Direct Measurement of Trafficking of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator to the Cell Surface and Binding to a Chemical Chaperone

Biochemistry ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 240-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhihui Zhang ◽  
Michael M. Baksh ◽  
M. G. Finn ◽  
David K. Heidary ◽  
Christopher I. Richards
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Direct Measurement ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance Regulator ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance ◽  
Chemical Chaperone ◽  
Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane

Dynasore inhibits removal of wild-type and ΔF508 cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) from the plasma membrane

2009 ◽  
Vol 421 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Young ◽  
Martina Gentzsch ◽  
Cynthia Y. Abban ◽  
Ying Jia ◽  
Patricio I. Meneses ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Short Exposure ◽  
Growth Media ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance Regulator ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance ◽  
Δf508 Cftr ◽  
Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane

Dynasore, a small molecule inhibitor of dynamin, was used to probe the role of dynamin in the endocytosis of wild-type and mutant CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator). Internalization of both wild-type and ‘temperature-corrected’ ΔF508 CFTR was markedly inhibited by a short exposure to dynasore, implicating dynamin as a key element in the endocytic internalization of both wild-type and mutant CFTR. The inhibitory effect of dynasore was readily reversible upon washout of dynasore from the growth media. Corr-4 ({2-(5-chloro-2-methoxy-phenylamino)-4′-methyl-[4,5′]-bithiazolyl-2′-yl}-phenyl-methanonone), a pharmacological corrector of ΔF508 CFTR biosynthesis, caused a marked increase in the cell surface expression of mutant CFTR. Co-incubation of ΔF508 CFTR expressing cells with Corr-4 and dynasore caused a significantly greater level of cell surface CFTR than that observed in the presence of Corr-4 alone. These results argue that inhibiting the endocytic internalization of mutant CFTR provides a novel therapeutic target for augmenting the benefits of small molecule correctors of mutant CFTR biosynthesis.

scholarly journals Dab2 is a key regulator of endocytosis and post-endocytic trafficking of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator

2011 ◽  
Vol 441 (2) ◽  
pp. 633-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lianwu Fu ◽  
Andras Rab ◽  
Li Ping Tang ◽  
Steven M. Rowe ◽  
Zsuzsa Bebok ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Half Life ◽  
Adaptor Proteins ◽  
Airway Epithelial Cells ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance Regulator ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance ◽  
E3 Ligases ◽  
Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane

CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) is expressed in the apical membrane of epithelial cells. Cell-surface CFTR levels are regulated by endocytosis and recycling. A number of adaptor proteins including AP-2 (μ2 subunit) and Dab2 (Disabled-2) have been proposed to modulate CFTR internalization. In the present study we have used siRNA (small interfering RNA)-mediated silencing of these adaptors to test their roles in the regulation of CFTR cell-surface trafficking and stability in human airway epithelial cells. The results indicate that μ2 and Dab2 performed partially overlapping, but divergent, functions. While μ2 depletion dramatically decreased CFTR endocytosis with little effect on the half-life of the CFTR protein, Dab2 depletion increased the CFTR half-life ~3-fold, in addition to inhibiting CFTR endocytosis. Furthermore, Dab2 depletion inhibited CFTR trafficking from the sorting endosome to the recycling compartment, as well as delivery of CFTR to the late endosome, thus providing a mechanistic explanation for increased CFTR expression and half-life. To test whether two E3 ligases were required for the endocytosis and/or down-regulation of surface CFTR, we siRNA-depleted CHIP [C-terminus of the Hsc (heat-shock cognate) 70-interacting protein] and c-Cbl (casitas B-lineage lymphoma). We demonstrate that CHIP and c-Cbl depletion have no effect on CFTR endocytosis, but c-Cbl depletion modestly enhanced the half-life of CFTR. The results of the present study define a significant role for Dab2 both in the endocytosis and post-endocytic fate of CFTR.

scholarly journals Enhanced cell-surface stability of rescued ΔF508 cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) by pharmacological chaperones

2008 ◽  
Vol 410 (3) ◽  
pp. 555-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karoly Varga ◽  
Rebecca F. Goldstein ◽  
Asta Jurkuvenaite ◽  
Lan Chen ◽  
Sadis Matalon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Half Life ◽  
Permissive Temperature ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance Regulator ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance ◽  
Surface Stability ◽  
Pharmacological Chaperones ◽  
Δf508 Cftr ◽  
Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane

Misfolded proteins destined for the cell surface are recognized and degraded by the ERAD [ER (endoplasmic reticulum) associated degradation] pathway. TS (temperature-sensitive) mutants at the permissive temperature escape ERAD and reach the cell surface. In this present paper, we examined a TS mutant of the CFTR [CF (cystic fibrosis) transmembrane conductance regulator], CFTR ΔF508, and analysed its cell-surface trafficking after rescue [rΔF508 (rescued ΔF508) CFTR]. We show that rΔF508 CFTR endocytosis is 6-fold more rapid (∼30% per 2.5 min) than WT (wild-type, ∼5% per 2.5 min) CFTR at 37 °C in polarized airway epithelial cells (CFBE41o−). We also investigated rΔF508 CFTR endocytosis under two further conditions: in culture at the permissive temperature (27 °C) and following treatment with pharmacological chaperones. At low temperature, rΔF508 CFTR endocytosis slowed to WT rates (20% per 10 min), indicating that the cell-surface trafficking defect of rΔF508 CFTR is TS. Furthermore, rΔF508 CFTR is stabilized at the lower temperature; its half-life increases from <2 h at 37 °C to >8 h at 27 °C. Pharmacological chaperone treatment at 37 °C corrected the rΔF508 CFTR internalization defect, slowing endocytosis from ∼30% per 2.5 min to ∼5% per 2.5 min, and doubled ΔF508 surface half-life from 2 to 4 h. These effects are ΔF508 CFTR-specific, as pharmacological chaperones did not affect WT CFTR or transferrin receptor internalization rates. The results indicate that small molecular correctors may reproduce the effect of incubation at the permissive temperature, not only by rescuing ΔF508 CFTR from ERAD, but also by enhancing its cell-surface stability.

scholarly journals The chemical chaperone CFcor-325 repairs folding defects in the transmembrane domains of CFTR-processing mutants

2006 ◽  
Vol 395 (3) ◽  
pp. 537-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tip W. Loo ◽  
M. Claire Bartlett ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
David M. Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Cross Linking ◽  
Cysteine Residues ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance Regulator ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance ◽  
Chemical Chaperone

Most patients with CF (cystic fibrosis) express a CFTR [CF TM (transmembrane) conductance regulator] processing mutant that is not trafficked to the cell surface because it is retained in the endoplasmic reticulum due to altered packing of the TM segments. CL4 (cytoplasmic loop 4) connecting TMs 10 and 11 is a ‘hot-spot’ for CFTR processing mutations. The chemical chaperone CFcor-325 (4-cyclohexyloxy-2-{1-[4-(4-methoxy-benezenesulphonyl)piperazin-1-yl]-ethyl}-quinazoline) rescued most CL4 mutants. To test if CFcor-325 promoted correct folding of the TMDs (TM domains), we selected two of the CL4 mutants (Q1071P and H1085R) for disulphide cross-linking analysis. Pairs of cysteine residues that were cross-linked in mature wild-type CFTR were introduced into mutants Q1071P and H1085R. The cross-linking patterns of the Q1071P or H1085R double cysteine mutants rescued with CFcor-325 were similar to those observed with mature wild-type double cysteine proteins. These results show that CFcor-325 rescued CFTR mutants by repairing the folding defects in the TMDs.

scholarly journals Constitutive internalization of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator occurs via clathrin-dependent endocytosis and is regulated by protein phosphorylation

1997 ◽  
Vol 328 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Gergely LUKACS ◽  
Gersana SEGAL ◽  
Norbert KARTNER ◽  
Sergio GRINSTEIN ◽  
Fred ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Protein Phosphorylation ◽  
Chinese Hamster ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance Regulator ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance ◽  
Hypertonic Medium ◽  
Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane

Although the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is primarily implicated in the regulation of plasma-membrane chloride permeability, immunolocalization and functional studies indicate the presence of CFTR in the endosomal compartment. The mechanism of CFTR delivery from the cell surface to endosomes is not understood. To delineate the internalization pathway, both the rate and extent of CFTR accumulation in endosomes were monitored in stably transfected Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. The role of clathrin-dependent endocytosis was assessed in cells exposed to hypertonic medium, potassium depletion or intracellular acid-load. These treatments inhibited clathrin-dependent endocytosis by > 90%, as verified by measurements of 125I-transferrin uptake. Functional association of CFTR with newly formed endosomes was determined by an endosomal pH dissipation protocol [Lukacs, Chang, Kartner, Rotstein, Riordan and Grinstein (1992) J. Biol. Chem. 267, 14568-14572]. As a second approach, endocytosis of CFTR was determined after cell-surface biotinylation with the cleavable sulphosuccinimidyl-2-(biotinamido)ethyl-1,3-dithiopropionate. Both the biochemical and the functional assays indicated that arresting the formation of clathrin-coated vesicles inhibited the retrieval of the CFTR from the plasma membrane to endosomes. An overall arrest of membrane traffic cannot account for the inhibition of CFTR internalization, since the fluid-phase endocytosis was not effected by the treatments used. Thus the efficient, constitutive internalization of surface CFTR (5% per min) occurs, predominantly by clathrin-dependent endocytosis. Stimulation of protein phosphorylation by cAMP-dependent protein kinase A and by protein kinase C decreased the rate of internalization of cell-surface biotinylated CFTR, and contributed to a substantial diminution of the internal CFTR pool compared with that of unstimulated cells. These results suggest that the rate of CFTR internalization may participate in the determination of the CFTR channel density, and consequently, of the cAMP-stimulated chloride conductance of the plasma membrane.

Correctors promote folding of the CFTR in the endoplasmic reticulum

2008 ◽  
Vol 413 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tip W. Loo ◽  
M. Claire Bartlett ◽  
David M. Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Cross Linking ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance Regulator ◽  
Native Structure ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance ◽  
Mutant Proteins ◽  
Regulator Protein ◽  
Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is most commonly caused by deletion of a residue (ΔF508) in the CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) protein. The misfolded mutant protein is retained in the ER (endoplasmic reticulum) and is not trafficked to the cell surface (misprocessed mutant). Corrector molecules such as corr-2b or corr-4a are small molecules that increase the amount of functional CFTR at the cell surface. Correctors may function by stabilizing CFTR at the cell surface or by promoting folding in the ER. To test whether correctors promoted folding of CFTR in the ER, we constructed double-cysteine CFTR mutants that would be retained in the ER and only undergo cross-linking when the protein folds into a native structure. The mature form, but not the immature forms, of M348C(TM6)/T1142C(TM12) (where TM is transmembrane segment), T351C(TM6)/T1142C(TM12) and W356C(TM6)/W1145C(TM12) mutants were efficiently cross-linked. Mutations to the COPII (coatamer protein II) exit motif (Y563KDAD567) were then made in the cross-linkable cysteine mutants to prevent the mutant proteins from leaving the ER. Membranes were prepared from the mutants expressed in the absence or presence of correctors and subjected to disulfide cross-linking analysis. The presence of correctors promoted folding of the mutants as the efficiency of cross-linking increased from approx. 2–5% to 22–35%. The results suggest that correctors interact with CFTR in the ER to promote folding of the protein into a native structure.

scholarly journals Calreticulin Negatively Regulates the Cell Surface Expression of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator

2006 ◽  
Vol 281 (18) ◽  
pp. 12841-12848 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazutsune Harada ◽  
Tsukasa Okiyoneda ◽  
Yasuaki Hashimoto ◽  
Keiko Ueno ◽  
Kimitoshi Nakamura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Surface Expression ◽  
Cell Surface Expression ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance Regulator ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance ◽  
Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane

scholarly journals Sorting Nexin 27 (SNX27): A Novel Regulator of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) Trafficking

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark I. McDermott ◽  
William R. Thelin ◽  
Yun Chen ◽  
Patrick T. Lyons ◽  
Gabrielle Reilly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Pdz Domain ◽  
Type I ◽  
Apical Surface ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance Regulator ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance ◽  
Sorting Nexin ◽  
Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane

AbstractThe underlying defect in cystic fibrosis is mutation of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), a cAMP-activated chloride channel expressed at the apical surface of lung epithelia. In addition to its export and maintenance at the cell surface, CFTR regulation involves repeated cycles of transport through the endosomal trafficking system, including endocytosis and recycling. Many of the known disease mutations cause CFTR intracellular trafficking defects that result in failure of ion channel delivery to the apical plasma membrane. Corrective maneuvers directed at improving transport to the plasma membrane are thwarted by rapid internalization and degradation of the mutant CFTR proteins. The molecular mechanisms involved in these processes are not completely understood but may involve protein-protein interactions with the C-terminal type I PDZ-binding motif of CFTR. Using a proteomic approach, we identify sorting nexin 27 (SNX27) as a novel CFTR binding partner in human airway epithelial Calu-3 cells. SNX27 and CFTR interact directly, with the SNX27 PDZ domain being both necessary and sufficient for this interaction. SNX27 co-localizes with internalized CFTR at sub-apical endosomal sites in polarized Calu-3 cells, and either knockdown of the endogenous SNX27, or over-expression of a dominant-negative SNX27 mutant, resulted in significant decreases in cell surface CFTR levels. CFTR internalization was not affected by SNX27 knockdown, but defects were observed in the recycling arm of CFTR trafficking through the endosomal system. Furthermore, knockdown of SNX27 in Calu-3 cells resulted in significant decreases in CFTR protein levels, consistent with degradation of the internalized pool. These data identify SNX27 as a physiologically significant regulator of CFTR trafficking and homeostasis in epithelial cells.

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