scholarly journals Alternative splicing of clathrin heavy chain contributes to the switch from coated pits to plaques

2020 ◽  
Vol 219 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilles Moulay ◽  
Jeanne Lainé ◽  
Mégane Lemaître ◽  
Masayuki Nakamori ◽  
Ichizo Nishino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Alternative Splicing ◽  
Genetic Control ◽  
Heavy Chain ◽  
Muscle Development ◽  
Tissue Homeostasis ◽  
Chain Gene ◽  
Heavy Chain Gene ◽  
Coated Pits ◽  
Clathrin Heavy Chain

Clathrin function directly derives from its coat structure, and while endocytosis is mediated by clathrin-coated pits, large plaques contribute to cell adhesion. Here, we show that the alternative splicing of a single exon of the clathrin heavy chain gene (CLTC exon 31) helps determine the clathrin coat organization. Direct genetic control was demonstrated by forced CLTC exon 31 skipping in muscle cells that reverses the plasma membrane content from clathrin plaques to pits and by promoting exon inclusion that stimulated flat plaque assembly. Interestingly, mis-splicing of CLTC exon 31 found in the severe congenital form of myotonic dystrophy was associated with reduced plaques in patient myotubes. Moreover, forced exclusion of this exon in WT mice muscle induced structural disorganization and reduced force, highlighting the contribution of this splicing event for the maintenance of tissue homeostasis. This genetic control on clathrin assembly should influence the way we consider how plasticity in clathrin-coated structures is involved in muscle development and maintenance.

scholarly journals The effects of clathrin inactivation on localization of Kex2 protease are independent of the TGN localization signal in the cytosolic tail of Kex2p.

1996 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 1667-1677 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Redding ◽  
M Seeger ◽  
G S Payne ◽  
R S Fuller
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Heavy Chain ◽  
Intracellular Transport ◽  
Chain Gene ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Clathrin Heavy Chain ◽  
Localization Signal ◽  
Mutant Forms ◽  
Kex2 Protease

Localization of Kex2 protease (Kex2p) to the yeast trans-Golgi network (TGN) requires a TGN localization signal (TLS) in the Kex2p C-terminal cytosolic tail. Mutation of the TLS accelerates transport of Kex2p to the vacuole by an intracellular (SEC1-independent) pathway. In contrast, inactivation of the clathrin heavy-chain gene CHC1 results in transport of Kex2p and other Golgi membrane proteins to the cell surface. Here, the relationship of the two localization defects was assessed by examining the effects of a temperature-sensitive CHC1 allele on trafficking of wild-type (WT) and TLS mutant forms of Kex2p. Inactivation of clathrin by shifting chc1-ts cells to 37 degrees C caused WT and TLS mutant forms of Kex2p to behave identically. All forms of Kex2p appeared at the plasma membrane within 30-60 min of the temperature shift. TLS mutant forms of Kex2p were stabilized, their half-lives increasing to that of wild-type Kex2p. After inactivation of clathrin heavy chain, vacuolar protease-dependent degradation of all forms of Kex2p was blocked by a sec1 mutation, which is required for secretory vesicle fusion to the plasma membrane, indicating that transport to the cell surface was required for degradation by vacuolar proteolysis. Finally, after clathrin inactivation, all forms of Kex2p were degraded in part by a vacuolar protease-independent pathway. After inactivation of both chc1-ts and sec1-ts, Kex2 was degraded exclusively by this pathway. We conclude that the effects of clathrin inactivation on Kex2p localization are independent of the Kex2p C-terminal cytosolic tail. Although these results neither prove nor rule out a direct interaction between the Kex2 TLS and a clathrin-dependent structure, they do imply that clathrin is required for the intracellular transport of Kex2p TLS mutants to the vacuole.

scholarly journals A late Golgi sorting function for Saccharomyces cerevisiae Apm1p, but not for Apm2p, a second yeast clathrin AP medium chain-related protein.

1995 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
J D Stepp ◽  
A Pellicena-Palle ◽  
S Hamilton ◽  
T Kirchhausen ◽  
S K Lemmon
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Heavy Chain ◽  
Chain Gene ◽  
Temperature Sensitive ◽  
Related Protein ◽  
Heavy Chain Gene ◽  
Medium Chain ◽  
Clathrin Heavy Chain ◽  
Sensitive Allele ◽  
Yeast Genes

Mammalian clathrin-associated protein (AP) complexes, AP-1 (trans-Golgi network) and AP-2 (plasma membrane), are composed of two large subunits of 91-107 kDa, one medium chain (mu) of 47-50 kDa and one small chain (sigma) of 17-19 kDa. Two yeast genes, APM1 and APM2, have been identified that encode proteins related to AP mu chains. APM1, whose sequence was reported previously, codes for a protein of 54 kDa that has greatest similarity to the mammalian 47-kDa mu 1 chain of AP-1. APM2 encodes an AP medium chain-related protein of 605 amino acids (predicted molecular weight of 70 kDa) that is only 30-33% identical to the other family members. In yeast containing a normal clathrin heavy chain gene (CHC1), disruptions of the APM genes, singly or in combination, had no detectable phenotypic consequences. However, deletion of APM1 greatly enhanced the temperature-sensitive growth phenotype and the alpha-factor processing defect displayed by cells carrying a temperature-sensitive allele of the clathrin heavy chain gene. In contrast, deletion of APM2 caused no synthetic phenotypes with clathrin mutants. Biochemical analysis indicated that Apm1p and Apm2p are components of distinct high molecular weight complexes. Apm1p, Apm2p, and clathrin cofractionated in a discrete vesicle population, and the association of Apm1p with the vesicles was disrupted in CHC1 deletion strains. These results suggest that Apm1p is a component of an AP-1-like complex that participates with clathrin in sorting at the trans-Golgi in yeast. We propose that Apm2p represents a new class of AP-medium chain-related proteins that may be involved in a nonclathrin-mediated vesicular transport process in eukaryotic cells.

scholarly journals Fusion of the ALK Gene to the Clathrin Heavy Chain Gene, CLTC, in Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor

2001 ◽  
Vol 159 (2) ◽  
pp. 411-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia A. Bridge ◽  
Masahiko Kanamori ◽  
Zhigui Ma ◽  
Diane Pickering ◽  
D. Ashley Hill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Chain ◽  
Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor ◽  
Chain Gene ◽  
Heavy Chain Gene ◽  
Clathrin Heavy Chain

scholarly journals Genetic instability of clathrin-deficient strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Genetics ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 124 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
S K Lemmon ◽  
C Freund ◽  
K Conley ◽  
E W Jones
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Heavy Chain ◽  
Copy Number ◽  
Genetic Background ◽  
Chain Gene ◽  
Heavy Chain Gene ◽  
Genome Copy ◽  
Clathrin Heavy Chain ◽  
Genome Copy Number ◽  
Genome Content

Abstract Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains carrying a mutation in the clathrin heavy chain gene (CHC1) are genetically unstable and give rise to heterogeneous populations of cells. Manifestations of the instability include increases in genome copy number as well as compensatory genetic changes that allow better growing clathrin-deficient cells to take over the population. Increases in genome copy number appear to result from changes in ploidy as well as alterations in normal nuclear number. Genetic background influences the frequency at which cells with increased genome content are observed in different Chc- strains. We cannot distinguish whether genetic background affects the rate at which aberrant nuclear division events occur or a growth advantage of cells with increased nuclear and/or genome content. However, survival of chc1-delta cells does not require an increase in genome copy number. The clathrin heavy chain gene was mapped 1-2 cM distal to KEX1 on the left arm of chromosome VII by making use of integrated 2 mu plasmid sequences to destabilize distal chromosome segments and allow ordering of the genes.

Cloning and Characterization of a Novel Human Clathrin Heavy Chain Gene (CLTCL)

Genomics ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 466-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly R. Long ◽  
James A. Trofatter ◽  
Vijaya Ramesh ◽  
Mary Kay McCormick ◽  
Alan J. Buckler
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Chain ◽  
Chain Gene ◽  
Heavy Chain Gene ◽  
Clathrin Heavy Chain

scholarly journals Clathrin Assembly Lymphoid Myeloid Leukemia (CALM) Protein: Localization in Endocytic-coated Pits, Interactions with Clathrin, and the Impact of Overexpression on Clathrin-mediated Traffic

1999 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2687-2702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesc Tebar ◽  
Stefan K. Bohlander ◽  
Alexander Sorkin
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Heavy Chain ◽  
Myeloid Leukemia ◽  
Protein Localization ◽  
Adaptor Protein ◽  
Coated Pits ◽  
Trans Golgi Network ◽  
Clathrin Heavy Chain ◽  
Golgi Network ◽  
The Impact

The clathrin assembly lymphoid myeloid leukemia (CALM) gene encodes a putative homologue of the clathrin assembly synaptic protein AP180. Hence the biochemical properties, the subcellular localization, and the role in endocytosis of a CALM protein were studied. In vitro binding and coimmunoprecipitation demonstrated that the clathrin heavy chain is the major binding partner of CALM. The bulk of cellular CALM was associated with the membrane fractions of the cell and localized to clathrin-coated areas of the plasma membrane. In the membrane fraction, CALM was present at near stoichiometric amounts relative to clathrin. To perform structure–function analysis of CALM, we engineered chimeric fusion proteins of CALM and its fragments with the green fluorescent protein (GFP). GFP–CALM was targeted to the plasma membrane–coated pits and also found colocalized with clathrin in the Golgi area. High levels of expression of GFP–CALM or its fragments with clathrin-binding activity inhibited the endocytosis of transferrin and epidermal growth factor receptors and altered the steady-state distribution of the mannose-6-phosphate receptor in the cell. In addition, GFP–CALM overexpression caused the loss of clathrin accumulation in the trans-Golgi network area, whereas the localization of the clathrin adaptor protein complex 1 in the trans-Golgi network remained unaffected. The ability of the GFP-tagged fragments of CALM to affect clathrin-mediated processes correlated with the targeting of the fragments to clathrin-coated areas and their clathrin-binding capacities. Clathrin–CALM interaction seems to be regulated by multiple contact interfaces. The C-terminal part of CALM binds clathrin heavy chain, although the full-length protein exhibited maximal ability for interaction. Altogether, the data suggest that CALM is an important component of coated pit internalization machinery, possibly involved in the regulation of clathrin recruitment to the membrane and/or the formation of the coated pit.

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