scholarly journals 1School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, China; [email protected] (X.Y.); [email protected] (Y.Q.)

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 2028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue ◽  
Qian ◽  
Gim ◽  
Lee
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Secretory Pathway ◽  
Host Cells ◽  
Scaffolding Protein ◽  
Membrane Domain ◽  
Cellular Functions ◽  
Domain Organization ◽  
Bacterial Proliferation ◽  
Intracellular Organelles

Acyl-CoA-binding domain-containing 3 (ACBD3) is a multi-functional scaffolding protein, which has been associated with a diverse array of cellular functions, including steroidogenesis, embryogenesis, neurogenesis, Huntington’s disease (HD), membrane trafficking, and viral/bacterial proliferation in infected host cells. In this review, we aim to give a timely overview of recent findings on this protein, including its emerging role in membrane domain organization at the Golgi and the mitochondria. We hope that this review provides readers with useful insights on how ACBD3 may contribute to membrane domain organization along the secretory pathway and on the cytoplasmic surface of intracellular organelles, which influence many important physiological and pathophysiological processes in mammalian cells.

Sterol and lipid trafficking in mammalian cells

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.R. Maxfield ◽  
M. Mondal
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Intracellular Transport ◽  
Vesicular Transport ◽  
Cholesterol Content ◽  
Cellular Functions ◽  
Lipid Trafficking ◽  
Sterol Transport ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Asymmetrically Distributed

The pathways involved in the intracellular transport and distribution of lipids in general, and sterols in particular, are poorly understood. Cholesterol plays a major role in modulating membrane bilayer structure and important cellular functions, including signal transduction and membrane trafficking. Both the overall cholesterol content of a cell, as well as its distribution in specific organellar membranes are stringently regulated. Several diseases, many of which are incurable at present, have been characterized as results of impaired cholesterol transport and/or storage in the cells. Despite their importance, many fundamental aspects of intracellular sterol transport and distribution are not well understood. For instance, the relative roles of vesicular and non-vesicular transport of cholesterol have not yet been fully determined, nor are the non-vesicular transport mechanisms well characterized. Similarly, whether cholesterol is asymmetrically distributed between the two leaflets of biological membranes, and if so, how this asymmetry is maintained, is poorly understood. In this review, we present a summary of the current understanding of these aspects of intracellular trafficking and distribution of lipids, and more specifically, of sterols.

scholarly journals Specific and Nonspecific Membrane-binding Determinants Cooperate in Targeting Phosphatidylinositol Transfer Protein β-Isoform to the MammalianTrans-Golgi Network

2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 2498-2512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott E. Phillips ◽  
Kristina E. Ile ◽  
Malika Boukhelifa ◽  
Richard P.H. Huijbregts ◽  
Vytas A. Bankaitis
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Secretory Pathway ◽  
Membrane Binding ◽  
Bound State ◽  
Missense Mutations ◽  
Cis Acting ◽  
Domain Mapping ◽  
Phosphatidylinositol Transfer ◽  
Golgi Network

Phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins (PITPs) regulate the interface between lipid metabolism and specific steps in membrane trafficking through the secretory pathway in eukaryotes. Herein, we describe the cis-acting information that controls PITPβ localization in mammalian cells. We demonstrate PITPβ localizes predominantly to the trans-Golgi network (TGN) and that this localization is independent of the phospholipid-bound state of PITPβ. Domain mapping analyses show the targeting information within PITPβ consists of three short C-terminal specificity elements and a nonspecific membrane-binding element defined by a small motif consisting of adjacent tryptophan residues (the W202W203motif). Combination of the specificity elements with the W202W203motif is necessary and sufficient to generate an efficient TGN-targeting module. Finally, we demonstrate that PITPβ association with the TGN is tolerant to a range of missense mutations at residue serine 262, we describe the TGN localization of a novel PITPβ isoform with a naturally occurring S262Q polymorphism, and we find no other genetic or pharmacological evidence to support the concept that PITPβ localization to the TGN is obligately regulated by conventional protein kinase C (PKC) or the Golgi-localized PKC isoforms δ or ε. These latter findings are at odds with a previous report that conventional PKC-mediated phosphorylation of residue Ser262is required for PITPβ targeting to Golgi membranes.

scholarly journals A tractable Drosophila cell system enables rapid identification of Acinetobacter baumannii host factors

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing-Ming Qin ◽  
Jianwu Pei ◽  
Gabriel Gomez ◽  
Allison Rice-Ficht ◽  
Thomas A. Ficht ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acinetobacter Baumannii ◽  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Model System ◽  
Host Factors ◽  
Host Cells ◽  
Bacterial Invasion ◽  
Organelle Biogenesis ◽  
Drosophila Cell

AbstractAcinetobacter baumannii is an important causative agent of nosocomial infections worldwide. The pathogen also readily acquires resistance to antibiotics, and pan-resistant strains have been reported. A. baumannii is widely regarded as an extracellular bacterial pathogen. However, accumulating evidence demonstrates that the pathogen can invade, survive or persist in infected mammalian cells. Unfortunately, the molecular mechanisms controlling these processes remain poorly understood. Here, we show that Drosophila S2 cells provide several attractive advantages as a model system for investigating the intracellular lifestyle of the pathogen, including susceptibility to bacterial intracellular replication and limited infection-induced host cell death. We also show that the Drosophila system can be used to rapidly identify host factors, including MAP kinase proteins, which confer susceptibility to intracellular parasitism. Finally, analysis of the Drosophila system suggested that host proteins that regulate organelle biogenesis and membrane trafficking contribute to regulating the intracellular lifestyle of the pathogen. Taken together, these findings establish a novel model system for elucidating interactions between A. baumannii and host cells, define new factors that regulate bacterial invasion or intracellular persistence, and identify subcellular compartments in host cells that interact with the pathogen.

Defects in early secretory pathway transport machinery components and neurodevelopmental disorders

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bor Luen Tang
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Secretory Pathway ◽  
Underlying Disease ◽  
Membrane Dynamics ◽  
Coat Proteins ◽  
Disease Manifestation ◽  
Vesicular Traffic ◽  
Early Secretory Pathway ◽  
Genes Encoding

Abstract The early secretory pathway, provisionally comprising of vesicular traffic between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the Golgi apparatus, occurs constitutively in mammalian cells. Critical for a constant supply of secretory and plasma membrane (PM) materials, the pathway is presumably essential for general cellular function and survival. Neurons exhibit a high intensity in membrane dynamics and protein/lipid trafficking, with differential and polarized trafficking towards the somatodendritic and axonal PM domains. Mutations in genes encoding early secretory pathway membrane trafficking machinery components are known to result in neurodevelopmental or neurological disorders with disease manifestation in early life. Here, such rare disorders associated with autosomal recessive mutations in coat proteins, membrane tethering complexes and membrane fusion machineries responsible for trafficking in the early secretory pathway are summarily discussed. These mutations affected genes encoding subunits of coat protein complex I and II, subunits of transport protein particle (TRAPP) complexes, members of the YIP1 domain family (YIPF) and a SNAP receptor (SNARE) family member. Why the ubiquitously present and constitutively acting early secretory pathway machinery components could specifically affect neurodevelopment is addressed, with the plausible underlying disease etiologies and neuropathological mechanisms resulting from these mutations explored.

scholarly journals Host protein glycosylation in nucleic acid vaccines as a potential hurdle in vaccine design for nonviral pathogens

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 1280-1282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmet Ozdilek ◽  
Amy V. Paschall ◽  
Michelle Dookwah ◽  
Michael Tiemeyer ◽  
Fikri Y. Avci
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Nucleic Acid ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Secretory Pathway ◽  
Surface Protein ◽  
Amino Acid Sequences ◽  
Protein Glycosylation ◽  
Host Protein ◽  
Host Cells ◽  
Nucleic Acid Vaccines

Nucleic acid vaccines introduce the genetic materials encoding antigenic proteins into host cells. If these proteins are directed into the secretory pathway with a signal/leader sequence, they will be exposed to the host’s glycosylation machinery, and, if their amino acid sequences contain consensus sequons for N-linked glycosylation, they may become glycosylated. The presence of host glycans on the proteins of microbial origin may prevent a strong protective immune response either through hindering access to key epitopes by lymphocytes or through altering immune responses by binding to immunoregulatory glycan-binding receptors on immune cells. Ag85A expressed by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a bacterial surface protein that is commonly used in nucleic acid vaccines in multiple clinical trials. Here we show that, when Ag85A is expressed in mammalian cells, it is glycosylated, does not induce a strong humoral immune response in mice, and does not activate Ag85A-specific lymphocytes as highly as Ag85A natively expressed by the bacterium. Our study indicates that host glycosylation of the vaccine target can impede its antigenicity and immunogenicity. Glycosylation of the antigenic protein targets therefore must be carefully evaluated in designing nucleic acid vaccines.

scholarly journals Distinct Roles for the AAA ATPases NSF and p97 in the Secretory Pathway

2004 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 637-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seema Dalal ◽  
Meredith F. N. Rosser ◽  
Douglas M. Cyr ◽  
Phyllis I. Hanson
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Secretory Pathway ◽  
Atp Hydrolysis ◽  
Brefeldin A ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance Regulator ◽  
Organelle Biogenesis ◽  
Ubiquitinated Proteins ◽  
Organelle Assembly ◽  
Specific Assessment

NSF and p97 are related AAA proteins implicated in membrane trafficking and organelle biogenesis. p97 is also involved in pathways that lead to ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis, including ER-associated degradation (ERAD). In this study, we have used dominant interfering ATP-hydrolysis deficient mutants (NSF(E329Q) and p97(E578Q)) to compare the function of these AAA proteins in the secretory pathway of mammalian cells. Expressing NSF(E329Q) promotes disassembly of Golgi stacks into dispersed vesicular structures. It also rapidly inhibits glycosaminoglycan sulfation, reflecting disruption of intra-Golgi transport. In contrast, expressing p97(E578Q) does not affect Golgi structure or function; glycosaminoglycans are normally sulfated and secreted, as is the VSV-G ts045 protein. Instead, expression of p97(E578Q) causes ubiquitinated proteins to accumulate on ER membranes and slows degradation of the ERAD substrate cystic-fibrosis transmembrane-conductance regulator. In addition, expression of p97(E578Q) eventually causes the ER to swell. More specific assessment of effects of p97(E578Q) on organelle assembly shows that the Golgi apparatus disperses and reassembles normally after treatment with brefeldin A and during mitosis. These findings demonstrate that ATP-hydrolysis-dependent activities of NSF and p97 in the cell are not equivalent and suggest that only NSF is directly involved in regulating membrane fusion.

scholarly journals New factors for protein transport identified by a genome-wide CRISPRi screen in mammalian cells

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laia Bassaganyas ◽  
Stephanie J. Popa ◽  
Max Horlbeck ◽  
Anupama Ashok ◽  
Sarah E. Stewart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Secretory Pathway ◽  
Protein Transport ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Golgi Membranes ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
A Genome ◽  
Powerful Strategy ◽  
Shed Light

AbstractProtein and membrane trafficking pathways are critical for cell and tissue homeostasis. Traditional genetic and biochemical approaches have shed light on basic principles underlying these processes. However, the list of factors required for secretory pathways function remains incomplete, and mechanisms involved in their adaptation poorly understood. Here, we present a powerful strategy based on a pooled genome-wide CRISPRi screen that allowed the identification of new factors involved in protein transport. Two newly identified factors, TTC17 and CCDC157, localized along the secretory pathway and were found to interact with resident proteins of ER-Golgi membranes. In addition, we uncovered that upon TTC17 knockdown, the polarized organization of Golgi cisternae was altered, creating glycosylation defects, and that CCDC157 is an important factor for the fusion of transport carriers to the Golgi complex. In conclusion, our work identified and characterized new actors in the mechanisms of protein transport and secretion, and opens stimulating perspectives for the use of our platform in physiological and pathological contexts.

scholarly journals New factors for protein transport identified by a genome-wide CRISPRi screen in mammalian cells

2019 ◽  
Vol 218 (11) ◽  
pp. 3861-3879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laia Bassaganyas ◽  
Stephanie J. Popa ◽  
Max Horlbeck ◽  
Claudia Puri ◽  
Sarah E. Stewart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Secretory Pathway ◽  
Protein Transport ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Golgi Membranes ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
A Genome ◽  
Pathway Function ◽  
Powerful Strategy

Protein and membrane trafficking pathways are critical for cell and tissue homeostasis. Traditional genetic and biochemical approaches have shed light on basic principles underlying these processes. However, the list of factors required for secretory pathway function remains incomplete, and mechanisms involved in their adaptation poorly understood. Here, we present a powerful strategy based on a pooled genome-wide CRISPRi screen that allowed the identification of new factors involved in protein transport. Two newly identified factors, TTC17 and CCDC157, localized along the secretory pathway and were found to interact with resident proteins of ER-Golgi membranes. In addition, we uncovered that upon TTC17 knockdown, the polarized organization of Golgi cisternae was altered, creating glycosylation defects, and that CCDC157 is an important factor for the fusion of transport carriers to Golgi membranes. In conclusion, our work identified and characterized new actors in the mechanisms of protein transport and secretion and opens stimulating perspectives for the use of our platform in physiological and pathological contexts.

scholarly journals The TRAPPIII complex activates the GTPase Ypt1 (Rab1) in the secretory pathway

2017 ◽  
Vol 217 (1) ◽  
pp. 283-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura L. Thomas ◽  
Aaron M.N. Joiner ◽  
J. Christopher Fromme
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Secretory Pathway ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Rab Gtpases ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Protein Particle ◽  
Established Role ◽  
Wild Type Yeast

Rab GTPases serve as molecular switches to regulate eukaryotic membrane trafficking pathways. The transport protein particle (TRAPP) complexes activate Rab GTPases by catalyzing GDP/GTP nucleotide exchange. In mammalian cells, there are two distinct TRAPP complexes, yet in budding yeast, four distinct TRAPP complexes have been reported. The apparent differences between the compositions of yeast and mammalian TRAPP complexes have prevented a clear understanding of the specific functions of TRAPP complexes in all cell types. In this study, we demonstrate that akin to mammalian cells, wild-type yeast possess only two TRAPP complexes, TRAPPII and TRAPPIII. We find that TRAPPIII plays a major role in regulating Rab activation and trafficking at the Golgi in addition to its established role in autophagy. These disparate pathways share a common regulatory GTPase Ypt1 (Rab1) that is activated by TRAPPIII. Our findings lead to a simple yet comprehensive model for TRAPPIII function in both normal and starved eukaryotic cells.

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