Faculty Opinions recommendation of Inhibiting GPI anchor biosynthesis in fungi stresses the endoplasmic reticulum and enhances immunogenicity.

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Morel ◽  
Cristiana Santos de Macedo ◽  
Marcio L Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Gpi Anchor

scholarly journals Limited ER quality control for GPI-anchored proteins

2016 ◽  
Vol 213 (6) ◽  
pp. 693-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Sikorska ◽  
Leticia Lemus ◽  
Auxiliadora Aguilera-Romero ◽  
Javier Manzano-Lopez ◽  
Howard Riezman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Protein Folding ◽  
Misfolded Proteins ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Gpi Anchor ◽  
Er Quality Control ◽  
Entire Class ◽  
Er Export ◽  
Export Signal

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) quality control mechanisms target terminally misfolded proteins for ER-associated degradation (ERAD). Misfolded glycophosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins (GPI-APs) are, however, generally poor ERAD substrates and are targeted mainly to the vacuole/lysosome for degradation, leading to predictions that a GPI anchor sterically obstructs ERAD. Here we analyzed the degradation of the misfolded GPI-AP Gas1* in yeast. We could efficiently route Gas1* to Hrd1-dependent ERAD and provide evidence that it contains a GPI anchor, ruling out that a GPI anchor obstructs ERAD. Instead, we show that the normally decreased susceptibility of Gas1* to ERAD is caused by canonical remodeling of its GPI anchor, which occurs in all GPI-APs and provides a protein-independent ER export signal. Thus, GPI anchor remodeling is independent of protein folding and leads to efficient ER export of even misfolded species. Our data imply that ER quality control is limited for the entire class of GPI-APs, many of them being clinically relevant.

The presence of an ER exit signal determines the protein sorting upon ER exit in yeast

2008 ◽  
Vol 414 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reika Watanabe ◽  
Guillaume A. Castillon ◽  
Anja Meury ◽  
Howard Riezman
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Protein Sorting ◽  
Surface Protein ◽  
The Other ◽  
Gpi Anchor ◽  
Rich Region ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Detergent Resistant Membrane

In yeast, there are at least two vesicle populations upon ER (endoplasmic reticulum) exit, one containing Gap1p (general aminoacid permease) and a glycosylated α-factor, gpαF (glycosylated proα-factor), and the other containing GPI (glycosylphosphatidylinositol)-anchored proteins, Gas1p (glycophospholipid-anchored surface protein) and Yps1p. We attempted to identify sorting determinants for this protein sorting event in the ER. We found that mutant Gas1 proteins that lack a GPI anchor and/or S/T region (serine- and threonine-rich region), two common characteristic features conserved among yeast GPI-anchored proteins, were still sorted away from Gap1p-containing vesicles. Furthermore, a mutant glycosylated α-factor, gpαGPI, which contains both the GPI anchor and S/T region from Gas1p, still entered Gap1p-containing vesicles, demonstrating that these conserved characteristics do not prevent proteins from entering Gap1p-containing vesicles. gpαF showed severely reduced budding efficiency in the absence of its ER exit receptor Erv29p, and this residual budding product no longer entered Gap1p-containing vesicles. These results suggest that the interaction of gpαF with Erv29p is essential for sorting into Gap1p-containing vesicles. We compared the detergent solubility of Gas1p and the gpαGPI in the ER with that in ER-derived vesicles. Both GPI-anchored proteins similarly partitioned into the DRM (detergent-resistant membrane) in the ER. Based on the fact that they entered different ER-derived vesicles, we conclude that DRM partitioning of GPI-anchored proteins is not the dominant determinant of protein sorting upon ER exit. Interestingly, upon incorporation into the ER-derived vesicles, gpαGPI was no longer detergent-insoluble, in contrast with the persistent detergent insolubility of Gas1p in the ER-derived vesicles. We present different explanations for the different behaviours of GPI-anchored proteins in distinct ER-derived vesicle populations.

scholarly journals Intracellular cleavage of glycosylphosphatidylinositol by phospholipase D induces activation of protein kinase Cα

1999 ◽  
Vol 342 (2) ◽  
pp. 449-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi TSUJIOKA ◽  
Noboru TAKAMI ◽  
Yoshio MISUMI ◽  
Yukio IKEHARA
Keyword(s):  
Signal Transduction ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Phospholipase D ◽  
Secretory Pathway ◽  
Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane ◽  
Gpi Anchor ◽  
Protein Kinase Cα ◽  
In Cells

Many proteins are anchored to the cell membrane by glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI). One of the functions proposed for the GPI anchor is as a possible mediator in signal transduction through its hydrolysis. GPI-specific phospholipase D (GPI-PLD) is a secretory protein that is suggested to be involved in the release of GPI-anchored protein from the membrane. In the present study we examined how GPI-PLD is involved in signal transduction. When introduced exogenously and overexpressed in cells, GPI-PLD cleaved the GPI anchors in the early secretory pathway, possibly in the endoplasmic reticulum, resulting in an increased production of diacylglycerol. Experiments in vitro and in vivo showed that the association of protein kinase Cα (PKCα) with membranes was increased markedly by expression of GPI-PLD in cells. Furthermore, sucrose-density-gradient centrifugation and immunofluorescence microscopy demonstrated that PKCα was translocated to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane in cells expressing GPI-PLD, in contrast with its association with the plasma membrane in cells treated with PMA. We also confirmed that the phosphorylation of c-Fos as well as PKCα itself was greatly enhanced by the expression of GPI-PLD. Taken together, these results suggest that GPI-PLD is involved in intracellular cleavage of the GPI anchor, which is a new potential source of diacylglycerol production to activate PKCα.

Defective targeting of hemojuvelin to plasma membrane is a common pathogenetic mechanism in juvenile hemochromatosis

Blood ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 109 (10) ◽  
pp. 4503-4510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Silvestri ◽  
Alessia Pagani ◽  
Claudia Fazi ◽  
Gianmario Gerardi ◽  
Sonia Levi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Iron Supplementation ◽  
Proteolytic Processing ◽  
Dual Function ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Pathogenetic Mechanism ◽  
Gpi Anchor ◽  
Juvenile Hemochromatosis ◽  
Deficient Mice

Abstract Hemojuvelin (HJV) positively modulates the iron regulator hepcidin, and its mutations are the major cause of juvenile hemochromatosis (JH), a recessive disease leading to iron overload. Defective HJV reduces hepcidin up-regulation both in humans and in Hjv-deficient mice. To investigate the JH pathogenesis and the functional properties of human HJV we studied the biosynthesis and maturation of 6 HJV pathogenic mutants in HeLa and HepG2 cells. We show that proteolytic processing is defective in mutants F170S, W191C, and G320V, but not in G99V and C119F. Moreover, we show that mutants G99V and C119F are targeted to the cell surface, while F170S, W191C, G320V, and R326X (lacking the glycosilphosphatidylinositol [GPI] anchor) are mainly retained in the endoplasmic reticulum, although all mutants are released as soluble forms (s-HJV) in a proportion that is modulated by iron supplementation. Membrane HJV (m-HJV) is mainly composed of the cleaved protein, and its level is increased by iron in wild-type (WT) mice but not in the mutants. Altogether, the data demonstrate that the loss of HJV membrane export is central to the pathogenesis of JH, and that HJV cleavage is essential for the export. The results support a dual function for s- and m-HJV in iron deficiency and overload, respectively.

scholarly journals Glycosylation defects corrected by the changes in GDPmannose level.

1999 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Kruszewska ◽  
A Janik ◽  
U Lenart ◽  
G Palamarczyk
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Neurological Disorder ◽  
Gpi Anchor ◽  
Biochemical Basis ◽  
Lower Eukaryotes ◽  
Golgi Compartment ◽  
Carbohydrate Deficient Glycoprotein Syndrome ◽  
Lines Of Evidence

GDPMan is a key substrate in glycoprotein formation. This is especially true for lower eukaryotes where, in addition to the involvement in N-glycan biosynthesis and GPI-anchor formation, GDPMan takes part in the process which is unique for yeast and fungi i.e. O-mannosylation. Several lines of evidence have been presented that the level of GDPMan affects the process occurring in the Golgi compartment i.e. the elongation of outer mannose chain of glycoproteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Results from our laboratory indicate that the availability of GDPMan affects also the early steps of glycoprotein formation ascribed to the endoplasmic reticulum, i.e. assembly of the dolichol-linked oligosaccharide as well as mannosyl-phosphodolichol (MPD) formation. The biochemical basis of carbohydrate deficient glycoprotein syndrome, a severe neurological disorder related to the GDPMan deficiency, is also discussed.

scholarly journals Cantharidin alters GPI-anchored protein sorting by targeting Cdc1 mediated remodeling in Endoplasmic Reticulum

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pushpendra Kumar Sahu ◽  
Raghuvir Singh Tomar
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Cell Wall ◽  
Genetic Interaction ◽  
Protein Sorting ◽  
Model Organism ◽  
Cell Wall Integrity ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Growth Media ◽  
Gpi Anchor ◽  
Associated Functions

ABSTRACTCantharidin (CTD) is a potent anticancer small molecule produced by several species of blister beetle. It has been a traditional medicine for the treatment of warts and tumors for many decades. CTD suppresses the tumor growth by inducing apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, and DNA damage. It is a known inhibitor of PP2A and PP1. In this study, we identified new molecular targets of CTD usingSaccharomyces cerevisiaeas a model organism which expresses a Cantharidin Resistance Gene (CRG1).CRG1encodes a SAM-dependent methyltransferase that inactivates CTD by methylation. CTD alters lipid homeostasis, cell wall integrity, endocytosis, adhesion, and invasion in yeast cells. We found that CTD specifically affects the phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) associated functions which can be rescued by supplementation of ethanolamine (ETA) in the growth media. CTD also perturbed ER homeostasis and cell wall integrity by altering the GPI-anchored protein sorting. The CTD dependent genetic interaction profile ofCRG1revealed that Cdc1 activity in GPI-anchor remodeling is the key target of CTD, which we found to be independent of PP2A and PP1. Furthermore, our experiments with human cells suggest that CTD functions through a conserved mechanism in higher eukaryotes as well. Altogether, we conclude that CTD induces cytotoxicity by targeting Cdc1 activity in GPI-anchor remodeling in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER).

scholarly journals The yeast p24 complex regulates GPI-anchored protein transport and quality control by monitoring anchor remodeling

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (16) ◽  
pp. 2924-2936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume A. Castillon ◽  
Auxiliadora Aguilera-Romero ◽  
Javier Manzano-Lopez ◽  
Sharon Epstein ◽  
Kentaro Kajiwara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Intracellular Transport ◽  
Protein Transport ◽  
Eukaryotic Cells ◽  
Secretory Proteins ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Gpi Anchor ◽  
The Status

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins are secretory proteins that are attached to the cell surface of eukaryotic cells by a glycolipid moiety. Once GPI anchoring has occurred in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the structure of the lipid part on the GPI anchor undergoes a remodeling process prior to ER exit. In this study, we provide evidence suggesting that the yeast p24 complex, through binding specifically to GPI-anchored proteins in an anchor-dependent manner, plays a dual role in their selective trafficking. First, the p24 complex promotes efficient ER exit of remodeled GPI-anchored proteins after concentration by connecting them with the COPII coat and thus facilitates their incorporation into vesicles. Second, it retrieves escaped, unremodeled GPI-anchored proteins from the Golgi to the ER in COPI vesicles. Therefore the p24 complex, by sensing the status of the GPI anchor, regulates GPI-anchored protein intracellular transport and coordinates this with correct anchor remodeling.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document