scholarly journals Mycobacterium's Arrest of Phagosome Maturation in Macrophages Requires Rab5 Activity and Accessibility to Iron

2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 3366-3377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria A. Kelley ◽  
Jeffrey S. Schorey

Many mycobacteria are intramacrophage pathogens that reside within nonacidified phagosomes that fuse with early endosomes but do not mature to phagolysosomes. The mechanism by which mycobacteria block this maturation process remains elusive. To gain insight into whether fusion with early endosomes is required for mycobacteria-mediated inhibition of phagosome maturation, we investigated how perturbing the GTPase cycles of Rab5 and Rab7, GTPases that regulate early and late endosome fusion, respectively, would affect phagosome maturation. Retroviral transduction of the constitutively activated forms of both GTPases into primary murine macrophages had no effect on Mycobacterium avium retention in an early endosomal compartment. Interestingly, expression of dominant negative Rab5, Rab5(S34N), but not dominant negative Rab7, resulted in a significant increase in colocalization of M. avium with markers of late endosomes/lysosomes and increased mycobacterial killing. This colocalization was specific to mycobacteria since Rab5(S34N) expressing cells showed diminished trafficking of endocytic tracers to lysosomes. We further demonstrated that maturation of M. avium phagosomes was halted in Rab5(S34N) expressing macrophages supplemented with exogenous iron. These findings suggest that fusion with early endosomes is required for mycobacterial retention in early phagosomal compartments and that an inadequate supply of iron is one factor in mycobacteria's inability to prevent the normal maturation process in Rab5(S34N)-expressing macrophages.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frode Miltzow Skjeldal ◽  
Linda Hofstad Haugen ◽  
Duarte Mateus ◽  
Dominik Frei ◽  
Oddmund Bakke

AbstractRab5 and Rab7a are the main determinants of early and late endosomes and are important regulators of endosomal progression. The transport from early endosomes to late endosome seems to be regulated through an endosomal maturation switch where Rab5 is exchanged with Rab7a on the same endosome. Here we provide new insight into the mechanism of endosomal maturation where we have discovered a stepwise Rab5 detachment, sequentially regulated by Rab7a. The initial detachment of Rab5 is Rab7a independent and demonstrate a diffusion-like exchange between cytosol and endosomal membrane, and the second phase is slower where Rab5 converges into a specific domain that specifically detaches as a Rab5 indigenous endosome. Consequently, we show that early endosomal maturation regulated through the Rab5 to Rab7a switch induce the formation of a new fully functional early endosome. Progression through a stepwise early endosomal maturation regulates the direction of the transport and concomitantly regulates the homeostasis of early endosomes.


2021 ◽  
pp. jcs.254185
Author(s):  
Frode Miltzow Skjeldal ◽  
Linda Hofstad Haugen ◽  
Duarte Mateus ◽  
Dominik M. Frei ◽  
Anna Vik Rødseth ◽  
...  

Rab5 and Rab7a are the main determinants of early and late endosomes and are important regulators of endosomal progression. The transport from early endosomes to late endosome seems to be regulated through an endosomal maturation switch where Rab5 is gradually exchanged with Rab7a on the same endosome. Here we provide new insight into the mechanism of endosomal maturation where we have discovered a stepwise Rab5 detachment, sequentially regulated by Rab7a. The initial detachment of Rab5 is Rab7a independent and demonstrate a diffusion-like exchange between cytosol and endosomal membrane, and a second phase where Rab5 converges into specific domains that detaches as a Rab5 indigenous endosome. Consequently, we show that early endosomal maturation regulated through the Rab5 to Rab7a switch induce the formation of new fully functional rab5 positive early endosomes. Progression through a stepwise early endosomal maturation regulates the direction of the transport and concomitantly regulates the homeostasis of early endosomes.


2016 ◽  
Vol 119 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Babette C Hammerling ◽  
Melissa Q Cortez ◽  
Rita H Najor ◽  
Åsa B Gustafsson

Functional mitochondria are essential for highly metabolic organs such as the heart. When mitochondria are damaged they can release pro-death factors and reactive oxygen species which in turn can result in cell death. The E3 ubiquitin ligase Parkin plays an important role in clearing damaged mitochondria via the autophagy pathway to protect cells against unnecessary cell death. Interestingly, we have found that Parkin can mediate clearance of damaged mitochondria via an autophagy-independent pathway. In fact, Parkin promotes clearance of depolarized mitochondria at the same rate in both wild-type (WT) and autophagy deficient Atg5-/- mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) in response to the mitochondrial uncoupler FCCP. We also found that Parkin-mediated ubiquitination is critical for this process as disease associated mutants of Parkin were incapable of inducing mitochondrial clearance in Atg5-/- MEFs. Upon further investigation, we observed a significant increase in the number of Rab5+ early- and Rab7+ late endosomes in both WT and Atg5-/- MEFs after depolarization of mitochondria with FCCP or valinomycin, indicating activation of the endosomal-lysosomal degradation pathway. We did not observe activation of the endosomal pathway after exposure to actinomycin D, an inhibitor RNA synthesis and activator of apoptosis, confirming that mitochondrial damage specifically activates the endosomal degradation pathway. We also observed activation of the endosomal pathway in neonatal myocytes in response to FCCP treatment or after exposure to simulated ischemia/reperfusion (sI/R). Overexpression of the dominant negative Rab5S34N significantly enhanced sI/R-mediated cell death, suggesting that this is a protective pathway activated by cells in response to stress. Moreover, Beclin1 is well known to regulate activation of autophagy. Here, we found that knockdown of Beclin1 inhibited both the number of Rab5+ early endosomes and their colocalization with mitochondria in response to either FCCP or sI/R in myocytes, suggesting that Beclin1 is a critical upstream regulator of the endosomal degradation pathway. Thus, our data suggest that Parkin mediates clearance of damaged mitochondria via both the autophagy and endosomal pathways in cells.


2015 ◽  
Vol 117 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Babette C Hammerling ◽  
Melissa Q Cortez ◽  
Rita A Hanna ◽  
Eileen R Gonzalez ◽  
Åsa B Gustafsson

Damaged mitochondria release reactive oxygen species and pro-death factors which can lead to loss of cardiac myocytes. To protect against such damage, myocytes have developed several mechanisms of quality control that act both on the protein and organelle levels. We have previously identified the E3 ubiquitin ligase Parkin as an important regulator of mitochondrial clearance via autophagy in the myocardium. Here, we report that Parkin can also mediate clearance of mitochondria via the endosomal-lysosomal pathway. We found that Parkin promotes clearance of damaged mitochondria in both wild type (WT) and autophagy-deficient Atg5 knockout mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) treated with the mitochondria uncoupler FCCP. Mitochondrial damage leads to rapid activation of the endosomal-lysosomal pathway in both WT and Atg5-/- MEFs. We further observed increased activation of Rab5, a protein involved in early endosome formation, in both WT and Atg5-/- MEFs after treatment with FCCP. In addition, we observed sequestration of damaged mitochondria in Rab5+ and Rab7+ early and late endosomes, respectively. Mitochondria also colocalized with Lamp2+ vesicles in Atg5-/- MEFs indicating that the mitochondria are ultimately being delivered to the lysosomes for degradation. Overexpression of Rab5S34N, a dominant negative of Rab5, reduces FCCP-mediated clearance and increases cell death in Atg5-/- MEFs. Pharmacological inhibition of the endosomal-lysosomal pathway also results in increased FCCP-mediated cell death. Furthermore, we confirmed that FCCP treatment or simulated ischemia reperfusion exposure induces Rab5 activation with subsequent mitochondrial sequestration in early endosomes in neonatal myocytes. Interestingly, the activation of Rab5 is abrogated in the presence of the mitochondrial targeted antioxidant Mito-Tempo, suggesting that mitochondrial ROS is involved in the activation the endosomal pathway. Mitochondrial clearance via this pathway is also dependent on Parkin, as FCCP treatment fails to activate Rab5 and induce mitochondrial clearance in both WT and Atg5-/- MEFS in the absence of Parkin. Thus, our data suggest that Parkin can mediate clearance of damaged mitochondria via two distinct pathways in cells.


2013 ◽  
Vol 304 (11) ◽  
pp. G980-G990 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Lissner ◽  
C.-J. Hsieh ◽  
L. Nold ◽  
K. Bannert ◽  
P. Bodammer ◽  
...  

Electroneutral NaCl absorption in the ileum and colon is mediated by downregulated in adenoma (DRA) (Cl-/HCO3- exchanger; SLC26A3) and Na+/H+ exchanger 3 (NHE3, SLC9A3). Surface expression of transport proteins undergoes basal and regulated recycling by endo- and exocytosis. Expression and activity of DRA in the plasma membrane depend on intact lipid rafts, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-kinase), and the PDZ interaction of DRA. However, it is unknown how the PDZ interaction of DRA affects its trafficking to the cell surface. Therefore, the (re)cycling pathway of DRA was investigated in HEK cells stably expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-DRA or EGFP-DRA-ETKFminus (a mutant lacking the PDZ interaction motif). Early, late, and recycling endosomes were immunoisolated by precipitating stably transfected mCherry-hemagglutinin (HA)-Rab5a, -7a, or -11a. EGFP-DRA and EGFP-DRA-ETKFminus were equally present in early endosomes. In recycling endosomes, wild-type DRA was preferentially present, whereas, in late endosomes, DRA-ETKF-minus dominated. Correspondingly, EGFP-DRA colocalized with mCherry-HA-Rab11a in recycling endosomes, whereas EGFP-DRA-ETKFminus colocalized with mCherry-HA-Rab7a in late endosomes. Functionally, this different distribution was reflected by a shorter half-life of the mutant DRA. Transient expression of dominant-negative Rab11aS25N inhibited the activity (-17%, P < 0.05) and the cell surface expression of DRA (-30%, P < 0.05). Transient transfection of Rab4a or its dominant-negative mutant Rab4aS22N was without effect and thus excluded participation of the rapid recycling pathway. Taken together, the PDZ interaction of DRA facilitates its movement into Rab11a-positive recycling endosomes, from where it is inserted in the plasma membrane. A scenario emerges where specific PDZ adaptor proteins are present along several compartments of the endocytosis-recycling pathway.


2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (15) ◽  
pp. 4636-4641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Jeschke ◽  
Nicole Zehethofer ◽  
Buko Lindner ◽  
Jessica Krupp ◽  
Dominik Schwudke ◽  
...  

Professional phagocytic cells ingest microbial intruders by engulfing them into phagosomes, which subsequently mature into microbicidal phagolysosomes. Phagosome maturation requires sequential fusion of the phagosome with early endosomes, late endosomes, and lysosomes. Although various phosphoinositides (PIPs) have been detected on phagosomes, it remained unclear which PIPs actually govern phagosome maturation. Here, we analyzed the involvement of PIPs in fusion of phagosomes with various endocytic compartments and identified phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate [PI(4)P], phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate [PI(3)P], and the lipid kinases that generate these PIPs, as mediators of phagosome–lysosome fusion. Phagosome–early endosome fusion required PI(3)P, yet did not depend on PI(4)P. Thus, PI(3)P regulates phagosome maturation at early and late stages, whereas PI(4)P is selectively required late in the pathway.


2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 1019-1021 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Paul Luzio ◽  
Michael D.J. Parkinson ◽  
Sally R. Gray ◽  
Nicholas A. Bright

In mammalian cells, endocytosed cargo that is internalized through clathrin-coated pits/vesicles passes through early endosomes and then to late endosomes, before delivery to lysosomes for degradation by proteases. Late endosomes are MVBs (multivesicular bodies) with ubiquitinated membrane proteins destined for lysosomal degradation being sorted into their luminal vesicles by the ESCRT (endosomal sorting complex required for transport) machinery. Cargo is delivered from late endosomes to lysosomes by kissing and direct fusion. These processes have been studied in live cell experiments and a cell-free system. Late endosome–lysosome fusion is preceded by tethering that probably requires mammalian orthologues of the yeast HOPS (homotypic fusion and vacuole protein sorting) complex. Heterotypic late endosome–lysosome membrane fusion is mediated by a trans-SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor-attachment protein receptor) complex comprising Syntaxin7, Vti1b, Syntaxin8 and VAMP7 (vesicle-associated membrane protein 7). This differs from the trans-SNARE complex required for homotypic late endosome fusion in which VAMP8 replaces VAMP7. VAMP7 is also required for lysosome fusion with the plasma membrane and its retrieval from the plasma membrane to lysosomes is mediated by its folded N-terminal longin domain. Co-ordinated interaction of the ESCRT, HOPS and SNARE complexes is required for cargo delivery to lysosomes.


2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 467-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Bucci ◽  
Peter Thomsen ◽  
Paolo Nicoziani ◽  
Janice McCarthy ◽  
Bo van Deurs

The molecular machinery behind lysosome biogenesis and the maintenance of the perinuclear aggregate of late endocytic structures is not well understood. A likely candidate for being part of this machinery is the small GTPase Rab7, but it is unclear whether this protein is associated with lysosomes or plays any role in the regulation of the perinuclear lysosome compartment. Previously, Rab7 has mainly been implicated in transport from early to late endosomes. We have now used a new approach to analyze the role of Rab7: transient expression of Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein (EGFP)–tagged Rab7 wt and mutant proteins in HeLa cells. EGFP-Rab7 wt was associated with late endocytic structures, mainly lysosomes, which aggregated and fused in the perinuclear region. The size of the individual lysosomes as well as the degree of perinuclear aggregation increased with the expression levels of EGFP-Rab7 wt and, more dramatically, the active EGFP-Rab7Q67L mutant. In contrast, upon expression of the dominant-negative mutants EGFP-Rab7T22N and EGFP-Rab7N125I, which localized mainly to the cytosol, the perinuclear lysosome aggregate disappeared and lysosomes, identified by colocalization of cathepsin D and lysosome-associated membrane protein–1, became dispersed throughout the cytoplasm, they were inaccessible to endocytosed molecules such as low-density lipoprotein, and their acidity was strongly reduced, as determined by decreased accumulation of the acidotropic probe LysoTracker Red. In contrast, early endosomes associated with Rab5 and the transferrin receptor, late endosomes enriched in the cation-independent mannose 6-phosphate receptor, and thetrans-Golgi network, identified by its enrichment in TGN-38, were unchanged. These data demonstrate for the first time that Rab7, controlling aggregation and fusion of late endocytic structures/lysosomes, is essential for maintenance of the perinuclear lysosome compartment.


2006 ◽  
Vol 80 (23) ◽  
pp. 11571-11578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Meertens ◽  
Claire Bertaux ◽  
Tatjana Dragic

ABSTRACT Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major human pathogen associated with life-threatening liver disease. Entry into hepatocytes requires CD81 and a putative second receptor. In this study, we elucidated the postreceptor attachment stages of HCV entry using HCV pseudoparticles (HCVpp) as a model system. By means of dominant-negative mutants and short interfering RNAs of various cellular proteins, we showed that HCVpp enter via clathrin-coated vesicles and require delivery to early but not to late endosomes. However, the kinetics of HCV envelope glycoprotein-mediated fusion are delayed compared to those of other viruses that enter in early endosomes. Entry of HCVpp can be efficiently blocked by bafilomycin A1, which neutralizes the pH in early endosomes and impairs progression of endocytosis beyond this stage. However, low-pH exposure of bafilomycin A1-treated target cells does not induce entry of HCVpp at the plasma membrane or in the early stages of endocytosis. These observations indicate that, subsequent to internalization, HCVpp entry necessitates additional, low-pH-dependent interactions, modifications, or trafficking, and that these events are irreversibly disrupted by bafilomycin A1 treatment.


2009 ◽  
Vol 390 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Spang

Abstract Proteins are endocytosed by various pathways into the cell. All these pathways converge at the level of the early endosome. The fate of the early endosome and how proteins are sorted into recycling and late endosomes/multi-vesicular body is a matter of debate and intense research. Obviously, the transition from early to late endosome poses an interesting logistic problem and would merit attention on an intellectual level. Numerous diseases are also caused by defects in turning off/over signaling molecules or mis-sorting of proteins at the level of the early endosome. This brief review aims to discuss different molecular mechanisms whereby early-to-late endosome transition could be achieved.


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