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Vol. 17, Issue 12, 5372-5380, December 2006
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Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
Submitted July 3, 2006;
Revised August 18, 2006;
Accepted October 5, 2006
Monitoring Editor: Francis Barr
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| INTRODUCTION |
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The dynamics of the Golgi apparatus are determined by the collective behavior of its resident enzymes. Thus, the relationship between the Golgi and the ER can be ascertained by determining the rate at which Golgi enzymes associate with the ER. Previously, researchers have used fluorescence recovery after photobleaching techniques to achieve this (Zaal et al., 1999
; Miles et al., 2001
; Ward et al., 2001
). However, in these studies conclusions were based on the analysis of very few cells (n = 3 cells; Miles et al., 2001
). Moreover, in some studies a clearly detectable ER-specific pool of a fluorescently tagged Golgi reporter was required in order to measure ER recycling with this method (Zaal et al., 1999
; Miles et al., 2001
). In our experiments Golgi enzymes are only detected in the ER if highly overexpressed. Because the behavior of highly overexpressed Golgi enzymes may not accurately emulate that of endogenous enzymes, we made a point to execute the experiments presented in this report under more physiological expression levels. We have investigated the ER recycling of resident Golgi proteins through use of a procedure that captures Golgi enzymes in the ER (Pecot and Malhotra, 2004
). This method exploits the conditional interaction of two proteins and thus allows the dynamics of Golgi enzymes to be observed without photobleaching cells or disrupting the secretory pathway. The FK506-binding protein (FKBP) and the FKBP-rapamycinassociated protein (FRAP) only interact in the presence of rapamycin, a small molecule. Rapamycin specifically binds to FKBP (Wiederrecht et al., 1991
) and FRAP binds to the FKBP-rapamycin complex (Brown et al., 1994
; Sabatini et al., 1994
). In our procedure, FKBP is fused to a Golgi enzyme, and FRAP is attached to an ER-retained protein. If the FKBP-tagged Golgi enzyme ever visits the ER it can be trapped there in the presence of rapamycin by the ER-FRAP chimera (Figure 1A). We have shown previously that a Golgi enzyme (sialyl-transferase) fused to FKBP can be trapped quickly and efficiently in the ER of BFA-treated cells via this method (Pecot and Malhotra, 2004
). Through use of this procedure we demonstrated that Golgi membranes remain segregated from the ER during mitosis in mammalian cells (Pecot and Malhotra, 2004
). Here we use the ER-trapping method to investigate the relationship between the Golgi apparatus and the ER in nondividing cells.
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| MATERIALS AND METHODS |
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Cloning and Constructs
ST-FKBP and Ii-FRAP were previously described (Pecot and Malhotra, 2004
). GFP-ERGIC-53 was a gift from Dr. Hauri (Ben-Tekaya et al., 2005
). One tandem repeat of full-length FKBP was cloned into the BglII restriction site of GFP-ERGIC-53, generating GFP-FKBPx2-ERGIC-53 (FKBP-E53). M2-FKBP was constructed by cloning the first 100 amino acids of mouse alpha-mannosidase II (base pairs 88-307) into the HindIII and EcoRI restriction sites of pEGFP-N3. The entire FKBP coding region was then cloned into the EcoRI and BamHI restriction sites of this vector, leaving a C-terminal GFP tag.
Cell Culture. HeLa cells (ATCC, Manassas, VA) were grown at 37°C with 7% CO2 in DMEM supplemented with 10% FBS, and 2 mM L-glutamine.
De-convolution Microscopy. Images were captured with a Nikon Eclipse TE 2000-U inverted microscope (Melville, NY) and a Photometrics CoolSNAP HQ camera (A. G. Heinz, Tucson, AZ). Image acquisition was run by Metamorph software (Universal Imaging, West Chester, PA), and images were de-convolved by AutoDeblur and AutoVisualize 9.3 software (AutoQuant Imaging, Watervliet, NY). In general, using a 60x objective lens (NA 1.4), 21 optical sections per cell spaced by 0.1 µm were taken. The best optical section for each set of data were used for publication. Exposure times were set such that the camera response was in the linear range for each fluorophore.
Transfections. HeLa cells were split into 6-cm plates the night before (600900K cells/plate). In the morning the cells were between 80 and 95% confluent. Transfections were performed in the morning via Lipofectamine, 2000 Reagent (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA). Twenty microliters of Reagent plus 10 µg of total DNA (FKBP-E53, M2-FKBP, or ST-FKBP + Ii-FRAP) was added to each 6-cm plate, and transfections were allowed to proceed for at least 6 h. In the evening the cells were split onto coverslips in 6-cm plates and allowed to attach for 1218 h.
ER-Trapping Procedure.
After transfection, cells were treated with media only, media + cycloheximide (CHX, 100 µg/ml) + BFA (10 µg/ml), or media + CHX + BFA + rapamycin (Rap, 200 nM) for 10 min at 37°C. At this point coverslips were fixed to determine the percentage of cells that had completely redistributed M2-FKBP into the ER. Cotransfected cells expressing high amounts of Ii-FRAP were counted (
400 cells/experiment). The remaining coverslips were washed three times with PBS and incubated for 2 h at 37°C with media + CHX, or media + CHX + Rap. The coverslips were then fixed (4% formaldehyde in PBS) for 10 min at room temperature, followed by treatment with blocking buffer (2% FBS, 0.1% TX-100, and 0.05% NaN3 in PBS) for 30 min at room temperature. Ii-FRAP was labeled with a monoclonal HA antibody (1:1K in PBS, 1 h room temperature). All secondary antibodies (Molecular Probes) were used at a dilution of 1:2K in PBS (20 min room temperature). After antibody staining, cotransfected cells were visualized by fluorescence microscopy (GFP constructs were visualized via GFP fluorescence). ER trapping was determined in cells expressing large amounts of Ii-FRAP. Only the complete redistribution of M2-FKBP into the ER was counted as trapping. Approximately 300 cells were scored per experiment (3 independent experiments).
15°C Experiment. HeLa cells expressing Ii-FRAP and FKBP-E53 were incubated at 37 or 15°C for 3 h in sealed 24-well plates with culture medium containing 25 mM HEPES. The cells were then fixed and prepared for fluorescence microscopy as described above.
Recycling Experiments.
HeLa cells were transfected as described above. Transfected cells were treated with media + CHX (100 µg/ml), or media + CHX + Rap (200 nM) for various periods of time. At designated time points the cells were fixed and prepared for fluorescence microscopy (as described above). Cotransfected cells expressing high amounts of Ii-FRAP were scored for the recycling of Golgi chimeras to the ER. Only complete relocation into the ER was counted as recycling. Approximately 200 cells were analyzed per experiment with M2-FKBP (at least 3 independent experiments),
55 cells per experiment with FKBP-E53 (at least 2 independent experiments), and
80 cells per experiment with ST-FKBP (2 independent experiments).
Quantitation of Partial Trapping for Recycling Experiments. Recycling experiments were performed as described above. The percentage of cotransfected cells displaying complete Golgi localization (No Trapping), complete ER localization (Complete Trapping), weak partial ER localization (weak ER staining), or strong partial ER localization (strong ER staining) for M2-FKBP or ST-FKBP after 8 h or 16 h in the presence of CHX ± Rap was determined.
Nocodazole Experiments Cells expressing Ii-FRAP and M2-FKBP were treated with media + CHX (100 µg/ml), media + CHX + nocodazole (Noc, 1 ìM), or media + CHX + Noc + Rap (200 nM) at 37°C for 1.52 h. Cells were prepared for fluorescence microscopy as described above, except that Hoechst (1:25K) was added to the secondary antibody incubation. The effects of ER trapping on the appearance of Noc-induced Golgi fragments were observed in cotransfected cells expressing large amounts of Ii-FRAP. Cells were scored based on their having or not having small Golgi fragments. Approximately 100 cells were analyzed per experiment (4 independent experiments).
| RESULTS |
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80% had trapped the entire pool of M2-FKBP in the ER after BFA release in the presence of rapamycin (Figure 4B). These results, combined with the data obtained for FKBP-E53 demonstrate that the ER-trapping procedure is efficient and capable of capturing rapidly recycling proteins, thereby justifying its use as a method to determine if Golgi enzymes constitutively cycle through the ER.
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Nocodazole-induced Golgi Dispersion Does Not Result from the Recycling of Golgi Membranes through the ER
In cells treated with Noc, a microtubule de-polymerizing agent, the Golgi apparatus becomes fragmented into individual stacks of cisternae that are dispersed throughout the cell (Thyberg and Moskalewski, 1985
; Cole et al., 1996
). It is thought that this fragmentation occurs via the recycling of Golgi membranes through the ER and their reemergence at areas adjacent to ER exit sites (Cole et al., 1996
; Storrie et al., 1998
; Figure 6A). We have tested this idea through use of the ER-trapping procedure. If it is true that Noc induces the fragmentation of Golgi membranes through ER recycling, then trapping Golgi enzymes in the ER should prevent the appearance of the scattered Golgi fragments (Figure 6A). If the ER-trapping procedure cannot prevent the formation of small Golgi elements then Noc-induced Golgi dispersion must transpire through an alternative mechanism. HeLa cells expressing M2-FKBP and Ii-FRAP were treated with Noc (1 µg/ml), and at assorted time points the cells were fixed and analyzed by fluorescence microscopy. After 1.5 h the typical Golgi-pattern represented by M2-FKBP began to breakdown into small, scattered elements that localized near ER exit sites (Figure 6B). When rapamycin was added with Noc and cycloheximide for 1.52 h, the appearance of small scattered fragments was prevented in
14% of cotransfected cells (Figure 6C). In the vast majority of cells (86%) small Golgi elements were clearly visible, indicating their appearance was not due to ER recycling (Figure 6, B and C). Our results suggest that the initial fragmentation and dispersal of the Golgi apparatus in response to Noc treatment primarily occurs through a mechanism that does not involve the recycling of Golgi membranes through the ER.
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| DISCUSSION |
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Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching techniques have been applied to demonstrate the rapid ER cycling of Golgi enzymes under physiological conditions (Zaal et al., 1999
; Miles et al., 2001
; Ward et al., 2001
). However, as was discussed earlier few cells can be examined with this method, and in some reports the cells that are examined must overexpress the observed Golgi reporter in the ER (Zaal et al., 1999
; Miles et al., 2001
). We feel that these limitations make it difficult to make conclusions about the behavior of endogenous Golgi enzymes. Researchers have also utilized the temperature-sensitive features of the vesicular stomatitis virus G-protein (VSVG) to show that Golgi proteins recycle to the ER under normal conditions (Cole et al., 1998
). The thermosensitive form of VSVG (VSVGtsO45) contains a temperature-sensitive mutation that causes it to aggregate and be retained in the ER at temperatures above 39.8°C (Gallione and Rose, 1985
). Golgi proteins that have been fused with VSVGtsO45 have been shown to accumulate in the ER under these conditions (Cole et al., 1998
), providing evidence for their constitutive recycling to the ER. However, it has been reported that at temperatures sufficient to arrest VSVGtsO45 in the ER, the budding of COPII-coated vesicles from the ER is prevented (Aridor et al., 1999
) and general protein transport is inhibited (Trucco et al., 2004
), demonstrating that these conditions do not represent a physiological situation. Furthermore, this study excluded Golgi enzymes and focused instead on Golgi-associated proteins known to behave dynamically as a result of their function in membrane trafficking (KDEL Receptor, TGN-38).
Because of the difficulty in accurately studying the behavior of Golgi enzymes, the relationship between the Golgi and the ER has been a contentious topic. For this reason, we developed the ER-trapping procedure (Figure 1A), which represents a simple, straightforward method to observe the association of Golgi enzymes with the ER under physiological circumstances. Previously we established that a late Golgi reporter (ST-FKBP) can be efficiently trapped in the ER when it visits there (Pecot and Malhotra, 2004
). Here we have done the same for an early Golgi marker (M2-FKBP; Figure 4, A and B). We then determined if these reporters relocate to the ER over time. We discovered that although the entire pool of an ERGIC-53 reporter (FKBP-E53) is rapidly captured in the ER (30 min, Figure 3, A and B), our early and late Golgi markers remain stably associated with Golgi membranes (Figure 5, Table 1). Partial relocation of these proteins into the ER occurred in only a small percentage of cells (Figure 5B, Table 1), indicating that they do not constitutively cycle through the ER.
In this study we have also investigated the mechanism underlying Noc-induced Golgi fragmentation. Prior reports have claimed that Golgi fragmentation under these conditions occurs via the constitutive recycling of Golgi membranes through the ER (Cole et al., 1996
; Storrie et al., 1998
; Figure 6A). Based on these findings, it was also suggested that ER recycling is responsible for Golgi inheritance during cell division (Zaal et al., 1999
; Altan-Bonnet et al., 2006
), when Golgi membranes breakdown during spindle formation and reassemble in daughter cells (Warren, 1993
). We have demonstrated that the appearance of Noc-dependent Golgi fragments cannot be prevented by trapping Golgi proteins in the ER (Figure 6, B and C), suggesting that fragmentation occurs through an alternative mechanism. These results support our prior finding that Golgi membranes remain segregated from the ER during mitosis in mammalian cells (Pecot and Malhotra, 2004
).
We have demonstrated that both early and late Golgi enzymes remain stably associated with Golgi membranes and do not constitutively cycle through the ER. On the basis of this finding, we propose that the Golgi apparatus is a stable compartment that does not rely on the ER for its constant biogenesis. The results presented in this report combined with work regarding the fate of Golgi membranes during cell division (Jesch and Linstedt, 1998
; Rossanese and Glick, 2001
; Axelsson and Warren, 2004
; Pecot and Malhotra, 2004
) indicate that the Golgi apparatus remains independent from the ER throughout the life of the cell.
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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| Footnotes |
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Address correspondence to: Vivek Malhotra (malhotra{at}biomail.ucsd.edu)
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