scholarly journals Antagonistic Functions of Two Stardust Isoforms in Drosophila Photoreceptor Cells

2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (22) ◽  
pp. 3915-3925 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia A. Bulgakova ◽  
Michaela Rentsch ◽  
Elisabeth Knust
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Retinal Degeneration ◽  
Protein Complexes ◽  
Photoreceptor Cells ◽  
Modular Organization ◽  
Apical Plasma Membrane ◽  
Scaffolding Proteins ◽  
Restricted Region ◽  
Stalk Length

Membrane-associated guanylate kinases (MAGUKs) are scaffolding proteins that organize supramolecular protein complexes, thereby partitioning the plasma membrane into spatially and functionally distinct subdomains. Their modular organization is ideally suited to organize protein complexes with cell type- or stage-specific composition, or both. Often more than one MAGUK isoform is expressed by one gene in the same cell, yet very little is known about their individual in vivo functions. Here, we show that two isoforms of Drosophila stardust, Sdt-H (formerly called Sdt-B2) and Sdt-D, which differ in their N terminus, are expressed in adult photoreceptors. Both isoforms associate with Crumbs and PATJ, constituents of the conserved Crumbs–Stardust complex. However, they form distinct complexes, localized at the stalk, a restricted region of the apical plasma membrane. Strikingly, Sdt-H and Sdt-D have antagonistic functions. While Sdt-H overexpression increases stalk membrane length and prevents light-dependent retinal degeneration, Sdt-D overexpression reduces stalk length and enhances light-dependent retinal degeneration. These results suggest that a fine-tuned balance of different Crumbs complexes regulates photoreceptor homeostasis.

Aldosterone induces rapid apical translocation of ENaC in early portion of renal collecting system: possible role of SGK

2001 ◽  
Vol 280 (4) ◽  
pp. F675-F682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Loffing ◽  
Marija Zecevic ◽  
Eric Féraille ◽  
Brigitte Kaissling ◽  
Carol Asher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Surface Expression ◽  
Apical Plasma Membrane ◽  
Sodium Reabsorption ◽  
Xenopus Laevis Oocytes ◽  
Subunit Expression ◽  
Early Portion ◽  
Potassium Secretion ◽  
Early Effects

Aldosterone controls sodium reabsorption and potassium secretion in the aldosterone-sensitive distal nephron (ASDN). Although clearance measurements have shown that aldosterone induces these transports within 30–60 min, no early effects have been demonstrated in vivo at the level of the apical epithelial sodium channel (ENaC), the main effector of this regulation. Here we show by real-time RT-PCR and immunofluorescence that an aldosterone injection in adrenalectomized rats induces α-ENaC subunit expression along the entire ASDN within 2 h, whereas β- and γ-ENaC are constitutively expressed. In the proximal ASDN portions only, ENaC is shifted toward the apical cellular pole and the apical plasma membrane within 2 and 4 h, respectively. To address the question of whether the early aldosterone-induced serum and glucocorticoid-regulated kinase (SGK) might mediate this apical shift of ENaC, we analyzed SGK induction in vivo. Two hours after aldosterone, SGK was highly induced in all segment-specific cells of the ASDN, and its level decreased thereafter. In Xenopus laevis oocytes, SGK induced ENaC activation and surface expression by a kinase activity-dependent mechanism. In conclusion, the rapid in vivo accumulation of SGK and α-ENaC after aldosterone injection takes place along the entire ASDN, whereas the translocation of α,β,γ-ENaC to the apical plasma membrane is restricted to its proximal portions. Results from oocyte experiments suggest the hypothesis that a localized activation of SGK may play a role in the mediation of ENaC translocation.

In vivo shedding of apical plasma membrane in the thyroid follicle cells of the mouse

1984 ◽  
Vol 236 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikael Nilsson ◽  
Torsten �fverholm ◽  
LarsE. Ericson
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Follicle Cells ◽  
Apical Plasma Membrane ◽  
Thyroid Follicle

Low aquaporin-2 levels in polyuric DI +/+ severe mice with constitutively high cAMP-phosphodiesterase activity

1999 ◽  
Vol 276 (2) ◽  
pp. F179-F190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jørgen Frøkiaer ◽  
David Marples ◽  
Heinz Valtin ◽  
John F. Morris ◽  
Mark A. Knepper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Northern Blotting ◽  
Apical Plasma Membrane ◽  
Phosphodiesterase Activity ◽  
Camp Phosphodiesterase ◽  
Aquaporin 2 ◽  
Acute Response ◽  
Camp Levels

In the renal collecting duct, vasopressin acutely activates cAMP production, resulting in trafficking of aquaporin-2 water channels (AQP2) to the apical plasma membrane, thereby increasing water permeability. This acute response is modulated by long-term changes in AQP2 expression. Recently, a cAMP-responsive element has been identified in the AQP2 gene, raising the possibility that changes in cAMP levels may control AQP2 expression. To investigate this possibility, we determined AQP2 protein levels in a strain of mice, DI +/+ severe (DI), which have genetically high levels of cAMP-phosphodiesterase activity, and hence low cellular cAMP levels, and severe polyuria. Semiquantitative immunoblotting of membrane fractions prepared from whole kidneys revealed that AQP2 levels in DI mice were only 26 ± 7% (±SE) of those in control mice ( n = 10, P < 0.01). In addition, semiquantitative Northern blotting revealed a significantly lower AQP2 mRNA expression in kidneys from DI mice compared with control mice (43 ± 6% vs. 100 ± 10%; n = 6 in each group, P < 0.05). AQP3 levels were also reduced. The mice were polyuric and urine osmolalities were accordingly substantially lower in the DI mice than in controls (496 ± 53 vs. 1,696 ± 105 mosmol/kgH2O, respectively). Moreover, there was a linear correlation between urine osmolalities and AQP2 levels ( P < 0.05). Immunoelectron microscopy confirmed the markedly lower expression of AQP2 in collecting duct principal cells in kidneys of DI mice and, furthermore, demonstrated that AQP2 was almost completely absent from the apical plasma membrane. Thus expression of AQP2 and AQP2 trafficking were severely impaired in DI mice. These results are consistent with the view that in vivo regulation of AQP2 expression by vasopressin is mediated by cAMP.

scholarly journals Localization of peripherin/rds in the disk membranes of cone and rod photoreceptors: relationship to disk membrane morphogenesis and retinal degeneration.

1992 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 659-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Arikawa ◽  
L L Molday ◽  
R S Molday ◽  
D S Williams
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Retinal Degeneration ◽  
Outer Segment ◽  
Photoreceptor Cells ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Rod Outer Segments ◽  
Rod Photoreceptor ◽  
Outer Segments ◽  
Disk Membrane ◽  
Membrane Morphogenesis

The outer segments of vertebrate rod photoreceptor cells consist of an ordered stack of membrane disks, which, except for a few nascent disks at the base of the outer segment, is surrounded by a separate plasma membrane. Previous studies indicate that the protein, peripherin or peripherin/rds, is localized along the rim of mature disks of rod outer segments. A mutation in the gene for this protein has been reported to be responsible for retinal degeneration in the rds mouse. In the present study, we have shown by immunogold labeling of rat and ground squirrel retinas that peripherin/rds is present in the disk rims of cone outer segments as well as rod outer segments. Additionally, in the basal regions of rod and cone outer segments, where disk morphogenesis occurs, we have found that the distribution of peripherin/rds is restricted to a region that is adjacent to the cilium. Extension of its distribution from the cilium coincides with the formation of the disk rim. These results support the model of disk membrane morphogenesis that predicts rim formation to be a second stage of growth, after the first stage in which the ciliary plasma membrane evaginates to form open nascent disks. The results also indicate how the proteins of the outer segment plasma membrane and the disk membranes are sorted into their separate domains: different sets of proteins may be incorporated into membrane outgrowths during different growth stages of disk morphogenesis. Finally, the presence of peripherin/rds protein in both cone and rod outer segment disks, together with the phenotype of the rds mouse, which is characterized by the failure of both rod and cone outer segment formation, suggest that the same rds gene is expressed in both types of photoreceptor cells.

scholarly journals Phosphorylation of UT-A1 on serine 486 correlates with membrane accumulation and urea transport activity in both rat IMCDs and cultured cells

2010 ◽  
Vol 298 (4) ◽  
pp. F935-F940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet D. Klein ◽  
Mitsi A. Blount ◽  
Otto Fröhlich ◽  
Chad E. Denson ◽  
Xiaoxiao Tan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Specific Antibody ◽  
Cultured Cells ◽  
Apical Plasma Membrane ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Amino Acid Peptide ◽  
In The Wild

Vasopressin is the primary hormone regulating urine-concentrating ability. Vasopressin phosphorylates the UT-A1 urea transporter in rat inner medullary collecting ducts (IMCDs). To assess the effect of UT-A1 phosphorylation at S486, we developed a phospho-specific antibody to S486-UT-A1 using an 11 amino acid peptide antigen starting from amino acid 482 that bracketed S486 in roughly the center of the sequence. We also developed two stably transfected mIMCD3 cell lines: one expressing wild-type UT-A1 and one expressing a mutated form of UT-A1, S486A/S499A, that is unresponsive to protein kinase A. Forskolin stimulates urea flux in the wild-type UT-A1-mIMCD3 cells but not in the S486A/S499A-UT-A1-mIMCD3 cells. The phospho-S486-UT-A1 antibody identified UT-A1 protein in the wild-type UT-A1-mIMCD3 cells but not in the S486A/S499A-UT-A1-mIMCD3 cells. In rat IMCDs, forskolin increased the abundance of phospho-S486-UT-A1 (measured using the phospho-S486 antibody) and of total UT-A1 phosphorylation (measured by 32P incorporation). Forskolin also increased the plasma membrane accumulation of phospho-S486-UT-A1 in rat IMCD suspensions, as measured by biotinylation. In rats treated with vasopressin in vivo, the majority of the phospho-S486-UT-A1 appears in the apical plasma membrane. In summary, we developed stably transfected mIMCD3 cell lines expressing UT-A1 and an S486-UT-A1 phospho-specific antibody. We confirmed that vasopressin increases UT-A1 accumulation in the apical plasma membrane and showed that vasopressin phosphorylates UT-A1 at S486 in rat IMCDs and that the S486-phospho-UT-A1 form is primarily detected in the apical plasma membrane.

scholarly journals Apical targeting of syntaxin 3 is essential for epithelial cell polarity

2006 ◽  
Vol 173 (6) ◽  
pp. 937-948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikunj Sharma ◽  
Seng Hui Low ◽  
Saurav Misra ◽  
Bhattaram Pallavi ◽  
Thomas Weimbs
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Epithelial Cell ◽  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Cell Polarization ◽  
Apical Plasma Membrane ◽  
Membrane Expression ◽  
Tight Junction Formation ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient ◽  
Syntaxin 3

In polarized epithelial cells, syntaxin 3 localizes to the apical plasma membrane and is involved in membrane fusion of apical trafficking pathways. We show that syntaxin 3 contains a necessary and sufficient apical targeting signal centered around a conserved FMDE motif. Mutation of any of three critical residues within this motif leads to loss of specific apical targeting. Modeling based on the known structure of syntaxin 1 revealed that these residues are exposed on the surface of a three-helix bundle. Syntaxin 3 targeting does not require binding to Munc18b. Instead, syntaxin 3 recruits Munc18b to the plasma membrane. Expression of mislocalized mutant syntaxin 3 in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells leads to basolateral mistargeting of apical membrane proteins, disturbance of tight junction formation, and loss of ability to form an organized polarized epithelium. These results indicate that SNARE proteins contribute to the overall specificity of membrane trafficking in vivo, and that the polarity of syntaxin 3 is essential for epithelial cell polarization.

scholarly journals Aggregation state determines the localization and function of M1– and M23–aquaporin-4 in astrocytes

2014 ◽  
Vol 204 (4) ◽  
pp. 559-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex J. Smith ◽  
Byung-Ju Jin ◽  
Julien Ratelade ◽  
Alan S. Verkman
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Protein Complexes ◽  
Water Channel ◽  
Aquaporin 4 ◽  
Cellular Functions ◽  
Aggregation State ◽  
Functional Roles ◽  
State Dependent ◽  
And Function

The astrocyte water channel aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is expressed as heterotetramers of M1 and M23 isoforms in which the presence of M23–AQP4 promotes formation of large macromolecular aggregates termed orthogonal arrays. Here, we demonstrate that the AQP4 aggregation state determines its subcellular localization and cellular functions. Individually expressed M1–AQP4 was freely mobile in the plasma membrane and could diffuse into rapidly extending lamellipodial regions to support cell migration. In contrast, M23–AQP4 formed large arrays that did not diffuse rapidly enough to enter lamellipodia and instead stably bound adhesion complexes and polarized to astrocyte end-feet in vivo. Co-expressed M1– and M23–AQP4 formed aggregates of variable size that segregated due to diffusional sieving of small, mobile M1–AQP4-enriched arrays into lamellipodia and preferential interaction of large, M23–AQP4-enriched arrays with the extracellular matrix. Our results therefore demonstrate an aggregation state–dependent mechanism for segregation of plasma membrane protein complexes that confers specific functional roles to M1– and M23–AQP4.

scholarly journals Caveolae protect endothelial cells from membrane rupture during increased cardiac output

2015 ◽  
Vol 211 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jade P.X. Cheng ◽  
Carolina Mendoza-Topaz ◽  
Gillian Howard ◽  
Jessica Chadwick ◽  
Elena Shvets ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endothelial Cells ◽  
Cardiac Output ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Cultured Cells ◽  
Protein Complexes ◽  
Membrane Integrity ◽  
Hemodynamic Forces ◽  
Membrane Rupture ◽  
Acute Rupture

Caveolae are strikingly abundant in endothelial cells, yet the physiological functions of caveolae in endothelium and other tissues remain incompletely understood. Previous studies suggest a mechanoprotective role, but whether this is relevant under the mechanical forces experienced by endothelial cells in vivo is unclear. In this study we have sought to determine whether endothelial caveolae disassemble under increased hemodynamic forces, and whether caveolae help prevent acute rupture of the plasma membrane under these conditions. Experiments in cultured cells established biochemical assays for disassembly of caveolar protein complexes, and assays for acute loss of plasma membrane integrity. In vivo, we demonstrate that caveolae in endothelial cells of the lung and cardiac muscle disassemble in response to acute increases in cardiac output. Electron microscopy and two-photon imaging reveal that the plasma membrane of microvascular endothelial cells in caveolin 1−/− mice is much more susceptible to acute rupture when cardiac output is increased. These data imply that mechanoprotection through disassembly of caveolae is important for endothelial function in vivo.

scholarly journals Mutant rab8 Impairs Docking and Fusion of Rhodopsin-bearing Post-Golgi Membranes and Causes Cell Death of TransgenicXenopus Rods

2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 2341-2351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orson L. Moritz ◽  
Beatrice M. Tam ◽  
Larry L. Hurd ◽  
Johan Peränen ◽  
Dusanka Deretic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retinal Degeneration ◽  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Fusion Proteins ◽  
Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Photoreceptor Cells ◽  
Dominant Negative ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Golgi Membranes ◽  
Constitutively Active

Rab8 is a GTPase involved in membrane trafficking. In photoreceptor cells, rab8 is proposed to participate in the late stages of delivery of rhodopsin-containing post-Golgi membranes to the plasma membrane near the base of the connecting cilium. To test the function of rab8 in vivo, we generated transgenic Xenopus laevis expressing wild-type, constitutively active (Q67L), and dominant negative (T22N) forms of canine rab8 in their rod photoreceptors as green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion proteins. Wild-type and constitutively active GFP-rab8 proteins were primarily associated with Golgi and post-Golgi membranes, whereas the dominant negative protein was primarily cytoplasmic. Expression of wild-type GFP-rab8 had minimal effects on cell survival and intracellular structures. In contrast, GFP-rab8T22N caused rapid retinal degeneration. In surviving peripheral rods, tubulo-vesicular structures accumulated at the base of the connecting cilium. Expression of GFP-rab8Q67L induced a slower retinal degeneration in some tadpoles. Transgene effects were transmitted to F1 offspring. Expression of the GFP-rab8 fusion proteins appears to decrease the levels of endogenous rab8 protein. Our results demonstrate a role for rab8 in docking of post-Golgi membranes in rods, and constitute the first report of a transgenic X. laevismodel of retinal degenerative disease.

scholarly journals EHD Proteins Associate with Syndapin I and II and Such Interactions Play a Crucial Role in Endosomal Recycling

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 3642-3658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Braun ◽  
Roser Pinyol ◽  
Regina Dahlhaus ◽  
Dennis Koch ◽  
Paul Fonarev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Mutational Analysis ◽  
Protein Complexes ◽  
Binding Interface ◽  
Endosomal Recycling ◽  
Eh Domain ◽  
Ehd Proteins

EHD proteins were shown to function in the exit of receptors and other membrane proteins from the endosomal recycling compartment. Here, we identify syndapins, accessory proteins in vesicle formation at the plasma membrane, as differential binding partners for EHD proteins. These complexes are formed by direct eps15-homology (EH) domain/asparagine proline phenylalanine (NPF) motif interactions. Heterologous and endogenous coimmunoprecipitations as well as reconstitutions of syndapin/EHD protein complexes at intracellular membranes of living cells demonstrate the in vivo relevance of the interaction. The combination of mutational analysis and coimmunoprecipitations performed under different nucleotide conditions strongly suggest that nucleotide binding by EHD proteins modulates the association with syndapins. Colocalization studies and subcellular fractionation experiments support a role for syndapin/EHD protein complexes in membrane trafficking. Specific interferences with syndapin–EHD protein interactions by either overexpression of the isolated EHD-binding interface of syndapin II or of the EHD1 EH domain inhibited the recycling of transferrin to the plasma membrane, suggesting that EH domain/NPF interactions are critical for EHD protein function in recycling. Consistently, both inhibitions were rescued by co-overexpression of the attacked protein component. Our data thus reveal that, in addition to a crucial role in endocytic internalization, syndapin protein complexes play an important role in endocytic receptor recycling.

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