scholarly journals Cross Talk between Sphingolipids and Glycerophospholipids in the Establishment of Plasma Membrane Asymmetry

2004 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 4949-4959 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akio Kihara ◽  
Yasuyuki Igarashi
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Cross Talk ◽  
Abc Transporters ◽  
Transcriptional Factor ◽  
Drug Efflux ◽  
Lipid Asymmetry ◽  
Membrane Asymmetry ◽  
P Type ◽  
Yeast Mutants ◽  
Long Chain

Glycerophospholipids and sphingolipids are distributed asymmetrically between the two leaflets of the lipid bilayer. Recent studies revealed that certain P-type ATPases and ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are involved in the inward movement (flip) and outward movement (flop) of glycerophospholipids, respectively. In this study of phytosphingosine (PHS)-resistant yeast mutants, we isolated mutants for PDR5, an ABC transporter involved in drug efflux as well as in the flop of phosphatidylethanolamine. The pdr5 mutants exhibited an increase in the efflux of sphingoid long-chain bases (LCBs). Genetic analysis revealed that the PHS-resistant phenotypes exhibited by the pdr5 mutants were dependent on Rsb1p, a putative LCB-specific transporter/translocase. We found that the expression of Rsb1p was increased in the pdr5 mutants. We also demonstrated that expression of RSB1 is under the control of the transcriptional factor Pdr1p. Expression of Rsb1p also was enhanced in mutants for the genes involved in the flip of glycerophospholipids, including ROS3, DNF1, and DNF2. These results suggest that altered glycerophospholipid asymmetry induces the expression of Rsb1p. Conversely, overexpression of Rsb1p resulted in increased flip and decreased flop of fluorescence-labeled glycerophospholipids. Thus, there seems to be cross talk between sphingolipids and glycerophospholipids in maintaining the functional lipid asymmetry of the plasma membrane.

scholarly journals The PQ-loop protein Any1 segregates Drs2 and Neo1 functions required for viability and plasma membrane phospholipid asymmetry

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 1032-1042 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Takar ◽  
Yannan Huang ◽  
Todd R. Graham
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Protein Interactions ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Protein Protein Interactions ◽  
Membrane Asymmetry ◽  
Growth Defects ◽  
Type Iv ◽  
Organizational Feature ◽  
Membrane Type ◽  
P Type

Membrane asymmetry is a key organizational feature of the plasma membrane. Type IV P-type ATPases (P4-ATPases) are phospholipid flippases that establish membrane asymmetry by translocating phospholipids, such as phosphatidylserine (PS) and phospatidylethanolamine, from the exofacial leaflet to the cytosolic leaflet. Saccharomyces cerevisiae expresses five P4-ATPases: Drs2, Neo1, Dnf1, Dnf2, and Dnf3. The inactivation of Neo1 is lethal, suggesting Neo1 mediates an essential function not exerted by the other P4-ATPases. However, the disruption of ANY1, which encodes a PQ-loop membrane protein, allows the growth of neo1Δ and reveals functional redundancy between Golgi-localized Neo1 and Drs2. Here we show Drs2 PS flippase activity is required to support neo1Δ any1Δ viability. Additionally, a Dnf1 variant with enhanced PS flipping ability can replace Drs2 and Neo1 function in any1Δ cells. any1Δ also suppresses drs2Δ growth defects but not the loss of membrane asymmetry. Any1 overexpression perturbs the growth of cells but does not disrupt membrane asymmetry. Any1 coimmunoprecipitates with Neo1, an association prevented by the Any1-inactivating mutation D84G. These results indicate a critical role for PS flippase activity in Golgi membranes to sustain viability and suggests Any1 regulates Golgi membrane remodeling through protein-protein interactions rather than a previously proposed scramblase activity.

scholarly journals Protein kinase Gin4 negatively regulates flippase function and controls plasma membrane asymmetry

2015 ◽  
Vol 208 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Françoise M. Roelants ◽  
Brooke M. Su ◽  
Joachim von Wulffen ◽  
Subramaniam Ramachandran ◽  
Elodie Sartorel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Membrane Lipid ◽  
Negative Regulator ◽  
Membrane Function ◽  
Membrane Asymmetry ◽  
Growth Deficiency ◽  
Bud Emergence ◽  
P Type

Plasma membrane function requires distinct leaflet lipid compositions. Two of the P-type ATPases (flippases) in yeast, Dnf1 and Dnf2, translocate aminoglycerophospholipids from the outer to the inner leaflet, stimulated via phosphorylation by cortically localized protein kinase Fpk1. By monitoring Fpk1 activity in vivo, we found that Fpk1 was hyperactive in cells lacking Gin4, a protein kinase previously implicated in septin collar assembly. Gin4 colocalized with Fpk1 at the cortical site of future bud emergence and phosphorylated Fpk1 at multiple sites, which we mapped. As judged by biochemical and phenotypic criteria, a mutant (Fpk111A), in which 11 sites were mutated to Ala, was hyperactive, causing increased inward transport of phosphatidylethanolamine. Thus, Gin4 is a negative regulator of Fpk1 and therefore an indirect negative regulator of flippase function. Moreover, we found that decreasing flippase function rescued the growth deficiency of four different cytokinesis mutants, which suggests that the primary function of Gin4 is highly localized control of membrane lipid asymmetry and is necessary for optimal cytokinesis.

scholarly journals Plasma membrane aminoglycerolipid flippase function is required for signaling competence in the yeast mating pheromone response pathway

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elodie Sartorel ◽  
Evelyne Barrey ◽  
Rebecca K. Lau ◽  
Jeremy Thorner
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Triple Mutant ◽  
Membrane Asymmetry ◽  
Outer Leaflet ◽  
Pheromone Signaling ◽  
Elevated Rate ◽  
And Function ◽  
Phosphatidylinositol 4 ◽  
P Type ◽  
Pronounced Reduction

The class 4 P-type ATPases (“flippases”) maintain membrane asymmetry by translocating phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylserine from the outer leaflet to the cytosolic leaflet of the plasma membrane. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, five related gene products (Dnf1, Dnf2, Dnf3, Drs2, and Neo1) are implicated in flipping of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylserine, and phosphatidylcholine. In MATa cells responding to α-factor, we found that Dnf1, Dnf2, and Dnf3, as well as the flippase-activating protein kinase Fpk1, localize at the projection (“shmoo”) tip where polarized growth is occurring and where Ste5 (the central scaffold protein of the pheromone-initiated MAPK cascade) is recruited. Although viable, a MATa dnf1∆ dnf2∆ dnf3∆ triple mutant exhibited a marked decrease in its ability to respond to α-factor, which we could attribute to pronounced reduction in Ste5 stability resulting from an elevated rate of its Cln2⋅Cdc28-initiated degradation. Similarly, a MATa dnf1∆ dnf3∆ drs2∆ triple mutant also displayed marked reduction in its ability to respond to α-factor, which we could attribute to inefficient recruitment of Ste5 to the plasma membrane due to severe mislocalization of the cellular phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate pools. Thus proper remodeling of plasma membrane aminoglycerolipids and phosphoinositides is necessary for efficient recruitment, stability, and function of the pheromone signaling apparatus.

scholarly journals Putative PmrA and PmcA are important for normal growth, morphogenesis and cell wall integrity, but not for viability in Aspergillus nidulans

Microbiology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 160 (11) ◽  
pp. 2387-2395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hechun Jiang ◽  
Feifei Liu ◽  
Shizhu Zhang ◽  
Ling Lu
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Aspergillus Nidulans ◽  
Normal Growth ◽  
Cell Wall Integrity ◽  
Plasma Membrane Atpase ◽  
Growth Defects ◽  
Double Deletion ◽  
Intracellular Ca ◽  
P Type

P-type Ca2+-transporting ATPases are Ca2+ pumps, extruding cytosolic Ca2+ to the extracellular environment or the intracellular Ca2+ store lumens. In budding yeast, Pmr1 (plasma membrane ATPase related), and Pmc1 (plasma membrane calcium-ATPase) cannot be deleted simultaneously for it to survive in standard medium. Here, we deleted two putative Ca2+ pumps, designated AnPmrA and AnPmcA, from Aspergillus nidulans, and obtained the mutants ΔanpmrA and ΔanpmcA, respectively. Then, using ΔanpmrA as the starting strain, the promoter of its anpmcA was replaced with the alcA promoter to secure the mutant ΔanpmrAalcApmcA or its anpmcA was deleted completely to produce the mutant ΔanpmrAΔpmcA. Different from the case in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, double deletion of anpmrA and anpmcA was not lethal in A. nidulans. In addition, deletion of anpmrA and/or anpmcA had produced growth defects, although overexpression of AnPmc1 in ΔanpmrAalcApmcA could not restore the growth defects that resulted from the loss of AnPmrA. Moreover, we found AnPmrA was indispensable for maintenance of normal morphogenesis, especially in low-Ca2+/Mn2+ environments. Thus, our findings suggest AnPmrA and AnPmcA might play important roles in growth, morphogenesis and cell wall integrity in A. nidulans in a different way from that in yeasts.

scholarly journals Apoptosis-like, reversible changes in plasma membrane asymmetry and permeability, and transient modifications in mitochondrial membrane potential induced by curcumin in rat thymocytes

FEBS Letters ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 433 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Jaruga ◽  
Stefano Salvioli ◽  
Jurek Dobrucki ◽  
Sławomir Chrul ◽  
Joanna Bandorowicz-Pikuła ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Membrane Potential ◽  
Mitochondrial Membrane Potential ◽  
Mitochondrial Membrane ◽  
Membrane Asymmetry

scholarly journals Localization of adipocyte long-chain fatty acyl-CoA synthetase at the plasma membrane

1999 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 881-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina E. Gargiulo ◽  
Sarah M. Stuhlsatz-Krouper ◽  
Jean E. Schaffer
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Fatty Acyl ◽  
Long Chain

scholarly journals Two B-type ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters localize to the plasma membrane in Thalictrum minus

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobukazu Shitan ◽  
Kazuyoshi Terasaka ◽  
Hirobumi Yamamoto ◽  
Fumihiko Sato ◽  
Kazufumi Yazaki
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Abc Transporters ◽  
Atp Binding ◽  
Thalictrum Minus ◽  
Atp Binding Cassette
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