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Xu Y, Kuhlmann J, Brennich M, Komorowski K, Jahn R, Steinem C, Salditt T. Reconstitution of SNARE proteins into solid-supported lipid bilayer stacks and X-ray structure analysis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2017; 1860:566-578. [PMID: 29106973 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Revised: 10/01/2017] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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SNAREs are known as an important family of proteins mediating vesicle fusion. For various biophysical studies, they have been reconstituted into supported single bilayers via proteoliposome adsorption and rupture. In this study we extended this method to the reconstitution of SNAREs into supported multilamellar lipid membranes, i.e. oriented multibilayer stacks, as an ideal model system for X-ray structure analysis (X-ray reflectivity and diffraction). The reconstitution was implemented through a pathway of proteomicelle, proteoliposome and multibilayer. To monitor the structural evolution in each step, we used small-angle X-ray scattering for the proteomicelles and proteoliposomes, followed by X-ray reflectivity and grazing-incidence small-angle scattering for the multibilayers. Results show that SNAREs can be successfully reconstituted into supported multibilayers, with high enough orientational alignment for the application of surface sensitive X-ray characterizations. Based on this protocol, we then investigated the effect of SNAREs on the structure and phase diagram of the lipid membranes. Beyond this application, this reconstitution protocol could also be useful for X-ray analysis of many further membrane proteins.
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- Yihui Xu
- Institut für Röntgenphysik, Universität Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institut für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Tammannstraße 2, Göttingen 37077, Germany
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- Structural Biology Group, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 90181, Grenoble 38042, France
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- Institut für Röntgenphysik, Universität Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurobiology, Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Faßberg 11, Göttingen 37077, Germany
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- Institut für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Tammannstraße 2, Göttingen 37077, Germany
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- Institut für Röntgenphysik, Universität Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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Milovanovic D, Jahn R. Organization and dynamics of SNARE proteins in the presynaptic membrane. Front Physiol 2015; 6:89. [PMID: 25852575 PMCID: PMC4365744 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Our view of the lateral organization of lipids and proteins in the plasma membrane has evolved substantially in the last few decades. It is widely accepted that many, if not all, plasma membrane proteins and lipids are organized in specific domains. These domains vary widely in size, composition, and stability, and they represent platforms governing diverse cell functions. The presynaptic plasma membrane is a well-studied example of a membrane which undergoes rearrangements, especially during exo- and endocytosis. Many proteins and lipids involved in presynaptic function are known, and major efforts have been made to understand their spatial organization and dynamics. Here, we focus on the mechanisms underlying the organization of SNAREs, the key proteins of the fusion machinery, in distinct domains, and we discuss the functional significance of these clusters.
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- Dragomir Milovanovic
- Department of Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Göttingen, Germany
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Ayala G, Morello M, Frolov A, You S, Li R, Rosati F, Bartolucci G, Danza G, Adam RM, Thompson TC, Lisanti MP, Freeman MR, Vizio DD. Loss of caveolin-1 in prostate cancer stroma correlates with reduced relapse-free survival and is functionally relevant to tumour progression. J Pathol 2013; 231:77-87. [PMID: 23729330 DOI: 10.1002/path.4217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2012] [Revised: 05/24/2013] [Accepted: 05/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Levels of caveolin-1 (Cav-1) in tumour epithelial cells increase during prostate cancer progression. Conversely, Cav-1 expression in the stroma can decline in advanced and metastatic prostate cancer. In a large cohort of 724 prostate cancers, we observed significantly decreased levels of stromal Cav-1 in concordance with increased Gleason score (p = 0.012). Importantly, reduced expression of Cav-1 in the stroma correlated with reduced relapse-free survival (p = 0.009), suggesting a role for stromal Cav-1 in inhibiting advanced disease. Silencing of Cav-1 by shRNA in WPMY-1 prostate fibroblasts resulted in up-regulation of Akt phosphorylation, and significantly altered expression of genes involved in angiogenesis, invasion, and metastasis, including a > 2.5-fold increase in TGF-β1 and γ-synuclein (SNCG) gene expression. Moreover, silencing of Cav-1 induced migration of prostate cancer cells when stromal cells were used as attractants. Pharmacological inhibition of Akt caused down-regulation of TGF-β1 and SNCG, suggesting that loss of Cav-1 in the stroma can influence Akt-mediated signalling in the tumour microenvironment. Cav-1-depleted stromal cells exhibited increased levels of intracellular cholesterol, a precursor for androgen biosynthesis, steroidogenic enzymes, and testosterone. These findings suggest that loss of Cav-1 in the tumour microenvironment contributes to the metastatic behaviour of tumour cells by a mechanism that involves up-regulation of TGF-β1 and SNCG through Akt activation. They also suggest that intracrine production of androgens, a process relevant to castration resistance, may occur in the stroma.
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- Gustavo Ayala
- Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Cancer Biology Program, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,The Urological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Cancer Biology Program, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Endocrine Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Endocrine Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- The Urological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, Unit 18-3, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Breast Oncology and Institute of Cancer Sciences, Paterson Institute of Cancer Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Cancer Biology Program, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,The Urological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Departments of Surgery and Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Biology Program, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,The Urological Diseases Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Kim J, Di Vizio D, Kim TK, Kim J, Kim M, Pelton K, Clinton SK, Hai T, Hwang D, Solomon KR, Freeman MR. The response of the prostate to circulating cholesterol: activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3) as a prominent node in a cholesterol-sensing network. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39448. [PMID: 22768301 PMCID: PMC3388073 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2011] [Accepted: 05/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Elevated circulating cholesterol is a systemic risk factor for cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome, however the manner in which the normal prostate responds to variations in cholesterol levels is poorly understood. In this study we addressed the molecular and cellular effects of elevated and suppressed levels of circulating cholesterol on the normal prostate. Integrated bioinformatic analysis was performed using DNA microarray data from two experimental formats: (1) ventral prostate from male mice with chronically elevated circulating cholesterol and (2) human prostate cells exposed acutely to cholesterol depletion. A cholesterol-sensitive gene expression network was constructed from these data and the transcription factor ATF3 was identified as a prominent node in the network. Validation experiments confirmed that elevated cholesterol reduced ATF3 expression and enhanced proliferation of prostate cells, while cholesterol depletion increased ATF3 levels and inhibited proliferation. Cholesterol reduction in vivo alleviated dense lymphomononuclear infiltrates in the periprostatic adipose tissue, which were closely associated with nerve tracts and blood vessels. These findings open new perspectives on the role of cholesterol in prostate health, and provide a novel role for ATF3, and associated proteins within a large signaling network, as a cholesterol-sensing mechanism.
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- Jayoung Kim
- Division of Cancer Biology and Therapeutics, Departments of Surgery and Biomedical Sciences, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Role of ceramide in membrane protein organization investigated by combined AFM and FCS. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2008; 1778:1356-64. [PMID: 18346453 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2007] [Revised: 01/29/2008] [Accepted: 02/13/2008] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Ceramide-induced alterations in the lateral organization of membrane proteins can be involved in several biological contexts, ranging from apoptosis to viral infections. In order to investigate such alterations in a simple model, we used a combined approach of atomic force microscopy, scanning fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and confocal fluorescence imaging to study the partitioning of different membrane components in sphingomyelin/dioleoyl-phosphatidylcholine/cholesterol/ceramide supported bilayers. Such model membranes exhibit coexistence of liquid-disordered, liquid-ordered (raft-like) and ceramide-rich lipid phases. Our results show that components with poor affinity toward the liquid-ordered phase, such as several fluorescent lipid analogues or the synaptic protein Synaptobrevin 2, are excluded from ceramide-rich domains. Conversely, we show for the first time that the raft-associated protein placental alkaline phosphatase (GPI-PLAP) and the ganglioside GM1 are enriched in such domains, while exhibiting a strong decrease in lateral diffusion. Analogue modulation of the local concentration and dynamics of membrane proteins/receptors by ceramide can be of crucial importance for the biological functions of cell membranes.
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Shahin V, Datta D, Hui E, Henderson RM, Chapman ER, Edwardson JM. Synaptotagmin perturbs the structure of phospholipid bilayers. Biochemistry 2008; 47:2143-52. [PMID: 18205405 DOI: 10.1021/bi701879g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Synaptotagmin I (syt), an integral protein of the synaptic vesicle membrane, is believed to act as a Ca2+ sensor for neuronal exocytosis. Syt's cytoplasmic domain consists largely of two C2 domains, C2A and C2B. In response to Ca2+ binding, the C2 domains interact with membranes, becoming partially embedded in the lipid bilayer. We have imaged syt C2AB in association with lipid bilayers under fluid, using AFM. As expected, binding of C2AB to bilayers required both an anionic phospholipid [phosphatidylserine (PS)] and Ca2+. C2AB associated with bilayers in the form of aggregates of varying stoichiometries, and aggregate size increased with an increase in PS content. Repeated scanning of bilayers revealed that as C2AB dissociated it left behind residual indentations in the bilayer. The mean depth of these identations was 1.81 nm, indicating that they did not span the bilayer. Individual C2 domains (C2A and C2B) also formed aggregates and produced bilayer indentations. Binding of C2AB to bilayers and the formation of indentations were significantly compromised by mutations that interfere with binding of Ca2+ to syt or reduce the positive charge on the surface of C2B. We propose that bilayer perturbation by syt might be significant with respect to its ability to promote membrane fusion.
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- Victor Shahin
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom
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Zhong J, Zheng W, Huang L, Hong Y, Wang L, Qiu Y, Sha Y. PrP106–126 amide causes the semi-penetrated poration in the supported lipid bilayers. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2007; 1768:1420-9. [PMID: 17451641 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2006] [Revised: 02/27/2007] [Accepted: 03/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A major hallmark of prion diseases is the cerebral amyloid accumulation of the pathogenic PrP(Sc), an abnormally misfolded, protease-resistant, and beta-sheet rich protein. PrP106-126 is the key domain responsible for the conformational conversion and aggregation of PrP. It shares important physicochemical characteristics with PrP(Sc) and presents similar neurotoxicity as PrP(Sc). By combination of fluorescence polarization, dye release assay and in situ time-lapse atomic force microscopy (AFM), we investigated the PrP106-126 amide interacting with the large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs) and the supported lipid bilayers (SLBs). The results suggest that the interactions involve a poration-mediated process: firstly, the peptide binding results in the formation of pores in the membranes, which penetrate only half of the membranes; subsequently, PrP106-126 amide undergoes the poration-mediated diffusion in the SLBs, represented by the formation and expansion of the flat high-rise domains (FHDs). The possible mechanisms of the interactions between PrP106-126 amide and lipid membranes are proposed based on our observations.
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- Jian Zhong
- Single-molecule and Nanobiology Laboratory, Department of Biophysics, School of Basic Medical Sciences and Biomed-X Center, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China
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The original 'lipid raft' hypothesis proposed that lipid-platforms/rafts form in the exoplasmic plasmalemmal leaflet by tight clustering of sphingolipids and cholesterol. Their physical state, presumably similar to liquid-ordered phases in model membranes, would confer detergent resistance to rafts and enriched proteins therein. Based on this concept, detergent resistant membranes (DRMs) from solubilized cells were considered to reflect pre-existing 'lipid rafts' in live cells. To date, more than 200 proteins were found in DRMs including also members of the SNARE superfamily, which are small membrane proteins involved in intracellular fusion steps. Their raft association indicates that they are not uniformly distributed, and, indeed, microscopic studies revealed that SNAREs concentrate in submicrometre-sized, cholesterol-dependent clusters at which vesicles fuse. However, the idea that SNARE clusters are 'lipid rafts' was challenged, as they do not colocalize with raft markers, and SNAREs are excluded from liquid-ordered phases in model membranes. Independent from this disagreement, in recent years the solubilization criterion has been criticized for several reasons, calling for a more exact definition of rafts. At a recent consensus on a revised raft model, the term 'lipid rafts' was replaced by 'membrane rafts' that were defined as 'small (10-200 nm), heterogeneous, highly dynamic, sterol- and sphingolipid-enriched domains that compartmentalize cellular processes'. As a result, after dismissing the terms 'detergent resistant' and 'liquid-ordered', it now appears that SNARE clusters are bona fide 'membrane rafts'.
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- Thorsten Lang
- LIMES-Institute, Laboratory for Membrane Biochemistry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
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Yang Y, Mayer KM, Hafner JH. Quantitative membrane electrostatics with the atomic force microscope. Biophys J 2006; 92:1966-74. [PMID: 17158563 PMCID: PMC1861775 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.093328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The atomic force microscope (AFM) is sensitive to electric double layer interactions in electrolyte solutions, but provides only a qualitative view of interfacial electrostatics. We have fully characterized silicon nitride probe tips and other experimental parameters to allow a quantitative electrostatic analysis by AFM, and we have tested the validity of a simple analytical force expression through numerical simulations. As a test sample, we have measured the effective surface charge density of supported zwitterionic dioleoylphosphatidylcholine membranes with a variable fraction of anionic dioleoylphosphatidylserine. The resulting surface charge density and surface potential values are in quantitative agreement with those predicted by the Gouy-Chapman-Stern model of membrane charge regulation, but only when the numerical analysis is employed. In addition, we demonstrate that the AFM can detect double layer forces at a separation of several screening lengths, and that the probe only perturbs the membrane surface potential by <2%. Finally, we demonstrate 50-nm resolution electrostatic mapping on heterogeneous model membranes with the AFM. This novel combination of capabilities demonstrates that the AFM is a unique and powerful probe of membrane electrostatics.
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- Yi Yang
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
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Corcoran JA, Salsman J, de Antueno R, Touhami A, Jericho MH, Clancy EK, Duncan R. The p14 Fusion-associated Small Transmembrane (FAST) Protein Effects Membrane Fusion from a Subset of Membrane Microdomains. J Biol Chem 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)84093-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Corcoran JA, Salsman J, de Antueno R, Touhami A, Jericho MH, Clancy EK, Duncan R. The p14 fusion-associated small transmembrane (FAST) protein effects membrane fusion from a subset of membrane microdomains. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:31778-89. [PMID: 16936325 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m602566200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The reovirus fusion-associated small transmembrane (FAST) proteins are a unique family of viral membrane fusion proteins. These nonstructural viral proteins induce efficient cell-cell rather than virus-cell membrane fusion. We analyzed the lipid environment in which the reptilian reovirus p14 FAST protein resides to determine the influence of the cell membrane on the fusion activity of the FAST proteins. Topographical mapping of the surface of fusogenic p14-containing liposomes by atomic force microscopy under aqueous conditions revealed that p14 resides almost exclusively in thickened membrane microdomains. In transfected cells, p14 was found in both Lubrol WX- and Triton X-100-resistant membrane complexes. Cholesterol depletion of donor cell membranes led to preferential disruption of p14 association with Lubrol WX (but not Triton X-100)-resistant membranes and decreased cell-cell fusion activity, both of which were reversed upon subsequent cholesterol repletion. Furthermore, co-patching analysis by fluorescence microscopy indicated that p14 did not co-localize with classical lipid-anchored raft markers. These data suggest that the p14 FAST protein associates with heterogeneous membrane microdomains, a distinct subset of which is defined by cholesterol-dependent Lubrol WX resistance and which may be more relevant to the membrane fusion process.
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- Jennifer A Corcoran
- Departmentnof Microbiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 1X5, Canada
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Nevins AK, Thurmond DC. Caveolin-1 functions as a novel Cdc42 guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitor in pancreatic beta-cells. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:18961-72. [PMID: 16714282 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m603604200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The cycling of the small Rho family GTPase Cdc42 is required for insulin granule exocytosis, although the regulatory proteins involved in Cdc42 cycling in pancreatic beta-cells are unknown. Here we demonstrate that the caveolar protein caveolin-1 (Cav-1) is a Cdc42-binding protein in beta-cells. Cav-1 associated with Cdc42-VAMP2-bound granules present near the plasma membrane under basal conditions. However, stimulation with glucose induced the dissociation of Cav-1 from Cdc42-VAMP2 complexes, coordinate with the timing of Cdc42 activation. Analyses of the Cav-1 scaffolding domain revealed a motif conserved in guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitors (GDIs), which suggested a novel role for Cav-1 as a Cdc42 GDI in beta-cells. The novel role was further supported by: 1) in vitro binding analyses that demonstrated a direct interaction between Cav-1 and Cdc42; 2) GST-Cdc42 interaction assays showing preferential Cav-1 binding to GDP-Cdc42 over that of GTP-Cdc42; 3) Cav-1 depletion studies resulting in an inappropriate 40% induction of activated Cdc42 in the absence of stimuli and also a 40% increase in basal insulin release from both MIN6 cells and islets. Expression of wild-type Cav-1 in Cav-1-depleted cells restored basal level secretion to normal, whereas expression of a scaffolding domain mutant of Cav-1 failed to normalize secretion. Taken together, these data suggest that Cav-1 functions as a Cdc42 GDI in beta-cells, maintaining Cdc42 in an inactive state and regulating basal secretion in the absence of stimuli. Through its interaction with the Cdc42-VAMP2-bound insulin granule complex, Cav-1 may contribute to the specific targeting of granules to "active sites" of exocytosis organized by caveolae.
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- Angela K Nevins
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Center for Diabetes Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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Silvius JR. Partitioning of membrane molecules between raft and non-raft domains: Insights from model-membrane studies. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2005; 1746:193-202. [PMID: 16271405 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2005.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2005] [Revised: 09/02/2005] [Accepted: 09/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The special physical and functional properties ascribed to lipid rafts in biological membranes reflect their distinctive organization and composition, properties that are hypothesized to rest in part on the differential partitioning of various membrane components between liquid-ordered and liquid-disordered lipid environments. This review describes the principles and findings of recently developed methods to monitor the partitioning of membrane proteins and lipids between liquid-ordered and liquid-disordered domains in model membranes, and how these approaches can aid in elucidating the properties of rafts in biological membranes.
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- John R Silvius
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3G 1Y6.
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Salaün C, Gould GW, Chamberlain LH. The SNARE proteins SNAP-25 and SNAP-23 display different affinities for lipid rafts in PC12 cells. Regulation by distinct cysteine-rich domains. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:1236-40. [PMID: 15542596 PMCID: PMC2387193 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m410674200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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SNAP-25 and its ubiquitously expressed homologue, SNAP-23, are SNARE proteins that are essential for regulated exocytosis in diverse cell types. Recent work has shown that SNAP-25 and SNAP-23 are partly localized in sphingolipid/cholesterol-rich lipid raft domains of the plasma membrane and that the integrity of these domains is important for exocytosis. Here, we show that raft localization is mediated by a 36-amino-acid region of SNAP-25 that is also the minimal sequence required for membrane targeting; this domain contains 4 closely spaced cysteine residues that are sites for palmitoylation. Analysis of endogenous levels of SNAP-25 and SNAP-23 present in lipid rafts in PC12 cells revealed that SNAP-23 (54% raft-associated) was almost 3-fold more enriched in rafts when compared with SNAP-25 (20% raft-associated). We report that the increased raft association of SNAP-23 occurs due to the substitution of a highly conserved phenylalanine residue present in SNAP-25 with a cysteine residue. Intriguingly, although the extra cysteine in SNAP-23 enhances its raft association, the phenylalanine at the same position in SNAP-25 acts to repress the raft association of this protein. These different raft-targeting signals within SNAP-25 and SNAP-23 are likely important for fine-tuning the exocytic pathways in which these proteins operate.
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- Christine Salaün
- Henry Wellcome Laboratory of Cell Biology, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Davidson Building, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Henry Wellcome Laboratory of Cell Biology, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Davidson Building, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Henry Wellcome Laboratory of Cell Biology, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Davidson Building, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Exocytosis is the process whereby intracellular fluid-filled vesicles fuse with the plasma membrane, incorporating vesicle proteins and lipids into the plasma membrane and releasing vesicle contents into the extracellular milieu. Exocytosis can occur constitutively or can be tightly regulated, for example, neurotransmitter release from nerve endings. The last two decades have witnessed the identification of a vast array of proteins and protein complexes essential for exocytosis. SNARE proteins fill the spotlight as probable mediators of membrane fusion, whereas proteins such as munc18/nsec1, NSF and SNAPs function as essential SNARE regulators. A central question that remains unanswered is how exocytic proteins and protein complexes are spatially regulated. Recent studies suggest that lipid rafts, cholesterol and sphingolipid-rich microdomains, enriched in the plasma membrane, play an essential role in regulated exocytosis pathways. The association of SNAREs with lipid rafts acts to concentrate these proteins at defined sites of the plasma membrane. Furthermore, cholesterol depletion inhibits regulated exocytosis, suggesting that lipid raft domains play a key role in the regulation of exocytosis. This review examines the role of lipid rafts in regulated exocytosis, from a passive role as spatial coordinator of exocytic proteins to a direct role in the membrane fusion reaction.
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Geisse N, Cover T, Henderson R, Edwardson J. Targeting of Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin to lipid raft membrane domains analysed by atomic force microscopy. Biochem J 2004; 381:911-7. [PMID: 15128269 PMCID: PMC1133903 DOI: 10.1042/bj20031719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2003] [Revised: 04/30/2004] [Accepted: 05/06/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin VacA causes several effects on mammalian cells in vitro, including intracellular vacuolation, formation of pores in the plasma membrane and apoptosis. When added to cells, VacA becomes associated with detergent-resistant membranes, indicating that it binds preferentially to lipid rafts. In the present study, we have used atomic force microscopy to examine directly the association of VacA with lipid domains in supported lipid bilayers. VacA did not bind to lipid bilayers at pH 7.6. In contrast, at pH 4.0, VacA associated with the bilayers in the form of 26-nm oligomeric complexes. VacA bound to bilayers produced from either brain lipids or SM (sphingomyelin) plus cholesterol, each of which lacked detectable lipid domains. Bilayers composed of DOPC (dioleoylphosphatidylcholine), SM and cholesterol contained clearly visible raft-like domains, and VacA preferentially associated with these rafts. VacA bound poorly to raft-like domains in DOPC/SM bilayers, indicating that cholesterol is required for efficient association of VacA with lipid domains. When PS (phosphatidylserine), an anionic phospholipid that does not partition significantly into rafts, was added to the mixture of DOPC, SM and cholesterol, VacA was excluded from the rafts, indicating that it binds more avidly to PS than to the raft components. A typical plasma membrane exhibits pronounced lipid asymmetry, with SM enriched in the outer leaflet and PS in the inner leaflet. Therefore it is probable that the association of VacA with rafts in DOPC/SM/cholesterol bilayers represents a useful model for understanding the interactions of VacA with membranes in vivo.
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- Nicholas A. Geisse
- *Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, U.K
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- †Departments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, U.S.A
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- *Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, U.K
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- *Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, U.K
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (e-mail )
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Abstract
At presynaptic terminals, intermixing during cycles of exocytosis and endocytosis challenges the molecular identity of the plasma and synaptic vesicle membranes. Although synaptic vesicle components are retrieved during recycling, the extent to which plasma membrane proteins enter the synaptic vesicle recycling pathway has not been examined. The target-SNARE (N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) syntaxin-1 was shown previously to be present on putative synaptic vesicular membranes (Koh et al., 1993; Walch-Solimena et al., 1995; Kretzschmar et al., 1996), suggesting that syntaxin may cycle between the synaptic vesicle pool and the cell surface (Walch-Solimena et al., 1995). This implies that the molecular identity of the two membranes is not maintained during synaptic activity. Because the main role of syntaxin-1 is as a target-SNARE for vesicle fusion, appearance on synaptic vesicles could lead to futile interactions with vesicle-SNARE proteins. We investigated whether the subcellular localization of syntaxin-1A, tagged with the pH-sensitive fluorescent tag pHluorin, is regulated during neurotransmission using laser-scanning microscopy. We report here that syntaxin-1A is predominantly localized to the plasma membrane, with a small proportion present in an intracellular compartment with a lumenal pH consistent with synaptic vesicles. However, the internal fraction of syntaxin-1A is excluded from synaptic vesicles that undergo action potential-dependent recycling. These data indicate that the molecular identity of opposing exocytotic membranes is preserved by the sorting of syntaxin-1A from recycling synaptic vesicles.
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- Simon J Mitchell
- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Pereira EMA, Vieira DB, Carmona-Ribeiro AM. Cationic Bilayers on Polymeric Particles: Effect of Low NaCl Concentration on Surface Coverage. J Phys Chem B 2004. [DOI: 10.1021/jp048555u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Edla M. A. Pereira
- Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 26077, 05513-970 São Paulo SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 26077, 05513-970 São Paulo SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 26077, 05513-970 São Paulo SP, Brazil
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Bacia K, Schuette CG, Kahya N, Jahn R, Schwille P. SNAREs prefer liquid-disordered over "raft" (liquid-ordered) domains when reconstituted into giant unilamellar vesicles. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:37951-5. [PMID: 15226320 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m407020200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Membrane domains ("rafts") have received great attention as potential platforms for proteins in signaling and trafficking. Because rafts are believed to form by cooperative lipid interactions but are not directly accessible in vivo, artificial phase-separating lipid bilayers are useful model systems. Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) offer large free-standing bilayers, but suitable methods for incorporating proteins are still scarce. Here we report the reconstitution of two water-insoluble SNARE proteins into GUVs without fusogenic additives. Following reconstitution, protein functionality was assayed by confocal imaging and fluorescence auto- and cross-correlation spectroscopy. Incorporation into GUVs containing phase-separating lipids revealed that, in the absence of other cellular factors, both proteins exhibit an intrinsic preference for the liquid-disordered phase. Although the picture from detergent resistance assays on whole cells is ambiguous, reconstitutions of components of the exocytic machinery into GUVs by this new approach should yield insight into the dynamics of protein complex associations with hypothesized liquid-ordered phase microdomains, the correspondence between detergent-resistant membranes and liquid-ordered phase, and the mechanism of SNARE-mediated membrane fusion.
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- Kirsten Bacia
- Dresden University of Technology, Institute of Biophysics, Tatzberg 47-51, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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