scholarly journals Pollen Aperture Factor INP1 Acts Late in Aperture Formation by Excluding Specific Membrane Domains from Exine Deposition

2017 ◽  
Vol 176 (1) ◽  
pp. 326-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna A. Dobritsa ◽  
Andrew B. Kirkpatrick ◽  
Sarah H. Reeder ◽  
Peng Li ◽  
Heather A. Owen
2001 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuo Shinoda ◽  
Takeshi Suzuki ◽  
Minako Sugawara-Yokoo ◽  
Shinya Nagamatsu ◽  
Hiroyuki Kuwano ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 206 (5) ◽  
pp. 609-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josse van Galen ◽  
Felix Campelo ◽  
Emma Martínez-Alonso ◽  
Margherita Scarpa ◽  
José Ángel Martínez-Menárguez ◽  
...  

Do lipids such as sphingomyelin (SM) that are known to assemble into specific membrane domains play a role in the organization and function of transmembrane proteins? In this paper, we show that disruption of SM homeostasis at the trans-Golgi network (TGN) by treatment of HeLa cells with d-ceramide-C6, which was converted together with phosphatidylcholine to short-chain SM and diacylglycerol by SM synthase, led to the segregation of Golgi-resident proteins from each other. We found that TGN46, which cycles between the TGN and the plasma membrane, was not sialylated by a sialyltransferase at the TGN and that this enzyme and its substrate TGN46 could not physically interact with each other. Our results suggest that SM organizes transmembrane proteins into functional enzymatic domains at the TGN.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stella M. Lu ◽  
Allen Volchuk ◽  
Gregory D. Fairn

AbstractCholesterol-rich nanodomains, historically referred to as lipid rafts, have previously been reported to be critical for proper Fcγ Receptor and Lyn kinase signaling during phagocytosis. Throughout the initial stages of phagocytosis, the nascent phagosome is actively remodeled by localized lipid metabolism and exocytosis. However, to date, little is known about the dynamics of cholesterol during this stage of particle engulfment. Using a genetically-encoded biosensor for cholesterol, we find that cholesterol is depleted from the nascent phagosome prior to sealing. Additionally, protein markers of both cholesterol-rich and cholesterol-poor nanodomains also clear from the site of phagocytosis arguing against the selective depletion of specific membrane domains. Consistent with previous studies we find that exocytosis contributes to the remodeling of the nascent phagosome. The displacement of cholesterol from the forming phagosome was paralleled by Lyn kinase helping to explain the reduction of phosphotyrosine signal in the nascent phagosome. This diminution of cholesterol and Lyn from the base of the cup may aid in the processivity of the phagocytic signal during pseudopod extension, and provide an unappreciated mechanism by which Lyn kinase signaling is regulated during phagocytosis.Summary Statement: Localized exocytosis dilutes cholesterol from the phagocytic cup leading to the displacement of Lyn kinase and an attenuation of signaling.


Blood ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Bastida ◽  
A Ordinas ◽  
G Escolar ◽  
GA Jamieson

Abstract Microvesicles (diameter ca 200 nm) from the cell-free supernatant of U87MG human glioblastoma cell caused platelet aggregation and coagulation in a manner identical with that previously shown for the intact cells. Both activities were inhibited by dansylarginine -N-(3- ethyl-1,5-pentanediyl) amide (DAPA), confirming the thrombin-dependent nature of both activities. The specific activities per microgram of protein were 2–10 times greater in the microvesicles than in the plasma membrane fraction, suggesting localization in specific membrane domains. Sucrose density centrifugation gave a single protein peak (density 1.14) with congruent procoagulant and platelet aggregating activities. Both activities required the extrinsic pathway, as shown by studies with factor-deficient plasmas, and both were inhibited by heating (60 min/100 degrees C), by reduction and alkylation, and by incubation of the microvesicles with rabbit anti-bovine brain tissue factor antibody. These observations were confirmed using microvesicles from the HL-60 human promyelocytic leukemia cells, which are known to contain tissue factor activity. The results suggest that both procoagulant and proaggregating activities are causally related through the presence of tissue factor in the microvesicles. Studies with the Baumgartner perfusion apparatus showed that U87MG microvesicles increased the size of adherent thrombi nearly tenfold and that these thrombi were associated with nucleated cells from the blood. The increase in adherent thrombi did not occur if perfusion was carried out in the presence of DAPA, confirming the role of thrombin in their formation.


1996 ◽  
Vol 135 (6) ◽  
pp. 1515-1523 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Rodgers ◽  
J K Rose

p56lck (Lck) is a lymphoid-specific Src family tyrosine kinase that is critical for T-cell development and activation. Lck is also a membrane protein, and approximately half of the membrane-associated Lck is associated with a glycolipid-enriched membrane (GEM) fraction that is resistant to solubilization by Triton X-100 (TX-100). To compare the membrane-associated Lck present in the GEM and TX-100-soluble fractions of Jurkat cells, Lck from each fraction was immunoblotted with antibody to phosphotyrosine. Lck in the GEM fraction was found to be hyperphosphorylated on tyrosine, and this correlated with a lower kinase specific activity relative to the TX-100-soluble Lck. Peptide mapping and phosphatase diagests showed that the hyperphosphorylation and lower kinase activity of GEM-associated Lck was due to phosphorylation of the regulatory COOH-terminal Tyr505. In addition, we determined that the membrane-bound tyrosine phosphatase CD45 was absent from the GEM fraction. Cells lacking CD45 showed identical phosphorylation of Lck in GEM and TX-100-soluble membranes. We propose that the GEM fraction represents a specific membrane domain present in T-cells, and that the hyperphosphorylation of tyrosine and lower kinase activity of GEM-associated Lck is due to exclusion of CD45 from these domains. Lck associated with the GEM domains may therefore consitute a reservoir of enzyme that can be readily activated.


2008 ◽  
Vol 56 (12) ◽  
pp. 1121-1135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Hermo ◽  
Morgan Schellenberg ◽  
Lauren Ye Liu ◽  
Bama Dayanandan ◽  
Tong Zhang ◽  
...  

Water content within the epididymis of the male reproductive system is stringently regulated to promote sperm maturation. Several members of the aquaporin (AQP) family of water channel-forming integral membrane proteins have been identified in epididymal cells, but expression profiling for this epithelium is presently incomplete, and no AQP isoform has yet been identified on basolateral plasma membranes of these cells. In this study, we explored AQP expression by RT-PCR and light microscopy immunolocalizations using peroxidase and wide-field fluorescence techniques. The results indicate that several AQPs are coexpressed in the epididymis including AQP 5, 7, 9, and 11. Immunolocalizations suggested complex patterns in the spatial distribution of these AQPs. In principal cells, AQP 9 and 11 were present mainly on microvilli, whereas AQP 7 was localized primarily to lateral and then to basal plasma membranes in a region-specific manner. AQP 5 was also expressed regionally but was associated with membranes of endosomes. Additionally, AQPs were expressed by some but not all basal (AQP 7 and 11), clear (AQP 7 and 9), and halo (AQP 7 and 11) cells. These findings indicate unique associations of AQPs with specific membrane domains in a cell type- and region-specific manner within the epididymis of adult animals.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (17) ◽  
pp. eabd8407
Author(s):  
Sicong Wang ◽  
Chien-Wei Lin ◽  
Amber E. Carleton ◽  
Chari L. Cortez ◽  
Craig Johnson ◽  
...  

Critical early steps in human embryonic development include polarization of the inner cell mass, followed by formation of an expanded lumen that will become the epiblast cavity. Recently described three-dimensional (3D) human pluripotent stem cell–derived cyst (hPSC-cyst) structures can replicate these processes. To gain mechanistic insights into the poorly understood machinery involved in epiblast cavity formation, we interrogated the proteomes of apical and basolateral membrane territories in 3D human hPSC-cysts. APEX2-based proximity bioinylation, followed by quantitative mass spectrometry, revealed a variety of proteins without previous annotation to specific membrane subdomains. Functional experiments validated the requirement for several apically enriched proteins in cyst morphogenesis. In particular, we found a key role for the AP-1 clathrin adaptor complex in expanding the apical membrane domains during lumen establishment. These findings highlight the robust power of this proximity labeling approach for discovering novel regulators of epithelial morphogenesis in 3D stem cell–based models.


eLife ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyu Chen ◽  
Jianchao Li ◽  
Chao Wang ◽  
Zhiyi Wei ◽  
Mingjie Zhang

Ankyrins together with their spectrin partners are the master organizers of micron-scale membrane domains in diverse tissues. The 24 ankyrin (ANK) repeats of ankyrins bind to numerous membrane proteins, linking them to spectrin-based cytoskeletons at specific membrane microdomains. The accessibility of the target binding groove of ANK repeats must be regulated to achieve spatially defined functions of ankyrins/target complexes in different tissues, though little is known in this regard. Here we systemically investigated the autoinhibition mechanism of ankyrin-B/G by combined biochemical, biophysical and structural biology approaches. We discovered that the entire ANK repeats are inhibited by combinatorial and quasi-independent bindings of multiple disordered segments located in the ankyrin-B/G linkers and tails, suggesting a mechanistic basis for differential regulations of membrane target bindings by ankyrins. In addition to elucidating the autoinhibition mechanisms of ankyrins, our study may also shed light on regulations on target bindings by other long repeat-containing proteins.


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