scholarly journals Reassessment of the subcellular localization of p63

1995 ◽  
Vol 108 (6) ◽  
pp. 2477-2485 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Schweizer ◽  
J. Rohrer ◽  
J.W. Slot ◽  
H.J. Geuze ◽  
S. Kornfeld
Keyword(s):  
Immunoelectron Microscopy ◽  
Integral Membrane Protein ◽  
Cell Fractionation ◽  
Marker Protein ◽  
Double Immunofluorescence ◽  
Cos Cells ◽  
Confocal Immunofluorescence ◽  
Intermediate Compartment ◽  
Rough Er ◽  
Protein Disulfide

p63 is a type II integral membrane protein that has previously been suggested to be a resident protein of a membrane network interposed between the ER and the Golgi apparatus. In the present study, we have produced a polyclonal antibody against the purified human p63 protein to reassess the subcellular distribution of p63 by confocal immunofluorescence, immunoelectron microscopy, and cell fractionation. Double immunofluorescence of COS cells showed significant colocalization of p63 and a KDEL-containing lumenal ER marker protein, except for differences in the staining of the outer nuclear membrane. Immunoelectron microscopy of native HepG2 cells and of COS cells transfected with p63 revealed that both endogenous and overexpressed p63 are predominantly localized in the rough ER. While p63 was colocalized with protein disulfide isomerase, an ER marker protein, very little overlap of p63 was found with ERGIC-53, an established marker for the ER-Golgi intermediate compartment. When rough and smooth membranes were prepared from rat liver, p63 was found to copurify with ribophorin II, a rough ER protein. Both p63 and ribophorin II were predominantly recovered in rough microsomes and were largely separated from the intermediate compartment marker protein p58. From these results it is concluded that p63 is localized in the rough ER.

scholarly journals The isolated ER-Golgi intermediate compartment exhibits properties that are different from ER and cis-Golgi.

1991 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Schweizer ◽  
K Matter ◽  
C M Ketcham ◽  
H P Hauri
Keyword(s):  
Protein Transport ◽  
Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Vero Cells ◽  
Subcellular Fractionation ◽  
Fractionation Procedure ◽  
Targeting Signal ◽  
Intermediate Compartment ◽  
Rough Er ◽  
Protein Disulfide

A procedure has been established in Vero cells for the isolation of an intermediate compartment involved in protein transport from the ER to the Golgi apparatus. The two-step subcellular fractionation procedure consists of Percoll followed by Metrizamide gradient centrifugation. Using the previously characterized p53 as a marker protein, the average enrichment factor of the intermediate compartment was 41. The purified fraction displayed a unique polypeptide pattern. It was largely separated from the rough ER proteins ribophorin I, ribophorin II, BIP, and protein disulfide isomerase, as well as from the putative cis-Golgi marker N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphodiester-alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase, the second of the two enzymes generating the lysosomal targeting signal mannose-6-phosphate. The first enzyme, N-acetylglucosaminylphosphotransferase, for which previous biochemical evidence had suggested both a pre- and a cis-Golgi localization in other cell types, cofractionated with the cis-Golgi rather than the intermediate compartment in Vero cells. The results suggest that the intermediate compartment defined by p53 has unique properties and does not exhibit typical features of rough ER and cis-Golgi.

Formation of crystalloid endoplasmic reticulum in COS cells upon overexpression of microsomal aldehyde dehydrogenase by cDNA transfection

1996 ◽  
Vol 109 (7) ◽  
pp. 1727-1738 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Yamamoto ◽  
R. Masaki ◽  
Y. Tashiro
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Aldehyde Dehydrogenase ◽  
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Confocal Laser ◽  
Cos Cells ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Endogenous Protein ◽  
Rough Er ◽  
Membrane Spanning ◽  
Protein Disulfide

When rat liver microsomal aldehyde dehydrogenase (msALDH) was overexpressed in COS-1 cells by cDNA transfection, large granular structures containing both msALDH and endogenous protein disulfide isomerase appeared (Masaki et al. (1994) J. Cell Biol. 126, 1407–1420). Confocal laser microscopy revealed that these granular structures are dispersed throughout the cytoplasm. Electron microscopy showed that the structures are composed of regularly arranged crystalloid smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The formation of the crystalloid ER was accompanied by a remarkable proliferation of smooth ER, which appeared occasionally continuous to the rough ER. We suggest that the smooth ER, proliferated from the rough ER, is transformed and assembled into the crystalloid ER by head-to-head association of the msALDH molecules on the apposed smooth ER membranes. In order to understand the molecular mechanism of the crystalloid ER formation, we asked which portions of the msALDH molecules are needed for the crystalloid ER formation by expressing deletion mutants or chimera protein of msALDH in COS-1 cells. The overexpression of msALDH molecules lacking the stem region preceding the membrane spanning region, although they were exclusively localized in the ER, did not induce the formation of crystalloid ER. More detailed analysis showed that the amino acid sequence FFLL, located in the stem region, is necessary to form the crystalloid ER. The chimera protein containing the last 35 amino acids of msALDH at the carboxyl terminus of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase was localized to the ER, but did not induce the formation of the crystalloid ER. These results suggest that at least two regions, the bulky amino-terminal region and the FFLL sequence in the stem region of msALDH molecules are required for the formation of the crystalloid ER.

Lipocortin 1 (annexin 1) in patches associated with the membrane of a lung adenocarcinoma cell line and in the cell cytoplasm

1998 ◽  
Vol 111 (10) ◽  
pp. 1405-1418 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Traverso ◽  
J.F. Morris ◽  
R.J. Flower ◽  
J. Buckingham
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Lung Adenocarcinoma ◽  
Western Blotting ◽  
Signal Sequence ◽  
Membrane Surface ◽  
Integral Membrane Protein ◽  
Subcellular Fractionation ◽  
Cell Fractionation ◽  
Electron Microscopic

Lipocortin 1 (annexin I) is a calcium- and phospholipid-binding annexin protein which can be externalised from cells despite the lack of a signal sequence. To determine its cellular distribution lipocortin 1 in A549 human lung adenocarcinoma cells was localised by light- and electron-microscopic immunocytochemistry and by cell fractionation and western blotting. Lipocortin 1 immunoreactivity is concentrated in prominent patches associated with the plasma membrane. The intensity of these patches varied with the confluence and duration of the culture and was not detectably diminished by an EDTA wash before fixation. Tubulin and cytokeratin 8 were colocalized with lipocortin 1 in the patches. Within the cells lipocortin 1 was distributed throughout the cytoplasm. Electron microscopy revealed prominent immunoreactivity along the plasma membrane with occasional large clusters of gold particles in contact with the membrane surface of the cells; within the cytoplasm the membrane of some vesicle/vacuole structures and some small electron-dense bodies was immunoreactive, but no immunogold particles were associated with the multilamellar bodies. Subcellular fractionation, extraction and western blotting showed that lipocortin 1 in the membrane pellet was present as two distinct fractions; one, intimately associated with the lipid bilayer, which behaved like an integral membrane protein and one loosely attached which behaved like a peripheral membrane protein. The results show that a substantial amounts of lipocortin 1 is concentrated in focal structures associated with and immediately beneath the plasma membrane. These might form part of the mechanism by which lipocortin 1 is released from the cells.

scholarly journals Characterization of the budding compartment of mouse hepatitis virus: evidence that transport from the RER to the Golgi complex requires only one vesicular transport step

1994 ◽  
Vol 124 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Krijnse-Locker ◽  
M Ericsson ◽  
PJ Rottier ◽  
G Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Golgi Complex ◽  
Hepatitis Virus ◽  
Vesicular Transport ◽  
Helix Pomatia ◽  
M Protein ◽  
Membrane Structures ◽  
Golgi Stack ◽  
Permeabilized Cells ◽  
Intermediate Compartment ◽  
Rough Er

Mouse hepatitis coronavirus (MHV) buds into pleomorphic membrane structures with features expected of the intermediate compartment between the ER and the Golgi complex. Here, we characterize the MHV budding compartment in more detail in mouse L cells using streptolysin O (SLO) permeabilization which allowed us to better visualize the membrane structures at the ER-Golgi boundary. The MHV budding compartment shares membrane continuities with the rough ER as well as with cisternal elements on one side of the Golgi stack. It also labeled with p58 and rab2, two markers of the intermediate compartment, and with PDI, usually considered to be a marker of the rough ER. The membranes of the budding compartment, as well as the budding virions themselves, but not the rough ER, labeled with the N-acetyl-galactosamine (GalNAc)-specific lectin Helix pomatia. When the SLO-permeabilized cells were treated with guanosine 5'-(3-O-thio)triphosphate (GTP gamma S), the budding compartment accumulated a large number of beta-cop-containing buds and vesicular profiles. Complementary biochemical experiments were carried out to determine whether vesicular transport was required for the newly synthesized M protein, that contains only O-linked oligosaccharides, to acquire first, GalNAc and second, the Golgi modifications galactose and sialic acid. The results from both in vivo studies and from the use of SLO-permeabilized cells showed that, while GalNAc addition occurred under conditions which block vesicular transport, both cytosol and ATP were prerequisites for the M protein oligosaccharides to acquire Golgi modifications. Collectively, our data argue that transport from the rough ER to the Golgi complex requires only one vesicular transport step and that the intermediate compartment is a specialized domain of the endoplasmatic reticulum that extends to the first cisterna on the cis side of the Golgi stack.

The AMF-R tubule is a smooth ilimaquinone-sensitive subdomain of the endoplasmic reticulum

1997 ◽  
Vol 110 (24) ◽  
pp. 3043-3053 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.J. Wang ◽  
N. Benlimame ◽  
I. Nabi
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Confocal Microscopy ◽  
Immunofluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Mdck Cells ◽  
Autocrine Motility Factor ◽  
Motility Factor ◽  
Membranous Tubule ◽  
Intermediate Compartment ◽  
Rough Er ◽  
Golgi Network

Autocrine motility factor receptor (AMF-R) is a marker for a distinct smooth membranous tubule. Ilimaquinone (IQ) is a sea sponge metabolite which induces the complete vesiculation of the Golgi apparatus and we show here that the addition of IQ to MDCK cells also results in the disruption of the AMF-R tubule. By immunofluorescence microscopy, the resultant punctate AMF-R label resembles the products of IQ-mediated vesiculation of the trans-Golgi network, however, the two labels can be distinguished by confocal microscopy. AMF-R tubule fragmentation occurs after nocodazole or taxol treatment of the cells demonstrating that the action of IQ on AMF-R tubules is not related to the ability of IQ to depolymerize microtubules. IQ activity is therefore not Golgi-specific. Electron microscopy of IQ-treated cells reveals that AMF-R is distributed to fenestrated networks of narrow interconnected tubules which are distinguishable from the uniform Golgi-derived vesicles and morphologically equivalent to smooth ER. Distinct fenestrations are visible in incompletely fragmented tubules which may represent intermediates in the fragmentation process. Smooth AMF-R labeled tubules exhibit continuity with rough ER cisternae and IQ selectively targets smooth and not rough ER. AMF-R tubules can be distinguished from the intermediate compartment labeled for ERGIC-53 by confocal microscopy and thus constitute a distinct IQ-sensitive subdomain of the smooth ER.

scholarly journals Membrane Translocation of 15-Lipoxygenase in Hematopoietic Cells Is Calcium-Dependent and Activates the Oxygenase Activity of the Enzyme

Blood ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Brinckmann ◽  
Kerstin Schnurr ◽  
Dagmar Heydeck ◽  
Thomas Rosenbach ◽  
Gerhard Kolde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Immunoelectron Microscopy ◽  
Membrane Lipids ◽  
Membrane Binding ◽  
Hematopoietic Cells ◽  
Cell Fractionation ◽  
Calcium Dependent ◽  
Oxygenase Activity ◽  
Lipoxygenase Products

Abstract Mammalian 15-lipoxygenases, which have been implicated in the differentiation of hematopoietic cells are commonly regarded as cytosolic enzymes. Studying the interaction of the purified rabbit reticulocyte 15-lipoxygenase with various types of biomembranes, we found that the enzyme binds to biomembranes when calcium is present in the incubation mixture. Under these conditions, an oxidation of the membrane lipids was observed. The membrane binding was reversible and led to an increase in the fatty acid oxygenase activity of the enzyme. To find out whether such a membrane binding also occurs in vivo, we investigated the intracellular localization of the enzyme in stimulated and resting hematopoietic cells by immunoelectron microscopy, cell fractionation studies and activity assays. In rabbit reticulocytes, the 15-lipoxygenase was localized in the cytosol, but also bound to intracellular membranes. This membrane binding was also reversible and the detection of specific lipoxygenase products in the membrane lipids indicated the in vivo activity of the enzyme on endogenous substrates. Immunoelectron microscopy showed that in interleukin-4 –treated monocytes, the 15-lipoxygenase was localized in the cytosol, but also at the inner side of the plasma membrane and at the cytosolic side of intracellular vesicles. Here again, cell fractionation studies confirmed the in vivo membrane binding of the enzyme. In human eosinophils, which constitutively express the 15-lipoxygenase, the membrane bound share of the enzyme was augmented when the cells were stimulated with calcium ionophore. Only under these conditions, specific lipoxygenase products were detected in the membrane lipids. These data suggest that in hematopoietic cells the cytosolic 15-lipoxygenase translocates reversibly to the cellular membranes. This translocation, which increases the fatty acid oxygenase activity of the enzyme, is calcium-dependent, but may not require a special docking protein.

scholarly journals NANOG/NANOGP8 Localizes at the Centrosome and is Spatiotemporally Associated with Centriole Maturation

Cells ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 692
Author(s):  
Erika Mikulenkova ◽  
Jakub Neradil ◽  
Ondrej Vymazal ◽  
Jan Skoda ◽  
Renata Veselska
Keyword(s):  
Tumor Cell ◽  
Nuclear Localization ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Distal Region ◽  
Cell Fractionation ◽  
Tumor Cell Lines ◽  
Double Immunofluorescence ◽  
Transcriptional Regulatory ◽  
Mother Centriole

NANOG is a transcription factor involved in the regulation of pluripotency and stemness. The functional paralog of NANOG, NANOGP8, differs from NANOG in only three amino acids and exhibits similar reprogramming activity. Given the transcriptional regulatory role played by NANOG, the nuclear localization of NANOG/NANOGP8 has primarily been considered to date. In this study, we investigated the intriguing extranuclear localization of NANOG and demonstrated that a substantial pool of NANOG/NANOGP8 is localized at the centrosome. Using double immunofluorescence, the colocalization of NANOG protein with pericentrin was identified by two independent anti-NANOG antibodies among 11 tumor and non-tumor cell lines. The validity of these observations was confirmed by transient expression of GFP-tagged NANOG, which also colocalized with pericentrin. Mass spectrometry of the anti-NANOG immunoprecipitated samples verified the antibody specificity and revealed the expression of both NANOG and NANOGP8, which was further confirmed by real-time PCR. Using cell fractionation, we show that a considerable amount of NANOG protein is present in the cytoplasm of RD and NTERA-2 cells. Importantly, cytoplasmic NANOG was unevenly distributed at the centrosome pair during the cell cycle and colocalized with the distal region of the mother centriole, and its presence was markedly associated with centriole maturation. Along with the finding that the centrosomal localization of NANOG/NANOGP8 was detected in various tumor and non-tumor cell types, these results provide the first evidence suggesting a common centrosome-specific role of NANOG.

scholarly journals Retention of p63 in an ER-Golgi intermediate compartment depends on the presence of all three of its domains and on its ability to form oligomers.

1994 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Schweizer ◽  
J Rohrer ◽  
H P Hauri ◽  
S Kornfeld
Keyword(s):  
Golgi Apparatus ◽  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Mutational Analysis ◽  
Major Mechanism ◽  
Microscopy Investigation ◽  
Intermediate Compartment ◽  
Rough Er ◽  
Self Association ◽  
Triton X ◽  
Mutant Forms

The type II membrane protein p63 is a resident protein of a membrane network interposed between rough ER and Golgi apparatus. To study the retention of p63, mutant forms were expressed in COS cells and the intracellular distribution determined by immunofluorescence microscopy. Investigation of chimeric constructs between p63 and the plasma membrane protein dipeptidylpeptidase IV showed that protein sequences from all three domains of the p63 protein are required to achieve complete intracellular retention. Mutational analysis of the 106-amino acid cytoplasmic tail of p63 revealed that the NH2-terminal 23 amino acids are necessary for retention. When p63 was solubilized with Triton X-100 and subjected to centrifugation at 100,000 g, it formed large, insoluble oligomers, particularly at neutral pH and below. A comparison of the behavior of wildtype and mutant p63 proteins in this assay revealed a perfect correlation between the formation of large oligomers and correct intracellular retention. These results suggest that self-association may be a major mechanism by which p63 is retained between the rough ER and the Golgi apparatus.

The tetraspanin CD63 is involved in granule targeting of neutrophil elastase

Blood ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 112 (8) ◽  
pp. 3444-3454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Källquist ◽  
Markus Hansson ◽  
Ann-Maj Persson ◽  
Hans Janssen ◽  
Jero Calafat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neutrophil Elastase ◽  
Adaptor Protein ◽  
State Level ◽  
Integral Membrane Protein ◽  
Cos Cells ◽  
Large Extracellular Loop ◽  
Constitutive Secretion ◽  
Primary Granules ◽  
Secretory Lysosomes ◽  
Tetraspanin Cd63

Abstract Targeting mechanisms of neutrophil elastase (NE) and other luminal proteins stored in myeloperoxidase (MPO)–positive secretory lysosomes/primary granules of neutrophils are unknown. These granules contain an integral membrane protein, CD63, with an adaptor protein-3–dependent granule delivery system. Therefore, we hypothesized that CD63 cooperates in granule delivery of the precursor of NE (proNE). Supporting this hypothesis, an association was demonstrated between CD63 and proNE upon coexpression in COS cells. This also involved augmented cellular retention of proNE requiring intact large extracellular loop of CD63. Furthermore, depletion of CD63 in promyelocytic HL-60 cells with RNA interference or a CD63 mutant caused reduction of cellular NE. However, the proNE steady-state level was similar to wild type in CD63-depleted clones, making it feasible to examine possible effects of CD63 on NE trafficking. Thus, depletion of CD63 led to reduced processing of proNE into mature NE and reduced constitutive secretion. Furthermore, CD63-depleted cells showed a lack of morphologically normal granules, but contained MPO-positive cytoplasmic vacuoles with a lack of proNE and NE. Collectively, our data suggest that granule proteins may cooperate in targeting; CD63 can be involved in ER or Golgi export, cellular retention, and granule targeting of proNE before storage as mature NE.

scholarly journals Involvement of intracellular calcium in protein secretion in Dictyostelium discoideum

1992 ◽  
Vol 103 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.B. Coukell ◽  
A.M. Cameron ◽  
N.R. Adames
Keyword(s):  
Dictyostelium Discoideum ◽  
Translational Control ◽  
Secretory Pathway ◽  
Normal Function ◽  
Cell Fractionation ◽  
Inhibitory Process ◽  
Cellular Energy ◽  
Selective Degradation ◽  
Preferential Loss ◽  
Rough Er

We reported previously that Ca2+ depletion of Dictyostelium discoideum cells severely inhibits extracellular cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (PD) synthesis at a post-transcriptional step. In this study, further experiments were performed to learn more about the nature of this phenomenon. Examination of the polysomal distribution of PD transcripts in control cells and in cells depleted of Ca2+ by incubation with EGTA and A23187 (EA) suggested that inhibition of PD production does not involve translational control. Kinetic analysis of this inhibitory process revealed that soluble, intracellular PD activity, synthesized from either the 2.4 or 1.9 kb PD mRNA, decreased very rapidly upon addition of EA. Furthermore, this decrease in activity was accompanied by the preferential loss of PD-related polypeptides, indicating a proteolytic event. EA-induced PD degradation required cellular energy and concomitant protein synthesis but was unaffected by most of the lysosomotropic agents tested. Therefore, PD proteolysis might not occur in the lysosome. In cell fractionation experiments, the EA-sensitive, intracellular PD activity comigrated with a rough ER marker in Percoll/KCl gradients. In addition to its effect on the PD, EA were also observed to inhibit production and rapidly lower the intracellular levels of another secreted glycoprotein, the PD inhibitor. Together, these results suggest that depletion of some intracellular Ca2+ store(s) in Dictyostelium, possibly the ER, disrupts the normal function of the secretory pathway, resulting in selective degradation of certain proteins.

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