A model for Rab GTPase localization

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 627-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Pfeffer
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Cellular Localization ◽  
Rab Gtpase ◽  
Rab Proteins ◽  
Rab Gtpases ◽  
Macromolecular Assemblies ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Membrane Compartment ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Distinct Membrane

The human genome encodes almost 70 Rab GTPases. These proteins are C-terminally geranylgeranylated and are localized to the surfaces of distinct membrane-bound compartments in eukaryotic cells. This mini review presents a working model for how Rabs achieve and maintain their steady-state localizations. Data from a number of laboratories suggest that Rabs participate in the generation of macromolecular assemblies that generate functional microdomains within a given membrane compartment. Our data suggest that these complex interactions are important for the cellular localization of Rab proteins at steady state.

LRRK2 and Rab GTPases

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 1707-1712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne R. Pfeffer
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Protein Function ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Rab Gtpase ◽  
Rab Gtpases ◽  
Rab Protein ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Preferential Binding ◽  
Bona Fide ◽  
Mutant Lrrk2

Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) is mutated in familial Parkinson's disease, and pathogenic mutations activate the kinase activity. A tour de force screen by Mann and Alessi and co-workers identified a subset of Rab GTPases as bona fide LRRK2 substrates. Rab GTPases are master regulators of membrane trafficking and this short review will summarize what we know about the connection between LRRK2 and this family of regulatory proteins. While, in most cases, Rab GTPase phosphorylation is predicted to interfere with Rab protein function, the discovery of proteins that show preferential binding to phosphorylated Rabs suggests that more complex interactions may also contribute to mutant LRRK2-mediated pathology.

scholarly journals Rab GTPases: Emerging Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressive Regulators for the Editing of Survival Pathways in Cancer

Cancers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priya D. Gopal Krishnan ◽  
Emily Golden ◽  
Eleanor A. Woodward ◽  
Nathan J. Pavlos ◽  
Pilar Blancafort
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Intracellular Localization ◽  
Cellular Migration ◽  
Rab Gtpase ◽  
Rab Proteins ◽  
Rab Gtpases ◽  
Aberrant Expression ◽  
Post Translational Modifications ◽  
Survival Pathways

The Rab GTPase family of proteins are mediators of membrane trafficking, conferring identity to the cell membranes. Recently, Rab and Rab-associated factors have been recognized as major regulators of the intracellular positioning and activity of signaling pathways regulating cell growth, survival and programmed cell death or apoptosis. Membrane trafficking mediated by Rab proteins is controlled by intracellular localization of Rab proteins, Rab-membrane interactions and GTP-activation processes. Aberrant expression of Rab proteins has been reported in multiple cancers such as lung, brain and breast malignancies. Mutations in Rab-coding genes and/or post-translational modifications in their protein products disrupt the cellular vesicle trafficking network modulating tumorigenic potential, cellular migration and metastatic behavior. Conversely, Rabs also act as tumor suppressive factors inducing apoptosis and inhibiting angiogenesis. Deconstructing the signaling mechanisms modulated by Rab proteins during apoptosis could unveil underlying molecular mechanisms that may be exploited therapeutically to selectively target malignant cells.

scholarly journals Rab GTPase localization and Rab cascades in Golgi transport

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 1373-1377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne R. Pfeffer
Keyword(s):  
Effector Proteins ◽  
Membrane Microdomains ◽  
Rab Gtpase ◽  
Rab Gtpases ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Golgi Transport ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Dissociation Inhibitor ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Effector Binding ◽  
Endocytic Pathways

Rab GTPases are master regulators of membrane traffic. By binding to distinct sets of effector proteins, Rabs catalyse the formation of function-specifying membrane microdomains. They are delivered to membranes by a protein named GDI (guanine-nucleotide-dissociation inhibitor) and are stabilized there after nucleotide exchange by effector binding. In the present mini-review, I discuss what we know about how Rab GTPases are delivered to the correct membrane-bound compartments and how Rab GTPase cascades order Rabs within the secretory and endocytic pathways. Finally, I describe how Rab cascades may establish the distinct compartments of the Golgi complex to permit ordered processing, sorting and secretion of secretory cargoes.

Regulation of RabGAPs involved in insulin action

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 683-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samaneh Mafakheri ◽  
Alexandra Chadt ◽  
Hadi Al-Hasani
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Action ◽  
Glucose Transporter ◽  
Rab Gtpase ◽  
Rab Proteins ◽  
Rab Gtpases ◽  
Gtp Hydrolysis ◽  
Gtpase Activating Proteins ◽  
Glucose Transporter Glut4 ◽  
Related Proteins

Rab (Ras-related proteins in brain) GTPases are key proteins responsible for a multiplicity of cellular trafficking processes. Belonging to the family of monomeric GTPases, they are regulated by cycling between their active GTP-bound and inactive GDP-bound conformations. Despite possessing a slow intrinsic GTP hydrolysis activity, Rab proteins rely on RabGAPs (Rab GTPase-activating proteins) that catalyze GTP hydrolysis and consequently inactivate the respective Rab GTPases. Two related RabGAPs, TBC1D1 and TBC1D4 (=AS160) have been described to be associated with obesity-related traits and type 2 diabetes in both mice and humans. Inactivating mutations of TBC1D1 and TBC1D4 lead to substantial changes in trafficking and subcellular distribution of the insulin-responsive glucose transporter GLUT4, and to subsequent alterations in energy substrate metabolism. The activity of the RabGAPs is controlled through complex phosphorylation events mediated by protein kinases including AKT and AMPK, and by putative regulatory interaction partners. However, the dynamics and downstream events following phosphorylation are not well understood. This review focuses on the specific role and regulation of TBC1D1 and TBC1D4 in insulin action.

Targeting of Rab GTPases to cellular membranes

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 652-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.R. Ali ◽  
M.C. Seabra
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Cellular Localization ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Small Gtpases ◽  
Rab Proteins ◽  
Rab Gtpases ◽  
Cellular Membranes ◽  
Structural Determinants ◽  
Cellular Processes

Rab proteins are members of the superfamily of Ras-like small GTPases and are involved in several cellular processes relating to membrane trafficking and organelle mobility throughout the cell. Like other small GTPases, Rab proteins are initially synthesized as soluble proteins and for membrane attachment they require the addition of lipid moiety(ies) to specific residues of their polypeptide chain. Despite their well-documented roles in regulating cellular trafficking, Rab proteins own trafficking is still poorly understood. We still need to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of their recruitment to cellular membranes and the structural determinants for their specific cellular localization. Recent results indicate that Rab cellular targeting might be Rab-dependent, and this paper briefly reviews our current knowledge of this process.

scholarly journals Rab GTPases: master regulators that establish the secretory and endocytic pathways

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 712-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne R. Pfeffer
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Membrane Microdomains ◽  
Rab Gtpase ◽  
Rab Proteins ◽  
Rab Gtpases ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange Factors ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Endocytic Pathways

Several of the most important discoveries in the field of membrane traffic have come from studies of Rab GTPases by Marino Zerial and Peter Novick and their colleagues. Zerial was the first to discover that Rab GTPases represent identity markers for different membrane-bound compartments, and each Rab organizes a collection of specific effectors into function-specifying membrane microdomains to carry out receptor trafficking. Novick discovered that the order (and thus polarity) of Rab GTPases along the secretory and endocytic pathways are established by their specific, cognate guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) and GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs), which partner with one Rab to regulate the subsequent- and prior-acting Rabs. Such so-called Rab cascades have evolved to establish domains that contain unique Rab proteins and their cognate effectors, which drive all steps of membrane trafficking. These findings deserve much broader recognition by the biomedical research community and are highlighted here, along with open questions that require serious attention for full understanding of the molecular basis of Rab GTPase-regulated membrane trafficking in eukaryotic cells.

scholarly journals TIP47 is a key effector for Rab9 localization

2006 ◽  
Vol 173 (6) ◽  
pp. 917-926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dikran Aivazian ◽  
Ramon L. Serrano ◽  
Suzanne Pfeffer
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Human Genome ◽  
Effector Proteins ◽  
Rab Gtpases ◽  
Interacting Protein ◽  
Cellular Concentration ◽  
Membrane Compartments ◽  
Effector Binding ◽  
Distinct Membrane

The human genome encodes ∼70 Rab GTPases that localize to the surfaces of distinct membrane compartments. To investigate the mechanism of Rab localization, chimeras containing heterologous Rab hypervariable domains were generated, and their ability to bind seven Rab effectors was quantified. Two chimeras could bind effectors for two distinctly localized Rabs; a Rab5/9 hybrid bound both Rab5 and Rab9 effectors, and a Rab1/9 hybrid bound to certain Rab1 and Rab9 effectors. These unusual chimeras permitted a test of the importance of effector binding for Rab localization. In both cases, changing the cellular concentration of a key Rab9 effector, which is called tail-interacting protein of 47 kD, moved a fraction of the proteins from their parental Rab localization to that of Rab9. Thus, relative concentrations of certain competing effectors could determine a chimera's localization. These data confirm the importance of effector interactions for Rab9 localization, and support a model in which effector proteins rely on Rabs as much as Rabs rely on effectors to achieve their correct steady state localizations.

scholarly journals Statin-specific inhibition of Rab-GTPase regulates cPKC-mediated IKs internalization

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elsa Ronzier ◽  
Xiaorong Xu Parks ◽  
Haani Qudsi ◽  
Coeli M. Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Protein Trafficking ◽  
Specific Effect ◽  
Delayed Rectifier ◽  
Rab Gtpase ◽  
Rab Gtpases ◽  
Specific Inhibition ◽  
Cholesterol Lowering ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Artery Disease

AbstractStatins are prescribed for prevention and treatment of coronary artery disease. Statins have different cholesterol lowering abilities, with rosuvastatin and atorvastatin being the most effective, while statins like simvastatin and fluvastatin having lower effectiveness. Statins, in addition to their cholesterol lowering effects, can prevent isoprenylation of Rab-GTPase proteins, a protein family important for the regulation of membrane-bound protein trafficking. Here we show that endosomal localization of Rab-GTPases (Rab5, Rab7 and Rab11) was inhibited in a statin-specific manner, with stronger effects by fluvastatin, followed by simvastatin and atorvastatin, and with a limited effect by rosuvastatin. Fluvastatin inhibition of Rab5 has been shown to mediate cPKC-dependent trafficking regulation of the cardiac delayed rectifier KCNQ1/KCNE1 channels. We observed statin-specific inhibition of channel regulation consistent with statin-specific Rab-GTPase inhibition both in heterologous systems and cardiomyocytes. Our results uncover a non-cholesterol-reducing statin-specific effect of statins. Because Rab-GTPases are important regulators of membrane trafficking they may underlie statin specific pleiotropic effects. Therefore, statin-specificity may allow better treatment tailoring.

scholarly journals Membrane association but not identity is required for LRRK2 activation and phosphorylation of Rab GTPases

2019 ◽  
Vol 218 (12) ◽  
pp. 4157-4170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel C. Gomez ◽  
Paulina Wawro ◽  
Pawel Lis ◽  
Dario R. Alessi ◽  
Suzanne R. Pfeffer
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Membrane Association ◽  
Rab Gtpases ◽  
Membrane Compartments ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Lrrk2 Kinase ◽  
Familial Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Distinct Membrane

LRRK2 kinase mutations cause familial Parkinson’s disease and increased phosphorylation of a subset of Rab GTPases. Rab29 recruits LRRK2 to the trans-Golgi and activates it there, yet some of LRRK2’s major Rab substrates are not on the Golgi. We sought to characterize the cell biology of LRRK2 activation. Unlike other Rab family members, we show that Rab29 binds nucleotide weakly, is poorly prenylated, and is not bound to GDI in the cytosol; nevertheless, Rab29 only activates LRRK2 when it is membrane bound and GTP bound. Mitochondrially anchored, GTP-bound Rab29 is both a LRRK2 substrate and activator, and it drives accumulation of active LRRK2 and phosphorylated Rab10 on mitochondria. Importantly, mitochondrially anchored LRRK2 is much less capable of phosphorylating plasma membrane–anchored Rab10 than soluble LRRK2. These data support a model in which LRRK2 associates with and dissociates from distinct membrane compartments to phosphorylate Rab substrates; if anchored, LRRK2 can modify misdelivered Rab substrates that then become trapped there because GDI cannot retrieve them.

scholarly journals Rab GTPases coordinate endocytosis

2000 ◽  
Vol 113 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Somsel Rodman ◽  
A. Wandinger-Ness
Keyword(s):  
Protein Function ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Rab Gtpase ◽  
Rab Proteins ◽  
Rab Gtpases ◽  
Gtpase Activity ◽  
Rab Protein ◽  
Membrane Budding ◽  
Endocytic Pathways

Endocytosis is characterized by vesicular transport along numerous pathways. Common steps in each pathway include membrane budding to form vesicles, transport to a particular destination, and ultimately docking and fusion with the target membrane. Specificity of vesicle targeting is rendered in part by associated Rab GTPases. This review summarizes current knowledge about Rab GTPase functions in the endocytic pathways and provides insight into the regulation of Rab GTPase activity and mechanisms of Rab protein function. Functional assays have identified some Rab proteins that operate on individual pathways, but Rab proteins in several pathways remain controversial or have not been identified. Control of Rab GTPase activity is exerted through multiple levels of regulation. Significant new information pertaining to Rab protein function in regulating transport has emerged. Remarkably, Rab5 GTPase links budding, cytoskeletal transport and docking/fusion activities. This paradigm will most likely be generally applicable to other Rab GTPase pathways. Together with the cross-talk between different Rab proteins and their effectors, this may provide an integrated system for the general coordination of endocytic pathways to maintain organelle homeostasis.

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