scholarly journals The ESCRT-III Isoforms CHMP2A And CHMP2B Display Different Effects On Membranes Upon Polymerization

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Alqabandi ◽  
Nicola de Franceschi ◽  
Nolwenn Miguet ◽  
Sourav Maity ◽  
Marta Bally ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multivesicular Body ◽  
Physical Characteristics ◽  
Membrane Remodeling ◽  
Biomimetic Systems ◽  
Mechanical Effects ◽  
Reticular Structure ◽  
Micrometer Scale ◽  
Lipid Specificity

ABSTRACTESCRT-III proteins are involved in many membrane remodeling processes including multivesicular body biogenesis as first discovered in yeast. In humans, CHMP2 exists as two potential isoforms, CHMP2A and CHMP2B, but their physical characteristics have not been compared yet. Here, we use a combination of technics on biomimetic systems and purified proteins to study their affinity and effects on membranes. We establish that CHMP2B binding is enhanced in the presence of PI(4,5)P2 lipids. In contrast, CHMP2A does not display lipid specificity and requires CHMP3 for binding significantly to membranes. On the micrometer scale and at moderate bulk concentrations, CHMP2B forms a reticular structure on membranes whereas CHMP2A (+CHMP3) binds homogeneously. Eventually, CHMP2A and CHMP2B unexpectedly induce different mechanical effects to membranes: CHMP2B strongly rigidifies them while CHMP2A (+CHMP3) has no significant effect. Altogether, we conclude that CHMP2B and CHMP2A cannot be considered as isoforms and might thus contribute differently to membrane remodeling processes.

scholarly journals The ESCRT-III isoforms CHMP2A and CHMP2B display different effects on membranes upon polymerization

BMC Biology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Alqabandi ◽  
Nicola de Franceschi ◽  
Sourav Maity ◽  
Nolwenn Miguet ◽  
Marta Bally ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Multivesicular Body ◽  
Physical Characteristics ◽  
Membrane Remodeling ◽  
Biomimetic Systems ◽  
Mechanical Effects ◽  
Reticular Structure ◽  
Micrometer Scale ◽  
Lipid Specificity ◽  
Catalyzed Membrane

Abstract Background ESCRT-III proteins are involved in many membrane remodeling processes including multivesicular body biogenesis as first discovered in yeast. In humans, ESCRT-III CHMP2 exists as two isoforms, CHMP2A and CHMP2B, but their physical characteristics have not been compared yet. Results Here, we use a combination of techniques on biomimetic systems and purified proteins to study their affinity and effects on membranes. We establish that CHMP2B binding is enhanced in the presence of PI(4,5)P2 lipids. In contrast, CHMP2A does not display lipid specificity and requires CHMP3 for binding significantly to membranes. On the micrometer scale and at moderate bulk concentrations, CHMP2B forms a reticular structure on membranes whereas CHMP2A (+CHMP3) binds homogeneously. Thus, CHMP2A and CHMP2B unexpectedly induce different mechanical effects to membranes: CHMP2B strongly rigidifies them while CHMP2A (+CHMP3) has no significant effect. Conclusions We therefore conclude that CHMP2B and CHMP2A exhibit different mechanical properties and might thus contribute differently to the diverse ESCRT-III-catalyzed membrane remodeling processes.

scholarly journals Structure and assembly of ESCRT-III helical Vps24 filaments

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (34) ◽  
pp. eaba4897 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan T. Huber ◽  
Siavash Mostafavi ◽  
Simon A. Mortensen ◽  
Carsten Sachse
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Mixed Type ◽  
Multivesicular Body ◽  
Cellular Membrane ◽  
Membrane Remodeling ◽  
Tubular Structures ◽  
Geometric Properties ◽  
Open Conformation ◽  
Assembly Structure ◽  
Polymeric Structures

ESCRT-III proteins mediate a range of cellular membrane remodeling activities such as multivesicular body biogenesis, cytokinesis, and viral release. Critical to these processes is the assembly of ESCRT-III subunits into polymeric structures. In this study, we determined the cryo-EM structure of a helical assembly of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Vps24 at 3.2-Å resolution and found that Vps24 adopts an elongated open conformation. Vps24 forms a domain-swapped dimer extended into protofilaments that associate into a double-stranded apolar filament. We demonstrate that, upon binding negatively charged lipids, Vps24 homopolymer filaments undergo partial disassembly into shorter filament fragments and oligomers. Upon the addition of Vps24, Vps2, and Snf7, liposomes are deformed into neck and tubular structures by an ESCRT-III heteropolymer coat. The filamentous Vps24 homopolymer assembly structure and interaction studies reveal how Vps24 could introduce unique geometric properties to mixed-type ESCRT-III heteropolymers and contribute to the process of membrane scission events.

scholarly journals Bro1 stimulates Vps4 to promote intralumenal vesicle formation during multivesicular body biogenesis

2021 ◽  
Vol 220 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Che Tseng ◽  
Shirley Dean ◽  
Brian A. Davies ◽  
Ishara F. Azmi ◽  
Natalya Pashkova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multivesicular Body ◽  
Vesicle Formation ◽  
Multivesicular Bodies ◽  
Membrane Remodeling ◽  
Endosomal Sorting ◽  
Aaa Atpase ◽  
Ubiquitin Binding ◽  
Stimulation Of ◽  
Cargo Sorting

Endosomal sorting complexes required for transport (ESCRT-0, -I, -II, -III) execute cargo sorting and intralumenal vesicle (ILV) formation during conversion of endosomes to multivesicular bodies (MVBs). The AAA-ATPase Vps4 regulates the ESCRT-III polymer to facilitate membrane remodeling and ILV scission during MVB biogenesis. Here, we show that the conserved V domain of ESCRT-associated protein Bro1 (the yeast homologue of mammalian proteins ALIX and HD-PTP) directly stimulates Vps4. This activity is required for MVB cargo sorting. Furthermore, the Bro1 V domain alone supports Vps4/ESCRT–driven ILV formation in vivo without efficient MVB cargo sorting. These results reveal a novel activity of the V domains of Bro1 homologues in licensing ESCRT-III–dependent ILV formation and suggest a role in coordinating cargo sorting with membrane remodeling during MVB sorting. Moreover, ubiquitin binding enhances V domain stimulation of Vps4 to promote ILV formation via the Bro1–Vps4–ESCRT-III axis, uncovering a novel role for ubiquitin during MVB biogenesis in addition to facilitating cargo recognition.

scholarly journals Bro1 directly stimulates Vps4 activity to promote Intralumenal Vesicle Formation during Multivesicular Body biogenesis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-che Tseng ◽  
Shirley Dean ◽  
Brian A. Davies ◽  
Ishara F. Azmi ◽  
Natalya Pashkova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multivesicular Body ◽  
Vesicle Formation ◽  
Multivesicular Bodies ◽  
Membrane Remodeling ◽  
Endosomal Sorting ◽  
Aaa Atpase ◽  
Evolutionarily Conserved ◽  
Carboxyl Terminal ◽  
Yeast Homolog ◽  
Direct Regulation

AbstractEndosomal sorting complexes required for transport (ESCRT-0, -I, -II, -III) form intralumenal vesicles (ILVs) during the conversion of endosomes to multivesicular bodies (MVBs). The assembly and disassembly of an ESCRT-III polymer facilitates membrane remodeling and scission during this process. The ESCRT-III-associated protein Bro1 (the yeast homolog of mammalian proteins ALIX and HD-PTP) promotes ESCRT-III assembly and inhibits disassembly of ESCRT-III filaments by impeding Vps4, a AAA-ATPase that dismantles ESCRT-III polymers. Here we show that the evolutionarily conserved “V domain” of Bro1-family proteins directly stimulate Vps4 ATPase activity and this activity is enhanced by interaction with ubiquitin. Surprisingly, a carboxyl-terminal fragment of Bro1 containing the V domain supports ILV formation but not sorting of cargo into ILVs, revealing that these two processes can be uncoupled. These studies implicate Bro1 as a factor coordinating cargo sorting with direct regulation of Vps4 to modulate ESCRT-III driven ILV formation during MVB biogenesis.

Anticoagulants Produced by Thrombin from Fibrin, the Effect on Blood Coagulation, Some Physical Characteristics

1971 ◽  
Vol 26 (02) ◽  
pp. 211-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ch R. Muirhead ◽  
D. C Triantaphyllopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Blood Coagulation ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Deae Cellulose ◽  
Fibrin Clot ◽  
Disc Electrophoresis ◽  
Physical Characteristics ◽  
Advanced Stage ◽  
Kallikrein Inhibitor ◽  
Shed Blood ◽  
Complete Lysis

SummaryChromatographed thrombin in the presence of both 50 Kallikrein inhibitor units of Trasylol per ml and 0.1 M E-ACA solubilized fibrin and the products of lysis possessed anticoagulant properties. The peak of the antithrombic activity coincided with the time of complete lysis of the fibrin clot, plasmin lysed fibrin exhibited the peak of its antithrombic activity much earlier. The effect of thrombin lysed fibrin on the prothrombin consumption of shed blood was found to be inhibitory.The products of the digestion of fibrin by thrombin and by plasmin, isolated at an advanced stage of proteolysis were compared by gel filtration, disc electrophoresis and DEAE cellulose chromatography. Differences in physical characteristics of these fibrin breakdown products offer evidence that they were produced by two different enzymes.

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