scholarly journals The oxysterol-binding protein superfamily: new concepts and old proteins

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 469-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle L. Villasmil ◽  
Vytas A. Bankaitis ◽  
Carl J. Mousley
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Metabolism ◽  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Transcriptional Control ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Lipid Binding ◽  
Oxysterol Binding Protein ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Endosomal Membranes ◽  
Phosphatidylinositol 4 ◽  
Golgi Network

The Kes1 OSBP (oxysterol-binding protein) is a key regulator of membrane trafficking through the TGN (trans-Golgi network) and endosomal membranes. We demonstrated recently that Kes1 acts as a sterol-regulated rheostat for TGN/endosomal phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate signalling. Kes1 utilizes its dual lipid-binding activities to integrate endosomal lipid metabolism with TORC1 (target of rapamycin complex 1)-dependent proliferative pathways and transcriptional control of nutrient signalling.

PI4P/PS countertransport by ORP10 at ER–endosome membrane contact sites regulates endosome fission

2021 ◽  
Vol 221 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Asami Kawasaki ◽  
Akiko Sakai ◽  
Hiroki Nakanishi ◽  
Junya Hasegawa ◽  
Tomohiko Taguchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Oxysterol Binding Protein ◽  
Membrane Contact Sites ◽  
Contact Sites ◽  
Lipid Exchange ◽  
Membrane Contact ◽  
Phosphatidylinositol 4

Membrane contact sites (MCSs) serve as a zone for nonvesicular lipid transport by oxysterol-binding protein (OSBP)-related proteins (ORPs). ORPs mediate lipid countertransport, in which two distinct lipids are transported counterdirectionally. How such lipid countertransport controls specific biological functions, however, remains elusive. We report that lipid countertransport by ORP10 at ER–endosome MCSs regulates retrograde membrane trafficking. ORP10, together with ORP9 and VAP, formed ER–endosome MCSs in a phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PI4P)-dependent manner. ORP10 exhibited a lipid exchange activity toward its ligands, PI4P and phosphatidylserine (PS), between liposomes in vitro, and between the ER and endosomes in situ. Cell biological analysis demonstrated that ORP10 supplies a pool of PS from the ER, in exchange for PI4P, to endosomes where the PS-binding protein EHD1 is recruited to facilitate endosome fission. Our study highlights a novel lipid exchange at ER–endosome MCSs as a nonenzymatic PI4P-to-PS conversion mechanism that organizes membrane remodeling during retrograde membrane trafficking.

scholarly journals Molecular and cellular dissection of the oxysterol-binding protein cycle through a fluorescent inhibitor

2020 ◽  
Vol 295 (13) ◽  
pp. 4277-4288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiphaine Péresse ◽  
David Kovacs ◽  
Mélody Subra ◽  
Joëlle Bigay ◽  
Meng-Chen Tsai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Binding Protein ◽  
Lipid Binding ◽  
Lipid Transfer ◽  
Intracellular Lipid ◽  
Membrane Reconstitution ◽  
Bioactive Natural Products ◽  
Oxysterol Binding Protein ◽  
Binding Cavity ◽  
Phosphatidylinositol 4

ORPphilins are bioactive natural products that strongly and selectively inhibit the growth of some cancer cell lines and are proposed to target intracellular lipid-transfer proteins of the oxysterol-binding protein (OSBP) family. These conserved proteins exchange key lipids, such as cholesterol and phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PI(4)P), between organelle membranes. Among ORPphilins, molecules of the schweinfurthin family interfere with intracellular lipid distribution and metabolism, but their functioning at the molecular level is poorly understood. We report here that cell line sensitivity to schweinfurthin G (SWG) is inversely proportional to cellular OSBP levels. By taking advantage of the intrinsic fluorescence of SWG, we followed its fate in cell cultures and show that its incorporation at the trans-Golgi network depends on cellular abundance of OSBP. Using in vitro membrane reconstitution systems and cellular imaging approaches, we also report that SWG inhibits specifically the lipid transfer activity of OSBP. As a consequence, post-Golgi trafficking, membrane cholesterol levels, and PI(4)P turnover were affected. Finally, using intermolecular FRET analysis, we demonstrate that SWG directly binds to the lipid-binding cavity of OSBP. Collectively these results describe SWG as a specific and intrinsically fluorescent pharmacological tool for dissecting OSBP properties at the cellular and molecular levels. Our findings indicate that SWG binds OSBP with nanomolar affinity, that this binding is sensitive to the membrane environment, and that SWG inhibits the OSBP-catalyzed lipid exchange cycle.

scholarly journals Un marché d’échange de lipides

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-136
Author(s):  
Joëlle Bigay ◽  
Bruno Mesmin ◽  
Bruno Antonny
Keyword(s):  
Binding Protein ◽  
Oxysterol Binding Protein ◽  
Phosphatidylinositol 4

Le cholestérol est synthétisé dans le réticulum endoplasmique (RE) puis transporté vers les compartiments cellulaires dont la fonction en nécessite un taux élevé. Nous décrivons ici le mécanisme de transport du cholestérol du RE vers le réseau trans golgien (TGN) par la protéine OSBP (oxysterol binding protein). Celle-ci présente deux activités complémentaires : elle arrime les deux compartiments, RE et TGN, en formant un site de contact où les deux membranes sont à une vingtaine de nanomètres de distance ; puis elle échange le cholestérol du RE avec un lipide présent dans le TGN, le phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PI4P). Dans le RE, le PI4P est hydrolysé, rendant le cycle d’échange irréversible. OSBP est donc au cœur d’un marché d’échange de lipides dans lequel un cholestérol transporté « coûte » un PI4P. Des molécules à activités antivirales ou anticancéreuses ont pour cible OSBP, suggérant une importance dans différents contextes physiopathologiques du cycle d’OSBP, dont les bases générales sont partagées par d’autres protéines transporteurs de lipides.

scholarly journals Regulation of Oxysterol-binding Protein Golgi Localization through Protein Kinase D–mediated Phosphorylation

2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (13) ◽  
pp. 2327-2337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sokha Nhek ◽  
Mike Ngo ◽  
Xuemei Yang ◽  
Michelle M. Ng ◽  
Seth J. Field ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Protein Kinase D ◽  
Cholesterol Depletion ◽  
Oxysterol Binding Protein ◽  
Golgi Localization ◽  
Golgi Network

Protein kinase D (PKD) plays a critical role at the trans-Golgi network by regulating the fission of transport carriers destined for the plasma membrane. Two known Golgi-localized PKD substrates, PI4-kinase IIIβ and the ceramide transfer protein CERT, mediate PKD signaling to influence vesicle trafficking to the plasma membrane and sphingomyelin synthesis, respectively. PKD is recruited and activated at the Golgi through interaction with diacylglycerol, a pool of which is generated as a by-product of sphingomyelin synthesis from ceramide. Here we identify a novel substrate of PKD at the Golgi, the oxysterol-binding protein OSBP. Using a substrate-directed phospho-specific antibody that recognizes the optimal PKD consensus motif, we show that PKD phosphorylates OSBP at Ser240 in vitro and in cells. We further show that OSBP phosphorylation occurs at the Golgi. Phosphorylation of OSBP by PKD does not modulate dimerization, sterol binding, or affinity for PI(4)P. Instead, phosphorylation attenuates OSBP Golgi localization in response to 25-hydroxycholesterol and cholesterol depletion, impairs CERT Golgi localization, and promotes Golgi fragmentation.

scholarly journals A role for oxysterol-binding protein–related protein 5 in endosomal cholesterol trafficking

2011 ◽  
Vol 192 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ximing Du ◽  
Jaspal Kumar ◽  
Charles Ferguson ◽  
Timothy A. Schulz ◽  
Yan Shan Ong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Binding Protein ◽  
Lipid Binding ◽  
Cholesterol Trafficking ◽  
Cholesterol Accumulation ◽  
Oxysterol Binding Protein ◽  
Late Endosomes ◽  
Evolutionarily Conserved ◽  
Niemann Pick ◽  
Related Proteins ◽  
Lipid Binding Proteins

Oxysterol-binding protein (OSBP) and its related proteins (ORPs) constitute a large and evolutionarily conserved family of lipid-binding proteins that target organelle membranes to mediate sterol signaling and/or transport. Here we characterize ORP5, a tail-anchored ORP protein that localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum. Knocking down ORP5 causes cholesterol accumulation in late endosomes and lysosomes, which is reminiscent of the cholesterol trafficking defect in Niemann Pick C (NPC) fibroblasts. Cholesterol appears to accumulate in the limiting membranes of endosomal compartments in ORP5-depleted cells, whereas depletion of NPC1 or both ORP5 and NPC1 results in luminal accumulation of cholesterol. Moreover, trans-Golgi resident proteins mislocalize to endosomal compartments upon ORP5 depletion, which depends on a functional NPC1. Our results establish the first link between NPC1 and a cytoplasmic sterol carrier, and suggest that ORP5 may cooperate with NPC1 to mediate the exit of cholesterol from endosomes/lysosomes.

scholarly journals Mutations in Encephalomyocarditis Virus 3A Protein Uncouple the Dependency of Genome Replication on Host Factors Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase IIIα and Oxysterol-Binding Protein

mSphere ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina M. Dorobantu ◽  
Lucian Albulescu ◽  
Heyrhyoung Lyoo ◽  
Mirjam van Kampen ◽  
Raffaele De Francesco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rna Viruses ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Point Mutations ◽  
Rna Replication ◽  
Encephalomyocarditis Virus ◽  
Genome Replication ◽  
Positive Strand ◽  
Oxysterol Binding Protein ◽  
Positive Strand Rna ◽  
Phosphatidylinositol 4

ABSTRACT Positive-strand RNA viruses modulate lipid homeostasis to generate unique, membranous “replication organelles” (ROs) where viral genome replication takes place. Hepatitis C virus, encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV), and enteroviruses have convergently evolved to hijack host phosphatidylinositol 4-kinases (PI4Ks), which produce PI4P lipids, to recruit oxysterol-binding protein (OSBP), a PI4P-binding protein that shuttles cholesterol to ROs. Consistent with the proposed coupling between PI4K and OSBP, enterovirus mutants resistant to PI4KB inhibitors are also resistant to OSBP inhibitors. Here, we show that EMCV can replicate without accumulating PI4P/cholesterol at ROs, by acquiring point mutations in nonstructural protein 3A. Remarkably, the mutations conferred resistance to PI4K but not OSBP inhibitors, thereby uncoupling the levels of dependency of EMCV RNA replication on PI4K and OSBP. This work may contribute to a deeper understanding of the roles of PI4K/PI4P and OSBP/cholesterol in membrane modifications induced by positive-strand RNA viruses. Positive-strand RNA [(+)RNA] viruses are true masters of reprogramming host lipid trafficking and synthesis to support virus genome replication. Via their membrane-associated 3A protein, picornaviruses of the genus Enterovirus (e.g., poliovirus, coxsackievirus, and rhinovirus) subvert Golgi complex-localized phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase IIIβ (PI4KB) to generate “replication organelles” (ROs) enriched in phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PI4P). PI4P lipids serve to accumulate oxysterol-binding protein (OSBP), which subsequently transfers cholesterol to the ROs in a PI4P-dependent manner. Single-point mutations in 3A render enteroviruses resistant to both PI4KB and OSBP inhibition, indicating coupled dependency on these host factors. Recently, we showed that encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV), a picornavirus that belongs to the Cardiovirus genus, also builds PI4P/cholesterol-enriched ROs. Like the hepatitis C virus (HCV) of the Flaviviridae family, it does so by hijacking the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-localized phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase IIIα (PI4KA). Here we provide genetic evidence for the critical involvement of EMCV protein 3A in this process. Using a genetic screening approach, we selected EMCV mutants with single amino acid substitutions in 3A, which rescued RNA virus replication upon small interfering RNA (siRNA) knockdown or pharmacological inhibition of PI4KA. In the presence of PI4KA inhibitors, the mutants no longer induced PI4P, OSBP, or cholesterol accumulation at ROs, which aggregated into large cytoplasmic clusters. In contrast to the enterovirus escape mutants, we observed little if any cross-resistance of EMCV mutants to OSBP inhibitors, indicating an uncoupled level of dependency of their RNA replication on PI4KA and OSBP activities. This report may contribute to a better understanding of the roles of PI4KA and OSBP in membrane modifications induced by (+)RNA viruses. IMPORTANCE Positive-strand RNA viruses modulate lipid homeostasis to generate unique, membranous “replication organelles” (ROs) where viral genome replication takes place. Hepatitis C virus, encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV), and enteroviruses have convergently evolved to hijack host phosphatidylinositol 4-kinases (PI4Ks), which produce PI4P lipids, to recruit oxysterol-binding protein (OSBP), a PI4P-binding protein that shuttles cholesterol to ROs. Consistent with the proposed coupling between PI4K and OSBP, enterovirus mutants resistant to PI4KB inhibitors are also resistant to OSBP inhibitors. Here, we show that EMCV can replicate without accumulating PI4P/cholesterol at ROs, by acquiring point mutations in nonstructural protein 3A. Remarkably, the mutations conferred resistance to PI4K but not OSBP inhibitors, thereby uncoupling the levels of dependency of EMCV RNA replication on PI4K and OSBP. This work may contribute to a deeper understanding of the roles of PI4K/PI4P and OSBP/cholesterol in membrane modifications induced by positive-strand RNA viruses.

scholarly journals Lipid-regulated sterol transfer between closely apposed membranes by oxysterol-binding protein homologues

2009 ◽  
Vol 187 (6) ◽  
pp. 889-903 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy A. Schulz ◽  
Mal-Gi Choi ◽  
Sumana Raychaudhuri ◽  
Jason A. Mears ◽  
Rodolfo Ghirlando ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Binding Protein ◽  
Binding Pocket ◽  
Lipid Binding ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Oxysterol Binding Protein ◽  
The Core ◽  
Contact Sites ◽  
Core Lipid ◽  
Related Proteins ◽  
Distal Site

Sterols are transferred between cellular membranes by vesicular and poorly understood nonvesicular pathways. Oxysterol-binding protein–related proteins (ORPs) have been implicated in sterol sensing and nonvesicular transport. In this study, we show that yeast ORPs use a novel mechanism that allows regulated sterol transfer between closely apposed membranes, such as organelle contact sites. We find that the core lipid-binding domain found in all ORPs can simultaneously bind two membranes. Using Osh4p/Kes1p as a representative ORP, we show that ORPs have at least two membrane-binding surfaces; one near the mouth of the sterol-binding pocket and a distal site that can bind a second membrane. The distal site is required for the protein to function in cells and, remarkably, regulates the rate at which Osh4p extracts and delivers sterols in a phosphoinositide-dependent manner. Together, these findings suggest a new model of how ORPs could sense and regulate the lipid composition of adjacent membranes.

scholarly journals The Oxysterol-binding Protein Homologue ORP1L Interacts with Rab7 and Alters Functional Properties of Late Endocytic Compartments

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 5480-5492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Johansson ◽  
Markku Lehto ◽  
Kimmo Tanhuanpää ◽  
Timothy L. Cover ◽  
Vesa M. Olkkonen
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Pleckstrin Homology Domain ◽  
Rab Gtpases ◽  
Microtubule Network ◽  
Oxysterol Binding Protein ◽  
Motor Complex ◽  
Late Endosomes ◽  
Endocytic Compartments ◽  
Fluorescent Dextran

ORP1L is a member of the human oxysterol-binding protein (OSBP) family. ORP1L localizes to late endosomes (LEs)/lysosomes, colocalizing with the GTPases Rab7 and Rab9 and lysosome-associated membrane protein-1. We demonstrate that ORP1L interacts physically with Rab7, preferentially with its GTP-bound form, and provide evidence that ORP1L stabilizes GTP-bound Rab7 on LEs/lysosomes. The Rab7-binding determinant is mapped to the ankyrin repeat (ANK) region of ORP1L. The pleckstrin homology domain (PHD) of ORP1L binds phosphoinositides with low affinity and specificity. ORP1L ANK- and ANK+PHD fragments induce perinuclear clustering of LE/lysosomes. This is dependent on an intact microtubule network and a functional dynein/dynactin motor complex. The dominant inhibitory Rab7 mutant T22N reverses the LE clustering, suggesting that the effect is dependent on active Rab7. Transport of fluorescent dextran to LEs is inhibited by overexpression of ORP1L. Overexpression of ORP1L, and in particular the N-terminal fragments of ORP1L, inhibits vacuolation of LE caused by Helicobacter pylori toxin VacA, a process also involving Rab7. The present study demonstrates that ORP1L binds to Rab7, modifies its functional cycle, and can interfere with LE/lysosome organization and endocytic membrane trafficking. This is the first report of a direct connection between the OSBP-related protein family and the Rab GTPases.

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