scholarly journals Cellular Processing of the ABCG2 Transporter—Potential Effects on Gout and Drug Metabolism

Cells ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orsolya Mózner ◽  
Zsuzsa Bartos ◽  
Boglárka Zámbó ◽  
László Homolya ◽  
Tamás Hegedűs ◽  
...  

The human ABCG2 is an important plasma membrane multidrug transporter, involved in uric acid secretion, modulation of absorption of drugs, and in drug resistance of cancer cells. Variants of the ABCG2 transporter, affecting cellular processing and trafficking, have been shown to cause gout and increased drug toxicity. In this paper, we overview the key cellular pathways involved in the processing and trafficking of large membrane proteins, focusing on ABC transporters. We discuss the information available for disease-causing polymorphic variants and selected mutations of ABCG2, causing increased degradation and impaired travelling of the transporter to the plasma membrane. In addition, we provide a detailed in silico analysis of an as yet unrecognized loop region of the ABCG2 protein, in which a recently discovered mutation may actually promote ABCG2 membrane expression. We suggest that post-translational modifications in this unstructured loop at the cytoplasmic surface of the protein may have special influence on ABCG2 processing and trafficking.

2019 ◽  
Vol 317 (2) ◽  
pp. F411-F418
Author(s):  
Casandra M. Monzon ◽  
Jeffrey L. Garvin

Claudins are a family of tight junction proteins that provide size and charge selectivity to solutes traversing the paracellular space. Thick ascending limbs (TALs) express numerous claudins, including claudin-19. Nitric oxide (NO), via cGMP, reduces dilution potentials in perfused TALs, a measure of paracellular permeability, but the role of claudin-19 is unknown. We hypothesized that claudin-19 mediates the effects of NO/cGMP on the paracellular pathway in TALs via increases in plasma membrane expression of this protein. We measured the effect of the NO donor spermine NONOate (SPM) on dilution potentials with and without blocking antibodies and plasma membrane expression of claudin-19. During the control period, the dilution potential was −18.2 ± 1.8 mV. After treatment with 200 μmol/l SPM, it was −14.7 ± 2.0 mV ( P < 0.04). In the presence of claudin-19 antibody, the dilution potential was −12.7 ± 2.1 mV. After SPM, it was −12.9 ± 2.4 mV, not significantly different. Claudin-19 antibody alone had no effect on dilution potentials. In the presence of Tamm-Horsfall protein antibody, SPM reduced the dilution potential from −9.7 ± 1.0 to −6.3 ± 1.1 mV ( P < 0.006). Dibutyryl-cGMP (500 µmol/l) reduced the dilution potential from −19.6 ± 2.6 to −17.2 ± 2.3 mV ( P < 0.002). Dibutyryl-cGMP increased expression of claudin-19 in the plasma membrane from 29.9 ± 3.8% to 65.9 ± 10.1% of total ( P < 0.011) but did not change total expression. We conclude that claudin-19 mediates the effects of the NO/cGMP signaling cascade on the paracellular pathway.


2009 ◽  
Vol 296 (4) ◽  
pp. C857-C867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia M. Uriarte ◽  
Neelakshi R. Jog ◽  
Gregory C. Luerman ◽  
Samrath Bhimani ◽  
Richard A. Ward ◽  
...  

We have recently reported that disruption of the actin cytoskeleton enhanced N-formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP)-stimulated granule exocytosis in human neutrophils but decreased plasma membrane expression of complement receptor 1 (CR1), a marker of secretory vesicles. The present study was initiated to determine if reduced CR1 expression was due to fMLP-stimulated endocytosis, to determine the mechanism of this endocytosis, and to examine its impact on neutrophil functional responses. Stimulation of neutrophils with fMLP or ionomycin in the presence of latrunculin A resulted in the uptake of Alexa fluor 488-labeled albumin and transferrin and reduced plasma membrane expression of CR1. These effects were prevented by preincubation of the cells with sucrose, chlorpromazine, or monodansylcadaverine (MDC), inhibitors of clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Sucrose, chlorpromazine, and MDC also significantly inhibited fMLP- and ionomycin-stimulated specific and azurophil granule exocytosis. Disruption of microtubules with nocodazole inhibited endocytosis and azurophil granule exocytosis stimulated by fMLP in the presence of latrunculin A. Pharmacological inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, ERK1/2, and PKC significantly reduced fMLP-stimulated transferrin uptake in the presence of latrunculin A. Blockade of clathrin-mediated endocytosis had no significant effect on fMLP-stimulated phosphorylation of ERK1/2 in neutrophils pretreated with latrunculin A. From these data, we conclude that the actin cytoskeleton functions to limit microtubule-dependent, clathrin-mediated endocytosis in stimulated human neutrophils. The limitation of clathrin-mediated endocytosis by actin regulates the extent of both specific and azurophilic granule exocytosis.


2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 1377-1386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vineet Kumar ◽  
Tot Bui Nguyen ◽  
Beáta Tóth ◽  
Viktoria Juhasz ◽  
Jashvant D. Unadkat

Author(s):  
Lebeau Grégorie ◽  
Frumence Etienne ◽  
Turpin Jonathan ◽  
Hoarau Jean-jacques ◽  
Gadea Gilles ◽  
...  

Neurological complications of infection by the mosquito-borne Zika virus (ZIKV) include Guillain-Barr&eacute; syndrome (GBS), an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuritis. GBS was first associated with recent ZIKV epidemics caused by the emergence of ZIKV Asian lineage in South Pacific. Here, we hypothesize that ZIKV-associated GBS relates to a molecular mimicry between viral envelope E (E) protein and neural proteins involved in GBS. Analysis of ZIKV epidemic strains showed that glycan loop (GL) region of the E protein includes an IVNDT motif which is conserved in voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1C (Cav1.2) and Heat Shock 70 kDa protein 12A (HSP70 12A). Both VSCC-alpha 1C and HSP70 12A belong to protein families which have been associated with neurological autoimmune diseases in central nervous system. The purpose of our in silico analysis is to point out that IVNDT motif of ZIKV E-GL region should be taken in consideration for the development of safe and effective anti-Zika vaccines by precluding the possibility of adverse neurologic events including autoimmune diseases such as GBS.


2009 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 1305-1313 ◽  
Author(s):  
María P. Sánchez-Cañete ◽  
Luís Carvalho ◽  
F. Javier Pérez-Victoria ◽  
Francisco Gamarro ◽  
Santiago Castanys

ABSTRACT Miltefosine (hexadecylphosphocholine, MLF) is the first oral drug with recognized efficacy against both visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis. However, some clinical studies have suggested that MLF shows significantly less efficiency against the cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis. In this work, we have determined the cellular and molecular basis for the natural MLF resistance observed in L. braziliensis. Four independent L. braziliensis clinical isolates showed a marked decrease in MLF sensitivity that was due to their inability to internalize the drug. MLF internalization in the highly sensitive L. donovani species requires at least two proteins in the plasma membrane, LdMT, a P-type ATPase involved in phospholipid translocation, and its β subunit, LdRos3. Strikingly, L. braziliensis parasites showed highly reduced levels of this MLF translocation machinery at the plasma membrane, mainly because of the low expression levels of the β subunit, LbRos3. Overexpression of LbRos3 induces increased MLF sensitivity not only in L. braziliensis promastigotes but also in intracellular amastigotes. These results further highlight the importance of the MLF translocation machinery in determining MLF potency and point toward the development of protocols to routinely monitor MLF susceptibility in geographic areas where L. braziliensis might be prevalent.


2010 ◽  
Vol 285 (37) ◽  
pp. 28529-28539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances J. Evesson ◽  
Rachel A. Peat ◽  
Angela Lek ◽  
Fabienne Brilot ◽  
Harriet P. Lo ◽  
...  

Blood ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 1089-1092
Author(s):  
GM Hansch ◽  
PF Weller ◽  
A Nicholson-Weller

Abstract Erythrocytes from patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) are abnormally sensitive to complement. Two membrane proteins, the C8 binding protein (C8bp) and the decay accelerating factor (DAF), which are expressed on normal cells, function to restrict lysis by homologous complement, and both of these proteins are absent from PNH erythrocytes. DAF is anchored to the plasma membrane on normal cells by a phosphatidylinositol linkage. The investigators found that a purified phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C cleaved C8bp from the surface of normal lymphocytes and monocytes. This finding indicates that the abnormal complement sensitivity of PNH erythrocytes arises from a common defect, the inability to attach the phosphatidylinositol- containing anchor that is necessary for the membrane expression of both membrane complement regulatory proteins, the C8bp, and DAF.


2006 ◽  
Vol 84 (11) ◽  
pp. 1081-1095 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mackenzie E. Malo ◽  
Larry Fliegel

In mammalian eukaryotic cells, the Na+/H+ exchanger is a family of membrane proteins that regulates ions fluxes across membranes. Plasma membrane isoforms of this protein extrude 1 intracellular proton in exchange for 1 extracellular sodium. The family of Na+/H+ exchangers (NHEs) consists of 9 known isoforms, NHE1–NHE9. The NHE1 isoform was the first discovered, is the best characterized, and exists on the plasma membrane of all mammalian cells. It contains an N-terminal 500 amino acid membrane domain that transports ions, plus a 315 amino acid C-terminal, the intracellular regulatory domain. The Na+/H+ exchanger is regulated by both post-translational modifications including protein kinase-mediated phosphorylation, plus by a number of regulatory-binding proteins including phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate, calcineurin homologous protein, ezrin, radixin and moesin, calmodulin, carbonic anhydrase II, and tescalcin. The Na+/H+ exchanger is involved in a variety of complex physiological and pathological events that include regulation of intracellular pH, cell movement, heart disease, and cancer. This review summarizes recent advances in the understanding of the physiological role and regulation of this protein.


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