scholarly journals Kinetic analysis of the intracellular processing of siRNAs by confocal microscopy

Microscopy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 401-407
Author(s):  
Daniel Vocelle ◽  
Olivia M Chesniak ◽  
Milton R Smith ◽  
Christina Chan ◽  
S Patrick Walton
Keyword(s):  
Small Interfering Rna ◽  
Temporal Association ◽  
Delivery Vehicle ◽  
Intracellular Location ◽  
Recycling Endosomes ◽  
Intracellular Processing ◽  
Late Endosomes ◽  
Automated Microscopy ◽  
Interfering Rna ◽  
Early Late

Abstract Here, we describe a method for tracking intracellular processing of small interfering RNA (siRNA) containing complexes using automated microscopy controls and image acquisition to minimize user effort and time. This technique uses fluorescence colocalization to monitor dual-labeled fluorescent siRNAs delivered by silica nanoparticles in different intracellular locations, including the early/late endosomes, fast/slow recycling endosomes, lysosomes and the endoplasmic reticulum. Combining the temporal association of siRNAs with each intracellular location, we reconstructed the intracellular pathways used in siRNA processing, and demonstrate how these pathways vary based on the chemical composition of the delivery vehicle.

scholarly journals Effects of cholesterol on CCK-1 receptors and caveolin-3 proteins recycling in human gallbladder muscle

2010 ◽  
Vol 299 (3) ◽  
pp. G742-G750 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Cong ◽  
V. Pricolo ◽  
P. Biancani ◽  
J. Behar
Keyword(s):  
Small Interfering Rna ◽  
Muscle Cells ◽  
High Cholesterol ◽  
Western Blots ◽  
Human Gallbladder ◽  
Recycling Endosomes ◽  
Early Endosomes ◽  
Δ Opioid Receptor ◽  
Interfering Rna ◽  
Bulk Plasma

The contraction of gallbladders (GBs) with cholesterol stones is impaired due to high cholesterol concentrations in caveolae compared with GBs with pigment stones. The reduced contraction is caused by a lower cholecystokinin (CCK)-8 binding to CCK-1 receptors (CCK-1R) due to caveolar sequestration of receptors. We aimed to examine the mechanism of cholesterol-induced sequestration of receptors. Muscle cells from human and guinea pig GBs were studied. Antibodies were used to examine CCK-1R, antigens of early and recycling endosomes, and total (CAV-3) and phosphorylated caveolar-3 protein (pCAV-3) by Western blots. Contraction was measured in muscle cells transfected with CAV3 mRNA or clathrin heavy-chain small-interfering RNA (siRNA). CCK-1R returned back to the bulk plasma membrane (PM) 30 min after CCK-8 recycled by endosomes, peaking at 5 min in early endosomes and at 20 min in recycling endosomes. Pretreatment with cholesterol-rich liposomes inhibited the transfer of CCK-1R and of CAV-3 in the endosomes by blocking CAV-3 phosphorylation. 4-Amino-5-(4-chloro-phenyl)-7-( t-butyl)pyrazolo[3,4- d]pyrimidine (inhibitor of tyrosine kinase) reproduced these effects by blocking pCAV-3 formation, increasing CAV-3 and CCK-1R sequestration in the caveolae and impairing CCK-8-induced contraction. CAV-3 siRNA reduced CAV-3 protein expression, decreased CCK-8-induced contraction, and accumulated CCK-1R in the caveolae. Abnormal concentrations of caveolar cholesterol had no effect on met-enkephalin that stimulates a δ-opioid receptor that internalizes through clathrin. We found that impaired muscle contraction in GBs with cholesterol stones is due to high caveolar levels of cholesterol that inhibits pCAV-3 generation. Caveolar cholesterol increases the caveolar sequestration of CAV-3 and CCK-1R caused by their reduced recycling to the PM.

scholarly journals Oncolytic H-1 Parvovirus Enters Cancer Cells through Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis

Viruses ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 1199
Author(s):  
Tiago Ferreira ◽  
Amit Kulkarni ◽  
Clemens Bretscher ◽  
Karsten Richter ◽  
Marcelo Ehrlich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Viral Entry ◽  
Small Interfering Rna ◽  
Anticancer Agent ◽  
Cell Entry ◽  
Productive Infection ◽  
Acidic Ph ◽  
Coated Pits ◽  
Late Endosomes ◽  
Interfering Rna ◽  
Specific Inhibitors

H-1 protoparvovirus (H-1PV) is a self-propagating virus that is non-pathogenic in humans and has oncolytic and oncosuppressive activities. H-1PV is the first member of the Parvoviridae family to undergo clinical testing as an anticancer agent. Results from clinical trials in patients with glioblastoma or pancreatic carcinoma show that virus treatment is safe, well-tolerated and associated with first signs of efficacy. Characterisation of the H-1PV life cycle may help to improve its efficacy and clinical outcome. In this study, we investigated the entry route of H-1PV in cervical carcinoma HeLa and glioma NCH125 cell lines. Using electron and confocal microscopy, we detected H-1PV particles within clathrin-coated pits and vesicles, providing evidence that the virus uses clathrin-mediated endocytosis for cell entry. In agreement with these results, we found that blocking clathrin-mediated endocytosis using specific inhibitors or small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of its key regulator, AP2M1, markedly reduced H-1PV entry. By contrast, we found no evidence of viral entry through caveolae-mediated endocytosis. We also show that H-1PV entry is dependent on dynamin, while viral trafficking occurs from early to late endosomes, with acidic pH necessary for a productive infection. This is the first study that characterises the cell entry pathways of oncolytic H-1PV.

scholarly journals Transport to Late Endosomes Is Required for Efficient Reovirus Infection

2012 ◽  
Vol 86 (16) ◽  
pp. 8346-8358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernardo A. Mainou ◽  
Terence S. Dermody
Keyword(s):  
Cell Surface ◽  
Dominant Negative ◽  
Host Cells ◽  
Productive Infection ◽  
Rab Gtpases ◽  
Recycling Endosomes ◽  
Endocytic Compartment ◽  
Cathepsin Proteases ◽  
Late Endosomes ◽  
Early Late

Rab GTPases play an essential role in vesicular transport by coordinating the movement of various types of cargo from one cellular compartment to another. Individual Rab GTPases are distributed to specific organelles and thus serve as markers for discrete types of endocytic vesicles. Mammalian reovirus binds to cell surface glycans and junctional adhesion molecule-A (JAM-A) and enters cells by receptor-mediated endocytosis in a process dependent on β1 integrin. Within organelles of the endocytic compartment, reovirus undergoes stepwise disassembly catalyzed by cathepsin proteases, which allows the disassembly intermediate to penetrate endosomal membranes and release the transcriptionally active viral core into the cytoplasm. The pathway used by reovirus to traverse the endocytic compartment is largely unknown. In this study, we found that reovirus particles traffic through early, late, and recycling endosomes during cell entry. After attachment to the cell surface, reovirus particles and JAM-A codistribute into each of these compartments. Transfection of cells with constitutively active and dominant-negative Rab GTPases that affect early and late endosome biogenesis and maturation influenced reovirus infectivity. In contrast, reovirus infectivity was not altered in cells expressing mutant Rab GTPases that affect recycling endosomes. Thus, reovirus virions localize to early, late, and recycling endosomes during entry into host cells, but only those that traverse early and late endosomes yield a productive infection.

scholarly journals Mechanisms regulating targeting of recycling endosomes to the cleavage furrow during cytokinesis

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 391-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn C. Simon ◽  
Rytis Prekeris
Keyword(s):  
Small Interfering Rna ◽  
Cleavage Furrow ◽  
Gtpase Activating Protein ◽  
Successful Completion ◽  
Interacting Protein ◽  
Recycling Endosomes ◽  
Spatial Regulation ◽  
Dividing Cells ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
Interfering Rna

Recently, recycling endosomes have emerged as a key components required for the successful completion of cytokinesis. Furthermore, FIP3 (family of Rab11-interacting protein 3), a Rab11 GTPase-binding protein, has been implicated in targeting the recycling endosomes to the midbody of dividing cells. Previously, we have shown that FIP3/Rab11-containing endosomes associate with centrosomes until anaphase, at which time they translocate to the cleavage furrow. At telophase, FIP3/Rab11-containing endosomes move from the furrow into the midbody, and this step is required for abscission. While several other proteins were implicated in regulating FIP3 targeting to the cleavage furrow, the mechanisms regulating the dynamics of FIP3-containing endosomes during mitosis have not been defined. To identify the factors regulating FIP3 targeting to the furrow, we used a combination of siRNA (small interfering RNA) screens and proteomic analysis to identify Cyk-4/MgcRacGAP (GTPase-activating protein) and kinesin I as FIP3-binding proteins. Furthermore, kinesin I mediates the transport of FIP3-containing endosomes to the cleavage furrow. Once in the furrow, FIP3 binds to Cyk-4 as part of centralspindlin complex and accumulates at the midbody. Finally, we demonstrated that ECT2 regulates FIP3 association with the centralspindlin complex. Thus we propose that kinesin I, in concert with centralspindlin complex, plays a role in temporal and spatial regulation of endosome transport to the cleavage furrow during cytokinesis.

scholarly journals Acquisition of Hrs, an Essential Component of Phagosomal Maturation, Is Impaired by Mycobacteria

2004 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 4593-4604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Otilia V. Vieira ◽  
Rene E. Harrison ◽  
Cameron C. Scott ◽  
Harald Stenmark ◽  
David Alexander ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mycobacterium Smegmatis ◽  
Small Interfering Rna ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Adaptor Molecule ◽  
Phagosomal Maturation ◽  
Attachment Sites ◽  
Late Endosomes ◽  
Molecular Determinants ◽  
Inert Particles ◽  
Interfering Rna

ABSTRACT Pathogenic mycobacteria survive within macrophages by precluding the fusion of phagosomes with late endosomes or lysosomes. Because the molecular determinants of normal phagolysosome formation are poorly understood, the sites targeted by mycobacteria remain unidentified. We found that Hrs, an adaptor molecule involved in protein sorting, associates with phagosomes prior to their fusion with late endosomes or lysosomes. Recruitment of Hrs required the interaction of its FYVE domain with phagosomal phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate, but two other attachment sites were additionally involved. Depletion of Hrs by use of small interfering RNA impaired phagosomal maturation, preventing the acquisition of lysobisphosphatidic acid and reducing luminal acidification. As a result, the maturation of phagosomes formed in Hrs-depleted cells was arrested at an early stage, characterized by the acquisition and retention of sorting endosomal markers. This phenotype is strikingly similar to that reported to occur in phagosomes of cells infected by mycobacteria. We therefore tested whether Hrs is recruited to phagosomes containing mycobacteria. Hrs associated readily with phagosomes containing inert particles but poorly with mycobacterial phagosomes. Moreover, Hrs was found more frequently in phagosomes containing avirulent Mycobacterium smegmatis than in phagosomes with the more virulent Mycobacterium marinum. These findings suggest that the inability to recruit Hrs contributes to the arrest of phagosomal maturation induced by pathogenic mycobacteria.

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