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Ansari I, Singh AK, Kapoor A, Mukhopadhyay A. Unconventional role of Rab4 in the secretory pathway in Leishmania. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2024; 1871:119687. [PMID: 38342312 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2024.119687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 01/27/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/13/2024]
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Leishmania donovani is an auxotroph for heme. Parasite acquires heme by clathrin-mediated endocytosis of hemoglobin by specific receptor. However, the regulation of receptor recycling pathway is not known in Leishmania. Here, we have cloned, expressed and characterized the Rab4 homologue from L. donovani. We have found that LdRab4 localizes in both early endosomes and Golgi in L. donovani. To understand the role of LdRab4 in L. donovani, we have generated transgenic parasites overexpressing GFP-LdRab4:WT, GFP-LdRab4:Q67L, and GFP-LdRab4:S22N. Our results have shown that overexpression of GFP-LdRab4:Q67L or GFP-LdRab4:S22N does not alter the cell surface localization of hemoglobin receptor in L. donovani. Surprisingly, we have found that overexpression of GFP-LdRab4:S22N significantly blocks the transport of Ldgp63 to the cell surface whereas the trafficking of Ldgp63 is induced to the cell surface in GFP-LdRab4:WT and GFP-LdRab4:Q67L overexpressing parasites. Consequently, we have found significant inhibition of gp63 secretion by GFP-LdRab4:S22N overexpressing parasites whereas secretion of Ldgp63 is enhanced in GFP-LdRab4:WT and GFP-LdRab4:Q67L overexpressing parasites in comparison to untransfected control parasites. Moreover, we have found that survival of transgenic parasites overexpressing GFP-LdRab4:S22N is severely compromised in macrophages in comparison to GFP-LdRab4:WT and GFP-LdRab4:Q67L expressing parasites. These results demonstrated that LdRab4 unconventionally regulates the secretory pathway in L. donovani.
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- Irshad Ansari
- Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Haus Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Haus Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Haus Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Haus Khas, New Delhi 110016, India.
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Perry JA, Sinclair-Davis AN, McAllaster MR, de Graffenried CL. TbSmee1 regulates hook complex morphology and the rate of flagellar pocket uptake in Trypanosoma brucei. Mol Microbiol 2018; 107:344-362. [PMID: 29178204 PMCID: PMC5777864 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2017] [Revised: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Trypanosoma brucei uses multiple mechanisms to evade detection by its insect and mammalian hosts. The flagellar pocket (FP) is the exclusive site of uptake from the environment in trypanosomes and shields receptors from exposure to the host. The FP neck is tightly associated with the flagellum via a series of cytoskeletal structures that include the hook complex (HC) and the centrin arm. These structures are implicated in facilitating macromolecule entry into the FP and nucleating the flagellum attachment zone (FAZ), which adheres the flagellum to the cell surface. TbSmee1 (Tb927.10.8820) is a component of the HC and a putative substrate of polo-like kinase (TbPLK), which is essential for centrin arm and FAZ duplication. We show that depletion of TbSmee1 in the insect-resident (procyclic) form of the parasite causes a 40% growth decrease and the appearance of multinucleated cells that result from defective cytokinesis. Cells lacking TbSmee1 contain HCs with aberrant morphology and show delayed uptake of both fluid-phase and membrane markers. TbPLK localization to the tip of the new FAZ is also blocked. These results argue that TbSmee1 is necessary for maintaining HC morphology, which is important for the parasite's ability to take up molecules from its environment.
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- Jenna A. Perry
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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Castillo-Acosta VM, Balzarini J, González-Pacanowska D. Surface Glycans: A Therapeutic Opportunity for Kinetoplastid Diseases. Trends Parasitol 2017; 33:775-787. [PMID: 28760415 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2017.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Revised: 05/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Trypanosomal diseases are in need of innovative therapies that exploit novel mechanisms of action. The cell surface of trypanosomatid parasites is characterized by a dense coat of glycoconjugates with important functions in host cell recognition, immune evasion, infectivity, and cell function. The nature of parasite surface glycans is highly dynamic and changes during differentiation and in response to different stimuli through the action of glycosyltransferases and glycosidases. Here we propose a new approach to antiparasitic drug discovery that involves the use of carbohydrate-binding agents that bind specifically to cell-surface glycans, giving rise to cytotoxic events and parasite death. The potential and limitations of this strategy are addressed with a specific focus on the treatment of sleeping sickness.
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- Víctor M Castillo-Acosta
- Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina 'López-Neyra', Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud, Avenida del Conocimiento, s/n 18016-Armilla (Granada), Spain
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina 'López-Neyra', Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud, Avenida del Conocimiento, s/n 18016-Armilla (Granada), Spain.
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Gottier P, Gonzalez-Salgado A, Menon AK, Liu YC, Acosta-Serrano A, Bütikofer P. RFT1 Protein Affects Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) Anchor Glycosylation. J Biol Chem 2016; 292:1103-1111. [PMID: 27927990 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.758367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Revised: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The membrane protein RFT1 is essential for normal protein N-glycosylation, but its precise function is not known. RFT1 was originally proposed to translocate the glycolipid Man5GlcNAc2-PP-dolichol (needed to synthesize N-glycan precursors) across the endoplasmic reticulum membrane, but subsequent studies showed that it does not play a direct role in transport. In contrast to the situation in yeast, RFT1 is not essential for growth of the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma brucei, enabling the study of its function in a null background. We now report that lack of T. brucei RFT1 (TbRFT1) not only affects protein N-glycosylation but also glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor side-chain modification. Analysis by immunoblotting, metabolic labeling, and mass spectrometry demonstrated that the major GPI-anchored proteins of T. brucei procyclic forms have truncated GPI anchor side chains in TbRFT1 null parasites when compared with wild-type cells, a defect that is corrected by expressing a tagged copy of TbRFT1 in the null background. In vivo and in vitro labeling experiments using radiolabeled GPI precursors showed that GPI underglycosylation was not the result of decreased formation of the GPI precursor lipid or defective galactosylation of GPI intermediates in the endoplasmic reticulum, but rather due to modifications that are expected to occur in the Golgi apparatus. Unexpectedly, immunofluorescence microscopy localized TbRFT1 to both the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi, consistent with the proposal that TbRFT1 plays a direct or indirect role in GPI anchor glycosylation in the Golgi apparatus. Our results implicate RFT1 in a wider range of glycosylation processes than previously appreciated.
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- Petra Gottier
- From the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine and.,Graduate School of Cellular and Biochemical Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- the Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York 10065, and
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- the Departments of Parasitology and.,Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool L3 5QA, United Kingdom
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- From the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine and
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The ancient small GTPase Rab21 functions in intermediate endocytic steps in trypanosomes. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2013; 13:304-19. [PMID: 24376004 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00269-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Endocytosis is an essential process in nearly all eukaryotic cells, including the African trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei. Endocytosis in these organisms is exclusively clathrin mediated, although several lineage-specific features indicate that precise mechanisms are distinct from those of higher eukaryotes. T. brucei Rab21 is a member of an ancient, pan-eukaryotic, endocytic Rab clade that is retained by trypanosomes. We show that T. brucei Rab21 (TbRab21) localizes to endosomes, partially colocalizing with TbRab5A, TbRab28, and TbVps23, the latter two being present at late endosomes. TbRab21 expression is essential for cellular proliferation, and its suppression results in a partial block in traffic to the lysosome. RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated knockdown of TbRab21 had no effect on TbRab5A expression or location but did result in decreased in trans expression of ESCRT (trypanosome endosomal sorting complex required for transport) components and TbRab28, while knockdown of ESCRT subunit TbVps23 resulted in decreased TbRab21 expression. These data suggest that TbRab21 acts downstream of TbRab5A and functions in intimate connection with the trypanosome ESCRT system.
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Endosomal localization of the serum resistance-associated protein in African trypanosomes confers human infectivity. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2011; 10:1023-33. [PMID: 21705681 DOI: 10.1128/ec.05112-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense is the causative agent of human African sleeping sickness. While the closely related subspecies T. brucei brucei is highly susceptible to lysis by a subclass of human high-density lipoproteins (HDL) called trypanosome lytic factor (TLF), T. brucei rhodesiense is resistant and therefore able to establish acute and fatal infections in humans. This resistance is due to expression of the serum resistance-associated (SRA) gene, a member of the variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) gene family. Although much has been done to establish the role of SRA in human serum resistance, the specific molecular mechanism of SRA-mediated resistance remains a mystery. Thus, we report the trafficking and steady-state localization of SRA in order to provide more insight into the mechanism of SRA-mediated resistance. We show that SRA traffics to the flagellar pocket of bloodstream-form T. brucei organisms, where it localizes transiently before being endocytosed to its steady-state localization in endosomes, and we demonstrate that the critical point of colocalization between SRA and TLF occurs intracellularly.
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Brighouse A, Dacks JB, Field MC. Rab protein evolution and the history of the eukaryotic endomembrane system. Cell Mol Life Sci 2010; 67:3449-65. [PMID: 20582450 PMCID: PMC2943070 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0436-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2010] [Revised: 05/28/2010] [Accepted: 06/09/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Spectacular increases in the quantity of sequence data genome have facilitated major advances in eukaryotic comparative genomics. By exploiting homology with classical model organisms, this makes possible predictions of pathways and cellular functions currently impossible to address in intractable organisms. Echoing realization that core metabolic processes were established very early following evolution of life on earth, it is now emerging that many eukaryotic cellular features, including the endomembrane system, are ancient and organized around near-universal principles. Rab proteins are key mediators of vesicle transport and specificity, and via the presence of multiple paralogues, alterations in interaction specificity and modification of pathways, contribute greatly to the evolution of complexity of membrane transport. Understanding system-level contributions of Rab proteins to evolutionary history provides insight into the multiple processes sculpting cellular transport pathways and the exciting challenges that we face in delving further into the origins of membrane trafficking specificity.
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- Andrew Brighouse
- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP UK
- King’s College London School of Medicine, Hodgkin Building, London, SE1 1UL UK
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H7 Canada
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP UK
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Walrad P, Paterou A, Acosta-Serrano A, Matthews KR. Differential trypanosome surface coat regulation by a CCCH protein that co-associates with procyclin mRNA cis-elements. PLoS Pathog 2009; 5:e1000317. [PMID: 19247446 PMCID: PMC2642730 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2008] [Accepted: 01/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The genome of Trypanosoma brucei is unusual in being regulated almost entirely at the post-transcriptional level. In terms of regulation, the best-studied genes are procyclins, which encode a family of major surface GPI-anchored glycoproteins (EP1, EP2, EP3, GPEET) that show differential expression in the parasite's tsetse-fly vector. Although procyclin mRNA cis-regulatory sequences have provided the paradigm for post-transcriptional control in kinetoplastid parasites, trans-acting regulators of procyclin mRNAs are unidentified, despite intensive effort over 15 years. Here we identify the developmental regulator, TbZFP3, a CCCH-class predicted RNA binding protein, as an isoform-specific regulator of Procyclin surface coat expression in trypanosomes. We demonstrate (i) that endogenous TbZFP3 shows sequence-specific co-precipitation of EP1 and GPEET, but not EP2 and EP3, procyclin mRNA isoforms, (ii) that ectopic overexpression of TbZFP3 does not perturb the mRNA abundance of procyclin transcripts, but rather that (iii) their protein expression is regulated in an isoform-specific manner, as evidenced by mass spectrometric analysis of the Procyclin expression signature in the transgenic cell lines. The TbZFP3 mRNA-protein complex (TbZFP3mRNP) is identified as a trans-regulator of differential surface protein expression in trypanosomes. Moreover, its sequence-specific interactions with procyclin mRNAs are compatible with long-established predictions for Procyclin regulation. Combined with the known association of TbZFP3 with the translational apparatus, this study provides a long-sought missing link between surface protein cis-regulatory signals and the gene expression machinery in trypanosomes.
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- Pegine Walrad
- Centre for Immunology, Infection and Evolution, Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Immunology, Infection and Evolution, Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Immunology, Infection and Evolution, Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Field MC, Lumb JH, Adung'a VO, Jones NG, Engstler M. Chapter 1 Macromolecular Trafficking and Immune Evasion in African Trypanosomes. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 278:1-67. [DOI: 10.1016/s1937-6448(09)78001-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Absalon S, Blisnick T, Bonhivers M, Kohl L, Cayet N, Toutirais G, Buisson J, Robinson D, Bastin P. Flagellum elongation is required for correct structure, orientation and function of the flagellar pocket in Trypanosoma brucei. J Cell Sci 2008; 121:3704-16. [PMID: 18940910 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.035626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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In trypanosomes, the flagellum is rooted in the flagellar pocket, a surface micro-domain that is the sole site for endocytosis and exocytosis. By analysis of anterograde or retrograde intraflagellar transport in IFT88RNAi or IFT140RNAi mutant cells, we show that elongation of the new flagellum is not required for flagellar pocket formation but is essential for its organisation, orientation and function. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that the flagellar pocket exhibited a modified shape (smaller, distorted and/or deeper) in cells with abnormally short or no flagella. Scanning electron microscopy analysis of intact and detergent-extracted cells demonstrated that the orientation of the flagellar pocket collar was more variable in trypanosomes with short flagella. The structural protein BILBO1 was present but its localisation and abundance was altered. The membrane flagellar pocket protein CRAM leaked out of the pocket and reached the short flagella. CRAM also accumulated in intracellular compartments, indicating defects in routing of resident flagellar pocket proteins. Perturbations of vesicular trafficking were obvious; vesicles were observed in the lumen of the flagellar pocket or in the short flagella, and fluid-phase endocytosis was drastically diminished in non-flagellated cells. We propose a model to explain the role of flagellum elongation in correct flagellar pocket organisation and function.
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- Sabrina Absalon
- Trypanosome Cell Biology Unit, Pasteur Institute and CNRS, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France
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Biogenesis of the trypanosome endo-exocytotic organelle is cytoskeleton mediated. PLoS Biol 2008; 6:e105. [PMID: 18462016 PMCID: PMC2365980 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2007] [Accepted: 03/17/2008] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Trypanosoma brucei is a protozoan parasite that is used as a model organism to study such biological phenomena as gene expression, protein trafficking, and cytoskeletal biogenesis. In T. brucei, endocytosis and exocytosis occur exclusively through a sequestered organelle called the flagellar pocket (FP), an invagination of the pellicular membrane. The pocket is the sole site for specific receptors thus maintaining them inaccessible to components of the innate immune system of the mammalian host. The FP is also responsible for the sorting of protective parasite glycoproteins targeted to, or recycling from, the pellicular membrane, and for the removal of host antibodies from the cell surface. Here, we describe the first characterisation of a flagellar pocket cytoskeletal protein, BILBO1. BILBO1 functions to form a cytoskeleton framework upon which the FP is made and which is also required and essential for FP biogenesis and cell survival. Remarkably, RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated ablation of BILBO1 in insect procyclic-form parasites prevents FP biogenesis and induces vesicle accumulation, Golgi swelling, the aberrant repositioning of the new flagellum, and cell death. Cultured bloodstream-form parasites are also nonviable when subjected to BILBO1 RNAi. These results provide the first molecular evidence for cytoskeletally mediated FP biogenesis. Trypanosomes are ubiquitous unicellular parasites that infect humans, animals, insects, and plants. African, Asian, and some South American trypanosomes have evolved the amazing ability to change their surface coat proteins, an essential strategy for their survival. The surface coat proteins are recycled and targeted to the surface of the parasite via an endocytic and exocytotic organelle called the flagellar pocket, which is sequestered in the trypanosome cell's cytoplasm. The flagellar pocket is also used to remove host-derived antibodies that are bound to the surface of the parasite, making this organelle critical for the parasite's evasion of the host immune system. We describe a novel protein, “BILBO1,” which was identified from the insect-form parasite of the African trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei. We show that BILBO1 is part of a ring or horseshoe-like cytoskeletal structure that is located in a region of the flagellar pocket called the collar. When BILBO1 transcripts were knocked down with inducible RNA interference, trypanosome cells became arrested in a post-mitotic cell-cycle stage. Induced cells lost the normal flagellum-to-cell-body attachment, were unable to regulate endocytosis and exocytosis, and most importantly, were unable to construct a new flagellar pocket. These results provide molecular evidence for the idea that flagellar pocket biogenesis is cytoskeletally mediated. RNAi of the parasite protein BILBO1 prevents the biogenesis of the endocytic and exocytotic organelle in Trypanosoma brucei, kills the parasite, and reveals novel insights into how this pathogen organizes and uses one of its distinctive organelles.
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Trypanosomatids are protozoan parasites, of interest due to both their disease burden and deeply divergent position within the eukaryotic lineage. The African trypanosome, Trypanosoma brucei, has emerged as a very amenable model system, with a considerable toolbox of methods available, including inducible overexpression, RNA interference, and a completed genome. Here we describe some of the special considerations that need to be addressed when studying trypanosome gene function, and in particular small GTPases; we provide protocols for transfection, RNA interference, overexpression and basic transport assays, in addition to an overview of available vectors, cell lines, and strategies.
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- Mark C Field
- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Allen CL, Liao D, Chung WL, Field MC. Dileucine signal-dependent and AP-1-independent targeting of a lysosomal glycoprotein in Trypanosoma brucei. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2007; 156:175-90. [PMID: 17869353 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2007.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2007] [Revised: 07/26/2007] [Accepted: 07/30/2007] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Sorting of trans-membrane proteins destined for the lysosome is achieved by selective inclusion into post-Golgi transport vesicles. In higher eukaryotes sorting may be mediated by a peptidic motif, principally acidic clusters and tyrosine- or dileucine-based cytoplasmic signals or by inclusion of mannose-6-phosphate (M6P) into the N-glycans of lysosomal proteins. In African trypanosomes a major lysosomal trans-membrane protein is CB-1/p67. The cytoplasmic domain of p67 lacks tyrosine and lysine, but does contain a canonical dileucine sequence embedded within an acidic region. AP-1, -3 and -4 adaptin complexes, which recognise tyrosine- and dileucine-sorting signals, are encoded by the trypanosome genome, but the genes for M6P-receptors or activities required to produce M6P are absent, suggesting that lysosomal delivery of p67 is most likely adaptin-mediated. By construction of p67 reporter constructs we show that the dileucine signal is necessary and sufficient for efficient lysosomal delivery of a trans-membrane protein in bloodstream stage trypanosomes. However, this targeting does not require AP-1, as knockdown of the trypanosome gamma-adaptin subunit by RNAi has no detectable effect on the location or maturation of p67. These data suggest that p67 is targeted to the lysosome by dileucine-dependent but AP-1-independent mechanisms.
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- Clare L Allen
- The Molteno Building, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK
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Swennen D, Beckerich JM. Yarrowia lipolytica vesicle-mediated protein transport pathways. BMC Evol Biol 2007; 7:219. [PMID: 17997821 PMCID: PMC2241642 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2007] [Accepted: 11/12/2007] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Protein secretion is a universal cellular process involving vesicles which bud and fuse between organelles to bring proteins to their final destination. Vesicle budding is mediated by protein coats; vesicle targeting and fusion depend on Rab GTPase, tethering factors and SNARE complexes. The Génolevures II sequencing project made available entire genome sequences of four hemiascomycetous yeasts, Yarrowia lipolytica, Debaryomyces hansenii, Kluyveromyces lactis and Candida glabrata. Y. lipolytica is a dimorphic yeast and has good capacities to secrete proteins. The translocation of nascent protein through the endoplasmic reticulum membrane was well studied in Y. lipolytica and is largely co-translational as in the mammalian protein secretion pathway. RESULTS We identified S. cerevisiae proteins involved in vesicular secretion and these protein sequences were used for the BLAST searches against Génolevures protein database (Y. lipolytica, C. glabrata, K. lactis and D. hansenii). These proteins are well conserved between these yeasts and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We note several specificities of Y. lipolytica which may be related to its good protein secretion capacities and to its dimorphic aspect. An expansion of the Y. lipolytica Rab protein family was observed with autoBLAST and the Rab2- and Rab4-related members were identified with BLAST against NCBI protein database. An expansion of this family is also found in filamentous fungi and may reflect the greater complexity of the Y. lipolytica secretion pathway. The Rab4p-related protein may play a role in membrane recycling as rab4 deleted strain shows a modification of colony morphology, dimorphic transition and permeability. Similarly, we find three copies of the gene (SSO) encoding the plasma membrane SNARE protein. Quantification of the percentages of proteins with the greatest homology between S. cerevisiae, Y. lipolytica and animal homologues involved in vesicular transport shows that 40% of Y. lipolytica proteins are closer to animal ones, whereas they are only 13% in the case of S. cerevisiae. CONCLUSION These results provide further support for the idea, previously noted about the endoplasmic reticulum translocation pathway, that Y. lipolytica is more representative of vesicular secretion of animals and other fungi than is S. cerevisiae.
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- Dominique Swennen
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaire INRA-CNRS-AgroParisTech UMR 1238 CBAI BP01 F-78850 Thiverval Grignon, France.
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Natesan SKA, Peacock L, Matthews K, Gibson W, Field MC. Activation of endocytosis as an adaptation to the mammalian host by trypanosomes. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2007; 6:2029-37. [PMID: 17905918 PMCID: PMC2168407 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00213-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2007] [Accepted: 09/14/2007] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Immune evasion in African trypanosomes is principally mediated by antigenic variation, but rapid internalization of surface-bound immune factors may contribute to survival. Endocytosis is upregulated approximately 10-fold in bloodstream compared to procyclic forms, and surface coat remodeling accompanies transition between these life stages. Here we examined expression of endocytosis markers in tsetse fly stages in vivo and monitored modulation during transition from bloodstream to procyclic forms in vitro. Among bloodstream stages nonproliferative stumpy forms have endocytic activity similar to that seen with rapidly dividing slender forms, while differentiation of stumpy forms to procyclic forms is accompanied by rapid down-regulation of Rab11 and clathrin, suggesting that modulation of endocytic and recycling systems accompanies this differentiation event. Significantly, rapid down-regulation of endocytic markers occurs upon entering the insect midgut and expression of Rab11 and clathrin remains low throughout subsequent development, which suggests that high endocytic activity is not required for remodeling the parasite surface or for survival within the fly. However, salivary gland metacyclic forms dramatically increase expression of clathrin and Rab11, indicating that emergence of mammalian infective forms is coupled to reacquisition of a high-activity endocytic-recycling system. These data suggest that high-level endocytosis in Trypanosoma brucei is an adaptation required for viability in the mammalian host.
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Affiliation(s)
- Senthil Kumar A Natesan
- The Molteno Building, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, United Kingdom
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Trypanosomes are members of the kinetoplastida, a group of divergent protozoan parasites responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. These organisms have highly complex life cycles requiring modification of their cell surface together with engagement of immune evasion systems to effect survival; both processes intimately involve the membrane trafficking system. The completion of three trypanosomatid and several additional protist genomes in the last few years is providing an exciting opportunity to evaluate, at the molecular level, the evolution and diversity of membrane trafficking across deep evolutionary time as well as to analyse in unprecedented detail the membrane trafficking systems of trypanosomes.
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- Mark C Field
- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK.
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