scholarly journals Monoubiquitination of syntaxin 3 leads to retrieval from the basolateral plasma membrane and facilitates cargo recruitment to exosomes

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (21) ◽  
pp. 2843-2853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian J. Giovannone ◽  
Elena Reales ◽  
Pallavi Bhattaram ◽  
Alberto Fraile-Ramos ◽  
Thomas Weimbs

Syntaxin 3 (Stx3), a SNARE protein located and functioning at the apical plasma membrane of epithelial cells, is required for epithelial polarity. A fraction of Stx3 is localized to late endosomes/lysosomes, although how it traffics there and its function in these organelles is unknown. Here we report that Stx3 undergoes monoubiquitination in a conserved polybasic domain. Stx3 present at the basolateral—but not the apical—plasma membrane is rapidly endocytosed, targeted to endosomes, internalized into intraluminal vesicles (ILVs), and excreted in exosomes. A nonubiquitinatable mutant of Stx3 (Stx3-5R) fails to enter this pathway and leads to the inability of the apical exosomal cargo protein GPRC5B to enter the ILV/exosomal pathway. This suggests that ubiquitination of Stx3 leads to removal from the basolateral membrane to achieve apical polarity, that Stx3 plays a role in the recruitment of cargo to exosomes, and that the Stx3-5R mutant acts as a dominant-negative inhibitor. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) acquires its membrane in an intracellular compartment and we show that Stx3-5R strongly reduces the number of excreted infectious viral particles. Altogether these results suggest that Stx3 functions in the transport of specific proteins to apical exosomes and that HCMV exploits this pathway for virion excretion.

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian J. Giovannone ◽  
Elena Reales ◽  
Pallavi Bhattaram ◽  
Alberto Fraile-Ramos ◽  
Thomas Weimbs

AbstractSyntaxin 3 (Stx3), a SNARE protein located and functioning at the apical plasma membrane of epithelial cells, is required for epithelial polarity. A fraction of Stx3 is localized to late endosomes / lysosomes though how it traffics there and its function in these organelles is unknown. Here we report that Stx3 undergoes mono - ubiquitination in a conserved polybasic domain. Stx3 present at the basolateral – but not the apical - plasma membrane is rapidly endocytosed, targeted to endosomes, internalized into intraluminal vesicles (ILVs) and excreted in exosomes. A non - ubiquitinatable mutant of Stx3 (Stx3 - 5R) fails to enter this pathway and leads to the inability of the apical exosomal cargo protein GPRC5B to enter the ILV / exosomal pathway. This suggests that ubiquitination of Stx3 leads to removal from the basolateral membrane to achieve apical polarity, that Stx3 plays a role in the recruitment of cargo to exosomes, and that the Stx3 - 5R mutant acts as a dominant - negative inhibitor. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) acquires its membrane in an intracellular compartment and we show that Stx3 - 5R strongly reduces the number of excreted infectious viral particles. Altogether these results suggest that Stx3 functions in the transport of specific proteins to apical exosomes and that HCMV exploit this pathway for virion excretion.


1996 ◽  
Vol 270 (6) ◽  
pp. F927-F936 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Biemesderfer ◽  
J. A. Payne ◽  
C. Y. Lytle ◽  
B. Forbush

The Na-K-Cl cotransporter (NKCC or BSC) has been described in numerous secretory and reabsorptive epithelia and is an important part of the mechanism of NaCl reabsorption in both the mammalian and elasmobranch kidneys. We have recently developed a panel of four monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) raised to the 195-kDa Na-K-Cl cotransport protein of the shark rectal gland (sNKCC1), which is expressed along the basolateral plasma membrane of secretory cells in this tissue (29). Here, we report immunologic studies of the Na-K-Cl cotransporter in the kidney of the dogfish shark Squalus acanthias. Western blot analysis of shark renal microsomes using MAbs J3, J7, and J25 identified proteins of approximately 195 and 150 kDa, whereas MAb J4 was not reactive. To define the cellular and subcellular distribution of the cotransport protein, immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy studies were performed on fixed kidneys. Immunofluorescence microscopy on semithin (0.5-micron) cryosections demonstrated that MAbs J3, J7, and J25 intensely stained the apical plasma membrane of all distal tubule segments. Weak staining was also seen along the basolateral membrane of most distal nephrons. Immunoelectron microscopy confirmed this observation and showed that some of these segments were morphologically similar to diluting segments from other species. MAbs also reacted with the brush border and, to a lesser extent, the basolateral membrane of proximal tubules. This study supports the hypothesis that the lateral bundle zone of the elasmobranch kidney functions as a countercurrent exchanger and is consistent with the presence of multiple isoforms of the Na-K-Cl cotransporter in the shark kidney.


1989 ◽  
Vol 257 (2) ◽  
pp. C397-C407 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. Gutmann ◽  
J. L. Niles ◽  
R. T. McCluskey ◽  
D. Brown

Factors governing the selective, polarized insertion of membrane proteins are poorly understood, but some studies have suggested that microtubules are involved in the generation and maintenance of cell polarity. We have examined by immunocytochemistry the effect of the microtubule-disrupting agent, colchicine, on the cellular distribution of an endogenous glycoprotein, gp330, which is normally inserted only into the apical plasma membrane of proximal tubule epithelial cells. In control rats, gp330 was localized in the brush border and in apical invaginations and vesicles. Six hours after injection of colchicine, however, vesicles containing gp330 were dispersed throughout the entire cytoplasm of the cell. Many vesicles were packed into basolateral infoldings, close to the plasma membrane, but there was no significant insertion of gp330 into the basolateral membrane. When rabbit anti-gp330 antiserum was injected intravenously into colchicine-treated rats, immune complexes appeared in the glomerular basement membrane but could not be detected in peritubular basement membranes. This supports the conclusion that colchicine treatment does not result in the insertion of gp330 into the basolateral plasma membrane of proximal tubule cells. Our results indicate that although microtubules are involved in the accumulation of gp330-containing vesicles at the apical pole of the cell, other factors must be required for fusion with the plasma membrane to occur.


1996 ◽  
Vol 316 (3) ◽  
pp. 999-1004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorella PASCOLO ◽  
Savino DEL VECCHIO ◽  
Ronald K. KOEHLER ◽  
J. Enrique BAYON ◽  
Cecile C. WEBSTER ◽  
...  

Using highly purified unconjugated [3H]bilirubin (UCB), we measured UCB binding to delipidated human serum albumin (HSA) and its uptake by basolateral rat liver plasma membrane vesicles, in both the absence and presence of an inside-positive membrane potential. Free UCB concentrations ([Bf]) were calculated from UCB–HSA affinity constants (K´f), determined by five cycles of ultrafiltration through a Centricon-10 device (Amicon) of the same solutions used in the uptake studies. At HSA concentrations from 12 to 380 μM, K´f (litre/mol) was inversely related to [HSA], irrespective of the [Bt]/[HSA] ratio. K´f was 2.066×106+(3.258×108/[HSA]). When 50 mM KCl was iso-osmotically substituted for sucrose, the K´f value was significantly lower {2.077×106+(1.099×108/[HSA])}. The transport occurred into an osmotic-sensitive space. Below saturation ([Bf] ⩽ 65 nM), both electroneutral and electrogenic components followed saturation kinetics with respect to [Bf], with Km values of 28±7 and 57±8 nM respectively (mean±S.D., n = 3, P < 0.001). The Vmax was greater for the electrogenic than for the electroneutral component (112±12 versus 45±4 pmol of UCB·mg-1 of protein·15 s-1, P < 0.001). Sulphobromophthalein trans-stimulated both electrogenic (61%) and electroneutral (72%) UCB uptake. These data indicate that: (a) as [HSA] increases, K´f decreases, thus increasing the concentration of free UCB. This may account for much of the enhanced hepatocytic uptake of organic anions observed with increasing [HSA]. (b) UCB is taken up at the basolateral membrane of the hepatocyte by two systems with Km values within the range of physiological free UCB levels in plasma. The electrogenic component shows a lower affinity and a higher capacity than the electroneutral component. (c) It is important to calculate the actual [Bf] using a K´f value determined under the same experimental conditions (medium and [HSA]) used for the uptake studies.


1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1437-1448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thierry Galli ◽  
Ahmed Zahraoui ◽  
Vadakkanchery V. Vaidyanathan ◽  
Graça Raposo ◽  
Jian Min Tian ◽  
...  

The importance of soluble N-ethyl maleimide (NEM)-sensitive fusion protein (NSF) attachment protein (SNAP) receptors (SNAREs) in synaptic vesicle exocytosis is well established because it has been demonstrated that clostridial neurotoxins (NTs) proteolyze the vesicle SNAREs (v-SNAREs) vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP)/brevins and their partners, the target SNAREs (t-SNAREs) syntaxin 1 and SNAP25. Yet, several exocytotic events, including apical exocytosis in epithelial cells, are insensitive to numerous clostridial NTs, suggesting the presence of SNARE-independent mechanisms of exocytosis. In this study we found that syntaxin 3, SNAP23, and a newly identified VAMP/brevin, tetanus neurotoxin (TeNT)-insensitive VAMP (TI-VAMP), are insensitive to clostridial NTs. In epithelial cells, TI-VAMP–containing vesicles were concentrated in the apical domain, and the protein was detected at the apical plasma membrane by immunogold labeling on ultrathin cryosections. Syntaxin 3 and SNAP23 were codistributed at the apical plasma membrane where they formed NEM-dependent SNARE complexes with TI-VAMP and cellubrevin. We suggest that TI-VAMP, SNAP23, and syntaxin 3 can participate in exocytotic processes at the apical plasma membrane of epithelial cells and, more generally, domain-specific exocytosis in clostridial NT-resistant pathways.


Endocrinology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 160 (1) ◽  
pp. 156-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariano Martín ◽  
Carlos Pablo Modenutti ◽  
Victoria Peyret ◽  
Romina Celeste Geysels ◽  
Elisabeth Darrouzet ◽  
...  

Abstract The Na+/iodide (I−) symporter (NIS), a glycoprotein expressed at the basolateral plasma membrane of thyroid follicular cells, mediates I− accumulation for thyroid hormonogenesis and radioiodide therapy for differentiated thyroid carcinoma. However, differentiated thyroid tumors often exhibit lower I− transport than normal thyroid tissue (or even undetectable I− transport). Paradoxically, the majority of differentiated thyroid cancers show intracellular NIS expression, suggesting abnormal targeting to the plasma membrane. Therefore, a thorough understanding of the mechanisms that regulate NIS plasma membrane transport would have multiple implications for radioiodide therapy. In this study, we show that the intracellularly facing carboxy-terminus of NIS is required for the transport of the protein to the plasma membrane. Moreover, the carboxy-terminus contains dominant basolateral information. Using internal deletions and site-directed mutagenesis at the carboxy-terminus, we identified a highly conserved monoleucine-based sorting motif that determines NIS basolateral expression. Furthermore, in clathrin adaptor protein (AP)-1B–deficient cells, NIS sorting to the basolateral plasma membrane is compromised, causing the protein to also be expressed at the apical plasma membrane. Computer simulations suggest that the AP-1B subunit σ1 recognizes the monoleucine-based sorting motif in NIS carboxy-terminus. Although the mechanisms by which NIS is intracellularly retained in thyroid cancer remain elusive, our findings may open up avenues for identifying molecular targets that can be used to treat radioiodide-refractory thyroid tumors that express NIS intracellularly.


2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 2179-2189
Author(s):  
ARVID B. MAUNSBACH ◽  
HENRIK VORUM ◽  
TAE-HWAN KWON ◽  
SØREN NIELSEN ◽  
BRIAN SIMONSEN ◽  
...  

Abstract. Immunofluorescence analysis has revealed that electrogenic Na+/HCO3- (NBC1) is expressed in the proximal tubule of rat kidney and in the proximal and distal tubules of the salamander Ambystoma tigrinum kidney. The present study was undertaken to define the detailed subcellular localization of the NBC1 in rat and Ambystoma kidney using high-resolution immunoelectron microscopy. For this purpose, two rabbit polyclonal antibodies raised against amino acids 928 to 1035 and amino acids 1021 to 1035 of the C-terminus of rat kidney (rkNBC1) were developed. The affinity-purified antibodies revealed a strong band of approximately 140 kD in immunoblots of membranes from rat kidney cortex but no signal in membranes isolated from outer and inner medulla. Deglycosylation reduced the apparent molecular weight to approximately 120 kD, corresponding to the predicted molecular weight. A similar but weaker band was also present in membranes isolated from the lateral part of Ambystoma kidney. In rat kidney, immunohistochemistry confirmed the presence of rkNBC1 in convoluted segments of the proximal tubules. In ultrathin cryosections or Lowicryl HM20 sections from rat kidney cortex, distinct immunogold labeling was associated with the basolateral plasma membrane of segments S1 and S2 of proximal tubules, whereas in S3 no labeling was observed. The labeling density was similar at the basal and lateral plasma membrane and was specifically associated with the inner surface of the membrane consistent with the internal position of the C-terminus of the transporter. In contrast, rkNBC1 was absent from the apical plasma membrane and not observed in intracellular vesicles, including those closely associated with basolateral plasma membrane. In Ambystoma kidney, a weak labeling was present in the basolateral membrane of the proximal tubule and stronger labeling was observed in the late distal segment. The results demonstrate that rkNBC1 is expressed only in segment S1 and segment S2 of rat proximal tubule as well as Ambystoma proximal and late distal tubule and that rkNBC1 is present in both basal and lateral plasma membranes and absent in intracellular vesicles of the apical plasma membrane.


2000 ◽  
Vol 203 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Brown ◽  
S. Breton

Many vertebrate transporting epithelia contain characteristic ‘mitochondria-rich’ cells that express high levels of a vacuolar proton-pumping ATPase (H(+)V-ATPase) on their plasma membrane and on intracellular vesicles. In the kidney cortex, A-cells and B-cells are involved in proton secretion and bicarbonate secretion, respectively, in the distal nephron and collecting duct. A-cells have an H(+)V-ATPase on their apical plasma membrane and on intracellular vesicles, whereas the cellular location of the H(+)V-ATPase can be apical, basolateral, bipolar or diffuse in B-cells. The rat epididymis and vas deferens also contain a distinct population of H(+)V-ATPase-rich epithelial cells. These cells are involved in generating a low luminal pH, which is involved in sperm maturation and in maintaining sperm in an immotile state during their passage through the epididymis and vas deferens. In both kidney and reproductive tract, H(+)V-ATPase-rich cells have a high rate of apical membrane recycling. H(+)V-ATPase molecules are transported between the cell surface and the cytoplasm in vesicles that have a well-defined ‘coat’ structure formed of the peripheral V(1) subunits of the H(+)V-ATPase. In addition, we propose that B-type intercalated cells have a transcytotic pathway that enables them to shuttle H(+)V-ATPase molecules from apical to basolateral plasma membrane domains. This hypothesis is supported by data showing that A-cells and B-cells have different intracellular trafficking pathways for LGP120, a lysosomal glycoprotein. LGP120 was found both on the basolateral plasma membrane and in lysosomes in B-cells, whereas no LGP120 was detectable in the plasma membrane of A-cells. We propose that the ‘polarity reversal’ of the H(+)V-ATPase in B-intercalated cells is mediated by a physiologically regulated transcytotic pathway that may be similar to that existing in some other cell types.


Cells ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1057
Author(s):  
Richard Bouley ◽  
Naofumi Yui ◽  
Abby Terlouw ◽  
Pui W. Cheung ◽  
Dennis Brown

We previously showed that in polarized Madin–Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells, aquaporin-2 (AQP2) is continuously targeted to the basolateral plasma membrane from which it is rapidly retrieved by clathrin-mediated endocytosis. It then undertakes microtubule-dependent transcytosis toward the apical plasma membrane. In this study, we found that treatment with chlorpromazine (CPZ, an inhibitor of clathrin-mediated endocytosis) results in AQP2 accumulation in the basolateral, but not the apical plasma membrane of epithelial cells. In MDCK cells, both AQP2 and clathrin were concentrated in the basolateral plasma membrane after CPZ treatment (100 µM for 15 min), and endocytosis was reduced. Then, using rhodamine phalloidin staining, we found that basolateral, but not apical, F-actin was selectively reduced by CPZ treatment. After incubation of rat kidney slices in situ with CPZ (200 µM for 15 min), basolateral AQP2 and clathrin were increased in principal cells, which simultaneously showed a significant decrease of basolateral compared to apical F-actin staining. These results indicate that clathrin-dependent transcytosis of AQP2 is an essential part of its trafficking pathway in renal epithelial cells and that this process can be inhibited by selectively depolymerizing the basolateral actin pool using CPZ.


2016 ◽  
Vol 212 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsuhiro Nakajo ◽  
Shin-ichiro Yoshimura ◽  
Hiroko Togawa ◽  
Masataka Kunii ◽  
Tomohiko Iwano ◽  
...  

The highly conserved Rab guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) Rab8 plays a role in exocytosis toward the polarized plasma membrane in eukaryotic cells. In murine Rab8-deficient small intestine cells, apical proteins are missorted into lysosomes. In this study, we identified a novel Rab8-interacting protein complex containing an EH domain–binding protein 1–like 1 (EHBP1L1), Bin1/amphiphysin II, and dynamin. Biochemical analyses showed that EHBP1L1 directly bound to GTP-loaded Rab8 and Bin1. The spatial dependency of these complexes at the endocytic recycling compartment (ERC) was demonstrated through overexpression and knockdown experiments. EHBP1L1- or Bin1-depleted or dynamin-inhibited small intestine organoids significantly accumulated apical membrane proteins but not basolateral membrane proteins in lysosomes. Furthermore, in EHBP1L1-deficient mice, small intestine cells displayed truncated and sparse microvilli, suggesting that EHBP1L1 maintains the apical plasma membrane by regulating apical transport. In summary, our data demonstrate that EHBP1L1 links Rab8 and the Bin1–dynamin complex, which generates membrane curvature and excises the vesicle at the ERC for apical transport.


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