scholarly journals Peroxisomal Membrane Contact Sites in Yeasts

Author(s):  
Amit S. Joshi

Peroxisomes are ubiquitous, single membrane-bound organelles that play a crucial role in lipid metabolism and human health. While peroxisome number is maintained by the division of existing peroxisomes, nascent peroxisomes can be generated from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane in yeasts. During formation and proliferation, peroxisomes maintain membrane contacts with the ER. In addition to the ER, contacts between peroxisomes and other organelles such as lipid droplets, mitochondria, vacuole, and plasma membrane have been reported. These membrane contact sites (MCS) are dynamic and important for cellular function. This review focuses on the recent developments in peroxisome biogenesis and the functional importance of peroxisomal MCS in yeasts.

2018 ◽  
Vol 217 (10) ◽  
pp. 3593-3607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Björn D.M. Bean ◽  
Samantha K. Dziurdzik ◽  
Kathleen L. Kolehmainen ◽  
Claire M.S. Fowler ◽  
Waldan K. Kwong ◽  
...  

The regulated expansion of membrane contact sites, which mediate the nonvesicular exchange of lipids between organelles, requires the recruitment of additional contact site proteins. Yeast Vps13 dynamically localizes to membrane contacts that connect the ER, mitochondria, endosomes, and vacuoles and is recruited to the prospore membrane in meiosis, but its targeting mechanism is unclear. In this study, we identify the sorting nexin Ypt35 as a novel adaptor that recruits Vps13 to endosomal and vacuolar membranes. We characterize an interaction motif in the Ypt35 N terminus and identify related motifs in the prospore membrane adaptor Spo71 and the mitochondrial membrane protein Mcp1. We find that Mcp1 is a mitochondrial adaptor for Vps13, and the Vps13–Mcp1 interaction, but not Ypt35, is required when ER-mitochondria contacts are lost. All three adaptors compete for binding to a conserved six-repeat region of Vps13 implicated in human disease. Our results support a competition-based model for regulating Vps13 localization at cellular membranes.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukrut Kamerkar ◽  
Jagjeet Singh ◽  
Subham Tripathy ◽  
Hemangi Bhonsle ◽  
Mukesh Kumar ◽  
...  

Coordinated cell function requires inter-organelle communication across Membrane Contact Sites (MCS). Here we deposit ER-enriched microsomes purified from rat liver or from cultured cells on a coverslip in the form of a continuous planar membrane. We visualize real-time protein and lipid exchanges across MCS that form between this ER-mimicking membrane and lipid droplets purified from rat liver. An Optical trap is used to demonstrate physical tethering of individual lipid droplets to the ER-mimicking membrane at MCS, and to directly measure the strength of this tether. In-vitro MCS formation changes dramatically in response to metabolic state and immune activation in the animal. Surprisingly, we find that the Rab18 GTPase and Phosphatidic acid are common molecular factors to control both of these pathways. This assay could possibly be adapted to interrogate MCS formation between other membranes (e.g. mitochondria, peroxisomes, endosomes etc.), and abnormalities therein that cause neurological, metabolic and pathogenic diseases.


2019 ◽  
Vol 218 (4) ◽  
pp. 1089-1091 ◽  
Author(s):  
Truc B. Nguyen ◽  
James A. Olzmann

Lipid droplets (LDs) are hubs for lipid metabolism that form membrane contact sites with multiple organelles. In this issue, Hariri et al. (2019. J. Cell Biol. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201808119) reveal the functions of Mdm1-mediated endoplasmic reticulum (ER)–LD tethering in yeast and Datta et al. (2019. J. Cell Biol. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201808133) identify a role for the Mdm1 orthologue, Snx14, as an ER–LD tether that regulates lipid metabolism in human cells.


2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 1055-1062 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise H. Wong ◽  
Emily R. Eden ◽  
Clare E. Futter

Multivesicular endosomes/bodies (MVBs) sort membrane proteins between recycling and degradative pathways. Segregation of membrane proteins onto intraluminal vesicles (ILVs) of MVBs removes them from the recycling pathway and facilitates their degradation following fusion of MVBs with lysosomes. Sorting of many cargos onto ILVs depends on the ESCRT (Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport) machinery, although ESCRT-independent mechanisms also exist. In mammalian cells, efficient sorting of ligand-stimulated epidermal growth factor receptors onto ILVs also depends on the tyrosine phosphatase, PTP1B, an ER-localised enzyme that interacts with endosomal targets at membrane contacts between MVBs and the ER. This review focuses on the potential roles played by ER:MVB membrane contact sites in regulating ESCRT-dependent ILV formation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 220 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joana Veríssimo Ferreira ◽  
Pedro Carvalho

Membrane lipids and proteins synthesized in the ER are used for de novo assembly of organelles, such as lipid droplets and peroxisomes. After assembly, the growth of these organelles is supported by ER-derived lipids transferred at membrane contact sites (MCSs). How ER sites for organelle biogenesis and lipid transfer are established and regulated is unclear. Here, we investigate how the ER membrane protein Pex30 and its family members Pex28, Pex29, Pex31, and Pex32 target and function at multiple MCSs. We show that different Pex30 complexes function at distinct ER domains and MCSs. Pex30 targets ER–peroxisome MCSs when bound to Pex28 and Pex32, organizes the nuclear–vacuolar junction when bound to Pex29, and promotes the biogenesis of lipid droplets independently of other family members. Importantly, the reticulon homology domain (RHD) mediates the assembly of the various Pex30 complexes. Given the role of RHD in membrane shaping, our findings offer a mechanistic link between MCS and regulation of membrane curvature.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentin Guyard ◽  
Vera F Monteiro-Cardoso ◽  
Mohyeddine Omrane ◽  
Cecile Sauvanet ◽  
Audrey Houcine ◽  
...  

Lipid droplets (LDs) are the primary organelles of lipid storage, buffering energy fluctuations of the cell. They store neutral lipids in their core that is surrounded by a protein-decorated phospholipid monolayer. LDs arise from the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER). The ER-protein seipin, localizing at ER-LD junctions, controls LD nucleation and growth. However, how LD biogenesis is spatially and temporally coordinated remains elusive. Here, we show that the lipid transfer proteins ORP5 and ORP8 control LD biogenesis at Mitochondria-Associated ER Membrane (MAM) subdomains, enriched in phosphatidic acid. We found that ORP5/8 regulate seipin recruitment to these MAM-LD contacts, and their loss impairs LD biogenesis. Importantly, the integrity of ER-mitochondria contact sites is crucial for the ORP5/8 function in regulating seipin-mediated LD biogenesis. Our study uncovers an unprecedented ORP5/8 role in orchestrating LD biogenesis at MAMs and brings novel insights into the metabolic crosstalk between mitochondria, ER, and LDs at membrane contact sites.


Contact ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 251525641984864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexa Bishop ◽  
Maki Kamoshita ◽  
Josiah B. Passmore ◽  
Christian Hacker ◽  
Tina A. Schrader ◽  
...  

Peroxisomes (POs) and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) cooperate extensively in lipid-related metabolic pathways, and the ER also provides phospholipids to enable the peroxisomal membrane to expand prior to division. Recently, we identified peroxisomal proteins, ACBD5 and ACBD4, and the ER protein vesicle-associated membrane protein-associated protein-B (VAPB) as tethering components, which physically interact to foster PO–ER associations at membrane contact sites. Overexpression or loss of these tether proteins alters the extent of PO–ER interactions, impacting on lipid exchange between these two compartments. To facilitate further studies into PO–ER associations at the level of membrane contact sites, their role, composition, and regulation, we have developed two fluorescence-based systems to monitor PO–ER interactions. We modified a proximity ligation assay and a split-fluorescence reporter system using split superfolder green fluorescent protein. Using the proximity ligation assay, we were able to measure the changes in PO–ER interactions while the split-fluorescence reporter was more limited and only allowed us to label PO–ER contacts. We show that both techniques can be useful additions to the toolkit of methods to study PO–ER associations and explore the relative merits of each.


EMBO Reports ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean‐Claude Farré ◽  
Shanmuga S Mahalingam ◽  
Marco Proietto ◽  
Suresh Subramani

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