scholarly journals Cymbidium ringspot virus defective interfering RNA replication in yeast cells occurs on endoplasmic reticulum-derived membranes in the absence of peroxisomes

2007 ◽  
Vol 88 (5) ◽  
pp. 1634-1642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luisa Rubino ◽  
Beatriz Navarro ◽  
Marcello Russo
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Infected Plant ◽  
Rna Replication ◽  
Ringspot Virus ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Peroxisomal Membrane ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Strict Requirement ◽  
Alternative Sites ◽  
Interfering Rna

The replication of Cymbidium ringspot virus (CymRSV) defective interfering (DI) RNA in cells of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae normally takes place in association with the peroxisomal membrane, thus paralleling the replication events in infected plant cells. However, previous results with a peroxisome-deficient mutant strain of yeast had suggested that the presence of peroxisomes is not a strict requirement for CymRSV DI RNA replication. Thus, a novel approach was used to study the putative alternative sites of replication by using S. cerevisiae strain YPH499 which does not contain normal peroxisomes. In this strain, CymRSV p33 and p92 accumulated over portions of the nuclear membrane and on membranous overgrowths which were identified as endoplasmic reticulum (ER) strands, following immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscope observations. The proteins were not released by high-pH treatment, but were susceptible to proteolytic digestion, thus indicating peripheral and not integrated association. ER-associated p33 and p92 proteins supported in trans the replication of DI RNA. The capacity of plus-strand RNA viruses to replicate in association with different types of cell membranes was thus confirmed.

scholarly journals Cytological analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells supporting cymbidium ringspot virus defective interfering RNA replication

2006 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 705-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Navarro ◽  
Marcello Russo ◽  
Vitantonio Pantaleo ◽  
Luisa Rubino
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Infected Plant ◽  
Rna Replication ◽  
Ringspot Virus ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Replicase Proteins ◽  
Defective Interfering Rna ◽  
Interfering Rna

The replicase proteins p33 and p92 of Cymbidium ringspot virus (CymRSV) were found to support the replication of defective interfering (DI) RNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells. Two yeast strains were used, differing in the biogenesis of peroxisomes, the organelles supplying the membranous vesicular environment in which CymRSV RNA replication takes place in infected plant cells. Double-labelled immunofluorescence showed that both p33 and p92 replicase proteins localized to peroxisomes, independently of one another and of the presence of the replication template. It is suggested that these proteins are sorted initially from the cytosol to the endoplasmic reticulum and then to peroxisomes. However, only the expression of p33, but not p92, increased the number of peroxisomes and induced membrane proliferation. DI RNA replication occurred in yeast cells, as demonstrated by the presence of monomers and dimers of positive and negative polarities. Labelling with BrUTP showed that peroxisomes were the sites of nascent viral synthesis, whereas in situ hybridization indicated that DI RNA progeny were diffused throughout the cytoplasm. DI RNA replication also took place in yeast cells devoid of peroxisomes. It is suggested that replication in these cells was targeted to the endoplasmic reticulum.

scholarly journals Gp78 Cooperates with RMA1 in Endoplasmic Reticulum-associated Degradation of CFTRΔF508

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 1328-1336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisuke Morito ◽  
Kazuyoshi Hirao ◽  
Yukako Oda ◽  
Nobuko Hosokawa ◽  
Fuminori Tokunaga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Ubiquitin Ligase ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Glutathione S Transferase ◽  
Assembly Factor ◽  
Ubiquitin Proteasome ◽  
Proteasome Pathway ◽  
Membrane Spanning ◽  
Interfering Rna

Misfolded or improperly assembled proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are exported into the cytosol and degraded via the ubiquitin–proteasome pathway, a process termed ER-associated degradation (ERAD). Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hrd1p/Der3p is an ER membrane-spanning ubiquitin ligase that participates in ERAD of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) when CFTR is exogenously expressed in yeast cells. Two mammalian orthologues of yeast Hrd1p/Der3p, gp78 and HRD1, have been reported. Here, we demonstrate that gp78, but not HRD1, participates in ERAD of the CFTR mutant CFTRΔF508, by specifically promoting ubiquitylation of CFTRΔF508. Domain swapping experiments and deletion analysis revealed that gp78 binds to CFTRΔF508 through its ubiquitin binding region, the so-called coupling of ubiquitin to ER degradation (CUE) domain. Gp78 polyubiquitylated in vitro an N-terminal ubiquitin-glutathione-S-transferase (GST)-fusion protein, but not GST alone. This suggests that gp78 recognizes the ubiquitin that is already conjugated to CFTRΔF508 and catalyzes further polyubiquitylation of CFTRΔF508 in a manner similar to that of a multiubiquitin chain assembly factor (E4). Furthermore, we revealed by small interfering RNA methods that the ubiquitin ligase RMA1 functioned as an E3 enzyme upstream of gp78. Our data demonstrates that gp78 cooperates with RMA1 with E4-like activity in the ERAD of CFTRΔF508.

scholarly journals Replication of Carnation Italian Ringspot Virus Defective Interfering RNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

2003 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 2116-2123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vitantonio Pantaleo ◽  
Luisa Rubino ◽  
Marcello Russo
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Ringspot Virus ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Rna Transcripts ◽  
Gal1 Promoter ◽  
Viral Replicase ◽  
Defective Interfering Rna ◽  
Interfering Rna ◽  
Adh1 Promoter

ABSTRACT Two plasmids from which the sequences coding for the 36- and 95-kDa proteins of Carnation Italian ringspot virus (CIRV) could be transcribed in vivo in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae under the control of the ADH1 promoter and terminator were constructed. The two proteins, which constitute the viral replicase, were correctly translated and integrated into membranes of the yeast cells. An additional plasmid was introduced in yeasts expressing the CIRV replicase, from which a defective interfering (DI) RNA (DI-7 RNA) could be transcribed under the control of the GAL1 promoter and terminated by the Tobacco ringspot virus satellite ribozyme, which cleaved 19 nucleotides downstream of the 3′ end of DI RNA. The DI-7 RNA transcripts were amplified by the viral replicase as demonstrated by the restoration of the authentic 3′ end, the requirement of a specific cis-acting signal at this terminus, the preferential accumulation of molecules with the authentic 5′ terminus (AGAAA), the synthesis of head-to-tail dimers, the presence of negative strands, and the incorporation of 5-bromo-UTP. Additionally, transformation with a dimeric construct of DI-7 RNA led to the synthesis of monomers, mimicking the activity of the viral replicase in plant cells.

scholarly journals Brome Mosaic Virus Polymerase-Like Protein 2a Is Directed to the Endoplasmic Reticulum by Helicase-Like Viral Protein 1a

2000 ◽  
Vol 74 (9) ◽  
pp. 4310-4318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianbo Chen ◽  
Paul Ahlquist
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Mosaic Virus ◽  
Rna Replication ◽  
Brome Mosaic Virus ◽  
Viral Rna ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Cell Fractionation ◽  
Cytoplasmic Organelle ◽  
Replication Complex ◽  
Positive Strand Rna

ABSTRACT Brome mosaic virus (BMV), a positive-strand RNA virus in the alphavirus-like superfamily, encodes RNA replication proteins 1a and 2a. 1a contains a C-terminal helicase-like domain and an N-terminal domain implicated in viral RNA capping, and 2a contains a central polymerase-like domain. 1a and 2a colocalize in an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated replication complex that is the site of BMV-specific RNA-dependent RNA synthesis in plant and yeast cells. 1a also localizes to the ER in the absence of 2a or viral RNA replication templates. To investigate the determinants of 2a localization, we fused 2a to the green fluorescent protein (GFP), creating a functional GFP-2a fusion that supported BMV RNA replication and subgenomic mRNA transcription. In the absence of 1a, the GFP-2a fusion was found to be diffused throughout the cytoplasm and in punctate spots not associated with any cytoplasmic organelle so far tested. Formation of these spots was dependent on the C-terminal half of 2a and may represent aggregation of a fraction of 2a. When coexpressed with 1a, GFP-2a colocalized with 1a and ER-resident protein Kar2p in a partial or complete ring around the nucleus. Consistent with these results, cell fractionation showed that both the GFP-2a fusion and wild-type (wt) 2a remained soluble when expressed alone, while in cells coexpressing 1a, most of the GFP-2a fusion or wt 2a cofractionated with 1a in the rapidly sedimenting membrane fraction. Deletion analysis showed that the N-terminal 120-amino-acid segment of 2a, containing one of two 2a regions previously shown to interact with 1a, was necessary and sufficient for 1a-directed localization of GFP-2a derivatives to the ER. These results suggest that 1a, which also interacts independently with the ER and viral RNA, is a key organizer of RNA replication complex assembly.

scholarly journals Septin-dependent compartmentalization of the endoplasmic reticulum during yeast polarized growth

2005 ◽  
Vol 169 (6) ◽  
pp. 897-908 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cosima Luedeke ◽  
Stéphanie Buvelot Frei ◽  
Ivo Sbalzarini ◽  
Heinz Schwarz ◽  
Anne Spang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Membrane Proteins ◽  
Diffusion Barriers ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Protein Diffusion ◽  
Ultrastructural Studies ◽  
Bud Neck ◽  
Er Membrane

Polarized cells frequently use diffusion barriers to separate plasma membrane domains. It is unknown whether diffusion barriers also compartmentalize intracellular organelles. We used photobleaching techniques to characterize protein diffusion in the yeast endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Although a soluble protein diffused rapidly throughout the ER lumen, diffusion of ER membrane proteins was restricted at the bud neck. Ultrastructural studies and fluorescence microscopy revealed the presence of a ring of smooth ER at the bud neck. This ER domain and the restriction of diffusion for ER membrane proteins through the bud neck depended on septin function. The membrane-associated protein Bud6 localized to the bud neck in a septin-dependent manner and was required to restrict the diffusion of ER membrane proteins. Our results indicate that Bud6 acts downstream of septins to assemble a fence in the ER membrane at the bud neck. Thus, in polarized yeast cells, diffusion barriers compartmentalize the ER and the plasma membrane along parallel lines.

Interaction of the endoplasmic reticulum α1,2-mannosidase Mns1p with Rer1p using the split-ubiquitin system

2001 ◽  
Vol 114 (24) ◽  
pp. 4629-4635
Author(s):  
Michel J. Massaad ◽  
Annette Herscovics
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Catalytic Domain ◽  
Transmembrane Domain ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Ubiquitin System ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum Protein ◽  
Split Ubiquitin

The α1,2-mannosidase Mns1p involved in the N-glycosidic pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a type II membrane protein of the endoplasmic reticulum. The localization of Mns1p depends on retrieval from the Golgi through a mechanism that involves Rer1p. A chimera consisting of the transmembrane domain of Mns1p fused to the catalytic domain of the Golgi α1,2-mannosyltransferase Kre2p was localized in the endoplasmic reticulum of Δpep4 cells and in the vacuoles of rer1/Δpep4 by indirect immunofluorescence. The split-ubiquitin system was used to determine if there is an interaction between Mns1p and Rer1p in vivo. Co-expression of NubG-Mns1p and Rer1p-Cub-protein A-lexA-VP16 in L40 yeast cells resulted in cleavage of the reporter molecule, protein A-lexA-VP16, detected by western blot analysis and by expression of β-galactosidase activity. Sec12p, another endoplasmic reticulum protein that depends on Rer1p for its localization, also interacted with Rer1p using the split-ubiquitin assay, whereas the endoplasmic reticulum protein Ost1p showed no interaction. A weak interaction was observed between Alg5p and Rer1p. These results demonstrate that the transmembrane domain of Mns1p is sufficient for Rer1p-dependent endoplasmic reticulum localization and that Mns1p and Rer1p interact. Furthermore, the split-ubiquitin system demonstrates that the C-terminal of Rer1p is in the cytosol.

scholarly journals Cymbidium Ringspot Virus Harnesses RNA Silencing To Control the Accumulation of Virus Parasite Satellite RNA

2008 ◽  
Vol 82 (23) ◽  
pp. 11851-11858 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vitantonio Pantaleo ◽  
József Burgyán
Keyword(s):  
Rna Silencing ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Helper Virus ◽  
Ringspot Virus ◽  
Silencing Suppressor ◽  
Short Interfering Rna ◽  
Satellite Rna ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Interfering Rna ◽  
Rna Replicon

ABSTRACT Cymbidium ringspot virus (CymRSV) satellite RNA (satRNA) is a parasitic subviral RNA replicon that replicates and accumulates at the cost of its helper virus. This 621-nucleotide (nt) satRNA species has no sequence similarity to the helper virus, except for a 51-nt-long region termed the helper-satellite homology (HSH) region, which is essential for satRNA replication. We show that the accumulation of satRNA strongly depends on temperature and on the presence of the helper virus p19 silencing suppressor protein, suggesting that RNA silencing plays a crucial role in satRNA accumulation. We also demonstrate that another member of the Tombusvirus genus, Carnation Italian ringspot virus (CIRV), supports satRNA accumulation at a higher level than CymRSV. Our results suggest that short interfering RNA (siRNA) derived from CymRSV targets satRNA more efficiently than siRNA from CIRV, possibly because of the higher sequence similarity between the HSH regions of the helper and CIRV satRNAs. RNA silencing sensor RNA carrying the putative satRNA target site in the HSH region was efficiently cleaved when transiently expressed in CymRSV-infected plants but not in CIRV-infected plants. Strikingly, replacing the CymRSV HSH box2 sequence with that of CIRV restores satRNA accumulation both at 24°C and in the absence of the p19 suppressor protein. These findings demonstrate the extraordinary adaptation of this virus to its host in terms of harnessing the antiviral silencing response of the plant to control the virus parasite satRNA.

scholarly journals De novo generation of cymbidium ringspot virus defective interfering RNA

1991 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 505-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Burgyan ◽  
L. Rubino ◽  
M. Russo
Keyword(s):  
De Novo ◽  
Ringspot Virus ◽  
Defective Interfering Rna ◽  
Interfering Rna

scholarly journals Remodeling the Endoplasmic Reticulum by Poliovirus Infection and by Individual Viral Proteins: an Autophagy-Like Origin for Virus-Induced Vesicles

2000 ◽  
Vol 74 (19) ◽  
pp. 8953-8965 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Suhy ◽  
Thomas H. Giddings ◽  
Karla Kirkegaard
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Buoyant Density ◽  
Rna Replication ◽  
Viral Proteins ◽  
Replication Complex ◽  
Poliovirus Infection ◽  
Endosomal Membranes ◽  
Infected Cells ◽  
Positive Strand Rna

ABSTRACT All positive-strand RNA viruses of eukaryotes studied assemble RNA replication complexes on the surfaces of cytoplasmic membranes. Infection of mammalian cells with poliovirus and other picornaviruses results in the accumulation of dramatically rearranged and vesiculated membranes. Poliovirus-induced membranes did not cofractionate with endoplasmic reticulum (ER), lysosomes, mitochondria, or the majority of Golgi-derived or endosomal membranes in buoyant density gradients, although changes in ionic strength affected ER and virus-induced vesicles, but not other cellular organelles, similarly. When expressed in isolation, two viral proteins of the poliovirus RNA replication complex, 3A and 2C, cofractionated with ER membranes. However, in cells that expressed 2BC, a proteolytic precursor of the 2B and 2C proteins, membranes identical in buoyant density to those observed during poliovirus infection were formed. When coexpressed with 2BC, viral protein 3A was quantitatively incorporated into these fractions, and the membranes formed were ultrastructurally similar to those in poliovirus-infected cells. These data argue that poliovirus-induced vesicles derive from the ER by the action of viral proteins 2BC and 3A by a mechanism that excludes resident host proteins. The double-membraned morphology, cytosolic content, and apparent ER origin of poliovirus-induced membranes are all consistent with an autophagic origin for these membranes.

Characterization of the integral membrane polypeptides of rat liver peroxisomes isolated from untreated and clofibrate-treated rats

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (8) ◽  
pp. 499-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea G. Bodnar ◽  
Richard A. Rachubinski
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Immunoblot Analysis ◽  
In Vitro Translation ◽  
Peroxisome Proliferator ◽  
Peroxisomal Membrane ◽  
Molecular Masses ◽  
Fold Induction ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Liver Peroxisomes

We have characterized the integral membrane polypeptides of liver peroxisomes from untreated rats and rats treated with clofibrate, a peroxisome proliferator. Membranes, prepared by treatment of purified peroxisomes with sodium carbonate, were used to raise an antiserum in rabbits. Immunoblot analysis demonstrated the reaction of this antiserum with six peroxisomal integral membrane polypeptides (molecular masses, 140, 69, 50, 36, 22, and 15 kDa). Treatment of rats with the hypolipidemic drug clofibrate caused a 4- to 10-fold induction in the 69-kDa integral membrane polypeptide, while the other integral membrane polypeptides remained unchanged or varied to a lesser extent. The anti-peroxisomal membrane serum reacted with two integral membrane polypeptides of the endoplasmic reticulum which co-migrated with the 50- and 36-kDa integral membrane polypeptides of the peroxisome. Biochemical and immunoblot analyses indicated that these integral membrane polypeptides were co-localized to peroxisomes and endoplasmic reticulum. Immunoprecipitation of in vitro translation products of RNA isolated from free and membrane-bound polysomes indicated that the 22-, 36-, and 69-kDa integral membrane polypeptides were synthesized on free polysomes, while the 50-kDa integral membrane polypeptide was predominantly synthesized on membrane-bound polysomes. The predominant synthesis of the 50-kDa integral membrane polypeptide on membrane-bound polysomes raises interesting possibilities concerning its biosynthesis.Key words: peroxisomes, integral membrane polypeptides, clofibrate, free polysomes, membrane-bound polysomes.

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