scholarly journals Differential localization of syntaxin isoforms in polarized Madin-Darby canine kidney cells.

1996 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 2007-2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
S H Low ◽  
S J Chapin ◽  
T Weimbs ◽  
L G Kömüves ◽  
M K Bennett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Membrane Fusion ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Membrane Receptors ◽  
Kidney Cells ◽  
Madin Darby Canine Kidney ◽  
Confocal Immunofluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Target Membrane ◽  
Darby Canine Kidney ◽  
Canine Kidney

Syntaxins, integral membrane proteins that are part of the ubiquitous membrane fusion machinery, are thought to act as target membrane receptors during the process of vesicle docking and fusion. Several isoforms of the syntaxin family have been previously identified in mammalian cells, some of which are localized to the plasma membrane. We investigated the subcellular localization of these putative plasma membrane syntaxins in polarized epithelial cells, which are characterized by the presence of distinct apical and basolateral plasma membrane domains. Syntaxins 2, 3, and 4 were found to be endogenously present in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. The localization of syntaxins 1A, 1B, 2, 3, and 4 in stably transfected Madin-Darby canine kidney cell lines was studied with confocal immunofluorescence microscopy. Each syntaxin isoform was found to have a unique pattern of localization. Syntaxins 1A and 1B were present only in intracellular structures, with little or no apparent plasma membrane staining. In contrast, syntaxin 2 was found on both the apical and basolateral surface, whereas the plasma membrane localization of syntaxins 3 and 4 were restricted to the apical or basolateral domains, respectively. Syntaxins are therefore the first known components of the plasma membrane fusion machinery that are differentially localized in polarized cells, suggesting that they may play a central role in targeting specificity.

scholarly journals An efficient method for introducing defined lipids into the plasma membrane of mammalian cells.

1983 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. 1365-1374 ◽  
Author(s):  
G van Meer ◽  
K Simons
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Efficient Method ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Lipid Vesicles ◽  
Apical Plasma Membrane ◽  
Kidney Cells ◽  
Madin Darby Canine Kidney ◽  
Ha Protein ◽  
Darby Canine Kidney ◽  
Canine Kidney

An efficient method has been devised to introduce lipid molecules into the plasma membrane of mammalian cells. This method has been applied to fuse lipid vesicles with the apical plasma membrane of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. The cells were infected with fowl plague or influenza N virus. 4 h after infection, the hemagglutinin (HA) spike glycoprotein of the virus was present in the apical plasma membrane of the cells. Lipid vesicles containing egg phosphatidylcholine, cholesterol, and an HA receptor (ganglioside) were then bound to the cells at 0 degrees C. More than 85% of the vesicles were released by external neuraminidase at 0 degrees C or by simply warming the cells to 37 degrees C for 10 s, probably because of the action of the viral neuraminidase at the cell surface. However, when the cells were warmed to 37 degrees C in a pH 5.3 medium for 30 s, 50% of the bound vesicles could no longer be released by external neuraminidase. This only occurred when the HA protein had been cleaved into its HA1 and HA2 subunits. When we used influenza N virus, whose HA is not cleaved in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells, cleavage with external trypsin was required. The fact that the HA protein has fusogenic properties at low pH only in its cleaved form suggests that fusion of the vesicles with the plasma membrane had taken place. Further confirmation for fusion was obtained using an assay based on the decrease of energy transfer between two fluorescent phospholipids in a vesicle upon fusion of the vesicle with the plasma membrane (Struck, D. K., D. Hoekstra, and R. E. Pagano. 1981. Biochemistry, 20:4093-4099).

scholarly journals Transcytosis of the G protein of vesicular stomatitis virus after implantation into the apical plasma membrane of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. I. Involvement of endosomes and lysosomes.

1984 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 796-782 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Pesonen ◽  
W Ansorge ◽  
K Simons
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Vesicular Stomatitis Virus ◽  
Basolateral Membrane ◽  
Apical Plasma Membrane ◽  
Kidney Cells ◽  
Madin Darby Canine Kidney ◽  
Vesicular Stomatitis ◽  
Darby Canine Kidney ◽  
Canine Kidney

The G protein of vesicular stomatitis virus, implanted into the apical plasma membrane of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells, is rapidly transcytosed to the basolateral membrane. In this and the accompanying paper (Pesonen, M., R. Bravo, and K. Simons, 1984, J. Cell Biol. 99:803-809.) we have studied the intracellular route by which the G protein traverses during transcytosis. Using Percoll density gradient centrifugation and free flow electrophoresis we could demonstrate that the G protein is endocytosed into a nonlysosomal compartment with a density of approximately 1.05 g/cm3, which has many of the characteristics of endosomes. Transcytosis to the basolateral membrane appeared to occur from this compartment. No direct evidence for the involvement of lysosomes in the transcytotic route could be obtained. No G protein was detected in the lysosomes when transcytosis of G protein was occurring. Moreover, at 21 degrees C when passage of G protein to the lysosomes was shown to be arrested, transcytosis of G protein could still be demonstrated.

scholarly journals Transepithelial transport of a viral membrane glycoprotein implanted into the apical plasma membrane of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. II. Immunological quantitation.

1983 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 638-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Pesonen ◽  
K Simons
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Binding Assay ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Apical Plasma Membrane ◽  
Kidney Cells ◽  
Apical Surface ◽  
Madin Darby Canine Kidney ◽  
Darby Canine Kidney ◽  
Canine Kidney

The envelope of vesicular stomatitis virus was fused with the apical plasma membrane of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells by low pH treatment. The fate of the implanted G protein was then followed using a protein A-binding assay, which was designed to quantitate the amount of G protein in the apical and the basolateral membranes. The implanted G protein was rapidly internalized at 31 degrees C, whereas at 10 degrees C no uptake was observed. Already after 15 min at 31 degrees C, a fraction of the G protein could be detected at the basolateral membrane. After 60 min 25-48% of the G protein was basolateral as measured by the protein A-binding assay. At the same time, 25-33% of the implanted G protein was detected at the apical membrane. Internalization of G protein was not affected by 20 mM ammonium chloride or by 10 microM monensin. However, the endocytosed G protein accumulated in intracellular vacuoles and redistribution back to the plasma membrane was inhibited. We conclude that the implanted G protein was rapidly internalized from the apical surface of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells and a major fraction was routed to the basolateral domain.

Polarity of endogenous and exogenous glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol-anchored membrane proteins in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells

1990 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-149
Author(s):  
J.M. Wilson ◽  
N. Fasel ◽  
J.P. Kraehenbuhl
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Common Mechanism ◽  
Apical Plasma Membrane ◽  
Kidney Cells ◽  
Apical Surface ◽  
Madin Darby Canine Kidney ◽  
Transfected Cells ◽  
Glycosyl Phosphatidylinositol ◽  
Darby Canine Kidney ◽  
Canine Kidney

Madin-Darby canine kidney cells (MDCK) were transfected with a cDNA encoding the glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored protein mouse Thy-1 in order to study the steady-state surface distribution of exogenous and endogenous GPI-linked proteins. Immunofluorescence of transfected cells grown on collagen-coated coverslips showed that expression of Thy-1 was variable throughout the epithelium, with some cells expressing large amounts of Thy-1 adjacent to very faintly staining cells. Selective surface iodination of cells grown on collagen-coated or uncoated transwell filters followed by immunoprecipitation of Thy-1 demonstrated that all the Thy-1 was present exclusively in the apical plasma membrane. Although cells grown on uncoated filters had much smaller amounts of Thy-1, it was consistently localized on the apical surfaces. Immunofluorescent localization of Thy-1 on 1 micron frozen sections of filter-grown cells demonstrated that all the Thy-1 was on the apical surface and there was no detectable intracellular pool. Phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C digestion of intact iodinated monolayers released Thy-1 only into the apical medium, indicating that Thy-1 was processed normally in transfected cells and was anchored by a GPI-tail. In agreement with previous findings, endogenous GPI-linked proteins were found only on the apical plasma membrane. These results suggest that there is a common mechanism for sorting and targeting of GPI-linked proteins in polarized epithelial cells.

scholarly journals Lack of Adherence of Clinical Isolates ofPseudomonas aeruginosa to Asialo-GM1 on Epithelial Cells

2001 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 719-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torsten H. Schroeder ◽  
Tanweer Zaidi ◽  
Gerald B. Pier
Keyword(s):  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Apical Membrane ◽  
Clinical Isolates ◽  
Kidney Cells ◽  
Direct Inhibition ◽  
Madin Darby Canine Kidney ◽  
Whole Cells ◽  
Inhibition Studies ◽  
Darby Canine Kidney ◽  
Canine Kidney

ABSTRACT Numerous studies have reported that asialo-GM1, gangliotetraosylceramide, or moieties serve as epithelial cell receptors for Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Usually this interaction is confirmed with antibodies to asialo-GM1. However, few, if any, of these reports have evaluated the binding of fresh clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa to asialo-GM1 or the specificity of the antibodies for the asialo-GM1 antigen. We confirmed that asialo-GM1 dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide could be added to the apical membrane of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells growing as a polarized epithelium on Transwell membranes (J. C. Comolli, L. L. Waite, K. E. Mostov, and J. N. Engel, Infect. Immun. 67:3207–3214, 1999) and that such treatment enhanced the binding of P. aeruginosa strain PA103. However, no otherP. aeruginosa strain, including eight different clinical isolates, exhibited enhanced binding to asialo-GM1-treated cells. Studies with commercially available antibodies to asialo-GM1 showed that these preparations had high titers of antibody to P. aeruginosa antigens, including whole cells, purified lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and pili. Inhibition studies showed that adsorption of an antiserum to asialo-GM1 withP. aeruginosa cells could remove the reactivity of antibodies to asialo-GM1, and adsorption of this serum with asialo-GM1 removed antibody binding to P. aeruginosa LPS. Antibodies in sera raised to asialo-GM1 were observed to bind to P. aeruginosa cells by immunoelectron microscopy. Antibodies to asialo-GM1 inhibited formation of a biofilm by P. aeruginosa in the absence of mammalian cells, indicating a direct inhibition of bacterial cell-cell interactions. These findings demonstrate that asialo-GM1 is not a major cellular receptor for clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa and that commercially available antibodies raised to this antigen contain high titers of antibody to multiple P. aeruginosa antigens, which do not interfere with the binding of P. aeruginosa to mammalian cells but possibly interfere with the binding of P. aeruginosa cells to each other.

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