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Reinhard J, Starke L, Klose C, Haberkant P, Hammarén H, Stein F, Klein O, Berhorst C, Stumpf H, Sáenz JP, Hub J, Schuldiner M, Ernst R. MemPrep, a new technology for isolating organellar membranes provides fingerprints of lipid bilayer stress. EMBO J 2024; 43:1653-1685. [PMID: 38491296 PMCID: PMC11021466 DOI: 10.1038/s44318-024-00063-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024] Open
Abstract
Biological membranes have a stunning ability to adapt their composition in response to physiological stress and metabolic challenges. Little is known how such perturbations affect individual organelles in eukaryotic cells. Pioneering work has provided insights into the subcellular distribution of lipids in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, but the composition of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane, which also crucially regulates lipid metabolism and the unfolded protein response, remains insufficiently characterized. Here, we describe a method for purifying organelle membranes from yeast, MemPrep. We demonstrate the purity of our ER membrane preparations by proteomics, and document the general utility of MemPrep by isolating vacuolar membranes. Quantitative lipidomics establishes the lipid composition of the ER and the vacuolar membrane. Our findings provide a baseline for studying membrane protein biogenesis and have important implications for understanding the role of lipids in regulating the unfolded protein response (UPR). The combined preparative and analytical MemPrep approach uncovers dynamic remodeling of ER membranes in stressed cells and establishes distinct molecular fingerprints of lipid bilayer stress.
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- John Reinhard
- Saarland University, Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Homburg, Germany
- Saarland University, Preclinical Center for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Homburg, Germany
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- Saarland University, Theoretical Physics and Center for Biophysics, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- EMBL Heidelberg, Proteomics Core Facility, Heidelberg, Germany
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- EMBL Heidelberg, Proteomics Core Facility, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Molecular Genetics, Rehovot, Israel
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- Saarland University, Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Homburg, Germany
- Saarland University, Preclinical Center for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Homburg, Germany
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- Saarland University, Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Homburg, Germany
- Saarland University, Preclinical Center for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Homburg, Germany
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- Technische Universität Dresden, B CUBE, Dresden, Germany
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- Saarland University, Theoretical Physics and Center for Biophysics, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Molecular Genetics, Rehovot, Israel
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- Saarland University, Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Homburg, Germany.
- Saarland University, Preclinical Center for Molecular Signaling (PZMS), Homburg, Germany.
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Willet AH, Wos M, Igarashi MG, Ren L, Turner LA, Gould KL. Elevated levels of sphingolipid MIPC in the plasma membrane disrupt the coordination of cell growth with cell wall formation in fission yeast. PLoS Genet 2023; 19:e1010987. [PMID: 37792890 PMCID: PMC10578601 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
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Coupling cell wall expansion with cell growth is a universal challenge faced by walled organisms. Mutations in Schizosaccharomyces pombe css1, which encodes a PM inositol phosphosphingolipid phospholipase C, prevent cell wall expansion but not synthesis of cell wall material. To probe how Css1 modulates cell wall formation we used classical and chemical genetics coupled with quantitative mass spectrometry. We found that elevated levels of the sphingolipid biosynthetic pathway's final product, mannosylinositol phosphorylceramide (MIPC), specifically correlated with the css1-3 phenotype. We also found that an apparent indicator of sphingolipids and a sterol biosensor accumulated at the cytosolic face of the PM at cell tips and the division site of css1-3 cells and, in accord, the PM in css1-3 was less dynamic than in wildtype cells. Interestingly, disrupting the protein glycosylation machinery recapitulated the css1-3 phenotype and led us to investigate Ghs2, a glycosylated PM protein predicted to modify cell wall material. Disrupting Ghs2 function led to aberrant cell wall material accumulation suggesting Ghs2 is dysfunctional in css1-3. We conclude that preventing an excess of MIPC in the S. pombe PM is critical to the function of key PM-localized proteins necessary for coupling growth with cell wall formation.
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- Alaina H. Willet
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, United States of America
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Koga A, Takayama C, Ishibashi Y, Kono Y, Matsuzaki M, Tani M. Loss of tolerance to multiple environmental stresses due to limitation of structural diversity of complex sphingolipids. Mol Biol Cell 2022; 33:ar105. [PMID: 35895092 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e22-04-0117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Structural diversity of complex sphingolipids is important for maintenance of various cellular functions; however, the overall picture of the significance of this structural diversity remains largely unknown. To investigate the physiological importance of the structural diversity of complex sphingolipids, we here constructed a complex sphingolipid structural diversity disruption library in budding yeast, which comprises 11 mutants including with combinations of deletions of sphingolipid-metabolizing enzyme genes. The sensitivity of the mutants to various environmental stresses revealed that the more the structural variation of complex sphingolipids is limited, the more stress sensitivity tends to increase. Moreover, it was found that in mutant cells with only one subtype of complex sphingolipid, Slt2 MAP kinase and Msn2/4 transcriptional factors are essential for maintenance of a normal growth and compensation for reduced tolerance of multiple stresses caused by loss of complex sphingolipid diversity. Slt2 and Msn2/4 are involved in compensation for impaired integrity of cell walls and plasma membranes caused by loss of complex sphingolipid diversity, respectively. From these findings, it was suggested that loss of structural diversity of complex sphingolipids affects the environment of the cell surface, including both plasma membranes and cell walls, which could cause multiple environmental stress hypersensitivity.
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- Ayano Koga
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Kaminska J, Soczewka P, Rzepnikowska W, Zoladek T. Yeast as a Model to Find New Drugs and Drug Targets for VPS13-Dependent Neurodegenerative Diseases. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23095106. [PMID: 35563497 PMCID: PMC9104724 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23095106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Mutations in human VPS13A-D genes result in rare neurological diseases, including chorea-acanthocytosis. The pathogenesis of these diseases is poorly understood, and no effective treatment is available. As VPS13 genes are evolutionarily conserved, the effects of the pathogenic mutations could be studied in model organisms, including yeast, where one VPS13 gene is present. In this review, we summarize advancements obtained using yeast. In recent studies, vps13Δ and vps13-I2749 yeast mutants, which are models of chorea-acanthocytosis, were used to screen for multicopy and chemical suppressors. Two of the suppressors, a fragment of the MYO3 and RCN2 genes, act by downregulating calcineurin activity. In addition, vps13Δ suppression was achieved by using calcineurin inhibitors. The other group of multicopy suppressors were genes: FET4, encoding iron transporter, and CTR1, CTR3 and CCC2, encoding copper transporters. Mechanisms of their suppression rely on causing an increase in the intracellular iron content. Moreover, among the identified chemical suppressors were copper ionophores, which require a functional iron uptake system for activity, and flavonoids, which bind iron. These findings point at areas for further investigation in a higher eukaryotic model of VPS13-related diseases and to new therapeutic targets: calcium signalling and copper and iron homeostasis. Furthermore, the identified drugs are interesting candidates for drug repurposing for these diseases.
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- Joanna Kaminska
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland; (J.K.); (P.S.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland; (J.K.); (P.S.)
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- Neuromuscular Unit, Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland;
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland; (J.K.); (P.S.)
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Pogozheva ID, Armstrong GA, Kong L, Hartnagel TJ, Carpino CA, Gee SE, Picarello DM, Rubin AS, Lee J, Park S, Lomize AL, Im W. Comparative Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies of Realistic Eukaryotic, Prokaryotic, and Archaeal Membranes. J Chem Inf Model 2022; 62:1036-1051. [PMID: 35167752 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.1c01514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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We present a comparative all-atom molecular dynamics simulation study of 18 biomembrane systems with lipid compositions corresponding to eukaryotic, bacterial, and archaebacterial membranes together with three single-component lipid bilayers. A total of 105 lipid types used in this study include diverse sterols and glycerol-based lipids with acyl chains of various lengths, unsaturation degrees, and branched or cyclic moieties. Our comparative analysis provides deeper insight into the influences of sterols and lipid unsaturation on the structural and mechanical properties of these biomembranes, including water permeation into the membrane hydrocarbon core. For sterol-containing membranes, sterol fraction is correlated with the membrane thickness, the area compressibility modulus, and lipid order but anticorrelated with the area per lipid and sterol tilt angles. Similarly, for all 18 biomembranes, lipid order is correlated with the membrane thickness and area compressibility modulus. Sterols and lipid unsaturation produce opposite effects on membrane thickness, but only sterols influence water permeation into the membrane. All membrane systems are accessible for public use in CHARMM-GUI Archive. They can be used as templates to expedite future modeling of realistic cell membranes with transmembrane and peripheral membrane proteins to study their structure, dynamics, molecular interactions, and function in a nativelike membrane environment.
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- Irina D Pogozheva
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States.,Department of Bioengineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States.,Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
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Körner C, Fröhlich F. Compartmentation and functions of sphingolipids. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2022; 74:104-111. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2022.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Soczewka P, Flis K, Tribouillard-Tanvier D, di Rago JP, Santos CN, Menezes R, Kaminska J, Zoladek T. Flavonoids as Potential Drugs for VPS13-Dependent Rare Neurodegenerative Diseases. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:E828. [PMID: 32708255 PMCID: PMC7397310 DOI: 10.3390/genes11070828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Several rare neurodegenerative diseases, including chorea acanthocytosis, are caused by mutations in the VPS13A-D genes. Only symptomatic treatments for these diseases are available. Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains a unique VPS13 gene and the yeast vps13Δ mutant has been proven as a suitable model for drug tests. A library of drugs and an in-house library of natural compounds and their derivatives were screened for molecules preventing the growth defect of vps13Δ cells on medium with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). Seven polyphenols, including the iron-binding flavone luteolin, were identified. The structure-activity relationship and molecular mechanisms underlying the action of luteolin were characterized. The FET4 gene, which encodes an iron transporter, was found to be a multicopy suppressor of vps13Δ, pointing out the importance of iron in response to SDS stress. The growth defect of vps13Δ in SDS-supplemented medium was also alleviated by the addition of iron salts. Suppression did not involve cell antioxidant responses, as chemical antioxidants were not active. Our findings support that luteolin and iron may target the same cellular process, possibly the synthesis of sphingolipids. Unveiling the mechanisms of action of chemical and genetic suppressors of vps13Δ may help to better understand VPS13A-D-dependent pathogenesis and to develop novel therapeutic strategies.
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- Piotr Soczewka
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland; (P.S.); (K.F.); (J.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland; (P.S.); (K.F.); (J.K.)
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- CNRS, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Bordeaux University, CEDEX, 33077 Bordeaux, France; (D.T.-T.); (J.-P.d.R.)
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale INSERM, 33077 Bordeaux, France
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- CNRS, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Bordeaux University, CEDEX, 33077 Bordeaux, France; (D.T.-T.); (J.-P.d.R.)
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- Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Av. República, Qta. do Marquês, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal; (C.N.S.); (R.M.)
- CEDOC—Chronic Diseases Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Rua Câmara Pestana n° 6, 6-A Edifício CEDOC II, 1150-082 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Av. República, Qta. do Marquês, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal; (C.N.S.); (R.M.)
- CEDOC—Chronic Diseases Research Center, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Rua Câmara Pestana n° 6, 6-A Edifício CEDOC II, 1150-082 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland; (P.S.); (K.F.); (J.K.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland; (P.S.); (K.F.); (J.K.)
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Hurst LR, Fratti RA. Lipid Rafts, Sphingolipids, and Ergosterol in Yeast Vacuole Fusion and Maturation. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:539. [PMID: 32719794 PMCID: PMC7349313 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The Saccharomyces cerevisiae lysosome-like vacuole is a useful model for studying membrane fusion events and organelle maturation processes utilized by all eukaryotes. The vacuolar membrane is capable of forming micrometer and nanometer scale domains that can be visualized using microscopic techniques and segregate into regions with surprisingly distinct lipid and protein compositions. These lipid raft domains are liquid-ordered (L o ) like regions that are rich in sphingolipids, phospholipids with saturated acyl chains, and ergosterol. Recent studies have shown that these lipid rafts contain an enrichment of many different proteins that function in essential activities such as nutrient transport, organelle contact, membrane trafficking, and homotypic fusion, suggesting that they are biologically relevant regions within the vacuole membrane. Here, we discuss recent developments and the current understanding of sphingolipid and ergosterol function at the vacuole, the composition and function of lipid rafts at this organelle and how the distinct lipid and protein composition of these regions facilitates the biological processes outlined above.
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- Logan R Hurst
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States.,Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
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Proper regulation of inositolphosphorylceramide levels is required for acquirement of low pH resistance in budding yeast. Sci Rep 2020; 10:10792. [PMID: 32612142 PMCID: PMC7329899 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-67734-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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All organisms have stress response systems to protect themselves from various environmental stresses, and regulation of membrane lipids is thought to play an important role in acquirement of stress tolerance. Complex sphingolipids in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae are classified into three types based on differences in the structure of the polar head group, and the compositions and quantities of complex sphingolipids in biomembranes are tightly regulated. In this study, we found that the accumulation of inositol phosphorylceramides (IPCs) due to a defect of mannosylinositol phosphorylceramide biosynthesis (sur1∆ csh1∆), i.e., disruption of the balance of the composition of complex sphingolipids, causes hypersensitivity to low pH conditions (pH 4.0–2.5). Furthermore, screening of suppressor mutations that confer low pH resistance to sur1∆ csh1∆ cells revealed that a change in ergosterol homeostasis at plasma membranes can rescue the hypersensitivity, suggesting the functional relationship between complex sphingolipids and ergosterol under low pH conditions. Under low pH conditions, wild-type yeast cells exhibited decreases in IPC levels, and forced enhancement of the biosynthesis of IPCs causes low pH hypersensitivity. Thus, it was suggested that the accumulation of IPCs is detrimental to yeast under low pH conditions, and downregulation of IPC levels is one of the adaptation mechanisms for low pH conditions.
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Hasi RY, Miyagi M, Morito K, Ishikawa T, Kawai-Yamada M, Imai H, Fukuta T, Kogure K, Kanemaru K, Hayashi J, Kawakami R, Tanaka T. Glycosylinositol phosphoceramide-specific phospholipase D activity catalyzes transphosphatidylation. J Biochem 2019; 166:441-448. [DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvz056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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AbstractGlycosylinositol phosphoceramide (GIPC) is the most abundant sphingolipid in plants and fungi. Recently, we detected GIPC-specific phospholipase D (GIPC-PLD) activity in plants. Here, we found that GIPC-PLD activity in young cabbage leaves catalyzes transphosphatidylation. The available alcohol for this reaction is a primary alcohol with a chain length below C4. Neither secondary alcohol, tertiary alcohol, choline, serine nor glycerol serves as an acceptor for transphosphatidylation of GIPC-PLD. We also found that cabbage GIPC-PLD prefers GIPC containing two sugars. Neither inositol phosphoceramide, mannosylinositol phosphoceramide nor GIPC with three sugar chains served as substrate. GIPC-PLD will become a useful catalyst for modification of polar head group of sphingophospholipid.
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- Rumana Yesmin Hasi
- Department of Pharmaceutical Health Chemistry, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, 1-78-1 Shomachi, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Health Chemistry, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, 1-78-1 Shomachi, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Health Chemistry, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, 1-78-1 Shomachi, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Natural Science, Konan University, 8-9-1 Okamoto, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Health Chemistry, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, 1-78-1 Shomachi, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Health Chemistry, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, 1-78-1 Shomachi, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioindustry, Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University, 2-1 Minamijosanjima-cho, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioindustry, Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University, 2-1 Minamijosanjima-cho, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioindustry, Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University, 2-1 Minamijosanjima-cho, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Health Chemistry, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University, 1-78-1 Shomachi, Tokushima, Japan
- Department of Bioscience and Bioindustry, Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University, 2-1 Minamijosanjima-cho, Tokushima, Japan
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Lipids and lipid domains of the yeast vacuole. Biochem Soc Trans 2018; 46:1047-1054. [PMID: 30242116 DOI: 10.1042/bst20180120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2018] [Revised: 07/30/2018] [Accepted: 08/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The membrane raft has been a focus of intensive research for the past two decades. Liquid-ordered domains form in artificial liposomes containing sterol and saturated lipids, but their presence in living cell membranes has been controversial. The yeast vacuole is exceptional in that micron-sized raft-like domains form in the stationary phase and under several other conditions. The sterol content of the vacuole in the log phase is much lower than that of liposomes showing liquid-ordered domains, suggesting that sterols may need to be supplied to the vacuole for the raft-like domain formation. We will discuss how lipids and lipid domains are organized in the vacuolar membrane and examine whether evidence is strong enough to conclude that the observed micron-sized domains are rafts.
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Řezanka T, Kolouchová I, Gharwalová L, Doležalová J, Nedbalová L, Sigler K. Sphingolipidomics of Thermotolerant Yeasts. Lipids 2018; 53:627-639. [PMID: 30206958 DOI: 10.1002/lipd.12076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2018] [Revised: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Mass spectrometry-based shotgun lipidomics was applied to the analysis of sphingolipids of 11 yeast strains belonging to four genera, that is Cryptococcus, Saccharomyces, Schizosaccharomyces, and Wickerhamomyces. The analysis yielded comprehensive results on both qualitative and quantitative representation of complex sphingolipids of three classes-phosphoinositol ceramide (PtdInsCer), mannosyl inositol phosphoceramide (MInsPCer), and mannosyl diinositol phosphoceramide (M(InsP)2 Cer). In total, nearly 150 molecular species of complex sphingolipids were identified. Individual strains were cultured at five different temperatures, that is 5, 10, 20, 30, and 40 °C (Wickerhamomyces genus only up to 30 °C), and the change in the culture temperature was found to affect the representation of both the sphingolipid classes and the length of the long-chain bases (LCB). Individual classes of sphingolipids differing in polar heads differed in the temperature response. The relative content of PtdInsCer increased with increasing temperature, whereas that of M(InsP)2 Cer decreased. Molecular species having C18-LCB were associated with low cultivation temperature, and a higher proportion of C20-LCB molecular species was produced at higher temperatures regardless of the type of polar head. On the other hand, the influence of temperature on the representation of very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFA) was less noticeable, the effect of the taxonomic affiliation of the strains being more pronounced than the cultivation temperature. For example, lignoceric and 2-hydrocylo-lignoceric acids were characteristic of the genera Cryptococcus and Schizosaccharomyces, and of Saccharomyces genus cultivated at high temperatures.
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- Tomáš Řezanka
- Lab of Fungal Genetics and Metabolism, Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, v.v.i, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Chemical Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Chemical Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Chemical Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ-128 44, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Lab of Fungal Genetics and Metabolism, Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, v.v.i, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20, Prague, Czech Republic
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Marquês JT, Marinho HS, de Almeida RF. Sphingolipid hydroxylation in mammals, yeast and plants – An integrated view. Prog Lipid Res 2018; 71:18-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2018.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Revised: 04/11/2018] [Accepted: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Tanaka S, Tani M. Mannosylinositol phosphorylceramides and ergosterol coodinately maintain cell wall integrity in the yeastSaccharomyces cerevisiae. FEBS J 2018; 285:2405-2427. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.14509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Revised: 04/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Seiya Tanaka
- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Sciences Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Sciences Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan
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Chong JR, Xiang P, Wang W, Hind T, Chew WS, Ong WY, Lai MKP, Herr DR. Sphingolipidomics analysis of large clinical cohorts. Part 2: Potential impact and applications. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018; 504:602-607. [PMID: 29654757 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.04.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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It has been known for decades that the regulation of sphingolipids (SLs) is essential for the proper function of many cellular processes. However, a complete understanding of these processes has been complicated by the structural diversity of these lipids. A well-characterized metabolic pathway is responsible for homeostatic maintenance of hundreds of distinct SL species. This pathway is perturbed in a number of pathological processes, resulting in derangement of the "sphingolipidome." Recently, advances in mass spectrometry (MS) techniques have made it possible to characterize the sphingolipidome in large-scale clinical studies, allowing for the identification of specific SL molecules that mediate pathological processes and/or may serve as biomarkers. This manuscript provides an overview of the functions of SLs, and reviews previous studies that have used MS techniques to identify changes to the sphingolipidome in non-metabolic diseases.
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- Joyce R Chong
- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117597, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117597, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117597, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117597, Singapore; Department of Pharmacology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117597, Singapore
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- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 119260, Singapore; Neurobiology and Ageing Research Programme, Life Sciences Institute, National University of Singapore, 119260, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117597, Singapore; Neurobiology and Ageing Research Programme, Life Sciences Institute, National University of Singapore, 119260, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 117597, Singapore; Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
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Garcia EJ, Vevea JD, Pon LA. Lipid droplet autophagy during energy mobilization, lipid homeostasis and protein quality control. Front Biosci (Landmark Ed) 2018; 23:1552-1563. [PMID: 29293450 DOI: 10.2741/4660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Lipid droplets (LDs) have well-established functions as sites for lipid storage and energy mobilization to meet the metabolic demands of cells. However, recent studies have expanded the roles of LDs to protein quality control. Lipophagy, or LD degradation by autophagy, plays a vital role not only in the mobilization of free fatty acids (FFAs) and lipid homeostasis at LDs, but also in the adaptation of cells to certain forms of stress including lipid imbalance. Recent studies have provided new mechanistic insights about the diverse types of lipophagy, in particular microlipophagy. This review summarizes key findings about the mechanisms and functions of lipophagy and highlights a novel function of LD microlipophagy as a mechanism to maintain endoplasmic reticulum (ER) proteostasis under conditions of lipid imbalance.
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- Enrique J Garcia
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032 USA
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- HHMI and Dept. of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53705 USA
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032 USA,
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Tsuji T, Fujimoto M, Tatematsu T, Cheng J, Orii M, Takatori S, Fujimoto T. Niemann-Pick type C proteins promote microautophagy by expanding raft-like membrane domains in the yeast vacuole. eLife 2017; 6:e25960. [PMID: 28590904 PMCID: PMC5462540 DOI: 10.7554/elife.25960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Niemann-Pick type C is a storage disease caused by dysfunction of NPC proteins, which transport cholesterol from the lumen of lysosomes to the limiting membrane of that compartment. Using freeze fracture electron microscopy, we show here that the yeast NPC orthologs, Ncr1p and Npc2p, are essential for formation and expansion of raft-like domains in the vacuolar (lysosome) membrane, both in stationary phase and in acute nitrogen starvation. Moreover, the expanded raft-like domains engulf lipid droplets by a microautophagic mechanism. We also found that the multivesicular body pathway plays a crucial role in microautophagy in acute nitrogen starvation by delivering sterol to the vacuole. These data show that NPC proteins promote microautophagy in stationary phase and under nitrogen starvation conditions, likely by increasing sterol in the limiting membrane of the vacuole.
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- Takuma Tsuji
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Anatomy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Anatomy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Anatomy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Anatomy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Anatomy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Anatomy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Anatomy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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Teixeira V, Costa V. Unraveling the role of the Target of Rapamycin signaling in sphingolipid metabolism. Prog Lipid Res 2015; 61:109-33. [PMID: 26703187 DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2015.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Revised: 11/04/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Sphingolipids are important bioactive molecules that regulate basic aspects of cellular metabolism and physiology, including cell growth, adhesion, migration, senescence, apoptosis, endocytosis, and autophagy in yeast and higher eukaryotes. Since they have the ability to modulate the activation of several proteins and signaling pathways, variations in the relative levels of different sphingolipid species result in important changes in overall cellular functions and fate. Sphingolipid metabolism and their route of synthesis are highly conserved from yeast to mammalian cells. Studies using the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae have served in many ways to foster our understanding of sphingolipid dynamics and their role in the regulation of cellular processes. In the past decade, studies in S. cerevisiae have unraveled a functional association between the Target of Rapamycin (TOR) pathway and sphingolipids, showing that both TOR Complex 1 (TORC1) and TOR Complex 2 (TORC2) branches control temporal and spatial aspects of sphingolipid metabolism in response to physiological and environmental cues. In this review, we report recent findings in this emerging and exciting link between the TOR pathway and sphingolipids and implications in human health and disease.
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- Vitor Teixeira
- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; IBMC, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto, Portugal; ICBAS, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; IBMC, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto, Portugal; ICBAS, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
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Tani M, Toume M. Alteration of complex sphingolipid composition and its physiological significance in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae lacking vacuolar ATPase. Microbiology (Reading) 2015; 161:2369-83. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Morimoto Y, Tani M. Synthesis of mannosylinositol phosphorylceramides is involved in maintenance of cell integrity of yeastSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Microbiol 2015; 95:706-22. [DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Yuji Morimoto
- Department of Chemistry; Faculty of Sciences; Kyushu University; 6-10-1, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku Fukuoka 812-8581 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry; Faculty of Sciences; Kyushu University; 6-10-1, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku Fukuoka 812-8581 Japan
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Rego A, Trindade D, Chaves SR, Manon S, Costa V, Sousa MJ, Côrte-Real M. The yeast model system as a tool towards the understanding of apoptosis regulation by sphingolipids. FEMS Yeast Res 2013; 14:160-78. [DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2013] [Revised: 08/02/2013] [Accepted: 09/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- António Rego
- Departamento de Biologia; Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental; Universidade do Minho; Braga Portugal
- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular; Universidade do Porto; Porto Portugal
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- Departamento de Biologia; Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental; Universidade do Minho; Braga Portugal
- CNRS; UMR5095; Université de Bordeaux 2; Bordeaux France
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- Departamento de Biologia; Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental; Universidade do Minho; Braga Portugal
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- CNRS; UMR5095; Université de Bordeaux 2; Bordeaux France
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- Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular; Universidade do Porto; Porto Portugal
- Departamento de Biologia Molecular; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar; Universidade do Porto; Porto Portugal
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- Departamento de Biologia; Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental; Universidade do Minho; Braga Portugal
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- Departamento de Biologia; Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental; Universidade do Minho; Braga Portugal
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Wohlschlager T, Buser R, Skowyra ML, Haynes BC, Henrissat B, Doering TL, Künzler M, Aebi M. Identification of the galactosyltransferase of Cryptococcus neoformans involved in the biosynthesis of basidiomycete-type glycosylinositolphosphoceramide. Glycobiology 2013; 23:1210-9. [PMID: 23926231 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwt057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans synthesizes a complex family of glycosylinositolphosphoceramide (GIPC) structures. These glycosphingolipids (GSLs) consist of mannosylinositolphosphoceramide (MIPC) extended by β1-6-linked galactose, a unique structure that has to date only been identified in basidiomycetes. Further extension by up to five mannose residues and a branching xylose has been described. In this study, we identified and determined the gene structure of the enzyme Ggt1, which catalyzes the transfer of a galactose residue to MIPC. Deletion of the gene in C. neoformans resulted in complete loss of GIPCs containing galactose, a phenotype that could be restored by the episomal expression of Ggt1 in the deletion mutant. The entire annotated open reading frame, encoding a C-terminal GT31 galactosyltransferase domain and a large N-terminal domain of unknown function, was required for complementation. Notably, this gene does not encode a predicted signal sequence or transmembrane domain. The demonstration that Ggt1 is responsible for the transfer of a galactose residue to a GSL thus raises questions regarding the topology of this biosynthetic pathway and the function of the N-terminal domain. Phylogenetic analysis of the GGT1 gene shows conservation in hetero- and homobasidiomycetes but no homologs in ascomycetes or outside of the fungal kingdom.
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- Therese Wohlschlager
- Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 10, HCI F413, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Karaś MA, Russa R. New long chain bases in lipophosphonoglycan of Acanthamoeba castellanii. Lipids 2013; 48:639-50. [PMID: 23636605 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-013-3794-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2012] [Accepted: 04/16/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The polymer called lipophosphonoglycan (LPG) was isolated from Acanthamoeba castellanii membranes after exhaustive delipidation and butanol extraction. A novel extremely long phytosphingosine was revealed in glycoinositolphosphosphingolipid (GIPSL). All data obtained by gas-liquid chromatography coupled with MS analyses of products liberated during acid methanolysis and products of sodium metaperiodate and permanganate-periodate oxidations showed an unusual pattern of long chain bases (LCB) with branched bases (anteiso-C₂₄, anteiso-C₂₅, anteiso-C₂₆, iso-C₂₆, anteiso-C₂₇, and anteiso-C28) and normal ones (C₂₄, C₂₅, C₂₆, C₂₇). The phytosphingosines with hexa-, hepta-, and octacosanoic chains have not been detected in Acanthamoeba cells up to now. Also, the isomer configuration of long chain bases in LPG of A. castellanii was not defined in earlier reports. In the GC-MS chromatograms, the component forming a peak corresponding to anteiso-C₂₅ phytosphingosine was the most abundant and constituted more than 50 % of all LCB.
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- Magdalena A Karaś
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033 Lublin, Poland.
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Singh A, Wang H, Silva LC, Na C, Prieto M, Futerman AH, Luberto C, Del Poeta M. Methylation of glycosylated sphingolipid modulates membrane lipid topography and pathogenicity of Cryptococcus neoformans. Cell Microbiol 2012; 14:500-16. [PMID: 22151739 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2011.01735.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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In previous studies we showed that the replication of Cryptococcus neoformans in the lung environment is controlled by the glucosylceramide (GlcCer) synthase gene (GCS1), which synthesizes the membrane sphingolipid GlcCer from the C9-methyl ceramide. Here, we studied the effect of the mutation of the sphingolipid C9 methyltransferase gene (SMT1), which adds a methyl group to position 9 of the sphingosine backbone of ceramide. The C. neoformans Δsmt1 mutant does not make C9-methyl ceramide and, thus, any methylated GlcCer. However, it accumulates demethylated ceramide and demethylated GlcCer. The Δsmt1 mutant loses more than 80% of its virulence compared with the wild type and the reconstituted strain. Interestingly, growth of C. neoformans Δsmt1 in the lung was decreased and C. neoformans cells were contained in lung granulomas, which significantly reduced the rate of their dissemination to the brain reducing the onset of meningoencephalitis. Thus, using fluorescent spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy we compared the wild type and Δsmt1 mutant and found that the altered membrane composition and GlcCer structure affects fungal membrane rigidity, suggesting that specific sphingolipid structures are required for proper fungal membrane organization and integrity. Therefore, we propose that the physical structure of the plasma membrane imparted by specific classes of sphingolipids represents a critical factor for the ability of the fungus to establish virulence.
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- Arpita Singh
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Influence of growth phase and zeolite clinoptilolite on the concentration of sphingoid bases in Saccharomyces uvarum brewer’s yeast. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-011-0780-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Surma MA, Klose C, Klemm RW, Ejsing CS, Simons K. Generic sorting of raft lipids into secretory vesicles in yeast. Traffic 2011; 12:1139-47. [PMID: 21575114 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2011.01221.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Previous work has showed that ergosterol and sphingolipids become sorted to secretory vesicles immunoisolated using a chimeric, artificial raft membrane protein as bait. In this study, we have extended this analysis to three populations of secretory vesicles isolated using natural yeast plasma membrane (PM) proteins: Pma1p, Mid2p and Gap1*p as baits. We compared the lipidomes of the immunoisolated vesicles with each other and with the lipidomes of the donor compartment, the trans-Golgi network, and the acceptor compartment, the PM, using a quantitative mass spectrometry approach that provided a complete lipid overview of the yeast late secretory pathway. We could show that vesicles captured with different baits carry the same cargo and have almost identical lipid compositions; being highly enriched in ergosterol and sphingolipids. This finding indicates that lipid raft sorting is a generic feature of vesicles carrying PM cargo and suggests a common lipid-based mechanism for their formation.
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- Michal A Surma
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstr 108, Dresden 01307, Germany
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Jesch SA, Gaspar ML, Stefan CJ, Aregullin MA, Henry SA. Interruption of inositol sphingolipid synthesis triggers Stt4p-dependent protein kinase C signaling. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:41947-60. [PMID: 20972263 PMCID: PMC3009921 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.188607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2010] [Revised: 10/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The protein kinase C (PKC)-MAPK signaling cascade is activated and is essential for viability when cells are starved for the phospholipid precursor inositol. In this study, we report that inhibiting inositol-containing sphingolipid metabolism, either by inositol starvation or treatment with agents that block sphingolipid synthesis, triggers PKC signaling independent of sphingoid base accumulation. Under these same growth conditions, a fluorescent biosensor that detects the necessary PKC signaling intermediate, phosphatidylinositol (PI)-4-phosphate (PI4P), is enriched on the plasma membrane. The appearance of the PI4P biosensor on the plasma membrane correlates with PKC activation and requires the PI 4-kinase Stt4p. Like other mutations in the PKC-MAPK pathway, mutants defective in Stt4p and the PI4P 5-kinase Mss4p, which generates phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate, exhibit inositol auxotrophy, yet fully derepress INO1, encoding inositol-3-phosphate synthase. These observations suggest that inositol-containing sphingolipid metabolism controls PKC signaling by regulating access of the signaling lipids PI4P and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate to effector proteins on the plasma membrane.
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- From the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and
- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- From the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and
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Gaspar ML, Hofbauer HF, Kohlwein SD, Henry SA. Coordination of storage lipid synthesis and membrane biogenesis: evidence for cross-talk between triacylglycerol metabolism and phosphatidylinositol synthesis. J Biol Chem 2010; 286:1696-708. [PMID: 20972264 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.172296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Despite the importance of triacylglycerols (TAG) and steryl esters (SE) in phospholipid synthesis in cells transitioning from stationary-phase into active growth, there is no direct evidence for their requirement in synthesis of phosphatidylinositol (PI) or other membrane phospholipids in logarithmically growing yeast cells. We report that the dga1Δlro1Δare1Δare2Δ strain, which lacks the ability to synthesize both TAG and SE, is not able to sustain normal growth in the absence of inositol (Ino(-) phenotype) at 37 °C especially when choline is present. Unlike many other strains exhibiting an Ino(-) phenotype, the dga1Δlro1Δare1Δare2Δ strain does not display a defect in INO1 expression. However, the mutant exhibits slow recovery of PI content compared with wild type cells upon reintroduction of inositol into logarithmically growing cultures. The tgl3Δtgl4Δtgl5Δ strain, which is able to synthesize TAG but unable to mobilize it, also exhibits attenuated PI formation under these conditions. However, unlike dga1Δlro1Δare1Δare2Δ, the tgl3Δtgl4Δtgl5Δ strain does not display an Ino(-) phenotype, indicating that failure to mobilize TAG is not fully responsible for the growth defect of the dga1Δlro1Δare1Δare2Δ strain in the absence of inositol. Moreover, synthesis of phospholipids, especially PI, is dramatically reduced in the dga1Δlro1Δare1Δare2Δ strain even when it is grown continuously in the presence of inositol. The mutant also utilizes a greater proportion of newly synthesized PI than wild type for the synthesis of inositol-containing sphingolipids, especially in the absence of inositol. Thus, we conclude that storage lipid synthesis actively influences membrane phospholipid metabolism in logarithmically growing cells.
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- Maria L Gaspar
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Tani M, Kuge O. Requirement of a specific group of sphingolipid-metabolizing enzyme for growth of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae under impaired metabolism of glycerophospholipids. Mol Microbiol 2010; 78:395-413. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07340.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Guan XL, Riezman I, Wenk MR, Riezman H. Yeast lipid analysis and quantification by mass spectrometry. Methods Enzymol 2010; 470:369-91. [PMID: 20946818 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(10)70015-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The systematic and quantitative analysis of the different lipid species within a cell or an organism has recently become possible and the general approach has been termed "lipidomics." Traditional methods of identification and quantification of lipid species were laborious processes and it was necessary to use a wide variety of techniques to analyse the different lipid species, especially concerning the assigning of particular acyl chain lengths, hydroxylations, and desaturations to the diverse lipid species. While it is still not possible to quantitatively analyze all lipid species in one fell swoop, great progress has been made with the intensive use of quantitative mass spectrometry approaches. It is now relatively simple to quantify most of the lipid species, including all of the major ones, in a yeast cell. Different degrees of sophistication of mass spectrometric analysis exist and the available techniques and instrumentation are evolving rapidly. Therefore, we have decided to present robust, simple methods to quantify the major yeast lipids by mass spectrometry that should be accessible to anyone who has access to a standard mass spectrometry equipment. The methods to identify and quantify yeast glycerophospholipids and sphingolipids involve electrospray ionization mass spectrometry using fragmentation to characterize the lipid species. A simplified gas chromatographic method is used to quantify the major sterols that occur in wild-type yeast cells and ergosterol biosynthesis mutants.
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- Xue Li Guan
- Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Dickson RC. Roles for sphingolipids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2010; 688:217-31. [PMID: 20919657 PMCID: PMC5612324 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6741-1_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Studies using Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the common baker's or brewer's yeast, have progressed over the past twenty years from knowing which sphingolipids are present in cells and a basic outline of how they are made to a complete or nearly complete directory of the genes that catalyze their anabolism and catabolism. In addition, cellular processes that depend upon sphingolipids have been identified including protein trafficking/exocytosis, endocytosis and actin cytoskeleton dynamics, membrane microdomains, calcium signaling, regulation of transcription and translation, cell cycle control, stress resistance, nutrient uptake and aging. These will be summarized here along with new data not previously reviewed. Advances in our knowledge of sphingolipids and their roles in yeast are impressive but molecular mechanisms remain elusive and are a primary challenge for further progress in understanding the specific functions of sphingolipids.
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- Robert C Dickson
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Lucille P. Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 741 S. Limestone St., BBSRB, 8173, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0509, USA.
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Schuiki I, Schnabl M, Czabany T, Hrastnik C, Daum G. Phosphatidylethanolamine synthesized by four different pathways is supplied to the plasma membrane of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2009; 1801:480-6. [PMID: 20044027 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2009.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2009] [Revised: 11/20/2009] [Accepted: 12/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In this study, we examined the contribution of the four different pathways of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) synthesis in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to the supply of this phospholipid to the plasma membrane. These pathways of PE formation are decarboxylation of phosphatidylserine (PS) by (i) phosphatidylserine decarboxylase 1 (Psd1p) in mitochondria and (ii) phosphatidylserine decarboxylase 2 (Psd2p) in a Golgi/vacuolar compartment, (iii) incorporation of exogenous ethanolamine and ethanolamine phosphate derived from sphingolipid catabolism via the CDP-ethanolamine pathway in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and (iv) synthesis of PE through acylation of lyso-PE catalyzed by the acyl-CoA-dependent acyltransferase Ale1p in the mitochondria associated endoplasmic reticulum membrane (MAM). Deletion of PSD1 and/or PSD2 led to depletion of total cellular and plasma membrane PE level, whereas mutation in the other pathways had practically no effect. Analysis of wild type and mutants, however, revealed that all four routes of PE synthesis contributed not only to PE formation but also to the supply of PE to the plasma membrane. Pulse-chase labeling experiments with L[(3)H(G)]serine and [(14)C]ethanolamine confirmed the latter finding. Fatty acid profiling demonstrated a rather balanced incorporation of PE species into the plasma membrane irrespective of mutations suggesting that all four pathways of PE synthesis provide at least a basic portion of "correct" PE species required for plasma membrane biogenesis. In summary, the PE level in the plasma membrane is strongly influenced by total cellular PE synthesis, but fine tuned by selective assembly mechanisms.
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- Irmgard Schuiki
- Institute of Biochemistry, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12/2, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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Sato K, Noda Y, Yoda K. Kei1: a novel subunit of inositolphosphorylceramide synthase, essential for its enzyme activity and Golgi localization. Mol Biol Cell 2009; 20:4444-57. [PMID: 19726565 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e09-03-0235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Fungal sphingolipids have inositol-phosphate head groups, which are essential for the viability of cells. These head groups are added by inositol phosphorylceramide (IPC) synthase, and AUR1 has been thought to encode this enzyme. Here, we show that an essential protein encoded by KEI1 is a novel subunit of IPC synthase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We find that Kei1 is localized in the medial-Golgi and that Kei1 is cleaved by Kex2, a late Golgi processing endopeptidase; therefore, it recycles between the medial- and late Golgi compartments. The growth defect of kei1-1, a temperature-sensitive mutant, is effectively suppressed by the overexpression of AUR1, and Aur1 and Kei1 proteins form a complex in vivo. The kei1-1 mutant is hypersensitive to aureobasidin A, a specific inhibitor of IPC synthesis, and the IPC synthase activity in the mutant membranes is thermolabile. A part of Aur1 is missorted to the vacuole in kei1-1 cells. We show that the amino acid substitution in kei1-1 causes release of Kei1 during immunoprecipitation of Aur1 and that Aur1 without Kei1 has hardly detectable IPC synthase activity. From these results, we conclude that Kei1 is essential for both the activity and the Golgi localization of IPC synthase.
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- Keisuke Sato
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Klemm RW, Ejsing CS, Surma MA, Kaiser HJ, Gerl MJ, Sampaio JL, de Robillard Q, Ferguson C, Proszynski TJ, Shevchenko A, Simons K. Segregation of sphingolipids and sterols during formation of secretory vesicles at the trans-Golgi network. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 185:601-12. [PMID: 19433450 PMCID: PMC2711577 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200901145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 475] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The trans-Golgi network (TGN) is the major sorting station in the secretory pathway of all eukaryotic cells. How the TGN sorts proteins and lipids to generate the enrichment of sphingolipids and sterols at the plasma membrane is poorly understood. To address this fundamental question in membrane trafficking, we devised an immunoisolation procedure for specific recovery of post-Golgi secretory vesicles transporting a transmembrane raft protein from the TGN to the cell surface in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Using a novel quantitative shotgun lipidomics approach, we could demonstrate that TGN sorting selectively enriched ergosterol and sphingolipid species in the immunoisolated secretory vesicles. This finding, for the first time, indicates that the TGN exhibits the capacity to sort membrane lipids. Furthermore, the observation that the immunoisolated vesicles exhibited a higher membrane order than the late Golgi membrane, as measured by C-Laurdan spectrophotometry, strongly suggests that lipid rafts play a role in the TGN-sorting machinery.
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- Robin W Klemm
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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Mitsui K, Hatakeyama K, Matsushita M, Kanazawa H. Saccharomyces cerevisiae Na+/H+ Antiporter Nha1p Associates with Lipid Rafts and Requires Sphingolipid for Stable Localization to the Plasma Membrane. J Biochem 2009; 145:709-20. [DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvp032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Pedroso N, Matias AC, Cyrne L, Antunes F, Borges C, Malhó R, de Almeida RFM, Herrero E, Marinho HS. Modulation of plasma membrane lipid profile and microdomains by H2O2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Free Radic Biol Med 2009; 46:289-98. [PMID: 19027845 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.10.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2008] [Revised: 10/17/2008] [Accepted: 10/22/2008] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the rate of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) diffusion through the plasma membrane decreases during adaptation to H(2)O(2) by a still unknown mechanism. Here, adaptation to H(2)O(2) was observed to modulate rapidly the expression of genes coding for enzymes involved in ergosterol and lipid metabolism. Adaptation to H(2)O(2) also alters plasma membrane lipid composition. The main changes were the following: (a) there was a decrease in oleic acid (30%) and in the ratio between unsaturated and saturated long-chain fatty acids; (b) the phosphatidylcholine:phosphatidylethanolamine ratio increased threefold; (c) sterol levels were unaltered but there was an increased heterogeneity of sterol-rich microdomains and increased ordered domains; (d) the levels of the sterol precursor squalene increased twofold, in agreement with ERG1 gene down-regulation; and (e) C26:0 became the major very long chain fatty acid owing to an 80% decrease in 2-hydroxy-C26:0 levels and a 50% decrease in C20:0 levels, probably related to the down-regulation of fatty acid elongation (FAS1, FEN1, SUR4) and ceramide synthase (LIP1, LAC1) genes. Therefore, H(2)O(2) leads to a reorganization of the plasma membrane microdomains, which may explain the lower permeability to H(2)O(2), and emerges as an important regulator of lipid metabolism and plasma membrane lipid composition.
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- Nuno Pedroso
- Centro de QuImica e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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Synergistic fungicidal activities of polymyxin B and ionophores, and their dependence on direct disruptive action of polymyxin B on fungal vacuole. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2009; 62:81-7. [DOI: 10.1038/ja.2008.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Mousley CJ, Tyeryar K, Ile KE, Schaaf G, Brost RL, Boone C, Guan X, Wenk MR, Bankaitis VA. Trans-Golgi network and endosome dynamics connect ceramide homeostasis with regulation of the unfolded protein response and TOR signaling in yeast. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:4785-803. [PMID: 18753406 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-04-0426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Synthetic genetic array analyses identify powerful genetic interactions between a thermosensitive allele (sec14-1(ts)) of the structural gene for the major yeast phosphatidylinositol transfer protein (SEC14) and a structural gene deletion allele (tlg2Delta) for the Tlg2 target membrane-soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor. The data further demonstrate Sec14 is required for proper trans-Golgi network (TGN)/endosomal dynamics in yeast. Paradoxically, combinatorial depletion of Sec14 and Tlg2 activities elicits trafficking defects from the endoplasmic reticulum, and these defects are accompanied by compromise of the unfolded protein response (UPR). UPR failure occurs downstream of Hac1 mRNA splicing, and it is further accompanied by defects in TOR signaling. The data link TGN/endosomal dynamics with ceramide homeostasis, UPR activity, and TOR signaling in yeast, and they identify the Sit4 protein phosphatase as a primary conduit through which ceramides link to the UPR. We suggest combinatorial Sec14/Tlg2 dysfunction evokes inappropriate turnover of complex sphingolipids in endosomes. One result of this turnover is potentiation of ceramide-activated phosphatase-mediated down-regulation of the UPR. These results provide new insight into Sec14 function, and they emphasize the TGN/endosomal system as a central hub for homeostatic regulation in eukaryotes.
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- Carl J Mousley
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7090, USA
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Insenser M, Nombela C, Molero G, Gil C. Proteomic analysis of detergent-resistant membranes from Candida albicans. Proteomics 2008; 6 Suppl 1:S74-81. [PMID: 16534748 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200500465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Lipid rafts are membrane microdomains with a higher amount of saturated fatty acids and sterols than the rest of the membrane. They are more resistant to the action of non-anionic detergents, and are called, for this reason, detergent-resistant membranes (DRMs). Lipid rafts are involved in many cellular processes, like signaling, cytokinesis, response to environment, etc., and therefore must contain important proteins. We have obtained a fraction enriched in proteins from Candida albicans DRMs. The sample has been analyzed by SDS-PAGE and 29 proteins have been identified including markers for lipid rafts in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, like Pma1p and a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored protein belonging to the Phr family. Ecm33p, a GPI-anchored protein involved in cell wall biogenesis, has been found for the first time in lipid rafts. We have also identified proteins implicated in protein glycosylation, like the mannosyltransferases Mnn7p, Pmt2p and Mnt1p; proteins involved in lipid metabolism, like Erg11p and Scs7p; and heat shock proteins, like Ssa1p and Hsp90p. Most of the proteins identified are located in plasma, mitochondrial, Golgi or ER membranes, supporting the postulated existence of lipid-raft domains in all the membranes.
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- María Insenser
- Departamento de Microbiología II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Garcia J, Shea J, Alvarez-Vasquez F, Qureshi A, Luberto C, Voit EO, Del Poeta M. Mathematical modeling of pathogenicity of Cryptococcus neoformans. Mol Syst Biol 2008; 4:183. [PMID: 18414484 PMCID: PMC2387229 DOI: 10.1038/msb.2008.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2007] [Accepted: 02/20/2008] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Cryptococcus neoformans (Cn) is the most common cause of fungal meningitis worldwide. In infected patients, growth of the fungus can occur within the phagolysosome of phagocytic cells, especially in non-activated macrophages of immunocompromised subjects. Since this environment is characteristically acidic, Cn must adapt to low pH to survive and efficiently cause disease. In the present work, we designed, tested, and experimentally validated a theoretical model of the sphingolipid biochemical pathway in Cn under acidic conditions. Simulations of metabolic fluxes and enzyme deletions or downregulation led to predictions that show good agreement with experimental results generated post hoc and reconcile intuitively puzzling results. This study demonstrates how biochemical modeling can yield testable predictions and aid our understanding of fungal pathogenesis through the design and computational simulation of hypothetical experiments.
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- Jacqueline Garcia
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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Kitagaki H, Cowart LA, Matmati N, de Avalos SV, Novgorodov SA, Zeidan YH, Bielawski J, Obeid LM, Hannun YA. Isc1 regulates sphingolipid metabolism in yeast mitochondria. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2007; 1768:2849-61. [PMID: 17880915 PMCID: PMC2121593 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2007] [Revised: 07/27/2007] [Accepted: 07/27/2007] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The Saccharomyces cerevisiae inositol sphingolipid phospholipase C (Isc1p), a homolog of mammalian neutral sphingomyelinases, hydrolyzes complex sphingolipids to produce ceramide in vitro. Epitope-tagged Isc1p associates with the mitochondria in the post-diauxic phase of yeast growth. In this report, the mitochondrial localization of Isc1p and its role in regulating sphingolipid metabolism were investigated. First, endogenous Isc1p activity was enriched in highly purified mitochondria, and western blots using highly purified mitochondrial membrane fractions demonstrated that epitope-tagged Isc1p localized to the outer mitochondrial membrane as an integral membrane protein. Next, LC/MS was employed to determine the sphingolipid composition of highly purified mitochondria which were found to be significantly enriched in alpha-hydroxylated phytoceramides (21.7 fold) relative to the whole cell. Mitochondria, on the other hand, were significantly depleted in sphingoid bases. Compared to the parental strain, mitochondria from isc1Delta in the post-diauxic phase showed drastic reduction in the levels of alpha-hydroxylated phytoceramide (93.1% loss compared to WT mitochondria with only 2.58 fold enrichment in mitochondria compared to whole cell). Functionally, isc1Delta showed a higher rate of respiratory-deficient cells after incubation at high temperature and was more sensitive to hydrogen peroxide and ethidium bromide, indicating that isc1Delta exhibits defects related to mitochondrial function. These results suggest that Isc1p generates ceramide in mitochondria, and the generated ceramide contributes to the normal function of mitochondria. This study provides a first insight into the specific composition of ceramides in mitochondria.
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- Hiroshi Kitagaki
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Chiyoda-ku, Toyko, Japan
- National Research Institute of Brewing, Higashihiroshima city, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425
- Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29401
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425
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- Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425
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- Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425
- Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29401
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425
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Strahl T, Thorner J. Synthesis and function of membrane phosphoinositides in budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2007; 1771:353-404. [PMID: 17382260 PMCID: PMC1868553 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2007.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 231] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2006] [Revised: 01/29/2007] [Accepted: 01/30/2007] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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It is now well appreciated that derivatives of phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) are key regulators of many cellular processes in eukaryotes. Of particular interest are phosphoinositides (mono- and polyphosphorylated adducts to the inositol ring in PtdIns), which are located at the cytoplasmic face of cellular membranes. Phosphoinositides serve both a structural and a signaling role via their recruitment of proteins that contain phosphoinositide-binding domains. Phosphoinositides also have a role as precursors of several types of second messengers for certain intracellular signaling pathways. Realization of the importance of phosphoinositides has brought increased attention to characterization of the enzymes that regulate their synthesis, interconversion, and turnover. Here we review the current state of our knowledge about the properties and regulation of the ATP-dependent lipid kinases responsible for synthesis of phosphoinositides and also the additional temporal and spatial controls exerted by the phosphatases and a phospholipase that act on phosphoinositides in yeast.
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- Thomas Strahl
- Divisions of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and of Cell & Developmental Biology.Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Divisions of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and of Cell & Developmental Biology.Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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Souza CM, Pichler H. Lipid requirements for endocytosis in yeast. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2007; 1771:442-54. [PMID: 16997624 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2006.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2006] [Revised: 08/10/2006] [Accepted: 08/10/2006] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Endocytosis is, besides secretion, the most prominent membrane transport pathway in eukaryotic cells. In membrane transport, defined areas of the donor membranes engulf solutes of the compartment they are bordering and bud off with the aid of coat proteins to form vesicles. These transport vehicles are guided along cytoskeletal paths, often matured and, finally, fuse to the acceptor membrane they are targeted to. Lipids and proteins are equally important components in membrane transport pathways. Not only are they the structural units of membranes and vesicles, but both classes of molecules also participate actively in membrane transport processes. Whereas proteins form the cytoskeleton and vesicle coats, confer signals and constitute attachment points for membrane-membrane interaction, lipids modulate the flexibility of bilayers, carry protein recognition sites and confer signals themselves. Over the last decade it has been realized that all classes of bilayer lipids, glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids and sterols, actively contribute to functional membrane transport, in particular to endocytosis. Thus, abnormal bilayer lipid metabolism leads to endocytic defects of different severity. Interestingly, there seems to be a great deal of interdependence and interaction among lipid classes. It will be a challenge to characterize this plenitude of interactions and find out about their impact on cellular processes.
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Lauwers E, André B. Association of Yeast Transporters with Detergent-Resistant Membranes Correlates with Their Cell-Surface Location. Traffic 2006; 7:1045-59. [PMID: 16734661 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2006.00445.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Detergent-resistant membrane (DRM) fractions enriched in ergosterol and sphingolipids can be isolated from yeast cells and have been proposed to represent the biochemical equivalents of lipid rafts. Most yeast plasma membrane proteins studied for their detergent solubility have been found in DRMs, except for the Hxt1 and Gap1 permeases. We here compared Gap1 detergent solubility in wild-type and various mutant cells under conditions promoting cell surface accumulation or ubiquitin-dependent down-regulation of the permease. We show that Gap1 present at the plasma membrane is associated with DRMs. This association occurs at the Golgi level. In the absence of sphingolipid neosynthesis, Gap1 fails to accumulate at the plasma membrane and is missorted to the vacuolar lumen. Furthermore, the presence of Gap1 at the plasma membrane correlates perfectly with its association with DRMs, whatever the activity or ubiquitination state of the permease and regardless of whether it has reached the cell surface via normal secretion, after recycling, or upon missorting to the vacuole before rerouting to the plasma membrane. Finally, we show that Hxt1 present at the cell surface is also associated with DRMs. We discuss a model where yeast plasma membrane proteins are systematically associated with sphingolipid/ergosterol-enriched microdomains when located at the cell surface.
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- Elsa Lauwers
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Moléculaire de la Cellule, Institut de Biologie et de Médecine Moléculaires (IBMM), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Gosselies, Belgium
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Tosch W, Lanthaler K, Boote V, Stretz D, Robson GD, Geiger E, Drucker DB. Molecular species of phosphatidylethanolamine from continuous cultures of Saccharomyces pastorianus syn. carlsbergensis strains. Yeast 2006; 23:75-82. [PMID: 16491465 DOI: 10.1002/yea.1339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Saccharomyces pastorianus syn. carlsbergensis strain 34/70 is well known to be the most used strain for lager beer production. The difference between this strain and very closely related strain 34/78 is the latter's greater flocculating character. This single physiological trait can cause technical difficulties in beer production. The aim of this study was to determine whether lipid analysis by a combination of thin layer chromatography (TLC) with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) could be used as a strain-typing technique in order to distinguish S. pastorianus syn. carlsbergensis strain 34/70 from strain 34/78. Both strains (34/70 and 34/78) were harvested after continuous culture under standard conditions. Polar lipids were then extracted from lyophilized cultures and analysed by TLC in order to separate phospholipid families. Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) was extracted and investigated using ESI-MS, to gain further information on individual molecular species. Using TLC analysis, lipids were separated corresponding to standards for PE, phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylglycerol (PG), cardiolipin (CL), phosphatidylserine (PS), phosphatidylinositol (PI), phosphatidic acid (PA) and sphingomyelin (SM). ESI-MS of the PE band, separated by TLC, showed that electrospray mass spectra were highly reproducible for repeat cultures. Novel findings were that both brewing strains displayed major phospholipid peaks with m/z 714, PE (34 : 2) m/z 742, PE (36 : 2) and m/z 758, PE (37 : 1). However, strain 34/78 had additional peaks of m/z 700, PE (33 : 2) and m/z 728, PE (35 : 2). Strain 34/70 had an extra peak with m/z 686 PE (32 : 2). We conclude that combined TLC/ESI-MS can distinguish between S. pastorianus syn. carlsbergensis 34/70 and 34/78 and may be a useful typing technique for differentiation of closely related yeast strains. This novel approach may aid quality assurance and could be suitable for yeast collections and larger industrial companies.
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- W Tosch
- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Ejsing CS, Moehring T, Bahr U, Duchoslav E, Karas M, Simons K, Shevchenko A. Collision-induced dissociation pathways of yeast sphingolipids and their molecular profiling in total lipid extracts: a study by quadrupole TOF and linear ion trap-orbitrap mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2006; 41:372-89. [PMID: 16498600 DOI: 10.1002/jms.997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae synthesizes three classes of sphingolipids: inositolphosphoceramides (IPCs), mannosyl-inositolphosphoceramides (MIPCs), and mannosyl-diinositolphosphoceramides (M(IP)2C). Tandem mass spectrometry of their molecular anions on a hybrid quadrupole time-of-flight (QqTOF) instrument produced fragments of inositol-containing head groups, which were specific for each lipid class. MS(n) analysis performed on a hybrid linear ion trap-orbitrap (LTQ Orbitrap) mass spectrometer with better than 3 ppm mass accuracy identified fragment ions specific for the amide-linked fatty acid and the long chain base moieties in individual molecular species. By selecting m/z of class-specific fragment ions for multiple precursor ion scanning, we profiled yeast sphingolipids in total lipid extracts on a QqTOF mass spectrometer. Thus, a combination of QqTOF and LTQ Orbitrap mass spectrometry lends itself to rapid, comprehensive and structure-specific profiling of the molecular composition of sphingolipids and glycerophospholipids in important model organisms, such as fungi and plants.
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- Christer S Ejsing
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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Prasad T, Saini P, Gaur NA, Vishwakarma RA, Khan LA, Haq QMR, Prasad R. Functional analysis of CaIPT1, a sphingolipid biosynthetic gene involved in multidrug resistance and morphogenesis of Candida albicans. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2005; 49:3442-52. [PMID: 16048959 PMCID: PMC1196211 DOI: 10.1128/aac.49.8.3442-3452.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In the present study we describe the isolation and functional analysis of a sphingolipid biosynthetic gene, IPT1, of Candida albicans. The functional consequence of the disruption of both alleles of IPT1 was confirmed by mass analysis of its sphingolipid composition. The disruption of both alleles or a single allele of IPT1 did not lead to any change in growth phenotype or total sphingolipid, ergosterol, or phospholipid content of the mutant cells. The loss of mannosyl diinositol diphosphoceramide [M(IP)(2)C] in the ipt1 disruptant, however, resulted in increased sensitivity to drugs like 4-nitroquinoline oxide, terbinafine, o-phenanthroline, fluconazole, itraconazole, and ketoconazole. The increase in drug susceptibilities of ipt1 cells was linked to an altered sphingolipid composition, which appeared to be due to the impaired functionality of Cdr1p, a major drug efflux pump of C. albicans that belongs to the ATP binding cassette superfamily. Our confocal and Western blotting results demonstrated that surface localization of green fluorescent protein-tagged Cdr1p was affected in ipt1 disruptant cells. Poor surface localization of Cdr1p resulted in an impaired ability to efflux fluconazole and rhodamine 6G. The effect of mannosyl inositol phosphoceramide accumulation in the ipt1 mutant and the absence of M(IP)(2)C from the ipt1 mutant on the efflux of drug substrates was very selective. The efflux of methotrexate, a specific substrate of CaMdr1p, another major efflux pump of major facilitator superfamily, remained unaffected in ipt1 mutant cells. Interestingly, changes in sphingolipid composition affected the ability of mutant cells to form proper hyphae in various media. Taken together, our results demonstrate that an altered composition of sphingolipid, which is among the major constituents of membrane rafts, affects the drug susceptibilities and morphogenesis of C. albicans.
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- Tulika Prasad
- Membrane Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, ew Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110067, India
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Zink S, Mehlgarten C, Kitamoto HK, Nagase J, Jablonowski D, Dickson RC, Stark MJR, Schaffrath R. Mannosyl-diinositolphospho-ceramide, the major yeast plasma membrane sphingolipid, governs toxicity of Kluyveromyces lactis zymocin. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2005; 4:879-89. [PMID: 15879522 PMCID: PMC1140091 DOI: 10.1128/ec.4.5.879-889.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Kluyveromyces lactis zymocin, a trimeric (alphabetagamma) protein toxin complex, inhibits proliferation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells. Here we present an analysis of kti6 mutants, which resist exogenous zymocin but are sensitive to intracellular expression of its inhibitory gamma-toxin subunit, suggesting that KTI6 encodes a factor needed for toxin entry into the cell. Consistent with altered cell surface properties, kti6 cells resist hygromycin B, syringomycin E, and nystatin, antibiotics that require intact membrane potentials or provoke membrane disruption. KTI6 is allelic to IPT1, coding for mannosyl-diinositolphospho-ceramide [M(IP)(2)C] synthase, which produces M(IP)(2)C, the major plasma membrane sphingolipid. kti6 membranes lack M(IP)(2)C and sphingolipid mutants that have reduced levels of M(IP)(2)C precursors, including the sphingolipid building block ceramide survive zymocin. In addition, kti6/ipt1 cells allow zymocin docking but prevent import of its toxic gamma-subunit. Genetic analysis indicates that Kti6 is likely to act upstream of lipid raft proton pump Kti10/Pma1, a previously identified zymocin sensitivity factor. In sum, M(IP)(2)C operates in a plasma membrane step that follows recognition of cell wall chitin by zymocin but precedes the involvement of elongator, the potential toxin target.
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- Sabrina Zink
- Biologicum, Institut für Genetik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Weinbergweg 10, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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Schnabl M, Daum G, Pichler H. Multiple lipid transport pathways to the plasma membrane in yeast. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2005; 1687:130-40. [PMID: 15708361 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2004.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2004] [Revised: 11/18/2004] [Accepted: 11/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The plasma membrane of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is devoid of lipid-synthesizing enzymes, but contains all classes of bilayer-forming lipids. As the lipid composition of the plasma membrane does not match any of the intracellular membranes, specific trafficking of lipids from internal membranes, especially the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi, to the cell periphery is required. Although the secretory pathway is an obvious route to translocate glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids and sterols to the plasma membrane, experimental evidence for the role of this pathway in lipid transport is rare. Addressing this issue in a systematic way, we labeled temperature-sensitive secretory yeast mutants (sec mutants) with appropriate lipid precursors, isolated the plasma membranes at high purity and quantified labeled lipids of this compartment. Shifting sec mutants to the restrictive temperature reduced transport of both proteins and lipids to the plasma membrane, indicating that the latter compounds are also trafficked to the cell periphery through the protein secretory pathway. However, efficient sec blocks did not abrogate protein and lipid transport, suggesting that parallel pathway(s) for the translocation of membrane components to the plasma membrane of yeast must exist.
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- Martina Schnabl
- Institute of Biochemistry, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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Lynch DV, Dunn TM. An introduction to plant sphingolipids and a review of recent advances in understanding their metabolism and function. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2004; 161:677-702. [PMID: 33873728 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.00992.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Sphingolipids are ubiquitous constituents of eukaryotic cells, and have been intensively investigated in mammals and yeast for decades. Aspects of sphingolipid biochemistry in plants have been explored only recently. To date, progress has been made in determining the structure and occurrence of sphingolipids in plant tissues; in characterizing the enzymatic steps involved in production and turnover of sphingolipids (and, in some cases, the genes encoding the relevant enzymes); and in identifying a variety of biological functions for sphingolipids in plants. Given that these efforts are far from complete and much remains to be learned, this review represents a status report on the burgeoning field of plant sphingolipid biochemistry. Contents Summary 677 I. Introduction 678 II. Plant sphingolipid structure 678 III. Sphingolipid metabolism in plants 683 IV. Sphingolipid functions in plants 693 V. Conclusions 696 Acknowledgements 696 References 696.
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- Department of Biology, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
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