scholarly journals Membrane insertion of Cavin1 facilitates caveolae assembly

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kang-cheng Liu ◽  
Hudson Pace ◽  
Elin Larsson ◽  
Shakhawath Hossain ◽  
Aleksei Kabedev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrostatic Interactions ◽  
Living Cells ◽  
Membrane Curvature ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
Signaling Cascades ◽  
Membrane Insertion ◽  
Membrane Tension ◽  
Membrane Interface ◽  
Biophysical Techniques ◽  
Helical Region

Caveolae are small cell surface invaginations, important for control of membrane tension, signaling cascades and lipid sorting. Their formation is coupled to the lipid-dependent oligomerization of the proteins Caveolin1 and Cavin1, which are essential for membrane curvature generation. Yet, the mechanistic understanding of how Cavin1 assembles at the membrane interface is lacking. Here, we used model membranes combined with biophysical techniques to show that Cavin1 inserts into membranes. We found that the helical region 1 (HR1) initiated membrane binding via electrostatic interactions, which is further enforced by partial helical insertion in a PI(4,5)P2-dependent process mediated by the disordered region 1 (DR1). In agreement with this, the DR1 was found important for the co-assembly of Cavin1 with Caveolin1 in living cells. We propose that DR1 and HR1 of Cavin1 constitute a novel membrane interacting unit facilitating dynamic rounds of assembly and disassembly of Cavin1 at the membrane.

scholarly journals Cavin1 intrinsically disordered domains are essential for fuzzy electrostatic interactions and caveola formation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikas A. Tillu ◽  
James Rae ◽  
Ya Gao ◽  
Nicholas Ariotti ◽  
Matthias Floetenmeyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrostatic Interactions ◽  
Membrane Lipid ◽  
Membrane Curvature ◽  
Caveolin 1 ◽  
Intrinsically Disordered ◽  
Intrinsically Disordered Regions ◽  
Solution Generation ◽  
Endosomal System ◽  
Disordered Regions

AbstractCaveolae are spherically shaped nanodomains of the plasma membrane, generated by cooperative assembly of caveolin and cavin proteins. Cavins are cytosolic peripheral membrane proteins with negatively charged intrinsically disordered regions that flank positively charged α-helical regions. Here, we show that the three disordered domains of Cavin1 are essential for caveola formation and dynamic trafficking of caveolae. Electrostatic interactions between disordered regions and α-helical regions promote liquid-liquid phase separation behaviour of Cavin1 in vitro, assembly of Cavin1 oligomers in solution, generation of membrane curvature, association with caveolin-1, and Cavin1 recruitment to caveolae in cells. Removal of the first disordered region causes irreversible gel formation in vitro and results in aberrant caveola trafficking through the endosomal system. We propose a model for caveola assembly whereby fuzzy electrostatic interactions between Cavin1 and caveolin-1 proteins, combined with membrane lipid interactions, are required to generate membrane curvature and a metastable caveola coat.

Recognition of subtype non-small cell lung cancer by DNA aptamers selected from living cells

The Analyst ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 134 (9) ◽  
pp. 1808 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zilong Zhao ◽  
Li Xu ◽  
Xiaoli Shi ◽  
Weihong Tan ◽  
Xiaohong Fang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Small Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Living Cells ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
Dna Aptamers ◽  
Small Cell Lung

scholarly journals Interactions of Visinin-like Proteins with Phospho-inositides

2010 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl-Heinz Braunewell ◽  
Blessy Paul ◽  
Wassim Altarche-Xifro ◽  
Cornelia Noack ◽  
Kristian Lange ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hippocampal Neurons ◽  
Electrostatic Interactions ◽  
Specific Binding ◽  
Surface Membrane ◽  
Living Cells ◽  
Head Group ◽  
Subcellular Membrane ◽  
Monolayer Adsorption ◽  
Lysine Residues ◽  
Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates

The subcellular membrane localization of neuronal calcium sensor (NCS) proteins in living cells, such as Visinin-like Proteins-1 (VILIP-1) and VILIP-3, differs substantially. We have followed the hypothesis that the differential localization may be due to the specific binding capabilities of individual VILIPs for phosphatidylinositol phosphates (PIPs). Several highly conserved lysine residues in the N-terminal region could provide favourable electrostatic interactions. Molecular modelling results support a binding site for phospho-inositides in the N-terminal area of VILIP-1, and the involvement of the conserved N-terminal lysine residues in binding the phospho-inositol head group. Experimentally, the binding of VILIP-1 to inositol derivatives was tested by a PIP strip assay, which showed the requirement of phosphorylation of the inositol group for the interaction of the protein with PIPs. Monolayer adsorption measurements showed a preference of VILIP-1 binding to PI(4,5)P2 over PI(3,4,5)P3. The co-localization of VILIP-1 with PI(4,5)P2 at the cell surface membrane in hippocampal neurons further supports the idea of direct interactions of VILIP-1 with PIPs in living cells.

Presenting antigen presentation in living cells using biophysical techniques

2005 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 338-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Griekspoor ◽  
Wilbert Zwart ◽  
Jacques Neefjes
Keyword(s):  
Antigen Presentation ◽  
Living Cells ◽  
Biophysical Techniques

scholarly journals Intra-helical salt bridge contribution to membrane protein insertion

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard Duart ◽  
John Lamb ◽  
Arne Elofsson ◽  
Ismael Mingarro
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Electrostatic Interactions ◽  
Salt Bridge ◽  
Protein Stabilization ◽  
Membrane Insertion ◽  
Salt Bridges ◽  
Protein Insertion

ABSTRACTSalt bridges between negatively (D, E) and positively charged (K, R, H) amino acids play an important role in protein stabilization. This has a more prevalent effect in membrane proteins where polar amino acids are exposed to a very hydrophobic environment. In transmembrane (TM) helices the presence of charged residues can hinder the insertion of the helices into the membrane. This can sometimes be avoided by TM region rearrangements after insertion, but it is also possible that the formation of salt bridges could decrease the cost of membrane integration. However, the presence of intra-helical salt bridges in TM domains and their effect on insertion has not been properly studied yet. In this work, we use an analytical pipeline to study the prevalence of charged pairs of amino acid residues in TM α-helices, which shows that potentially salt-bridge forming pairs are statistically over-represented. We then selected some candidates to experimentally determine the contribution of these electrostatic interactions to the translocon-assisted membrane insertion process. Using both in vitro and in vivo systems, we confirm the presence of intra-helical salt bridges in TM segments during biogenesis and determined that they contribute between 0.5-0.7 kcal/mol to the apparent free energy of membrane insertion (ΔGapp). Our observations suggest that salt bridge interactions can be stabilized during translocon-mediated insertion and thus could be relevant to consider for the future development of membrane protein prediction software.

scholarly journals Paired proteomics, transcriptomics and miRNomics in non-small cell lung cancers: known and novel signaling cascades

Oncotarget ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (44) ◽  
pp. 71514-71525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Backes ◽  
Nicole Ludwig ◽  
Petra Leidinger ◽  
Hanno Huwer ◽  
Stefan Tenzer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small Cell ◽  
Signaling Cascades ◽  
Small Cell Lung ◽  
Lung Cancers

scholarly journals Phosphatidylinositol 4,5 bisphosphate controls the cis and trans interactions of synaptotagmin 1

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.B. Nyenhuis ◽  
A. Thapa ◽  
D. S. Cafiso
Keyword(s):  
Neurotransmitter Release ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Full Length ◽  
Membrane Insertion ◽  
Membrane Interface ◽  
Vesicle Membrane ◽  
C2 Domains ◽  
Synaptotagmin 1 ◽  
Site Directed Spin Labeling ◽  
Cis And Trans

AbstractSynaptotagmin 1 acts as the Ca2+-sensor for synchronous neurotransmitter release; however, the mechanism by which it functions is not understood and is presently a topic of considerable interest. Here we describe measurements on full-length membrane reconstituted synaptotagmin 1 using site-directed spin labeling where we characterize the linker region as well as the cis (vesicle membrane) and trans (cytoplasmic membrane) binding of its two C2 domains. In the full-length protein, the C2A domain does not undergo membrane insertion in the absence of Ca2+; however, the C2B domain will bind to and penetrate in trans to a membrane containing phosphatidylinositol 4,5 bisphosphate (PIP2), even if phosphatidylserine (PS) is present in the cis membrane. In the presence of Ca2+, the Ca2+-binding loops of C2A and C2B both insert into the membrane interface; moreover, C2A preferentially inserts into PS containing bilayers and will bind in a cis configuration to membranes containing PS even if a PIP2 membrane is presented in trans. The data are consistent with a bridging activity for Syt1 where the two domains bind to opposing vesicle and plasma membranes. The failure of C2A to bind membranes in the absence of Ca2+ and the long unstructured segment linking C2A to the vesicle membrane indicates that synaptotagmin 1 could act to significantly shorten the vesicle-plasma membrane distance with increasing levels of Ca2+.

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