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Biran A, Dingjan T, Futerman AH. How has the evolution of our understanding of the compartmentalization of sphingolipid biosynthesis over the past 30 years altered our view of the evolution of the pathway? CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2024:S1063-5823(24)00009-7. [PMID: 39078394 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctm.2024.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/31/2024]
Abstract
Sphingolipids are unique among cellular lipids inasmuch as their biosynthesis is compartmentalized between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the Golgi apparatus. This compartmentalization was first recognized about thirty years ago, and the current review not only updates studies on the compartmentalization of sphingolipid biosynthesis, but also discusses the ramifications of this feature for our understanding of how the pathway could have evolved. Thus, we augment some of our recent studies by inclusion of two further molecular pathways that need to be considered when analyzing the evolutionary requirements for generation of sphingolipids, namely contact sites between the ER and the Golgi apparatus, and the mechanism(s) of vesicular transport between these two organelles. Along with evolution of the individual enzymes of the pathway, their subcellular localization, and the supply of essential metabolites via the anteome, it becomes apparent that current models to describe evolution of the sphingolipid biosynthetic pathway may need substantial refinement.
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- Assaf Biran
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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Biran A, Santos TCB, Dingjan T, Futerman AH. The Sphinx and the egg: Evolutionary enigmas of the (glyco)sphingolipid biosynthetic pathway. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2024; 1869:159462. [PMID: 38307322 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2024.159462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
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In eukaryotes, the de novo synthesis of sphingolipids (SLs) consists of multiple sequential steps which are compartmentalized between the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus. Studies over many decades have identified the enzymes in the pathway, their localization, topology and an array of regulatory mechanisms. However, little is known about the evolutionary forces that underly the generation of this complex pathway or of its anteome, i.e., the metabolic pathways that converge on the SL biosynthetic pathway and are essential for its activity. After briefly describing the pathway, we discuss the mechanisms by which the enzymes of the SL biosynthetic pathway are targeted to their different subcellular locations, how the pathway per se may have evolved, including its compartmentalization, and the relationship of the pathway to eukaryogenesis. We discuss the circular interdependence of the evolution of the SL pathway, and comment on whether current Darwinian evolutionary models are able to provide genuine mechanistic insight into how the pathway came into being.
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- Assaf Biran
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Benvenuto G, Leone S, Astoricchio E, Bormke S, Jasek S, D'Aniello E, Kittelmann M, McDonald K, Hartenstein V, Baena V, Escrivà H, Bertrand S, Schierwater B, Burkhardt P, Ruiz-Trillo I, Jékely G, Ullrich-Lüter J, Lüter C, D'Aniello S, Arnone MI, Ferraro F. Evolution of the ribbon-like organization of the Golgi apparatus in animal cells. Cell Rep 2024; 43:113791. [PMID: 38428420 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024] Open
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The "ribbon," a structural arrangement in which Golgi stacks connect to each other, is considered to be restricted to vertebrate cells. Although ribbon disruption is linked to various human pathologies, its functional role in cellular processes remains unclear. In this study, we investigate the evolutionary origin of the Golgi ribbon. We observe a ribbon-like architecture in the cells of several metazoan taxa suggesting its early emergence in animal evolution predating the appearance of vertebrates. Supported by AlphaFold2 modeling, we propose that the evolution of Golgi reassembly and stacking protein (GRASP) binding by golgin tethers may have driven the joining of Golgi stacks resulting in the ribbon-like configuration. Additionally, we find that Golgi ribbon assembly is a shared developmental feature of deuterostomes, implying a role in embryogenesis. Overall, our study points to the functional significance of the Golgi ribbon beyond vertebrates and underscores the need for further investigations to unravel its elusive biological roles.
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- Giovanna Benvenuto
- Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (SZN), Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (SZN), Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (SZN), Naples, Italy
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- Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK; Heidelberg University, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (SZN), Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
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- Electron Microscope Lab, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Biologie Intégrative des Organismes Marins, BIOM, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Biologie Intégrative des Organismes Marins, BIOM, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Hannover University of Veterinary Medicine Foundation, Hannover, Germany
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- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, Barcelona, Spain; ICREA, Barcelona, Spain
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- Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK; Heidelberg University, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (SZN), Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (SZN), Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (SZN), Naples, Italy.
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Novák LVF, Treitli SC, Pyrih J, Hałakuc P, Pipaliya SV, Vacek V, Brzoň O, Soukal P, Eme L, Dacks JB, Karnkowska A, Eliáš M, Hampl V. Genomics of Preaxostyla Flagellates Illuminates the Path Towards the Loss of Mitochondria. PLoS Genet 2023; 19:e1011050. [PMID: 38060519 PMCID: PMC10703272 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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The notion that mitochondria cannot be lost was shattered with the report of an oxymonad Monocercomonoides exilis, the first eukaryote arguably without any mitochondrion. Yet, questions remain about whether this extends beyond the single species and how this transition took place. The Oxymonadida is a group of gut endobionts taxonomically housed in the Preaxostyla which also contains free-living flagellates of the genera Trimastix and Paratrimastix. The latter two taxa harbour conspicuous mitochondrion-related organelles (MROs). Here we report high-quality genome and transcriptome assemblies of two Preaxostyla representatives, the free-living Paratrimastix pyriformis and the oxymonad Blattamonas nauphoetae. We performed thorough comparisons among all available genomic and transcriptomic data of Preaxostyla to further decipher the evolutionary changes towards amitochondriality, endobiosis, and unstacked Golgi. Our results provide insights into the metabolic and endomembrane evolution, but most strikingly the data confirm the complete loss of mitochondria for all three oxymonad species investigated (M. exilis, B. nauphoetae, and Streblomastix strix), suggesting the amitochondriate status is common to a large part if not the whole group of Oxymonadida. This observation moves this unique loss to 100 MYA when oxymonad lineage diversified.
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- Lukáš V. F. Novák
- Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS, Unité Biologie et Ecologie des Ecosystèmes Marins Profonds BEEP, IUEM, Plouzané, France
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- Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
- RG Insect Gut Microbiology and Symbiosis, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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- Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Poland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
- School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Ecology, Systematics, and Evolution Unit, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Orsay, France
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czechia
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Poland
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- University of Ostrava, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology and Ecology, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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Barlow LD, Maciejowski W, More K, Terry K, Vargová R, Záhonová K, Dacks JB. Comparative Genomics for Evolutionary Cell Biology Using AMOEBAE: Understanding the Golgi and Beyond. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2557:431-452. [PMID: 36512230 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2639-9_26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Taking an evolutionary approach to cell biology can yield important new information about how the cell works and how it evolved to do so. This is true of the Golgi apparatus, as it is of all systems within the cell. Comparative genomics is one of the crucial first steps to this line of research, but comes with technical challenges that must be overcome for rigor and robustness. We here introduce AMOEBAE, a workflow for mid-range scale comparative genomic analyses. It allows for customization of parameters, queries, and taxonomic sampling of genomic and transcriptomics data. This protocol article covers the rationale for an evolutionary approach to cell biological study (i.e., when would AMOEBAE be useful), how to use AMOEBAE, and discussion of limitations. It also provides an example dataset, which demonstrates that the Golgi protein AP4 Epsilon is present as the sole retained subunit of the AP4 complex in basidiomycete fungi. AMOEBAE can facilitate comparative genomic studies by balancing reproducibility and speed with user-input and interpretation. It is hoped that AMOEBAE or similar tools will encourage cell biologists to incorporate an evolutionary context into their research.
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- Lael D Barlow
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. .,Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czechia
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czechia.,Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czechia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. .,Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. .,Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czechia. .,Centre for Life's Origin and Evolution, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College of London, London, UK.
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Richardson E, Dacks JB. Distribution of Membrane Trafficking System Components Across Ciliate Diversity Highlights Heterogenous Organelle-Associated Machinery. Traffic 2022; 23:208-220. [PMID: 35128766 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The ciliate phylum is a group of protists noted for their unusual membrane trafficking system and apparent environmental ubiquity; as highly successful microbial predators, they are found in all manner of environments and the ability for specific species to adapt to extremely challenging conditions makes them valued as bioindicators. Ciliates have also been used for many years as cell biological models due to their large cell size and ease of culturing, and for many fundamental cell structures, particularly membrane-bound organelles, ciliates were some of the earliest organisms in which these were observed via microscopy. In this study, we carried out a comparative genomic survey of selected membrane trafficking proteins in a pan-ciliate transcriptome and genome dataset. We observed considerable loss of membrane trafficking system (MTS) proteins that would indicate a loss of machinery that is generally conserved across eukaryotic diversity, even after controlling for potentially incomplete genome representation. In particular, the DSL1 complex was missing in all surveyed ciliates. This protein complex has been shown as involved in peroxisome biogenesis in some model systems, and a paucity of DSL1 components has been indicative of degenerate peroxisome. However, Tetrahymena thermophila (formerly Tetrahymena pyroformis) was one of the original models for visualising peroxisomes. Conversely, the AP3 complex essential for mucocyst maturation in T. thermophila, is poorly conserved despite the presence of secretory lysosome-related organelles across ciliate diversity. We discuss potential resolutions for these apparent paradoxes in the context of the heterogenous distribution of MTS machinery across the diversity of ciliates.
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- Elisabeth Richardson
- University of Alberta School of Public Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.,Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.,Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.,Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
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Verner Z, Žárský V, Le T, Narayanasamy RK, Rada P, Rozbeský D, Makki A, Belišová D, Hrdý I, Vancová M, Lender C, König C, Bruchhaus I, Tachezy J. Anaerobic peroxisomes in Entamoeba histolytica metabolize myo-inositol. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1010041. [PMID: 34780573 PMCID: PMC8629394 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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: 06/12/2021] [Revised: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Entamoeba histolytica is believed to be devoid of peroxisomes, like most anaerobic protists. In this work, we provided the first evidence that peroxisomes are present in E. histolytica, although only seven proteins responsible for peroxisome biogenesis (peroxins) were identified (Pex1, Pex6, Pex5, Pex11, Pex14, Pex16, and Pex19). Targeting matrix proteins to peroxisomes is reduced to the PTS1-dependent pathway mediated via the soluble Pex5 receptor, while the PTS2 receptor Pex7 is absent. Immunofluorescence microscopy showed that peroxisomal markers (Pex5, Pex14, Pex16, Pex19) are present in vesicles distinct from mitosomes, the endoplasmic reticulum, and the endosome/phagosome system, except Pex11, which has dual localization in peroxisomes and mitosomes. Immunoelectron microscopy revealed that Pex14 localized to vesicles of approximately 90-100 nm in diameter. Proteomic analyses of affinity-purified peroxisomes and in silico PTS1 predictions provided datasets of 655 and 56 peroxisomal candidates, respectively; however, only six proteins were shared by both datasets, including myo-inositol dehydrogenase (myo-IDH). Peroxisomal NAD-dependent myo-IDH appeared to be a dimeric enzyme with high affinity to myo-inositol (Km 0.044 mM) and can utilize also scyllo-inositol, D-glucose and D-xylose as substrates. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that orthologs of myo-IDH with PTS1 are present in E. dispar, E. nutalli and E. moshkovskii but not in E. invadens, and form a monophyletic clade of mostly peroxisomal orthologs with free-living Mastigamoeba balamuthi and Pelomyxa schiedti. The presence of peroxisomes in E. histolytica and other archamoebae breaks the paradigm of peroxisome absence in anaerobes and provides a new potential target for the development of antiparasitic drugs.
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- Zdeněk Verner
- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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Žárský V, Klimeš V, Pačes J, Vlček Č, Hradilová M, Beneš V, Nývltová E, Hrdý I, Pyrih J, Mach J, Barlow L, Stairs CW, Eme L, Hall N, Eliáš M, Dacks JB, Roger A, Tachezy J. The Mastigamoeba balamuthi Genome and the Nature of the Free-Living Ancestor of Entamoeba. Mol Biol Evol 2021; 38:2240-2259. [PMID: 33528570 PMCID: PMC8136499 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
The transition of free-living organisms to parasitic organisms is a mysterious process that occurs in all major eukaryotic lineages. Parasites display seemingly unique features associated with their pathogenicity; however, it is important to distinguish ancestral preconditions to parasitism from truly new parasite-specific functions. Here, we sequenced the genome and transcriptome of anaerobic free-living Mastigamoeba balamuthi and performed phylogenomic analysis of four related members of the Archamoebae, including Entamoeba histolytica, an important intestinal pathogen of humans. We aimed to trace gene histories throughout the adaptation of the aerobic ancestor of Archamoebae to anaerobiosis and throughout the transition from a free-living to a parasitic lifestyle. These events were associated with massive gene losses that, in parasitic lineages, resulted in a reduction in structural features, complete losses of some metabolic pathways, and a reduction in metabolic complexity. By reconstructing the features of the common ancestor of Archamoebae, we estimated preconditions for the evolution of parasitism in this lineage. The ancestor could apparently form chitinous cysts, possessed proteolytic enzyme machinery, compartmentalized the sulfate activation pathway in mitochondrion-related organelles, and possessed the components for anaerobic energy metabolism. After the split of Entamoebidae, this lineage gained genes encoding surface membrane proteins that are involved in host–parasite interactions. In contrast, gene gains identified in the M. balamuthi lineage were predominantly associated with polysaccharide catabolic processes. A phylogenetic analysis of acquired genes suggested an essential role of lateral gene transfer in parasite evolution (Entamoeba) and in adaptation to anaerobic aquatic sediments (Mastigamoeba).
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- Vojtěch Žárský
- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genomics Core Facility, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.,Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Diversity, Ecology and Evolution of Microbes (DEEM), Unité Ecologie Systématique Evolution Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- The Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom.,School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, CAS, v.v.i., Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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Zou YJ, Shan MM, Wang HH, Pan ZN, Pan MH, Xu Y, Ju JQ, Sun SC. RAB14 GTPase is essential for actin-based asymmetric division during mouse oocyte maturation. Cell Prolif 2021; 54:e13104. [PMID: 34323331 PMCID: PMC8450121 DOI: 10.1111/cpr.13104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Objectives RAB14 is a member of small GTPase RAB family which localizes at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), Golgi apparatus and endosomal compartments. RAB14 acts as molecular switches that shift between a GDP‐bound inactive state and a GTP‐bound active state and regulates circulation of vesicles between the Golgi and endosomal compartments. In present study, we investigated the roles of RAB14 during oocyte meiotic maturation. Materials and methods Microinjection with siRNA and exogenous mRNA for knock down and rescue, and immunofluorescence staining, Western blot and real‐time RT‐PCR were utilized for the study. Results Our results showed that RAB14 localized in the cytoplasm and accumulated at the cortex during mouse oocyte maturation, and it was also enriched at the spindle periphery. Depletion of RAB14 did not affect polar body extrusion but caused large polar bodies, indicating the failure of asymmetric division. We found that absence of RAB14 did not affect spindle organization but caused the spindle migration defects, and this might be due to the regulation on cytoplasmic actin assembly via the ROCK‐cofilin signalling pathway. We also found that RAB14 depletion led to aberrant Golgi apparatus distribution. Exogenous Myc‐Rab14 mRNA supplement could significantly rescue these defects caused by Rab14 siRNA injection. Conclusions Taken together, our results suggest that RAB14 affects ROCK‐cofilin pathway for actin‐based spindle migration and Golgi apparatus distribution during mouse oocyte meiotic maturation.
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- Yuan-Jing Zou
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.,WEGO Holding Company Limited, Weihai, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Tria FDK, Brueckner J, Skejo J, Xavier JC, Kapust N, Knopp M, Wimmer JLE, Nagies FSP, Zimorski V, Gould SB, Garg SG, Martin WF. Gene Duplications Trace Mitochondria to the Onset of Eukaryote Complexity. Genome Biol Evol 2021; 13:evab055. [PMID: 33739376 PMCID: PMC8175051 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evab055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The last eukaryote common ancestor (LECA) possessed mitochondria and all key traits that make eukaryotic cells more complex than their prokaryotic ancestors, yet the timing of mitochondrial acquisition and the role of mitochondria in the origin of eukaryote complexity remain debated. Here, we report evidence from gene duplications in LECA indicating an early origin of mitochondria. Among 163,545 duplications in 24,571 gene trees spanning 150 sequenced eukaryotic genomes, we identify 713 gene duplication events that occurred in LECA. LECA's bacterial-derived genes include numerous mitochondrial functions and were duplicated significantly more often than archaeal-derived and eukaryote-specific genes. The surplus of bacterial-derived duplications in LECA most likely reflects the serial copying of genes from the mitochondrial endosymbiont to the archaeal host's chromosomes. Clustering, phylogenies and likelihood ratio tests for 22.4 million genes from 5,655 prokaryotic and 150 eukaryotic genomes reveal no evidence for lineage-specific gene acquisitions in eukaryotes, except from the plastid in the plant lineage. That finding, and the functions of bacterial genes duplicated in LECA, suggests that the bacterial genes in eukaryotes are acquisitions from the mitochondrion, followed by vertical gene evolution and differential loss across eukaryotic lineages, flanked by concomitant lateral gene transfer among prokaryotes. Overall, the data indicate that recurrent gene transfer via the copying of genes from a resident mitochondrial endosymbiont to archaeal host chromosomes preceded the onset of eukaryotic cellular complexity, favoring mitochondria-early over mitochondria-late hypotheses for eukaryote origin.
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- Fernando D K Tria
- Institute for Molecular Evolution, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Evolution, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Evolution, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
- Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
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- Institute for Molecular Evolution, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Evolution, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Evolution, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Evolution, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Evolution, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Evolution, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Evolution, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Evolution, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Evolution, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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Talamás-Lara D, Acosta-Virgen K, Chávez-Munguía B, Lagunes-Guillén A, Salazar-Villatoro L, Espinosa-Cantellano M, Martínez-Palomo A. Golgi apparatus components in Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar after monensin treatment. Microsc Res Tech 2021; 84:1887-1896. [PMID: 33675108 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.23745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Revised: 01/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Highly dynamic ribosomes, glycogen granules, thinly fibrillar material, and multiple membrane-bound vesicles are embedded in the matrix-rich cytoplasm of Entamoeba spp. trophozoites. The absence of a Golgi apparatus in these amoebae has been commonly accepted. Here we challenge this observation by incubating Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar with monensin, an ionophore that produces swelling of the Golgi apparatus. We observe changes in the trophozoites through standard transmission electron microscopy, cryofixation and cryosubstitution, and analyze the label and expression of known resident proteins of the cis-GM130 and trans-TGN38 Golgi network through confocal microscopy and Western blot assays. Cryosubstitution and standard methods using the treatment, preserved membranous lamellae resembling Golgi components. GM130 and TGN38 Golgi antigens were found by immunoelectron, immunoblot, and co-localization by confocal microscopy using the reagent NBD C6-ceramide. Our results indicate that previously undetected Golgi apparatus components are present in the cytoplasm of E. histolytica and E. dispar.
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- Daniel Talamás-Lara
- Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Mexico City, Mexico
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Aw R, De Wachter C, Laukens B, De Rycke R, De Bruyne M, Bell D, Callewaert N, Polizzi KM. Knockout of RSN1, TVP18 or CSC1-2 causes perturbation of Golgi cisternae in Pichia pastoris. Traffic 2020; 22:48-63. [PMID: 33263222 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The structural organization of the Golgi stacks in mammalian cells is intrinsically linked to function, including glycosylation, but the role of morphology is less clear in lower eukaryotes. Here we investigated the link between the structural organization of the Golgi and secretory pathway function using Pichia pastoris as a model system. To unstack the Golgi cisternae, we disrupted 18 genes encoding proteins in the secretory pathway without loss of viability. Using biosensors, confocal microscopy and transmission electron microscopy we identified three strains with irreversible perturbations in the stacking of the Golgi cisternae, all of which had disruption in genes that encode proteins with annotated function as or homology to calcium/calcium permeable ion channels. Despite this, no variation in the secretory pathway for ER size, whole cell glycomics or recombinant protein glycans was observed. Our investigations showed the robust nature of the secretory pathway in P. pastoris and suggest that Ca2+ concentration, homeostasis or signalling may play a significant role for Golgi stacking in this organism and should be investigated in other organisms.
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- Rochelle Aw
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.,Imperial College Centre for Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- VIB-UGent, Center for Medical Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB-UGent, Center for Medical Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology and Expertise Centre for Transmission Electron Microscopy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,VIB Center for Inflammation Research and BioImaging Core, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology and Expertise Centre for Transmission Electron Microscopy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,VIB Center for Inflammation Research and BioImaging Core, Ghent, Belgium
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- Section for Structural Biology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.,London Biofoundry, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- VIB-UGent, Center for Medical Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.,Imperial College Centre for Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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The exquisite structural biophysics of the Golgi Reassembly and Stacking Proteins. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 164:3632-3644. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.08.203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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De Loof A, Schoofs L. Two Undervalued Functions of the Golgi Apparatus: Removal of Excess Ca 2+ and Biosynthesis of Farnesol-Like Sesquiterpenoids, Possibly as Ca 2+-Pump Agonists and Membrane "Fluidizers-Plasticizers". Front Physiol 2020; 11:542879. [PMID: 33178030 PMCID: PMC7593688 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.542879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The extensive literature dealing with the Golgi system emphasizes its role in protein secretion and modification, usually without specifying from which evolutionary ancient cell physiological necessity such secretion originated. Neither does it specify which functional requirements the secreted proteins must meet. From a reinterpretation of some classical and recent data gained mainly, but not exclusively, from (insect) endocrinology, the view emerged that the likely primordial function of the rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER)–Golgi complex in all eukaryotes was not the secretion of any type of protein but the removal of toxic excess Ca2+ from the cytoplasm. Such activity requires the concurrent secretion of large amounts of Ca2+-carrying/transporting proteins acting as a micro-conveyor belt system inside the RER–Golgi. Thus, (fitness increasing) protein secretion is subordinate to Ca2+ removal. Milk with its high content of protein and Ca2+ (60–90 mM vs. 100 nM in unstimulated mammary gland cells) is an extreme example. The sarco(endo)plasmatic reticulum Ca2+-ATPases (SERCAs) and SPCA1a Ca2+/Mn2+ transport ATPases are major players in Ca2+ removal through the Golgi. Both are blocked by the sesquiterpenoid thapsigargin. This strengthens the hypothesis (2014) that endogenous farnesol-like sesquiterpenoids (FLSs) may act as the long sought for but still unidentified agonist(s) for Ca2+-pumps in both the ER and Golgi. A second putative function also emerges. The fusion of both the incoming and outgoing transport vesicles, respectively, at the cis- and trans- side of Golgi stacks, with the membrane system requiring high flexibility and fast self-closing of the involved membranes. These properties may—possibly partially—be controlled by endogenous hydrophobic membrane “fluidizers” for which FLSs are prime candidates. A recent reexamination of unexplained classical data suggests that they are likely synthesized by the Golgi itself. This game-changing hypothesis is endorsed by several arguments and data, some of which date from 1964, that the insect corpus allatum (CA), which is the major production site of farnesol-esters, has active Golgi systems. Thus, in addition to secreting FLS, in particular juvenile hormone(s), it also secretes a protein(s) or peptide(s) with thus far unknown function. This paper suggests answers to various open questions in cell physiology and general endocrinology.
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- Arnold De Loof
- Research Group of Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Research Group of Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Vagne Q, Vrel JP, Sens P. A minimal self-organisation model of the Golgi apparatus. eLife 2020; 9:47318. [PMID: 32755543 PMCID: PMC7406241 DOI: 10.7554/elife.47318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
The design principles dictating the spatio-temporal organisation of eukaryotic cells, and in particular the mechanisms controlling the self-organisation and dynamics of membrane-bound organelles such as the Golgi apparatus, remain elusive. Although this organelle was discovered 120 years ago, such basic questions as whether vesicular transport through the Golgi occurs in an anterograde (from entry to exit) or retrograde fashion are still strongly debated. Here, we address these issues by studying a quantitative model of organelle dynamics that includes: de-novo compartment generation, inter-compartment vesicular exchange, and biochemical conversion of membrane components. We show that anterograde or retrograde vesicular transports are asymptotic behaviors of a much richer dynamical system. Indeed, the structure and composition of cellular compartments and the directionality of vesicular exchange are intimately linked. They are emergent properties that can be tuned by varying the relative rates of vesicle budding, fusion and biochemical conversion.
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- Quentin Vagne
- Center for Systems Biology Dresden, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR 168, F-75005, Paris, France.,UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 168, F-75005, Paris, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR 168, F-75005, Paris, France.,UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 168, F-75005, Paris, France
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Jaiman A, Thattai M. Golgi compartments enable controlled biomolecular assembly using promiscuous enzymes. eLife 2020; 9:49573. [PMID: 32597757 PMCID: PMC7360365 DOI: 10.7554/elife.49573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
The synthesis of eukaryotic glycans - branched sugar oligomers attached to cell-surface proteins and lipids - is organized like a factory assembly line. Specific enzymes within successive compartments of the Golgi apparatus determine where new monomer building blocks are linked to the growing oligomer. These enzymes act promiscuously and stochastically, causing microheterogeneity (molecule-to-molecule variability) in the final oligomer products. However, this variability is tightly controlled: a given eukaryotic protein type is typically associated with a narrow, specific glycan oligomer profile. Here, we use ideas from the mathematical theory of self-assembly to enumerate the enzymatic causes of oligomer variability and show how to eliminate each cause. We rigorously demonstrate that cells can specifically synthesize a larger repertoire of glycan oligomers by partitioning promiscuous enzymes across multiple Golgi compartments. This places limits on biomolecular assembly: glycan microheterogeneity becomes unavoidable when the number of compartments is limited, or enzymes are excessively promiscuous.
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- Anjali Jaiman
- Simons Centre for the Study of Living Machines, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India
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- Simons Centre for the Study of Living Machines, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India
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Brueckner J, Martin WF. Bacterial Genes Outnumber Archaeal Genes in Eukaryotic Genomes. Genome Biol Evol 2020; 12:282-292. [PMID: 32142116 PMCID: PMC7151554 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaa047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Eukaryotes are typically depicted as descendants of archaea, but their genomes are evolutionary chimeras with genes stemming from archaea and bacteria. Which prokaryotic heritage predominates? Here, we have clustered 19,050,992 protein sequences from 5,443 bacteria and 212 archaea with 3,420,731 protein sequences from 150 eukaryotes spanning six eukaryotic supergroups. By downsampling, we obtain estimates for the bacterial and archaeal proportions. Eukaryotic genomes possess a bacterial majority of genes. On average, the majority of bacterial genes is 56% overall, 53% in eukaryotes that never possessed plastids, and 61% in photosynthetic eukaryotic lineages, where the cyanobacterial ancestor of plastids contributed additional genes to the eukaryotic lineage. Intracellular parasites, which undergo reductive evolution in adaptation to the nutrient rich environment of the cells that they infect, relinquish bacterial genes for metabolic processes. Such adaptive gene loss is most pronounced in the human parasite Encephalitozoon intestinalis with 86% archaeal and 14% bacterial derived genes. The most bacterial eukaryote genome sampled is rice, with 67% bacterial and 33% archaeal genes. The functional dichotomy, initially described for yeast, of archaeal genes being involved in genetic information processing and bacterial genes being involved in metabolic processes is conserved across all eukaryotic supergroups.
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- Julia Brueckner
- Institute for Molecular Evolution, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Evolution, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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Le T, Žárský V, Nývltová E, Rada P, Harant K, Vancová M, Verner Z, Hrdý I, Tachezy J. Anaerobic peroxisomes in Mastigamoeba balamuthi. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:2065-2075. [PMID: 31932444 PMCID: PMC6994998 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1909755117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The adaptation of eukaryotic cells to anaerobic conditions is reflected by substantial changes to mitochondrial metabolism and functional reduction. Hydrogenosomes belong among the most modified mitochondrial derivative and generate molecular hydrogen concomitant with ATP synthesis. The reduction of mitochondria is frequently associated with loss of peroxisomes, which compartmentalize pathways that generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) and thus protect against cellular damage. The biogenesis and function of peroxisomes are tightly coupled with mitochondria. These organelles share fission machinery components, oxidative metabolism pathways, ROS scavenging activities, and some metabolites. The loss of peroxisomes in eukaryotes with reduced mitochondria is thus not unexpected. Surprisingly, we identified peroxisomes in the anaerobic, hydrogenosome-bearing protist Mastigamoeba balamuthi We found a conserved set of peroxin (Pex) proteins that are required for protein import, peroxisomal growth, and division. Key membrane-associated Pexs (MbPex3, MbPex11, and MbPex14) were visualized in numerous vesicles distinct from hydrogenosomes, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and Golgi complex. Proteomic analysis of cellular fractions and prediction of peroxisomal targeting signals (PTS1/PTS2) identified 51 putative peroxisomal matrix proteins. Expression of selected proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae revealed specific targeting to peroxisomes. The matrix proteins identified included components of acyl-CoA and carbohydrate metabolism and pyrimidine and CoA biosynthesis, whereas no components related to either β-oxidation or catalase were present. In conclusion, we identified a subclass of peroxisomes, named "anaerobic" peroxisomes that shift the current paradigm and turn attention to the reductive evolution of peroxisomes in anaerobic organisms.
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- Tien Le
- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, BIOCEV, Charles University, 25242 Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, BIOCEV, Charles University, 25242 Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, BIOCEV, Charles University, 25242 Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, BIOCEV, Charles University, 25242 Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, BIOCEV, Charles University, 25242 Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, BIOCEV, Charles University, 25242 Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, BIOCEV, Charles University, 25242 Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, BIOCEV, Charles University, 25242 Vestec, Czech Republic;
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Mendes LFS, Batista MRB, Judge PJ, Watts A, Redfield C, Costa-Filho AJ. Conformational flexibility of GRASPs and their constituent PDZ subdomains reveals structural basis of their promiscuous interactome. FEBS J 2020; 287:3255-3272. [PMID: 31920006 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2019] [Revised: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The Golgi complex is a central component of the secretory pathway, responsible for several critical cellular functions in eukaryotes. The complex is organized by the Golgi matrix that includes the Golgi reassembly and stacking protein (GRASP), which was shown to be involved in cisternae stacking and lateral linkage in metazoan. GRASPs also have critical roles in other processes, with an unusual ability to interact with several different binding partners. The conserved N terminus of the GRASP family includes two PSD-95, DLG, and ZO-1 (PDZ) domains. Previous crystallographic studies of orthologues suggest that PDZ1 and PDZ2 have similar conformations and secondary structure content. However, PDZ1 alone mediates nearly all interactions between GRASPs and their partners. In this work, NMR, synchrotron radiation CD, and molecular dynamics (MD) were used to examine the structure, flexibility, and stability of the two constituent PDZ domains. GRASP PDZs are structured in an unusual β3 α1 β4 β5 α2 β6 β1 β2 secondary structural arrangement and NMR data indicate that the PDZ1 binding pocket is formed by a stable β2 -strand and a more flexible and unstable α2 -helix, suggesting an explanation for the higher PDZ1 promiscuity. The conformational free energy profiles of the two PDZ domains were calculated using MD simulations. The data suggest that, after binding, the protein partner significantly reduces the conformational space that GRASPs can access by stabilizing one particular conformation, in a partner-dependent fashion. The structural flexibility of PDZ1, modulated by PDZ2, and the coupled, coordinated movement between the two PDZs enable GRASPs to interact with multiple partners, allowing them to function as promiscuous, multitasking proteins.
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- Luis Felipe S Mendes
- Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, Ribeirão Preto School of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature, Physics Department, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, UK
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- Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, Ribeirão Preto School of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature, Physics Department, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, UK
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- Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, Ribeirão Preto School of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature, Physics Department, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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Wideman JG, Novick A, Muñoz-Gómez SA, Doolittle WF. Neutral evolution of cellular phenotypes. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2019; 58-59:87-94. [PMID: 31574422 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2019.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Revised: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Eukaryotes exhibit a great diversity of cellular and subcellular morphologies, but their basic underlying architecture is fairly constant. All have a nucleus, Golgi, cytoskeleton, plasma membrane, vesicles, ribosomes, and all known lineages but one have mitochondrion-related organelles. Moreover, most eukaryotes undergo processes such as mitosis, meiosis, DNA recombination, and often perform feats such as phagocytosis, and amoeboid and flagellar movement. With all of these commonalities, it is obvious that eukaryotes evolved from a common ancestor, but it is not obvious how eukaryotes came to have their diverse structural phenotypes. Are these phenotypes adaptations to particular niches, their evolution dominated by positive natural selection? Or is eukaryotic cellular diversity substantially the product of neutral evolutionary processes, with adaptation either illusory or a secondary consequence? In this paper, we outline how a hierarchical view of phenotype can be used to articulate a neutral theory of phenotypic evolution, involving processes such as gene loss, gene replacement by homologues or analogues, gene duplication followed by subfunctionalization, and constructive neutral evolution. We suggest that neutral iterations of these processes followed by entrenchment of their products can explain much of the diversity of cellular, developmental, and biochemical phenotypes of unicellular eukaryotes and should be explored in addition to adaptive explanations.
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- Jeremy G Wideman
- Centre for Mechanisms of Evolution, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA; Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada.
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada; Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada; Department of Philosophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada
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Mendes LFS, Fontana NA, Oliveira CG, Freire MCLC, Lopes JLS, Melo FA, Costa‐Filho AJ. The
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domain in golgi reassembly and stacking proteins: differences and similarities between lower and higher Eukaryotes. FEBS J 2019; 286:3340-3358. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.14869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Revised: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Luís F. S. Mendes
- Departamento de Física Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto Universidade de São Paulo Ribeirão Preto Brazil
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- Departamento de Física Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto Universidade de São Paulo Ribeirão Preto Brazil
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- Departamento de Física Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto Universidade de São Paulo Ribeirão Preto Brazil
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- Departamento de Física Aplicada Instituto de Física Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
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- Departamento de Física Centro Multiusuário de Inovação Biomolecular IBILCE Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio Mesquita São Paulo Brazil
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- Departamento de Física Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto Universidade de São Paulo Ribeirão Preto Brazil
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Hemimastigophora is a novel supra-kingdom-level lineage of eukaryotes. Nature 2018; 564:410-414. [PMID: 30429611 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0708-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Almost all eukaryote life forms have now been placed within one of five to eight supra-kingdom-level groups using molecular phylogenetics1-4. The 'phylum' Hemimastigophora is probably the most distinctive morphologically defined lineage that still awaits such a phylogenetic assignment. First observed in the nineteenth century, hemimastigotes are free-living predatory protists with two rows of flagella and a unique cell architecture5-7; to our knowledge, no molecular sequence data or cultures are currently available for this group. Here we report phylogenomic analyses based on high-coverage, cultivation-independent transcriptomics that place Hemimastigophora outside of all established eukaryote supergroups. They instead comprise an independent supra-kingdom-level lineage that most likely forms a sister clade to the 'Diaphoretickes' half of eukaryote diversity (that is, the 'stramenopiles, alveolates and Rhizaria' supergroup (Sar), Archaeplastida and Cryptista, as well as other major groups). The previous ranking of Hemimastigophora as a phylum understates the evolutionary distinctiveness of this group, which has considerable importance for investigations into the deep-level evolutionary history of eukaryotic life-ranging from understanding the origins of fundamental cell systems to placing the root of the tree. We have also established the first culture of a hemimastigote (Hemimastix kukwesjijk sp. nov.), which will facilitate future genomic and cell-biological investigations into eukaryote evolution and the last eukaryotic common ancestor.
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Dacks JB, Field MC. Evolutionary origins and specialisation of membrane transport. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2018; 53:70-76. [PMID: 29929066 PMCID: PMC6141808 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2018.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2018] [Revised: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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From unicellular protists to the largest megafauna and flora, all eukaryotes depend upon the organelles and processes of the intracellular membrane trafficking system. Well-defined machinery selectively packages and delivers material between endomembrane organelles and imports and exports material from the cell surface. This process underlies intracellular compartmentalization and facilitates myriad processes that define eukaryotic biology. Membrane trafficking is a landmark in the origins of the eukaryotic cell and recent work has begun to unravel how the revolution in cellular structure occurred.
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- Joel B Dacks
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.
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Herman EK, Yiangou L, Cantoni DM, Miller CN, Marciano-Cabral F, Anthonyrajah E, Dacks JB, Tsaousis AD. Identification and characterisation of a cryptic Golgi complex in Naegleria gruberi. J Cell Sci 2018; 131:jcs213306. [PMID: 29535209 PMCID: PMC5963838 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.213306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 02/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Although the Golgi complex has a conserved morphology of flattened stacked cisternae in most eukaryotes, it has lost the stacked organisation in several lineages, raising the question of what range of morphologies is possible for the Golgi. In order to understand this diversity, it is necessary to characterise the Golgi in many different lineages. Here, we identify the Golgi complex in Naegleria, one of the first descriptions of an unstacked Golgi organelle in a non-parasitic eukaryote, other than fungi. We provide a comprehensive list of Golgi-associated membrane trafficking genes encoded in two species of Naegleria and show that nearly all are expressed in mouse-passaged N. fowleri cells. We then study distribution of the Golgi marker (Ng)CopB by fluorescence in Naegleria gruberi, identifying membranous structures that are disrupted by Brefeldin A treatment, consistent with Golgi localisation. Confocal and immunoelectron microscopy reveals that NgCOPB localises to tubular membranous structures. Our data identify the Golgi organelle for the first time in this major eukaryotic lineage, and provide the rare example of a tubular morphology, representing an important sampling point for the comparative understanding of Golgi organellar diversity.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
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- Emily K Herman
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2H7
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Evolutionary Parasitology, RAPID group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Evolutionary Parasitology, RAPID group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Evolutionary Parasitology, RAPID group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, 1101 E. Marshall St, Richmond, VA 23298-0678, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Evolutionary Parasitology, RAPID group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2H7
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Evolutionary Parasitology, RAPID group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, UK
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Barlow LD, Nývltová E, Aguilar M, Tachezy J, Dacks JB. Correction to: A sophisticated, differentiated Golgi in the ancestor of eukaryotes. BMC Biol 2018; 16:35. [PMID: 29592808 PMCID: PMC5872508 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-018-0510-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Lael D Barlow
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, 5-31 Medical Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H7, Canada
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- Department of Parasitology (BIOCEV), Faculty of Science, Charles University, Průmyslová 595, 252 42, Vestec, Czech Republic.,Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1600 NW 10th Avenue, Rosenstiel Medical Science Building (RMSB) # 2067, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, 5-31 Medical Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H7, Canada
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- Department of Parasitology (BIOCEV), Faculty of Science, Charles University, Průmyslová 595, 252 42, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, 5-31 Medical Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H7, Canada. .,Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK.
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