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Vol. 17, Issue 7, 2996-3008, July 2006
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Departments of *Cell Biology and
Physics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35924; and
Departamento de Bioquimica Clinica, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, Cordoba CP 5000, Argentina
Submitted September 16, 2005;
Revised March 22, 2006;
Accepted April 10, 2006
Monitoring Editor: Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
| ABSTRACT |
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20 s) loss of Golgi-localized p115-green fluorescent protein (GFP) after repeated photobleaching of cell periphery and rapid (t1/2
13 s) fluorescence recovery after photobleaching Golgi-localized p115-GFP. p115 mutant missing the GM130/giantin binding site exhibits analogous fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) (t1/2
13 s), suggesting that GM130 and giantin are not major determinants of p115 membrane dynamics. In contrast, p115-GFP exchanges more rapidly (t1/2
8 s) in cells expressing the inactive Rab1/N121I mutant, indicating that p115 cycling is influenced by Rab1. p115-GFP dynamics is also influenced by the assembly status of SNAREs. In cells expressing an ATPase-deficient NSF/E329Q mutant that inhibits SNARE complex disassembly, the cycling kinetics of p115-GFP are significantly slower (t1/2
21 s). In contrast, in cells incubated at reduced temperature (10°C) that inhibits vesicular traffic, the cycling kinetics of p115-GFP are faster (t1/2
7 s). These data suggest that p115-binding sites on the membrane are provided by unassembled SNAREs. In agreement, biochemical studies show increased p115 recruitment to membranes in the presence of NSF and
-SNAP. Our data support a model in which recruitment of tethers is directly regulated by the assembly status of SNAREs. | INTRODUCTION |
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Mammalian and yeast tethering factors are either coiled-coil proteins or multisubunit complexes (reviewed in Whyte and Munro, 2002
). Best studied of the coiled-coil proteins are p115/Uso1p, GM130, giantin, and golgin-84 that facilitate membrane tethering during endoplasmic reticulum (ER)Golgi and intra-Golgi traffic; golgin-97 that acts during endosometrans-Golgi network (TGN) traffic; and early endosome antigen (EEA) 1 that functions during endosomal traffic. Incomplete information is available on the structure-function relationships of the multisubunit TRAPPI/II and conserved oligomeric Golgi complexes that participate in membrane tethering during ERGolgi and intra-Golgi traffic, the HOPS and GARP complexes that act during TGNendosomal vacuolar traffic, and the sec6/8/exocyst complex that facilitates tethering to the plasma membrane.
The accepted model for tether function of coiled-coil proteins regards them as structural bridges spanning two membranes. In this model, a tether on the vesicle recognizes a cognate tether on the target membrane and forms a molecular link that holds the apposing membranes together to facilitate pairing of the vesicle- and target-SNAREs. The tethers are attached to the vesicle and target membranes by membrane-anchored receptors. The tethers may remain bound while the trans-SNARE complex forms and fusion occurs, or they may dissociate before fusion. In both cases, tethering is thought to proceed independently of subsequent SNARE events. Tethers show compartment-specific localization, and each tether could provide specificity to the bridging reaction and impose membrane selectivity before SNARE engagement.
Most tethering factors exist in cytosolic and membrane-associated pools. Association with membranes occurs by direct binding to specialized lipid domains, and/or interactions with proteins. In all examined cases, tethering proteins or components of tethering complexes seem to interact with small Ras-related GTPases and SNAREs. However, the exact roles these interactions play in tether recruitment and function remain under investigation.
p115 function in membrane traffic was first shown in an in vitro intra-Golgi transport assay established in the Rothman laboratory (Clary and Rothman, 1990
; Waters et al., 1992
; Wilson et al., 1992
; Sapperstein et al., 1995
; Aridor et al., 1998
). The assay measures events subsequent to vesicle budding, predominantly membrane tethering and fusion. Removal of p115 from the assay inhibits cargo traffic, suggesting a critical role either in tethering or fusion. In vivo studies also document the requirement for p115 at an earlier pre-Golgi stage. Inactivating p115 by microinjecting anti-p115 antibodies, or depleting p115 from cells, prevents ERGolgi traffic at ER exit sites (Alvarez et al., 1999
; Puthenveedu and Linstedt, 2001
, 2004
). This finding suggests that p115 might be necessary for the fusion of ER-derived COPII vesicles to generate later transport intermediates. This conclusion is strongly supported by the presence of p115 on COPII vesicles generated in vitro and by direct evidence that p115 facilitates binding of such vesicles to Golgi membranes (Allan et al., 2000
; Alvarez et al., 2001
). Equally strong evidence for p115 function in membrane tethering comes from studies on its yeast homologue Uso1p. Uso1p was identified as an ERGolgi transport factor because a temperature-sensitive mutant, uso1-1, blocks traffic to the Golgi (Nakajima et al., 1991
). Subsequent in vitro studies provided insight into the secretory block by showing that Uso1p is required for tethering COPII vesicles to Golgi membranes (Barlowe, 1997
).
p115 directly binds the Rab1 GTPase (Allan et al., 2000
; Moyer et al., 2001
; Beard et al., 2005
) and the SNAREs syntaxin 5 (Allan et al., 2000
; Shorter et al., 2002
), GOS28 (Shorter et al., 2002
), and membrin (Allan et al., 2000
).
In cell fractionation assays, p115 is recovered in the cytosol (
70%) and in stable association with membranes (
30), suggesting that it may cycle between these compartments (Barroso et al., 1995
; Nelson et al., 1998
). Stable association of p115 with membranes seems to be regulated by Rab1. Specifically, recovery of p115 with COPII vesicles budded from semi-intact cells is abolished by Rab-GDP dissociation inhibitor (GDI) that extracts Rab proteins from membranes (Allan et al., 2000
) or by dominant negative Rab1/N124I that interferes with function of endogenous Rab1 (Pind et al., 1994
). Similarly, membrane association of the yeast p115 homologue Uso1p is reduced by the addition of GDI (Cao et al., 1998
). Membrane association of Uso1p is also reduced in the ypt1-3 or the ypt1
strains that lack a functional Ypt1p, a yeast homologue of Rab1 (Ballew et al., 2005
).
The role of SNAREs in p115 association with membranes has not been explored. In yeast, membrane association of Uso1p is normal in strains carrying thermosensitive mutations in Sed5p or Bos1p (yeast homologues of syntaxin-5 and membrin) (Cao et al., 1998
). These results suggest that SNARE function is not required for Uso1p binding to membranes. However, whether interactions with SNAREs are required for Uso1p association with membranes has not been explored.
Here, we characterize a newly discovered rapid cycling of the tethering factor p115 between membranes and cytosol. Our results suggest that a major determinant of membrane association of a tether is its interaction with SNAREs. The p115 tether association with membranes seems linked to the SNARE complex disassembly cycle. This suggests a novel model in which tethering occurs through direct tetherSNARE interactions that may couple tethering and SNARE complex assembly.
| MATERIALS AND METHODS |
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Plasmid encoding myc-tagged Rab1b-N121I has been described previously (Alvarez et al., 2003
). Plasmid encoding the glutathione S-transferase (GST)-GM130 N terminus has been described previously (Linstedt et al., 2000
). GST-syntaxin 5 construct was generously provided by Dr. Wally Whiteheart (University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY). Plasmids encoding myc-tagged NSF and NSF-E329Q were a gift from Dr. Phyllis Hanson (Washington University, St. Louis, MO).
Generation of p115 Constructs
A 3.2-kb fragment encoding amino acids 1959 of rat p115 was amplified by PCR to eliminate the stop codon at the C terminus. The PCR product was digested with Xho1/BamH1 and ligated into corresponding sites into pEGFP-N2 (Clontech, Mountain View, CA). This results in a chimera in which the GFP is added to the C terminus of p115. To generate myc-tagged full-length and truncated p115, the corresponding fragment of rat p115 was amplified by PCR, digested with Xho1/BamH1, and subcloned into pcDNA4 (Invitrogen). All plasmids were sequenced by University of Alabama at Birmingham Sequencing Core Facility on an Applied Biosystems Prism 377 (PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences, Boston, MA) to ensure the fidelity of the PCR reaction.
Cell Culture, Transfection, and Preparation of Cell Lysates
HeLa cells were grown in DMEM supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum, 1 mM sodium pyruvate, 1.5 g/l sodium bicarbonate, and 1% penicillin/streptomycin at 37°C in 5% CO2. Between 0.5 and 1.0 µg of plasmid DNA was used in all transfections; plasmid was mixed with Mirus TransIT-LT1 transfection reagent (PanVera, Madison, WI) in RPMI-1640 serum-free medium according to the manufacturers instructions. Cotransfections of p115-GFP with Rab1/N121I were performed by mixing 0.5 µg of p115-GFP plasmid DNA with 0.5 µg of Rab1/N121I plasmid DNA, then following the manufacturers instructions for transfection. Expression of the NSF/E329Q construct is toxic; therefore, cells were first transfected with p115-GFP, and after 12 h they were transfected with the NSF/E329Q construct. Cells were cultured for another 1012 h before imaging.
For preparing lysates, HeLa cells were transfected with full-length p115-GFP and cultured for 48 h at 37°C. Cells were lysed in NS buffer (20 mM HEPES, pH 7.4, 100 mM NaCl, 5 mM MgCl2, and 1 mM dithiothreitol [DTT]) with 0.02% Triton X-100 by aspirating through a 26-gauge needle 10 times and rotating for 30 min at 4°C. Lysates were subjected to five freeze/thaw cycles. The lysate was centrifuged at 1000 x g at 4°C for 15 min, and the supernatant was centrifuged again at 100,000 x g at 4°C for 1 h. The resulting supernatant was used in GST pull-down assays.
Static Immunofluorescence Microscopy
HeLa cells grown on glass coverslips to 5060% confluence in 60- or 35-mm dishes were transfected with plasmid and processed for immunofluorescence 24 h afterward, except for cells transfected with E329Q NSF. These cells were imaged 12 h after transfection. Cells were washed three times in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and fixed with 3% paraformaldehyde in PBS for 10 min at room temperature. Paraformaldehyde was quenched with 10 mM ammonium chloride, and cells were permeabilized with 0.1% Triton X-100 in PBS, for 7 min at room temperature. The coverslips were washed three times for 2 min each wash with PBS and then blocked with 0.4% fish skin gelatin in PBS, 0.2% Tween 20 for 5 min followed by a second block with 2.5% goat serum in PBS, 0.2% Tween 20 for 5 min. Coverslips were incubated with primary antibody diluted in PBS, 0.4% fish skin gelatin, 0.2% Tween 20 for 45 min at 37°C. Coverslips were washed five times for 5 min each wash with PBS, 0.2% Tween 20. Secondary antibodies coupled to fluorescein isothiocyanate or rhodamine were diluted in 2.5% goat serum in PBS, 0.2% Tween 20 and incubated on coverslips for 30 min at 37°C. Coverslips were washed as described above, rinsed briefly, and mounted on slides in 9:1 glycerol/phosphate-buffered saline with 0.1% q-phenylenediamine. Fluorescence patterns were visualized with an Orthoplan microscope (Leitz, Wetzlar, Germany) equipped for epifluorescence. Images were obtained using a high-resolution camera with a computer interface. Cell area, fluorescence intensity, and colocaliztion between specific markers were measured using IP Lab Spectrum software (Scanalytics, Fairfax, VA).
Live Imaging
HeLa cells grown on glass coverslips to 5060% confluence in 35-mm dishes were transfected with plasmid and imaged 24 h later in a chamber sealed with a silicon gasket. During the imaging period, cell culture medium was buffered with 25 mM HEPES. Microscope stage was enclosed and heated so that temperatures ranged between 32 and 37°C. We used the 100x oil 1.4 numerical aperture (NA) objective of a Leica DMIRBE inverted epifluorescence microscope outfitted with Leica TCS NT Laser confocal optics for image acquisition.
Fluorescence Loss in Photobleaching (FLIP) and Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching (FRAP)
The same Leica DMIRBE microscope was used for FLIP and FRAP at 37°C. For FLIP, a 488-nm high-intensity argon laser beam was set up to photobleach a series of 2-µm-diameter spots in the cell periphery every 5 s. For FRAP, a single prebleach image was obtained, followed by an 8-s photobleach with the 488-nm argon laser. Postbleach images were obtained every 3 s. For both FLIP and FRAP, the laser was set on bidirectional scan at medium speed. Each round of scanning took 1.5 s in the 1024 x 1024 format. Every image was an average of two frames. Images were analyzed in ImageJ (http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/download.html), and fluorescence intensities were analyzed in Microsoft Excel (Microsoft, Redmond, WA). Graphs were made, and statistical analyses were performed in Microsoft Excel.
FRAP at 10°C was performed at the Keck Center for Cellular Imaging (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA). Nikon TE300 epifluorescent microscope with a 100-W Hg Arc lamp and a Plan Fluor 60x NA 1.2 water objective lens was used for image acquisition. TE300 was coupled to Bio-Rad Radiance2100 confocal/multiphoton system. A 10-W Verdi pumped, tunable modelocked ultrafast (78 MHz) pulsed (<150-fs) laser was coupled to the laser port of a Radiance2100. This laser is equipped with x-wave optics for easy tunable range of the entire wavelength (7001000 nm). The system was equipped with laser spectrum analyzer (model E201) to monitor the excitation wavelength. LaserSharp2000 software was used to acquire the images using the internal detectors. The TC-202A bipolar temperature controller with open perfusion microincubators (PDMI-2) from Harvard Apparatus, Holliston, MA was used to cool the imaging plate. FRAP experiments were performed after 30 min of incubation at reduced temperature, when temperature inside plate reached 10 ± 1°C.
GST Pull-Down Assays
Bacteria harboring plasmids encoding GST fusion proteins were inoculated in 3-ml overnight cultures. Liquid cultures were expanded to 50 ml, and expression of proteins was induced at optical density (OD)0.5 with 1 mM isopropyl
-D-thiogalactoside for 3 h at 37°C (for Rab1b, N121I Rab1b, and GM130) or overnight at 22°C (for syntaxin 5). Cultures were centrifuged at 1000 x g, and the pellets were resuspended in 7.5 ml of PBS containing 5 mM MgCl2, 5 µg/ml DNAse and RNAse, 5 mM 2-
-mercaptoethanol, 0.2% NP-40, and protease inhibitors. For purification of Rab1b-GTP and Rab1b-GDP, 100 µM of either guanosine 5'-O-(3-thio)triphosphate (GTP
S) or GDP was added to all buffers. Cells were lysed by freezing in liquid N2 and thawing at 37°C six times. After the last thaw, bacterial lysates were incubated at 37°C for 10 min. and then centrifuged at 15,000 x g for 15 min at 4°C. For binding to glutathione-Sepharose, 3 ml of bacterial lysate was incubated with 80 µl of glutathione beads and rotated for 30 min. at 25°C. Beads were pelleted and washed 4X with PBS containing 5 mM MgCl2, 5 mM 2-
-mercaptoethanol, and protease inhibitors (and appropriate 100 µM nucleotide for Rab1b). Beads were resuspended in NS buffer (20 mM HEPES, pH 7.4, 100 mM NaCl, 5 mM MgCl2, 1 mM DTT, and 1 mM GTP
S or GDP for Rab1b) and blocked in 0.1% bovine serum albumin (BSA) with 0.02% Triton X-100 for 30 min at 4°C. Beads were incubated at a 1:10 ratio of beads:HeLa lysate for 2 h at 4°C on a rotator. The beads were pelleted and washed four times with NS buffer containing 0.1% Triton X-100 and either 1 mM GTP
S or GDP for Rab1b. Bound proteins were eluted with Laemmli buffer and analyzed on 8% SDS-PAGE. In some experiments, proteins were transferred to nitrocellulose, and Western blotted, as described previously (Grabski et al., 2003
).
p115-GBF1 Coimmunoprecipitation
HeLa cells were transfected with p115-GFP and cultured for 48 h at 37°C. Cells were washed twice with ice-cold PBS and then collected by scraping in 0.3 ml of immunoprecipitation (IP) buffer/plate (20 mM HEPES, pH 7.4, 100 mM KCl, 1 mM MgCl2, 0.1 mM EDTA, 1.0% Triton X-100, and 1 mM DTT). Cells were lysed by aspirating 30 times through a 26-gauge needle. Lysates were centrifuged at 1000 x g for 10 min at 4°C, and the resulting supernatant was used for the IPs. IPs were carried out in a total volume of 0.6 ml and contained 2 µg of antibody, 1% BSA, 200 µl of lysate, and 40 µl (50% buffer/50% beads) of washed protein A beads. Reactions were rotated 2 h at 4°C and then washed four times with IP buffer (same as above). Beads were resuspended in 1x Laemmli buffer, boiled 5 min, and loaded onto 8% SDS-PAGE. Ten percent of the starting material was also loaded on the gel. Proteins were transferred to nitrocellulose and were blotted with anti-GBF1 polyclonal antibodies.
Membrane Binding
Stacked Golgi (SG) membranes were isolated from rat liver as described previously (Salamero et al., 1990
). In some experiments, SG membranes were incubated with 1 M KCl in HKM buffer (250 mM HEPES, pH 7.2, 50 mM magnesium acetate, and 75 mM potassium acetate) to remove peripheral membrane proteins. Radiolabeled recombinant p115 was prepared by using 1 µg of p115 in pCDNA3.1+ as a template in a coupled transcription/translation reaction containing [35S]methionine (0.02 mCi/reaction), Rabbit Reticulocyte In Vitro Translation kit (Promega), and T7 polymerase (Promega), according to the manufacturers protocol.
In experiments assaying p115 binding in the presence of endogenous NSF and SNAPs, 10 µl of SG membranes was supplemented with 5 µl of in vitro-translated p115, 2 µl of ATP-regenerating system (made by mixing 100 µl of 0.2 M creatine phosphate, 8 µl of 0.5 M Na-ATP, and 20 µl of 1000 U/ml creatine phosphokinase), and 4 µl of 10x HKM, in a total volume of 40 µl. In some reactions, the ATP-regenerating system was omitted. In some reactions, SG membranes were pretreated with 2.5 mM N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) (on ice for 15 min) and then quenched with 5 mM DTT (on ice for 15 min). Reactions were incubated at 34°C for 10 min and then centrifuged at 45,000 rpm for 1 h at 4°C in a TLX OPT ultracentrifuge (Beckman Coulter, Fullerton, CA), TLA100.2 rotor, to pellet membranes. Supernatants were removed, and the pellets were resuspended in 40 µl of RIPA buffer (10 mM Tris, pH 7.4, 150 mM NaCl, 1% NP-40, 1% deoxycholate, and 0.1% SDS). Equivalent volumes of supernatant and pellet were analyzed on 8% SDS-PAGE.
In experiments assaying p115 binding in the presence of recombinant NSF and
-SNAP, 10 µl of SG membranes washed with 1 M KCl was supplemented with 5 µl of in vitro-translated p115, 2 µl of ATP-regenerating system (made by mixing 100 µl of 0.2 M creatine phosphate, 8 µl of 0.5 M Na-ATP, and 20 µl of 1000 U/ml creatine phosphokinase), 4 µl of 10x HKM, 4 µl of bacterially expressed and purified NSF (3 µM stock; kindly provided by Dr. Phyllis Hanson), and 0.5 µl of bacterially expressed and purified
-SNAP (80 µM stock; kindly provided by Dr. Phyllis Hanson), in a total volume of 40 µl. In some reactions, the ATP-regenerating system was omitted. In some reactions, NSF was omitted. Reactions were incubated at 34°C for 10 min and then centrifuged at 45,000 rpm for 1 h at 4°C in a TLX OPT ultracentrifuge, TLA100.2 rotor, to pellet membranes. Supernatants were removed and the pellets were resuspended in 40 µl of RIPA (see above). Equivalent volumes of supernatant and pellet were analyzed on 8% SDS-PAGE. The gels were transferred to nitrocellulose and Western blotted as described previously (Grabski et al., 2003
). The same nitrocellulose filters were analyzed by autoradiography with a PhosphorImager screen (GE Healthcare, Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom) for 16 h. Densitometry was performed using NIH ImageQuant software, and graphs were created in Microsoft Excel.
Computational Evaluation and Modeling
Standard principles of chemical kinetics and differential equations were used to analyze the models. Details of computational procedures and the parameters used are described in Supplemental Materials.
| RESULTS |
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Fusion proteins of GST with full-length syntaxin-5, the N-terminal p115-binding domain of GM130 (Linstedt et al., 2000
), full-length Rab1, or full-length inactive Rab1/N121I were expressed in bacteria, purified, and immobilized on glutathione (SH) beads. The beads were subsequently incubated with lysates from HeLa cells expressing p115-GFP. The amount of p115-GFP bound to the various beads was quantitated by Western blotting with anti-p115 antibodies. As shown in Figure 1C, p115-GFP binds to syntaxin-5 (lane 4), GM130 (lane 8), and GTP-loaded Rab1 (lane 3). The anti-p115 antibodies detect p115-GFP (migrating as a 138-kDa band) and the endogenous p115 (migrating as a 108 kDa band) that provides an internal positive control. p115-GFP does not bind to SH beads alone (lane 7), SH beads coated with GST (lane 2), SH beads coated with the inactive Rab1/N121I (lane 6), or SH beads coated with Rab1 loaded with GDP (lane 5). The same amount of each GST chimera was bound to beads (as determined by Coomassie blue staining), and the same amount of HeLa lysate was used in each pull-down assay.
The ability of p115-GFP to interact with GBF1 was confirmed by coimmunoprecipitation. Immunoprecipitation of a lysate from HeLa cells expressing p115-GFP with anti-GFP antibodies recovers p115-GFP and GBF1 (Figure 1D).
Together, the results suggest that the p115-GFP chimera interacts with its partner proteins in a manner indistinguishable from the endogenous p115. These results support the use of p115-GFP to analyze p115 membrane dynamics in live cells.
Cycling Kinetics of p115
The GFP-tagged p115 described above was used in FLIP and FRAP measurements to examine dynamics of p115-GFP in vivo. Repeated photobleaching of a 4-µm-diameter spot in a periphery of a cell expressing p115-GFP, depleted the cell of all but
10% of the fluorescence after 65 bleaches (Figure 2A). FLIP was rapid, with t1/2 of
20 s, and maximal fluorescence loss occurred in less than 2 min, suggesting that p115-GFP is in rapid equilibrium within the cell.
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15 s) for this protein (Vasudevan et al., 1998
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p115 dynamics seem similar to membrane cycling kinetics of peripherally associated transport factors involved in coat recruitment. The Arf1 and
-COP components of the COPI coat and the GBF1 guanine nucleotide exchange factor for ARF rapidly exchange between membrane and cytosolic compartments (Vasudevan et al., 1998
; Presley et al., 2002
; Elsner et al., 2003
; Niu et al., 2005
; Szul et al., 2005
). On-off cycling kinetics analogous to those of Arf1 also have been reported for GRASP65 (Ward et al., 2001
). However, GRASP65 behavior remains controversial because another group reported that GRASP65 does not dissociate from membranes (Marra et al., 2001
). Ours is the first report of cycling dynamics for a tethering factor shown to participate in SNARE complex assembly.
Effects of the Dominant Negative Inactive Rab1/N121I on Cycling of p115-GFP
In vitro studies indicate that p115 recruitment to membranes of isolated COPII vesicles is inhibited by the Rab1/N121I mutant (Allan et al., 2000
). The Rab1/N121I mutant has low affinity for both GTP and GDP and is thought to prevent the activation of endogenous Rab1 by binding to and sequestering the cognate guanine nucleotide exchange factor (Pind et al., 1994
). In vivo studies show that expression of Rab1/N121I causes Golgi disruption. In cells expressing Rab1/N121I, mannosidase II and giantin redistribute to the ER, whereas GM130 and p115 localize to punctate structures dispersed throughout the cell (Alvarez et al., 2003
and Figure 3A). This suggests that p115 can associate with membranes when Rab1 function is compromised. These results support a model in which Rab1 may modulate membrane dynamics of p115, rather than p115 association. To test this hypothesis, FRAP of p115-GFP was measured in cells expressing Rab1/N121I. FRAP of p115-GFP in cells expressing Rab1/N121I shows a faster recovery, with t1/2 of 7.7 ± 1.1 s (Figure 3, B and C, and Table 1). A two-tailed Students t test for independent samples compared the mean t1/2 for recovery of p115-GFP in control and Rab1/N121I-expressing cells at
= 0.05 and showed a p value of 0.0256, indicating a significant difference in fluorescence recovery.
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Effects of GM130/Giantin Interactions on Cycling Kinetics of p115-GFP
Membrane-associated p115 is recovered in a stable complex with GM130 and giantin (Nakamura et al., 1997
; Nelson et al., 1998
; Lesa et al., 2000
). GM130 and giantin are part of a detergent-resistant Golgi matrix (Linstedt and Hauri, 1993
; Nakamura et al., 1995
) and have been proposed to stabilize p115 within the Golgi. To explore the role of Golgi matrix proteins in p115 dynamics, a mutant p115 truncated at residue 934 (p115/1-934) that does not bind GM130 and giantin (Figure 4A; Linstedt et al., 2000
) was tagged with myc or GFP. p115/1-934-myc and p115/1-934-GFP localize to the Golgi and pre-Golgi compartments in a manner analogous to that of full-length p115 (Figure 4B). FRAP of p115/1-934-GFP after photobleaching a 2-µm-diameter spot in the Golgi shows rapid recovery, with a t1/2 of 13.5 ± 1.9 s (Figure 4, C and E, and Table 1). This value is similar to that of full-length p115 (t1/2 of 12.6 ± 1.5 s), and a two-tailed Students t test for independent samples indicates that the difference is not significant. These results suggest that GM130/giantin do not play a major role in tethering p115 to membranes or in regulating p115 membrane dynamics in vivo. Interaction of p115 with GM130/giantin is not required for p115 function in ERGolgi traffic (Puthenveedu and Linstedt, 2001
, 2004
). The cellular significance of p115 interactions with GM130 and giantin remains to be defined.
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The SNARE cycle of complex formation and disassembly can be disrupted in vivo by NEM, which inactivates the NSF (Wilson et al., 1989
). NSF belongs to a family of chaperone-like ATPases (Junutula et al., 2004
), and together with
-SNAP disassembles SNARE complexes (Whiteheart et al., 1994
, 2001
). FRAP of p115-GFP in cells treated with NEM is significantly delayed, with minimal recovery after 5 min (our unpublished data). NEM irreversibly alkylates sulfhydryl groups on cysteine residues and has been shown to inactivate the GTPases Arf1 (Yamaguchi et al., 1998
) and tubulin (Mejillano et al., 1996
; Phelps and Walker, 2000
). Because NEM may act nonspecifically, its inhibition of p115-GFP dynamics is suggestive, but not indicative.
SNARE complex dissociation can be altered in vivo by expressing a dominant negative mutant of NSF. The ATPase activity of NSF is inactivated by the replacement of the second acidic residue in the Walker B DExx motif within the D1 domain (Whiteheart et al., 1994
; Hung et al., 1998
; Schmees et al., 1999
). The NSF/E329Q mutant binds but does not hydrolyze ATP. NSF/E329Q also binds SNARE complexes. When expressed in cells, NSF/E329Q acts in a dominant negative manner by preventing binding of endogenous NSF to SNAREs. In NSF/E329Q-expressing cells, the Golgi is disrupted and Golgi proteins are detected in punctate structures clustered in the perinuclear region adjacent to the microtubule-organizing center (Dalal et al., 2004
). In cells expressing NSF/E329Q, giantin and p115 are redistributed to perinuclear punctate structures (Figure 5A).
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= 0.05. The obtained p value of 0.006 indicates the difference in FRAP is significant. The data suggest that the persistence of SNARE complexes in cells expressing NSF/E329Q markedly decreases p115 membrane association, linking SNARE complex disassembly and p115 binding to membranes.
Vesicular transport is known to be inhibited at temperatures below 15°C. Vesicle budding and fusion is slowed down, resulting in decreased formation of SNARE complexes. FRAP of p115-GFP in cells incubated at 10°C shows an increase in fluorescence recovery (Figure 5, C and E, and Table 1), with a mean t1/2 of 7.2 ± 1.5 s; nearly half that of control cells. A two-tailed Students t test for independent samples compared the mean t1/2 for recovery of p115-GFP in cells imaged at 30 and 10°C at
= 0.05 and showed a p value of 0.002, indicating a significant difference in fluorescence recovery.
Importantly, the p115 FRAP at 10°C is similar to that obtained in cells expressing the dominant negative Rab1/N121I (t1/2 of 7.7 ± 1.1 s; Table 1). Both treatments are expected to reduce SNARE complex formation and thereby increase levels of free SNAREs. The faster p115 FRAP under those conditions is consistent with an increase in p115-binding sites on the membrane and suggests that p115 preferentially binds to free SNAREs.
Effects of NSF on Membrane Binding of p115
The relationship between the status of SNAREs and p115 recruitment to membranes was further tested by in vitro binding experiments. Incubating Golgi membranes containing endogenous NSF and SNAP with in vitro transcribed/translated p115 results in
15% of the input p115 binding to membranes (Figure 6A, pellet). When analogous membranes containing endogenous NSF and SNAP, and in vitro-transcribed/translated p115, were supplemented with ATP-regenerating system, p115 was recovered with membranes (Figure 6B, lane 1). The amount of p115 bound under these conditions is taken as 100%. When analogous incubations were performed in the absence of ATP, or after NEM treatment of the membranes, significantly less p115 bound to the membranes (Figure 6B, lanes 2 and 3). In each incubation, the amount of bound p115 was normalized to the amount of recovered membranes (measured by the recovery of the transmembrane calreticulin). The reduced p115 binding in the absence of ATP or NEM treatment is consistent with NSF function in creating p115-binding sites on the membrane.
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-SNAP. Radiolabeled p115 bound to membranes in the presence of ATP, NSF and
-SNAP (Figure 6C, lane 3). Significantly less p115 bound in the absence of ATP (lane 2) or in the absence of NSF (lane 1). The reduced p115 binding in the absence of ATP or NSF supports the participation of NSF in creating p115-binding sites on the membrane. | DISCUSSION |
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Our in vivo and in vitro results and model evaluation suggest that p115 preferentially associates with free SNAREs. This is supported by FRAP data from two manipulations expected to prevent SNARE complex assembly (cells expressing Rab1/N121I or incubated at 10°C), and one manipulation expected to stabilize assembled SNARE complexes (cells expressing NSF/E329Q). Faster FRAP of p115 when SNARE complex assembly is slowed down suggests an increase in available binding sites. A decrease in FRAP when SNARE complexes are stabilized suggests a decrease in available binding sites. The data support the conclusion that p115 preferentially interacts with free SNAREs. Alternative modeling of p115 association with SNAREs does not fit the experimental data.
It is tempting to speculate that the p115SNARE association has mutually positive feedback loops. Free SNAREs bind p115 that subsequently may facilitate their assembly into complexes. Disassembly of SNARE complexes after fusion regenerates p115-binding sites, priming the SNAREs for subsequent fusions.
Previous models for tether function postulate that tethers on apposing membranes link membranes in a process that is spatially and temporally independent of SNARE events. This type of tethering has been proposed for p115/Uso1p. p115/Uso1p has been shown to tether COPII vesicles to Golgi membranes by binding GM130 on cis-Golgi cisterna (Nakamura et al., 1995
; Moyer et al., 2001
). In addition, p115 has been proposed to form "bridging" tethers by linking giantin present in recycling COPI vesicles to GM130 present on cis-Golgi membrane (Sonnichsen et al., 1998
). Both processes are assumed to be upstream of SNARE coupling. Uso1p-mediated tethering is assumed to be SNARE-independent because tethering of COPII vesicles to Golgi membranes is normal when SNARE function is inhibited by adding inhibitory anti-SNARE antibodies or by using temperature-sensitive inactive SNARE mutants (Barlowe, 1997
) (VanRheenen et al., 1998
). However, in both cases, SNARE proteins are still present and could theoretically bind Uso1p, despite their inability to catalyze fusion.
Our findings support a model in which tethers act within the context of SNAREs. Our results show that p115 associates with membranes in a SNARE-dependent manner because p115 lacking the SNARE-binding CC1 does not associate with membranes. Equally important, p115 association with membranes decreases significantly in cells expressing an ATPase-deficient NSF/E329Q mutant that prevents SNARE complex disassembly. That p115 associates with unassembled SNAREs is further supported by the finding that p115 recruitment to membranes is increased by NSF and
-SNAP known to promote SNARE complex disassembly. How can our findings be integrated with the current understanding of p115 function? p115 has been shown to directly bind SNAREs, and to facilitate SNARE-pin formation. A peptide mimetic of the CC1 of p115 stimulates the assembly of 3 Golgi SNARE-pins containing the t-SNARE syntaxin 5 and GS15, GOS28, and Ykt6, or syntaxin 5 and GOS28, Ykt6 and Bet1, or syntaxin 5 and membrin, Bet1 and Sec22 on isolated Golgi membranes (Shorter et al., 2002
). The same peptide promotes the assembly of a complex between recombinant syntaxin 5 and GOS28 (Shorter et al., 2002
). A direct role for p115 in SNARE assembly is in agreement with the finding that lack of functional Uso1p prevents SNARE complex formation in yeast in vivo (Sapperstein et al., 1996
) and that overexpression of the SNAREs suppresses defects in tethering (Suvorova et al., 2002
). For example, overexpression of the ERGolgi SNAREs Bet1p and Sec22p suppresses the lethality of USO1 deletion (Sapperstein et al., 1996
), indicating that Uso1p function is linked to SNAREs. Together, the findings suggest a model in which p115 binds to free SNAREs and facilitates SNARE complex formation. It is likely that p115 is displaced from the SNAREs as they pair and is released into the cytosol. This is supported by the inability to detect Uso1p in the SNARE complex in yeast (Sogaard et al., 1994
; Sapperstein et al., 1996
), p115 in a mammalian SNARE complex (Sollner et al., 1993
), or after SNARE-pin formation (Shorter et al., 2002
). Our data suggest that SNARE complexes must be disassembled by NSF to regenerate p115-binding sites on the membrane.
The model of SNARE-facilitated tethering is supported by recent findings. Specifically, the tethering function of p115 seems independent of binding GM130/giantin but requires its SNARE-interacting CC1 motif. In vivo experiments in mammalian cells show that p115 mutant unable to form a p115-GM130 or GM13-p115-giantin tether supports secretory traffic, whereas a mutant lacking the CC1 SNARE-binding motif does not support traffic (Puthenveedu and Linstedt, 2001
, 2004
). This suggests that p115 acts directly, rather than via other tethers, to facilitate vesicular traffic. In agreement, Drosophila cells depleted of the Drosophila homologue of the GM130 tether have morphologically normal secretory compartments and normal secretory traffic (Kondylis and Rabouille, 2003
).
Mutations in tethers other than p115/Uso1p are also suppressed by overexpression of SNAREs active at that stage of traffic. For example, overexpression of the Ykt6p and Sec22p SNAREs suppresses defects in TRAPP function (Sacher et al., 1998
). It is therefore likely that the model of tethers working in direct association with SNAREs is common to distinct stages of membrane trafficking.
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Address correspondence to: Elizabeth Sztul ( esztul{at}uab.edu)
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