 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2013.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2013] [Revised: 08/09/2013] [Accepted: 09/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Mammalian cells acquire cholesterol, a major membrane constituent, via low-density lipoprotein (LDL) uptake. However, the mechanisms by which LDL cholesterol reaches the plasma membrane (PM) have remained obscure. Here, we applied LDL labeled with BODIPY cholesteryl linoleate to identify this pathway in living cells. The egress of BODIPY cholesterol (BC) from late endosomal (LE) organelles was dependent on acid lipase and Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1) protein, as for natural cholesterol. We show that NPC1 was needed to recruit Rab8a to BC-containing LEs, and Rab8a enhanced the motility and segregation of BC- and CD63-positive organelles from lysosomes. The BC carriers docked to the cortical actin by a Rab8a- and Myosin5b (Myo5b)-dependent mechanism, typically in the proximity of focal adhesions (FAs). LDL increased the number and dynamics of FAs and stimulated cell migration in an acid lipase, NPC1, and Rab8a-dependent fashion, providing evidence that this cholesterol delivery route to the PM is important for cell movement.
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- Kristiina Kanerva
- Institute of Biomedicine, Anatomy, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland; Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research, FI-00290 Helsinki, Finland
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Chiang CP, Li CH, Jou Y, Chen YC, Lin YC, Yang FY, Huang NC, Yen HE. Suppressor of K+ transport growth defect 1 (SKD1) interacts with RING-type ubiquitin ligase and sucrose non-fermenting 1-related protein kinase (SnRK1) in the halophyte ice plant. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2013; 64:2385-400. [PMID: 23580756 PMCID: PMC3654428 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
Abstract
SKD1 (suppressor of K+ transport growth defect 1) is an AAA-type ATPase that functions as a molecular motor. It was previously shown that SKD1 accumulates in epidermal bladder cells of the halophyte Mesembryanthemum crystallinum. SKD1 knock-down Arabidopsis mutants showed an imbalanced Na+/K+ ratio under salt stress. Two enzymes involved in protein post-translational modifications that physically interacted with McSKD1 were identified. McCPN1 (copine 1), a RING-type ubiquitin ligase, has an N-terminal myristoylation site that links to the plasma membrane, a central copine domain that interacts with McSKD1, and a C-terminal RING domain that catalyses protein ubiquitination. In vitro ubiquitination assay demonstrated that McCPN1 was capable of mediating ubiquitination of McSKD1. McSnRK1 (sucrose non-fermenting 1-related protein kinase) is a Ser/Thr protein kinase that contains an N-terminal STKc catalytic domain to phosphorylate McSKD1, and C-terminal UBA and KA1 domains to interact with McSKD1. The transcript and protein levels of McSnRK1 increased as NaCl concentrations increased. The formation of an SKD1-SnRK1-CPN1 ternary complex was demonstrated by yeast three-hybrid and bimolecular fluorescence complementation. It was found that McSKD1 preferentially interacts with McSnRK1 in the cytosol, and salt induced the re-distribution of McSKD1 and McSnRK1 towards the plasma membrane via the microtubule cytoskeleton and subsequently interacted with RING-type E3 McCPN1. The potential effects of ubiquitination and phosphorylation on McSKD1, such as changes in the ATPase activity and cellular localization, and how they relate to the functions of SKD1 in the maintenance of Na+/K+ homeostasis under salt stress, are discussed.
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- Chih-Pin Chiang
- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Science, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Neipu, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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Du X, Yang H. Endosomal cholesterol trafficking: protein factors at a glance. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2013; 45:11-7. [PMID: 23165745 DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gms095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The delivery of low-density lipoprotein-derived cholesterol (LDL-C) from endosomal compartments to the plasma membrane and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an important yet poorly understood cellular process. Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1), a multi-pass integral membrane protein on the limiting membranes of late endosomes (LE)/lysosomes (Ly), is known to insert lumenal LDL-C to the limiting membrane of LE/Ly. Recent progress has identified novel cytoplasmic proteins that regulate the exit of LDL-C from LE/Ly, such as ORP5, a member of the oxysterol-binding protein-related protein (ORPs) family, and Hrs/VPS27, a well-established regulator of the endosomal sorting complex required for transport pathway. Whereas ORP5/ORPs may serve as cytosolic cholesterol carriers and deliver cholesterol in a non-vesicular manner, how Hrs/VPS27 regulate endosomal cholesterol sorting remains enigmatic. We discuss the functional relationship between NPC1, Hrs, and ORP5, and formulate possible schemes on how LDL-C may be moved from endosomal compartments to other cellular organelles.
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- Ximing Du
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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