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1.
Mol Biol Cell ; 27(10): 1621-34, 2016 05 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27009205

RESUMEN

Uroplakins (UPs) are major differentiation products of urothelial umbrella cells and play important roles in forming the permeability barrier and in the expansion/stabilization of the apical membrane. Further, UPIa serves as a uropathogenic Escherichia coli receptor. Although it is understood that UPs are delivered to the apical membrane via fusiform vesicles (FVs), the mechanisms that regulate this exocytic pathway remain poorly understood. Immunomicroscopy of normal and mutant mouse urothelia show that the UP-delivering FVs contained Rab8/11 and Rab27b/Slac2-a, which mediate apical transport along actin filaments. Subsequently a Rab27b/Slp2-a complex mediated FV-membrane anchorage before SNARE-mediated and MAL-facilitated apical fusion. We also show that keratin 20 (K20), which forms a chicken-wire network ∼200 nm below the apical membrane and has hole sizes allowing FV passage, defines a subapical compartment containing FVs primed and strategically located for fusion. Finally, we show that Rab8/11 and Rab27b function in the same pathway, Rab27b knockout leads to uroplakin and Slp2-a destabilization, and Rab27b works upstream from MAL. These data support a unifying model in which UP cargoes are targeted for apical insertion via sequential interactions with Rabs and their effectors, SNAREs and MAL, and in which K20 plays a key role in regulating vesicular trafficking.


Asunto(s)
Queratina-20/metabolismo , Proteínas con Dominio MARVEL/metabolismo , Proteínas SNARE/metabolismo , Urotelio/citología , Urotelio/metabolismo , Animales , Diferenciación Celular/fisiología , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Células Cultivadas , Células Epiteliales/metabolismo , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Músculo Liso/metabolismo , Transporte de Proteínas , Uroplaquinas/genética , Uroplaquinas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Unión al GTP rab/metabolismo
2.
J Cell Physiol ; 230(3): 610-9, 2015 Mar.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25158650

RESUMEN

Despite a high degree of structural homology and shared exchange factors, effectors and GTPase activating proteins, a large body of evidence suggests functional heterogeneity among Ras isoforms. One aspect of Ras biology that may explain this heterogeneity is the differential subcellular localizations driven by the C-terminal hypervariable regions of Ras proteins. Spatial heterogeneity has been documented at the level of organelles: palmitoylated Ras isoforms (H-Ras and N-Ras) localize on the Golgi apparatus whereas K-Ras4B does not. We tested the hypothesis that spatial heterogeneity also exists at the sub-organelle level by studying the localization of differentially palmitoylated Ras isoforms within the Golgi apparatus. Using confocal, live-cell fluorescent imaging and immunogold electron microscopy we found that, whereas the doubly palmitoylated H-Ras is distributed throughout the Golgi stacks, the singly palmitoylated N-Ras is polarized with a relative paucity of expression on the trans Golgi. Using palmitoylation mutants, we show that the different sub-Golgi distributions of the Ras proteins are a consequence of their differential degree of palmitoylation. Thus, the acylation state of Ras proteins controls not only their distribution between the Golgi apparatus and the plasma membrane, but also their distribution within the Golgi stacks.


Asunto(s)
Compartimento Celular/genética , Genes ras , Aparato de Golgi/ultraestructura , Proteínas ras/genética , Línea Celular , Aparato de Golgi/genética , Humanos , Lipoilación/genética , Isoformas de Proteínas/genética , Isoformas de Proteínas/metabolismo , Transporte de Proteínas/genética , Transducción de Señal , Proteínas ras/ultraestructura
3.
Nature ; 493(7434): 679-83, 2013 Jan 31.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23263183

RESUMEN

The mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) pathway regulates organismal growth in response to many environmental cues, including nutrients and growth factors. Cell-based studies showed that mTORC1 senses amino acids through the RagA-D family of GTPases (also known as RRAGA, B, C and D), but their importance in mammalian physiology is unknown. Here we generate knock-in mice that express a constitutively active form of RagA (RagA(GTP)) from its endogenous promoter. RagA(GTP/GTP) mice develop normally, but fail to survive postnatal day 1. When delivered by Caesarean section, fasted RagA(GTP/GTP) neonates die almost twice as rapidly as wild-type littermates. Within an hour of birth, wild-type neonates strongly inhibit mTORC1, which coincides with profound hypoglycaemia and a decrease in plasma amino-acid concentrations. In contrast, mTORC1 inhibition does not occur in RagA(GTP/GTP) neonates, despite identical reductions in blood nutrient amounts. With prolonged fasting, wild-type neonates recover their plasma glucose concentrations, but RagA(GTP/GTP) mice remain hypoglycaemic until death, despite using glycogen at a faster rate. The glucose homeostasis defect correlates with the inability of fasted RagA(GTP/GTP) neonates to trigger autophagy and produce amino acids for de novo glucose production. Because profound hypoglycaemia does not inhibit mTORC1 in RagA(GTP/GTP) neonates, we considered the possibility that the Rag pathway signals glucose as well as amino-acid sufficiency to mTORC1. Indeed, mTORC1 is resistant to glucose deprivation in RagA(GTP/GTP) fibroblasts, and glucose, like amino acids, controls its recruitment to the lysosomal surface, the site of mTORC1 activation. Thus, the Rag GTPases signal glucose and amino-acid concentrations to mTORC1, and have an unexpectedly key role in neonates in autophagy induction and thus nutrient homeostasis and viability.


Asunto(s)
Animales Recién Nacidos/fisiología , Autofagia/genética , GTP Fosfohidrolasas/metabolismo , Regulación Enzimológica de la Expresión Génica , Complejos Multiproteicos/genética , Complejos Multiproteicos/metabolismo , Serina-Treonina Quinasas TOR/genética , Serina-Treonina Quinasas TOR/metabolismo , Aminoácidos/metabolismo , Animales , Animales Recién Nacidos/metabolismo , Glucemia/metabolismo , GTP Fosfohidrolasas/genética , Técnicas de Sustitución del Gen , Hipoglucemia/genética , Estimación de Kaplan-Meier , Diana Mecanicista del Complejo 1 de la Rapamicina , Ratones , Factores de Tiempo
4.
Cell Rep ; 2(5): 1316-28, 2012 Nov 29.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23122960

RESUMEN

Sustained canonical Wnt signaling requires the inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) activity by sequestration of GSK3 inside multivesicular endosomes (MVEs). Here, we show that Wnt signaling is increased by the lysosomal inhibitor chloroquine, which causes accumulation of MVEs. A similar MVE expansion and increased Wnt responsiveness was found in cells deficient in presenilin, a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease. The Wnt-enhancing effects were entirely dependent on the functional endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT), which is needed for the formation of intraluminal vesicles in MVEs. We suggest that accumulation of late endosomal structures leads to enhanced canonical Wnt signaling through increased Wnt-receptor/GSK3 sequestration. The decrease in GSK3 cytosolic activity stabilized cytoplasmic GSK3 substrates such as ß-catenin, the microtubule-associated protein Tau, and other proteins. These results underscore the importance of the endosomal pathway in canonical Wnt signaling and reveal a mechanism for regulation of Wnt signaling by presenilin deficiency.


Asunto(s)
Glucógeno Sintasa Quinasa 3/metabolismo , Lisosomas/metabolismo , Cuerpos Multivesiculares/enzimología , Presenilinas/metabolismo , Proteínas Wnt/metabolismo , Células 3T3 , Animales , Antimaláricos/farmacología , Línea Celular , Cloroquina/farmacología , Complejos de Clasificación Endosomal Requeridos para el Transporte , Células HEK293 , Células HeLa , Humanos , Proteína-6 Relacionada a Receptor de Lipoproteína de Baja Densidad/metabolismo , Macrólidos/farmacología , Ratones , Presenilinas/antagonistas & inhibidores , Presenilinas/genética , Interferencia de ARN , ARN Interferente Pequeño/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos , Tetraspanina 30/metabolismo , Proteínas Wnt/antagonistas & inhibidores , Proteínas Wnt/genética , beta Catenina/metabolismo , Proteínas de Unión al GTP rab/metabolismo , Proteínas de Unión a GTP rab7 , Proteínas tau/metabolismo
5.
Cell ; 143(7): 1136-48, 2010 Dec 23.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21183076

RESUMEN

Canonical Wnt signaling requires inhibition of Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 (GSK3) activity, but the molecular mechanism by which this is achieved remains unclear. Here, we report that Wnt signaling triggers the sequestration of GSK3 from the cytosol into multivesicular bodies (MVBs), so that this enzyme becomes separated from its many cytosolic substrates. Endocytosed Wnt colocalized with GSK3 in acidic vesicles positive for endosomal markers. After Wnt addition, endogenous GSK3 activity decreased in the cytosol, and GSK3 became protected from protease treatment inside membrane-bounded organelles. Cryoimmunoelectron microscopy showed that these corresponded to MVBs. Two proteins essential for MVB formation, HRS/Vps27 and Vps4, were required for Wnt signaling. The sequestration of GSK3 extended the half-life of many other proteins in addition to ß-Catenin, including an artificial Wnt-regulated reporter protein containing GSK3 phosphorylation sites. We conclude that multivesicular endosomes are essential components of the Wnt signal-transduction pathway.


Asunto(s)
Glucógeno Sintasa Quinasa 3/metabolismo , Cuerpos Multivesiculares/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal , Proteínas Wnt/metabolismo , Animales , Línea Celular , Embrión no Mamífero/metabolismo , Humanos , Ratones , Cuerpos Multivesiculares/ultraestructura , Fosforilación , Estabilidad Proteica , Xenopus
6.
Traffic ; 10(9): 1350-61, 2009 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19566896

RESUMEN

The apical surface of the terminally differentiated mouse bladder urothelium is largely covered by urothelial plaques, consisting of hexagonally packed 16-nm uroplakin particles. These plaques are delivered to the cell surface by fusiform vesicles (FVs) that are the most abundant cytoplasmic organelles. We have analyzed the functional involvement of several proteins in the apical delivery and endocytic degradation of uroplakin proteins. Although FVs have an acidified lumen and Rab27b, which localizes to these organelles, is known to be involved in the targeting of lysosome-related organelles (LROs), FVs are CD63 negative and are therefore not typical LROs. Vps33a is a Sec1-related protein that plays a role in vesicular transport to the lysosomal compartment. A point mutation in mouse Vps33a (Buff mouse) causes albinism and bleeding (Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome) because of abnormalities in the trafficking of melanosomes and platelets. These Buff mice showed a novel phenotype observed in urothelial umbrella cells, where the uroplakin-delivering FVs were almost completely replaced by Rab27b-negative multivesicular bodies (MVBs) involved in uroplakin degradation. MVB accumulation leads to an increase in the amounts of uroplakins, Lysosomal-associated membrane protein (LAMP)-1/2, and the activities of beta-hexosaminidase and beta-glucocerebrosidase. These results suggest that FVs can be regarded as specialized secretory granules that deliver crystalline arrays of uroplakins to the cell surface, and that the Vps33a mutation interferes with the fusion of MVBs with mature lysosomes thus blocking uroplakin degradation.


Asunto(s)
Lisosomas/metabolismo , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Proteínas de la Membrana/metabolismo , Cuerpos Multivesiculares/metabolismo , Vejiga Urinaria/metabolismo , Urotelio/metabolismo , Proteínas de Transporte Vesicular/fisiología , Animales , Western Blotting , Células Cultivadas , Proteínas de Membrana de los Lisosomas/genética , Proteínas de Membrana de los Lisosomas/metabolismo , Lisosomas/ultraestructura , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Ratones Mutantes , Microscopía Inmunoelectrónica , Cuerpos Multivesiculares/ultraestructura , Mutación Puntual , Transporte de Proteínas , Vejiga Urinaria/enzimología , Vejiga Urinaria/ultraestructura , Uroplaquina II , Uroplaquina III , Urotelio/enzimología , Urotelio/ultraestructura , Proteínas de Transporte Vesicular/genética , Proteínas de Transporte Vesicular/metabolismo , Proteínas de Unión al GTP rab/metabolismo
7.
J Invest Dermatol ; 128(11): 2665-2675, 2008 Nov.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18496566

RESUMEN

Desmosomes are adhesive junctions that provide mechanical coupling between cells. Plakoglobin (PG) is a major component of the intracellular plaque that serves to connect transmembrane elements to the cytoskeleton. We have used electron tomography and immunolabeling to investigate the consequences of PG knockout on the molecular architecture of the intracellular plaque in cultured keratinocytes. Although knockout keratinocytes form substantial numbers of desmosome-like junctions and have a relatively normal intercellular distribution of desmosomal cadherins, their cytoplasmic plaques are sparse and anchoring of intermediate filaments is defective. In the knockout, beta-catenin appears to substitute for PG in the clustering of cadherins, but is unable to recruit normal levels of plakophilin-1 and desmoplakin to the plaque. By comparing tomograms of wild type and knockout desmosomes, we have assigned particular densities to desmoplakin and described their interaction with intermediate filaments. Desmoplakin molecules are more extended in wild type than knockout desmosomes, as if intermediate filament connections produced tension within the plaque. On the basis of our observations, we propose a particular assembly sequence, beginning with cadherin clustering within the plasma membrane, followed by recruitment of plakophilin and desmoplakin to the plaque, and ending with anchoring of intermediate filaments, which represents the key to adhesive strength.


Asunto(s)
Desmosomas/metabolismo , Filamentos Intermedios/metabolismo , Queratinocitos/metabolismo , gamma Catenina/metabolismo , Animales , Adhesión Celular/fisiología , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Membrana Celular/ultraestructura , Células Cultivadas , Citoesqueleto/metabolismo , Citoesqueleto/ultraestructura , Desmoplaquinas/metabolismo , Desmosomas/ultraestructura , Filamentos Intermedios/ultraestructura , Queratinocitos/citología , Queratinocitos/ultraestructura , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Placofilinas/metabolismo , beta Catenina/metabolismo , gamma Catenina/genética
8.
J Histochem Cytochem ; 56(4): 381-8, 2008 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18158283

RESUMEN

Calsyntenins are members of the cadherin superfamily of cell adhesion molecules. They are present in postsynaptic membranes of excitatory neurons and in vesicles in transit to neuronal growth cones. In the current study, calsyntenin-1 (CST-1) and calsyntenin-3 (CST-3) were identified by mass spectrometric analysis (LC-MS/MS) of integral membrane proteins from highly enriched secretory granule preparations from bovine anterior pituitary gland. Immunofluorescence microscopy on thin frozen sections of rat pituitary revealed that CST-1 was present only in gonadotropes where it colocalized with follicle-stimulating hormone in secretory granules. In contrast, CST-3 was present not only in gonadotrope secretory granules but also in those of somatotropes and thyrotropes. Neither protein was detected in mammatropes. In addition, CST-1 was also localized to the glucagon-containing secretory granules of alpha cells in the pancreatic islets of Langerhans. Results indicate that calsyntenins function outside the nervous system and potentially are modulators of endocrine function.


Asunto(s)
Cadherinas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Unión al Calcio/metabolismo , Células Secretoras de Glucagón/metabolismo , Proteínas de la Membrana/metabolismo , Adenohipófisis/metabolismo , Vesículas Secretoras/metabolismo , Animales , Cadherinas/genética , Proteínas de Unión al Calcio/genética , Bovinos , Línea Celular , Cromatografía Liquida , Humanos , Masculino , Proteínas de la Membrana/genética , Ratones , Microscopía Fluorescente , Ratas , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Espectrometría de Masas en Tándem
9.
J Proteome Res ; 6(8): 2978-92, 2007 Aug.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17583932

RESUMEN

The composition of zymogen granules from rat pancreas was determined by LC-MS/MS. Enriched intragranular content, peripheral membrane, and integral membrane protein fractions were analyzed after one-dimensional SDS-PAGE and tryptic digestion of gel slices. A total of 371 proteins was identified with high confidence, including 84 previously identified granule proteins. The 287 remaining proteins included 37 GTP-binding proteins and effectors, 8 tetraspan membrane proteins, and 22 channels and transporters. Seven proteins, pantophysin, cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase, carboxypeptidase D, ecto-nucleotide phosphodiesterase 3, aminopeptidase N, ral, and the potassium channel TWIK-2, were confirmed by immunofluorescence microscopy or by immunoblotting to be new zymogen granule membrane proteins.


Asunto(s)
Páncreas/metabolismo , Proteoma/metabolismo , Vesículas Secretoras/metabolismo , Animales , Cromatografía Liquida/métodos , Femenino , Masculino , Ratas , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Espectrometría de Masas en Tándem/métodos
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