scholarly journals Evidence that the entire Golgi apparatus cycles in interphase HeLa cells

2001 ◽  
Vol 155 (4) ◽  
pp. 543-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Miles ◽  
Heather McManus ◽  
Kimberly E. Forsten ◽  
Brian Storrie

We tested whether the entire Golgi apparatus is a dynamic structure in interphase mammalian cells by assessing the response of 12 different Golgi region proteins to an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) exit block. The proteins chosen spanned the Golgi apparatus and included both Golgi glycosyltransferases and putative matrix proteins. Protein exit from ER was blocked either by microinjection of a GTP-restricted Sar1p mutant protein in the presence of a protein synthesis inhibitor, or by plasmid-encoded expression of the same dominant negative Sar1p. All Golgi region proteins examined lost juxtanuclear Golgi apparatus–like distribution as scored by conventional and confocal fluorescence microscopy in response to an ER exit block, albeit with a differential dependence on Sar1p concentration. Redistribution of GalNAcT2 was more sensitive to low Sar1pdn concentrations than giantin or GM130. Redistribution was most rapid for p27, COPI, and p115. Giantin, GM130, and GalNAcT2 relocated with approximately equal kinetics. Distinct ER accumulation could be demonstrated for all integral membrane proteins. ER-accumulated Golgi region proteins were functional. Photobleaching experiments indicated that Golgi-to-ER protein cycling occurred in the absence of any ER exit block. We conclude that the entire Golgi apparatus is a dynamic structure and suggest that most, if not all, Golgi region–integral membrane proteins cycle through ER in interphase cells.

1997 ◽  
Vol 137 (6) ◽  
pp. 1199-1210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Yang ◽  
Tinglu Guan ◽  
Larry Gerace

We have analyzed the fate of several integral membrane proteins of the nuclear envelope during mitosis in cultured mammalian cells to determine whether nuclear membrane proteins are present in a vesicle population distinct from bulk ER membranes after mitotic nuclear envelope disassembly or are dispersed throughout the ER. Using immunofluorescence staining and confocal microscopy, we compared the localization of two inner nuclear membrane proteins (laminaassociated polypeptides 1 and 2 [LAP1 and LAP2]) and a nuclear pore membrane protein (gp210) to the distribution of bulk ER membranes, which was determined with lipid dyes (DiOC6 and R6) and polyclonal antibodies. We found that at the resolution of this technique, the three nuclear envelope markers become completely dispersed throughout ER membranes during mitosis. In agreement with these results, we detected LAP1 in most membranes containing ER markers by immunogold electron microscopy of metaphase cells. Together, these findings indicate that nuclear membranes lose their identity as a subcompartment of the ER during mitosis. We found that nuclear lamins begin to reassemble around chromosomes at the end of mitosis at the same time as LAP1 and LAP2 and propose that reassembly of the nuclear envelope at the end of mitosis involves sorting of integral membrane proteins to chromosome surfaces by binding interactions with lamins and chromatin.


PLoS Genetics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. e1009255
Author(s):  
Zhanna Lipatova ◽  
Valeriya Gyurkovska ◽  
Sarah F. Zhao ◽  
Nava Segev

Thirty percent of all cellular proteins are inserted into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which spans throughout the cytoplasm. Two well-established stress-induced pathways ensure quality control (QC) at the ER: ER-phagy and ER-associated degradation (ERAD), which shuttle cargo for degradation to the lysosome and proteasome, respectively. In contrast, not much is known about constitutive ER-phagy. We have previously reported that excess of integral-membrane proteins is delivered from the ER to the lysosome via autophagy during normal growth of yeast cells. Whereas endogenously expressed ER resident proteins serve as cargos at a basal level, this level can be induced by overexpression of membrane proteins that are not ER residents. Here, we characterize this pathway as constitutive ER-phagy. Constitutive and stress-induced ER-phagy share the basic macro-autophagy machinery including the conserved Atgs and Ypt1 GTPase. However, induction of stress-induced autophagy is not needed for constitutive ER-phagy to occur. Moreover, the selective receptors needed for starvation-induced ER-phagy, Atg39 and Atg40, are not required for constitutive ER-phagy and neither these receptors nor their cargos are delivered through it to the vacuole. As for ERAD, while constitutive ER-phagy recognizes cargo different from that recognized by ERAD, these two ER-QC pathways can partially substitute for each other. Because accumulation of membrane proteins is associated with disease, and constitutive ER-phagy players are conserved from yeast to mammalian cells, this process could be critical for human health.


2002 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 3930-3942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachary Freyberg ◽  
Sylvain Bourgoin ◽  
Dennis Shields

Phospholipase D (PLD) hydrolyzes phosphatidylcholine to generate phosphatidic acid, a molecule known to have multiple physiological roles, including release of nascent secretory vesicles from thetrans-Golgi network. In mammalian cells two forms of the enzyme, PLD1 and PLD2, have been described. We recently demonstrated that PLD1 is localized to the Golgi apparatus, nuclei, and to a lesser extent, plasma membrane. Due to its low abundance, the intracellular localization of PLD2 has been characterized only indirectly through overexpression of chimeric proteins. Using antibodies specific to PLD2, together with immunofluorescence microscopy, herein we demonstrate that a significant fraction of endogenous PLD2 localized to the perinuclear Golgi region and was also distributed throughout cells in dense cytoplasmic puncta; a fraction of which colocalized with caveolin-1 and the plasma membrane. On treatment with brefeldin A, PLD2 translocated into the nucleus in a manner similar to PLD1, suggesting a potential role in nuclear signaling. Most significantly, cryoimmunogold electron microscopy demonstrated that in pituitary GH3 cells >90% of PLD2 present in the Golgi apparatus was localized to cisternal rims and peri-Golgi vesicles exclusively. The data are consistent with a model whereby PLD2 plays a role in Golgi vesicular transport.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhanna Lipatova ◽  
Valeriya Gyurkovska ◽  
Sarah F. Zhao ◽  
Nava Segev

AbstractThirty percent of all cellular proteins are inserted into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which spans throughout the cytoplasm. Two well-established stress-induced pathways ensure quality control (QC) at the ER: ER-phagy and ER-associated degradation (ERAD), which shuttle cargo for degradation to the lysosome and proteasome, respectively. In contrast, not much is known about constitutive ER-phagy. We have previously reported that excess of integral-membrane proteins is delivered from the ER to the lysosome via autophagy during normal growth of yeast cells. Here, we characterize this pathway as constitutive ER-phagy. Constitutive and stress-induced ER-phagy share the basic macro-autophagy machinery including the conserved Atgs and Ypt1 GTPase. However, induction of stress-induced autophagy is not needed for constitutive ER-phagy to occur. Moreover, the selective receptors needed for starvation-induced ER-phagy, Atg39 and Atg40, are not required for constitutive ER-phagy and neither these receptors nor their cargos are delivered through it to the vacuole. As for ERAD, while constitutive ER-phagy recognizes cargo different from that recognized by ERAD, these two ER-QC pathways can partially substitute for each other. Because accumulation of membrane proteins is associated with disease, and constitutive ER-phagy players are conserved from yeast to mammalian cells, this process could be critical for human health.Author SummaryAccumulation of excess proteins can lead to their aggregation, which in turn can cause multiple disorders, notably neurodegenerative disease. Nutritional and endoplasmic-reticulum (ER) stress stimulate autophagy and ER-associated degradation (ERAD) to clear excess and misfolded proteins, respectively. However, not much is known about clearance of excess proteins during normal growth. We have previously shown that excess integral-membrane proteins are cleared from the ER by macro-autophagy during normal growth of yeast cells. Here we characterize this pathway as constitutive ER-phagy. While this pathway shares machinery of core Atgs and autophagosomes with nutritional stress-induced ER-phagy, it differs from the latter: It is independent of the stress response and of receptors needed for stress-induced ER-phagy, and while stress-induced ER-phagy is not discriminatory, constitutive ER-phagy has specific cargos. However, when constitutive ER-phagy fails, machinery specific to stress-induced ER-phagy can process its cargo. Moreover, constitutive ER-phagy is also not dependent on ER-stress or the unfolded protein response (UPR) stimulated by this stress, although its failure elicits UPR. Finally, constitutive ER-phagy and ERAD can partially process each other’s cargo upon failure. In summary, constitutive ER-phagy, which clears excess integral-membrane proteins from the ER during normal growth does not require nutritional or ER stress for its function.


INDIAN DRUGS ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (04) ◽  
pp. 7-17
Author(s):  
P. K. Upadhyay ◽  
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V. K. Vishwakarma

Caveolins are integral membrane proteins which consist of caveolae, present in plasma membrane. Many researchers have reported the role of caveolae in major physiological conduits of the mammalian cells, including cholesterol homeostasis, transcytosis and endocytosis. Caveolin also play a role in ischemic preconditioning of heart, postmenopausal women, brain microvessels, cancer progression and Alzheimer’s disease. Attenuation of myocardial protection in diabetic heart may be due to decrease in the ischemic preconditioning mediated release of nitric oxide, upregulation of caveolin and consequently decrease in activity of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). Caveolin alogwith integral membrane proteins overexpress in a huge range of tumor entities, while hormonal changes cause variation in caveolin expression. Under ovariectomy conditions, eNOS inhibitory action occurs because of interaction between eNOS and caveolin. Some new concepts explain that multiple proteins, including caveolin-1 alter trans-membrane flux of fatty acid and play role in fatty acid uptake. Caveolin can be useful in the controlling of cardiovascular system (CVS) and brain disease using various predicaments. New intermediate steps have been discovered which correlate various mechanisms of ischemic preconditioning, cardiopotection and eNOS in the field of cardiovascular research.


2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 1865-1875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaniv Lustig ◽  
Yaron Vagima ◽  
Hanoch Goldshmidt ◽  
Avigail Erlanger ◽  
Vered Ozeri ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Protein translocation across the endoplasmic reticulum is mediated by the signal recognition particle (SRP). In this study, the SRP pathway in trypanosomatids was down-regulated by two approaches: RNA interference (RNAi) silencing of genes encoding SRP proteins in Trypanosoma brucei and overexpression of dominant-negative mutants of 7SL RNA in Leptomonas collosoma. The biogenesis of both signal peptide-containing proteins and polytopic membrane proteins was examined using endogenous and green fluorescent protein-fused proteins. RNAi silencing of SRP54 or SRP68 in T. brucei resulted in reduced levels of polytopic membrane proteins, but no effect on the level of signal peptide-containing proteins was observed. When SRP deficiency was achieved in L. collosoma by overexpression of dominant-negative mutated 7SL RNA, a major effect was observed on polytopic membrane proteins but not on signal peptide-containing proteins. This study included two trypanosomatid species, tested various protein substrates, and induced depletion of the SRP pathway by affecting either the levels of SRP binding proteins or that of SRP RNA. Our results demonstrate that, as in bacteria but in contrast to mammalian cells, the trypanosome SRP is mostly essential for the biogenesis of membrane proteins.


1990 ◽  
Vol 110 (6) ◽  
pp. 1923-1933 ◽  
Author(s):  
W A Dunn

Autophagic vacuoles form within 15 min of perfusing a liver with amino acid-depleted medium. These vacuoles are bound by a "smooth" double membrane and do not contain acid phosphatase activity. In an attempt to identify the membrane source of these vacuoles, I have used morphological techniques combined with immunological probes to localize specific membrane antigens to the limiting membranes of newly formed or nascent autophagic vacuoles. Antibodies to three integral membrane proteins of the plasma membrane (CE9, HA4, and epidermal growth factor receptor) and one of the Golgi apparatus (sialyltransferase) did not label these vacuoles. Internalized epidermal growth factor and its membrane receptor were not found in nascent autophagic vacuoles but were present in lysosome-like degradative autophagic vacuoles. All these results suggested that autophagic vacuoles were not formed from plasma membrane, Golgi apparatus, or endosome constituents. Antisera prepared against integral membrane proteins (14, 25, and 40 kD) of the RER was found to label the inner and outer limiting membranes of almost all nascent autophagic vacuoles. In addition, ribophorin II was identified at the limiting membranes of many nascent autophagic vacuoles. Finally, secretory proteins, rat serum albumin and alpha 2u-globulin, were localized to the lumen of the RER and to the intramembrane space between the inner and outer membranes of some of these vacuoles. The results were consistent with the formation of autophagic vacuoles from ribosome-free regions of the RER.


2004 ◽  
Vol 78 (18) ◽  
pp. 9750-9762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shang-Kwei Wang ◽  
Chang-Yih Duh ◽  
Cheng-Wen Wu

ABSTRACT The human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) UL76 gene encodes a highly conserved herpesvirus protein, pUL76, which is able to modulate gene expression in either activation or repression. In this study, two specific transcripts were found to contain the reading frame of UL76, one a 4.5-kb and the other a 5.5-kb tricistronic mRNA encoding the UL76, UL77, and UL78 open reading frames. Both transcripts were expressed with true late kinetics, as revealed by data showing inhibition of production in the presence of phosphonoformic acid. Immediately after viral infection, pUL76 was found in the nuclear fraction and was detected in cells in the presence of the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide. Subsequent virus particle purification and Western blot analysis revealed that two forms of pUL76 are associated within mature virions. The high-molecular-mass protein (H-pUL76) was verified as originating from a free form of pUL76 by cross-linking with an unknown protein(s). By performing a biochemical fractionation experiment with purified virions, we provide evidence that pUL76 and H-pUL76 are associated with the detergent-soluble (envelope) and -insoluble (tegument/capsid) fractions, respectively. Both results were consistent with the images exhibited by immunoelectron microscopy, which showed that the distribution of gold particles labeled by the anti-pUL76 antibody juxtaposed the compartments of the envelope and the tegument/capsid of the virion. Evidence indicated that expression of pUL76 at the immediate-early phase of the viral replication cycle leads to the inhibition of HCMV production. The viral constituent pUL76, with a dominant-negative effect on replication, may provide a novel mechanism for HCMV's resumption of latency.


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