Pub Date : 2024-11-04Epub Date: 2024-08-16DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202307142
Giel Korsten, Miriam Osinga, Robin A Pelle, Albert K Serweta, Baukje Hoogenberg, Harm H Kampinga, Lukas C Kapitein
Huntington's disease (HD) is caused by a polyglutamine expansion of the huntingtin protein, resulting in the formation of polyglutamine aggregates. The mechanisms of toxicity that result in the complex HD pathology remain only partially understood. Here, we show that nuclear polyglutamine aggregates induce nuclear envelope (NE) blebbing and ruptures that are often repaired incompletely. These ruptures coincide with disruptions of the nuclear lamina and lead to lamina scar formation. Expansion microscopy enabled resolving the ultrastructure of nuclear aggregates and revealed polyglutamine fibrils sticking into the cytosol at rupture sites, suggesting a mechanism for incomplete repair. Furthermore, we found that NE repair factors often accumulated near nuclear aggregates, consistent with stalled repair. These findings implicate nuclear polyQ aggregate-induced loss of NE integrity as a potential contributing factor to Huntington's disease and other polyglutamine diseases.
亨廷顿氏病(Huntington's disease,HD)是由亨廷丁蛋白的多聚谷氨酰胺扩增导致多聚谷氨酰胺聚集体的形成引起的。导致复杂的 HD 病理的毒性机制仍只有部分了解。在这里,我们展示了核聚谷氨酰胺聚集体会诱发核包膜(NE)出血和破裂,而这种破裂往往不能完全修复。这些破裂与核薄层的破坏同时发生,并导致薄层瘢痕的形成。膨胀显微镜能够解析核聚集体的超微结构,并发现多聚谷氨酰胺纤维粘附在破裂部位的细胞膜上,这表明了一种不完全修复的机制。此外,我们还发现 NE 修复因子经常聚集在核聚集体附近,这与修复停滞一致。这些发现表明,核聚Q聚集体诱导的NE完整性丧失是亨廷顿氏病和其他多聚谷氨酰胺疾病的潜在诱因。
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Ciliary beat and intraflagellar transport depend on dynein and kinesin motors. The kinesin-9 family members Kif6 and Kif9 are implicated in motile cilia motilities across protists and mammals. How they function and whether they act redundantly, however, remain unclear. Here, we show that Kif6 and Kif9 play distinct roles in mammals. Kif6 forms puncta that move bidirectionally along axonemes, whereas Kif9 appears to oscillate regionally on the ciliary central apparatus. Consistently, only Kif6 displays microtubule-based motor activity in vitro, and its ciliary localization requires its ATPase activity. Kif6 deficiency in mice disrupts coordinated ciliary beat across ependymal tissues and impairs cerebrospinal fluid flow, resulting in severe hydrocephalus and high mortality. Kif9 deficiency causes mild hydrocephalus without obviously affecting the ciliary beat or the lifespan. Kif6-/- and Kif9-/- males are infertile but exhibit oligozoospermia with poor sperm motility and defective forward motion of sperms, respectively. These results suggest Kif6 as a motor for cargo transport and Kif9 as a central apparatus regulator.
{"title":"Distinct roles of Kif6 and Kif9 in mammalian ciliary trafficking and motility.","authors":"Chuyu Fang, Xinwen Pan, Di Li, Wei Chen, Ying Huang, Yawen Chen, Luan Li, Qi Gao, Xin Liang, Dong Li, Xueliang Zhu, Xiumin Yan","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202312060","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202312060","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ciliary beat and intraflagellar transport depend on dynein and kinesin motors. The kinesin-9 family members Kif6 and Kif9 are implicated in motile cilia motilities across protists and mammals. How they function and whether they act redundantly, however, remain unclear. Here, we show that Kif6 and Kif9 play distinct roles in mammals. Kif6 forms puncta that move bidirectionally along axonemes, whereas Kif9 appears to oscillate regionally on the ciliary central apparatus. Consistently, only Kif6 displays microtubule-based motor activity in vitro, and its ciliary localization requires its ATPase activity. Kif6 deficiency in mice disrupts coordinated ciliary beat across ependymal tissues and impairs cerebrospinal fluid flow, resulting in severe hydrocephalus and high mortality. Kif9 deficiency causes mild hydrocephalus without obviously affecting the ciliary beat or the lifespan. Kif6-/- and Kif9-/- males are infertile but exhibit oligozoospermia with poor sperm motility and defective forward motion of sperms, respectively. These results suggest Kif6 as a motor for cargo transport and Kif9 as a central apparatus regulator.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"223 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11334332/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142000013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-11-04Epub Date: 2024-08-28DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202401169
Daniel Ballmer, Hua Jane Lou, Midori Ishii, Benjamin E Turk, Bungo Akiyoshi
Kinetochores form the interface between chromosomes and spindle microtubules and are thus under tight control by a complex regulatory circuitry. The Aurora B kinase plays a central role within this circuitry by destabilizing improper kinetochore-microtubule attachments and relaying the attachment status to the spindle assembly checkpoint. Intriguingly, Aurora B is conserved even in kinetoplastids, a group of early-branching eukaryotes which possess a unique set of kinetochore proteins. It remains unclear how their kinetochores are regulated to ensure faithful chromosome segregation. Here, we show in Trypanosoma brucei that Aurora B activity controls the metaphase-to-anaphase transition through phosphorylation of the divergent Bub1-like protein KKT14. Depletion of KKT14 overrides the metaphase arrest resulting from Aurora B inhibition, while expression of non-phosphorylatable KKT14 delays anaphase onset. Finally, we demonstrate that re-targeting Aurora B to the outer kinetochore suffices to promote mitotic exit but causes extensive chromosome missegregation in anaphase. Our results indicate that Aurora B and KKT14 are involved in an unconventional circuitry controlling cell cycle progression in trypanosomes.
动点形成染色体与纺锤体微管之间的界面,因此受到复杂的调控电路的严格控制。极光 B 激酶在这一电路中起着核心作用,它能破坏不正常的动点核心-微管连接的稳定性,并将连接状态传递给纺锤体组装检查点。耐人寻味的是,极光 B 甚至在真核细胞中也是保守的,真核细胞是一类早期分支真核生物,拥有一套独特的动点核心蛋白。目前仍不清楚它们的动点如何调控以确保染色体的忠实分离。在这里,我们在布氏锥虫中发现,极光 B 的活性通过磷酸化不同的 Bub1 样蛋白 KKT14 来控制着色期到无色期的转变。KKT14的耗竭会推翻极光B抑制导致的无丝分裂期停滞,而不可磷酸化的KKT14的表达会延迟无丝分裂期的开始。最后,我们证明将 Aurora B 重新定向到外侧动点足以促进有丝分裂的退出,但在无丝分裂期会导致广泛的染色体错聚。我们的研究结果表明,极光 B 和 KKT14 参与了控制锥虫细胞周期进展的非常规电路。
{"title":"Aurora B controls anaphase onset and error-free chromosome segregation in trypanosomes.","authors":"Daniel Ballmer, Hua Jane Lou, Midori Ishii, Benjamin E Turk, Bungo Akiyoshi","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202401169","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202401169","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Kinetochores form the interface between chromosomes and spindle microtubules and are thus under tight control by a complex regulatory circuitry. The Aurora B kinase plays a central role within this circuitry by destabilizing improper kinetochore-microtubule attachments and relaying the attachment status to the spindle assembly checkpoint. Intriguingly, Aurora B is conserved even in kinetoplastids, a group of early-branching eukaryotes which possess a unique set of kinetochore proteins. It remains unclear how their kinetochores are regulated to ensure faithful chromosome segregation. Here, we show in Trypanosoma brucei that Aurora B activity controls the metaphase-to-anaphase transition through phosphorylation of the divergent Bub1-like protein KKT14. Depletion of KKT14 overrides the metaphase arrest resulting from Aurora B inhibition, while expression of non-phosphorylatable KKT14 delays anaphase onset. Finally, we demonstrate that re-targeting Aurora B to the outer kinetochore suffices to promote mitotic exit but causes extensive chromosome missegregation in anaphase. Our results indicate that Aurora B and KKT14 are involved in an unconventional circuitry controlling cell cycle progression in trypanosomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"223 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11354203/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142080364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The transcription factor TFEB is a major regulator of lysosomal biogenesis and autophagy. There is growing evidence that posttranslational modifications play a crucial role in regulating TFEB activity. Here, we show that lactate molecules can covalently modify TFEB, leading to its lactylation and stabilization. Mechanically, lactylation at K91 prevents TFEB from interacting with E3 ubiquitin ligase WWP2, thereby inhibiting TFEB ubiquitination and proteasome degradation, resulting in increased TFEB activity and autophagy flux. Using a specific antibody against lactylated K91, enhanced TFEB lactylation was observed in clinical human pancreatic cancer samples. Our results suggest that lactylation is a novel mode of TFEB regulation and that lactylation of TFEB may be associated with high levels of autophagy in rapidly proliferating cells, such as cancer cells.
{"title":"Lactylation stabilizes TFEB to elevate autophagy and lysosomal activity.","authors":"Yewei Huang, Gan Luo, Kesong Peng, Yue Song, Yusha Wang, Hongtao Zhang, Jin Li, Xiangmin Qiu, Maomao Pu, Xinchang Liu, Chao Peng, Dante Neculai, Qiming Sun, Tianhua Zhou, Pintong Huang, Wei Liu","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202308099","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202308099","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The transcription factor TFEB is a major regulator of lysosomal biogenesis and autophagy. There is growing evidence that posttranslational modifications play a crucial role in regulating TFEB activity. Here, we show that lactate molecules can covalently modify TFEB, leading to its lactylation and stabilization. Mechanically, lactylation at K91 prevents TFEB from interacting with E3 ubiquitin ligase WWP2, thereby inhibiting TFEB ubiquitination and proteasome degradation, resulting in increased TFEB activity and autophagy flux. Using a specific antibody against lactylated K91, enhanced TFEB lactylation was observed in clinical human pancreatic cancer samples. Our results suggest that lactylation is a novel mode of TFEB regulation and that lactylation of TFEB may be associated with high levels of autophagy in rapidly proliferating cells, such as cancer cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"223 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11354204/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142080365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-11-04Epub Date: 2024-08-30DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202403005
Amit Chougule, Chunbin Zhang, Nickolas Vinokurov, Devin Mendez, Elizabeth Vojtisek, Chenjun Shi, Jitao Zhang, Joseph Gardinier
Osteocytes' response to dynamic loading plays a crucial role in regulating the bone mass but quickly becomes saturated such that downstream induction of bone formation plateaus. The underlying mechanisms that downregulate osteocytes' sensitivity and overall response to loading remain unknown. In other cell types, purinergic signaling through the P2Y2 receptor has the potential to downregulate the sensitivity to loading by modifying cell stiffness through actin polymerization and cytoskeleton organization. Herein, we examined the role of P2Y2 activation in regulating osteocytes' mechanotransduction using a P2Y2 knockout cell line alongside conditional knockout mice. Our findings demonstrate that the absence of P2Y2 expression in MLO-Y4 cells prevents actin polymerization while increasing the sensitivity to fluid flow-induced shear stress. Deleting osteocytes' P2Y2 expression in conditional-knockout mice enabled bone formation to increase when increasing the duration of exercise. Overall, P2Y2 activation under loading produces a negative feedback loop, limiting osteocytes' response to continuous loading by shifting the sensitivity to mechanical strain through actin stress fiber formation.
{"title":"Purinergic signaling through the P2Y2 receptor regulates osteocytes' mechanosensitivity.","authors":"Amit Chougule, Chunbin Zhang, Nickolas Vinokurov, Devin Mendez, Elizabeth Vojtisek, Chenjun Shi, Jitao Zhang, Joseph Gardinier","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202403005","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202403005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Osteocytes' response to dynamic loading plays a crucial role in regulating the bone mass but quickly becomes saturated such that downstream induction of bone formation plateaus. The underlying mechanisms that downregulate osteocytes' sensitivity and overall response to loading remain unknown. In other cell types, purinergic signaling through the P2Y2 receptor has the potential to downregulate the sensitivity to loading by modifying cell stiffness through actin polymerization and cytoskeleton organization. Herein, we examined the role of P2Y2 activation in regulating osteocytes' mechanotransduction using a P2Y2 knockout cell line alongside conditional knockout mice. Our findings demonstrate that the absence of P2Y2 expression in MLO-Y4 cells prevents actin polymerization while increasing the sensitivity to fluid flow-induced shear stress. Deleting osteocytes' P2Y2 expression in conditional-knockout mice enabled bone formation to increase when increasing the duration of exercise. Overall, P2Y2 activation under loading produces a negative feedback loop, limiting osteocytes' response to continuous loading by shifting the sensitivity to mechanical strain through actin stress fiber formation.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"223 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11363863/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142107803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-11-04Epub Date: 2024-08-12DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202308064
David K Dansu, Ipek Selcen, Sami Sauma, Emily Prentice, Dennis Huang, Meng Li, Sarah Moyon, Patrizia Casaccia
Adult oligodendrocyte progenitors (aOPCs) generate myelinating oligodendrocytes like neonatal progenitors (nOPCs), and they also display unique functional features. Here, using unbiased histone proteomics analysis and ChIP sequencing analysis of PDGFRα+ OPCs sorted from neonatal and adult Pdgfra-H2B-EGFP reporter mice, we identify the activating H4K8ac histone mark as enriched in the aOPCs. We detect increased occupancy of the H4K8ac activating mark at chromatin locations corresponding to genes related to the progenitor state (e.g., Hes5, Gpr17), metabolic processes (e.g., Txnip, Ptdgs), and myelin components (e.g., Cnp, Mog). aOPCs showed higher levels of transcripts related to lipid metabolism and myelin, and lower levels of transcripts related to cell cycle and proliferation compared with nOPCs. In addition, pharmacological inhibition of histone acetylation decreased the expression of the H4K8ac target genes in aOPCs and decreased their proliferation. Overall, this study identifies acetylation of the histone H4K8 as a regulator of the proliferative capacity of aOPCs.
{"title":"Histone H4 acetylation differentially modulates proliferation in adult oligodendrocyte progenitors.","authors":"David K Dansu, Ipek Selcen, Sami Sauma, Emily Prentice, Dennis Huang, Meng Li, Sarah Moyon, Patrizia Casaccia","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202308064","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202308064","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adult oligodendrocyte progenitors (aOPCs) generate myelinating oligodendrocytes like neonatal progenitors (nOPCs), and they also display unique functional features. Here, using unbiased histone proteomics analysis and ChIP sequencing analysis of PDGFRα+ OPCs sorted from neonatal and adult Pdgfra-H2B-EGFP reporter mice, we identify the activating H4K8ac histone mark as enriched in the aOPCs. We detect increased occupancy of the H4K8ac activating mark at chromatin locations corresponding to genes related to the progenitor state (e.g., Hes5, Gpr17), metabolic processes (e.g., Txnip, Ptdgs), and myelin components (e.g., Cnp, Mog). aOPCs showed higher levels of transcripts related to lipid metabolism and myelin, and lower levels of transcripts related to cell cycle and proliferation compared with nOPCs. In addition, pharmacological inhibition of histone acetylation decreased the expression of the H4K8ac target genes in aOPCs and decreased their proliferation. Overall, this study identifies acetylation of the histone H4K8 as a regulator of the proliferative capacity of aOPCs.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"223 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11318668/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141916810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-11-04Epub Date: 2024-08-22DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202401091
Marco Heydecker, Akiko Shitara, Desu Chen, Duy T Tran, Andrius Masedunskas, Muhibullah S Tora, Seham Ebrahim, Mark A Appaduray, Jorge Luis Galeano Niño, Abhishek Bhardwaj, Kedar Narayan, Edna C Hardeman, Peter W Gunning, Roberto Weigert
Membrane remodeling drives a broad spectrum of cellular functions, and it is regulated through mechanical forces exerted on the membrane by cytoplasmic complexes. Here, we investigate how actin filaments dynamically tune their structure to control the active transfer of membranes between cellular compartments with distinct compositions and biophysical properties. Using intravital subcellular microscopy in live rodents we show that a lattice composed of linear filaments stabilizes the granule membrane after fusion with the plasma membrane and a network of branched filaments linked to the membranes by Ezrin, a regulator of membrane tension, initiates and drives to completion the integration step. Our results highlight how the actin cytoskeleton tunes its structure to adapt to dynamic changes in the biophysical properties of membranes.
{"title":"Coordination of force-generating actin-based modules stabilizes and remodels membranes in vivo.","authors":"Marco Heydecker, Akiko Shitara, Desu Chen, Duy T Tran, Andrius Masedunskas, Muhibullah S Tora, Seham Ebrahim, Mark A Appaduray, Jorge Luis Galeano Niño, Abhishek Bhardwaj, Kedar Narayan, Edna C Hardeman, Peter W Gunning, Roberto Weigert","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202401091","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202401091","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Membrane remodeling drives a broad spectrum of cellular functions, and it is regulated through mechanical forces exerted on the membrane by cytoplasmic complexes. Here, we investigate how actin filaments dynamically tune their structure to control the active transfer of membranes between cellular compartments with distinct compositions and biophysical properties. Using intravital subcellular microscopy in live rodents we show that a lattice composed of linear filaments stabilizes the granule membrane after fusion with the plasma membrane and a network of branched filaments linked to the membranes by Ezrin, a regulator of membrane tension, initiates and drives to completion the integration step. Our results highlight how the actin cytoskeleton tunes its structure to adapt to dynamic changes in the biophysical properties of membranes.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"223 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11344176/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142017579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-11-04Epub Date: 2024-08-06DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202312055
Sriraksha Srinivasan, Daniel Álvarez, Arun T John Peter, Stefano Vanni
The characterization of lipid binding to lipid transfer proteins (LTPs) is fundamental to understand their molecular mechanism. However, several structures of LTPs, and notably those proposed to act as bridges between membranes, do not provide the precise location of their endogenous lipid ligands. To address this limitation, computational approaches are a powerful alternative methodology, but they are often limited by the high flexibility of lipid substrates. Here, we develop a protocol based on unbiased coarse-grain molecular dynamics simulations in which lipids placed away from the protein can spontaneously bind to LTPs. This approach accurately determines binding pockets in LTPs and provides a working hypothesis for the lipid entry pathway. We apply this approach to characterize lipid binding to bridge LTPs of the Vps13-Atg2 family, for which the lipid localization inside the protein is currently unknown. Overall, our work paves the way to determine binding pockets and entry pathways for several LTPs in an inexpensive, fast, and accurate manner.
{"title":"Unbiased MD simulations identify lipid binding sites in lipid transfer proteins.","authors":"Sriraksha Srinivasan, Daniel Álvarez, Arun T John Peter, Stefano Vanni","doi":"10.1083/jcb.202312055","DOIUrl":"10.1083/jcb.202312055","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The characterization of lipid binding to lipid transfer proteins (LTPs) is fundamental to understand their molecular mechanism. However, several structures of LTPs, and notably those proposed to act as bridges between membranes, do not provide the precise location of their endogenous lipid ligands. To address this limitation, computational approaches are a powerful alternative methodology, but they are often limited by the high flexibility of lipid substrates. Here, we develop a protocol based on unbiased coarse-grain molecular dynamics simulations in which lipids placed away from the protein can spontaneously bind to LTPs. This approach accurately determines binding pockets in LTPs and provides a working hypothesis for the lipid entry pathway. We apply this approach to characterize lipid binding to bridge LTPs of the Vps13-Atg2 family, for which the lipid localization inside the protein is currently unknown. Overall, our work paves the way to determine binding pockets and entry pathways for several LTPs in an inexpensive, fast, and accurate manner.</p>","PeriodicalId":15211,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cell Biology","volume":"223 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11303870/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141893508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-11-04Epub Date: 2024-08-09DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202401012
Golam T Saffi, Lydia To, Nicholas Kleine, Ché M P Melo, Keyue Chen, Gizem Genc, K C Daniel Lee, Jonathan Tak-Sum Chow, Gun Ho Jang, Steven Gallinger, Roberto J Botelho, Leonardo Salmena
Aggressive solid malignancies, including pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), can exploit lysosomal exocytosis to modify the tumor microenvironment, enhance motility, and promote invasiveness. However, the molecular pathways through which lysosomal functions are co-opted in malignant cells remain poorly understood. In this study, we demonstrate that inositol polyphosphate 4-phosphatase, Type II (INPP4B) overexpression in PDAC is associated with PDAC progression. We show that INPP4B overexpression promotes peripheral dispersion and exocytosis of lysosomes resulting in increased migratory and invasive potential of PDAC cells. Mechanistically, INPP4B overexpression drives the generation of PtdIns(3,5)P2 on lysosomes in a PIKfyve-dependent manner, which directs TRPML-1 to trigger the release of calcium ions (Ca2+). Our findings offer a molecular understanding of the prognostic significance of INPP4B overexpression in PDAC through the discovery of a novel oncogenic signaling axis that orchestrates migratory and invasive properties of PDAC via the regulation of lysosomal phosphoinositide homeostasis.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-04Epub Date: 2024-08-26DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202403165
Fernanda Cisneros-Soberanis, Eva L Simpson, Alison J Beckett, Nina Pucekova, Samuel Corless, Natalia Y Kochanova, Ian A Prior, Daniel G Booth, William C Earnshaw
Chromosome compaction is a key feature of mitosis and critical for accurate chromosome segregation. However, a precise quantitative analysis of chromosome geometry during mitotic progression is lacking. Here, we use volume electron microscopy to map, with nanometer precision, chromosomes from prometaphase through telophase in human RPE1 cells. During prometaphase, chromosomes acquire a smoother surface, their arms shorten, and the primary centromeric constriction is formed. The chromatin is progressively compacted, ultimately reaching a remarkable nucleosome concentration of over 750 µM in late prometaphase that remains relatively constant during metaphase and early anaphase. Surprisingly, chromosomes then increase their volume in late anaphase prior to deposition of the nuclear envelope. The plateau of total chromosome volume from late prometaphase through early anaphase described here is consistent with proposals that the final stages of chromatin condensation in mitosis involve a limit density, such as might be expected for a process involving phase separation.
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