scholarly journals Dissociation of Coatomer from Membranes Is Required for Brefeldin A–induced Transfer of Golgi Enzymes to the Endoplasmic Reticulum

1997 ◽  
Vol 137 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jochen Scheel ◽  
Rainer Pepperkok ◽  
Martin Lowe ◽  
Gareth Griffiths ◽  
Thomas E. Kreis

Addition of brefeldin A (BFA) to mammalian cells rapidly results in the removal of coatomer from membranes and subsequent delivery of Golgi enzymes to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Microinjected anti-EAGE (intact IgG or Fab-fragments), antibodies against the “EAGE”-peptide of β-COP, inhibit BFA-induced redistribution of β-COP in vivo and block transfer of resident proteins of the Golgi complex to the ER; tubulo-vesicular clusters accumulate and Golgi membrane proteins concentrate in cytoplasmic patches containing β-COP. These patches are devoid of marker proteins of the ER, the intermediate compartment (IC), and do not contain KDEL receptor. Interestingly, relocation of KDEL receptor to the IC, where it colocalizes with ERGIC53 and ts-O45-G, is not inhibited under these conditions. While no stacked Golgi cisternae remain in these injected cells, reassembly of stacks of Golgi cisternae following BFA wash-out is inhibited to only ∼50%. Mono- or divalent anti-EAGE stabilize binding of coatomer to membranes in vitro, at least as efficiently as GTPγS. Taken together these results suggest that enhanced binding of coatomer to membranes completely inhibits the BFA-induced retrograde transport of Golgi resident proteins to the ER, probably by inhibiting fusion of Golgi with ER membranes, but does not interfere with the disassembly of the stacked Golgi cisternae and recycling of KDEL receptor to the IC. These results confirm our previous results suggesting that COPI is involved in anterograde membrane transport from the ER/IC to the Golgi complex (Pepperkok et al., 1993), and corroborate that COPI regulates retrograde membrane transport between the Golgi complex and ER in mammalian cells.

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Giannotta ◽  
Giorgia Fragassi ◽  
Antonio Tamburro ◽  
Capone Vanessa ◽  
Alberto Luini ◽  
...  

The KDEL receptor (KDELR) is a seven-transmembrane-domain protein involved in retrograde transport of protein chaperones from the Golgi complex to the endoplasmic reticulum. Our recent findings have shown that the Golgi-localised KDELR acts as a functional G-protein-coupled receptor by binding to and activating Gs and Gq. These G proteins induce activation of PKA and Src and regulate retrograde and anterograde Golgi trafficking. Here we used an integrated coimmunoprecipitation and mass spectrometry approach to identify prohibitin-1 (PHB) as a KDELR interactor. PHB is a multifunctional protein that is involved in signal transduction, cell-cycle control, and stabilisation of mitochondrial proteins. We provide evidence that depletion of PHB induces intense membrane-trafficking activity at the ER–Golgi interface, as revealed by formation of GM130-positive Golgi tubules, and recruitment of p115,β-COP, and GBF1 to the Golgi complex. There is also massive recruitment of SEC31 to endoplasmic-reticulum exit sites. Furthermore, absence of PHB decreases the levels of the Golgi-localised KDELR, thus preventing KDELR-dependent activation of Golgi-Src and inhibiting Golgi-to-plasma-membrane transport of VSVG. We propose a model whereby in analogy to previous findings (e.g., the RAS-RAF signalling pathway), PHB can act as a signalling scaffold protein to assist in KDELR-dependent Src activation.


1991 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 549-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Russ ◽  
J R Bennink ◽  
T Bächi ◽  
J W Yewdell

Brefeldin A (BFA) induces the retrograde transport of proteins from the Golgi complex (GC) to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). It is uncertain, however, whether the drug completely merges the ER with post-ER compartments, or whether some of their elements remain physically and functionally distinct. We investigated this question by the use of monoclonal antibodies specific for monomers and trimers of the influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA). In untreated influenza virus-infected cells, monomers and trimers almost exclusively partition into the ER and GC, respectively. In BFA-treated cells, both monomers and trimers are detected in the ER by immunofluorescence. Cell fractionation experiments indicate, however, that whereas HA monomers synthesized in the presence of BFA reside predominantly in vesicles with a characteristic density of the ER, HA trimers are primarily located in lighter vesicles characteristic of post-ER compartments. Biochemical experiments confirm that in BFA-treated cells, trimers are more extensively modified than monomers by GC-associated enzymes. Additional immunofluorescence experiments reveal that in BFA-treated cells, HA monomers can exist in an ER subcompartment less accessible to trimers and, conversely, that trimers are present in a vesicular compartment less accessible to monomers. These findings favor the existence of a post-ER compartment for which communication with the ER is maintained in the presence of BFA and suggest that trimers cycle between this compartment and the ER, but have access to only a portion of the ER.


2008 ◽  
Vol 182 (5) ◽  
pp. 911-924 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Anderson ◽  
Martin W. Hetzer

During mitosis in metazoans, segregated chromosomes become enclosed by the nuclear envelope (NE), a double membrane that is continuous with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Recent in vitro data suggest that NE formation occurs by chromatin-mediated reorganization of the tubular ER; however, the basic principles of such a membrane-reshaping process remain uncharacterized. Here, we present a quantitative analysis of nuclear membrane assembly in mammalian cells using time-lapse microscopy. From the initial recruitment of ER tubules to chromatin, the formation of a membrane-enclosed, transport-competent nucleus occurs within ∼12 min. Overexpression of the ER tubule-forming proteins reticulon 3, reticulon 4, and DP1 inhibits NE formation and nuclear expansion, whereas their knockdown accelerates nuclear assembly. This suggests that the transition from membrane tubules to sheets is rate-limiting for nuclear assembly. Our results provide evidence that ER-shaping proteins are directly involved in the reconstruction of the nuclear compartment and that morphological restructuring of the ER is the principal mechanism of NE formation in vivo.


2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 835-848 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori Kapetanovich ◽  
Cassandra Baughman ◽  
Tina H. Lee

The cytosolic coat protein complex II (COPII) mediates vesicle formation from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and is essential for ER-to-Golgi trafficking. The minimal machinery for COPII assembly is well established. However, additional factors may regulate the process in mammalian cells. Here, a morphological COPII assembly assay using purified COPII proteins and digitonin-permeabilized cells has been applied to demonstrate a role for a novel component of the COPII assembly pathway. The factor was purified and identified by mass spectrometry as Nm23H2, one of eight isoforms of nucleoside diphosphate kinase in mammalian cells. Importantly, recombinant Nm23H2, as well as a catalytically inactive version, promoted COPII assembly in vitro, suggesting a noncatalytic role for Nm23H2. Consistent with a function for Nm23H2 in ER export, Nm23H2 localized to a reticular network that also stained for the ER marker calnexin. Finally, an in vivo role for Nm23H2 in COPII assembly was confirmed by isoform-specific knockdown of Nm23H2 by using short interfering RNA. Knockdown of Nm23H2, but not its most closely related isoform Nm23H1, resulted in diminished COPII assembly at steady state and reduced kinetics of ER export. These results strongly suggest a previously unappreciated role for Nm23H2 in mammalian ER export.


2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 3951-3962 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yujie Li ◽  
Dieter Gallwitz ◽  
Renwang Peng

Sec1p/Munc18 (SM) proteins are essential for membrane fusion events in eukaryotic cells. Here we describe a systematic, structure-based mutational analysis of the yeast SM protein Sly1p, which was previously shown to function in anterograde endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-to-Golgi and intra-Golgi protein transport. Five new temperature-sensitive (ts) mutants, each carrying a single amino acid substitution in Sly1p, were identified. Unexpectedly, not all of the ts mutants exhibited striking anterograde ER-to-Golgi transport defects. For example, in cells of the novel sly1-5 mutant, transport of newly synthesized lysosomal and secreted proteins was still efficient, but the ER-resident Kar2p/BiP was missorted to the outside of the cell, and two proteins, Sed5p and Rer1p, which normally shuttle between the Golgi and the ER, failed to relocate to the ER. We also discovered that in vivo, Sly1p was associated with a SNARE complex formed on the ER, and that in vitro, the SM protein directly interacted with the ER-localized nonsyntaxin SNAREs Use1p/Slt1p and Sec20p. Furthermore, several conditional mutants defective in Golgi-to-ER transport were synthetically lethal with sly1-5. Together, these results indicate a previously unrecognized function of Sly1p in retrograde transport to the endoplasmic reticulum.


2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
William T. Brigance ◽  
Charles Barlowe ◽  
Todd R. Graham

Pro-α-factor (pro-αf) is posttranslationally modified in the yeast Golgi complex by the addition of α1,6-, α1,2-, and α1,3-linked mannose to N-linked oligosaccharides and by a Kex2p-initiated proteolytic processing event. Previous work has indicated that the α1,6- and α1,3-mannosylation and Kex2p-dependent processing of pro-αf are initiated in three distinct compartments of the Golgi complex. Here, we present evidence that α1,2-mannosylation of pro-αf is also initiated in a distinct Golgi compartment. Linkage-specific antisera and an endo-α1,6-d-mannanase (endoM) were used to quantitate the amount of each pro-αf intermediate during transport through the Golgi complex. We found that α1,6-, α1,2-, and α1,3-mannose were sequentially added to pro-αf in a temporally ordered manner, and that the intercompartmental transport factor Sec18p/N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor was required for each step. The Sec18p dependence implies that a transport event was required between each modification event. In addition, most of the Golgi-modified pro-αf that accumulated in brefeldin A-treated cells received only α1,6-mannosylation as did ∼50% of pro-αf transported to the Golgi in vitro. This further supports the presence of an early Golgi compartment that houses an α1,6-mannosyltransferase but lacks α1,2-mannosyltransferase activity in vivo. We propose that the α1,6-, α1,2-, and α1,3-mannosylation and Kex2p-dependent processing events mark the cis, medial,trans, and trans-Golgi network of the yeast Golgi complex, respectively.


eLife ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steffen Preissler ◽  
Cláudia Rato ◽  
Ruming Chen ◽  
Robin Antrobus ◽  
Shujing Ding ◽  
...  

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-localized Hsp70 chaperone BiP affects protein folding homeostasis and the response to ER stress. Reversible inactivating covalent modification of BiP is believed to contribute to the balance between chaperones and unfolded ER proteins, but the nature of this modification has so far been hinted at indirectly. We report that deletion of FICD, a gene encoding an ER-localized AMPylating enzyme, abolished detectable modification of endogenous BiP enhancing ER buffering of unfolded protein stress in mammalian cells, whilst deregulated FICD activity had the opposite effect. In vitro, FICD AMPylated BiP to completion on a single residue, Thr518. AMPylation increased, in a strictly FICD-dependent manner, as the flux of proteins entering the ER was attenuated in vivo. In vitro, Thr518 AMPylation enhanced peptide dissociation from BiP 6-fold and abolished stimulation of ATP hydrolysis by J-domain cofactor. These findings expose the molecular basis for covalent inactivation of BiP.


2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 663-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilbert Baillat ◽  
Abdelaziz Moqrich ◽  
Francis Castets ◽  
Agnès Baude ◽  
Yannick Bailly ◽  
...  

Phocein is a widely expressed, highly conserved intracellular protein of 225 amino acids, the sequence of which has limited homology to the ς subunits from clathrin adaptor complexes and contains an additional stretch bearing a putative SH3-binding domain. This sequence is evolutionarily very conserved (80% identity betweenDrosophila melanogaster and human). Phocein was discovered by a yeast two-hybrid screen using striatin as a bait. Striatin, SG2NA, and zinedin, the three mammalian members of the striatin family, are multimodular, WD-repeat, and calmodulin-binding proteins. The interaction of phocein with striatin, SG2NA, and zinedin was validated in vitro by coimmunoprecipitation and pull-down experiments. Fractionation of brain and HeLa cells showed that phocein is associated with membranes, as well as present in the cytosol where it behaves as a protein complex. The molecular interaction between SG2NA and phocein was confirmed by their in vivo colocalization, as observed in HeLa cells where antibodies directed against either phocein or SG2NA immunostained the Golgi complex. A 2-min brefeldin A treatment of HeLa cells induced the redistribution of both proteins. Immunocytochemical studies of adult rat brain sections showed that phocein reactivity, present in many types of neurons, is strictly somato-dendritic and extends down to spines, just as do striatin and SG2NA.


2013 ◽  
Vol 453 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Pietroni ◽  
Nishi Vasisht ◽  
Jonathan P. Cook ◽  
David M. Roberts ◽  
J. Michael Lord ◽  
...  

The plant cytotoxin ricin enters mammalian cells by receptor-mediated endocytosis, undergoing retrograde transport to the ER (endoplasmic reticulum) where its catalytic A chain (RTA) is reductively separated from the holotoxin to enter the cytosol and inactivate ribosomes. The currently accepted model is that the bulk of ER-dislocated RTA is degraded by proteasomes. We show in the present study that the proteasome has a more complex role in ricin intoxication than previously recognized, that the previously reported increase in sensitivity of mammalian cells to ricin in the presence of proteasome inhibitors simply reflects toxicity of the inhibitors themselves, and that RTA is a very poor substrate for proteasomal degradation. Denatured RTA and casein compete for a binding site on the regulatory particle of the 26S proteasome, but their fates differ. Casein is degraded, but the mammalian 26S proteasome AAA (ATPase associated with various cellular activities)-ATPase subunit RPT5 acts as a chaperone that prevents aggregation of denatured RTA and stimulates recovery of catalytic RTA activity in vitro. Furthermore, in vivo, the ATPase activity of Rpt5p is required for maximal toxicity of RTA dislocated from the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ER. The results of the present study implicate RPT5/Rpt5p in the triage of substrates in which either activation (folding) or inactivation (degradation) pathways may be initiated.


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