期刊
BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
卷 377, 期 -, 页码 693-700出版社
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/bj20031347
关键词
ALG-2 (apoptosis-linked gene 2) interacting protein 1 (AIP1/ALIX); charged multivesicular body protein (CHMP4); late endosome; multivesicular body; Snf7; Vps
资金
- NCI NIH HHS [R29 CA422142, 1P30-CA-51008] Funding Source: Medline
Snf7p (sucrose non-fermenting) and Vps20p (vacuolar protein-sorting) are small coil-coiled proteins involved in yeast MVB (multivesicular body) structure, formation and function. In the present study, we report the identification of three human homologues of yeast Snf7p, designated hSnf7-1, hSnf7-2 and hSnf7-3, and a single human Vps20p homologue, designated hVps20, that may have similar roles in humans. Immunofluorescence studies showed that hSnf7-1 and hSnf7-3 localized in large vesicular structures that also co-localized with late endosomal/ lysosomal structures induced by overexpressing an ATPasedefective Vps4-A mutant. In contrast, overexpressed hVps20 showed a typical endosomal membrane-staining pattern, and co-expression of hVps20 with Snf7-1 dispersed the large Snf7staining vesicles. Interestingly, overexpression of both hSnf7 and hVps20 proteins induced a post-endosomal defect in cholesterol sorting. To explore possible protein-protein interactions involving hSnf7 proteins, we used information from yeast genomic studies showing that yeast Snf7p can interact with proteins involved in MVB function. Using a glutathione S-transferase-capture approach with several mammalian homologues of such yeast Snf7p-interacting proteins, we found that all three hSnf7s interacted with mouse AIPI [ALG-2 (apoptosis-linked gene 2) interacting protein 1], a mammalian Bro1p [BCK1 (bypass of C kinase)like resistance to osmotic shock]-containing protein involved in cellular vacuolization and arpoptosis. Whereas mapping experiments showed that the N-terminus of AIP1 containing both a Bro1 and an alpha-helical domain were required for interaction with hSnf7-1, Snf7-1 did not interact with another human Brol-containing molecule, rhophilin-2. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments confirmed the in vivo interaction of hSnf7-1 and AIPI. Additional immunofluorescence experiments showed that hSnf7-1 recruited cytosolic AIPI to the Snf7-induced vacuolar-like structures. Together these results suggest that mammalian Vps20, AIP1 and Snf7 proteins, like their yeast counterparts, play roles in MVB function.
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