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Kassas N, Fouillen L, Gasman S, Vitale N. A Lipidomics Approach to Measure Phosphatidic Acid Species in Subcellular Membrane Fractions Obtained from Cultured Cells. Bio Protoc 2021; 11:e4066. [PMID: 34263007 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.4066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Over the last decade, lipids have emerged as possessing an ever-increasing number of key functions, especially in membrane trafficking. For instance, phosphatidic acid (PA) has been proposed to play a critical role in different steps along the secretory pathway or during phagocytosis. To further investigate in detail the precise nature of PA activities, we need to identify the organelles in which PA is synthesized and the PA subspecies involved in these biological functions. Indeed, PA, like all phospholipids, has a large variety based on its fatty acid composition. The recent development of PA sensors has helped us to follow intracellular PA dynamics but has failed to provide information on individual PA species. Here, we describe a method for the subcellular fractionation of RAW264.7 macrophages that allows us to obtain membrane fractions enriched in specific organelles based on their density. Lipids from these membrane fractions are precipitated and subsequently processed by advanced mass spectrometry-based lipidomics analysis to measure the levels of different PA species based on their fatty acyl chain composition. This approach revealed the presence of up to 50 different species of PA in cellular membranes, opening up the possibility that a single class of phospholipid could play multiple functions in any given organelle. This protocol can be adapted or modified and used for the evaluation of other intracellular membrane compartments or cell types of interest.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nawal Kassas
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Biogénèse Membranaire, UMR-5200 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Plateforme Métabolome, Université de Bordeaux; 33883 Villenave D'Ornon, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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Tanguy E, Tran Nguyen AP, Kassas N, Bader MF, Grant NJ, Vitale N. Regulation of Phospholipase D by Arf6 during FcγR-Mediated Phagocytosis. J I 2019; 202:2971-2981. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1801019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Kassas N, Tanguy E, Thahouly T, Fouillen L, Heintz D, Chasserot-Golaz S, Bader MF, Grant NJ, Vitale N. Comparative Characterization of Phosphatidic Acid Sensors and Their Localization during Frustrated Phagocytosis. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:4266-4279. [PMID: 28115519 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.742346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2016] [Revised: 01/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Phosphatidic acid (PA) is the simplest phospholipid naturally existing in living organisms, but it constitutes only a minor fraction of total cell lipids. PA has attracted considerable attention because it is a phospholipid precursor, a lipid second messenger, and a modulator of membrane shape, and it has thus been proposed to play key cellular functions. The dynamics of PA in cells and in subcellular compartments, however, remains an open question. The recent generation of fluorescent probes for PA, by fusing GFP to PA-binding domains, has provided direct evidence for PA dynamics in different intracellular compartments. Here, three PA sensors were characterized in vitro, and their preferences for different PA species in particular lipidic environments were compared. In addition, the localization of PA in macrophages during frustrated phagocytosis was examined using these PA sensors and was combined with a lipidomic analysis of PA in intracellular compartments. The results indicate that the PA sensors display some preferences for specific PA species, depending on the lipid environment, and the localization study in macrophages revealed the complexity of intracellular PA dynamics.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nawal Kassas
- From the Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (INCI), UPR-3212 CNRS and Université de Strasbourg, 5 Rue Blaise Pascal, 67084 Strasbourg
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- From the Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (INCI), UPR-3212 CNRS and Université de Strasbourg, 5 Rue Blaise Pascal, 67084 Strasbourg
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- From the Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (INCI), UPR-3212 CNRS and Université de Strasbourg, 5 Rue Blaise Pascal, 67084 Strasbourg
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- the Laboratoire de Biogénèse Membranaire, UMR-5200 CNRS, Plateforme Métabolome, Université de Bordeaux, 33883 Villenave D'Ornon, and
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- the Plateforme Métabolomique, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR-2357 CNRS and Université de Strasbourg, Institut de Botanique, 28 Rue Goethe, 67083 Strasbourg, France
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- From the Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (INCI), UPR-3212 CNRS and Université de Strasbourg, 5 Rue Blaise Pascal, 67084 Strasbourg
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- From the Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (INCI), UPR-3212 CNRS and Université de Strasbourg, 5 Rue Blaise Pascal, 67084 Strasbourg
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- From the Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (INCI), UPR-3212 CNRS and Université de Strasbourg, 5 Rue Blaise Pascal, 67084 Strasbourg
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- From the Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (INCI), UPR-3212 CNRS and Université de Strasbourg, 5 Rue Blaise Pascal, 67084 Strasbourg,
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Ammar MR, Kassas N, Bader MF, Vitale N. Phosphatidic acid in neuronal development: A node for membrane and cytoskeleton rearrangements. Biochimie 2014; 107 Pt A:51-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2014.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The regulated secretory pathway in neuroendocrine cells ends with the release of hormones and neurotransmitters following a rise in cytosolic calcium. This process known as regulated exocytosis involves the assembly of soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins, the synaptic vesicle VAMP (synaptobrevin), and the plasma membrane proteins syntaxin and SNAP-25. Although there is much evidence suggesting that SNARE proteins play a key role in the fusion machinery, other cellular elements regulating the kinetics, the extent of fusion, and the preparation of vesicle for release have received less attention. Among those factors, lipids have also been proposed to play important functions both at the level of secretory vesicle recruitment and late membrane fusion steps. Here, we will review the latest evidence supporting the concept of the fusogenic activity of lipids, and also discuss how this may be achieved. These possibilities include the recruitment and sequestration of the components of the exocytotic machinery, regulation of protein function, and direct effects on membrane topology.
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- Mohamed Raafet Ammar
- Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (INCI), UPR-3212 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (INCI), UPR-3212 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (INCI), UPR-3212 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (INCI), UPR-3212 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (INCI), UPR-3212 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
- *Correspondence: Nicolas Vitale, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (INCI), UPR-3212 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 5 rue Blaise Pascal, 67084 Strasbourg, France e-mail:
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In addition to forming bilayers to separate cellular compartments, lipids participate in vesicular trafficking and signal transduction. Among others, phosphatidic acid (PA) is emerging as an important signaling molecule. The spatiotemporal distribution of cellular PA appears to be tightly regulated by localized synthesis and a rapid metabolism. Although PA has been long proposed as a pleiotropic bioactive lipid, when and where PA is produced in the living cells have only recently been explored using biosensors that specifically bind to PA. The probes that we have generated are composed of the PA-binding domains of either Spo20p or Raf1 directly fused to GFP. In this chapter, we will describe the expression and purification of GST-fusion proteins of these probes, and the use of phospholipid strips to validate the specificity of their interaction with PA. We will then illustrate the use of GFP-tagged probes to visualize the synthesis of PA in the neurosecretory PC12 cells and RAW 267.4 macrophages. Interestingly, the two probes show a differential distribution in these cell types, indicating that they may have different affinities for PA or recognize different pools of PA. In conclusion, the development of a broader choice of probes may be required to adequately follow the complex dynamics of PA in different cell types, in order to determine the cellular distribution of PA and its role in various cellular processes.
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- Nawal Kassas
- Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, CNRS UPR3212, Strasbourg, France
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Vitale N, Kassas N, Tryoen‐Toth P, Pelletan L, Bailly Y, Grant N, Belmonte S. Genetically encoded probes for phosphatidic acid. FASEB J 2011. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.25.1_supplement.934.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Universidad Nacional de CuyoLaboratorio de Biologia Celular y MolecularMendozaArgentina
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- Universidad Nacional de CuyoLaboratorio de Biologia Celular y MolecularMendozaArgentina
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