scholarly journals Mammalian copper homeostasis requires retromer-dependent recycling of the high-affinity copper transporter 1

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (16) ◽  
pp. jcs249201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Curnock ◽  
Peter J. Cullen
Keyword(s):  
Cell Surface ◽  
Nutrient Balance ◽  
Copper Homeostasis ◽  
Copper Exposure ◽  
Copper Uptake ◽  
Copper Transporter ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Cellular Copper ◽  
Copper Transporter 1 ◽  
Toxicity Effects

ABSTRACTThe concentration of essential micronutrients, such as copper (used here to describe both Cu+ and Cu2+), within the cell is tightly regulated to avoid their adverse deficiency and toxicity effects. Retromer-mediated sorting and recycling of nutrient transporters within the endo-lysosomal network is an essential process in regulating nutrient balance. Cellular copper homeostasis is regulated primarily by two transporters: the copper influx transporter copper transporter 1 (CTR1; also known as SLC31A1), which controls the uptake of copper, and the copper-extruding ATPase ATP7A, a recognised retromer cargo. Here, we show that in response to fluctuating extracellular copper, retromer controls the delivery of CTR1 to the cell surface. Following copper exposure, CTR1 is endocytosed to prevent excessive copper uptake. We reveal that internalised CTR1 localises on retromer-positive endosomes and, in response to decreased extracellular copper, retromer controls the recycling of CTR1 back to the cell surface to maintain copper homeostasis. In addition to copper, CTR1 plays a central role in the trafficking of platinum. The efficacy of platinum-based cancer drugs has been correlated with CTR1 expression. Consistent with this, we demonstrate that retromer-deficient cells show reduced sensitivity to the platinum-based drug cisplatin.

scholarly journals Mammalian copper homeostasis requires retromer-dependent recycling of the high-affinity copper transporter 1 (CTR1/SLC31A1)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Curnock ◽  
Peter J. Cullen
Keyword(s):  
Cell Surface ◽  
Nutrient Balance ◽  
Copper Homeostasis ◽  
Integral Membrane Protein ◽  
Copper Transporter ◽  
Endosomal Sorting ◽  
Evolutionarily Conserved ◽  
Cellular Copper ◽  
Copper Transporter 1 ◽  
Extracellular Environment

ABSTRACTThe mammalian cell surface is decorated with a plethora of integral membrane proteins including those required for the transport of micronutrients, such as copper, which are essential to cellular health. The concentration of micronutrients within the cell is tightly regulated to avoid their adverse deficiency and toxicity effects. The sorting and recycling of nutrients transporters within the endo-lysosomal network is recognised as an essential process in regulating nutrient balance. The evolutionarily conserved endosomal sorting complex, retromer, coordinates integral membrane protein recognition and retrieval. Cellular copper homeostasis is regulated primarily by two transporters: the major copper influx transporter copper transporter 1 (CTR1/SLC31A1), which controls the uptake of copper from the extracellular environment and is essential for early embryonic development, and the established retromer cargo, the copper-transporting ATPase, ATP7A. Here, we show that in response to fluctuating extracellular copper the retromer complex controls the delivery of CTR1 to the cell surface. Following copper exposure, CTR1 is endocytosed to prevent excessive copper uptake. We reveal that internalised CTR1 localises on retromer-positive endosomes and in response to decreased extracellular copper retromer controls the recycling of CTR1 back to the cell surface to maintain copper homeostasis. In addition to copper, CTR1 plays a central role in platinum uptake. Significantly, the efficacy of platinum-based cancer drugs has been correlated with CTR1 expression. Consistent with this, we demonstrate that retromer-deficient cells show reduced sensitivity to the platinum-based drug, cisplatin.

scholarly journals The Conformational Plasticity of the Selectivity Filter Methionines Controls the In-Cell Cu(I) Uptake through the CTR1 transporter

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Janoš ◽  
Jana Aupič ◽  
Sharon Ruthstein ◽  
Alessandra Magistrato
Keyword(s):  
Cellular Uptake ◽  
Selectivity Filter ◽  
Copper Uptake ◽  
Cellular Functions ◽  
Copper Transporter ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Windows Of Opportunity ◽  
Conformational Plasticity ◽  
Copper Transporter 1 ◽  
Autoregulatory Mechanism

Copper is a trace element vital to many cellular functions. Yet its abnormal levels are toxic to cells, provoking a variety of severe diseases. The high affinity Copper Transporter 1 (CTR1), being the main in-cell copper (Cu(I)) entry route, tightly regulates its cellular uptake via a still elusive mechanism. Here, all-atoms simulations unlock the molecular terms of Cu(I) transport in eukaryotes disclosing that the two Methionine triads, forming the selectivity filter, play an unprecedented dual role both enabling selective Cu(I) transport and regulating its uptake-rate thanks to an intimate coupling between the conformational plasticity of their bulky side chains and the number of bound Cu(I) ions. Namely, the Met residues act as a gate reducing the Cu(I) import-rate when two ions simultaneously bind to CTR1. This may represent an elegant autoregulatory mechanism through which CTR1 protects the cells from excessively high, and hence toxic, in-cell Cu(I) levels. Overall, these outcomes resolve fundamental questions in CTR1 biology and open new windows of opportunity to tackle diseases associated with an imbalanced copper uptake.

scholarly journals Deletion of hepatic Ctr1 reveals its function in copper acquisition and compensatory mechanisms for copper homeostasis

2009 ◽  
Vol 296 (2) ◽  
pp. G356-G364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heejeong Kim ◽  
Hwa-Young Son ◽  
Sarah M. Bailey ◽  
Jaekwon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Critical Role ◽  
Copper Metabolism ◽  
Copper Homeostasis ◽  
Normal Growth ◽  
Copper Uptake ◽  
Compensatory Mechanisms ◽  
Copper Transporter ◽  
Hepatic Copper ◽  
Urinary Copper ◽  
Copper Transporter 1

Copper is a vital trace element required for normal growth and development of many organisms. To determine the roles for copper transporter 1 (Ctr1) in hepatic copper metabolism and the contribution of the liver to systemic copper homeostasis, we have generated and characterized mice in which Ctr1 is deleted specifically in the liver. These mice express less than 10% residual Ctr1 protein in the liver and exhibit a small but significant growth retardation, which disappears with age. Hepatic copper concentrations and the activities of copper-requiring enzymes are reduced; however, mild copper deficiency relative to Ctr1 protein deficit indicates compensatory mechanisms for copper metabolism. Copper concentrations of other organs did not alter despite the defect in hepatic copper uptake. Whereas biliary copper excretion is reduced, urinary copper concentration in these mice is higher than that of control mice. Our data indicate that Ctr1 plays a critical role in copper acquisition in the liver, and, when Ctr1 expression is compromised, compensatory mechanisms facilitate copper uptake and/or retention in the liver and excretion of copper via urine.

scholarly journals The Mitochondrial Metallochaperone SCO1 Is Required to Sustain Expression of the High-Affinity Copper Transporter CTR1 and Preserve Copper Homeostasis

Cell Reports ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 933-943 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Hlynialuk ◽  
Binbing Ling ◽  
Zakery N. Baker ◽  
Paul A. Cobine ◽  
Lisa D. Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Copper Homeostasis ◽  
Copper Transporter ◽  
High Affinity

scholarly journals Essential Roles in Development and Pigmentation for the Drosophila Copper Transporter DmATP7

2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 475-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Norgate ◽  
Esther Lee ◽  
Adam Southon ◽  
Ashley Farlow ◽  
Philip Batterham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Copper Homeostasis ◽  
Cellular Level ◽  
Loss Of Function ◽  
Neuronal Function ◽  
Copper Transporter ◽  
Disease Phenotypes ◽  
In Vivo Analysis ◽  
Cellular Copper ◽  
P Type

Defects in the mammalian Menkes and Wilson copper transporting P-type ATPases cause severe copper homeostasis disease phenotypes in humans. Here, we find that DmATP7, the sole Drosophila orthologue of the Menkes and Wilson genes, is vital for uptake of copper in vivo. Analysis of a DmATP7 loss-of-function allele shows that DmATP7 is essential in embryogenesis, early larval development, and adult pigmentation and is probably required for copper uptake from the diet. These phenotypes are analogous to those caused by mutation in the mouse and human Menkes genes, suggesting that like Menkes, DmATP7 plays at least two roles at the cellular level: delivering copper to cuproenzymes required for pigmentation and neuronal function and removing excess cellular copper via facilitated efflux. DmATP7 displays a dynamic and unexpected expression pattern in the developing embryo, implying novel functions for this copper pump and the lethality observed in DmATP7 mutant flies is the earliest seen for any copper homeostasis gene.

The CaCTR1 gene is required for high-affinity iron uptake and is transcriptionally controlled by a copper-sensing transactivator encoded by CaMAC1

Microbiology ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 150 (7) ◽  
pp. 2197-2208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus E. Marvin ◽  
Robert P. Mason ◽  
Annette M. Cashmore
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Iron Uptake ◽  
Invasive Growth ◽  
Hostile Environment ◽  
Null Mutant ◽  
Copper Uptake ◽  
Similar System ◽  
Copper Transporter ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Null Strain

The ability of Candida albicans to acquire iron from the hostile environment of the host is known to be necessary for virulence and appears to be achieved using a similar system to that described for Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In S. cerevisiae, high-affinity iron uptake is dependent upon the acquisition of copper. The authors have previously identified a C. albicans gene (CaCTR1) that encodes a copper transporter. Deletion of this gene results in a mutant strain that grows predominantly as pseudohyphae and displays aberrant morphology in low-copper conditions. This paper demonstrates that invasive growth by C. albicans is induced by low-copper conditions and that this is augmented in a Cactr1-null strain. It also shows that deletion of CaCTR1 results in defective iron uptake. In S. cerevisiae, genes that facilitate high-affinity copper uptake are controlled by a copper-sensing transactivator, ScMac1p. The authors have now identified a C. albicans gene (CaMAC1) that encodes a copper-sensing transactivator. A Camac1-null mutant displays phenotypes similar to those of a Cactr1-null mutant and has no detectable CaCTR1 transcripts in low-copper conditions. It is proposed that high-affinity copper uptake by C. albicans is necessary for reductive iron uptake and is transcriptionally controlled by CaMac1p in a similar manner to that in S. cerevisiae.

scholarly journals The Fe(II) permease Fet4p functions as a low affinity copper transporter and supports normal copper trafficking in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

2000 ◽  
Vol 351 (2) ◽  
pp. 477-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard HASSETT ◽  
David R. DIX ◽  
David J. EIDE ◽  
Daniel J. KOSMAN
Keyword(s):  
Metal Ion ◽  
Competitive Inhibitor ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Copper Uptake ◽  
Copper Transporter ◽  
Copper Trafficking ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Uptake Pathway ◽  
Mutant Forms

The plasma-membrane of Saccharomycescerevisiae contains high affinity permeases for Cu(I) and Fe(II). A low affinity Fe(II) permease has also been identified, designated Fet4p. A corresponding low affinity copper permease has not been characterized, although yeast cells that lack high affinity copper uptake do accumulate this metal ion. We demonstrate in the present study that Fet4p can function as a low affinity copper permease. Copper is a non-competitive inhibitor of 55Fe uptake through Fet4p (Ki = 22µM). Fet4p-dependent 67Cu uptake was kinetically characterized, with Km and Vmax values of 35µM and 8pmol of copper/min per 106 cells respectively. A fet4-containing strain exhibited no saturable, low affinity copper uptake indicating that this uptake was attributable to Fet4p. Mutant forms of Fet4p that exhibited decreased efficiency in 55/59Fe uptake were similarly compromised in 67Cu uptake, indicating that similar amino acid residues in Fet4p contribute to both uptake processes. The copper taken into the cell by Fet4p was metabolized similarly to the copper taken into the cell by the high affinity permease, Ctr1p. This was shown by the Fet4p-dependence of copper activation of Fet3p, the copper oxidase that supports high affinity iron uptake in yeast. Also, copper-transported by Fet4p down-regulated the copper sensitive transcription factor, Mac1p. Whether supplied by Ctr1p or by Fet4p, an intracellular copper concentration of approx. 10µM caused a 50% reduction in the transcriptional activity of Mac1p. The data suggest that the initial trafficking of newly arrived copper in the yeast cell is independent of the copper uptake pathway involved, and that this copper may be targeted first to a presumably small ‘holding’pool prior to its partitioning within the cell.

scholarly journals Human copper transporter 2 is localized in late endosomes and lysosomes and facilitates cellular copper uptake

2007 ◽  
Vol 407 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter V. E. van den Berghe ◽  
Dineke E. Folmer ◽  
Helga E. M. Malingré ◽  
Ellen van Beurden ◽  
Adriana E. M. Klomp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Mass ◽  
Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Copper Metabolism ◽  
Luciferase Reporter ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Copper Uptake ◽  
Copper Transporter ◽  
Late Endosomes ◽  
Cellular Copper

High-affinity cellular copper uptake is mediated by the CTR (copper transporter) 1 family of proteins. The highly homologous hCTR (human CTR) 2 protein has been identified, but its function in copper uptake is currently unknown. To characterize the role of hCTR2 in copper homoeostasis, epitope-tagged hCTR2 was transiently expressed in different cell lines. hCTR2–vsvG (vesicular-stomatitis-virus glycoprotein) predominantly migrated as a 17 kDa protein after imunoblot analysis, consistent with its predicted molecular mass. Chemical cross-linking resulted in the detection of higher-molecular-mass complexes containing hCTR2–vsvG. Furthermore, hCTR2–vsvG was co-immunoprecipitated with hCTR2–FLAG, suggesting that hCTR2 can form multimers, like hCTR1. Transiently transfected hCTR2–eGFP (enhanced green fluorescent protein) was localized exclusively to late endosomes and lysosomes, and was not detected at the plasma membrane. To functionally address the role of hCTR2 in copper metabolism, a novel transcription-based copper sensor was developed. This MRE (metal-responsive element)–luciferase reporter contained four MREs from the mouse metallothionein 1A promoter upstream of the firefly luciferase open reading frame. Thus the MRE–luciferase reporter measured bioavailable cytosolic copper. Expression of hCTR1 resulted in strong activation of the reporter, with maximal induction at 1 μM CuCl2, consistent with the Km of hCTR1. Interestingly, expression of hCTR2 significantly induced MRE–luciferase reporter activation in a copper-dependent manner at 40 and 100 μM CuCl2. Taken together, these results identify hCTR2 as an oligomeric membrane protein localized in lysosomes, which stimulates copper delivery to the cytosol of human cells at relatively high copper concentrations. This work suggests a role for endosomal and lysosomal copper pools in the maintenance of cellular copper homoeostasis.

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