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Vol. 17, Issue 12, 5253-5264, December 2006

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PER1 Is Required for GPI-Phospholipase A₂ Activity and Involved in Lipid Remodeling of GPI-anchored Proteins

Morihisa Fujita^*, Mariko Umemura^*,, Takehiko Yoko-o^*, and Yoshifumi Jigami^*,

*Research Center for Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan; and Graduate School of Life and Environmental Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan

Submitted August 16, 2006; Revised September 14, 2006; Accepted September 27, 2006
Monitoring Editor: Sean Munro

	ABSTRACT

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Glycosylphoshatidylinositol (GPI) anchors are remodeled during their transport to the cell surface. Newly synthesized proteins are transferred to a GPI anchor, consisting of diacylglycerol with conventional C16 and C18 fatty acids, whereas the lipid moiety in mature GPI-anchored proteins is exchanged to either diacylglycerol containing a C26:0 fatty acid in the sn-2 position or ceramide in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Here, we report on PER1, a gene encoding a protein that is required for the GPI remodeling pathway. We found that GPI-anchored proteins could not associate with the detergent-resistant membranes in per1 cells. In addition, the mutant cells had a defect in the lipid remodeling from normal phosphatidylinositol (PI) to a C26 fatty acid–containing PI in the GPI anchor. In vitro analysis showed that PER1 is required for the production of lyso-GPI, suggesting that Per1p possesses or regulates the GPI-phospholipase A₂ activity. We also found that human PERLD1 is a functional homologue of PER1. Our results demonstrate for the first time that PER1 encodes an evolutionary conserved component of the GPI anchor remodeling pathway, highlighting the close connection between the lipid remodeling of GPI and raft association of GPI-anchored proteins.

	INTRODUCTION

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A number of proteins are attached to the cell surface via glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors. Modification by GPI is a conserved posttranslational modification in yeast, protozoans, plants, and animals (Ferguson, 1999; McConville and Menon, 2000; Gillmor et al., 2005; Pittet and Conzelmann, 2006). More than 150 plasma membrane proteins are known to be anchored by GPI in mammalian cells. GPI-anchored proteins are functionally diverse and important for signal transduction, cell–cell interaction, cell adhesion, and host defense (Kinoshita et al., 1995). In the genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, more than 60 genes are predicted to encode GPI-anchored proteins. These proteins play important roles in cell wall biogenesis and assembly (Kapteyn et al., 1999).

The biosynthesis and attachment of GPI is carried out on the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The many genes involved in the GPI biosynthetic pathway have been well characterized in mammalian and yeast cells (Kinoshita and Inoue, 2000; Eisenhaber et al., 2003; Pittet and Conzelmann, 2006). The GPI anchor is synthesized in the ER by the stepwise addition of sugars, an acyl chain, and ethanolamine-phosphates to phosphatidylinositol (PI). When a complete GPI proprotein has been synthesized, the GPI transamidase complex removes the C-terminal GPI attachment signal peptide and links the thus generated new C-terminal end to the ethanolamine-phosphate of the complete GPI precursor lipid (Kinoshita and Inoue, 2000; Eisenhaber et al., 2003). After the attachment of GPI to the protein, the acyl group on the inositol residue of the GPI anchor is eliminated by Bst1p, a process required for the quality control of GPI-anchored proteins and their efficient transport from the ER to the Golgi (Tanaka et al., 2004; Fujita et al., 2006).

GPI-anchored proteins are transported from the ER to the Golgi apparatus via vesicles that are distinct from those containing other proteins such as the general amino acid permease Gap1p and pro-alpha factors in yeast (Muniz et al., 2001; Mayor and Riezman, 2004; Watanabe and Riezman, 2004). GPI-anchored proteins are also selectively transported to the apical surface in mammalian polarized cells (Schuck and Simons, 2006). The sorting in the secretory pathway seems to correlate with their association with microdomains, generally called lipid rafts (Brown and Rose, 1992; Mayor and Riezman, 2004). The lipid rafts are assumed to be sphingolipid- and sterol-rich membrane and can be biochemically isolated as a detergent-resistant membrane (DRM) fraction (Brown and Rose, 1992; Simons and Ikonen, 1997). There is not a good single definition of lipid rafts, but particular lipids form specific membrane structures that function as a platform for intracellular signaling and are required for the selective transport of proteins (Simons and Ikonen, 1997; Simons and Toomre, 2000; Mayor and Riezman, 2004). Although GPI-anchored proteins are one of the major components of lipid rafts, little is known about how GPI-anchored proteins are incorporated into and associate with them. In yeast, GPI-anchored proteins associate with the DRM fraction in the ER (Bagnat et al., 2000), whereas, in mammalian cells, the process takes place in the Golgi complex (Simons and Ikonen, 1997; Brown and London, 1998). This might be due to a difference in the compartment in which GPI lipid remodeling occurs.

In both yeast and mammalian cells, the lipid moieties of GPI are modified after transfer to proteins (Conzelmann et al., 1992; Tashima et al., 2006). In mammalian cells, this occurs during the transport of GPI anchors to the cell surface, but the precise modifications they undergo remain unclear. PGAP2, which is involved in lipid remodeling of GPI, is mainly found in the Golgi (Tashima et al., 2006), suggesting that the Golgi is the site of remodeling. On the other hand, in yeast, the lipid moieties of GPI-anchored proteins are exchanged mainly in the ER and somewhat in the Golgi (Sipos et al., 1997).

GPI is synthesized from conventional phosphatidylinositols (PIs), which contain an unsaturated fatty acid chain at the sn-2 position, whereas mature GPI-anchored proteins have diacylglycerol with a long-chain fatty acid in sn-2 or ceramides (Sipos et al., 1997). The molecular mechanisms of this pathway, however, are not well understood. A recent report showed that Gup1p is required for the addition of C26 fatty acids to the sn-2 position of GPI-anchored proteins and that the lyso-forms of GPI-anchors accumulate in gup1 cells (Bosson et al., 2006). It is also reported that GPI-anchored proteins harboring lyso-GPI are transported to the plasma membrane in PGAP2-deficient mammalian cells (Tashima et al., 2006). These reports suggest that an enzyme with phospholipase A₂ (PLA₂)-like activity removes an acyl-chain at the sn-2 position of GPI anchors during the remodeling of GPI in both yeast and mammals.

In this study, we found that yeast PER1, which was originally isolated as a gene involved in the unfolded protein response (Ng et al., 2000), is required for the GPI-PLA₂ activity involved in the lipid remodeling of GPI-anchored proteins. Human PERLD1 fully complemented per1 phenotypes, indicating that a similar pathway exists in human. Our results further suggest that lipid remodeling of the GPI anchor is required for both the efficient transport of GPI-anchored proteins from the ER to the Golgi and their association with lipid rafts. Per1p and Gup1p are key molecules in these processes, demonstrating that long-chain fatty acids are necessary for the proper processing of GPI-anchored proteins.

	MATERIALS AND METHODS

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Media and Strains
YPAD and synthetic complete media are described elsewhere (Sherman, 1991). SDCA contains 0.67% yeast nitrogen base without amino acids (Difco, Detroit, MI), 2% glucose, 0.5% casamino acids, and 0.004% adenine sulfate. The yeast strains used in this study were gup1 (MATa his31 leu20 met150 ura30 gup1::KanMX4; EUROSCARF), per1 (MATa his31 leu20 met150 ura30 per1::KanMX4; EUROSCARF), gup1 per1 (MATa his31 leu20 met150 ura30 gup1::^his5+ per1::KanMX4; this study), YJY1 (MATa his31 leu20 met150 ura30; laboratory strain of the S288C background), and gpi7 (MATa his31 leu20 met150 ura30 gpi7::KanMX4; EUROSCARF). Gene disruption in yeast was performed using a one-step method as described previously (Longtine et al., 1998).

Plasmids
Construction of PER1, PER1-HA, and PER1-mRFP Plasmids. The promoter and coding sequences of PER1 were cloned by amplification of genomic DNA using the primers PER1F (5'-AAAAACTAGTTGGAACATTGCACAAAGG-3') and PER1R-NheI (5'-AAAAAAGCTTTTAGCTAGCGTACAATTGTCTATTACCCCAA-3'). The amplified fragment was digested with SpeI and HindIII and then purified. The purified fragment was ligated into pRS316T (CEN, URA3), which contains the GPI7 terminator region inserted into the multiple cloning site of XhoI/KpnI-digested pRS316 (Sikorski and Hieter, 1989; Fujita et al., 2004) to generate pMF917 (PER1, CEN, URA3). Three copies of the HA epitope were amplified and inserted into the NheI site of pMF917 to generate pMF918 (PER1-HA, CEN, URA3). The DNA fragment containing monomeric red fluorescent protein (mRFP; kindly provided by Dr. Roger Tsien, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA) was also amplified and inserted into the NheI site of pMF917 to generate pMF921 (PER1-mRFP, CEN, URA3).

Construction of Mutated per1-HA Plasmids. We substituted S19, H102, K104, S118, S122, S173, H177, D315, and H326 with alanine using a QuickChange site-directed mutagenesis kit (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA) and pMF918 as the template, generating pMF931 (per1-HA-S19A, CEN, URA3), pMF932 (per1-HA-H102A, CEN, URA3), pMF933 (per1-HA-K104A, CEN, URA3), pMF934 (per1-HA-S118A, CEN, URA3), pMF935 (per1-HA-S122A, CEN, URA3), pMF936 (per1-HA-S173A, CEN, URA3), pMF937 (per1-HA-H177A, CEN, URA3), pMF939 (per1-HA-D315A, CEN, URA3), and pMF940 (per1-HA-H326A, CEN, URA3), respectively.

Construction of PERLD1 Plasmid. The open reading frame of the PERLD1 gene was amplified from the plasmid of the NIH mammalian gene collection clone (No. 3855206) using the primers PERLD1-F (5'-AAAAGAATTCATGGCCGGCCTGGCGGCG-3') and PERLD1-R (5'-AAAAGTCGACTCAGTCCAGCTTGAACTTGTCC-3'). The amplified fragment was digested with EcoRI and SalI and then purified. The purified fragment was ligated into EcoRI/SalI-digested YEp352GAPII (Abe et al., 2003) to generate pMF942 (pTDH3-PERLD1, 2µ, URA3).

Construction of GFP-CWP2 Plasmid. Green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged CWP2 plasmid was constructed from YEp51-ssGFP-GPI, which contains GFP-fused CWP2 under control of the GAL10 promoter (kindly provided by Drs. Kappei Tsukahara and Koji Sagane, Esai Co., Tokyo, Japan). We changed the promoter to the CWP2 promoter and subcloned the GFP-CWP2 fragment into pRS316 to generate pMF500 (GFP-CWP2, CEN, URA3).

Construction of mRFP-GAS1 and FLAG-GAS1 Plasmid. Using pMF600 (Fujita et al., 2006) as a template, MluI and NdeI sites were introduced 69 base pairs downstream from the start codon of GAS1, and the fragment was subcloned into pRS315 (Sikorski and Hieter, 1989) to generate pMF605. The DNA fragment containing mRFP was amplified and inserted into the MluI-NdeI site of pMF605 to generate pMF923 (mRFP-GAS1, CEN, LEU2). Three copies of the FLAG epitope were amplified, inserted into the MluI-NdeI site of pMF605 to generate pMF924 (FLAG-GAS1, CEN, LEU2), and confirmed by sequencing.

Immunoblotting
Samples were denatured with SDS-sample buffer for 1 h at 4°C or for 10 min at 37°C for membrane proteins or 5 min at 95°C for soluble proteins. Protein samples (5 µl) were then separated by SDS-PAGE and electrophoretically transferred to a PVDF membrane. Gas1p was detected with anti-Gas1 peptide polyclonal antibody (1:2000; kindly provided by Dr. Katsura Hata, Eisai Co., Tokyo, Japan), and followed by horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (1:2000; Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA). Per1-HA was detected with anti-HA mAb 16B12 (1:2000; Babco, Richmond, CA), followed by HRP-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (1:2000; Cell Signaling Technology). Dpm1p was detected with anti-Dpm1p mAb (1:2000; Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA), followed by HRP-conjugated anti-mouse IgG (1:2000). Och1p was detected with anti-Och1p polyclonal antibody (1:2000; Nakayama et al., 1992), followed by HRP-conjugated anti-rabbit IgG (1:2000). Pgk1p was detected with anti-Pgk1p mAb (1:10,000; Invitrogen), followed by HRP-conjugated anti-mouse IgG (1:10,000). Prc1p was detected with anti-CPY mAb (1:5000; Invitrogen), followed by HRP-conjugated anti-mouse IgG (1:5000). Pho8p was detected with anti-Pho8p mAb (1:1000; Invitrogen), followed by HRP-conjugated anti-mouse IgG (1:1000). FLAG-tagged Gas1p (Flag-Gas1p) was detected with anti-FLAG mAb M2 (1:10,000; Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO), followed by HRP-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (1:10,000). Immunoreactive bands were visualized by chemiluminescence with ECL-plus reagents (GE Healthcare, Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom).

Subcellular Fractionation
Subcellular fractionation was performed as described previously with some modifications (Nishikawa et al., 1990). Cells were grown to 10⁷ cells/ml in YPAD medium at 30°C and converted to spheroplasts as described previously (Nishikawa and Nakano, 1991). Spheroplasts (5 x 10⁹) were suspended in 10 ml of ice-cold lysis buffer (0.3 M sorbitol, 0.1 M KCl, 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5, 1 mM EGTA, and 1 mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride). The suspensions were vortexed for 10 s with glass beads in chilled Corex tubes and rested for 10 s on ice. The vortex was repeated 10 times. The lysates were subjected to the following centrifugation steps (all at 4°C): 300 x g for 5 min, 13,000 x g for 15 min, and 100,000 x g for 60 min. Aliquots from the 13,000 x g pellet and the 100,000 x g pellet and supernatant fractions were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting for Per1-HA.

Fluorescence Microscopy
To image Per1-mRFP, mRFP-Gas1, and GFP-Cwp2 proteins, cells grown to the exponential phase were collected and washed with synthetic complete medium. Fluorescence images were obtained using a BX50 fluorescence microscope (Olympus, Tokyo, Japan) and photographed with a microMax cooled CCD camera (Princeton Instruments, Trenton, NJ).

Pulse-Chase Experiments for Gas1p and CPY Maturation
Radiolabeling and immunoprecipitation to measure Gas1p and CPY maturation were performed as described previously (Sutterlin et al., 1997). Samples were separated by SDS-PAGE and analyzed using a Molecular Imager FX (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA).

³H-Inositol Labeling of Lipids
Lipids from ³H-inostiol–labeled cells were extracted as described previously (Guillas et al., 2000), desalted by butanol/water partitioning, and separated by TLC using solvent 1 (10:10:3 CHCl₃/CH₃OH/H₂O) for analysis of GPI intermediates or solvent 2 (55:45:5 CHCl₃/CH₃OH/0.25% KCl) for analysis of sphingolipids.

Isolation of DRMs
Cells were grown at 30°C in YPAD to the exponential phase, and 3 x 10⁸ cells were collected. DRMs for the Gas1p analysis were isolated as described previously with a slight modification (Bagnat et al., 2000; Okamoto et al., 2006). After incubation with 1% Triton X-100 for 30 min on ice, the lysates were subjected to Optiprep density gradient floatation by centrifugation for 2 h at 40,000 rpm in a SW55Ti rotor (Beckman, Fullerton, CA). After centrifugation, six fractions of equal volume were collected starting from the top. Each fraction was mixed with sample buffer and subjected to SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting.

Isolation of the Lipid Moieties of GPI Anchors
³H-inositol–labeled PI moieties were prepared from GPI-anchored proteins as described previously (Sipos et al., 1997; Guillas et al., 2000). Lipids were analyzed by TLC on silica gel 60 plates using solvent 3 (55:45:10 CHCl₃/CH₃OH/0.25% KCl).

Purification of Flag-Gas1p and Separation Using an Octyl-FF Column
Cells were grown in YPAD medium, and 8 x 10⁹ cells were collected, washed, and resuspended in TNE buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl, 5 mM EDTA, 1 mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, and protease inhibitor cocktail; Roche, Basel, Switzerland). The cell suspension was broken, and the debris was removed. The lysate was centrifuged at 10,000 x g for 20 min, and the pellets were resuspended in 900 µl TNE buffer, mixed with 100 µl 10x NP-40 (final 1%), and mixed with end-over-end rotation for 1 h at 4°C. The suspension was centrifuged at 10,000 x g for 20 min to remove insoluble membranes. The supernatant was mixed with 100 µl anti-FLAG beads (Sigma-Aldrich) and then incubated for 3 h at 4°C. The beads were then collected and washed, and Flag-Gas1p was eluted twice with 100 µl TNE buffer containing 0.1% NP-40 and 0.5 mg/ml 3x FLAG peptide (Sigma). A 10-µl aliquot of the Flag-Gas1p elute was added to 500 µl buffer C (0.1 M ammonium acetate, 5% 1-propanol, and 0.03% NP-40), loaded onto an Octyl-FF column (GE Healthcare), and separated using an AKTA prime protein purification system (GE Healthcare) at a flow rate of 0.5 ml/min and a gradient of 5–100% 1-propanol. Fractions of 1 ml were collected, dried, subjected to SDS-PAGE, and analyzed by immunoblotting using an anti-FLAG antibody, followed by HRP-conjugated anti-mouse IgG antibody.

PLA₂ Treatment of Flag-Gas1p from per1 Cells
Flag-Gas1p purified from per1 cells was suspended in 500 µl buffer D (100 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5, 10 mM CaCl₂, and 0.1% NP-40). After addition of bee venom PLA₂ (Sigma) or buffer, the reaction mixture was incubated overnight at 37°C. The reaction was stopped by adding NaN₃/NaF solution (final 10 mM). Anti-FLAG beads (20 µl) were added, and after a 3-h incubation at 4°C, the beads were collected by centrifugation and washed with TNE buffer containing 0.1% NP-40. Flag-Gas1p was eluted twice with 100 µl TNE buffer containing 0.1% NP-40 and 0.5 mg/ml 3x FLAG peptide (Sigma). The resulting repurified Flag-Gas1p was suspended in 400 µl buffer C, loaded onto an Octyl-FF, and analyzed by immunoblotting.

In Vitro Analysis of GPI-PLA₂ Activity
Cells (2 x 10⁸) were washed in TM buffer (100 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5, and 10 mM MgCl₂), resuspended in 200 µl TM buffer, and broken with glass beads. Insoluble components were removed from the cell lysate, and the supernatant was centrifuged at 10,000 x g for 20 min. The pellet containing microsomes was resuspended in 100 µl TM buffer and stored at –80°C until use. Reaction mixtures containing 100 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), 10 mM MgCl₂, 5 mM CaCl₂, 1 mM dithiothreitol, 5 mM ATP, 30 µl Flag-Gas1p from per1 cells, and 50-µl microsome suspension was incubated on ice for 10 min. The mixture was incubated at 37°C for 30 min with end-over-end mixing. The reaction was stopped by the addition of NaN₃/NaF solution (final 10 mM), after which 700 µl TNE buffer and 100 µl 10% NP-40 were added. The mixture was incubated for 1 h at 4°C with end-over-end mixing, centrifuged at 10,000 x g for 15 min at 4°C to remove the insoluble membranes, and mixed with 20 µl anti-FLAG beads. After incubation for 3 h at 4°C, the beads were collected by centrifugation and washed, and Flag-Gas1p was eluted twice with 100 µl TNE buffer containing 0.1% NP-40 and 0.5 mg/ml 3x FLAG peptide (Sigma). The resulting repurified Flag-Gas1p was suspended in 400 µl buffer C, loaded onto an Octyl-FF column, and analyzed by immunoblotting.

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Per1p Is a Conserved Membrane Protein Localized in the ER
We previously found that inositol deacylation of the GPI anchor by Bst1p is required for both the efficient transport and the quality control of GPI-anchored proteins (Tanaka et al., 2004; Fujita et al., 2006). To elucidate the molecular mechanisms more precisely, we attempted to find novel genes related to BST1. Schuldiner et al. (2005) published comprehensive genetic-interaction maps, called E-MAPs (epistatic miniarray profiles). From the E-MAP analysis of the early secretory pathway, two uncharacterized genes, GUP1 and PER1, were found to genetically interact with BST1. Recently, it was reported that GUP1 encodes the O-acyltransferase involved in lipid remodeling of GPI-anchored proteins (Bosson et al., 2006). The function of PER1, however, has not been established.

PER1 was originally found as COS16, a mutational suppressor of the cdc1 mutant (Paidhungat and Garrett, 1998). Genetic analysis suggests that Cos16p participates in Mn²⁺ homeostasis in the vacuole; however, global localization analysis of GFP-tagged proteins showed that Per1p is localized in the ER (Tong et al., 2004). PER1 was also isolated by genetic screening as a gene involved in the unfolded protein response and protein folding (Ng et al., 2000). Mutation in PER1 showed a synthetic negative phenotype with IRE1, which is a sensor of the unfolded protein response in the ER lumen. MCD4, GPI10, BST1, and ERI1, all of which are required for the biosynthesis or modification of GPI, were also isolated from the synthetic negative screening with IRE1 (Ng et al., 2000; Ng, 2005), suggesting that PER1 is related to GPI modification. Although these genetic analyses indicate that PER1 is linked to several phenomena, the molecular function of Per1p has remained unknown.

We first characterized the phenotypes of per1 mutant cells. The per1 cells showed calcofluor white (CFW) sensitivity and temperature sensitivity at 37°C (Figure 1A), suggesting a defect in cell wall integrity. We next investigated the cellular localization of Per1p. The PER1 gene is predicted to encode a 357-amino acid membrane protein. Kyte-Doolittle hydropathy analysis and SOSUI suggest that Per1p has seven transmembrane domains. In addition, cellular fractionation studies suggest that Per1p is localized in the vacuole, and microscopic analysis of the GFP-fused protein indicates that it is present in the ER (Paidhungat and Garrett, 1998; Tong et al., 2004). In the current studies, we constructed C-terminally HA- and mRFP-tagged versions of Per1p to more precisely determine its subcellular localization. Both Per1-HA and Per1-mRFP rescued the CFW and temperature sensitivity of per1 cells, indicating that the tagged proteins were fully functional (Figure 1A). Microscopic analysis suggested that Per1-mRFP is mainly present in an intracellular compartment, probably the ER (Figure 1B). We further performed subcellular fractionation to examine the intracellular location in more detail. We detected Per1-HA as a 35-kDa protein mainly in the low-speed (13,000 x g) pellet (Figure 1C). This fraction typically contains large, dense membranes such as the ER and plasma membrane. The distribution was nearly identical to that of Dpm1p, an ER marker protein (Figure 1C). Och1p, a marker of Golgi-localized proteins, was founded in the high-speed (100,000 x g) pellet, and Pgk1p, a marker of cytosolic proteins, was present in the high-speed supernatant (Figure 1C). We also constructed FLAG-tagged versions of Per1p and examined its subcellular localization by fractionation. Like Per1-HA, Per1-FLAG was present mainly in the low-speed pellet (unpublished data). Collectively, these data suggest that Per1p resides in the ER.

View larger version (87K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. Per1p is mainly localized in the ER. (A) Tagged Per1 proteins are functional and complement the CFW sensitivity and the temperature sensitivity of per1 cells. Isogenic per1 cells carrying the pRS316T (vector), pMF917 (PER1), pMF918 (PER1-HA), and pMF921 (PER1-mRFP) were spotted on YPAD or YPAD plates containing 7.5 µg/ml CFW after making a 5x serially diluted solution and then incubating for 2 d at 30 or 37°C. (B) Localization of Per1-mRFP. per1 cells carrying pMF921 were visualized by fluorescence microscopy. DIC, differential interference contrast. (C) Fractionation of Per1-HA. Exponentially growing per1 cells carrying pMF918 were converted to spheroplasts, homogenized, and subjected to the following series of centrifugations: 300 x g for 5 min, 13,000 x g for 15 min, and 100,000 x g for 60 min. Aliquots were taken from the 13,000 x g pellet (P13) and the 100,000 x g pellet (P100) and supernatant (S100) and then analyzed by immunoblotting.

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View larger version (51K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 2. Transport of GPI-anchored proteins is delayed in per1 cells. (A) The amount of Gas1p is significantly reduced in gup1 and per1 cells. Wild-type (WT), gup1, and per1 cells were grown overnight to midlog phase. Equal cell numbers were lysed, and total protein extracts were analyzed by immunoblotting using anti-Gas1p, anti-Dpm1p, and anti-CPY. ER, the ER (105 kDa) form of Gas1p; Golgi, the Golgi (125 kDa) form of Gas1p; p1, precursor (ER) form of CPY; p2, precursor (Golgi) form of CPY; mature, mature (vacuolar) form of CPY. (B) ER-to-Golgi transport of Gas1p is specifically delayed in gup1 and per1 cells. WT, gup1, and per1 cells were labeled with [35S]methionine and cysteine and then chased for the indicated periods of time. Gas1p and CPY were immunoprecipitated from cell lysates and separated by SDS-PAGE.

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View larger version (82K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 3. GPI-anchored proteins are not correctly transported to the cell surface in per1 cells. Wild-type (WT) and per1 cells carrying pMF923 (mRFP-GAS1) (A) or WT and per1 cells carrying pMF500 (GFP-CWP2) (B) were visualized by fluorescence microscopy. DIC, differential interference contrast. (C) Gas1p is secreted into the medium in per1 cells. Cells (1 x 108) were grown to the exponential phase and harvested. Secreted proteins were precipitated from the medium using trichloroacetic acid (final 10%). Cell lysates and secreted proteins were analyzed by immunoblotting with an anti-FLAG antibody.

To distinguish which of these defects accounts for the delay in the transport of GPI-anchored proteins in per1 cells, we first examined the accumulation of GPI intermediates and sphingolipids. Lipids from ³H-inositol–labeled cells were separated by TLC. Wild-type and gup1 cells did not accumulate GPI intermediates, whereas gpi7 cells accumulated a lipid intermediate (M4 in Figure 4A; Benachour et al., 1999; Fujita et al., 2004). In addition, intermediates were not accumulated in per1 or gup1 per1 cells, suggesting that PER1 is not involved in the biosynthesis of the GPI anchor or its attachment to protein (Figure 4A). Because sphingolipids are required for the stable membrane association and efficient transport of GPI-anchored proteins (Watanabe et al., 2002), we also analyzed sphingolipid biosynthesis. Lipid extracts from per1 cells and gup1 per1 cells showed identical TLC patterns as those from gup1 and gpi7 cells and contained normal amounts of mannose inositolphosphorylceramide and mannose diinositolphosphorylceramide, indicating that ceramide and sphingolipid synthesis is normal in per1 cells (Figure 4B). These results suggest that the delay in the transport of GPI-anchored proteins in per1 cells is not due to changes in GPI or ceramide biosynthesis.

View larger version (73K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 4. The biosynthesis of GPI and ceramide synthesis is normal in per1 cells. Cells (2 x 108) were labeled with [3H]inositol (50 µCi) for 2 h at 30°C. Lipids were extracted from wild-type (WT), gup1, per1, gup1 per1, and gpi7 cells, desalted, and analyzed by TLC using (A) solvent 1 (10:10:3 CHCl3/CH3OH/H2O) or (B) solvent 2 (55:45:5 CHCl3/CH3OH/0.25% KCl). PI, phosphatidylinositol; M(IP)2C, mannose diinositolphosphorylceramide; M4, GPI intermediate accumulated in gpi7 cells; IPCs, inositolphosphorylceramides; MIPC, mannose inositolphosphorylceramide; lyso-PI, lyso form of PI.

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View larger version (63K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 5. GPI-anchored proteins are not associated with DRMs in per1 cells. Cells were grown to the exponential phase in YPAD medium. Wild-type (WT), gup1, per1 cells were disrupted with glass beads, extracted with Triton X-100, and subjected to Optiprep density gradient centrifugation. Six fractions were collected and analyzed by immunoblotting with antibodies against Gas1p, Pma1p, and Pho8p. Pma1p was used as a marker for DRM-associated proteins, and Pho8p was used as a marker for non-DRM proteins.

The per1 Cells Have a Defect in Lipid Remodeling of the GPI Anchor

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View larger version (65K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 6. Per1p acts before the Gup1p function. Cells producing Flag-Gas1p were grown to the exponential phase in YPAD medium, and Flag-Gas1p was purified from the cell lysate with anti-FLAG beads and eluted with 3x FLAG-peptide. Flag-Gas1p purified from wild-type (WT), gup1, per1, and gup1 per1 cells was separated by chromatography on an Octyl-FF column and eluted with a 5–100% gradient of 1-propanol. Fractions were collected, dried, separated by SDS-PAGE, and analyzed by immunoblotting with an anti-FLAG antibody.

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View larger version (91K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 7. Lipid remodeling of the GPI anchor is abnormal in per1 cells. Cells (2 x 108) were labeled with [3H]inositol (50 µCi) for 2 h at 30°C. GPI-anchored proteins of wild-type (WT), gup1, per1, gup1 per1, and gpi7 cells were concentrated from the delipidated proteins, after which lipid moieties from GPI anchors were released with nitrous acid and analyzed by TLC using solvent 3 (55:45:10 CHCl3/CH3OH/0.25% KCl). Lipids extracted from WT cells were also included as a control (WT Free lipid; note that lane 1 was scanned at a lower sensitivity than lane 2). pG1, phosphatidylinositol with a C26:0 fatty acid in sn-2 position; PI, phosphatidylinositol; IPC/B, inositolphosphorylceramide consisting of phytosphingosine and a C26:0 fatty acid; IPC/C, inositolphosphorylceramide consisting of phytosphingosine and a hydroxylated C26:0 fatty acid; lyso-PI, lyso form of PI.

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View larger version (75K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 8. PER1 is required for the formation of lyso-GPI. (A) PLA2 treatment of Flag-Gas1p from per1 cells. Flag-Gas1p purified from per1 cells was incubated overnight at 37°C with buffer only (+buffer) or PLA2 (+PLA2), collected, washed, and eluted with 3x FLAG peptide. The repurified Flag-Gas1p was separated by chromatography on an Octyl-FF column, and eluted fractions were analyzed by immunoblotting as described in Figure 6. (B) In vitro analysis of GPI-PLA2 activity. Flag-Gas1p purified from per1 cells was incubated at 37°C for 30 min with microsomal fractions from per1, wild-type (WT), gup1 cells. The mixture was solubilized, and Flag-Gas1p was repurified and separated on an Octyl-FF column. Eluted fractions were analyzed by immunoblotting as described in Figure 6.

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View larger version (94K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 9. Human PERLD1 is a functional homologue of Per1p, and H177 and H326 are required for Per1p activity. (A) Alignment of the amino acid sequences of Per1p homologues. Amino acid sequences of Homo sapiens (GenBank Accession No. AAH10652), Mus musculus (Accession No. NP_001028709), Schizosaccharomyces pombe (Accession No. CAB90152), and S. cerevisiae (Accession No. NP_009973) proteins were aligned using ClustalW. (B) Spot test of CFW and temperature sensitivities in per1 mutant cells. Top panels, isogenic per1 cells carrying the pRS316T (vector), pMF917 (PER1), or pMF942 (Human PERLD1) were spotted on YPAD or YPAD plates containing 7.5 µg/ml CFW after making a 5x serially diluted solution and then incubated for 2 d at 30 or 37°C. Bottom panels, isogenic per1 cells carrying the pRS316T (vector), pMF918 (PER1-HA), pMF931 (S19A), pMF932 (H102A), pMF933 (K104A), pMF934 (S118A), pMF935 (S122A), pMF936 (S173A), pMF937 (H177A), pMF939 (D315A), or pMF940 (H326A) were spotted on YPAD or YPAD plates containing 7.5 µg/ml CFW and then incubated for 2 d at 30 or 37°C. (C) Human PERLD1 expression restores the amount of Gas1p to per1 cells. Isogenic per1 cells carrying pRS316T, pMF917, or pMF942 were grown overnight to midlog phase. Equal cell numbers were lysed, and total protein extracts were analyzed by immunoblotting using anti-Gas1p and anti-Dpm1p. (D) H177 and H326 are essential for Per1p activity. Isogenic per1 cells carrying the pRS316T, pMF918, pMF931, pMF932, pMF933, pMF934, pMF935, pMF936, pMF937, pMF939, or pMF940 were grown overnight to midlog phase. Equal cell numbers were lysed, and total protein extracts were analyzed by immunoblotting using anti-Gas1p, anti-HA, and anti-Dpm1p.

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	DISCUSSION

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In the current study, we showed that Per1p is involved in the lipid remodeling of GPI-anchored proteins. Our data suggest that Per1p is required for the GPI-PLA₂ activity necessary for the formation of C26:0 fatty acid–containing GPI. We also found that lipid remodeling by Per1p is required for the efficient transport of GPI-anchored proteins from the ER to the Golgi and for their association with lipid rafts.

Lipid moieties of yeast GPI are dynamically remodeled in the ER (Figure 10; Sipos et al., 1997). First, after attachment of GPI to proteins, the acyl group on the inositol residue of GPI anchor is eliminated by Bst1p (Tanaka et al., 2004; Fujita et al., 2006). Next, the acyl portion in sn-2 of PI moiety is removed. PI prepared from GPI-anchored proteins in per1 cells contained only the conventional PI moiety, but not pG1 or lyso-PI. Our in vitro analysis suggests that Per1p is directly involved in the formation of lyso-PI from PI. Gup1p adds the C26:0 fatty acid in sn-2 to generate pG1 (Bosson et al., 2006). The lipids of many GPI-anchored proteins are then changed from diacylglycerol-type to ceramide-type in the ER (IPC/B) and Golgi (IPC/C; Reggiori et al., 1997; Sipos et al., 1997). In the gup1 per1 double-mutant cells, we detected significant amounts of IPC/C in addition to PI, indicating that a small number of conventional diacylglycerol-type of GPI-anchored proteins could be replaced by ceramide-type GPI-anchored proteins in the Golgi of these cells.

View larger version (18K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 10. Lipid remodeling pathway of GPI-anchored proteins in yeast. This model for the lipid remodeling pathway of GPI anchors in yeast based on previous reports (Sipos et al., 1997; Bosson et al., 2006). After attachment of GPI to proteins, the acyl group on the inositol of the GPI anchor is eliminated by Bst1p. The acyl portion at sn-2 of the PI moiety is removed to generate lyso-PI. Gup1p adds a C26:0 acyl chain at sn-2 of lyso-PI to generate pG1. The various lipids of GPI-anchored proteins are then changed from diacylglycerol-type to ceramide-type in the ER (IPC/B) and Golgi (IPC/C). A small number of conventional diacylglycerol-type GPI-anchored proteins can replace ceramide-type GPI-anchored proteins in the Golgi. Our current studies indicate that Per1p is required for the production of lyso-GPI during the remodeling of GPI-anchored proteins.

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The association of GPI-anchored proteins with lipid rafts is required for their tight anchoring to the plasma membrane as indicated by the dramatic release of Gas1p into the culture medium in gup1 cells (Bosson et al., 2006). We also found an equal release of Gas1p in per1 cells. In the current studies, the Golgi but not the ER form of Flag-Gas1p from per1 cells eluted in earlier fractions during chromatography on octyl-Sepharose. Usually, GPI-anchored proteins contain very long fatty acids and are tightly bound to the membrane. In the per1 cells, however, the GPI-anchored proteins could not associate with microdomains such as lipid rafts and are not stable at the Golgi or the plasma membrane. A number of enzymes possessing phospholipase B activity, which eliminates phospholipid acyl chains at both sn-1 and sn-2, are localized at the cell surface in yeast (Merkel et al., 2005). In the per1 cells, unremodeled GPI-anchored proteins might be recognized as substrates by phospholipase Bs. This could explain why the Golgi form of Flag-Gas1p eluted in the earlier fractions from the octyl-Sepharose column. Structural analysis of the GPI anchor in the earlier fractions would help determine the validity of this hypothesis, but the small amounts of GPI-anchored proteins in the per1 cells currently make such studies difficult.

The transport of Gas1p from the ER to the Golgi was substantially delayed in the per1 cells. Ceramide is required for the specific transport of GPI-anchored proteins from the ER to the Golgi (Watanabe et al., 2002). By participating in the formation of DRMs in the ER, ceramide may help drive the incorporation of GPI-anchored proteins into ER-derived vesicles. The transport could be delayed because the unremodeled GPI-anchored proteins are not tightly associated with ceramide-rich vesicles. Further analysis is needed to determine whether the unremodeled GPI-anchored proteins are transported from the ER to the Golgi in the GPI-dependent vesicles (Muniz et al., 2001; Mayor and Riezman, 2004; Watanabe and Riezman, 2004).

In the bloodstream form of African trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei, the fatty acids of GPI intermediates are replaced by myristic acid (C14:0) through sequential deacylation and reacylation reactions on sn-2 followed by sn-1 before the GPI is attached to the protein (Ferguson, 1999; Ferguson et al., 1999). We were unable to find PER1 homologues in the genome database of T. brucei, suggesting that other enzymes are required for the deacylation of GPI precursors. The lipid remodeling reactions of GPI anchors in yeast and mammals differ at several points from those in T. brucei; the remodeling reactions in T. brucei are carried out before the attachment of GPI to the protein, and myristic acids are incorporated not only at sn-2 but also at sn-1 in the GPI precursor, whereas, in yeast and human, the GPI lipid remodeling is carried out after the attachment of GPI to proteins, and only a fatty acid at the sn-2 position of the GPI anchor is exchanged (Ferguson et al., 1999; Pittet and Conzelmann, 2006). We found several genes involved in the acylation or deacylation of GPI anchors in the genome database of T. brucei, including homologues of GUP1 and PGAP1/BST1, but we did not find homologues of PIG-W/GWT1 and PGAP2, suggesting that several of the GPI modification reactions are carried out by distinct enzymes in yeast, mammals, and protozoans.

The remodeling pathway requiring Per1p is conserved among yeast and mammals. In this study, we uncovered the molecular mechanisms of lipid remodeling of the GPI anchor. Investigations of Per1p should clarify the roles of the very long saturated fatty acids of GPI-anchored proteins. Our data suggest that lipid remodeling of GPI-anchored proteins is essential for their association with specific lipid microdomains and for their efficient transport from the ER to the Golgi in yeast.

	ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

 
We are grateful to Taroh Kinoshita and Yusuke Maeda for helpful discussions. We also thank Katsura Hata for providing the anti-Gas1 peptide polyclonal antibody; Kappei Tsukahara and Koji Sagane for providing plasmids; and Roger Tsien for providing the mRFP plasmid. Finally, we thank Michiyo Okamoto, Hiroto Hirayama, and Takuji Oka for stimulating discussions. M.F. was supported by a Research Fellowship for Young Scientists from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. This research was partly supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

	Footnotes

 
This was published online ahead of print in MBC in Press (http://www.molbiolcell.org/cgi/doi/10.1091/mbc.E06-08-0715) on October 4, 2006.

Address correspondence to: Yoshifumi Jigami (jigami.yoshi{at}aist.go.jp)

Abbreviations used: CFW, calcofluor white; DRM, detergent-resistant membrane; ER, endoplasmic reticulum; GPI, glycosylphosphatidylinositol; IPC, inositolphosphorylceramide; IPC/B, IPC consisting of phytosphingosine and a C26:0 fatty acid; IPC/C, IPC consisting of phytosphingosine and a hydroxylated C26:0 fatty acid; mRFP, monomeric red fluorescent protein; pG1, phosphatidylinositol with a C26:0 fatty acid in sn-2 position; PI, phosphatidylinositol; PLA₂, phospholipase A₂; TLC, thin-layer chromatography.

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