scholarly journals Local phosphocycling mediated by LOK/SLK restricts ezrin function to the apical aspect of epithelial cells

2012 ◽  
Vol 199 (6) ◽  
pp. 969-984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raghuvir Viswanatha ◽  
Patrice Y. Ohouo ◽  
Marcus B. Smolka ◽  
Anthony Bretscher
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Dynamic Process ◽  
Ribonucleic Acid ◽  
Kinase Activity ◽  
Apical Membrane ◽  
Drug Resistant ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Local Inhibition ◽  
Apical Domain

In this paper, we describe how a dynamic regulatory process is necessary to restrict microvilli to the apical aspect of polarized epithelial cells. We found that local phosphocycling regulation of ezrin, a critical plasma membrane–cytoskeletal linker of microvilli, was required to restrict its function to the apical membrane. Proteomic approaches and ribonucleic acid interference knockdown identified lymphocyte-oriented kinase (LOK) and SLK as the relevant kinases. Using drug-resistant LOK and SLK variants showed that these kinases were sufficient to restrict ezrin function to the apical domain. Both kinases were enriched in microvilli and locally activated there. Unregulated kinase activity caused ezrin mislocalization toward the basolateral domain, whereas expression of the kinase regulatory regions of LOK or SLK resulted in local inhibition of ezrin phosphorylation by the endogenous kinases. Thus, the domain-specific presence of microvilli is a dynamic process requiring a localized kinase driving the phosphocycling of ezrin to continually bias its function to the apical membrane.

scholarly journals CD13 orients the apical-basal polarity axis necessary for lumen formation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Ting Wang ◽  
Abira Rajah ◽  
Claire M. Brown ◽  
Luke McCaffrey
Keyword(s):  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Apical Membrane ◽  
Initiation Site ◽  
Outer Cell ◽  
Cell Periphery ◽  
Complex Structures ◽  
Peptidase Activity ◽  
Epithelial Polarity ◽  
Lumen Formation ◽  
Apical Domain

AbstractPolarized epithelial cells can organize into complex structures with a characteristic central lumen. Lumen formation requires that cells coordinately orient their polarity axis so that the basolateral domain is on the outside and apical domain inside epithelial structures. Here we show that the transmembrane aminopeptidase, CD13, is a key determinant of epithelial polarity orientation. CD13 localizes to the apical membrane and associates with an apical complex with Par6. CD13-deficient cells display inverted polarity in which apical proteins are retained on the outer cell periphery and fail to accumulate at an intercellular apical initiation site. Here we show that CD13 is required to couple apical protein cargo to Rab11-endosomes and for capture of endosomes at the apical initiation site. This role in polarity utilizes the short intracellular domain but is independent of CD13 peptidase activity.

scholarly journals A Novel Tetanus Neurotoxin-insensitive Vesicle-associated Membrane Protein in SNARE Complexes of the Apical Plasma Membrane of Epithelial Cells

1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1437-1448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thierry Galli ◽  
Ahmed Zahraoui ◽  
Vadakkanchery V. Vaidyanathan ◽  
Graça Raposo ◽  
Jian Min Tian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Apical Plasma Membrane ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Tetanus Neurotoxin ◽  
Synaptic Vesicle Exocytosis ◽  
Clostridial Neurotoxins ◽  
Vesicle Exocytosis ◽  
Syntaxin 3

The importance of soluble N-ethyl maleimide (NEM)-sensitive fusion protein (NSF) attachment protein (SNAP) receptors (SNAREs) in synaptic vesicle exocytosis is well established because it has been demonstrated that clostridial neurotoxins (NTs) proteolyze the vesicle SNAREs (v-SNAREs) vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP)/brevins and their partners, the target SNAREs (t-SNAREs) syntaxin 1 and SNAP25. Yet, several exocytotic events, including apical exocytosis in epithelial cells, are insensitive to numerous clostridial NTs, suggesting the presence of SNARE-independent mechanisms of exocytosis. In this study we found that syntaxin 3, SNAP23, and a newly identified VAMP/brevin, tetanus neurotoxin (TeNT)-insensitive VAMP (TI-VAMP), are insensitive to clostridial NTs. In epithelial cells, TI-VAMP–containing vesicles were concentrated in the apical domain, and the protein was detected at the apical plasma membrane by immunogold labeling on ultrathin cryosections. Syntaxin 3 and SNAP23 were codistributed at the apical plasma membrane where they formed NEM-dependent SNARE complexes with TI-VAMP and cellubrevin. We suggest that TI-VAMP, SNAP23, and syntaxin 3 can participate in exocytotic processes at the apical plasma membrane of epithelial cells and, more generally, domain-specific exocytosis in clostridial NT-resistant pathways.

Purinergic control of apical plasma membrane PI(4,5)P2 levels sets ENaC activity in principal cells

2008 ◽  
Vol 294 (1) ◽  
pp. F38-F46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleh Pochynyuk ◽  
Vladislav Bugaj ◽  
Alain Vandewalle ◽  
James D. Stockand
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Purinergic Receptors ◽  
Apical Membrane ◽  
Purinergic Signaling ◽  
Apical Plasma Membrane ◽  
Resting Cells ◽  
Open Probability ◽  
Renal Epithelial Cells ◽  
Principal Cells

Activity of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) is limiting for Na+ reabsorption at the distal nephron. Phosphoinositides, such as phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate [PI(4,5)P2] modulate the activity of this channel. Activation of purinergic receptors triggers multiple events, including activation of PKC and PLC, with the latter depleting plasma membrane PI(4,5)P2. Here, we investigate regulation of ENaC in renal principal cells by purinergic receptors via PLC and PI(4,5)P2. Purinergic signaling rapidly decreases ENaC open probability and apical membrane PI(4,5)P2 levels with similar time courses. Moreover, inhibiting purinergic signaling with suramin rescues ENaC activity. The PLC inhibitor U73122, but not U73343, its inactive analog, recapitulates the action of suramin. In contrast, modulating PKC signaling failed to affect purinergic regulation of ENaC. Unexpectedly, inhibiting either purinergic receptors or PLC in resting cells dramatically increased ENaC activity above basal levels, indicating tonic activation of purinergic signaling in these polarized renal epithelial cells. Increased ENaC activity was associated with elevation of apical membrane PI(4,5)P2 levels. Subsequent treatment with ATP in the presence of inhibited purinergic signaling failed to decrease ENaC activity and apical membrane PI(4,5)P2 levels. Dwell-time analysis reveals that depletion of PI(4,5)P2 forces ENaC toward a closed state. In contrast, increasing PI(4,5)P2 levels above basal values locks the channel in an open state interrupted by brief closings. Thus our results suggest that purinergic control of apical membrane PI(4,5)P2 levels is a major regulator of ENaC activity in renal epithelial cells.

scholarly journals Midbody remnant inheritance is regulated by the ESCRT subunit CHMP4C

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Casares-Arias ◽  
María Ujué Gonzalez ◽  
Alvaro San Paulo ◽  
Leandro N. Ventimiglia ◽  
Jessica B. A. Sadler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Apical Membrane ◽  
Ciliated Cells ◽  
Daughter Cells ◽  
Escrt Machinery ◽  
Cilium Formation ◽  
Functional Consequences ◽  
Development And Differentiation ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe inheritance of the midbody remnant (MBR) breaks the symmetry of the two daughter cells, with functional consequences for lumen and primary cilium formation by polarized epithelial cells, and also for development and differentiation. However, despite their importance, neither the relationship between the plasma membrane and the inherited MBR nor the mechanism of MBR inheritance is well known. Here, the analysis by correlative light and ultra-high-resolution scanning electron microscopy reveals a membranous stalk that physically connects the MBR to the apical membrane of epithelial cells. The stalk, which derives from the uncleaved side of the midbody, concentrates the ESCRT machinery. The ESCRT CHMP4C subunit enables MBR inheritance, and its depletion dramatically reduces the percentage of ciliated cells. We demonstrate: (1) that MBRs are physically connected to the plasma membrane, (2) how CHMP4C helps maintain the integrity of the connection, and (3) the functional importance of the connection.

scholarly journals Evidence for Apical Endocytosis in Polarized Hepatic Cells: Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Inhibitors Lead to the Lysosomal Accumulation of Resident Apical Plasma Membrane Proteins

1999 ◽  
Vol 145 (5) ◽  
pp. 1089-1102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela L. Tuma ◽  
Catherine M. Finnegan ◽  
Ji-Hyun Yi ◽  
Ann L. Hubbard
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Membrane Proteins ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Kinase Inhibitors ◽  
Apical Membrane ◽  
Membrane Dynamics ◽  
Endocytic Pathway ◽  
Apical Plasma Membrane ◽  
Plasma Membrane Proteins ◽  
Phosphoinositide 3 Kinase

The architectural complexity of the hepatocyte canalicular surface has prevented examination of apical membrane dynamics with methods used for other epithelial cells. By adopting a pharmacological approach, we have documented for the first time the internalization of membrane proteins from the hepatic apical surface. Treatment of hepatocytes or WIF-B cells with phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitors, wortmannin or LY294002, led to accumulation of the apical plasma membrane proteins, 5′-nucleotidase and aminopeptidase N in lysosomal vacuoles. By monitoring the trafficking of antibody-labeled molecules, we determined that the apical proteins in vacuoles came from the apical plasma membrane. Neither newly synthesized nor transcytosing apical proteins accumulated in vacuoles. In wortmannin-treated cells, transcytosing apical proteins traversed the subapical compartment (SAC), suggesting that this intermediate in the basolateral-to-apical transcytotic pathway remained functional. Ultrastructural analysis confirmed these results. However, apically internalized proteins did not travel through SAC en route to lysosomal vacuoles, indicating that SAC is not an intermediate in the apical endocytic pathway. Basolateral membrane protein distributions did not change in treated cells, uncovering another difference in endocytosis from the two domains. Similar effects were observed in polarized MDCK cells, suggesting conserved patterns of phosphoinositide 3-kinase regulation among epithelial cells. These results confirm a long-held but unproven assumption that lysosomes are the final destination of apical membrane proteins in hepatocytes. Significantly, they also confirm our hypothesis that SAC is not an apical endosome.

scholarly journals Mechanisms and functional features of polarized membrane traffic in epithelial and hepatic cells

1998 ◽  
Vol 336 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirjam M. P. ZEGERS ◽  
Dick HOEKSTRA
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Apical Membrane ◽  
Basolateral Membrane ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Protein Kinase Activity ◽  
Transport Pathway ◽  
Hepatic Cells ◽  
Functional Features ◽  
Specific Lipid

Epithelial cells express plasma-membrane polarity in order to meet functional requirements that are imposed by their interaction with different extracellular environments. Thus apical and basolateral membrane domains are distinguished that are separated by tight junctions in order to maintain the specific lipid and protein composition of each domain. In hepatic cells, the plasma membrane is also polarized, containing a sinusoidal (basolateral) and a bile canalicular (apical)-membrane domain. Relevant to the biogenesis of these domains are issues concerning sorting, (co-)transport and regulation of transport of domain-specific membrane components. In epithelial cells, specific proteins and lipids, destined for the apical membrane, are sorted in the trans-Golgi network (TGN), which involves their sequestration into cholesterol/sphingolipid ‘rafts ’, followed by ‘direct ’ transport to the apical membrane. In hepatic cells, a direct apical transport pathway also exists, as revealed by transport of sphingolipids from TGN to the apical membrane. This is remarkable, since in these cells numerous apical membrane proteins are ‘indirectly ’ sorted, i.e. they are first transferred to the basolateral membrane prior to their subsequent transcytosis to the apical membrane. This raises intriguing questions as to the existence of specific lipid rafts in hepatocytes. As demonstrated in studies with HepG2 cells, it has become evident that, in hepatic cells, apical transport pathways can be regulated by protein kinase activity, which in turn modulates cell polarity. Finally, an important physiological function of hepatic cells is their involvement in intracellular transport and secretion of bile-specific lipids. Mechanisms of these transport processes, including the role of multidrug-resistant proteins in lipid translocation, will be discussed in the context of intracellular vesicular transport. Taken together, hepatic cell systems provide an important asset to studies aimed at elucidating mechanisms of sorting and trafficking of lipids (and proteins) in polarized cells in general.

scholarly journals Characterization of the composition and functioning of the Crumbs complex in C. elegans

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria G Castiglioni ◽  
Joao J Ramalho ◽  
Jason R Kroll ◽  
Riccardo Stucchi ◽  
Hanna van Beuzekom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Apical Membrane ◽  
Scaffolding Protein ◽  
Animal Development ◽  
C Elegans ◽  
Apical Domain ◽  
Junction Protein ◽  
Crumbs Complex

The apical domain of epithelial cells can acquire a diverse array of morphologies and functions, which is critical for the function of epithelial tissues. The Crumbs proteins are evolutionary conserved transmembrane proteins with essential roles in promoting apical domain formation in epithelial cells. The short intracellular tail of Crumbs proteins interacts with a variety of proteins, including the scaffolding protein Pals1 (protein associated with LIN7, Stardust in Drosophila). Pals1 in turn binds to a second scaffolding protein termed PATJ (Pals1-associated tight junction protein), to form the core Crumbs/ Pals1/PATJ Crumbs complex. While essential roles in epithelial organization have been shown for Crumbs proteins in Drosophila and mammalian systems, the three Caenorhabditis elegans crumbs genes are dispensable for epithelial polarization and animal development. Moreover, the presence and functioning of orthologs of Pals1 and PATJ has not been investigated. Here, we identify MAGU-2 and MPZ-1 as the C. elegans orthologs of Pals1 and PATJ, respectively. We show that MAGU-2 interacts with all three Crumbs proteins as well as MPZ-1, and localizes to the apical membrane domain in a Crumbs-dependent fashion. Similar to crumbs mutants, a magu-2 null mutant shows no developmental or epithelial polarity defects. Finally, we show that overexpression of the Crumbs proteins EAT-20 or CRB-3 in the C. elegans intestine can lead to apical membrane expansion. Our results shed light into the composition of the C. elegans Crumbs complex and indicate that the role of Crumbs proteins in promoting apical domain identity is conserved.

Shank2E binds NaPi cotransporter at the apical membrane of proximal tubule cells

2005 ◽  
Vol 289 (4) ◽  
pp. C1042-C1051 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan R. McWilliams ◽  
Sophia Y. Breusegem ◽  
Kelley F. Brodsky ◽  
Eunjoon Kim ◽  
Moshe Levi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Apical Membrane ◽  
Cell Model ◽  
Rat Kidney ◽  
Pdz Domain ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Significant Degree ◽  
Ok Cells ◽  
Apical Domain

Proteins expressing postsynaptic density (PSD)-95/ Drosophila disk large (Dlg)/zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) (PDZ) domains are commonly involved in moderating receptor, channel, and transporter activities at the plasma membrane in a variety of cell types. At the apical membrane of renal proximal tubules (PT), the type IIa NaPi cotransporter (NaPi-IIa) binds specific PDZ domain proteins. Shank2E is a spliceoform of a family of PDZ proteins that is concentrated at the apical domain of liver and pancreatic epithelial cell types and is expressed in kidney. In the present study, immunoblotting of enriched plasma membrane fractions and immunohistology found Shank2E concentrated at the brush border membrane of rat PT cells. Confocal localization of Flag-Shank2E and enhanced green fluorescent protein-NaPi-IIa in cotransfected OK cells showed these proteins colocalized in the apical microvilli of this PT cell model. Shank2E coimmunoprecipitated with NaPi-IIa from rat renal cortex tissue and HA-NaPi-IIa coprecipitated with Flag-Shank2E in cotransfected human embryonic kidney HEK cells. Domain analysis showed that the PDZ domain of Shank2E specifically bound NaPi-IIa and truncation of the COOH-terminal TRL motif from NaPi-IIa abolished this binding, and Far Western blotting showed that the Shank2E- NaPi-IIa interaction occurred directly between the two proteins. NaPi-IIa activity is regulated by moderating its abundance in the apical membrane. High-Pi conditions induce NaPi-IIa internalization and degradation. In both rat kidney PT cells and OK cells, shifting to high-Pi conditions induced an acute internal redistribution of Shank2E and, in OK cells, a significant degree of degradation. In sum, Shank2E is concentrated in the apical domain of renal PT cells, specifically binds NaPi-IIa via PDZ interactions, and undergoes Pi-induced internalization.

Pseudomonas aeruginosainhibits endocytic recycling of CFTR in polarized human airway epithelial cells

2006 ◽  
Vol 290 (3) ◽  
pp. C862-C872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Swiatecka-Urban ◽  
Sophie Moreau-Marquis ◽  
Daniel P. MacEachran ◽  
John P. Connolly ◽  
Caitlin R. Stanton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Apical Membrane ◽  
Airway Epithelial Cells ◽  
Airway Epithelial ◽  
Membrane Expression ◽  
Endocytic Recycling ◽  
Human Airway ◽  
Δf508 Cftr ◽  
Human Airway Epithelial Cells

The most common mutation in the CFTR gene in individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF), ΔF508, leads to the absence of CFTR Cl−channels in the apical plasma membrane, which in turn results in impairment of mucociliary clearance, the first line of defense against inhaled bacteria. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is particularly successful at colonizing and chronically infecting the lungs and is responsible for the majority of morbidity and mortality in patients with CF. Rescue of ΔF508-CFTR by reduced temperature or chemical means reveals that the protein is at least partially functional as a Cl−channel. Thus current research efforts have focused on identification of drugs that restore the presence of CFTR in the apical membrane to alleviate the symptoms of CF. Because little is known about the effects of P. aeruginosa on CFTR in the apical membrane, whether P. aeruginosa will affect the efficacy of new drugs designed to restore the plasma membrane expression of CFTR is unknown. Accordingly, the objective of the present study was to determine whether P. aeruginosa affects CFTR-mediated Cl−secretion in polarized human airway epithelial cells. We report herein that a cell-free filtrate of P. aeruginosa reduced CFTR-mediated transepithelial Cl−secretion by inhibiting the endocytic recycling of CFTR and thus the number of WT-CFTR and ΔF508-CFTR Cl−channels in the apical membrane in polarized human airway epithelial cells. These data suggest that chronic infection with P. aeruginosa may interfere with therapeutic strategies aimed at increasing the apical membrane expression of ΔF508-CFTR.

scholarly journals Apiconuclear Organization of Microtubules Does Not Specify Protein Delivery from the Trans-Golgi Network to Different Membrane Domains in Polarized Epithelial Cells

1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 685-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kent K. Grindstaff ◽  
Robert L. Bacallao ◽  
W. James Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Golgi Complex ◽  
Apical Membrane ◽  
Basolateral Membrane ◽  
Membrane Domains ◽  
Trans Golgi Network ◽  
G Cells ◽  
Polarized Epithelial Cells ◽  
Golgi Network

In nonpolarized epithelial cells, microtubules originate from a broad perinuclear region coincident with the distribution of the Golgi complex and extend outward to the cell periphery (perinuclear [PN] organization). During development of epithelial cell polarity, microtubules reorganize to form long cortical filaments parallel to the lateral membrane, a meshwork of randomly oriented short filaments beneath the apical membrane, and short filaments at the base of the cell; the Golgi becomes localized above the nucleus in the subapical membrane cytoplasm (apiconuclear [AN] organization). The AN-type organization of microtubules is thought to be specialized in polarized epithelial cells to facilitate vesicle trafficking between the trans-Golgi Network (TGN) and the plasma membrane. We describe two clones of MDCK cells, which have different microtubule distributions: clone II/G cells, which gradually reorganize a PN-type distribution of microtubules and the Golgi complex to an AN-type during development of polarity, and clone II/J cells which maintain a PN-type organization. Both cell clones, however, exhibit identical steady-state polarity of apical and basolateral proteins. During development of cell surface polarity, both clones rapidly establish direct targeting pathways for newly synthesized gp80 and gp135/170, and E-cadherin between the TGN and apical and basolateral membrane, respectively; this occurs before development of the AN-type microtubule/Golgi organization in clone II/G cells. Exposure of both clone II/G and II/J cells to low temperature and nocodazole disrupts >99% of microtubules, resulting in: 1) 25–50% decrease in delivery of newly synthesized gp135/170 and E-cadherin to the apical and basolateral membrane, respectively, in both clone II/G and II/J cells, but with little or no missorting to the opposite membrane domain during all stages of polarity development; 2) ∼40% decrease in delivery of newly synthesized gp80 to the apical membrane with significant missorting to the basolateral membrane in newly established cultures of clone II/G and II/J cells; and 3) variable and nonspecific delivery of newly synthesized gp80 to both membrane domains in fully polarized cultures. These results define several classes of proteins that differ in their dependence on intact microtubules for efficient and specific targeting between the Golgi and plasma membrane domains.

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