scholarly journals The tyrosine motifs of Lamp 1 and LAP determine their direct and indirect targetting to lysosomes

2002 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-194
Author(s):  
Stefanie Obermüller ◽  
Christina Kiecke ◽  
Kurt von Figura ◽  
Stefan Höning

Lamp 1 and lysosomal acid phosphatase (LAP) are lysosomal membrane proteins that harbour a tyrosine-based sorting motif within their short cytoplasmic tails. Lamp 1 is delivered from the trans-Golgi network (TGN) via endosomes directly to lysosomes bypassing the plasma membrane, whereas LAP is indirectly transported to lysosomes and recycles between endosomes and the plasma membrane before being delivered to lysosomes.By analysing truncated forms of LAP and chimeras in which the cytoplasmic tail or part of the cytoplasmic tails of LAP and Lamp 1 were exchanged, we were able to show that the YRHV tyrosine motif of LAP is necessary and sufficient to mediate recycling between endosomes and the plasma membrane. When peptides corresponding to the cytoplasmic tails of LAP and Lamp 1 and chimeric or mutant forms of these tails were assayed for in vitro binding of AP1 and AP2, we found that AP2 bound to LAP- and Lamp-1-derived peptides, whereas AP1 bound only to peptides containing the YQTI tyrosine motif of Lamp 1. Residues +2 and +3 of the tyrosine motif were critical for the differential binding of adaptors. LAP in which these residues (–HV) were substituted for those of Lamp 1 (–TI) was transported directly to lysosomes, whereas a chimera carrying the Lamp 1 tail in which residues +2 and +3 were substituted for those of LAP (–HV) gained the ability to recycle. In conclusion, the residues +2 and +3 of the tyrosine motifs determine the sorting of Lamp 1 and LAP in endosomes, mediating either the direct or the indirect pathway to lysosomes.

1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 2217-2229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa A. Hannan ◽  
Sherri L. Newmyer ◽  
Sandra L. Schmid

Clathrin-coated vesicles (CCV) mediate protein sorting and vesicular trafficking from the plasma membrane and the trans-Golgi network. Before delivery of the vesicle contents to the target organelles, the coat components, clathrin and adaptor protein complexes (APs), must be released. Previous work has established that hsc70/the uncoating ATPase mediates clathrin release in vitro without the release of APs. AP release has not been reconstituted in vitro, and nothing is known about the requirements for this reaction. We report a novel quantitative assay for the ATP- and cytosol- dependent release of APs from CCV. As expected, hsc70 is not sufficient for AP release; however, immunodepletion and reconstitution experiments establish that it is necessary. Interestingly, complete clathrin release is not a prerequisite for AP release, suggesting that hsc70 plays a dual role in recycling the constituents of the clathrin coat. This assay provides a functional basis for identification of the additional cytosolic factor(s) required for AP release.


2008 ◽  
Vol 100 (05) ◽  
pp. 847-856 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda R. Temple ◽  
Holly R. Gentry ◽  
Jan C. DeNofrio ◽  
Weiping Yuan ◽  
Leslie V. Parise

SummaryPlatelet aggregation requires activation of the αIIbβ3 integrin,an event regulated by the integrin cytoplasmic tails. CIB1 binds to the cytoplasmic tail of the integrin αIIb subunit. Previous overexpression and knockdown studies in murine megakaryocytes demonstrated that CIB1 inhibits integrin αIIbβ3 activation.Here we analyzed Cib1-/- mice to determine the function of CIB1 in platelets in vitro and in vivo. We found that although these mice had no overt platelet phenotype, mRNA level of CIB1 homolog CIB3 was increased in Cib1-/- megakaryocytes. In vitro binding experiments showed that recombinant CIB1, -2 and -3 bound specifically to an αIIb cytoplasmic tail peptide. Subsequent protein modeling experiments indicated that CIBs 1–3 each have a highly conserved hydrophobic binding pocket. Therefore, the potential exists for compensation for the loss of CIB1 by these CIB family members, thereby preventing pathologic thrombus formation in Cib1-/- mice.


2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 3289-3298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfram Antonin ◽  
Claudia Holroyd ◽  
Ritva Tikkanen ◽  
Stefan Höning ◽  
Reinhard Jahn

Endobrevin/VAMP-8 is an R-SNARE localized to endosomes, but it is unknown in which intracellular fusion step it operates. Using subcellular fractionation and quantitative immunogold electron microscopy, we found that endobrevin/VAMP-8 is present on all membranes known to communicate with early endosomes, including the plasma membrane, clathrin-coated pits, late endosomes, and membranes of thetrans-Golgi network. Affinity-purified antibodies that block the ability of endobrevin/VAMP-8 to form SNARE core complexes potently inhibit homotypic fusion of both early and late endosomes in vitro. Fab fragments were as active as intact immunoglobulin Gs. Recombinant endobrevin/VAMP-8 inhibited both fusion reactions with similar potency. We conclude that endobrevin/VAMP-8 operates as an R-SNARE in the homotypic fusion of early and late endosomes.


2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (13) ◽  
pp. 2327-2337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sokha Nhek ◽  
Mike Ngo ◽  
Xuemei Yang ◽  
Michelle M. Ng ◽  
Seth J. Field ◽  
...  

Protein kinase D (PKD) plays a critical role at the trans-Golgi network by regulating the fission of transport carriers destined for the plasma membrane. Two known Golgi-localized PKD substrates, PI4-kinase IIIβ and the ceramide transfer protein CERT, mediate PKD signaling to influence vesicle trafficking to the plasma membrane and sphingomyelin synthesis, respectively. PKD is recruited and activated at the Golgi through interaction with diacylglycerol, a pool of which is generated as a by-product of sphingomyelin synthesis from ceramide. Here we identify a novel substrate of PKD at the Golgi, the oxysterol-binding protein OSBP. Using a substrate-directed phospho-specific antibody that recognizes the optimal PKD consensus motif, we show that PKD phosphorylates OSBP at Ser240 in vitro and in cells. We further show that OSBP phosphorylation occurs at the Golgi. Phosphorylation of OSBP by PKD does not modulate dimerization, sterol binding, or affinity for PI(4)P. Instead, phosphorylation attenuates OSBP Golgi localization in response to 25-hydroxycholesterol and cholesterol depletion, impairs CERT Golgi localization, and promotes Golgi fragmentation.


2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Evans ◽  
Diana Murray ◽  
Christina C. Leslie ◽  
Joseph J. Falke

The C2 domain of protein kinase Cα (PKCα) controls the translocation of this kinase from the cytoplasm to the plasma membrane during cytoplasmic Ca2+ signals. The present study uses intracellular coimaging of fluorescent fusion proteins and an in vitro FRET membrane-binding assay to further investigate the nature of this translocation. We find that Ca2+-activated PKCα and its isolated C2 domain localize exclusively to the plasma membrane in vivo and that a plasma membrane lipid, phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2), dramatically enhances the Ca2+-triggered binding of the C2 domain to membranes in vitro. Similarly, a hybrid construct substituting the PKCα Ca2+-binding loops (CBLs) and PIP2 binding site (β-strands 3–4) into a different C2 domain exhibits native Ca2+-triggered targeting to plasma membrane and recognizes PIP2. Conversely, a hybrid containing the CBLs but lacking the PIP2 site translocates primarily to trans-Golgi network (TGN) and fails to recognize PIP2. Similarly, PKCα C2 domains possessing mutations in the PIP2 site target primarily to TGN and fail to recognize PIP2. Overall, these findings demonstrate that the CBLs are essential for Ca2+-triggered membrane binding but are not sufficient for specific plasma membrane targeting. Instead, targeting specificity is provided by basic residues on β-strands 3–4, which bind to plasma membrane PIP2.


2009 ◽  
Vol 184 (3) ◽  
pp. 451-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian-Jiang Hao ◽  
Yin Liu ◽  
Michael Kruhlak ◽  
Karen E. Debell ◽  
Barbara L. Rellahan ◽  
...  

Mechanisms controlling the disassembly of ezrin/radixin/moesin (ERM) proteins, which link the cytoskeleton to the plasma membrane, are incompletely understood. In lymphocytes, chemokine (e.g., SDF-1) stimulation inactivates ERM proteins, causing their release from the plasma membrane and dephosphorylation. SDF-1–mediated inactivation of ERM proteins is blocked by phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitors. Conversely, reduction of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) levels by activation of PLC, expression of active PLC mutants, or acute targeting of phosphoinositide 5-phosphatase to the plasma membrane promotes release and dephosphorylation of moesin and ezrin. Although expression of phosphomimetic moesin (T558D) or ezrin (T567D) mutants enhances membrane association, activation of PLC still relocalizes them to the cytosol. Similarly, in vitro binding of ERM proteins to the cytoplasmic tail of CD44 is also dependent on PIP2. These results demonstrate a new role of PLCs in rapid cytoskeletal remodeling and an additional key role of PIP2 in ERM protein biology, namely hydrolysis-mediated ERM inactivation.


2001 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Zhao ◽  
T. Greener ◽  
H. Al-Hasani ◽  
S.W. Cushman ◽  
E. Eisenberg ◽  
...  

Although uncoating of clathrin-coated vesicles is a key event in clathrin-mediated endocytosis it is unclear what prevents uncoating of clathrin-coated pits before they pinch off to become clathrin-coated vesicles. We have shown that the J-domain proteins auxilin and GAK are required for uncoating by Hsc70 in vitro. In the present study, we expressed auxilin in cultured cells to determine if this would block endocytosis by causing premature uncoating of clathrin-coated pits. We found that expression of auxilin indeed inhibited endocytosis. However, expression of auxilin with its J-domain mutated so that it no longer interacted with Hsc70 also inhibited endocytosis as did expression of the clathrin-assembly protein, AP180, or its clathrin-binding domain. Accompanying this inhibition, we observed a marked decrease in clathrin associated with the plasma membrane and the trans-Golgi network, which provided us with an opportunity to determine whether the absence of clathrin from clathrin-coated pits affected the distribution of the clathrin assembly proteins AP1 and AP2. Surprisingly we found almost no change in the association of AP2 and AP1 with the plasma membrane and the trans-Golgi network, respectively. This was particularly obvious when auxilin or GAK was expressed with functional J-domains since, in these cases, almost all of the clathrin was sequestered in granules that also contained Hsc70 and auxilin or GAK. We conclude that expression of clathrin-binding proteins inhibits clathrin-mediated endocytosis by sequestering clathrin so that it is no longer available to bind to nascent pits but that assembly proteins bind to these pits independently of clathrin.


1999 ◽  
Vol 112 (23) ◽  
pp. 4257-4269 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.R. Gough ◽  
M.E. Zweifel ◽  
O. Martinez-Augustin ◽  
R.C. Aguilar ◽  
J.S. Bonifacino ◽  
...  

A systematic study was conducted on the requirements at the C-terminal position for the targeting of LAMPs to lysosomes, examining the hypothesis that a bulky hydrophobic residue is required. Mutations deleting or replacing the C-terminal valine with G, A, C, L, I, M, K, F, Y, or W were constructed in a reporter protein consisting of the lumenal/extracellular domain of avian LAMP-1 fused to the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains of LAMP-2b. The steady-state distribution of each mutant form in mouse L-cells was assessed by quantitative antibody binding assays and immunofluorescence microscopy; efficiency of internalization from the plasma membrane and delivery to the lysosome were also estimated. It is found that (a) only C-terminal V, L, I, M, and F mediated efficient targeting to lysosomes, demonstrating the importance hydrophobicity and an optimal size of the C-terminal residue in targeting; (b) efficiency of lysosomal targeting generally correlated with efficiency of internalization; and (c) mutant forms that did not target well to lysosomes showed unique distributions in cells rather than simply default accumulation in the plasma membrane. Interactions of the targeting signals with adaptor subunits were measured using a yeast two-hybrid assay. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that trafficking of LAMP forms in cells through the indirect pathway is determined by the affinities of their targeting signals, predominantly for the mu2 and mu3 adaptors involved at plasma membrane and endosomal cellular sorting sites, respectively.


1977 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Dohrmann ◽  
R. Hertel ◽  
P. Pesci ◽  
S.M. Cocucci ◽  
E. Marrè ◽  
...  

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