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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol ; 298(6): H1807-18, 2010 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20363893

ABSTRACT

We have generated transgenic mice that express angiotensin II (ANG II) fused downstream of enhanced cyan fluorescent protein, expression of which is regulated by the mouse metallothionein promoter. The fusion protein, which lacks a secretory signal, is retained intracellularly. In the present study, RT-PCR, immunoblot analyses, whole-animal fluorescent imaging, and fluorescent microscopy of murine embryonic fibroblasts confirm expression of the fusion protein in vivo and in vitro. The transgene is expressed in all tissues tested (including brain, heart, kidney, liver, lung, and testes), and radioimmunoassay of plasma samples obtained from transgenic mice indicate no increase in circulating ANG II over wild-type levels, consistent with intracellular retention of the transgene product. Kidneys from transgenic and corresponding wild-type littermates were histologically evaluated, and abnormalities in transgenic mice consistent with thrombotic microangiopathy were observed; microthrombosis was frequently observed within the glomerular capillaries and small vessels. In addition, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, measured by telemetry (n = 8 for each group), were significantly higher in transgenic mice compared with wild-type littermates. Blood pressure of line A male transgenic mice was 125 + or - 1.7 over 97 + or - 1.6 compared with 109 + or - 1.7 over 83 + or - 1.4 mmHg in wild-type littermates (systolic over diastolic). In summary, overexpression of an intracellular fluorescent fusion protein of ANG II correlates with elevated blood pressure and kidney pathology. This transgenic model may be useful to further explore the intracellular renin-angiotensin system and its implication in abnormal kidney function and hypertension.


Subject(s)
Angiotensin II/metabolism , Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism , Hypertension/metabolism , Kidney/blood supply , Kidney/metabolism , Thrombotic Microangiopathies/metabolism , Angiotensin II/genetics , Animals , Blood Pressure/physiology , Cells, Cultured , Disease Models, Animal , Female , Fibroblasts/metabolism , Fibroblasts/pathology , Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics , Hypertension/pathology , Hypertension/physiopathology , Kidney/pathology , Male , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Transgenic , RNA, Messenger/metabolism , Thrombotic Microangiopathies/pathology , Thrombotic Microangiopathies/physiopathology
2.
Environ Sci Technol ; 40(23): 7440-4, 2006 Dec 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17181001

ABSTRACT

Many species of bacteria pathogenic to humans, such as Legionella, are thought to have evolved in association with amoebal hosts. Several novel unculturable bacteria related to Legionella have also been found in amoebae, a few of which have been thought to be causes of nosocomial infections in humans. Because amoebae can be found in cooling towers, we wanted to know whether cooling tower environments might enhance the association between amoebae and bacterial pathogens of amoebae in order to identify potential "hot spots" for emerging human pathogens. To compare occurrence of infected amoebae in natural environments with those in cooling towers, 40 natural aquatic environments and 40 cooling tower samples were examined. Logistic regression analysis determined variables that were significant predictors of the occurrence of infected amoebae, which were found in 22 of 40 cooling tower samples but in only 3 of the 40 natural samples. An odds ratio showed that it is over 16 times more likely to encounter infected amoebae in cooling towers than in natural environments. Environmental data from cooling towers and natural habitats combined revealed dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and pH were predictors of the occurrence of the pathogens, however, when cooling tower data alone were analyzed, no variables accounted for the occurrence. Several bacteria have novel rRNA sequences, and most strains were not culturable outside of amoebae. Such pathogens of amoebae may spread to the environment via aerosols from cooling towers. Studies of emerging infectious diseases should strongly consider cooling towers as a source of amoeba-associated pathogens.


Subject(s)
Air Conditioning , Amoeba/microbiology , Environmental Monitoring/statistics & numerical data , Fresh Water/microbiology , Legionella pneumophila/genetics , Water Microbiology , Animals , Base Sequence , Carbon/analysis , Computational Biology , DNA Primers , Hydrogen-Ion Concentration , Logistic Models , Molecular Sequence Data , Odds Ratio , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Tennessee
3.
Insect Mol Biol ; 14(1): 45-53, 2005 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15663774

ABSTRACT

The German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.), produces several potent protein aeroallergens, including Bla g 4, a approximately 20 kDa lipocalin. RT-PCR, Northern analyses and in situ hybridization showed that Bla g 4 is expressed only in the adult male reproductive system. Western blotting and ELISA with rBla g 4 antiserum detected immunoreactivity in the utricles and the conglobate gland, but not in other tissues of the male reproductive system. The Bla g 4 protein content of males increased from adult emergence to day 14, but during copulation Bla g 4 was depleted in the male and transferred to the female within the spermatophore. Topical application of juvenile hormone III stimulated Bla g 4 production by both conglobate gland and utricles.


Subject(s)
Allergens/metabolism , Cockroaches/metabolism , Insect Proteins/metabolism , Sesquiterpenes/metabolism , Age Factors , Allergens/biosynthesis , Allergens/genetics , Animals , Antigens, Plant , Blotting, Northern , Cockroaches/genetics , Female , Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/physiology , Genitalia, Male/metabolism , Insect Proteins/biosynthesis , Insect Proteins/genetics , Male , RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis , RNA, Messenger/genetics , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , Sex Factors
4.
J Biol Chem ; 276(40): 37299-306, 2001 Oct 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11489879

ABSTRACT

The core of photosystem I (PS1) is composed of the two related integral membrane polypeptides, PsaA and PsaB, which bind two symmetrical branches of cofactors, each consisting of two chlorophylls and a phylloquinone, that potentially link the primary electron donor and the tertiary acceptor. In an effort to identify amino acid residues near the phylloquinone binding sites, all tryptophans and histidines that are conserved between PsaA and PsaB in the region of the 10th and 11th transmembrane alpha-helices were mutated in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The mutant PS1 reaction centers appear to assemble normally and possess photochemical activity. An electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) signal attributed to the phylloquinone anion radical (A(1)(-)) can be observed either transiently or after illumination of reaction centers with pre-reduced iron-sulfur clusters. Mutation of PsaA-Trp(693) to Phe resulted in an inability to photo-accumulate A(1)(-), whereas mutation of the analogous tryptophan in PsaB (PsaB-Trp(673)) did not produce this effect. The PsaA-W693F mutation also produced spectral changes in the time-resolved EPR spectrum of the P(700)(+) A(1)(-) radical pair, whereas the analogous mutation in PsaB had no observable effect. These observations indicate that the A(1)(-) phylloquinone radical observed by EPR occupies the phylloquinone-binding site containing PsaA-Trp(693). However, mutation of either tryptophan accelerated charge recombination from the terminal Fe-S clusters.


Subject(s)
Chlamydomonas/chemistry , Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins/genetics , Vitamin K 1/isolation & purification , Animals , Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy/methods , Electron Transport , Immunoblotting , Kinetics , Mutagenesis, Site-Directed , Oxygen/metabolism , Photosystem I Protein Complex , Spectrophotometry, Atomic , Time Factors , Tryptophan
5.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 98(8): 4437-42, 2001 Apr 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11274371

ABSTRACT

All photosynthetic reaction centers share a common structural theme. Two related, integral membrane polypeptides sequester electron transfer cofactors into two quasi-symmetrical branches, each of which incorporates a quinone. In type II reaction centers [photosystem (PS) II and proteobacterial reaction centers], electron transfer proceeds down only one of the branches, and the mobile quinone on the other branch is used as a terminal acceptor. PS I uses iron-sulfur clusters as terminal acceptors, and the quinone serves only as an intermediary in electron transfer. Much effort has been devoted to understanding the unidirectionality of electron transport in type II reaction centers, and it was widely thought that PS I would share this feature. We have tested this idea by examining in vivo kinetics of electron transfer from the quinone in mutant PS I reaction centers. This transfer is associated with two kinetic components, and we show that mutation of a residue near the quinone in one branch specifically affects the faster component, while the corresponding mutation in the other branch specifically affects the slower component. We conclude that both electron transfer branches in PS I are active.


Subject(s)
Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins/metabolism , Amino Acid Sequence , Electron Transport , Molecular Sequence Data , Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins/chemistry , Photosystem I Protein Complex , Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
6.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci ; 355(1402): 1447-54, 2000 Oct 29.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11127998

ABSTRACT

Besides electron transfer reactions involved in the 'Z' scheme of photosynthesis, alternative electron transfer pathways have been characterized in chloroplasts. These include cyclic electron flow around photosystem I (PS I) or a respiratory chain called chlororespiration. Recent work has supplied new information concerning the molecular nature of the electron carriers involved in the non-photochemical reduction of the plastoquinone (PQ) pool. However, until now little is known concerning the nature of the electron carriers involved in PQ oxidation. By using mass spectrometric measurement of oxygen exchange performed in the presence of 18O-enriched O2 and Chlamydomonas mutants deficient in PS I, we show that electrons can be directed to a quinol oxidase sensitive to propyl gallate but insensitive to salicyl hydroxamic acid. This oxidase has immunological and pharmacological similarities with a plastid protein involved in carotenoid biosynthesis.


Subject(s)
Chloroplasts/enzymology , Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes , Oxidoreductases/metabolism , Photosynthesis/physiology , Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins/metabolism , Photosystem I Protein Complex , Thylakoids/metabolism , Animals , Cell Respiration , Chlamydomonas reinhardtii/metabolism , Chloroplasts/metabolism , Cytochrome b Group/metabolism , Cytochrome b6f Complex , Electron Transport , Membrane Proteins/genetics , Membrane Proteins/physiology , Oxygen/metabolism , Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins/genetics , Plant Proteins/genetics , Plant Proteins/physiology
7.
J Biol Chem ; 275(23): 17256-62, 2000 Jun 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10748104

ABSTRACT

In Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutants deficient in photosystem I because of inactivation of the chloroplast genes psaA or psaB, oxygen evolution from photosystem II occurs at significant rates and is coupled to a stimulation of oxygen uptake. Both activities can be simultaneously monitored by continuous mass spectrometry in the presence of (18)O(2). The light-driven O(2) exchange was shown to involve the plastoquinone pool as an electron carrier, but not cytochrome b(6)f. Photosystem II-dependent O(2) production and O(2) uptake were observed in isolated chloroplast fractions. Photosystem II-dependent oxygen exchange was insensitive to a variety of inhibitors (azide, carbon monoxide, cyanide, antimycin A, and salicylhydroxamic acid) and radical scavengers. It was, however, sensitive to propyl gallate. From inhibitors effects and electronic requirements of the O(2) uptake process, we conclude that an oxidase catalyzing oxidation of plastoquinol and reduction of oxygen to water is present in thylakoid membranes. From the sensitivity of flash-induced O(2) exchange to propyl gallate, we conclude that this oxidase is involved in chlororespiration. Clues to the identity of the protein implied in this process are given by pharmacological and immunological similarities with a protein (IMMUTANS) identified in Arabidopsis chloroplasts.


Subject(s)
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii/genetics , Chlamydomonas reinhardtii/metabolism , Chloroplasts/metabolism , Oxidoreductases/metabolism , Oxygen Consumption , Oxygen/metabolism , Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins/genetics , Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins/metabolism , Animals , Antimycin A/pharmacology , Azides/pharmacology , Carbon Monoxide/pharmacology , Chlorophyll/metabolism , Electron Transport , Free Radical Scavengers/pharmacology , Kinetics , Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes , Photosynthesis/drug effects , Photosystem I Protein Complex , Photosystem II Protein Complex , Salicylamides/pharmacology
8.
J Biol Chem ; 274(15): 10466-73, 1999 Apr 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10187837

ABSTRACT

Certain Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutants deficient in photosystem I due to defects in psaA mRNA maturation have been reported to be capable of CO2 fixation, H2 photoevolution, and photoautotrophic growth (Greenbaum, E., Lee, J. W., Tevault, C. V., Blankinship, S. L. , and Mets, L. J. (1995) Nature 376, 438-441 and Lee, J. W., Tevault, C. V., Owens, T. G.; Greenbaum, E. (1996) Science 273, 364-367). We have generated deletions of photosystem I core subunits in both wild type and these mutant strains and have analyzed their abilities to grow photoautotrophically, to fix CO2, and to photoevolve O2 or H2 (using mass spectrometry) as well as their photosystem I content (using immunological and spectroscopic analyses). We find no instance of a strain that can perform photosynthesis in the absence of photosystem I. The F8 strain harbored a small amount of photosystem I, and it could fix CO2 and grow slowly, but it lost these abilities after deletion of either psaA or psaC; these activities could be restored to the F8-psaADelta mutant by reintroduction of psaA. We observed limited O2 photoevolution in mutants lacking photosystem I; use of 18O2 indicated that this O2 evolution is coupled to O2 uptake (i.e. respiration) rather than CO2 fixation or H2 evolution. We conclude that the reported instances of CO2 fixation, H2 photoevolution, and photoautotrophic growth of photosystem I-deficient mutants result from the presence of unrecognized photosystem I.


Subject(s)
Carbon Dioxide/metabolism , Chlamydomonas reinhardtii/metabolism , Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes , Membrane Proteins , Photosynthesis , Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins/metabolism , Photosystem I Protein Complex , Animals , Photochemistry , Plant Proteins/metabolism , Proteins/metabolism
11.
EMBO J ; 17(1): 50-60, 1998 Jan 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9427740

ABSTRACT

The Photosystem I complex catalyses the transfer of an electron from lumenal plastocyanin to stromal ferredoxin, using the energy of an absorbed photon. The initial photochemical event is the transfer of an electron from the excited state of P700, a pair of chlorophylls, to a monomer chlorophyll serving as the primary electron acceptor. We have performed a systematic survey of conserved histidines in the last six transmembrane segments of the related polytopic membrane proteins PsaA and PsaB in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. These histidines, which are present in analogous positions in both proteins, were changed to glutamine or leucine by site-directed mutagenesis. Double mutants in which both histidines had been changed to glutamine were screened for changes in the characteristics of P700 using electron paramagnetic resonance, Fourier transform infrared and visible spectroscopy. Only mutations in the histidines of helix 10 (PsaA-His676 and PsaB-His656) resulted in changes in spectroscopic properties of P700, leading us to conclude that these histidines are most likely the axial ligands to the P700 chlorophylls.


Subject(s)
Chlorophyll/chemistry , Histidine/chemistry , Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins/chemistry , Animals , Chlamydomonas reinhardtii/chemistry , Chlorophyll/metabolism , Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy , Ligands , Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes , Mutagenesis, Site-Directed , Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins/genetics , Photosystem I Protein Complex , Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
12.
FEBS Lett ; 416(1): 65-8, 1997 Oct 13.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9369234

ABSTRACT

By measuring O2 and CO2 exchange in mutants of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in which genes encoding the reaction center of photosystem I (psaA or psaB) have been deleted, we found that a photosystem II-dependent electron flow using O2 as the final acceptor can be sustained in the light. However, in contrast with recent reports using other Chlamydomonas mutants (B4 and F8), we show here that CO2 fixation does not occur in the absence of photosystem I. By deleting the psaA gene in both B4 and F8 strains, we conclude that the ability of these mutants to fix CO2 in the light is due to the presence of residual amounts of photosystem I.


Subject(s)
Carbon Dioxide/metabolism , Chlamydomonas reinhardtii/metabolism , Photosynthesis , Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins/metabolism , Animals , Chlamydomonas reinhardtii/genetics , Electron Transport , Gene Expression Regulation, Plant , Genes, Plant , Light , Oxygen/metabolism , Photosystem I Protein Complex , Photosystem II Protein Complex
13.
Mol Cell Biol ; 16(11): 6208-17, 1996 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8887651

ABSTRACT

Kex2 protease (Kex2p) and Ste13 dipeptidyl aminopeptidase (Ste13p) are required in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for maturation of the alpha-mating factor in a late Golgi compartment, most likely the yeast trans-Golgi network (TGN). Previous studies identified a TGN localization signal (TLS) in the C-terminal cytosolic tail of Kex2p consisting of Tyr-713 and contextual sequences. Further analysis of the Kex2p TLS revealed similarity to the Ste13p TLS. Mutation of the Kex2p TLS results in transport of Kex2p to the vacuole by default. When expression of a GAL1 promoter-driven KEX2 gene is shut off in MAT(alpha) cells, the TGN becomes depleted of Kex2p, resulting in a gradual decline in mating competence which is greatly accelerated by TLS mutations. To identify the genes involved in localization of Kex2p, we isolated second-site suppressors of the rapid loss of mating competence observed upon shutting off expression of a TLS mutant form of Kex2p (Y713A). Seven of 58 suppressors were allele specific, suppressing point mutations at Tyr-713 but not deletions of the TLS or entire C-terminal cytosolic tail. By linkage analysis, the allele-specific suppressors defined three genetic loci, SOI1, S0I2, and S0I3. Pulse-chase analysis demonstrated that these suppressors increased net TGN retention of both Y713A Kex2p and a Ste13p-Pho8p fusion protein containing a point mutation in the Ste13p TLS. SOI1 suppressor alleles reduced the efficiency of localization of wild-type Kex2p to the TGN, implying an impaired ability to discriminate between the normal TLS and a mutant TLS. soi1 mutants also exhibited a recessive defect in vacuolar protein sorting. Suppressor alleles of S0I2 were dominant. These results suggest that the SOI1 and S0I2 genes encode regulators or components of the TLS recognition machinery.


Subject(s)
Genes, Fungal , Golgi Apparatus/metabolism , Peptides , Proprotein Convertases , Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism , Subtilisins/metabolism , Alleles , Amino Acid Sequence , Dipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-Peptidases/metabolism , Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect , Galactose/metabolism , Genetic Linkage , Genetic Markers , Glucose/metabolism , Glycoside Hydrolases/metabolism , Kinetics , Mating Factor , Mutagenesis, Site-Directed , Peptide Biosynthesis , Pheromones/biosynthesis , Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/growth & development , Signal Transduction , Subtilisins/chemistry , Suppression, Genetic , Tyrosine , beta-Fructofuranosidase
14.
Mol Biol Cell ; 7(11): 1667-77, 1996 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8930891

ABSTRACT

Localization of Kex2 protease (Kex2p) to the yeast trans-Golgi network (TGN) requires a TGN localization signal (TLS) in the Kex2p C-terminal cytosolic tail. Mutation of the TLS accelerates transport of Kex2p to the vacuole by an intracellular (SEC1-independent) pathway. In contrast, inactivation of the clathrin heavy-chain gene CHC1 results in transport of Kex2p and other Golgi membrane proteins to the cell surface. Here, the relationship of the two localization defects was assessed by examining the effects of a temperature-sensitive CHC1 allele on trafficking of wild-type (WT) and TLS mutant forms of Kex2p. Inactivation of clathrin by shifting chc1-ts cells to 37 degrees C caused WT and TLS mutant forms of Kex2p to behave identically. All forms of Kex2p appeared at the plasma membrane within 30-60 min of the temperature shift. TLS mutant forms of Kex2p were stabilized, their half-lives increasing to that of wild-type Kex2p. After inactivation of clathrin heavy chain, vacuolar protease-dependent degradation of all forms of Kex2p was blocked by a sec1 mutation, which is required for secretory vesicle fusion to the plasma membrane, indicating that transport to the cell surface was required for degradation by vacuolar proteolysis. Finally, after clathrin inactivation, all forms of Kex2p were degraded in part by a vacuolar protease-independent pathway. After inactivation of both chc1-ts and sec1-ts, Kex2 was degraded exclusively by this pathway. We conclude that the effects of clathrin inactivation on Kex2p localization are independent of the Kex2p C-terminal cytosolic tail. Although these results neither prove nor rule out a direct interaction between the Kex2 TLS and a clathrin-dependent structure, they do imply that clathrin is required for the intracellular transport of Kex2p TLS mutants to the vacuole.


Subject(s)
Cell Membrane/metabolism , Clathrin/physiology , Proprotein Convertases , Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism , Subtilisins/metabolism , Vacuoles/metabolism , Vesicular Transport Proteins , Biological Transport , Clathrin/genetics , Endopeptidases/metabolism , Epistasis, Genetic , Golgi Apparatus/metabolism , Munc18 Proteins , Mutation , Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics , Nerve Tissue Proteins/physiology , Phenotype , Protein Sorting Signals/metabolism , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics , Subtilisins/chemistry , Subtilisins/genetics , Temperature
15.
Mol Gen Genet ; 251(3): 373-80, 1996 Jun 12.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8676881

ABSTRACT

The bacterial gene aadA is an important and widely used selectable marker for manipulation of the chloroplast genome through biolistic transformation. Because no other such marker is available, two strategies for recycling of the aadA cassette have been developed. One utilizes homologous recombination between two direct repeats flanking the aadA cassette to allow its loss under non-selective growth conditions. A second strategy is to perform co-transformation with a plasmid containing a modified, non-essential chloroplast gene and another plasmid in which the aadA cassette disrupts a chloroplast gene known to be essential for survival. Under selective growth conditions the first mutation can be transferred to all chloroplast DNA copies whereas the aadA insertion remains heteroplasmic. Loss of the selectable marker can be achieved subsequently by growing the cells on non-selective media. In both cases it is possible to reuse the aadA cassette for the stepwise disruption or mutagenesis of any gene in the same strain.


Subject(s)
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii/genetics , Chloroplasts/genetics , Mutagenesis, Insertional/methods , Nucleotidyltransferases/genetics , Photosystem I Protein Complex , Animals , Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Genetic Markers , Membrane Proteins/genetics , Open Reading Frames/genetics , Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins/genetics , Plasmids/genetics , Proteins/genetics , Recombination, Genetic/genetics , Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid/genetics
16.
Tex Med ; 90(2): 50-4, 1994 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8165587

ABSTRACT

As medical costs increase, alternatives to hospitalization for medical care must be sought. Patient care provided through outpatient clinics and home settings offers such alternatives. Intravenous antibiotics, fluids, blood, total parenteral nutrition, chemotherapy, and pain management as well as dialysis may now be given in the comfort of the patient's home. Overall, home services may save 30% to 50% in costs compared with costs for the same service provided in the hospital. The major savings comes from removing the charge for the hospital room.


Subject(s)
Attitude of Health Personnel , Home Care Services/economics , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/economics , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/therapy , Ambulatory Care/economics , Cost Control/trends , Humans , Patient Admission/economics , Quality Assurance, Health Care/economics
18.
Mol Biol Cell ; 3(12): 1353-71, 1992 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1493334

ABSTRACT

Kex2 protease processes pro-alpha-factor in a late Golgi compartment in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The first approximately 30 residues of the 115 amino acid CO2H-terminal cytosolic tail (C-tail) of the Kex2 protein (Kex2p) contain a Golgi retention signal that resembles coated-pit localization signals in mammalian cell surface receptors. Mutation of one (Tyr713) of two tyrosine residues in the C-tail or deletion of sequences adjacent to Tyr713 results in loss of normal Golgi localization. Surprisingly, loss of the Golgi retention signal resulted in transport of C-tail mutant Kex2p to the vacuole (yeast lysosome), as judged by kinetics of degradation and by indirect immunofluorescence. Analysis of the loss of Kex2 function in vivo after shutting off expression of wild-type or mutant forms proved that mutations that cause rapid vacuolar turnover do so by increasing the rate of exit of the enzyme from the pro-alpha-factor processing compartment. The most likely explanation for these results is that mutation of the Golgi retention signal in the C-tail results in transport of Kex2p to the vacuole by default. Wild-type Kex2p also was transported to the vacuole at an increased rate when overproduced, although apparently not due to saturation of a Golgi-retention mechanism. Instead, the wild-type and C-tail mutant forms of Kex2p may follow distinct paths to the vacuole.


Subject(s)
Golgi Apparatus/metabolism , Mutagenesis, Site-Directed , Proprotein Convertases , Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism , Serine Endopeptidases/genetics , Serine Endopeptidases/metabolism , Signal Transduction , Subtilisins , Tyrosine , Vacuoles/metabolism , Amino Acid Sequence , Base Sequence , Biological Transport , Fluorescent Antibody Technique , Genes, Fungal , Golgi Apparatus/ultrastructure , Kinetics , Microscopy, Electron , Models, Biological , Molecular Sequence Data , Oligodeoxyribonucleotides , Protein Biosynthesis , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/growth & development , Sequence Deletion , Sequence Homology, Amino Acid , Vacuoles/ultrastructure
19.
J Cell Biol ; 113(3): 527-38, 1991 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-2016334

ABSTRACT

The Kex2 protein of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a membrane-bound, Ca2(+)-dependent serine protease that cleaves the precursors of the mating pheromone alpha-factor and the M1 killer toxin at pairs of basic residues during their transport through the secretory pathway. To begin to characterize the intracellular locus of Kex2-dependent proteolytic processing, we have examined the subcellular distribution of Kex2 protein in yeast by indirect immunofluorescence. Kex2 protein is located at multiple, discrete sites within wild-type yeast cells (average, 3.0 +/- 1.7/mother cell). Qualitatively similar fluorescence patterns are observed at elevated levels of expression, but no signal is found in cells lacking the KEX2 gene. Structures containing Kex2 protein are not concentrated at a perinuclear location, but are distributed throughout the cytoplasm at all phases of the cell cycle. Kex2-containing structures appear in the bud at an early, premitotic stage. Analysis of conditional secretory (sec) mutants demonstrates that Kex2 protein ordinarily progresses from the ER to the Golgi but is not incorporated into secretory vesicles, consistent with the proposed localization of Kex2 protein to the yeast Golgi complex.


Subject(s)
Golgi Apparatus/enzymology , Proprotein Convertases , Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/enzymology , Serine Endopeptidases/analysis , Subtilisins , Cell Cycle , Cytoplasmic Granules/enzymology , Endoplasmic Reticulum/enzymology , Fluorescent Antibody Technique , Mitosis , Mutation , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/cytology , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/ultrastructure , Serine Endopeptidases/immunology , Temperature
20.
J Cell Biol ; 112(1): 27-37, 1991 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1986005

ABSTRACT

Saccharomyces cerevisiae sec7 mutants exhibit pleiotropic deficiencies in the transit of proteins through the Golgi apparatus, and elaborate an array of Golgi apparatus-like cisternae at a restrictive growth temperature (37 degrees C). The SEC7 gene encodes an essential high-molecular weight protein (227 kD) that is phosphorylated in vivo. In cell lysates, Sec7 protein (Sec7p) is recovered in both sedimentable and soluble fractions. A punctate immunofluorescent pattern of Sec7p-associated structures seen in SEC cells coalesces in sec14 mutant yeast that accumulate exaggerated Golgi cisternae at 37 degrees C. Sec7p may function as a peripheral membrane protein that cycles between a soluble, cytosolic pool and a sedimentable, membrane-associated complex for its essential role in vesicular traffic through the Golgi apparatus. The transmembrane Kex2 protease, which processes precursors of secreted peptides within the yeast secretory pathway, is also localized by indirect immunofluorescence to multiple structures in the yeast cell (Redding, K., and R. Fuller, manuscript submitted for publication). In double-immunofluorescence labeling experiments, significant colocalization of Sec7 and Kex2 proteins was found. Colocalization of the two antigens, one implicated in protein transport through the Golgi apparatus and the other in processing within a late Golgi compartment, supports the conclusion that we have visualized the yeast Golgi apparatus.


Subject(s)
Fungal Proteins/metabolism , Golgi Apparatus/chemistry , Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors , Proprotein Convertases , Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism , Subtilisins , Biological Transport/physiology , Genes, Fungal/physiology , Golgi Apparatus/enzymology , Protein Processing, Post-Translational , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics , Serine Endopeptidases/analysis , Subcellular Fractions/chemistry
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