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PubMed2002

SKD1 AAA ATPase-dependent endosomal transport is involved in autolysosome formation.

Mouse SKD1 AAA ATPase is involved in the sorting and transport from endosomes; cells overexpressing a dominant-negative mutant, SKD1(E235Q) were defective in endosomal transport to both the plasma membranes and lysosomes (Yoshimori et al., 2000). In the present study, we demonstrated that overexpression of SKD1(E235Q) using an adenovirus delivery system caused a defect in autophagy-dependent bulk protein degradation. Morphological observations suggested that this inhibition of autophagy results from an impairment of autolysosome formation. SKD1(E235Q) overexpression also inhibited transport from endosomes to autophagosomes, an event normally occurring prior to fusion with lysosomes. These results indicate that SKD1-dependent endosomal membrane trafficking is required for formation of autolysosomes.

ATPases Associated with Diverse Cellular Activitie↗

PubMed2000

Early endosomal localization of hrs requires a sequence within the proline- and glutamine-rich region but not the FYVE finger.

Hrs is an early endosomal protein that is tyrosine-phosphorylated in cells stimulated with growth factors. Hrs is thought to play a regulatory role in endocytosis of growth factor-receptor complexes through early endosomes. Early endosomal localization of Hrs seems to be essential for Hrs to exert its function in the endocytosis. Hrs has a FYVE finger domain that binds specifically to phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate in vitro. The FYVE finger is a likely domain that mediates membrane association of endosomal proteins. In this study, we examined whether the FYVE finger participates in early endosomal targeting of Hrs. Hrs with a zinc binding-defective FYVE finger was still localized to early endosomes. In addition, the N-terminal FYVE finger-containing fragment of Hrs showed a cytosolic distribution in mammalian cells. These results indicate that the FYVE finger is not required for the localization of Hrs to early endosomes. Furthermore, by analyzing a series of deletion mutants of Hrs, we identified a sequence of about 100 amino acids within the C-terminal proline- and glutamine-rich region as a domain essential for the targeting of Hrs to early endosomes.

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PubMed2003

Hrs regulates multivesicular body formation via ESCRT recruitment to endosomes.

Hrs and the endosomal sorting complexes required for transport, ESCRT-I, -II, and -III, are involved in the endosomal sorting of membrane proteins into multivesicular bodies and lysosomes or vacuoles. The ESCRT complexes are also required for formation of intraluminal endosomal vesicles and for budding of certain enveloped RNA viruses such as HIV. Here, we show that Hrs binds to the ESCRT-I subunit Tsg101 via a PSAP motif that is conserved in Tsg101-binding viral proteins. Depletion of Hrs causes a reduction in membrane-associated ESCRT-I subunits, a decreased number of multivesicular bodies and an increased size of late endosomes. Even though Hrs mainly localizes to early endosomes and Tsg101 to late endosomes, the two proteins colocalize on a subpopulation of endosomes that contain lyso-bisphosphatidic acid. Overexpression of Hrs causes accumulation of Tsg101 on early endosomes and prevents its localization to late endosomes. We conclude that Hrs mediates the initial recruitment of ESCRT-I to endosomes and, thereby, indirectly regulates multivesicular body formation.

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PubMed1998

Fab1p PtdIns(3)P 5-kinase function essential for protein sorting in the multivesicular body.

Sorting of signal-transducing cell surface receptors within multivesicular bodies (MVBs) is required for their rapid down-regulation and degradation within lysosomes. Yeast mutants defective in late stages of transport to the vacuole/lysosome accumulate MVBs. We demonstrate that the membrane glycoprotein carboxypeptidase S and the G protein-coupled receptor Ste2p are targeted into the vacuole lumen, and this process requires a subset of VPS gene products essential for normal endosome function. The PtdIns(3)P 5-kinase activity of Fab1p, which converts the product of the Vps34p PtdIns 3-kinase PtdIns(3)P into PtdIns(3,5)P2, also is required for cargo-selective sorting into the vacuole lumen. These findings demonstrate a role for phosphoinositide signaling at distinct stages of vacuolar/lysosomal protein transport and couple PtdIns(3,5)P2 synthesis to regulation of MVB sorting.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗

PubMed2003

Alternate promoters and variable splicing lead to hNedd4-2 isoforms with a C2 domain and varying number of WW domains.

Mutations that disrupt a PY motif in epithelial Na+ channel (ENaC) subunits increase surface expression of Na+ channels in the collecting duct, resulting in greater Na+ reabsorption. Recently, Nedd4 and Nedd4-2 have been identified as ubiquitin ligases that can interact with ENaC via its PY motifs to regulate channel activity. To further understand the role of human Nedd4-2 (hNedd4-2), we cloned its cDNAs and determined its genomic organization using a bioinformatic approach. The gene is present as a single copy, spans at least 400 kb, and contains >40 exons. Multiple 5'-exons were identified by 5'-rapid amplification of cDNA ends, and tissue-specific expression of these transcripts was noted by RT-PCR and RNase protection assay. Alternate polyadenylation signal sequences led to varying lengths of the 3'-untranslated region. Alternate splicing events within internal exons were also noted. Open reading frame analysis indicates that hNedd4-2 encode multiple protein variants with and without a C2 domain, and with a variable number of WW domains. Coexpression, in Fischer rat thyroid epithelia, of ENaC and Nedd4-2 cDNAs leads to a significant reduction in amiloride-sensitive currents, confirming a role in Na+ transport regulation. In vitro binding studies demonstrated that individual PY motifs of alpha-, beta-, and gamma-ENaC have strong affinity for WW domains 3 and 4 but not 1 and 2. These studies indicate that alternate transcripts of Nedd4-2 may interact with ENaC differently. Understanding the function of variant proteins will increase our knowledge of the role of hNedd4-2 in the regulation of ENaC and define protein domains important for Nedd4-2 function.

3' Untranslated Regions↗

PubMed2026

Host ESCRT machinery orchestrates the assembly of tomato spotted wilt virus ribonucleoproteins.

The genomic RNA of negative-strand RNA viruses is encapsidated by nucleocapsid proteins and associates with RNA polymerase to form a ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex. Lacking both a 5' cap and a 3' poly (A) tail, viral RNAs are highly unstable and prone to degradation by cellular nucleases. Therefore, newly synthesized genomic and complementary-strand RNAs must be rapidly protected through RNP formation. However, the molecular mechanisms governing RNP assembly in cytoplasm-replicating negative-strand RNA viruses remain largely unknown. Here, we screened a yeast knockout library and isolated mutants in several components of the endosomal sorting complexes required for transport (ESCRT) genes that affected RNA replication of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). In wild-type (WT) yeast cells, TSWV nucleocapsid (N) and RNA polymerase (L) proteins colocalize at the trans-Golgi network (TGN) in a replicon-RNA-dependent manner, suggesting that TSWV RNPs accumulate at the TGN. However, in the snf7Δ, bro1Δ, and doa4Δ mutant cells, N localization to TGN and RNP formation were impaired. Another RNA replication-defective mutant, vps36Δ, showed normal N localization, and SNF7, BRO1, and DOA4 were recruited to the TGN by TSWV N or L proteins, implying that the ESCRT components have additional roles in TSWV RNA replication beyond facilitating N transport. These findings suggest that ESCRT components play multifaceted roles in TSWV RNA replication, including the intracellular transport of N to the TGN-where RNA replication takes place-thereby ensuring accurate and efficient RNP assembly.

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PubMed2025

The Dynamics of the ESCRT Machinery in Open Mitosis from Physiology to Pathology.

The Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport (ESCRT) is a highly conserved machinery best known for its role in endosomal trafficking and membrane remodeling. Increasing evidence shows that ESCRT components are also key regulators during open mitosis, where precise membrane dynamics are essential for nuclear envelope reformation and spindle disassembly. In this review, we explore how the ESCRT machinery coordinates mitotic processes under physiological conditions and how their dysregulation contributes to genomic instability, altered cell division, and disease. We highlight recent findings on the spatiotemporal control of ESCRT recruitment at mitotic membranes, the interplay with chromatin and nuclear envelope-associated factors, and the consequences of defective ESCRT function in pathological contexts such as cancer and neurodegeneration. By connecting molecular mechanisms with cellular outcomes, we provide an integrated view of how the ESCRT machinery acts as critical guardian of mitotic fidelity and offer some routes for the identification of potential therapeutic targets in human disease.

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PubMed2003

Oligomerization of dopamine transporters visualized in living cells by fluorescence resonance energy transfer microscopy.

To examine the oligomeric state and trafficking of the dopamine transporter (DAT) in different compartments of living cells, human DAT was fused to yellow (YFP) or cyan fluorescent protein (CFP). YFP-DAT and CFP-DAT were transiently and stably expressed in porcine aortic endothelial (PAE) cells, human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells, and an immortalized dopaminergic cell line 1RB3AN27. Fluorescence microscopic imaging of cells co-expressing YFP-DAT and CFP-DAT revealed fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between CFP and YFP, which is consistent with an intermolecular interaction of DAT fusion proteins. FRET signals were detected between CFP- and YFP-DAT located at the plasma membrane and in intracellular membrane compartments. Phorbol esters or amphetamine induced the endocytosis of YFP/CFP-DAT to early and recycling endosomes, identified by Rab5, Rab11, Hrs and EEA.1 proteins. Interestingly, however, DAT was mainly excluded from Rab5- and Hrs-containing microdomains within the endosomes. The strongest FRET signals were measured in endosomes, indicative of efficient oligomerization of internalized DAT. The intermolecular DAT interactions were confirmed by co-immunoprecipitation. A DAT mutant that was retained in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) after biosynthesis was used to show that DAT is oligomeric in the ER. Moreover, co-expression of an ER-retained DAT mutant and wild-type DAT resulted in the retention of wild-type DAT in the ER. These data suggest that DAT oligomers are formed in the ER and then are constitutively maintained both at the cell surface and during trafficking between the plasma membrane and endosomes.

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PubMed1997

The VPS4 gene is involved in protein transport out of a yeast pre-vacuolar endosome-like compartment.

Four yeast mutants were isolated in a screen for dominant-negative vacuolar protein-sorting mutants, secreting a carboxypeptidase Y-invertase hybrid protein. In addition to defects in the sorting/transport of soluble vacuolar hydrolases, the mutants accumulated a pre-vacuolar endosome-like compartment. The mutant alleles causing the defects were identified as the members of the VPS4 gene locus, each harbouring single-point mutations leading to amino-acid exchanges at positions 233 (E233Q), 211 (E211 K), and 178 (G178D). These mutations all reside within a 200 amino-acid-long ATPase module, common to members of the AAA-protein family. The VPS4 gene product shows homology to the yeast Sec18p (50% similarity and 25% identity), which is involved in several vesicle-mediated protein transport steps and homotypic membrane fusion events. Disruption of the VPS4 gene leads to a recessive vacuolar protein-sorting phenotype. About 40% of newly synthesized CPY is secreted as the Golgi-modified p2CPY precursor form. Transport of secretory proteins to the plasma membrane is normal as demonstrated by the secretion of invertase and alpha-factor. The alpha-factor, however, is secreted as a partially processed precursor, caused by defects in late Golgi function. The vps4 mutants also exhibit defects in fluid-phase endocytosis, as demonstrated by the accumulation of Lucifer Yellow in a pre-vacuolar endosome-like compartment. Based on the pleiotropic phenotype of the vps4 mutants and on the sequence homology to NSF/Sec18p, we propose that the VPS4 gene product is required for efficient transport out of the pre-vacuolar endosome-like compartment.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗

PubMed2000

VPS21 controls entry of endocytosed and biosynthetic proteins into the yeast prevacuolar compartment.

Mutations in the VPS (vacuolar protein sorting) genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae have been used to define the trafficking steps that soluble vacuolar hydrolases take en route from the late Golgi to the vacuole. The class D VPS genes include VPS21, PEP12, and VPS45, which appear to encode components of a membrane fusion complex involved in Golgi-to-endosome transport. Vps21p is a member of the Rab family of small Ras-like GTPases and shows strong homology to the mammalian Rab5 protein, which is involved in endocytosis and the homotypic fusion of early endosomes. Although Rab5 and Vps21p appear homologous at the sequence level, it has not been clear if the functions of these two Rabs are similar. We find that Vps21p is an endosomal protein that is involved in the delivery of vacuolar and endocytosed proteins to the vacuole. Vacuolar and endocytosed proteins accumulate in distinct transport intermediates in cells that lack Vps21p function. Therefore, it appears that Vps21p is involved in two trafficking steps into the prevacuolar/late endosomal compartment.

Alkaline Phosphatase↗

PubMed2001

A family of small coiled-coil-forming proteins functioning at the late endosome in yeast.

The multispanning membrane protein Ste6, a member of the ABC-transporter family, is transported to the yeast vacuole for degradation. To identify functions involved in the intracellular trafficking of polytopic membrane proteins, we looked for functions that block Ste6 transport to the vacuole upon overproduction. In our screen, we identified several known vacuolar protein sorting (VPS) genes (SNF7/VPS32, VPS4, and VPS35) and a previously uncharacterized open reading frame, which we named MOS10 (more of Ste6). Sequence analysis showed that Mos10 is a member of a small family of coiled-coil-forming proteins, which includes Snf7 and Vps20. Deletion mutants of all three genes stabilize Ste6 and show a "class E vps phenotype." Maturation of the vacuolar hydrolase carboxypeptidase Y was affected in the mutants and the endocytic tracer FM4-64 and Ste6 accumulated in a dot or ring-like structure next to the vacuole. Differential centrifugation experiments demonstrated that about half of the hydrophilic proteins Mos10 and Vps20 was membrane associated. The intracellular distribution was further analyzed for Mos10. On sucrose gradients, membrane-associated Mos10 cofractionated with the endosomal t-SNARE Pep12, pointing to an endosomal localization of Mos10. The growth phenotypes of the mutants suggest that the "Snf7-family" members are involved in a cargo-specific event.

ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters↗

PubMed2003

Vps20p and Vta1p interact with Vps4p and function in multivesicular body sorting and endosomal transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Vps4p (End13p) is an AAA-family ATPase that functions in membrane transport through endosomes, sorting of soluble vacuolar proteins to the vacuole, and multivesicular body (MVB) sorting of membrane proteins to the vacuole lumen. In a yeast two-hybrid screen with Vps4p as bait we isolated VPS20 (YMR077c) and the novel open reading frame YLR181c, for which the name VTA1 has recently been assigned (Saccharomyces Genome Database). Vps4p directly binds Vps20p and Vta1p in vitro and binding is not dependent on ATP - conversely, Vps4p binding to Vps20p is partially sensitive to ATP hydrolysis. Both ATP binding [Vps4p-(K179A)] and ATP hydrolysis [Vps4p-(E233Q)] mutant proteins exhibit enhanced binding to Vps20p and Vta1p in vitro. The Vps4p-Vps20p interaction involves the coiled-coil domain of each protein, whereas the Vps4p-Vta1p interaction involves the (non-coiled-coil) C-terminus of each protein. Deletion of either VPS20 (vps20Delta) or VTA1 (vta1Delta) leads to similar class E Vps- phenotypes resembling those of vps4Delta, including carboxypeptidase Y (CPY) secretion, a block in ubiquitin-dependent MVB sorting, and a delay in both post-internalisation endocytic transport and biosynthetic transport to the vacuole. The vacuole resident membrane protein Sna3p (whose MVB sorting is ubiquitin-independent) does not appear to exit the class E compartment or reach the vacuole in cells lacking Vps20p, Vta1p or Vps4p, in contrast to other proteins whose delivery to the vacuole is only delayed. We propose that Vps20p and Vta1p regulate Vps4p function in vivo.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗

PubMed2000

ATPase-defective mammalian VPS4 localizes to aberrant endosomes and impairs cholesterol trafficking.

The yeast vacuolar sorting protein Vps4p is an ATPase required for endosomal trafficking that couples membrane association to its ATPase cycle. To investigate the function of mammalian VPS4 in endosomal trafficking, we have transiently expressed wild-type or ATPase-defective human VPS4 (hVPS4) in cultured cells. Wild-type hVPS4 was cytosolic, whereas a substantial fraction of hVPS4 that was unable to either bind or hydrolyze ATP was localized to membranes, including those of specifically induced vacuoles. Vacuoles were exclusively endocytic in origin, and subsets of enlarged vacuoles stained with markers for each stage of the endocytic pathway. Sorting of receptors from the early endosome to the recycling compartment or to the trans-Golgi network was not significantly affected, and no mutant hVPS4 associated with these compartments. However, many hVPS4-induced vacuoles were substantially enriched in cholesterol relative to the endosomal compartments of untransfected cells, indicating that expression of mutant hVPS4 gives rise to a kinetic block in postendosomal cholesterol sorting. The phenotype described here is largely consistent with the defects in vacuolar sorting associated with class E vps mutants in yeast, and a role for mammalian VPS4 is discussed in this context.

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PubMed2001

Membrane transport: ubiquitylation in endosomal sorting.

In yeast, membrane proteins from the biosynthetic and endocytic pathways must be ubiquitylated for sorting to inward-budding vesicles in late endosomes, which give rise to multivesicular bodies. A conserved protein complex containing the yeast Vps23p or its mammalian counterpart Tsg101 may act as the ubiquitin receptor.

Animals↗

PubMed2003

The UIM domain of Hrs couples receptor sorting to vesicle formation.

Hepatocyte growth factor regulated tyrosine kinase substrate (Hrs), a main component of the 'bilayered' clathrin coat on sorting endosomes, was originally identified as a substrate of activated tyrosine kinase receptors. We have analysed Hrs phosphorylation in response to epidermal growth factor (EGF) stimulation and show that the evolutionary conserved tyrosines Y329 and Y334 provide the principal phosphorylation sites. Hrs is proposed to concentrate ubiquitinated receptors within clathrin-coated regions via direct interaction with its UIM (ubiquitin interaction motif) domain. We show that the same UIM domain is necessary for EGF-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of Hrs. Over-expression of wild-type Hrs or a double mutant, Y329/334F, defective in EGF-dependent phosphorylation, both substantially retard EGF receptor (EGFR) degradation by inhibiting internal vesicle formation and thereby preventing EGFR incorporation into lumenal vesicles of the multivesicular bodies. In contrast, mutation or deletion of the Hrs-UIM domain strongly suppresses this effect. In addition the UIM-deletion and point mutants are also observed on internal membranes, indicating a failure to dissociate from the endosomal membrane prior to incorporation of the receptor complex into lumenal vesicles. Our data suggest a role for the UIM-domain of Hrs in actively retaining EGFR at the limiting membrane of endosomes as a prelude to lumenal vesicle formation.

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PubMed1999

Hrs, a FYVE finger protein localized to early endosomes, is implicated in vesicular traffic and required for ventral folding morphogenesis.

Hrs is an early endosomal protein homologous to Vps27p, a yeast protein required for vesicular trafficking. Hrs has a FYVE double zinc finger domain, which specifically binds phosphatidylinositol(3)-phosphate and is conserved in several proteins involved in vesicular traffic. To understand the physiological role of Hrs, we generated mice carrying a null mutation of the gene. Hrs homozygous mutant embryos developed with their ventral region outside of the yolk sac, had two independent bilateral heart tubes (cardia bifida), lacked a foregut, and died around embryonic day 11 (E11). These phenotypes arise from a defect in ventral folding morphogenesis that occurs normally around E8.0. Significant apoptosis was detected in the ventral region of mutant embryos within the definitive endoderm, suggesting an important role of this germ layer in ventral folding morphogenesis. Abnormally enlarged early endosomes were detected in the mutants in several tissues including definitive endoderm, suggesting that a deficiency in vesicular transport via early endosomes underlies the mutant phenotype. The vesicular localization of Hrs was disrupted in cells treated with wortmannin, implicating Hrs in the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway of membrane trafficking.

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PubMed1997

Hrs, a tyrosine kinase substrate with a conserved double zinc finger domain, is localized to the cytoplasmic surface of early endosomes.

Hrs is a 115-kDa double zinc finger protein that is rapidly tyrosine phosphorylated in growth factor-stimulated cells. However, its function remains unknown. Here we show that Hrs is localized to early endosomes. Intracellular localization of endogenous Hrs and exogenously expressed Hrs tagged with the hemagglutinin epitope was examined by immunofluorescence staining using anti-Hrs and anti-hemagglutinin epitope antibodies, respectively. Hrs was detected in vesicular structures and was colocalized with the transferrin receptor, a marker for early endosomes, but only partially with CD63, a marker for late endosomes. A zinc finger domain deletion mutant of Hrs was also colocalized with the transferrin receptor, suggesting that the zinc finger domain is not required for its correct localization. Immunoelectron microscopy showed that Hrs was localized to the cytoplasmic surface of these structures. By subcellular fractionation, Hrs was recovered both in the cytoplasmic and membrane fractions. The membrane-associated Hrs was extracted from the membrane by alkali treatment, suggesting that it is peripherally associated with early endosomes. These results, together with our finding that Hrs is homologous to Vps27p, a protein essential for protein traffic through a prevacuolar compartment in yeast, suggest that Hrs is involved in vesicular transport through early endosomes.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

PubMed2000

The mouse SKD1, a homologue of yeast Vps4p, is required for normal endosomal trafficking and morphology in mammalian cells.

The mouse SKD1 is an AAA-type ATPase homologous to the yeast Vps4p implicated in transport from endosomes to the vacuole. To elucidate a possible role of SKD1 in mammalian endocytosis, we generated a mutant SKD1, harboring a mutation (E235Q) that is equivalent to the dominant negative mutation (E233Q) in Vps4p. Overexpression of the mutant SKD1 in cultured mammalian cells caused defect in uptake of transferrin and low-density lipoprotein. This was due to loss of their receptors from the cell surface. The decrease of the surface transferrin receptor (TfR) was correlated with expression levels of the mutant protein. The mutant protein displayed a perinuclear punctate distribution in contrast to a diffuse pattern of the wild-type SKD1. TfR, the lysosomal protein lamp-1, endocytosed dextran, and epidermal growth factor but not markers for the secretory pathway were accumulated in the mutant SKD1-localized compartments. Degradation of epidermal growth factor was inhibited. Electron microscopy revealed that the compartments were exaggerated multivesicular vacuoles with numerous tubulo-vesicular extensions containing TfR and endocytosed horseradish peroxidase. The early endosome antigen EEA1 was also redistributed to these aberrant membranes. Taken together, our findings suggest that SKD1 regulates morphology of endosomes and membrane traffic through them.

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