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A more recent version of this article appeared on April 1, 2006
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Submitted on August 25, 2005
Revised on December 21, 2005
Accepted on January 5, 2006

*Section of Anatomy and Cell Biology and
Molecular Imaging Center, Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, N-5009 Bergen, Norway;
CNRS UMR 144, Institut Curie, Section de Recherche, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
Monitoring Editor: Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
The function of the pre-Golgi intermediate compartment (IC) and its relationship with the ER and Golgi remain only partially understood. Here we report striking segregation of IC domains in polarized PC12 cells that develop neurite-like processes. Differentiation involves expansion of the IC and movement of Rab1-containing tubules to the growth cones of the neurites, whereas p58- and COPI-positive IC elements, like rough ER and Golgi, remain in the cell body. Exclusion of Rab1 effectors p115 and GM130 from the neurites further indicated that the centrifugal, Rab1-mediated pathway has functions that are not directly related to ER-Golgi trafficking. Disassembly of COPI coats did not affect this pathway, but resulted in missorting of p58 to the neurites. Live cell imaging showed that GFP-Rab1A-containing IC elements move bidirectionally both within the neurites and cell bodies, interconnecting different ER exit sites and the cis-Golgi region. Moreover, in nonpolarized cells GFP-Rab1A-positive tubules moved centrifugally toward the cell cortex. HMG-CoA reductase, the key enzyme of chole-sterol biosynthesis, colocalized with slowly-sedimenting, Rab1-enriched membranes when the IC subdomains were separated by velocity sedimentation. These results reveal a novel pathway directly connecting the IC with the cell periphery, and suggest that this Rab1-mediated pathway is linked to the dynamics of smooth ER.
Present address: Rockefeller University, Center for Studies in Physics and Biology, Living Matter Laboratory, Box 34, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021.
Address correspondence to:
Jaakko Saraste (jaakko.saraste{at}biomed.uib.no)
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