scholarly journals Ceramide chain length–dependent protein sorting into selective endoplasmic reticulum exit sites

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (50) ◽  
pp. eaba8237
Author(s):  
Sofia Rodriguez-Gallardo ◽  
Kazuo Kurokawa ◽  
Susana Sabido-Bozo ◽  
Alejandro Cortes-Gomez ◽  
Atsuko Ikeda ◽  
...  

Protein sorting in the secretory pathway is crucial to maintain cellular compartmentalization and homeostasis. In addition to coat-mediated sorting, the role of lipids in driving protein sorting during secretory transport is a longstanding fundamental question that still remains unanswered. Here, we conduct 3D simultaneous multicolor high-resolution live imaging to demonstrate in vivo that newly synthesized glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins having a very long chain ceramide lipid moiety are clustered and sorted into specialized endoplasmic reticulum exit sites that are distinct from those used by transmembrane proteins. Furthermore, we show that the chain length of ceramide in the endoplasmic reticulum membrane is critical for this sorting selectivity. Our study provides the first direct in vivo evidence for lipid chain length–based protein cargo sorting into selective export sites of the secretory pathway.

1997 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1805-1814 ◽  
Author(s):  
J S Cox ◽  
R E Chapman ◽  
P Walter

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a multifunctional organelle responsible for production of both lumenal and membrane components of secretory pathway compartments. Secretory proteins are folded, processed, and sorted in the ER lumen and lipid synthesis occurs on the ER membrane itself. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, synthesis of ER components is highly regulated: the ER-resident proteins by the unfolded protein response and membrane lipid synthesis by the inositol response. We demonstrate that these two responses are intimately linked, forming different branches of the same pathway. Furthermore, we present evidence indicating that this coordinate regulation plays a role in ER biogenesis.


2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasunobu Ishikawa ◽  
Sorin Fedeles ◽  
Arnaud Marlier ◽  
Chao Zhang ◽  
Anna-Rachel Gallagher ◽  
...  

BackgroundSEC63 encodes a resident protein in the endoplasmic reticulum membrane that, when mutated, causes human autosomal dominant polycystic liver disease. Selective inactivation of Sec63 in all distal nephron segments in embryonic mouse kidney results in polycystin-1–mediated polycystic kidney disease (PKD). It also activates the Ire1α-Xbp1 branch of the unfolded protein response, producing Xbp1s, the active transcription factor promoting expression of specific genes to alleviate endoplasmic reticulum stress. Simultaneous inactivation of Xbp1 and Sec63 worsens PKD in this model.MethodsWe explored the renal effects of postnatal inactivation of Sec63 alone or with concomitant inactivation of Xbp1 or Ire1α, specifically in the collecting ducts of neonatal mice.ResultsThe later onset of inactivation of Sec63 restricted to the collecting duct does not result in overt activation of the Ire1α-Xbp1 pathway or cause polycystin-1–dependent PKD. Inactivating Sec63 along with either Xbp1 or Ire1α in this model causes interstitial inflammation and associated fibrosis with decline in kidney function over several months. Re-expression of XBP1s in vivo completely rescues the chronic kidney injury observed after inactivation of Sec63 with either Xbp1 or Ire1α.ConclusionsIn the absence of Sec63, basal levels of Xbp1s activity in collecting ducts is both necessary and sufficient to maintain proteostasis (protein homeostasis) and protect against inflammation, myofibroblast activation, and kidney functional decline. The Sec63-Xbp1 double knockout mouse offers a novel genetic model of chronic tubulointerstitial kidney injury, using collecting duct proteostasis defects as a platform for discovery of signals that may underlie CKD of disparate etiologies.


1984 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 1076-1082 ◽  
Author(s):  
M G Rosenfeld ◽  
E E Marcantonio ◽  
J Hakimi ◽  
V M Ort ◽  
P H Atkinson ◽  
...  

Ribophorins are two transmembrane glycoproteins characteristic of the rough endoplasmic reticulum, which are thought to be involved in the binding of ribosomes. Their biosynthesis was studied in vivo using lines of cultured rat hepatocytes (clone 9) and pituitary cells (GH 3.1) and in cell-free synthesis experiments. In vitro translation of mRNA extracted from free and bound polysomes of clone 9 cells demonstrated that ribophorins are made exclusively on bound polysomes. The primary translation products of ribophorin messengers obtained from cultured hepatocytes or from regenerating livers co-migrated with the respective mature proteins, but had slightly higher apparent molecular weights (2,000) than the unglycosylated forms immunoprecipitated from cells treated with tunicamycin. This indicates that ribophorins, in contrast to all other endoplasmic reticulum membrane proteins previously studied, contain transient amino-terminal insertion signals which are removed co-translationally. Kinetic and pulse-chase experiments with [35S]methionine and [3H]mannose demonstrated that ribophorins are not subjected to electrophoretically detectable posttranslational modifications, such as proteolytic cleavage or trimming and terminal glycosylation of oligosaccharide side chain(s). Direct analysis of the oligosaccharides of ribophorin l showed that they do not contain the terminal sugars characteristic of complex oligosaccharides and that they range in composition from Man8GlcNAc to Man5GlcNAc. These findings, as well as the observation that the mature proteins are sensitive to endoglycosidase H and insensitive to endoglycosidase D, are consistent with the notion that the biosynthetic pathway of the ribophorins does not require a stage of passage through the Golgi apparatus.


1983 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 1362-1370 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Bussey ◽  
D. Saville ◽  
D. Greene ◽  
D. J. Tipper ◽  
K. A. Bostian

Killer toxin secretion was blocked at the restrictive temperature inSaccharomyces cerevisiae secmutants with conditional defects in theS. cerevisiaesecretory pathway leading to accumulation of endoplasmic reticulum (sec18), Golgi (sec7), or secretory vesicles (sec1). A 43,000-molecular-weight (43K) glycosylated protoxin was found by pulse-labeling in allsecmutants at the restrictive temperature. Insec18the protoxin was stable after a chase; but insec7andsec1the protoxin was unstable, and insec111K toxin was detected in cell lysates. The chymotrypsin inhibitor tosyl-l-phenylalanyl chloromethyl ketone (TPCK) blocked toxin secretion in vivo in wild-type cells by inhibiting protoxin cleavage. The unstable protoxin in wild-type and insec7andsec1cells at the restrictive temperature was stabilized by TPCK, suggesting that the protoxin cleavage was post-sec18and was mediated by a TPCK-inhibitable protease. Protoxin glycosylation was inhibited by tunicamycin, and a 36K protoxin was detected in inhibited cells. This 36K protoxin was processed, but toxin secretion was reduced 10-fold. We examined twokexmutants defective in toxin secretion; both synthesized a 43K protoxin, which was stable inkex1but unstable inkex2. Protoxin stability inkex1 kex2double mutants indicated the orderkex1→kex2in the protoxin processing pathway. TPCK did not block protoxin instability inkex2mutants. This suggested that theKEX1- andKEX2-dependent steps preceded thesec7Golgi block. We attempted to localize the protoxin inS. cerevisiaecells. Use of an in vitro rabbit reticulocyte-dog pancreas microsomal membrane system indicated that protoxin synthesized in vitro could be inserted into and glycosylated by the microsomal membranes. This membrane-associated protoxin was protected from trypsin proteolysis. Pulse-chased cells or spheroplasts, with or without TPCK, failed to secrete protoxin. The protoxin may not be secreted into the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum, but may remain membrane associated and may require endoproteolytic cleavage for toxin secretion.


1999 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1043-1059 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang P. Barz ◽  
Peter Walter

Many eukaryotic cell surface proteins are anchored in the lipid bilayer through glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI). GPI anchors are covalently attached in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The modified proteins are then transported through the secretory pathway to the cell surface. We have identified two genes inSaccharomyces cerevisiae, LAG1 and a novel gene termed DGT1 (for “delayed GPI-anchored protein transport”), encoding structurally related proteins with multiple membrane-spanning domains. Both proteins are localized to the ER, as demonstrated by immunofluorescence microscopy. Deletion of either gene caused no detectable phenotype, whereas lag1Δ dgt1Δ cells displayed growth defects and a significant delay in ER-to-Golgi transport of GPI-anchored proteins, suggesting thatLAG1 and DGT1 encode functionally redundant or overlapping proteins. The rate of GPI anchor attachment was not affected, nor was the transport rate of several non–GPI-anchored proteins. Consistent with a role of Lag1p and Dgt1p in GPI-anchored protein transport, lag1Δ dgt1Δ cells deposit abnormal, multilayered cell walls. Both proteins have significant sequence similarity to TRAM, a mammalian membrane protein thought to be involved in protein translocation across the ER membrane. In vivo translocation studies, however, did not detect any defects in protein translocation in lag1Δ dgt1Δcells, suggesting that neither yeast gene plays a role in this process. Instead, we propose that Lag1p and Dgt1p facilitate efficient ER-to-Golgi transport of GPI-anchored proteins.


1999 ◽  
Vol 342 (2) ◽  
pp. 449-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi TSUJIOKA ◽  
Noboru TAKAMI ◽  
Yoshio MISUMI ◽  
Yukio IKEHARA

Many proteins are anchored to the cell membrane by glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI). One of the functions proposed for the GPI anchor is as a possible mediator in signal transduction through its hydrolysis. GPI-specific phospholipase D (GPI-PLD) is a secretory protein that is suggested to be involved in the release of GPI-anchored protein from the membrane. In the present study we examined how GPI-PLD is involved in signal transduction. When introduced exogenously and overexpressed in cells, GPI-PLD cleaved the GPI anchors in the early secretory pathway, possibly in the endoplasmic reticulum, resulting in an increased production of diacylglycerol. Experiments in vitro and in vivo showed that the association of protein kinase Cα (PKCα) with membranes was increased markedly by expression of GPI-PLD in cells. Furthermore, sucrose-density-gradient centrifugation and immunofluorescence microscopy demonstrated that PKCα was translocated to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane in cells expressing GPI-PLD, in contrast with its association with the plasma membrane in cells treated with PMA. We also confirmed that the phosphorylation of c-Fos as well as PKCα itself was greatly enhanced by the expression of GPI-PLD. Taken together, these results suggest that GPI-PLD is involved in intracellular cleavage of the GPI anchor, which is a new potential source of diacylglycerol production to activate PKCα.


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. e1008855
Author(s):  
Pratiti Bhadra ◽  
Lalitha Yadhanapudi ◽  
Karin Römisch ◽  
Volkhard Helms

The Sec complex catalyzes the translocation of proteins of the secretory pathway into the endoplasmic reticulum and the integration of membrane proteins into the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Some substrate peptides require the presence and involvement of accessory proteins such as Sec63. Recently, a structure of the Sec complex from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, consisting of the Sec61 channel and the Sec62, Sec63, Sec71 and Sec72 proteins was determined by cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). Here, we show by co-precipitation that the accessory membrane protein Sec62 is not required for formation of stable Sec63-Sec61 contacts. Molecular dynamics simulations started from the cryo-EM conformation of Sec61 bound to Sec63 and of unbound Sec61 revealed how Sec63 affects the conformation of Sec61 lateral gate, plug, pore region and pore ring diameter via three intermolecular contact regions. Molecular docking of SRP-dependent vs. SRP-independent peptide chains into the Sec61 channel showed that the pore regions affected by presence/absence of Sec63 play a crucial role in positioning the signal anchors of SRP-dependent substrates nearby the lateral gate.


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