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Picazo I, Espeso EA. Interconnections between the Cation/Alkaline pH-Responsive Slt and the Ambient pH Response of PacC/Pal Pathways in Aspergillus nidulans. Cells 2024; 13:651. [PMID: 38607089 PMCID: PMC11011638 DOI: 10.3390/cells13070651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2024] [Revised: 03/21/2024] [Accepted: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024] Open
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In the filamentous ascomycete Aspergillus nidulans, at least three high hierarchy transcription factors are required for growth at extracellular alkaline pH: SltA, PacC and CrzA. Transcriptomic profiles depending on alkaline pH and SltA function showed that pacC expression might be under SltA regulation. Additional transcriptional studies of PacC and the only pH-regulated pal gene, palF, confirmed both the strong dependence on ambient pH and the function of SltA. The regulation of pacC expression is dependent on the activity of the zinc binuclear (C6) cluster transcription factor PacX. However, we found that the ablation of sltA in the pacX- mutant background specifically prevents the increase in pacC expression levels without affecting PacC protein levels, showing a novel specific function of the PacX factor. The loss of sltA function causes the anomalous proteolytic processing of PacC and a reduction in the post-translational modifications of PalF. At alkaline pH, in a null sltA background, PacC72kDa accumulates, detection of the intermediate PacC53kDa form is extremely low and the final processed form of 27 kDa shows altered electrophoretic mobility. Constitutive ubiquitination of PalF or the presence of alkalinity-mimicking mutations in pacC, such as pacCc14 and pacCc700, resembling PacC53kDa and PacC27kDa, respectively, allowed the normal processing of PacC but did not rescue the alkaline pH-sensitive phenotype caused by the null sltA allele. Overall, data show that Slt and PacC/Pal pathways are interconnected, but the transcription factor SltA is on a higher hierarchical level than PacC on regulating the tolerance to the ambient alkalinity in A. nidulans.
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB) Margarita Salas, Spanish Research Council (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu, 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain;
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Farhadi Cheshmeh Morvari S, McCann BL, Bignell EM. Conserved and Divergent Features of pH Sensing in Major Fungal Pathogens. CURRENT CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2023; 10:120-130. [PMID: 37577059 PMCID: PMC10421798 DOI: 10.1007/s40588-023-00195-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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Purpose of Review For human fungal pathogens, sensory perception of extracellular pH is essential for colonisation of mammalian tissues and immune evasion. The molecular complexes that perceive and transmit the fungal pH signal are membrane-proximal and essential for virulence and are therefore of interest as novel antifungal drug targets. Intriguingly, the sensory machinery has evolved divergently in different fungal pathogens, yet spatial co-ordination of cellular components is conserved. Recent Findings The recent discovery of a novel pH sensor in the basidiomycete pathogen Cryptococcus neformans highlights that, although the molecular conservation of fungal pH sensors is evolutionarily restricted, their subcellular localisation and coupling to essential components of the cellular ESCRT machinery are consistent features of the cellular pH sensing and adaptation mechanism. In both basidiomycetes and ascomycetes, the lipid composition of the plasma membrane to which pH sensing complexes are localised appears to have pivotal functional importance. Endocytosis of pH-sensing complexes occurs in multiple fungal species, but its relevance for signal transduction appears not to be universal. Summary Our overview of current understanding highlights conserved and divergent mechanisms of the pH sensing machinery in model and pathogenic fungal species, as well as important unanswered questions that must be addressed to inform the future study of such sensing mechanisms and to devise therapeutic strategies for manipulating them.
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- Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at The University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD UK
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- Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at The University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD UK
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α-Arrestins and Their Functions: From Yeast to Human Health. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23094988. [PMID: 35563378 PMCID: PMC9105457 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23094988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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α-Arrestins, also called arrestin-related trafficking adaptors (ARTs), constitute a large family of proteins conserved from yeast to humans. Despite their evolutionary precedence over their extensively studied relatives of the β-arrestin family, α-arrestins have been discovered relatively recently, and thus their properties are mostly unexplored. The predominant function of α-arrestins is the selective identification of membrane proteins for ubiquitination and degradation, which is an important element in maintaining membrane protein homeostasis as well as global cellular metabolisms. Among members of the arrestin clan, only α-arrestins possess PY motifs that allow canonical binding to WW domains of Rsp5/NEDD4 ubiquitin ligases and the subsequent ubiquitination of membrane proteins leading to their vacuolar/lysosomal degradation. The molecular mechanisms of the selective substrate’s targeting, function, and regulation of α-arrestins in response to different stimuli remain incompletely understood. Several functions of α-arrestins in animal models have been recently characterized, including redox homeostasis regulation, innate immune response regulation, and tumor suppression. However, the molecular mechanisms of α-arrestin regulation and substrate interactions are mainly based on observations from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae model. Nonetheless, α-arrestins have been implicated in health disorders such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative disorders, and tumor progression, placing them in the group of potential therapeutic targets.
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Bueno-Arribas M, Blanca I, Cruz-Cuevas C, Escalante R, Navas MA, Vincent O. A conserved ATG2 binding site in WIPI4 and yeast Hsv2 is disrupted by mutations causing β-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration. Hum Mol Genet 2021; 31:111-121. [PMID: 34368840 PMCID: PMC8682751 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddab225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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PROPPINs are phosphoinositide-binding β-propeller proteins that mediate membrane recruitment of other proteins and are involved in different membrane remodeling processes. The main role of PROPPINs is their function in autophagy, where they act at different steps in phagophore formation. The human PROPPIN WIPI4 (WDR45) forms a complex with ATG2 involved in phagophore elongation, and mutations in this gene cause β-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration (BPAN). The yeast functional counterpart of WIPI4 is Atg18, although its closest sequence homolog is another member of the PROPPIN family, Hsv2, whose function remains largely undefined. Here, we provide evidence that Hsv2, like WIPI4 and Atg18, interacts with Atg2. We show that Hsv2 and a pool of Atg2 colocalize on endosomes under basal conditions and at the pre-autophagosomal structure (PAS) upon autophagy induction. We further show that Hsv2 drives the recruitment of Atg2 to endosomes while Atg2 mediates Hsv2 recruitment to the PAS. HSV2 overexpression results in mis-sorting and secretion of carboxypeptidase CPY, suggesting that the endosomal function of this protein is related to the endosome-to-Golgi recycling pathway. Furthermore, we show that the Atg2 binding site is conserved in Hsv2 and WIPI4 but not in Atg18. Notably, two WIPI4 residues involved in ATG2 binding are mutated in patients with BPAN, and there is a correlation between the inhibitory effect of these mutations on ATG2 binding and the severity of the disease.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas CSIC-UAM 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas CSIC-UAM 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas CSIC-UAM 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Kahlhofer J, Leon S, Teis D, Schmidt O. The α-arrestin family of ubiquitin ligase adaptors links metabolism with selective endocytosis. Biol Cell 2021; 113:183-219. [PMID: 33314196 DOI: 10.1111/boc.202000137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The regulation of nutrient uptake into cells is important, as it allows to either increase biomass for cell growth or to preserve homoeostasis. A key strategy to adjust cellular nutrient uptake is the reconfiguration of the nutrient transporter repertoire at the plasma membrane by the addition of nutrient transporters through the secretory pathway and by their endocytic removal. In this review, we focus on the mechanisms that regulate selective nutrient transporter endocytosis, which is mediated by the α-arrestin protein family. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, 14 different α-arrestins (also named arrestin-related trafficking adaptors, ARTs) function as adaptors for the ubiquitin ligase Rsp5. They instruct Rsp5 to ubiquitinate subsets of nutrient transporters to orchestrate their endocytosis. The ART proteins are under multilevel control of the major nutrient sensing systems, including amino acid sensing by the general amino acid control and target of rapamycin pathways, and energy sensing by 5'-adenosine-monophosphate-dependent kinase. The function of the six human α-arrestins is comparably under-characterised. Here, we summarise the current knowledge about the function, regulation and substrates of yeast ARTs and human α-arrestins, and highlight emerging communalities and general principles.
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- Jennifer Kahlhofer
- Institute for Cell Biology, Biocenter, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France
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- Institute for Cell Biology, Biocenter, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute for Cell Biology, Biocenter, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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The Rim101 pathway mediates adaptation to external alkalization and altered lipid asymmetry: hypothesis describing the detection of distinct stresses by the Rim21 sensor protein. Curr Genet 2020; 67:213-218. [PMID: 33184698 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-020-01129-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Yeast cells adapt to alkaline conditions by activating the Rim101 alkali-responsive pathway. Rim21 acts as a sensor in the Rim101 pathway and detects extracellular alkalization. Interestingly, Rim21 is also known to be activated by alterations involving the lipid asymmetry of the plasma membrane. In this study, we briefly summarize the mechanism of activation and the signal transduction cascade of the Rim101 pathway and propose a hypothesis on how Rim21 is able to detect distinct signals, particularly external alkalization, and altered lipid asymmetry. We found that external alkalization can suppress transbilayer movements of phospholipids between the two leaflets of the plasma membrane, which may lead to the disturbance of the lipid asymmetry of the plasma membrane. Therefore, we propose that external alteration is at least partly sensed by Rim21 through alterations in lipid asymmetry. Understanding this activation mechanism could greatly contribute to drug development against fungal infections.
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Obara K, Higuchi M, Ogura Y, Nishimura K, Kamura T. Rapid turnover of transcription factor Rim101 confirms a flexible adaptation mechanism against environmental stress in
Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genes Cells 2020; 25:651-662. [DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Revised: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Keisuke Obara
- Division of Biological Science Graduate School of Science Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
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- Division of Biological Science Graduate School of Science Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
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- Division of Biological Science Graduate School of Science Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
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- Division of Biological Science Graduate School of Science Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
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- Division of Biological Science Graduate School of Science Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
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Athanasopoulos A, André B, Sophianopoulou V, Gournas C. Fungal plasma membrane domains. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2020; 43:642-673. [PMID: 31504467 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuz022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 08/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The plasma membrane (PM) performs a plethora of physiological processes, the coordination of which requires spatial and temporal organization into specialized domains of different sizes, stability, protein/lipid composition and overall architecture. Compartmentalization of the PM has been particularly well studied in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, where five non-overlapping domains have been described: The Membrane Compartments containing the arginine permease Can1 (MCC), the H+-ATPase Pma1 (MCP), the TORC2 kinase (MCT), the sterol transporters Ltc3/4 (MCL), and the cell wall stress mechanosensor Wsc1 (MCW). Additional cortical foci at the fungal PM are the sites where clathrin-dependent endocytosis occurs, the sites where the external pH sensing complex PAL/Rim localizes, and sterol-rich domains found in apically grown regions of fungal membranes. In this review, we summarize knowledge from several fungal species regarding the organization of the lateral PM segregation. We discuss the mechanisms of formation of these domains, and the mechanisms of partitioning of proteins there. Finally, we discuss the physiological roles of the best-known membrane compartments, including the regulation of membrane and cell wall homeostasis, apical growth of fungal cells and the newly emerging role of MCCs as starvation-protective membrane domains.
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- Alexandros Athanasopoulos
- Microbial Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Biosciences and Applications, National Centre for Scientific Research 'Demokritos,' Patr. Grigoriou E & 27 Neapoleos St. 15341, Agia Paraskevi, Greece
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- Molecular Physiology of the Cell laboratory, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Institut de Biologie et de Médecine Moléculaires, rue des Pr Jeener et Brachet 12, 6041, Gosselies, Belgium
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- Microbial Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Biosciences and Applications, National Centre for Scientific Research 'Demokritos,' Patr. Grigoriou E & 27 Neapoleos St. 15341, Agia Paraskevi, Greece
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- Microbial Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Biosciences and Applications, National Centre for Scientific Research 'Demokritos,' Patr. Grigoriou E & 27 Neapoleos St. 15341, Agia Paraskevi, Greece
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Le Boulch M, Brossard A, Le Dez G, Léon S, Rabut G. Sensitive detection of protein ubiquitylation using a protein fragment complementation assay. J Cell Sci 2020; 133:jcs240093. [PMID: 32409563 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.240093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Ubiquitylation is a reversible post-translational protein modification that regulates a multitude of cellular processes. Detection of ubiquitylated proteins is often challenging because of their low abundance. Here, we present NUbiCA, a sensitive protein-fragment complementation assay to facilitate the monitoring of ubiquitylation events in cultured cells and model organisms. Using yeast as a model system, we demonstrate that NUbiCA enables accurate monitoring of mono- and polyubiquitylation of proteins expressed at endogenous levels. We also show that it can be applied to decipher the topology of ubiquitin conjugates. Moreover, we assembled a genome-wide collection of yeast strains ready to investigate the ubiquitylation of proteins with this new assay. This resource will facilitate the analysis of local or transient ubiquitylation events that are difficult to detect with current methods.
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- Marie Le Boulch
- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institute of Genetics and Development of Rennes) - UMR 6290, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institute of Genetics and Development of Rennes) - UMR 6290, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institute of Genetics and Development of Rennes) - UMR 6290, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod - UMR 7592, CNRS, Université de Paris-Diderot, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IGDR (Institute of Genetics and Development of Rennes) - UMR 6290, F-35000 Rennes, France
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MacDonald C, Shields SB, Williams CA, Winistorfer S, Piper RC. A Cycle of Ubiquitination Regulates Adaptor Function of the Nedd4-Family Ubiquitin Ligase Rsp5. Curr Biol 2020; 30:465-479.e5. [PMID: 31956026 PMCID: PMC7197006 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Revised: 10/28/2019] [Accepted: 11/29/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In yeast, the main ubiquitin ligase responsible for the sorting of proteins to the lysosomal vacuole is Rsp5, a member of the Nedd4 family of ligases whose distinguishing features are a catalytic homologous to E6AP C terminus (HECT) domain and 3 central WW domains that bind PY motifs in target proteins. Many substrates do not bind Rsp5 directly and instead rely on PY-containing adaptor proteins that interact with Rsp5. Recent studies indicate that the activities of these adaptors are elevated when they undergo ubiquitination, yet the mechanism whereby ubiquitination activates the adaptors and how this process is regulated remain unclear. Here, we report on a mechanism that explains how ubiquitination stimulates adaptor function and how this process can be regulated by the Rsp5-associated deubiquitinase, Ubp2. Our overexpression experiments revealed that several adaptors compete for Rsp5 in vivo. We found that the ability of the adaptors to compete effectively was enhanced by their ubiquitination and diminished by a block of their ubiquitination. Ubiquitination-dependent adaptor activation required a ubiquitin-binding surface within the Rsp5 catalytic HECT domain. Finally, like constitutively ubiquitinated adaptors, a Ubp2 deficiency increased both the adaptor activity and the ability to compete for Rsp5. Our data support a model whereby ubiquitinated Rsp5 adaptors are more active when "locked" onto Rsp5 via its N-lobe ubiquitin-binding surface and less active when they are "unlocked" by Ubp2-mediated deubiquitination.
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- Chris MacDonald
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA, 52242,Current Address: Department of Biology, University of York, York, UK YO10 5DD
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA, 52242,Current Address: Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 West College Ave. Saint Peter, MN USA, 56082
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA, 52242
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA, 52242
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA, 52242,Lead Contact:
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Obara K, Kotani T, Nakatogawa H, Kihara A, Kamura T. N-glycosylation of Rim21 at an Unconventional Site Fine-tunes Its Behavior in the Plasma Membrane. Cell Struct Funct 2020; 45:1-8. [PMID: 31787665 PMCID: PMC10739146 DOI: 10.1247/csf.19021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 11/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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The polytopic plasma membrane protein Rim21 senses both the elevation of ambient pH and alterations in plasma membrane lipid asymmetry in the Rim101 pathway in budding yeast. Rim21 is known to undergo N-glycosylation, but the site and function of the glycosylation modification is not known. Using a systematic mutation analysis, we found that Rim21 is N-glycosylated at an unconventional motif located in the N-terminal extracellular region. The Rim21 mutant protein that failed to receive N-glycosylation showed prolonged protein lifetime compared to that of WT Rim21 protein. Although both the WT and mutant Rim21 localized to the plasma membrane, they exhibited different biochemical fractionation profiles. The mutant Rim21, but not WT Rim21, was mainly fractionated into the heavy membrane fraction. Further, compared to WT Rim21, mutant Rim21 was more easily solubilized with digitonin but was conversely more resistant to solubilization with Triton X-100. Despite these different biochemical properties from WT Rim21, mutant Rim21 protein could still activate the Rim101 pathway in response to external alkalization. Collectively, N-glycosylation of Rim21 is not indispensable for its activity as a sensor protein, but modulates the residence of Rim21 protein to some microdomains within the plasma membrane with distinct lipid conditions, thereby affecting its turnover.Key words: plasma membrane, lipid asymmetry, N-linked glycosylation, microdomain, Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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- Keisuke Obara
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta-cho 4259 B-20, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta-cho 4259 B-20, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita 12-jo Nishi 6-chome, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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To survive under unpredictable conditions, all organisms must adapt to stressors by regulating adaptive cellular responses. Arrestin proteins are conserved regulators of adaptive cellular responses in eukaryotes. Studies that have been limited to mammals and model fungi have demonstrated that the disruption of arrestin-regulated pathways is detrimental for viability. The human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans causes more than 180,000 infection-related deaths annually, especially among immunocompromised patients. In addition to being genetically tractable, C. neoformans has a small arrestin family of four members, lending itself to a comprehensive characterization of its arrestin family. This study serves as a functional analysis of arrestins in a pathogen, particularly in the context of fungal fitness and virulence. We investigate the functions of one arrestin protein, Ali1, and define its novel contributions to cytokinesis. We additionally explore the virulence contributions of the C. neoformans arrestin family and find that they contribute to disease establishment and progression. Arrestins, a structurally specialized and functionally diverse group of proteins, are central regulators of adaptive cellular responses in eukaryotes. Previous studies on fungal arrestins have demonstrated their capacity to modulate diverse cellular processes through their adaptor functions, facilitating the localization and function of other proteins. However, the mechanisms by which arrestin-regulated processes are involved in fungal virulence remain unexplored. We have identified a small family of four arrestins, Ali1, Ali2, Ali3, and Ali4, in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. Using complementary microscopy, proteomic, and reverse genetics techniques, we have defined a role for Ali1 as a novel contributor to cytokinesis, a fundamental cell cycle-associated process. We observed that Ali1 strongly interacts with proteins involved in lipid synthesis, and that ali1Δ mutant phenotypes are rescued by supplementation with lipid precursors that are used to build cellular membranes. From these data, we hypothesize that Ali1 contributes to cytokinesis by serving as an adaptor protein, facilitating the localization of enzymes that modify the plasma membrane during cell division, specifically the fatty acid synthases Fas1 and Fas2. Finally, we assessed the contributions of the C. neoformans arrestin family to virulence to better understand the mechanisms by which arrestin-regulated adaptive cellular responses influence fungal infection. We observed that the C. neoformans arrestin family contributes to virulence, and that the individual arrestin proteins likely fulfill distinct functions that are important for disease progression.
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Yeast α-arrestin Art2 is the key regulator of ubiquitylation-dependent endocytosis of plasma membrane vitamin B1 transporters. PLoS Biol 2019; 17:e3000512. [PMID: 31658248 PMCID: PMC6837554 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2019] [Revised: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Endocytosis of membrane proteins in yeast requires α-arrestin-mediated ubiquitylation by the ubiquitin ligase Rsp5. Yet, the diversity of α-arrestin targets studied is restricted to a small subset of plasma membrane (PM) proteins. Here, we performed quantitative proteomics to identify new targets of 12 α-arrestins and gained insight into the diversity of pathways affected by α-arrestins, including the cell wall integrity pathway and PM–endoplasmic reticulum contact sites. We found that Art2 is the main regulator of substrate- and stress-induced ubiquitylation and endocytosis of the thiamine (vitamin B1) transporters: Thi7, nicotinamide riboside transporter 1 (Nrt1), and Thi72. Genetic screening allowed for the isolation of transport-defective Thi7 mutants, which impaired thiamine-induced endocytosis. Coexpression of inactive mutants with wild-type Thi7 revealed that both transporter conformation and transport activity are important to induce endocytosis. Finally, we provide evidence that Art2 mediated Thi7 endocytosis is regulated by the target of rapamycin complex 1 (TORC1) and requires the Sit4 phosphatase but is not inhibited by the Npr1 kinase. A combination of proteomics, protein modeling, and molecular biology sheds light on how endocytosis of the plasma membrane vitamin B1 transporter Thi7 in yeast is regulated by the α-arrestin Art2.
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Wawrzycka D, Sadlak J, Maciaszczyk-Dziubinska E, Wysocki R. Rsp5-dependent endocytosis and degradation of the arsenite transporter Acr3 requires its N-terminal acidic tail as an endocytic sorting signal and arrestin-related ubiquitin-ligase adaptors. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2019; 1861:916-925. [PMID: 30776335 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Revised: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The yeast plasma membrane transporter Acr3 mediates efflux of toxic arsenite and antimonite. Here, we investigated the mechanisms of Acr3 turnover. We found that after arrival and residence at the plasma membrane, Acr3 is subjected to internalization followed by proteolysis in the vacuole. Endocytic degradation of Acr3 is promoted by the ubiquitin ligase Rsp5 and requires polyubiquitination of Acr3 at multiple lysine residues via lysine 63-linked ubiquitin chains. The turnover of Acr3 also depends on two arrestin-related proteins, Art3/Aly2 and Art4/Rod1, that enable recruitment of Rsp5 to its targets. Finally, we found that a short acidic patch located in the N-terminal tail of Acr3 is needed for its ubiquitination and internalization. We propose that this motif serves as an endocytic signal that facilitates binding of the arrestin-Rsp5 complexes to the Acr3 cargo.
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- Donata Wawrzycka
- Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wroclaw, 50-328 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wroclaw, 50-328 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wroclaw, 50-328 Wroclaw, Poland.
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Sánchez-Rangel D, Hernández-Domínguez EE, Pérez-Torres CA, Ortiz-Castro R, Villafán E, Rodríguez-Haas B, Alonso-Sánchez A, López-Buenfil A, Carrillo-Ortiz N, Hernández-Ramos L, Ibarra-Laclette E. Environmental pH modulates transcriptomic responses in the fungus Fusarium sp. associated with KSHB Euwallacea sp. near fornicatus. BMC Genomics 2018; 19:721. [PMID: 30285612 PMCID: PMC6167834 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-5083-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The Ambrosia Fusarium Clade phytopathogenic Fusarium fungi species have a symbiotic relationship with ambrosia beetles in the genus Euwallacea (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Related beetle species referred to as Euwallacea sp. near fornicatus have been spread in California, USA and are recognized as the causal agents of Fusarium dieback, a disease that causes mortality of many plant species. Despite the importance of this fungi, no transcriptomic resources have been generated. The datasets described here represent the first ever transcripts available for these species. We focused our study on the isolated species of Fusarium that is associated with one of the cryptic species referred to as Kuroshio Shot Hole Borer (KSHB) Euwallacea sp. near fornicatus. RESULTS Hydrogen concentration is a critical signal in fungi for growth and host colonization, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different pH conditions on growth and gene expression of the fungus Fusarium sp. associated with KSHB. An RNA-seq approach was used to compare the gene expression of the fungus grown for 2 weeks in liquid medium at three different pH levels (5.0, 6.0, and 7.0). An unbuffered treatment was included to evaluate the capability of the fungus to change the pH of its environment and the impact in gene expression. The results showed that the fungus can grow and modulate its genetic expression at different pH conditions; however, growth was stunted in acidic pH in comparison with neutral pH. The results showed a differential expression pattern in each pH condition even when acidic conditions prevailed at the end of the experiment. After comparing transcriptomics data from the three treatments, we found a total of 4,943 unique transcripts that were differentially expressed. CONCLUSIONS We identified transcripts related to pH signaling such as the conserved PAL/RIM pathway, some transcripts related to secondary metabolism and other transcripts that were differentially expressed. Our analysis suggests possible mechanisms involved in pathogenicity in this novel Fusarium species. This is the first report that shows transcriptomic data of this pathogen as well as the first report of genes and proteins involved in their metabolism identifying potential virulence factors.
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- Diana Sánchez-Rangel
- Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Instituto de Ecología A.C, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico
- Cátedra CONACYT en el Instituto de Ecología A.C, Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico
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- Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Instituto de Ecología A.C, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico
- Cátedra CONACYT en el Instituto de Ecología A.C, Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico
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- Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Instituto de Ecología A.C, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico
- Cátedra CONACYT en el Instituto de Ecología A.C, Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico
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- Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Instituto de Ecología A.C, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico
- Cátedra CONACYT en el Instituto de Ecología A.C, Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico
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- Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Instituto de Ecología A.C, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico
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- Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Instituto de Ecología A.C, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico
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- Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria, Unidad Integral de Diagnóstico, Servicios y Constatación, 55740 Tecámac, Estado de México Mexico
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- Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria, Unidad Integral de Diagnóstico, Servicios y Constatación, 55740 Tecámac, Estado de México Mexico
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- Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria, Unidad Integral de Diagnóstico, Servicios y Constatación, 55740 Tecámac, Estado de México Mexico
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- Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Instituto de Ecología A.C, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico
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Hager NA, Krasowski CJ, Mackie TD, Kolb AR, Needham PG, Augustine AA, Dempsey A, Szent-Gyorgyi C, Bruchez MP, Bain DJ, Kwiatkowski AV, O'Donnell AF, Brodsky JL. Select α-arrestins control cell-surface abundance of the mammalian Kir2.1 potassium channel in a yeast model. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:11006-11021. [PMID: 29784874 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra117.001293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Revised: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Protein composition at the plasma membrane is tightly regulated, with rapid protein internalization and selective targeting to the cell surface occurring in response to environmental changes. For example, ion channels are dynamically relocalized to or from the plasma membrane in response to physiological alterations, allowing cells and organisms to maintain osmotic and salt homeostasis. To identify additional factors that regulate the selective trafficking of a specific ion channel, we used a yeast model for a mammalian potassium channel, the K+ inward rectifying channel Kir2.1. Kir2.1 maintains potassium homeostasis in heart muscle cells, and Kir2.1 defects lead to human disease. By examining the ability of Kir2.1 to rescue the growth of yeast cells lacking endogenous potassium channels, we discovered that specific α-arrestins regulate Kir2.1 localization. Specifically, we found that the Ldb19/Art1, Aly1/Art6, and Aly2/Art3 α-arrestin adaptor proteins promote Kir2.1 trafficking to the cell surface, increase Kir2.1 activity at the plasma membrane, and raise intracellular potassium levels. To better quantify the intracellular and cell-surface populations of Kir2.1, we created fluorogen-activating protein fusions and for the first time used this technique to measure the cell-surface residency of a plasma membrane protein in yeast. Our experiments revealed that two α-arrestin effectors also control Kir2.1 localization. In particular, both the Rsp5 ubiquitin ligase and the protein phosphatase calcineurin facilitated the α-arrestin-mediated trafficking of Kir2.1. Together, our findings implicate α-arrestins in regulating an additional class of plasma membrane proteins and establish a new tool for dissecting the trafficking itinerary of any membrane protein in yeast.
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- Natalie A Hager
- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282
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- the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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- the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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- the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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- the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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- the Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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- the Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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- the Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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- the Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, and
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- the Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282,
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- the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260,
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Pianalto KM, Ost KS, Brown HE, Alspaugh JA. Characterization of additional components of the environmental pH-sensing complex in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:9995-10008. [PMID: 29769315 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.002741] [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] [Received: 03/06/2018] [Revised: 05/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Pathogenic microorganisms must adapt to changes in their immediate surroundings, including alterations in pH, to survive the shift from the external environment to that of the infected host. In the basidiomycete fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans, these pH changes are primarily sensed by the fungus-specific, alkaline pH-sensing Rim/Pal pathway. The C. neoformans Rim pathway has diverged significantly from that described in ascomycete fungi. We recently identified the C. neoformans putative pH sensor Rra1, which activates the Rim pathway in response to elevated pH. In this study, we probed the function of Rra1 by analyzing its cellular localization and performing protein co-immunoprecipitation to identify potential Rra1 interactors. We found that Rra1 does not strongly colocalize or interact with immediate downstream Rim pathway components. However, these experiments identified a novel Rra1 interactor, the previously uncharacterized C. neoformans nucleosome assembly protein 1 (Nap1), which was required for Rim pathway activation. We observed that Nap1 specifically binds to the C-terminal tail of the Rra1 sensor, probably promoting Rra1 protein stability. This function of Nap1 is conserved in fungi closely related to C. neoformans that contain Rra1 orthologs, but not in the more distantly related ascomycete fungus Saccharomyces cerevisiae In conclusion, our findings have revealed the sophisticated, yet distinct, molecular mechanisms by which closely and distantly related microbial phyla rapidly adapt to environmental signals and changes, such as alterations in pH.
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- From the Departments of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and
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- From the Departments of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and
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- From the Departments of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and .,Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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Dionisio-Vicuña MN, Gutiérrez-López TY, Adame-García SR, Vázquez-Prado J, Reyes-Cruz G. VPS28, an ESCRT-I protein, regulates mitotic spindle organization via Gβγ, EG5 and TPX2. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2018; 1865:1012-1022. [PMID: 29548937 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2018.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2017] [Revised: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Misael Neri Dionisio-Vicuña
- Department of Cell Biology, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Cinvestav-IPN), Apartado postal 14-740, CDMX 07360, Mexico
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- Department of Cell Biology, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Cinvestav-IPN), Apartado postal 14-740, CDMX 07360, Mexico
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- Department of Cell Biology, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Cinvestav-IPN), Apartado postal 14-740, CDMX 07360, Mexico
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- Department of Pharmacology, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Cinvestav-IPN), Apartado postal 14-740, CDMX 07360, Mexico
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- Department of Cell Biology, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Cinvestav-IPN), Apartado postal 14-740, CDMX 07360, Mexico.
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Salignon J, Richard M, Fulcrand E, Duplus-Bottin H, Yvert G. Genomics of cellular proliferation in periodic environmental fluctuations. Mol Syst Biol 2018; 14:e7823. [PMID: 29507053 PMCID: PMC5836541 DOI: 10.15252/msb.20177823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Revised: 02/01/2018] [Accepted: 02/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Living systems control cell growth dynamically by processing information from their environment. Although responses to a single environmental change have been intensively studied, little is known about how cells react to fluctuating conditions. Here, we address this question at the genomic scale by measuring the relative proliferation rate (fitness) of 3,568 yeast gene deletion mutants in out-of-equilibrium conditions: periodic oscillations between two environmental conditions. In periodic salt stress, fitness and its genetic variance largely depended on the oscillating period. Surprisingly, dozens of mutants displayed pronounced hyperproliferation under short stress periods, revealing unexpected controllers of growth under fast dynamics. We validated the implication of the high-affinity cAMP phosphodiesterase and of a regulator of protein translocation to mitochondria in this group. Periodic oscillations of extracellular methionine, a factor unrelated to salinity, also altered fitness but to a lesser extent and for different genes. The results illustrate how natural selection acts on mutations in a dynamic environment, highlighting unsuspected genetic vulnerabilities to periodic stress in molecular processes that are conserved across all eukaryotes.
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- Jérôme Salignon
- Laboratory of Biology and Modeling of the Cell, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Laboratory of Biology and Modeling of the Cell, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Laboratory of Biology and Modeling of the Cell, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Laboratory of Biology and Modeling of the Cell, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Laboratory of Biology and Modeling of the Cell, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Rockenfeller P, Smolnig M, Diessl J, Bashir M, Schmiedhofer V, Knittelfelder O, Ring J, Franz J, Foessl I, Khan MJ, Rost R, Graier WF, Kroemer G, Zimmermann A, Carmona-Gutierrez D, Eisenberg T, Büttner S, Sigrist SJ, Kühnlein RP, Kohlwein SD, Gourlay CW, Madeo F. Diacylglycerol triggers Rim101 pathway-dependent necrosis in yeast: a model for lipotoxicity. Cell Death Differ 2018; 25:767-783. [PMID: 29230001 PMCID: PMC5864183 DOI: 10.1038/s41418-017-0014-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Revised: 09/18/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The loss of lipid homeostasis can lead to lipid overload and is associated with a variety of disease states. However, little is known as to how the disruption of lipid regulation or lipid overload affects cell survival. In this study we investigated how excess diacylglycerol (DG), a cardinal metabolite suspected to mediate lipotoxicity, compromises the survival of yeast cells. We reveal that increased DG achieved by either genetic manipulation or pharmacological administration of 1,2-dioctanoyl-sn-glycerol (DOG) triggers necrotic cell death. The toxic effects of DG are linked to glucose metabolism and require a functional Rim101 signaling cascade involving the Rim21-dependent sensing complex and the activation of a calpain-like protease. The Rim101 cascade is an established pathway that triggers a transcriptional response to alkaline or lipid stress. We propose that the Rim101 pathway senses DG-induced lipid perturbation and conducts a signaling response that either facilitates cellular adaptation or triggers lipotoxic cell death. Using established models of lipotoxicity, i.e., high-fat diet in Drosophila and palmitic acid administration in cultured human endothelial cells, we present evidence that the core mechanism underlying this calpain-dependent lipotoxic cell death pathway is phylogenetically conserved.
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- Patrick Rockenfeller
- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria.
- Kent Fungal Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NJ, UK.
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Svante Arrheniusväg 20C, Stockholm, 106 91, Sweden
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, 01307, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
- Department of Biosciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Park Road, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- INSERM U848, Villejuif, 94805, France
- Metabolomics Platform, Institut Gustave Roussy, Paris, 94805, France
- Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, 75006, France
- Pôle de Biologie, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, 75015, France
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, 75270, France
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
- BioTechMed-Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Svante Arrheniusväg 20C, Stockholm, 106 91, Sweden
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- Institute for Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, 14195, Germany
- NeuroCure Charité, Berlin, 10117, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
- BioTechMed-Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
- Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, 37077, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
- BioTechMed-Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Kent Fungal Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria.
- BioTechMed-Graz, Graz, 8010, Austria.
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Compensatory Internalization of Pma1 in V-ATPase Mutants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Requires Calcium- and Glucose-Sensitive Phosphatases. Genetics 2017; 208:655-672. [PMID: 29254995 PMCID: PMC5788529 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.117.300594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Loss of V-ATPase activity in organelles triggers compensatory endocytic downregulation of the plasma membrane proton pump Pma1. Here, Velivela and Kane... Loss of V-ATPase activity in organelles, whether through V-ATPase inhibition or V-ATPase (vma) mutations, triggers a compensatory downregulation of the essential plasma membrane proton pump Pma1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We have previously determined that the α-arrestin Rim8 and ubiquitin ligase Rsp5 are essential for Pma1 ubiquination and endocytosis in response to loss of V-ATPase activity. Here, we show that Pma1 endocytosis in V-ATPase mutants does not require Rim101 pathway components upstream and downstream of Rim8, indicating that Rim8 is acting independently in Pma1 internalization. We find that two phosphatases, the calcium-responsive phosphatase calcineurin and the glucose-sensitive phosphatase Glc7 (PP1), and one of the Glc7 regulatory subunits Reg1, exhibit negative synthetic genetic interactions with vma mutants, and demonstrate that both phosphatases are essential for ubiquitination and endocytic downregulation of Pma1 in these mutants. Although both acute and chronic loss of V-ATPase activity trigger the internalization of ∼50% of surface Pma1, a comparable reduction in Pma1 expression in a pma1-007 mutant neither compensates for loss of V-ATPase activity nor stops further Pma1 endocytosis. The results indicate that the cell surface level of Pma1 is not directly sensed and that internalized Pma1 may play a role in compensating for loss of V-ATPase-dependent acidification. Taken together, these results provide new insights into cross talk between two major proton pumps central to cellular pH control.
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Watcharawipas A, Watanabe D, Takagi H. Enhanced sodium acetate tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by the Thr255Ala mutation of the ubiquitin ligase Rsp5. FEMS Yeast Res 2017; 17:4587736. [DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fox083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 11/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Anton C, Zanolari B, Arcones I, Wang C, Mulet JM, Spang A, Roncero C. Involvement of the exomer complex in the polarized transport of Ena1 required for Saccharomyces cerevisiae survival against toxic cations. Mol Biol Cell 2017; 28:3672-3685. [PMID: 29021337 PMCID: PMC5706994 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e17-09-0549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2017] [Revised: 10/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Here we show that the TGN complex named exomer is required for alkali cation tolerance in yeast because of its roles in the sorting and polarization of the plasma membrane Na+-ATPase Ena1 and on the signal processing through the RIM101 pathway, thus widening the functional repertoire of the yeast exomer. Exomer is an adaptor complex required for the direct transport of a selected number of cargoes from the trans-Golgi network (TGN) to the plasma membrane in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. However, exomer mutants are highly sensitive to increased concentrations of alkali metal cations, a situation that remains unexplained by the lack of transport of any known cargoes. Here we identify several HAL genes that act as multicopy suppressors of this sensitivity and are connected to the reduced function of the sodium ATPase Ena1. Furthermore, we find that Ena1 is dependent on exomer function. Even though Ena1 can reach the plasma membrane independently of exomer, polarized delivery of Ena1 to the bud requires functional exomer. Moreover, exomer is required for full induction of Ena1 expression after cationic stress by facilitating the plasma membrane recruitment of the molecular machinery involved in Rim101 processing and activation of the RIM101 pathway in response to stress. Both the defective localization and the reduced levels of Ena1 contribute to the sensitivity of exomer mutants to alkali metal cations. Our work thus expands the spectrum of exomer-dependent proteins and provides a link to a more general role of exomer in TGN organization.
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- Carlos Anton
- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (IBFG) and Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, CSIC-Universidad de Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Biozentrum, Growth & Development, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (IBFG) and Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, CSIC-Universidad de Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Biozentrum, Growth & Development, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, CSIC-Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, 46011 Valencia, Spain
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- Biozentrum, Growth & Development, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (IBFG) and Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, CSIC-Universidad de Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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Brown AJP, Cowen LE, di Pietro A, Quinn J. Stress Adaptation. Microbiol Spectr 2017; 5:10.1128/microbiolspec.FUNK-0048-2016. [PMID: 28721857 PMCID: PMC5701650 DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.funk-0048-2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Fungal species display an extraordinarily diverse range of lifestyles. Nevertheless, the survival of each species depends on its ability to sense and respond to changes in its natural environment. Environmental changes such as fluctuations in temperature, water balance or pH, or exposure to chemical insults such as reactive oxygen and nitrogen species exert stresses that perturb cellular homeostasis and cause molecular damage to the fungal cell. Consequently, fungi have evolved mechanisms to repair this damage, detoxify chemical insults, and restore cellular homeostasis. Most stresses are fundamental in nature, and consequently, there has been significant evolutionary conservation in the nature of the resultant responses across the fungal kingdom and beyond. For example, heat shock generally induces the synthesis of chaperones that promote protein refolding, antioxidants are generally synthesized in response to an oxidative stress, and osmolyte levels are generally increased following a hyperosmotic shock. In this article we summarize the current understanding of these and other stress responses as well as the signaling pathways that regulate them in the fungi. Model yeasts such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae are compared with filamentous fungi, as well as with pathogens of plants and humans. We also discuss current challenges associated with defining the dynamics of stress responses and with the elaboration of fungal stress adaptation under conditions that reflect natural environments in which fungal cells may be exposed to different types of stresses, either sequentially or simultaneously.
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- Alistair J P Brown
- Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
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- Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Córdoba, Campus de Rabanales, Edificio Gregor Mendel C5, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
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- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom
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Ho HC, MacGurn JA, Emr SD. Deubiquitinating enzymes Ubp2 and Ubp15 regulate endocytosis by limiting ubiquitination and degradation of ARTs. Mol Biol Cell 2017; 28:1271-1283. [PMID: 28298493 PMCID: PMC5415021 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e17-01-0008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Revised: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Endocytic down-regulation of cell-surface proteins is a fundamental cellular process for cell survival and adaptation to environmental stimuli. Ubiquitination of cargo proteins serves as the sorting signal for downstream trafficking and relies on the arrestin-related trafficking adaptor (ART)-Rsp5 ubiquitin ligase adaptor network in yeast. Hence proper regulation of the abundance and activity of these ligase-adaptor complexes is critical for main-tenance of optimal plasma membrane protein composition. Here we report that the stability of ARTs is regulated by the deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) Ubp2 and Ubp15. By counteracting the E3 ubiquitin ligase Rsp5, Ubp2 and Ubp15 prevent hyperubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of ARTs. Specifically, we show that loss of both Ubp2 and Ubp15 results in a defect in Hxt6 endocytosis associated with Art4 instability. Our results uncover a novel function for DUBs in the endocytic pathway by which Ubp2 and Ubp15 positively regulate the ART-Rsp5 network.
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- Hsuan-Chung Ho
- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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The Rim101 pathway contributes to ER stress adaptation through sensing the state of plasma membrane. Biochem J 2016; 474:51-63. [DOI: 10.1042/bcj20160580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Revised: 10/16/2016] [Accepted: 10/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Yeast cells sense alterations in the plasma membrane (PM) lipid asymmetry and external alkalization by the sensor protein Rim21, which functions in the Rim101 pathway. Rim101 signaling is initiated at the PM by the recruitment of the Rim101 signaling complex. The PM physically associates with the cortical endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to form ER–PM contact sites, where several signaling events, lipid exchange, and ion transport take place. In the present study, we investigated the spatial relationship between ER–PM contact sites and the sites of Rim101 signaling. Rim101 signaling mostly proceeds outside ER–PM contact sites in the PM and did not require intact ER–PM contact for its activation. Rather, the Rim101 pathway was constitutively activated by ER–PM contact site disruption, which is known to cause ER stress. ER stress induced by tunicamycin treatment activated the Rim101 pathway. Furthermore, the sensitivity of cells to tunicamycin without ER–PM contact was considerably elevated by the deletion of RIM21. These results suggest that the Rim101 pathway is important for the adaptation to ER stress by compensating for alterations in PM lipid asymmetry induced by ER stress.
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Guiney EL, Klecker T, Emr SD. Identification of the endocytic sorting signal recognized by the Art1-Rsp5 ubiquitin ligase complex. Mol Biol Cell 2016; 27:4043-4054. [PMID: 27798240 PMCID: PMC5156545 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e16-08-0570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2016] [Revised: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Endocytosis of plasma membrane proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae requires their ubiquitination by the ART-Rsp5 ubiquitin ligase complex. Little is known about how the complex engages substrates. The Art1 C-terminus recognizes Mup1 via a tripartite ART sorting signal: an acidic patch, in proximity to the membrane and substrate lysines. Targeted endocytosis of plasma membrane (PM) proteins allows cells to adjust their complement of membrane proteins to changing extracellular conditions. For a wide variety of PM proteins, initiation of endocytosis is triggered by ubiquitination. In yeast, arrestin-related trafficking adaptors (ARTs) enable a single ubiquitin ligase, Rsp5, to specifically and selectively target a wide range of PM proteins for ubiquitination and endocytosis. However, the mechanisms that allow ARTs to specifically recognize their appropriate substrates are unknown. We present the molecular features in the methionine permease Mup1 that are required for Art1-Rsp5–mediated ubiquitination and endocytosis. A combination of genetics, fluorescence microscopy, and biochemistry reveals three critical features that comprise an ART sorting signal in the Mup1 N-terminal cytosolic tail: 1) an extended acidic patch, 2) in close proximity to the first Mup1 transmembrane domain, and 3) close to the ubiquitinated lysines. We show that a functionally similar ART sorting signal is also required for the endocytosis of a second Art1-dependent cargo, Can1, suggesting a common mechanism for recognition of Art1 substrates. We isolate two separate suppressor mutations in the Art1 C-terminal domain that allele-specifically restore endocytosis of two Mup1 acidic patch mutants, consistent with an interaction between the Art1 C-terminus and the Mup1 acidic patch. We propose that this interaction is required for recruitment of the Art1-Rsp5 ubiquitination complex.
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- Evan L Guiney
- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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Autophagy-associated alpha-arrestin signaling is required for conidiogenous cell development in Magnaporthe oryzae. Sci Rep 2016; 6:30963. [PMID: 27498554 PMCID: PMC4976345 DOI: 10.1038/srep30963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2015] [Accepted: 07/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Conidiation patterning is evolutionarily complex and mechanism concerning conidiogenous cell differentiation remains largely unknown. Magnaporthe oryzae conidiates in a sympodial way and uses its conidia to infect host and disseminate blast disease. Arrestins are multifunctional proteins that modulate receptor down-regulation and scaffold components of intracellular trafficking routes. We here report an alpha-arrestin that regulates patterns of conidiation and contributes to pathogenicity in M. oryzae. We show that disruption of ARRDC1 generates mutants which produce conidia in an acropetal array and ARRDC1 significantly affects expression profile of CCA1, a virulence-related transcription factor required for conidiogenous cell differentiation. Although germ tubes normally develop appressoria, penetration peg formation is dramatically impaired and Δarrdc1 mutants are mostly nonpathogenic. Fluorescent analysis indicates that EGFP-ARRDC1 puncta are well colocalized with DsRed2-Atg8, and this distribution profile could not be altered in Δatg9 mutants, suggesting ARRDC1 enters into autophagic flux before autophagosome maturation. We propose that M. oryzae employs ARRDC1 to regulate specific receptors in response to conidiation-related signals for conidiogenous cell differentiation and utilize autophagosomes for desensitization of conidiogenous receptor, which transmits extracellular signal to the downstream elements of transcription factors. Our investigation extends novel significance of autophagy-associated alpha-arrestin signaling to fungal parasites.
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Lucena-Agell D, Hervás-Aguilar A, Múnera-Huertas T, Pougovkina O, Rudnicka J, Galindo A, Tilburn J, Arst HN, Peñalva MA. Mutational analysis of the Aspergillus ambient pH receptor PalH underscores its potential as a target for antifungal compounds. Mol Microbiol 2016; 101:982-1002. [PMID: 27279148 PMCID: PMC5026065 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13438] [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] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The pal/RIM ambient pH signalling pathway is crucial for the ability of pathogenic fungi to infect hosts. The Aspergillus nidulans 7‐TMD receptor PalH senses alkaline pH, subsequently facilitating ubiquitination of the arrestin PalF. Ubiquitinated PalF triggers downstream signalling events. The mechanism(s) by which PalH transduces the alkaline pH signal to PalF is poorly understood. We show that PalH is phosphorylated in a signal dependent manner, resembling mammalian GPCRs, although PalH phosphorylation, in contrast to mammalian GPCRs, is arrestin dependent. A genetic screen revealed that an ambient‐exposed region comprising the extracellular loop connecting TM4‐TM5 and ambient‐proximal residues within TM5 is required for signalling. In contrast, substitution by alanines of four aromatic residues within TM6 and TM7 results in a weak ‘constitutive’ activation of the pathway. Our data support the hypothesis that PalH mechanistically resembles mammalian GPCRs that signal via arrestins, such that the relative positions of individual helices within the heptahelical bundle determines the Pro316‐dependent transition between inactive and active PalH conformations, governed by an ambient‐exposed region including critical Tyr259 that potentially represents an agonist binding site. These findings open the possibility of screening for agonist compounds stabilizing the inactive conformation of PalH, which might act as antifungal drugs against ascomycetes.
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- Daniel Lucena-Agell
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- Section of Microbiology, Imperial College London, Flowers Building, Armstrong Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- Section of Microbiology, Imperial College London, Flowers Building, Armstrong Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- Section of Microbiology, Imperial College London, Flowers Building, Armstrong Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Madrid, 28040, Spain.,Section of Microbiology, Imperial College London, Flowers Building, Armstrong Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Madrid, 28040, Spain.
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Curwin AJ, Brouwers N, Alonso Y Adell M, Teis D, Turacchio G, Parashuraman S, Ronchi P, Malhotra V. ESCRT-III drives the final stages of CUPS maturation for unconventional protein secretion. eLife 2016; 5. [PMID: 27115345 PMCID: PMC4868542 DOI: 10.7554/elife.16299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2016] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The unconventional secretory pathway exports proteins that bypass the endoplasmic reticulum. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, conditions that trigger Acb1 secretion via this pathway generate a Grh1 containing compartment composed of vesicles and tubules surrounded by a cup-shaped membrane and collectively called CUPS. Here we report a quantitative assay for Acb1 secretion that reveals requirements for ESCRT-I, -II, and -III but, surprisingly, without the involvement of the Vps4 AAA-ATPase. The major ESCRT-III subunit Snf7 localizes transiently to CUPS and this was accelerated in vps4Δ cells, correlating with increased Acb1 secretion. Microscopic analysis suggests that, instead of forming intraluminal vesicles with the help of Vps4, ESCRT-III/Snf7 promotes direct engulfment of preexisting Grh1 containing vesicles and tubules into a saccule to generate a mature Acb1 containing compartment. This novel multivesicular / multilamellar compartment, we suggest represents the stable secretory form of CUPS that is competent for the release of Acb1 to cells exterior. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16299.001 Cells produce thousands of different proteins with a variety of different roles in the body. Some proteins, for example the hormone insulin, perform roles outside of the cell and are released from cells in a process that has several stages. In the first step, newly-made insulin and many other “secretory” proteins enter a compartment called the endoplasmic reticulum. Once inside, these proteins can then be loaded into other compartments and transported to the edge of the cell. There is another class of secretory proteins that are released from the cell without first entering the endoplasmic reticulum, in a process termed “unconventional protein secretion”. A protein called Acb1 is released from yeast cells in this manner. Previous research identified a compartment that might be involved in this process. However, it is not clear how this compartment (named CUPS) forms, and what role it plays in unconventional protein secretion. Curwin et al. investigated how CUPS form in yeast cells, and whether the compartment contains Acb1 proteins. The experiments reveal that after CUPS form they need to mature into a form that is involved in the release of Acb1 proteins from the cell. This maturation process involves some, but not all, of the same genes as those involved in producing another type of compartment in cells called a multivesicular body. Acb1 is only found in the mature CUPS and multivesicular bodies are not involved in the release of this protein from the cell. Curwin et al.’s findings shed some light on how Acb1 and other secretory proteins can be released from cells without involving the endoplasmic reticulum. Future challenges are to reveal how CUPS capture cargo and find out how Acb1 leaves the CUPS to exit the cell. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16299.002
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- Amy J Curwin
- Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Cell Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Cell Biology, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy
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- Electron Microscopy Core Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.,Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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Despite diverse and changing extracellular environments, fungi maintain a relatively constant cytosolic pH and numerous organelles of distinct lumenal pH. Key players in fungal pH control are V-ATPases and the P-type proton pump Pma1. These two proton pumps act in concert with a large array of other transporters and are highly regulated. The activities of Pma1 and the V-ATPase are coordinated under some conditions, suggesting that pH in the cytosol and organelles is not controlled independently. Genomic studies, particularly in the highly tractable S. cerevisiae, are beginning to provide a systems-level view of pH control, including transcriptional responses to acid or alkaline ambient pH and definition of the full set of regulators required to maintain pH homeostasis. Genetically encoded pH sensors have provided new insights into localized mechanisms of pH control, as well as highlighting the dynamic nature of pH responses to the extracellular environment. Recent studies indicate that cellular pH plays a genuine signaling role that connects nutrient availability and growth rate through a number of mechanisms. Many of the pH control mechanisms found in S. cerevisiae are shared with other fungi, with adaptations for their individual physiological contexts. Fungi deploy certain proton transport and pH control mechanisms not shared with other eukaryotes; these regulators of cellular pH are potential antifungal targets. This review describes current and emerging knowledge proton transport and pH control mechanisms in S. cerevisiae and briefly discusses how these mechanisms vary among fungi.
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Bussink HJ, Bignell EM, Múnera-Huertas T, Lucena-Agell D, Scazzocchio C, Espeso EA, Bertuzzi M, Rudnicka J, Negrete-Urtasun S, Peñas-Parilla MM, Rainbow L, Peñalva MÁ, Arst HN, Tilburn J. Refining the pH response in Aspergillus nidulans: a modulatory triad involving PacX, a novel zinc binuclear cluster protein. Mol Microbiol 2015; 98:1051-72. [PMID: 26303777 PMCID: PMC4832277 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The Aspergillus nidulans PacC transcription factor mediates gene regulation in response to alkaline ambient pH which, signalled by the Pal pathway, results in the processing of PacC72 to PacC27 via PacC53. Here we investigate two levels at which the pH regulatory system is transcriptionally moderated by pH and identify and characterise a new component of the pH regulatory machinery, PacX. Transcript level analysis and overexpression studies demonstrate that repression of acid‐expressed palF, specifying the Pal pathway arrestin, probably by PacC27 and/or PacC53, prevents an escalating alkaline pH response. Transcript analyses using a reporter and constitutively expressed pacC
trans‐alleles show that pacC preferential alkaline‐expression results from derepression by depletion of the acid‐prevalent PacC72 form. We additionally show that pacC repression requires PacX. pacX mutations suppress PacC processing recalcitrant mutations, in part, through derepressed PacC levels resulting in traces of PacC27 formed by pH‐independent proteolysis. pacX was cloned by impala transposon mutagenesis. PacX, with homologues within the Leotiomyceta, has an unusual structure with an amino‐terminal coiled‐coil and a carboxy‐terminal zinc binuclear cluster. pacX mutations indicate the importance of these regions. One mutation, an unprecedented finding in A. nidulans genetics, resulted from an insertion of an endogenous Fot1‐like transposon.
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- Henk-Jan Bussink
- Section of Microbiology, Imperial College London, Flowers Building, Armstrong Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Section of Microbiology, Imperial College London, Flowers Building, Armstrong Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.,Manchester Fungal Infection Group, Institute for Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester, 46 Grafton Street, Manchester, M13 9NT, UK
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- Section of Microbiology, Imperial College London, Flowers Building, Armstrong Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- Section of Microbiology, Imperial College London, Flowers Building, Armstrong Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.,Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- Manchester Fungal Infection Group, Institute for Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester, 46 Grafton Street, Manchester, M13 9NT, UK
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- Section of Microbiology, Imperial College London, Flowers Building, Armstrong Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Section of Microbiology, Imperial College London, Flowers Building, Armstrong Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Section of Microbiology, Imperial College London, Flowers Building, Armstrong Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Section of Microbiology, Imperial College London, Flowers Building, Armstrong Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- Section of Microbiology, Imperial College London, Flowers Building, Armstrong Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Section of Microbiology, Imperial College London, Flowers Building, Armstrong Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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Peñalva MA, Lucena-Agell D, Arst HN. Liaison alcaline: Pals entice non-endosomal ESCRTs to the plasma membrane for pH signaling. Curr Opin Microbiol 2015; 22:49-59. [PMID: 25460796 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2014.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2014] [Revised: 09/02/2014] [Accepted: 09/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The alkaline pH-responsive Pal/Rim signal transduction pathway mediating regulation of gene expression by ambient pH has been extensively studied in Aspergillus nidulans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In A. nidulans, PalH, PalI, PalF, PalC, PalA and PalB are required for the proteolytic activation of the executing transcription factor PacC. Although necessary, Pal proteins are insufficient to transmit the signal, which additionally requires ESCRT-I, II and Vps20 with Snf7 in ESCRT-III. Although this initially suggested cooperation between a plasma membrane sensor and an ESCRT-containing Pal complex on endosomes, recent evidence convincingly indicates that pH signaling actually takes place in plasma membrane-associated foci in which Pal proteins and an ESCRT-III polymer scaffold cooperate for pH signaling purposes, representing another non-endosomal role of ESCRT components.
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- Miguel A Peñalva
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Madrid 28040, Spain.
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Serra-Cardona A, Canadell D, Ariño J. Coordinate responses to alkaline pH stress in budding yeast. MICROBIAL CELL 2015; 2:182-196. [PMID: 28357292 PMCID: PMC5349140 DOI: 10.15698/mic2015.06.205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Alkalinization of the medium represents a stress condition for the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to which this organism responds with profound remodeling of gene expression. This is the result of the modulation of a substantial number of signaling pathways whose participation in the alkaline response has been elucidated within the last ten years. These regulatory inputs involve not only the conserved Rim101/PacC pathway, but also the calcium-activated phosphatase calcineurin, the Wsc1-Pkc1-Slt2 MAP kinase, the Snf1 and PKA kinases and oxidative stress-response pathways. The uptake of many nutrients is perturbed by alkalinization of the environment and, consequently, an impact on phosphate, iron/copper and glucose homeostatic mechanisms can also be observed. The analysis of available data highlights cases in which diverse signaling pathways are integrated in the gene promoter to shape the appropriate response pattern. Thus, the expression of different genes sharing the same signaling network can be coordinated, allowing functional coupling of their gene products.
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- Albert Serra-Cardona
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular & Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular & Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular & Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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Marqués MC, Zamarbide-Forés S, Pedelini L, Llopis-Torregrosa V, Yenush L. A functional Rim101 complex is required for proper accumulation of the Ena1 Na+-ATPase protein in response to salt stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Yeast Res 2015; 15:fov017. [PMID: 25934176 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/fov017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The maintenance of ionic homeostasis is essential for cell viability, thus the activity of plasma membrane ion transporters must be tightly controlled. Previous studies in Saccharomyces cerevisiae revealed that the proper trafficking of several nutrient permeases requires the E3 ubiquitin ligase Rsp5 and, in many cases, the presence of specific adaptor proteins needed for Rsp5 substrate recognition. Among these adaptor proteins are nine members of the arrestin-related trafficking adaptor (ART) family. We studied the possible role of the ART family in the regulation of monovalent cation transporters. We show here that the salt sensitivity phenotype of the rim8/art9 mutant is due to severe defects in Ena1 protein accumulation, which is not attributable to transcriptional defects. Many components of the Rim pathway are required for correct Ena1 accumulation, but not for the accumulation of other nutrient permeases. Moreover, we observe that strains lacking components of the endosomal sorting complexes required for transport (ESCRT) pathway previously described to play a role in Rim complex formation present similar defects in Ena1 accumulation. Our results show that, in response to salt stress, a functional Rim complex via specific ESCRT interactions is required for the proper accumulation of the Ena1 protein, but not induction of the ENA1 gene.
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- M Carmen Marqués
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avd. de los Naranjos s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avd. de los Naranjos s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avd. de los Naranjos s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avd. de los Naranjos s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avd. de los Naranjos s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain
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The plasma membrane (PM) and endocytic protein quality control (QC) in conjunction with the endosomal sorting machinery either repairs or targets conformationally damaged membrane proteins for lysosomal/vacuolar degradation. Here, we provide an overview of emerging aspects of the underlying mechanisms of PM QC that fulfill a critical role in preserving cellular protein homeostasis in health and diseases.
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- Pirjo M Apaja
- Department of Physiology and Research Group Focused on Protein Structure (GRASP), McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and
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- Department of Physiology and Research Group Focused on Protein Structure (GRASP), McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Ost KS, O’Meara TR, Huda N, Esher SK, Alspaugh JA. The Cryptococcus neoformans alkaline response pathway: identification of a novel rim pathway activator. PLoS Genet 2015; 11:e1005159. [PMID: 25859664 PMCID: PMC4393102 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2014] [Accepted: 03/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The Rim101/PacC transcription factor acts in a fungal-specific signaling pathway responsible for sensing extracellular pH signals. First characterized in ascomycete fungi such as Aspergillus nidulans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the Rim/Pal pathway maintains conserved features among very distantly related fungi, where it coordinates cellular adaptation to alkaline pH signals and micronutrient deprivation. However, it also directs species-specific functions in fungal pathogens such as Cryptococcus neoformans, where it controls surface capsule expression. Moreover, disruption of the Rim pathway central transcription factor, Rim101, results in a strain that causes a hyper-inflammatory response in animal infection models. Using targeted gene deletions, we demonstrate that several genes encoding components of the classical Rim/Pal pathway are present in the C. neoformans genome. Many of these genes are in fact required for Rim101 activation, including members of the ESCRT complex (Vps23 and Snf7), ESCRT-interacting proteins (Rim20 and Rim23), and the predicted Rim13 protease. We demonstrate that in neutral/alkaline pH, Rim23 is recruited to punctate regions on the plasma membrane. This change in Rim23 localization requires upstream ESCRT complex components but does not require other Rim101 proteolysis components, such as Rim20 or Rim13. Using a forward genetics screen, we identified the RRA1 gene encoding a novel membrane protein that is also required for Rim101 protein activation and, like the ESCRT complex, is functionally upstream of Rim23-membrane localization. Homologs of RRA1 are present in other Cryptococcus species as well as other basidiomycetes, but closely related genes are not present in ascomycetes. These findings suggest that major branches of the fungal Kingdom developed different mechanisms to sense and respond to very elemental extracellular signals such as changing pH levels.
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- Kyla S. Ost
- Departments of Medicine/ Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Departments of Medicine/ Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Departments of Medicine/ Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Departments of Medicine/ Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Departments of Medicine/ Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Herrador A, Livas D, Soletto L, Becuwe M, Léon S, Vincent O. Casein kinase 1 controls the activation threshold of an α-arrestin by multisite phosphorylation of the interdomain hinge. Mol Biol Cell 2015; 26:2128-38. [PMID: 25851600 PMCID: PMC4472021 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-11-1552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2014] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The yeast Rim8/Art9 α-arrestin, involved in ambient pH signaling, is regulated through multisite phosphorylation of the hinge region by the plasma membrane–associated casein kinase 1. This modification prevents its stable association with the pH sensor protein Rim21 at the plasma membrane and thereby inhibits signal transduction at acidic pH. α-Arrestins play a key role as trafficking adaptors in both yeast and mammals. The yeast Rim8/Art9 α-arrestin mediates the recruitment of endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) to the seven-transmembrane protein Rim21 in the ambient pH signaling RIM pathway. ESCRT is believed to function as a signaling platform that enables the proteolytic activation of the Rim101 transcription factor upon external alkalization. Here we provide evidence that the pH signal promotes the stable association of Rim8 with Rim21 at the plasma membrane. We show that Rim8 is phosphorylated in a pH-independent but Rim21-dependent manner by the plasma membrane–associated casein kinase 1 (CK1). We further show that this process involves a cascade of phosphorylation events within the hinge region connecting the arrestin domains. Strikingly, loss of casein kinase 1 activity causes constitutive activation of the RIM pathway, and, accordingly, pH signaling is activated in a phosphodeficient Rim8 mutant and impaired in the corresponding phosphomimetic mutant. Our results indicate that Rim8 phosphorylation prevents its accumulation at the plasma membrane at acidic pH and thereby inhibits RIM signaling. These findings support a model in which CK1-mediated phosphorylation of Rim8 contributes to setting a signaling threshold required to inhibit the RIM pathway at acidic pH.
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- Antonio Herrador
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Institut Jacques Monod, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 7592, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 7592, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris, France
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Aspergillus nidulans Ambient pH Signaling Does Not Require Endocytosis. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2015; 14:545-53. [PMID: 25841020 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00031-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Aspergillus nidulans (Pal) ambient pH signaling takes place in cortical structures containing components of the ESCRT pathway, which are hijacked by the alkaline pH-activated, ubiquitin-modified version of the arrestin-like protein PalF and taken to the plasma membrane. There, ESCRTs scaffold the assembly of dedicated Pal proteins acting downstream. The molecular details of this pathway, which results in the two-step proteolytic processing of the transcription factor PacC, have received considerable attention due to the key role that it plays in fungal pathogenicity. While current evidence strongly indicates that the pH signaling role of ESCRT complexes is limited to plasma membrane-associated structures where PacC proteolysis would take place, the localization of the PalB protease, which almost certainly catalyzes the first and only pH-regulated proteolytic step, had not been investigated. In view of ESCRT participation, this formally leaves open the possibility that PalB activation requires endocytic internalization. As endocytosis is essential for hyphal growth, nonlethal endocytic mutations are predicted to cause an incomplete block. We used a SynA internalization assay to measure the extent to which any given mutation prevents endocytosis. We show that none of the tested mutations impairing endocytosis to different degrees, including slaB1, conditionally causing a complete block, have any effect on the activation of the pathway. We further show that PalB, like PalA and PalC, localizes to cortical structures in an alkaline pH-dependent manner. Therefore, signaling through the Pal pathway does not involve endocytosis.
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Specific α-arrestins negatively regulate Saccharomyces cerevisiae pheromone response by down-modulating the G-protein-coupled receptor Ste2. Mol Cell Biol 2014; 34:2660-81. [PMID: 24820415 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00230-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are integral membrane proteins that initiate responses to extracellular stimuli by mediating ligand-dependent activation of cognate heterotrimeric G proteins. In yeast, occupancy of GPCR Ste2 by peptide pheromone α-factor initiates signaling by releasing a stimulatory Gβγ complex (Ste4-Ste18) from its inhibitory Gα subunit (Gpa1). Prolonged pathway stimulation is detrimental, and feedback mechanisms have evolved that act at the receptor level to limit the duration of signaling and stimulate recovery from pheromone-induced G1 arrest, including upregulation of the expression of an α-factor-degrading protease (Bar1), a regulator of G-protein signaling protein (Sst2) that stimulates Gpa1-GTP hydrolysis, and Gpa1 itself. Ste2 is also downregulated by endocytosis, both constitutive and ligand induced. Ste2 internalization requires its phosphorylation and subsequent ubiquitinylation by membrane-localized protein kinases (Yck1 and Yck2) and a ubiquitin ligase (Rsp5). Here, we demonstrate that three different members of the α-arrestin family (Ldb19/Art1, Rod1/Art4, and Rog3/Art7) contribute to Ste2 desensitization and internalization, and they do so by discrete mechanisms. We provide genetic and biochemical evidence that Ldb19 and Rod1 recruit Rsp5 to Ste2 via PPXY motifs in their C-terminal regions; in contrast, the arrestin fold domain at the N terminus of Rog3 is sufficient to promote adaptation. Finally, we show that Rod1 function requires calcineurin-dependent dephosphorylation.
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Davidson R, Laporte D, Wu JQ. Regulation of Rho-GEF Rgf3 by the arrestin Art1 in fission yeast cytokinesis. Mol Biol Cell 2014; 26:453-66. [PMID: 25473118 PMCID: PMC4310737 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-07-1252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The arrestin Art1 and the Rho1 guanine nucleotide exchange factor Rgf3 are interdependent for their localizations to the division site during fission yeast cytokinesis. Art1 physically interacts with Rgf3 to modulate active Rho1 GTPase levels for successful septal formation. Rho GTPases, activated by guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs), are essential regulators of polarized cell growth, cytokinesis, and many other cellular processes. However, the regulation of Rho-GEFs themselves is not well understood. Rgf3 is an essential GEF for Rho1 GTPase in fission yeast. We show that Rgf3 protein levels and localization are regulated by arrestin-related protein Art1. art1∆ cells lyse during cell separation with a thinner and defective septum. As does Rgf3, Art1 concentrates to the contractile ring starting at early anaphase and spreads to the septum during and after ring constriction. Art1 localization depends on its C-terminus, and Art1 is important for maintaining Rgf3 protein levels. Biochemical experiments reveal that the Rgf3 C-terminus binds to Art1. Using an Rgf3 conditional mutant and mislocalization experiments, we found that Art1 and Rgf3 are interdependent for localization to the division site. As expected, active Rho1 levels at the division site are reduced in art1∆ and rgf3 mutant cells. Taken together, these data reveal that the arrestin family protein Art1 regulates the protein levels and localization of the Rho-GEF Rgf3, which in turn modulates active Rho1 levels during fission yeast cytokinesis.
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- Reshma Davidson
- Graduate Program of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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Smardon AM, Kane PM. Loss of vacuolar H+-ATPase activity in organelles signals ubiquitination and endocytosis of the yeast plasma membrane proton pump Pma1p. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:32316-32326. [PMID: 25271159 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.574442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Yeast mutants lacking the intracellular V-ATPase proton pump (vma mutants) have reduced levels of the Pma1p proton pump at the plasma membrane and increased levels in organelles including the vacuolar lumen. We examined the mechanism and physiological consequences of Pma1p mislocalization. Pma1p is ubiquitinated in vma mutants, and ubiquitination depends on the ubiquitin ligase Rsp5p and the arrestin-related adaptor protein Rim8p. vma mutant strains containing rsp5 or rim8 mutations maintain Pma1p at the plasma membrane, suggesting that ubiquitination is required for Pma1p internalization. Acute inhibition of V-ATPase activity with concanamycin A triggers Pma1p ubiquitination and internalization. In an endocytosis-deficient mutant (end4Δ) Pma1p is ubiquitinated but retained at the plasma membrane during concanamycin A treatment. Consistent with specificity in signaling loss of V-ATPase activity to Pma1p, another plasma membrane transporter, Mup1p, is not internalized in a vma mutant, and loss of the Mup1p adaptor Art1p does not prevent Pma1p internalization in a vma mutant. Very poor growth of vma2 rsp5-1 and vma2 rim8Δ double mutants suggests that Pma1p internalization benefits the vma mutants. We hypothesize that loss of V-ATPase-mediated organelle acidification signals ubiquitination, internalization, and degradation of a portion of Pma1p as a means of balancing overall pH homeostasis.
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- Anne M Smardon
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210.
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Signaling events of the Rim101 pathway occur at the plasma membrane in a ubiquitination-dependent manner. Mol Cell Biol 2014; 34:3525-34. [PMID: 25002535 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00408-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In yeast, external alkalization and alteration in plasma membrane lipid asymmetry are sensed by the Rim101 pathway. It is currently under debate whether the signal elicited by external alkalization is transduced to downstream molecules at the plasma membrane or via endocytosis of the Rim21 sensor protein at the late endosome. We found that the downstream molecules, including arrestin-related protein Rim8, calpain-like protein Rim13, and scaffold protein Rim20, accumulated at the plasma membrane upon external alkalization and that the accumulation was dependent on Rim21. Snf7, an endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) III subunit also essential for the Rim101 pathway, localized to the plasma membrane, in addition to the late endosome, under alkaline conditions. Snf7 at the plasma membrane but not at the late endosome was shown to be involved in Rim101 signaling. In addition, the Rim101 pathway was normally activated, even when endocytosis was severely impaired. Considering this information as a whole, we propose that Rim101 signaling proceeds at the plasma membrane. We also found that activity of the Rsp5 ubiquitin ligase was required for recruiting the downstream molecules to the plasma membrane, suggesting that ubiquitination mediates Rim101 signaling at the plasma membrane.
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Schuh AL, Audhya A. The ESCRT machinery: from the plasma membrane to endosomes and back again. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2014; 49:242-61. [PMID: 24456136 DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2014.881777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The manipulation and reorganization of lipid bilayers are required for diverse cellular processes, ranging from organelle biogenesis to cytokinetic abscission, and often involves transient membrane disruption. A set of membrane-associated proteins collectively known as the endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) machinery has been implicated in membrane scission steps, which transform a single, continuous bilayer into two distinct bilayers, while simultaneously segregating cargo throughout the process. Components of the ESCRT pathway, which include 5 distinct protein complexes and an array of accessory factors, each serve discrete functions. This review focuses on the molecular mechanisms by which the ESCRT proteins facilitate cargo sequestration and membrane remodeling and highlights their unique roles in cellular homeostasis.
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- Amber L Schuh
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health , Madison, WI , USA
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pH signaling in human fungal pathogens: a new target for antifungal strategies. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2014; 13:342-52. [PMID: 24442891 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00313-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Fungi are exposed to broadly fluctuating environmental conditions, to which adaptation is crucial for their survival. An ability to respond to a wide pH range, in particular, allows them to cope with rapid changes in their extracellular settings. PacC/Rim signaling elicits the primary pH response in both model and pathogenic fungi and has been studied in multiple fungal species. In the predominant human pathogenic fungi, namely, Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Cryptococcus neoformans, this pathway is required for many functions associated with pathogenesis and virulence. Aspects of this pathway are fungus specific and do not exist in mammalian cells. In this review, we highlight recent advances in our understanding of PacC/Rim-mediated functions and discuss the growing interest in this cascade and its factors as potential drug targets for antifungal strategies. We focus on both conserved and distinctive features in model and pathogenic fungi, highlighting the specificities of PacC/Rim signaling in C. albicans, A. fumigatus, and C. neoformans. We consider the role of this pathway in fungal virulence, including modulation of the host immune response. Finally, as now recognized for other signaling cascades, we highlight the role of pH in adaptation to antifungal drug pressure. By acting on the PacC/Rim pathway, it may therefore be possible (i) to ensure fungal specificity and to limit the side effects of drugs, (ii) to ensure broad-spectrum efficacy, (iii) to attenuate fungal virulence, (iv) to obtain additive or synergistic effects with existing antifungal drugs through tolerance inhibition, and (v) to slow the emergence of resistant mutants.
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The Cryptococcus neoformans Rim101 transcription factor directly regulates genes required for adaptation to the host. Mol Cell Biol 2013; 34:673-84. [PMID: 24324006 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01359-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The Rim101 protein is a conserved pH-responsive transcription factor that mediates important interactions between several fungal pathogens and the infected host. In the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans, the Rim101 protein retains conserved functions to allow the microorganism to respond to changes in pH and other host stresses. This coordinated cellular response enables this fungus to effectively evade the host immune response. Preliminary studies suggest that this conserved transcription factor is uniquely regulated in C. neoformans both by the canonical pH-sensing pathway and by the cyclic AMP (cAMP)/protein kinase A (PKA) pathway. Here we present comparative transcriptional data that demonstrate a strong concordance between the downstream effectors of PKA and Rim101. To define Rim101-dependent gene expression during a murine lung infection, we used nanoString profiling of lung tissue infected with a wild-type or rim101Δ mutant strain. In this setting, we demonstrated that Rim101 controls the expression of multiple cell wall-biosynthetic genes, likely explaining the enhanced immunogenicity of the rim101Δ mutant. Despite its divergent upstream regulation, the C. neoformans Rim101 protein recognizes a conserved DNA binding motif. Using these data, we identified direct targets of this transcription factor, including genes involved in cell wall regulation. Therefore, the Rim101 protein directly controls cell wall changes required for the adaptation of C. neoformans to its host environment. Moreover, we propose that integration of the cAMP/PKA and pH-sensing pathways allows C. neoformans to respond to a broad range of host-specific signals.
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O'Donnell AF, Huang L, Thorner J, Cyert MS. A calcineurin-dependent switch controls the trafficking function of α-arrestin Aly1/Art6. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:24063-80. [PMID: 23824189 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.478511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Proper regulation of plasma membrane protein endocytosis by external stimuli is required for cell growth and survival. In yeast, excess levels of certain nutrients induce endocytosis of the cognate permeases to prevent toxic accumulation of metabolites. The α-arrestins, a family of trafficking adaptors, stimulate ubiquitin-dependent and clathrin-mediated endocytosis by interacting with both a client permease and the ubiquitin ligase Rsp5. However, the molecular mechanisms that control α-arrestin function are not well understood. Here, we show that α-arrestin Aly1/Art6 is a phosphoprotein that specifically interacts with and is dephosphorylated by the Ca(2+)- and calmodulin-dependent phosphoprotein phosphatase calcineurin/PP2B. Dephosphorylation of Aly1 by calcineurin at a subset of phospho-sites is required for Aly1-mediated trafficking of the aspartic acid and glutamic acid transporter Dip5 to the vacuole, but it does not alter Rsp5 binding, ubiquitinylation, or stability of Aly1. In addition, dephosphorylation of Aly1 by calcineurin does not regulate the ability of Aly1 to promote the intracellular sorting of the general amino acid permease Gap1. These results suggest that phosphorylation of Aly1 inhibits its vacuolar trafficking function and, conversely, that dephosphorylation of Aly1 by calcineurin serves as a regulatory switch to promote Aly1-mediated trafficking to the vacuole.
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- Allyson F O'Donnell
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5020, USA.
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Herrador A, Léon S, Haguenauer-Tsapis R, Vincent O. A mechanism for protein monoubiquitination dependent on a trans-acting ubiquitin-binding domain. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:16206-16211. [PMID: 23645667 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.c113.452250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The length of the ubiquitin chain on a substrate dictates various functional outcomes, yet little is known about its regulation in vivo. The yeast arrestin-related protein Rim8/Art9 is monoubiquitinated in vivo by the Rsp5 ubiquitin ligase. This also requires Vps23, a protein that displays an ubiquitin-E2 variant (UEV) domain. Here, we report that binding of the UEV domain to Rim8 interferes with ubiquitin chain elongation and directs Rim8 monoubiquitination. We propose that Vps23 UEV competes with Rsp5 HECT N-lobe for binding to the first conjugated ubiquitin, thereby preventing polyubiquitination. These findings reveal a novel mechanism to control ubiquitin chain length on substrates in vivo.
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- Antonio Herrador
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (CSIC-UAM), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Institut Jacques Monod, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 7592, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 7592, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris, France
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (CSIC-UAM), 28029 Madrid, Spain.
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Karachaliou M, Amillis S, Evangelinos M, Kokotos AC, Yalelis V, Diallinas G. The arrestin-like protein ArtA is essential for ubiquitination and endocytosis of the UapA transporter in response to both broad-range and specific signals. Mol Microbiol 2013; 88:301-17. [DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Mayia Karachaliou
- Faculty of Biology; University of Athens; Panepistimiopolis 15784; Athens; Greece
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- Faculty of Biology; University of Athens; Panepistimiopolis 15784; Athens; Greece
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- Faculty of Biology; University of Athens; Panepistimiopolis 15784; Athens; Greece
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- Faculty of Biology; University of Athens; Panepistimiopolis 15784; Athens; Greece
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- Faculty of Biology; University of Athens; Panepistimiopolis 15784; Athens; Greece
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Aubry L, Klein G. True arrestins and arrestin-fold proteins: a structure-based appraisal. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2013; 118:21-56. [PMID: 23764049 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-394440-5.00002-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Arrestin-clan proteins are folded alike, a feature responsible for their recent grouping in a single clan. In human, it includes the well-characterized visual and β-arrestins, the arrestin domain-containing proteins (ARRDCs), isoforms of the retromer subunit VPS26, and DSCR3, a protein involved in Down syndrome. A new arrestin-fold-predicted protein, RGP1, described here may join the clan. Unicellular organisms like the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae or the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum harbor VPS26, DSCR3, and RGP1 isoforms as well as arrestin-related trafficking adaptors or ADCs, but true arrestins are missing. Functionally, members of the arrestin clan have generally a scaffolding role in various membrane protein trafficking events. Despite their similar structure, the mechanism of cargo recognition and internalization and the nature of recruited partners differ for the different members. Based on the recent literature, true arrestins (visual and β-arrestins), ARRDCs, and yeast ARTS are the closest from a functional point of view.
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- Laurence Aubry
- CEA, IRTSV, Laboratoire Biologie à Grande Echelle, F-38054, Grenoble, France
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