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Théry C, Ostrowski M, Segura E. Membrane vesicles as conveyors of immune responses. Nat Rev Immunol 2009; 9:581-93. [PMID: 19498381 DOI: 10.1038/nri2567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3094] [Impact Index Per Article: 193.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In multicellular organisms, communication between cells mainly involves the secretion of proteins that then bind to receptors on neighbouring cells. But another mode of intercellular communication - the release of membrane vesicles - has recently become the subject of increasing interest. Membrane vesicles are complex structures composed of a lipid bilayer that contains transmembrane proteins and encloses soluble hydrophilic components derived from the cytosol of the donor cell. These vesicles have been shown to affect the physiology of neighbouring recipient cells in various ways, from inducing intracellular signalling following binding to receptors to conferring new properties after the acquisition of new receptors, enzymes or even genetic material from the vesicles. This Review focuses on the role of membrane vesicles, in particular exosomes, in the communication between immune cells, and between tumour and immune cells.
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- Clotilde Théry
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U932, Institut Curie, 26 Rue d'Ulm, Paris, 75005, France.
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Gauvreau ME, Côté MH, Bourgeois-Daigneault MC, Rivard LD, Xiu F, Brunet A, Shaw A, Steimle V, Thibodeau J. Sorting of MHC class II molecules into exosomes through a ubiquitin-independent pathway. Traffic 2009; 10:1518-27. [PMID: 19566897 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2009.00948.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) molecules accumulate in exocytic vesicles, called exosomes, which are secreted by antigen presenting cells. These vesicles are released following the fusion of multivesicular bodies (MVBs) with the plasma membrane. The molecular mechanisms regulating cargo selection remain to be fully characterized. As ubiquitination of the MHC-II beta-chain cytoplasmic tail has recently been demonstrated in various cell types, we sought to determine if this post-translational modification is required for the incorporation of MHC-II molecules into exosomes. First, we stably transfected HeLa cells with a chimeric HLA-DR molecule in which the beta-chain cytoplasmic tail is replaced by ubiquitin. Western blot analysis did not indicate preferential shedding of these chimeric molecules into exosomes. Next, we forced the ubiquitination of MHC-II in class II transactivator (CIITA)-expressing HeLa and HEK293 cells by transfecting the MARCH8 E3 ubiquitin ligase. Despite the almost complete downregulation of MHC-II from the plasma membrane, these molecules were not enriched in exosomes. Finally, site-directed mutagenesis of all cytoplasmic lysine residues on HLA-DR did not prevent inclusion into these vesicles. Taken together, these results demonstrate that ubiquitination of MHC-II is not a prerequisite for incorporation into exosomes.
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- Marie-Elaine Gauvreau
- Laboratoire d'Immunologie Moléculaire, Département de Microbiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Zhang F, Sun S, Feng D, Zhao WL, Sui SF. A Novel Strategy for the Invasive Toxin: Hijacking Exosome-Mediated Intercellular Trafficking. Traffic 2009; 10:411-24. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2009.00879.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Graner MW, Alzate O, Dechkovskaia AM, Keene JD, Sampson JH, Mitchell DA, Bigner DD. Proteomic and immunologic analyses of brain tumor exosomes. FASEB J 2008; 23:1541-57. [PMID: 19109410 DOI: 10.1096/fj.08-122184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 333] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Brain tumors are horrific diseases with almost universally fatal outcomes; new therapeutics are desperately needed and will come from improved understandings of glioma biology. Exosomes are endosomally derived 30-100 nm membranous vesicles released from many cell types into the extracellular milieu; surprisingly, exosomes are virtually unstudied in neuro-oncology. These microvesicles were used as vaccines in other tumor settings, but their immunological significance is unevaluated in brain tumors. Our purpose here is to report the initial biochemical, proteomic, and immunological studies on murine brain tumor exosomes, following known procedures to isolate exosomes. Our findings show that these vesicles have biophysical characteristics and proteomic profiles similar to exosomes from other cell types but that brain tumor exosomes have unique features (e.g., very basic isoelectric points, expressing the mutated tumor antigen EGFRvIII and the putatively immunosuppressive cytokine TGF-beta). Administration of such exosomes into syngeneic animals produced both humoral and cellular immune responses in immunized hosts capable of rejecting subsequent tumor challenges but failed to prolong survival in established orthotopic models. Control animals received saline or cell lysate vaccines and showed no antitumor responses. Exosomes and microvesicles isolated from sera of patients with brain tumors also possess EGFR, EGFRvIII, and TGF-beta. We conclude that exosomes released from brain tumor cells are biochemically/biophysically like other exosomes and have immune-modulating properties. They can escape the blood-brain barrier, with potential systemic and distal signaling and immune consequences.
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- Michael W Graner
- Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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Arita S, Baba E, Shibata Y, Niiro H, Shimoda S, Isobe T, Kusaba H, Nakano S, Harada M. B cell activation regulates exosomal HLA production. Eur J Immunol 2008; 38:1423-34. [PMID: 18425730 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200737694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Exosomes are nanovesicles produced constitutively and inducibly by several types of cells. They are generated as intraluminal vesicles of multivesicular bodies and express MHC and several endosomal/lysosomal proteins. In spite of their potential role in cellular immunity, the regulatory mechanisms of exosome production are largely unknown. In this study, we have established a novel ELISA system to quantify exosomal HLA using a combination of anti-HLA class I and anti-HLA-DR mAb. We found that exosomal HLA production of B cells was enhanced by contact with CD4(+) T cells. Neutralizing anti-CD154 (CD40L) mAb inhibited this effect, and a soluble CD40L significantly increased production of exosomal HLA in B cells. In addition, B cell stimulation via BCR and TLR9 enhanced their production while IL-4 stimulation alone failed to do so. Strikingly, an inhibitor of the classical NF-kappaB pathway drastically inhibited exosomal HLA production in stimulated B cells, indicating that the classical NF-kappaB pathway is critical for exosomal HLA production in B cells. Together, these findings suggest a pivotal role of B cell activation in exosomal HLA production in vivo.
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- Shuji Arita
- Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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Exosome secretion, including the DNA damage-induced p53-dependent secretory pathway, is severely compromised in TSAP6/Steap3-null mice. Cell Death Differ 2008; 15:1723-33. [PMID: 18617898 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2008.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 277] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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TSAP6 (tumor suppressor-activated pathway 6), also known as Steap3, is a direct p53 transcriptional target gene. It regulates protein secretion, for example translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP), which is implicated in tumor reversion. In keeping with the latter, we show herein that TSAP6 is a glycosylated protein present in the trans-Golgi network, endosomal-vesicular compartment and cytoplasmic membrane. To further investigate the physiological function of TSAP6, we have generated TSAP6-deficient mice. These mice exhibit microcytic anemia with abnormal reticulocyte maturation and deficient transferrin receptor downregulation, a process known to be dependent on exosomal secretion. Moreover, we provide direct evidence that exosome production is severely compromised in TSAP6-null cells. Finally, we show that the DNA damage-induced p53-dependent nonclassical exosomal secretory pathway is abrogated in TSAP6-null cells. Given the fact that exosomes are used as cell-free vaccines against cancer and that they could be involved in the biogenesis and spread of human immunodeficiency virus, it is important to understand their regulation. The results presented here provide the first genetic demonstration that exosome formation is a tightly controlled biological process dependent of TSAP6.
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Lakkaraju A, Rodriguez-Boulan E. Itinerant exosomes: emerging roles in cell and tissue polarity. Trends Cell Biol 2008; 18:199-209. [PMID: 18396047 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2008.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 311] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2008] [Revised: 03/05/2008] [Accepted: 03/06/2008] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cells use secreted signals (e.g. chemokines and growth factors) and sophisticated vehicles such as argosomes, cytonemes, tunneling nanotubes and exosomes to relay important information to other cells, often over large distances. Exosomes, 30-100-nm intraluminal vesicles of multivesicular bodies (MVB) released upon exocytic fusion of the MVB with the plasma membrane, are increasingly recognized as a novel mode of cell-independent communication. Exosomes have been shown to function in antigen presentation and tumor metastasis, and in transmitting infectious agents. However, little is known about the biogenesis and function of exosomes in polarized cells. In this review, we discuss new evidence suggesting that exosomes participate in the transport of morphogens and RNA, and thus influence cell polarity and developmental patterning of tissues.
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- Aparna Lakkaraju
- Margaret M. Dyson Vision Research Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Statin-induced inhibition of HIV-1 release from latently infected U1 cells reveals a critical role for protein prenylation in HIV-1 replication. Microbes Infect 2008; 10:471-80. [PMID: 18406652 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2008.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2007] [Revised: 01/10/2008] [Accepted: 01/14/2008] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Latent infection of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) represents a major hurdle in the treatment of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients. Statins were recently reported to suppress acute HIV-1 infection and reduce infectious virion production, but the precise mechanism of inhibition has remained elusive. Here we demonstrate that lypophilic statins suppress HIV-1 virion release from tumor necrosis factor alpha-stimulated latently infected U1 cells through inhibition of protein geranylgeranylation, but not by cholesterol depletion. Indeed, this suppression was reversed by the addition of geranylgeranylpyrophosphate, and a geranylgeranyltransferase-1 inhibitor reduced HIV-1 production. Notably, silencing of the endogenous Rab11a GTPase expression in U1 cells by RNA interference destabilized Gag and reduced virion production both in vitro and in NOD/SCID/gammac null mice. Our findings thus suggest that small GTPase proteins play an important role in HIV-1 replication, and therefore could be attractive molecular targets for anti-HIV-1 therapy.
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Abache T, Le Naour F, Planchon S, Harper F, Boucheix C, Rubinstein E. The transferrin receptor and the tetraspanin web molecules CD9, CD81, and CD9P-1 are differentially sorted into exosomes after TPA treatment of K562 cells. J Cell Biochem 2008; 102:650-64. [PMID: 17407154 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Here we show that treatment of K562 cells with the phorbol ester TPA induces the down-modulation of various surface antigens. Among them, the transferrin receptor (TfR), the tetraspanin CD81, and a CD81-associated protein, CD9P-1, were unique in that their expression levels were lower after 24 h incubation than after 3 h. We demonstrated that like the TfR, CD81 was internalized at early times, and was less synthesized at latter times. Despite the association of a fraction of the TfR with CD81, these two molecules were subjected to different fates. TPA increased targeting of CD81 and CD9P-1 into exosomes but strongly reduced the localization of the TfR in these vesicles. Using this model we have shown that a fraction of CD81 and CD9P-1 in exosomes comes from a surface pool and that these molecules remain associated in exosomes. However, CD9P-1 could be targeted to exosomes in the absence of CD81 and of another tetraspanin, CD9. The targeting of CD9 into exosomes did not require palmitoylation of the protein. J. Cell. Biochem. 102: 650-664, 2007. (c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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Taylor AR, Robinson MB, Gifondorwa DJ, Tytell M, Milligan CE. Regulation of heat shock protein 70 release in astrocytes: role of signaling kinases. Dev Neurobiol 2007; 67:1815-29. [PMID: 17701989 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The ability to mount a successful stress response in the face of injury is critical to the long-term viability of individual cells and to the organism in general. The stress response, characterized in part by the upregulation of heat shock proteins, is compromised in several neurodegenerative disorders and in some neuronal populations, including motoneurons (MNs). Because astrocytes have a greater capacity than neurons to survive metabolic stress, and because they are intimately associated with the regulation of neuronal function, it is important to understand their stress response, so that we may to better appreciate the impact of stress on neuronal viability during injury or disease. We show that astrocytes subjected to hyperthermia upregulate Hsp/c70 in addition to intracellular signaling components including activated forms of extracellular-signal-regulated kinase (ERK1/2), Akt, and c-jun N-terminal kinase/stress activated protein kinase (JNK/SAPK). Furthermore, astrocytes release increasing amounts of Hsp/c70 into the extracellular environment following stress, an event that is abrogated when signaling through the ERK1/2 and phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K) pathways is compromised and enhanced by inhibition of the JNK pathway. Last, we show that the Hsp/c70 is released from astrocytes in exosomes. Together, these data illustrate the diverse regulation of stress-induced Hsp/c70 release in exosomes, and the way in which the balance of activated signal transduction pathways affects this release. These data highlight how stressful insults can alter the microenvironment of an astrocyte, which may ultimately have implications for the survival of neighboring neurons.
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- Anna R Taylor
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
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Fader CM, Sánchez D, Furlán M, Colombo MI. Induction of autophagy promotes fusion of multivesicular bodies with autophagic vacuoles in k562 cells. Traffic 2007; 9:230-50. [PMID: 17999726 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2007.00677.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 360] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Morphological and biochemical studies have shown that autophagosomes fuse with endosomes forming the so-called amphisomes, a prelysosomal hybrid organelle. In the present report, we have analyzed this process in K562 cells, an erythroleukemic cell line that generates multivesicular bodies (MVBs) and releases the internal vesicles known as exosomes into the extracellular medium. We have previously shown that in K562 cells, Rab11 decorates MVBs. Therefore, to study at the molecular level the interaction of MVBs with the autophagic pathway, we have examined by confocal microscopy the fate of MVBs in cells overexpressing green fluorescent protein (GFP)-Rab11 and the autophagosomal protein red fluorescent protein-light chain 3 (LC3). Autophagy inducers such as starvation or rapamycin caused an enlargement of the vacuoles decorated with GFP-Rab11 and a remarkable colocalization with LC3. This convergence was abrogated by a Rab11 dominant negative mutant, indicating that a functional Rab11 is involved in the interaction between MVBs and the autophagic pathway. Interestingly, we presented evidence that autophagy induction caused calcium accumulation in autophagic compartments. Furthermore, the convergence between the endosomal and the autophagic pathways was attenuated by the Ca2+ chelator acetoxymethyl ester (AM) of the calcium chelator 1,2-bis(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA), indicating that fusion of MVBs with the autophagosome compartment is a calcium-dependent event. In addition, autophagy induction or overexpression of LC3 inhibited exosome release, suggesting that under conditions that stimulates autophagy, MVBs are directed to the autophagic pathway with consequent inhibition in exosome release.
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- Claudio M Fader
- Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Molecular - Instituto de Histología y Embriología (IHEM), Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo - CONICET, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina
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Chen VY, Posada MM, Zhao L, Rosania GR. Rapid doxorubicin efflux from the nucleus of drug-resistant cancer cells following extracellular drug clearance. Pharm Res 2007; 24:2156-67. [PMID: 17668300 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-007-9369-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2007] [Accepted: 06/04/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE Following extracellular drug clearance, we analyzed the rate of doxorubicin efflux from the nucleus of three human leukemic cells (K562, Molt4 and CCRF-CEM) and related it to their differential sensitivity to this drug, after a short drug pulse. RESULTS For many pulse-chase regimes, K562 cell viability was least affected by doxorubicin. In K562 cells, nuclear drug accumulation was greatest, but nuclear drug egress was also greatest. P-glycoprotein over-expression in a doxorubicin-resistant, K562/DOX sub-line did not facilitate doxorubicin efflux from the nucleus. In K562 cells, doxorubicin accumulated in multivesicular bodies (MVBs) through a pH-dependent mechanism. Inhibiting drug sequestration in MVBs did not affect nuclear efflux. The rates of doxorubicin efflux from the nuclei of live and digitonin-permeabilized K562 cells were similar. However, extracting cytoplasmic membranes with Triton X-100 significantly inhibited nuclear drug efflux following extracellular drug clearance. CONCLUSION Our results are consistent with drug efflux from the nucleus being primarily mediated by an ATP-independent, passive diffusion mechanism. The effect of membrane extraction suggests that nonspecific drug absorption to cytoplasmic membranes plays a role in facilitating nuclear efflux in K562 cells, perhaps by lowering the concentration of free doxorubicin from a perinuclear diffusion boundary layer.
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- Vivien Y Chen
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, 428 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Llorente A, van Deurs B, Sandvig K. Cholesterol regulates prostasome release from secretory lysosomes in PC-3 human prostate cancer cells. Eur J Cell Biol 2007; 86:405-15. [PMID: 17601634 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2007.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2007] [Revised: 05/25/2007] [Accepted: 05/25/2007] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Prostasomes are vesicles secreted by epithelial cells of the prostate gland. However, little is known about the mechanism and the regulation of prostasome secretion. Since endocytic organelles may be involved in prostasome release, PC-3-derived prostasomes were investigated by Western blot analysis for the presence of marker proteins normally associated with these organelles. Prostasomes secreted by PC-3 cells contain clathrin, Tsg101, Hrs, Rab11, Rab5, LAMP-1, LAMP-2, LAMP-3/CD63, and annexin II. Moreover, electron microscopy of PC-3 cells revealed the presence of characteristic multivesicular body-like secretory lysosomes containing vesicles with the same size-distribution as released prostasomes. Ultrastructural immunogold labelling showed that LAMP-1, LAMP-2 and LAMP-3/CD63 were associated with these vesicles. In addition, we have investigated whether cholesterol plays a role in prostasome release by the human prostate cancer cell line PC-3. Interestingly, prostasome release was significantly increased when the cholesterol levels of PC-3 cells were reduced by the cholesterol-sequestering agent methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MBCD), or by treatment with lovastatin and mevalonate. In conclusion, these studies indicate that cholesterol plays an important role in the release of prostasomes by the human prostate cancer PC-3 cells, and suggest that prostasomes may be released after fusion of secretory lysosomes with the plasma membrane.
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- Alicia Llorente
- Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty Division The Norwegian Radium Hospital, University of Oslo, Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Centre, N-0310 Oslo, Norway.
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Iron is a micronutrient that is an essential component that drives many metabolic reactions. Too little iron leads to anemia and too much iron increases the oxidative stress of body tissues leading to inflammation, cell death, and system organ dysfunction, including cancer. Maintaining normal iron balance is achieved by rigorous control of the amount absorbed by the intestine, that released from macrophages following erythrophagocytosis of effete red cells and by either release or uptake from hepatocytes. Hepcidin is a recently characterized molecule that appears to play a key role in the regulation of iron efflux from enterocytes, macrophages, and hepatocytes. It is produced by hepatocytes under basal conditions, in response to alterations in increased iron stores or reduced requirement for erythropoiesis and by inflammation. The proteins that regulate hepcidin expression are presently being defined, albeit that our present understanding is still far from complete. This review focuses on the molecules which regulate hepcidin expression. The subsequent characterization of these proteins using molecular, cellular, and physiological approaches also is discussed along with inflammatory signals and receptors involved in hepcidin expression.
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- Phillip S Oates
- Physiology M311, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia.
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Mitra BN, Saito-Nakano Y, Nakada-Tsukui K, Sato D, Nozaki T. Rab11B small GTPase regulates secretion of cysteine proteases in the enteric protozoan parasiteEntamoeba histolytica. Cell Microbiol 2007; 9:2112-25. [PMID: 17441984 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.00941.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Vesicular trafficking plays a pivotal role in the virulence of the enteric protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. In the present study, we showed that one isotype of the small GTPase Rab11, EhRab11B, plays a central role in the secretion of a major virulence factor, cysteine proteases. EhRab11B did not colocalize with markers for the endoplasmic reticulum, early endosomes and lysosomes, but was partially associated with non-acidified vesicles in the endocytic pathway, likely recycling endosomes. Overexpression of EhRab11B resulted in a remarkable increase in both intracellular and secreted cysteine protease activity, concomitant with an augmentation of cytolytic activity as demonstrated by an increased ability to destroy mammalian cells. The oversecretion of cysteine proteases with EhRab11B overexpression was neither sensitive to brefeldin A nor specific to a certain cysteine protease species (e.g. CP1, 2 or 5), suggesting that these three major cysteine proteases are trafficked via an EhRab11B-associated secretory pathway, which is distinct from the classical brefeldin-sensitive pathway. Overexpression of EhRab11B also enhanced exocytosis of the incorporated fluid-phase marker, supporting the notion that it is involved in recycling. This is the first report demonstrating that Rab11 plays a central role in the transport and secretion of pathogenic factors.
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- Biswa Nath Mitra
- Department of Parasitology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-851, Japan
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Bhatnagar S, Schorey JS. Exosomes released from infected macrophages contain Mycobacterium avium glycopeptidolipids and are proinflammatory. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:25779-89. [PMID: 17591775 PMCID: PMC3636815 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m702277200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 255] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium avium is a major opportunistic pathogen in HIV-positive individuals and is responsible for increased morbidity and mortality in AIDS patients. M. avium express glycopeptidolipids (GPLs) as a major cell wall constituent, and recent studies suggest that GPLs play an important role in M. avium pathogenesis. In the present study we show that M. avium-infected macrophages release GPLs, which are trafficked from the phagosome through the endocytic network to multivesicular bodies. Prior studies have shown that multivesicular bodies can fuse with the plasma membrane releasing small 50 to 100 nm vesicles known as exosomes. We found that M. avium-infected macrophages release exosomes containing GPLs leading to the transfer of GPLs from infected to uninfected macrophages. Interestingly, exosomes isolated from M. avium-infected but not from uninfected macrophages can stimulate a proinflammatory response in resting macrophages. This proinflammatory response is dependent on Toll like receptor (TLR) 2, TLR4, and MyD88 suggesting that released exosomes contain M. avium-expressed TLR ligands. Our studies are the first to demonstrate that exosomes isolated from mycobacteria-infected macrophages can induce a proinflammatory response, and we hypothesize that exosomes play an important role in immune surveillance during intracellular bacteria infections.
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- Sanchita Bhatnagar
- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
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Bhatnagar S, Shinagawa K, Castellino FJ, Schorey JS. Exosomes released from macrophages infected with intracellular pathogens stimulate a proinflammatory response in vitro and in vivo. Blood 2007; 110:3234-44. [PMID: 17666571 PMCID: PMC2200902 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-03-079152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 500] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Intracellular pathogens and the molecules they express have limited contact with the immune system. Here, we show that macrophages infected with intracellular pathogens Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M bovis BCG, Salmonella typhimurium, or Toxoplasma gondii release from cells small vesicles known as exosomes which contain pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). These exosomes, when exposed to uninfected macrophages, stimulate a proinflammatory response in a Toll-like receptor- and myeloid differentiation factor 88-dependent manner. Further, exosomes isolated from the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of M bovis BCG-infected mice contain the mycobacteria components lipoarabinomannan and the 19-kDa lipoprotein and can stimulate TNF-alpha production in naive macrophages. Moreover, exosomes isolated from M bovis BCG- and M tuberculosis-infected macrophages, when injected intranasally into mice, stimulate TNF-alpha and IL-12 production as well as neutrophil and macrophage recruitment in the lung. These studies identify a previously unknown function for exosomes in promoting intercellular communication during an immune response to intracellular pathogens, and we hypothesize that extracellular release of exosomes containing PAMPs is an important mechanism of immune surveillance.
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- Sanchita Bhatnagar
- Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of Notre Dame, 130 Galvin Life Science Center, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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Uzan-Gafsou S, Bausinger H, Proamer F, Monier S, Lipsker D, Cazenave JP, Goud B, de la Salle H, Hanau D, Salamero J. Rab11A controls the biogenesis of Birbeck granules by regulating Langerin recycling and stability. Mol Biol Cell 2007; 18:3169-79. [PMID: 17538027 PMCID: PMC1949377 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e06-09-0779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The extent to which Rab GTPases, Rab-interacting proteins, and cargo molecules cooperate in the dynamic organization of membrane architecture remains to be clarified. Langerin, a recycling protein accumulating in the Rab11-positive compartments of Langerhans cells, induces the formation of Birbeck granules (BGs), which are membrane subdomains of the endosomal recycling network. We investigated the role of Rab11A and two members of the Rab11 family of interacting proteins, Rip11 and RCP, in Langerin traffic and the biogenesis of BGs. The overexpression of a dominant-negative Rab11A mutant or Rab11A depletion strongly influenced Langerin traffic and stability and the formation of BGs, whereas modulation of other Rab proteins involved in dynamic regulation of the endocytic-recycling pathway had no effect. Impairment of Rab11A function led to a missorting of Langerin to lysosomal compartments, but inhibition of Langerin degradation by chloroquine did not restore the formation of BGs. Loss of RCP, but not of Rip11, also had a modest, but reproducible effect on Langerin stability and BG biogenesis, pointing to a role for Rab11A-RCP complexes in these events. Our results show that Rab11A and Langerin are required for BG biogenesis, and they illustrate the role played by a Rab GTPase in the formation of a specialized subcompartment within the endocytic-recycling system.
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- Stéphanie Uzan-Gafsou
- *Unité Mixte de Recherche 144 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Institut Curie, Laboratoire “Mécanismes Moléculaires du Transport Intracellulaire,” Institut Curie, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- U 725 “Biologie des Cellules Dendritiques Humaines” and
- Université Louis Pasteur, F-67000 Strasbourg, France; and
- Etablissement Français du Sang-Alsace, F-67065 Strasbourg, France
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- U 725 “Biologie des Cellules Dendritiques Humaines” and
- Université Louis Pasteur, F-67000 Strasbourg, France; and
- Etablissement Français du Sang-Alsace, F-67065 Strasbourg, France
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- *Unité Mixte de Recherche 144 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Institut Curie, Laboratoire “Mécanismes Moléculaires du Transport Intracellulaire,” Institut Curie, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- U 725 “Biologie des Cellules Dendritiques Humaines” and
- Université Louis Pasteur, F-67000 Strasbourg, France; and
- Etablissement Français du Sang-Alsace, F-67065 Strasbourg, France
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- U 311, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, F-67065 Strasbourg, France
- Université Louis Pasteur, F-67000 Strasbourg, France; and
- Etablissement Français du Sang-Alsace, F-67065 Strasbourg, France
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- *Unité Mixte de Recherche 144 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Institut Curie, Laboratoire “Mécanismes Moléculaires du Transport Intracellulaire,” Institut Curie, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- U 725 “Biologie des Cellules Dendritiques Humaines” and
- Université Louis Pasteur, F-67000 Strasbourg, France; and
- Etablissement Français du Sang-Alsace, F-67065 Strasbourg, France
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- U 725 “Biologie des Cellules Dendritiques Humaines” and
- Université Louis Pasteur, F-67000 Strasbourg, France; and
- Etablissement Français du Sang-Alsace, F-67065 Strasbourg, France
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- *Unité Mixte de Recherche 144 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Institut Curie, Laboratoire “Mécanismes Moléculaires du Transport Intracellulaire,” Institut Curie, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Muto A, Aoki Y, Watanabe S. Mouse Rab11-FIP4 regulates proliferation and differentiation of retinal progenitors in a Rab11-independent manner. Dev Dyn 2007; 236:214-25. [PMID: 17089410 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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We identified Rab11-family interacting protein 4 (Rab11-FIP4) as a gene strongly expressed in the developing mouse retina. The major transcript encoding a full-length protein, mRab11-FIP4A, was expressed predominantly in neural tissues; whereas an alternative transcript encoding an N-terminally truncated form of the protein, mRab11-FIP4B, was expressed ubiquitously as a minor form. Gain-of-function of mRab11-FIP4A in retina promoted cell cycle exit and increased subpopulations of retinal cells localized in the inner nuclear layer, such as bipolar cells and Müller glia. Reversal of the phenotype was observed in the loss-of-function experiment. Furthermore, Shh signaling was suggested to be involved in these functions. Analysis using truncation mutants revealed the essential role of the N-terminal region containing a conserved EF-hand motif for the retinal phenotypes induced by the expression of mRab11-FIP4A, whereas binding to Rab11 was dispensable, suggesting the involvement of a novel Rab11-independent mechanism for mRab11-FIP4A action in the regulation of retinal development.
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- Akihiko Muto
- Department of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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The heat shock proteins (HSP) are a highly conserved family of proteins with critical functions in protein folding, protein trafficking, and cell signaling. These proteins also protect the cell against injury. HSP60 has been found in the extracellular space and has been identified in the plasma of some individuals. HSP60 is thought to be a "danger signal" to the immune system and is also highly immunogenic. Thus extracellular HSP60 is possibly toxic to the cell. The mechanism by which HSP60 is released into the extracellular space is unknown, as is whether it is released by cardiac myocytes. We investigated several different pathways controlling protein release including the classic, Golgi-mediated pathway. We found that HSP60 is released via exosomes, and that within the exosome, HSP60 is tightly attached to the exosome membrane.
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- Sanjiv Gupta
- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Cardiovascular Division, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Rialland P, Lankar D, Raposo G, Bonnerot C, Hubert P. BCR-bound antigen is targeted to exosomes in human follicular lymphoma B-cells. Biol Cell 2006; 98:491-501. [PMID: 16677129 DOI: 10.1042/bc20060027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION Exosomes are small membrane vesicles secreted by several cell types during exocytic fusion of multivesicular bodies with the plasma membrane. Exosomes from tumour cells can transfer antigens from cell to cell, a property favouring antigen-specific immune responses in vitro and in vivo, and are thus an interesting putative therapeutic tool in human cancers. Exosomes have been well studied in EBV (Epstein-Barr virus)-transformed human B-cell lines; however, biological stimuli regulating exosome secretion quantitatively and/or qualitatively still remain poorly defined. RESULTS We analysed the effect of the BCR stimulation on exosome release in the human follicular lymphoma B-cell line DOHH2. We found that BCR (B-cell receptor) triggering of DOHH2 cells induced the polarization of CD63(+) MHC class II compartments. Moreover, BCR stimulation increased the release of exosome-associated proteins in the extracellular space. Finally, we found that the BCR was expressed at the surface of exosomes, and could target a bound anti-human IgG to these vesicles. CONCLUSIONS BCR can modulate the protein content of exosomes upon stimulation, and can target its bound antigen to these vesicles.
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MESH Headings
- ADP-ribosyl Cyclase 1/analysis
- Antigens/metabolism
- Antigens, CD/analysis
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, CD20/analysis
- B7-2 Antigen/analysis
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Membrane/chemistry
- Cell Polarity/immunology
- Exocytosis/immunology
- HLA-D Antigens/analysis
- HLA-D Antigens/metabolism
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/analysis
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/metabolism
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/immunology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/metabolism
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/pathology
- Lymphoma, Follicular/immunology
- Lymphoma, Follicular/metabolism
- Lymphoma, Follicular/pathology
- Membrane Proteins/analysis
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Phosphorylation
- Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins/analysis
- Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Protein Transport/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/analysis
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/metabolism
- Receptors, Transferrin/analysis
- Receptors, Transferrin/metabolism
- Tetraspanin 30
- Transport Vesicles/immunology
- Transport Vesicles/metabolism
- Transport Vesicles/ultrastructure
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- Pascale Rialland
- INSERM U520, Institut Curie, 26, rue d'Ulm, 75 248 Paris cedex 05, France
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Calzolari A, Raggi C, Deaglio S, Sposi NM, Stafsnes M, Fecchi K, Parolini I, Malavasi F, Peschle C, Sargiacomo M, Testa U. TfR2 localizes in lipid raft domains and is released in exosomes to activate signal transduction along the MAPK pathway. J Cell Sci 2006; 119:4486-98. [PMID: 17046995 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Transferrin receptor 2 (TfR2) possesses a YQRV motif similar to the YTRF motif of transferrin receptor 1 (TfR1) responsible for the internalization and secretion through the endosomal pathway. Raft biochemical dissection showed that TfR2 is a component of the low-density Triton-insoluble (LDTI) plasma membrane domain, able to co-immunoprecipitate with caveolin-1 and CD81, two structural raft proteins. In addition, subcellular fractionation experiments showed that TfR1, which spontaneously undergoes endocytosis and recycling, largely distributed to intracellular organelles, whereas TfR2 was mainly associated with the plasma membrane. Given the TfR2 localization in lipid rafts, we tested its capability to activate cell signalling. Interaction with an anti-TfR2 antibody or with human or bovine holotransferrin showed that it activated ERK1/ERK2 and p38 MAP kinases. Integrity of lipid rafts was required for MAPK activation. Co-localization of TfR2 with CD81, a raft tetraspanin exported through exosomes, prompted us to investigate exosomes released by HepG2 and K562 cells into culture medium. TfR2, CD81 and to a lesser extent caveolin-1, were found to be part of the exosomal budding vesicles. In conclusion, the present study indicates that TfR2 localizes in LDTI microdomains, where it promotes cell signalling, and is exported out of the cells through the exosome pathway, where it acts as an intercellular messenger.
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- Alessia Calzolari
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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Chen VY, Posada MM, Blazer LL, Zhao T, Rosania GR. The role of the VPS4A-exosome pathway in the intrinsic egress route of a DNA-binding anticancer drug. Pharm Res 2006; 23:1687-95. [PMID: 16841193 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-006-9043-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2006] [Accepted: 04/18/2006] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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PURPOSE This study investigates the subcellular pharmacokinetics of drug efflux in cancer cells and explores the role of the multivesicular body (MVB) in facilitating efflux of doxorubicin, a widely used DNA-targeting anticancer agent, from the nucleus. METHODS Human erythroleukemic K562 cells were pulsed with doxorubicin and then chased in drug-free media to allow for efflux. Microscopy and biochemical techniques were used to visualize the subcellular localization of the drug and measure drug content and distribution during the efflux period. To explore the role of the MVB in doxorubicin efflux, K562 cells were transfected with dominant negative mutant forms of VPS4a-GFP chimeras. RESULTS Although the intracellular concentration of drug exceeds the extracellular concentration, nuclear efflux of doxorubicin occurs in living cells at a faster rate than doxorubicin unbinding from isolated nuclei into drug-free buffer. In cells expressing dominant negative VPS4a, doxorubicin accumulates in VPS4a-positive vesicles and drug sequestration is inhibited, directly implicating the MVB pathway in the egress route of doxorubicin in this cell type. CONCLUSIONS Cellular membranes are a component of the doxorubicin efflux mechanism in K562 cells. Dominant-negative GFP chimeric mutants can be used to elucidate the role of specific membrane trafficking pathways in subcellular drug transport routes.
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- Vivien Y Chen
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, 428 Church St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Leiva N, Pavarotti M, Colombo MI, Damiani MT. Reconstitution of recycling from the phagosomal compartment in streptolysin O-permeabilized macrophages: role of Rab11. Exp Cell Res 2006; 312:1843-55. [PMID: 16563376 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2006.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2005] [Revised: 02/10/2006] [Accepted: 02/15/2006] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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By phagocytosis, macrophages engulf large particles, microorganisms and senescent cells in vesicles called phagosomes. Many internalized proteins rapidly shuttle back to the plasma membrane following phagosome biogenesis. Here, we report a new approach to the study of recycling from the phagosomal compartment: streptolysin O- (SLO) permeabilized macrophages. In this semi-intact cell system, energy and cytosol are required to efficiently reconstitute recycling transport. Addition of GDPbetaS strongly inhibits this transport step, suggesting that a GTP-binding protein modulates the dynamics of cargo exit from the phagosomal compartment. GTPases of the Rab family control vesicular trafficking, and Rab11 is involved in transferrin receptor recycling. To unravel the role of Rab11 in the phagocytic pathway, we added recombinant proteins to SLO-permeabilized macrophages. Rab11:S25N, a negative mutant, strongly diminishes the release of recycled proteins from phagosomes. In contrast, wild type Rab11 and its positive mutant (Rab11:Q70L) favor this vesicular transport event. Using biochemical and morphological assays, we confirm that overexpression of Rab11:S25N substantially decreases recycling from phagosomes in intact cells. These findings show the requirement of a functional Rab11 for the retrieval to the plasma membrane of phagosomal content. SLO-permeabilized macrophages likely constitute a useful tool to identify new molecules involved in regulating transport along the phagocytic pathway.
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- Natalia Leiva
- Instituto de Histología y Embriología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo-CONICET, Mendoza 5500, Argentina
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Fader CM, Savina A, Sánchez D, Colombo MI. Exosome secretion and red cell maturation: Exploring molecular components involved in the docking and fusion of multivesicular bodies in K562 cells. Blood Cells Mol Dis 2006; 35:153-7. [PMID: 16099697 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2005.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2005] [Accepted: 07/06/2005] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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During reticulocyte maturation, some membrane proteins and organelles that are not required in the mature red cell are lost. These proteins are released into the extracellular medium associated with vesicles present in multivesicular bodies (MVBs). Fusion of MVBs with the plasma membrane results in secretion of the small internal vesicles, termed exosomes. By studying MVBs fusion and exosome release in K562 cells, a human erythroleukemic cell line, we have determined the functional significance of Rab11 and calcium in these events. Additionally, in the transformation process that occurs during erythrocyte maturation, intracellular organelles are likely removed as a consequence of autophagic sequestration and degradation. We propose K562 cells as a useful tool to analyze, at the molecular level, the role of autophagy in the terminal differentiation of red cells.
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- Claudio M Fader
- Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Histología y Embriología (IHEM)-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Casilla de Correo 56, Centro Universitario, Parque General San Martín, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina
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In 1996, B cell-derived exosome immunogenicity was first reported. In 1998, dendritic cell-derived exosomes were also shown to have immunogenic properties in mice, leading to tumour eradication. These observations showed for the first time that exosomes were bioactive vesicles with immuno-regulatory roles and potent antitumour effects. Exosomes are secreted vesicles formed in late endocytic compartments (multivesicular bodies). Vesicles exocytosed from multivesicular bodies into the extracellular medium are referred to as 'exosomes' and should not be confused with the more recently described 'ribonuclease complex' also named exosome. Exosomes are vesicles of 50-100 nm in diameter, formed by inward budding of the endosomal membrane in a process that sequesters particular proteins and lipids. This review will describe the biogenesis, the protein and lipid compositions, and the biological functions of exosomes; this review will also present their immunostimulatory functions in mice and humans, and will discuss their possible use as cancer vaccines.
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- Nathalie Chaput
- Department of Clinical Biology, Institut Gustave Roussy, ERIT-M 02-08 INSERM, 39 rue Camille Desmoulins, 94805 Villejuif, France
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Lim JE, Jin O, Bennett C, Morgan K, Wang F, Trenor CC, Fleming MD, Andrews NC. A mutation in Sec15l1 causes anemia in hemoglobin deficit (hbd) mice. Nat Genet 2005; 37:1270-3. [PMID: 16227995 DOI: 10.1038/ng1659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2005] [Accepted: 08/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hemoglobin deficit (hbd) mice carry a spontaneous mutation that impairs erythroid iron assimilation but does not cause other defects. Normal delivery of iron to developing erythroid precursors is highly dependent on the transferrin cycle. Through genetic mapping and complementation experiments, we show that the hbd mutation is an in-frame deletion of a conserved exon of the mouse gene Sec15l1, encoding one of two Sec15 proteins implicated in the mammalian exocyst complex. Sec15l1 is linked to the transferrin cycle through its interaction with Rab11, a GTPase involved in vesicular trafficking. We propose that inactivation of Sec15l1 alters recycling of transferrin cycle endosomes and increases the release of transferrin receptor exocytic vesicles. This in turn decreases erythroid iron uptake. Determining the molecular basis of the hbd phenotype provides new insight into the intricate mechanisms necessary for normal erythroid iron uptake and the function of a mammalian exocyst protein.
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- Jackie E Lim
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital Boston, Karp Family Research Laboratories RM 8-125, Boston, Massachusetts 02115-5737, USA
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Bausero MA, Gastpar R, Multhoff G, Asea A. Alternative mechanism by which IFN-gamma enhances tumor recognition: active release of heat shock protein 72. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2005; 175:2900-12. [PMID: 16116176 PMCID: PMC1762097 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.5.2900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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IFN-gamma exhibits differential effects depending on the target and can induce cellular activation and enhance survival or mediate cell death via activation of apoptotic pathways. In this study, we demonstrate an alternative mechanism by which IFN-gamma enhances tumor recognition, mediated by the active release of Hsp72. We demonstrate that stimulation of 4T1 breast adenocarcinoma cells and K562 erythroleukemic cells with IFN-gamma triggers the cellular stress response, which results in the enhanced expression of total Hsp72 expression without a significant increase in cell death. Intracellular expression of Hsp72 was abrogated in cells stably transfected with a mutant hsf-1 gene. IFN-gamma-induced Hsp72 expression correlated with enhanced surface expression and consequent release of Hsp72 into the culture medium. Pretreatment of tumors with compounds known to the block the classical protein transport pathway, including monensin, brefeldin A, tunicamycin, and thapsigargin, did not significantly block Hsp72 release. However, pretreatment with intracellular calcium chelator BAPTA-AM or disruption of lipid rafts using methyl beta-cyclodextrin completely abrogated IFN-gamma-induced Hsp72 release. Biochemical characterization revealed that Hsp72 is released within exosomes and has the ability to up-regulate CD83 expression and stimulate IL-12 release by naive dendritic cells. Pretreatment with neutralizing mAb or depletion of Hsp72 completely abrogated its chaperokine function. Taken together, these findings are indicative of an additional previously unknown mechanism by which IFN-gamma promotes tumor surveillance and furthers our understanding of the central role of extracellular Hsp72 as an endogenous adjuvant and danger signal.
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- Maria A Bausero
- Center for Molecular Stress Response, Boston University Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Lancaster GI, Febbraio MA. Exosome-dependent trafficking of HSP70: a novel secretory pathway for cellular stress proteins. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:23349-55. [PMID: 15826944 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m502017200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 419] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The heat shock proteins (HSPs) are a family of intracellular proteins found in all eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Their functions are well characterized and are central to maintaining cellular homeostasis and in promoting cell survival in response to stressful cellular conditions. However, several studies provide evidence that specific members of the HSP family might be secreted via an unidentified exocytotic pathway. Here we show that exosomes, small membrane vesicles that are secreted by numerous cell types, contribute to the release of HSP70 from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in both basal and stress-induced (heat shock at 40 or 43 degrees C for 1 h) states. HSP70 release from PBMCs is independent of the common secretory pathway because Brefeldin A, an inhibitor of the classical protein transport pathway, did not block HSP70 release. Furthermore, we show that HSP70 release from PBMCs does not occur via a lipid raft-dependent pathway, because treatment with methyl-beta-cyclodextrin, a raft-disrupting drug, had no affect on HSP70 release. To examine whether exosomes contributed to HSP70 release from PBMCs, exosomes were purified from PBMC cultures, and exosomal number and HSP70 content were determined. We demonstrate that although heat shock does not influence the exosomal secretory rate, the HSP70 content of exosomes isolated from heat shocked PBMCs is significantly higher than control. These data identify a novel secretory pathway by which HSP70 can be actively released from cells in both the basal and stress-induced state.
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- Graeme I Lancaster
- Cellular and Molecular Metabolism Laboratory, School of Medical Sciences, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Victoria, Australia.
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Satoh AK, O'Tousa JE, Ozaki K, Ready DF. Rab11 mediates post-Golgi trafficking of rhodopsin to the photosensitive apical membrane of Drosophila photoreceptors. Development 2005; 132:1487-97. [PMID: 15728675 DOI: 10.1242/dev.01704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In developing Drosophila photoreceptors, rhodopsin is trafficked to the rhabdomere, a specialized domain within the apical membrane surface. Rab11, a small GTPase implicated in membrane traffic, immunolocalizes to the trans-Golgi network, cytoplasmic vesicles and tubules, and the base of rhabdomeres. One hour after release from the endoplasmic reticulum, rhodopsin colocalizes with Rab11 in vesicles at the base of the rhabdomere. When Rab11 activity is reduced by three different genetic procedures, rhabdomere morphogenesis is inhibited and rhodopsin-bearing vesicles proliferate within the cytosol. Rab11 activity is also essential for development of MVB endosomal compartments; this is probably a secondary consequence of impaired rhabdomere development. Furthermore, Rab11 is required for transport of TRP, another rhabdomeric protein, and for development of specialized membrane structures within Garland cells. These results establish a role for Rab11 in the post-Golgi transport of rhodopsin and of other proteins to the rhabdomeric membranes of photoreceptors, and in analogous transport processes in other cells.
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- Akiko K Satoh
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Février B, Raposo G. Exosomes: endosomal-derived vesicles shipping extracellular messages. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2005; 16:415-21. [PMID: 15261674 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2004.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 798] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Exosomes are membrane vesicles released into the extracellular environment upon exocytic fusion of multivesicular endosomes with the cell surface. They have a particular composition reflecting their origin in endosomes as intraluminal vesicles. In vitro and in vivo studies support the contribution of exosomes to an acellular mode of communication, leading to intercellular transfer of molecules. Exosomes may have regulatory functions in the immune system and their application in cancer immunotherapy is promising. The mechanisms involved in exosome secretion and interaction with target cells are as yet unclear. A better understanding of these mechanisms is also essential to determine the link between exosomes and retroviruses.
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- Benoit Février
- Institut Curie, Research Section, CNRS-UMR 144, 26 Rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France
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Savina A, Fader CM, Damiani MT, Colombo MI. Rab11 Promotes Docking and Fusion of Multivesicular Bodies in a Calcium-Dependent Manner. Traffic 2004; 6:131-43. [PMID: 15634213 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2004.00257.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 385] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Multivesicular bodies (MVBs) are membranous structures within 60-100 nm diameter vesicles accumulate. MVBs are generated after invagination and pinching off of the endosomal membrane in the lumen of the vacuole. In certain cell types, fusion of MVBs with the plasma membrane results in the release of the internal vesicles called exosomes. In this report we have examined how an increase in cytosolic calcium affects the development of MVBs and exosome release in K562 cells overexpressing GFP-Rab11 wt or its mutants. In cells overexpressing the Rab11Q70 L mutant or Rab11 wt, an increase in the cytosolic calcium concentration induced by monensin caused a marked enlargement of the MVBs. This effect was abrogated by the membrane permeant calcium chelator BAPTA-AM. We also examined the behavior of MVBs in living cells by time lapse confocal microscopy. Many MVBs, decorated by wt or Q70L mutant GFP-Rab11, were docked and ready to fuse in the presence of a calcium chelator. This observation suggests that Rab11 is acting in the tethering/docking of MVBs to promote homotypic fusion, but that the final fusion reaction requires the presence of calcium. Additionally, a rise in intracellular calcium concentration enhanced exosome secretion in Rab11 wt overexpressing cells and reversed the inhibition of the mutants. The results suggest that both Rab11 and calcium are involved in the homotypic fusion of MVBs.
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- Ariel Savina
- Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Molecular-Instituto de Histología y Embriología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo--CONICET, Mendoza, 5500, Argentina
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Multivesicular bodies contain membrane vesicles which either undergo lysosomal digestion or are released in the extracellular environment as exosomes. Evidence is accumulating that supports a physiological role for exosomes in, for example, antigen presentation or removal of transferrin receptor during reticulocyte development. Here, inspired by observations on exosomal release from reticulocytes, we discuss the potential involvement of the so-called ESCRT mechanism in the entrapment of both lysosomal and exosomal cargo within the intralumenal vesicles of multivesicular bodies. We propose that this mechanism operates at different sites in the endocytic itinerary in different cells, thereby providing a tool for directional sorting. We also explore the possibility that the efficiency of sorting of molecules into exosomes increases when the recycling kinetics of molecules decreases, exosomal sorting being favored by intermolecular interactions occurring within lipid domains, or with protein webs, that slow lateral mobility. These considerations are mirrored in the context of current knowledge on the mechanism of protein sorting for degradation in lysosomes, and the hijacking of such mechanisms by some retroviruses for particle budding.
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- Aude de Gassart
- UMR CNRS 5539, Université Montpellier II, cc107, 34095 Montpellier, France
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Damiani MT, Pavarotti M, Leiva N, Lindsay AJ, McCaffrey MW, Colombo MI. Rab Coupling Protein Associates with Phagosomes and Regulates Recycling from the Phagosomal Compartment. Traffic 2004; 5:785-97. [PMID: 15355514 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2004.00220.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The Rab coupling protein (RCP) is a recently identified novel protein that belongs to the Rab11-FIP family. RCP interacts specifically with Rab4 and Rab11, small guanosine-5'-triphosphatases that function as regulators along the endosomal recycling pathway. We used fluorescence confocal microscopy and biochemical approaches to evaluate the participation of RCP during particle uptake and phagosome maturation. In macrophages, RCP is predominantly membrane-bound and displays a punctuate vesicular pattern throughout the cytoplasm. RCP is mainly associated with transferrin-containing structures and Rab11-labeled endosomes. Overexpression of H13, the carboxyl-terminal region of RCP that contains the Rab binding domain, results in an abnormal endosomal compartment. Interestingly, we found that RCP is associated as discrete patches or protein domains to early phagosomal membranes. In macrophages, overexpression of full-length RCP stimulates recycling from the phagosomal compartment, whereas overexpression of H13 diminishes this vesicular transport step. It is likely that acting as an intermediate between Rab4 and Rab11, RCP regulates membrane flux along the phagocytic pathway via recycling events.
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- María T Damiani
- Laboratorio de Biología Celular, Instituto de Histología y Embriología, Facultad de Ciencias Mèdicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, CONICET, Mendoza, Argentina.
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de Gassart A, Geminard C, Fevrier B, Raposo G, Vidal M. Lipid raft-associated protein sorting in exosomes. Blood 2003; 102:4336-44. [PMID: 12881314 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-03-0871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 498] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Exosomes are small membrane vesicles secreted by cells upon fusion of multivesicular endosomes with the cell surface. The mechanisms underlying the specific sorting of proteins in exosomal membranes are far from being unraveled. We demonstrate here, using different cells, that some molecules are released in the extracellular medium via their association with lipid raft domains of the exosomal membrane. Various typical raft-associated molecules could be detected by immunoblot in exosomes and Triton X-100-insoluble fractions isolated from exosomes of different origins. Partial localization of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules with detergent-resistant fractions isolated from Daudi-secreted exosomes was demonstrated by immunoblot and confirmed by electron microscopy colocalization of MHC class II molecules and ganglioside GM1. Moreover, we found that exosome-associated Lyn (1) had a lower molecular weight compared with Lyn detected in cell-isolated detergent-resistant domains, (2) was absent from the Triton X-100-insoluble fraction isolated from exosomes, and (3) had lost its partitioning capacity in Triton X-114. Exosomal Lyn is probably cleaved by a caspase-3-like activity contained in secreted vesicles. All together, the data highlight the presence of lipid microdomains in exosomal membranes and suggest their participation in vesicle formation and structure, as well as the direct implication of exosomes in regulatory mechanisms.
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- Aude de Gassart
- UMR 5539, Univ Montpellier II-cc107, Montpellier 34095, France
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AbstractExosomes are small membrane vesicles secreted by cells upon fusion of multivesicular endosomes with the cell surface. The mechanisms underlying the specific sorting of proteins in exosomal membranes are far from being unraveled. We demonstrate here, using different cells, that some molecules are released in the extracellular medium via their association with lipid raft domains of the exosomal membrane. Various typical raft-associated molecules could be detected by immunoblot in exosomes and Triton X-100-insoluble fractions isolated from exosomes of different origins. Partial localization of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules with detergent-resistant fractions isolated from Daudi-secreted exosomes was demonstrated by immunoblot and confirmed by electron microscopy colocalization of MHC class II molecules and ganglioside GM1. Moreover, we found that exosome-associated Lyn (1) had a lower molecular weight compared with Lyn detected in cell-isolated detergent-resistant domains, (2) was absent from the Triton X-100-insoluble fraction isolated from exosomes, and (3) had lost its partitioning capacity in Triton X-114. Exosomal Lyn is probably cleaved by a caspase-3-like activity contained in secreted vesicles. All together, the data highlight the presence of lipid microdomains in exosomal membranes and suggest their participation in vesicle formation and structure, as well as the direct implication of exosomes in regulatory mechanisms. (Blood. 2003;102:4336-4344)
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Poupot M, Fournié JJ. Spontaneous membrane transfer through homotypic synapses between lymphoma cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 171:2517-23. [PMID: 12928401 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.5.2517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Formation of an immunological synapse by T, B, or NK cells is associated with an intercellular transfer of some membrane fragments from their respective target cells. This capture is thought to require effector cell activation by surface recognition of stimulatory ligand(s). However, spontaneous synaptic transfers between homotypic lymphoid cells has never been described. In this study, we show that without adding Ag, resting healthy lymphoid cells and several tumor cell lines are inactive. Conversely, however, some leukemia cell lines including the Burkitt's lymphoma Daudi continuously uptake patches of autologous cell membranes. This intercellular transfer does not involve cytosol molecules or exosomes, but requires cell contact. In homotypic Daudi cell conjugates, this occurs through immunological synapses, involves constitutive protein kinase C and mitogen-activated protein/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase activity and strongly increases upon B cell receptor activation. Thus, spontaneous homosynaptic transfer may reflect the hitherto unsuspected autoreactivity of some leukemia cell lines.
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- Mary Poupot
- Département Oncogénèse and Signalisation dans les Cellules Hématopoiétiques, Unité 563 de l'Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan, BP 3028, 31024 Toulouse, France
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Savina A, Furlán M, Vidal M, Colombo MI. Exosome release is regulated by a calcium-dependent mechanism in K562 cells. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:20083-90. [PMID: 12639953 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m301642200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 648] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Multivesicular bodies (MVBs) are endocytic structures that contain small vesicles formed by the budding of an endosomal membrane into the lumen of the compartment. Fusion of MVBs with the plasma membrane results in secretion of the small internal vesicles termed exosomes. K562 cells are a hematopoietic cell line that releases exosomes. The application of monensin (MON) generated large MVBs that were labeled with a fluorescent lipid. Exosome release was markedly enhanced by MON treatment, a Na+/H+ exchanger that induces changes in intracellular calcium (Ca2+). To explore the possibility that the effect of MON on exosome release was caused via an increase in Ca2+, we have used a calcium ionophore and a chelator of intracellular Ca2+. Our results indicate that increasing intracellular Ca2+ stimulates exosome secretion. Furthermore, MON-stimulated exosome release was completely eliminated by 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid acetoxymethyl ester (BAPTA-AM), implying a requirement for Ca2+ in this process. We have observed that the large MVBs generated in the presence of MON accumulated Ca2+ as determined by labeling with Fluo3-AM, suggesting that intralumenal Ca2+ might play a critical role in the secretory process. Interestingly, our results indicate that transferrin (Tf) stimulated exosome release in a Ca2+-dependent manner, suggesting that Tf might be a physiological stimulus for exosome release in K562 cells.
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- Ariel Savina
- Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Molecular-Instituto de Histología y Embriología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), 5500 Mendoza, Argentina
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