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Vol. 17, Issue 7, 3085-3094, July 2006
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*Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854; Laboratory of Molecular Traffic, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8512, Japan; and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
Submitted March 20, 2006;
Revised April 19, 2006;
Accepted April 24, 2006
Monitoring Editor: Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
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). Caveolae are enriched in glycosphingolipids and cholesterol and are thought to play a role in signaling, cholesterol homeostasis, clathrin-independent endocytosis, transcytosis, and potocytosis (Matveev et al., 2001; Parton and Richards, 2003). Caveolae are also implicated in internalization of some bacterial toxins, viruses, and bacteria into cells (Parton and Richards, 2003).
The major structural components of caveolae are caveolins, which are integral membrane proteins with carboxyl and amino termini located in the cytosol and a hydrophobic loop inserted into the membrane (Glenney and Soppet, 1992; Rothberg et al., 1992). Caveolins bind to cholesterol (Murata et al., 1995) and oligomerize to form filamentous structures that are thought to stabilize the membrane and to define the size and shape of caveolae (Fernandez et al., 2002). In mammalian cells, caveolin-1 and -2 are ubiquitously expressed, whereas caveolin-3 is specifically expressed in muscle tissues (Parton, 1996). Expression of caveolin-1 is sufficient to generate caveolae in cells previously lacking caveolae (Lipardi et al., 1998), and caveolin knockout mice show a remarkable loss of caveolae (Drab et al., 2001), indicating an essential role of caveolins in caveolar biogenesis. Caveolin knockout mice also show defects in diverse physiological processes (Le Lay and Kurzchalia, 2005). Previous studies in C. elegans found that CAV-1 is strongly expressed in the germ line and suggested that CAV-1 plays a role in meiotic progression as a negative regulator of Ras signaling (Scheel et al., 1999). Studies of caveolin in mammalian systems reached similar conclusions regarding its role in Ras signaling (Roy et al., 1999).
Caveolin-GFP fusions expressed in cultured cell lines have been extensively used to study caveolin dynamics in vivo (Pelkmans et al., 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005; Tagawa et al., 2005). Some groups studying caveolae in cultured cell lines have reported that caveolae are highly immobile structures that do not show a high turnover rate at the plasma membrane (Thomsen et al., 2002), whereas other groups indicate that a subset of surface caveolae are highly mobile under standard culture conditions (Pelkmans and Zerial, 2005). However, all groups agree that various stimuli can lead to greatly increased internalization of caveolae. Antibody cross-linking of MHC class I molecules or glycosyl phosphatidyl inositol–anchored proteins results in clustering of these molecules in caveolae and subsequent internalization of caveolae (Huet et al., 1980; Parton et al., 1994). Simian virus 40 (SV40) infection also induces a massive internalization of caveolae containing SV40 (Pelkmans et al., 2001). Recently, it has been reported that cell detachment from the extracellular matrix triggers internalization of lipid rafts and caveolin-1 from the plasma membrane to an intracellular compartment to down-regulate various signal transduction pathways (del Pozo et al., 2005). Furthermore, caveolins are redistributed from the plasma membrane to lipid bodies in early stages of liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy (Pol et al., 2004). These observations strongly suggest that the function and localization of caveolins are highly regulated in the cell. However, relatively little is known of caveolin trafficking in intact animal systems, and a genetically tractable system for the analysis of the molecular machinery that regulates the dynamic behavior of caveolins has been lacking.
To analyze caveolin dynamics, we have imaged CAV-1-GFP in living animals under a variety of experimental conditions. Here, we report that trafficking of C. elegans caveolin-1 is dynamically regulated during the development of the worm germ line and embryo. In the syncytial gonad CAV-1-GFP localizes to the plasma membrane and to punctate Golgi ministacks in the cytoplasm. As oocytes form, a significant fraction of the CAV-1-GFP in the cell begins to appear in large ring-like membrane compartments (CAV-1 bodies) in the cytoplasm that remain closely apposed to the Golgi. The formation of the CAV-1 body is clathrin-independent but ARF-1–dependent. Just after ovulation and fertilization, the large ring-like organelles positive for CAV-1-GFP apparently fuse with the plasma membrane. Shortly thereafter most of the CAV-1-GFP is internalized via clathrin-mediated endocytosis and is rapidly degraded. Our results demonstrate that the distribution of CAV-1 is highly dynamic during development, with at least two distinct mechanisms regulating CAV-1 localization at different developmental stages. Our results also suggest new potential functions for caveolin in development.
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. All strains were grown at 20°C unless otherwise stated. The wild-type parent for all strains was C. elegans var Bristol strain N2. Mutations used were LGIII, unc-119 (ed3) (Maduro and Pilgrim, 1995); LGIV, rme-2 (b1008) (Grant and Hirsh, 1999); LGI, spe-9 (hc52) (Singson et al., 1998); LGV, fog-2(q71) (Schedl and Kimble, 1988); and unmapped pwIs61 [GFP::cav-1, unc-119(+)] and pwIs281 [CAV-1-GFP, unc-119(+)] (this work). arf-1(ok796) was obtained from the C. elegans Gene Knockout Consortium.
Plasmids and Transgenic C. elegans
A genomic fragment containing the ORF in cav-1 was amplified by PCR and cloned into the Entry vector pDONR221 by Gateway recombinational cloning technology. The ORF of cav-1 was then cloned into pID3.01 (Pellettieri et al., 2003) to create an amino-terminal GFP fusion. pID3.01 utilizes pie-1 5' and 3' UTR sequences to drive expression of the transgene in the maternal germ line. To create a carboxy-terminal GFP fusion with CAV-1, a genomic fragment containing the ORF in cav-1 was amplified by PCR with cav-1Gw+ and cav-1Bgl2R [5'-GGGGACAACTTTGTACAAGAAAGTTGTTAagatctGACGCATGGAGCAGTAGTTTC-3'] and cloned into the Entry vector pDONR221, resulting pDONR221cav-1BglII. A DNA fragment encoding GFP was amplified using pID3.01 as a template and inserted into a BglII site of pDONR221cav-1BglII. The ORF of CAV-1-GFP was then cloned into pID2.01 (Pellettieri et al., 2003). GFP fusion expressing transgenic lines were created by the microparticle bombardment method as described previously (Praitis et al., 2001).
For RNA interference (RNAi) experiments, we cloned genomic DNA corresponding to F54C9.10, rab-27, rab-30, rab-33, rab-38, rabY4, rabY6, and chc-1 by PCR using purified N2 genomic DNA and inserting them into RNAi vector L4440. cDNAs corresponding to Y57G11C.13, Y116A8C.12, rab-3, rab-5, rab-7, rab-8, rab-11.1, rab-14, rab-18, rab-19, and rab-35 were prepared from EST clones provided by Yuji Kohara (National Institute of Genetics, Japan) and subcloned into L4440. All other feeding RNAi constructs were obtained from the Ahringer genomic RNAi library (Kamath and Ahringer, 2003).
Antibody Production
To generate antibodies directed against SQV-8, the nucleotides encoding amino acids 150–349 of SQV-8 were amplified from a cDNA library and inserted into pGEX6P-1 (GE Healthcare, Piscataway, NJ). The purified GST fusion protein was outsourced for injection into rabbits (Sigma Genosys), and affinity purification of anti-SQV-8 antibodies was performed as described previously, after removal of the GST by cleavage of the antigen with Precision protease (Precision Systems, Natick, MA; Audhya et al., 2005).
RNA-mediated Interference
RNAi experiments in this study were performed using the feeding method (Timmons et al., 2001). L4 larvae were placed on plates containing NGM agar with 5 mM IPTG and HT115 (DE3) bacteria carrying double-stranded RNA expression constructs and allowed to grow for 48 h at 20°C. P0 animals were transferred to a new plate and allowed to lay eggs for 1–2 h. Then, P0 animals were removed from the plate and observed by fluorescence microscopy. F1 progeny were further incubated for 4 d and observed by fluorescence microscopy.
Microscopy and Immunostaining
To observe live worms expressing transgenes, worms were mounted on agarose pads with 10 mM levamisole in M9 buffer. Fluorescence images were obtained using an Axiovert 200M (Carl Zeiss MicroImaging, Oberkochen, Germany) microscope equipped with a digital CCD camera (C4742-95-12ER, Hamamatsu Photonics, Hamamatsu, Japan) and deconvolved with AutoDeblur software (AutoQuant Imaging, Watervliet, NY). Confocal images were obtained using a Bio-Rad MRC-1024 confocal microscope system (Bio-Rad, Tokyo, Japan) and an Olympus confocal microscope system FV1000 (Olympus, Tokyo, Japan). Movies of the gonad were made using a spinning disk confocal microscope (Nikon Eclipse TE2000-E, Tokyo, Japan) equipped with a Hamamatsu Orca-ER CCD camera at 20°C using a Nikon 60x, 1.4 NA Planapo oil objective lens.
Immunostaining of dissected gonads was performed as described previously (Grant and Hirsh, 1999; Sato et al., 2005). Images of fixed worms stained with anti-SQV-8 antibody were acquired on a DeltaVision deconvolution Olympus IX70 microscope (Applied Precision, Issaquah, WA) equipped with a CoolSnap CCD camera (Roper Scientific, Tucson, AZ) at 20°C using a 100x, 1.35 NA Olympus U-Planapo oil objective lens.
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). Endogenous CAV-1 is known to be strongly expressed in the germ line of adult hermaphrodites and is thought to influence Ras/MAP-kinase–dependent progression through the pachytene-stage of the meiotic cell cycle (Scheel et al., 1999). To examine the dynamics of meiotic CAV-1 protein, we expressed CAV-1 with an amino- or carboxy-terminal GFP tag in the C. elegans germline using the germ line-specific pie-1 promoter (Pellettieri et al., 2003). We used both CAV-1-GFP fusions for the experiments presented here, but show the results for only one CAV-1-GFP reporter, because both fusions behaved identically in all cases.
The germ cells of adult hermaphrodites are contained within a U-shaped tubular gonad (McCarter et al., 1999; see Figure 7G). Germ cells in the most distal region of the gonad arm are in mitosis and enter meiosis as they move away from the distal tip. Oocytes first appear near the "bend" region of the gonad arm and are arrested in diakinesis of meiotic prophase I. The oocytes increase dramatically in size as they move from the bend proximally toward the spermatheca, but do not reenter meiosis until they receive signals from the overlying sheath and adjacent sperm cells to mature and ovulate. On receiving these signals, the first signs of maturation are nuclear envelope breakdown and cortical rearrangement. A mature oocyte in the proximal arm will then ovulate, entering the spermatheca for fertilization. After fertilization, embryos complete meiosis I and meiosis II and start zygotic development.
CAV-1-GFP expressed in the germ line displayed highly dynamic behavior during oocyte formation, ovulation, fertilization, and the first embryonic cell cycle. In mitotic and early meiotic cells of the distal germline CAV-1-GFP is mainly localized to the plasma membrane. As oocytes form in the bend region CAV-1-GFP additionally accumulates in small vesicles, and in larger oocytes appears in large ring-like structures deeper in the cytoplasm (Figure 1, A, C, and G).
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). RME-2 is first expressed in very early oocytes in the bend region of the gonad where it appears primarily in the ER and Golgi. Soon thereafter it reaches the plasma membrane, and in large nearly full-grown oocytes is primarily found cycling through early endosomes and recycling endosomes (Grant and Hirsh, 1999; Grant et al., 2001; Sato et al., 2005). CAV-1-GFP partially colocalizes with RME-2 in early stage oocytes, probably in the ER and Golgi, but in larger oocytes did not overlap significantly with RME-2 in the endosomal system (Supplementary Figure S1, A and B). In addition CAV-1-GFP did not exhibit colocalization with a marker for early endosomes, EEA-1 (Supplementary Figure S1, C and D), or a marker for recycling endosomes, RME-1 (Supplementary Figure S1, E and F), at any stage of oogenesis. CAV-1-GFP–labeled organelles did not accumulate Lysotracker-Red, a marker for acidified organelles such as late endosomes and lysosomes, nor did they label with Nile Red, a marker for neutral lipid bodies (Supplementary Figure S1G). Thus at least in their unique labeling the CAV-1-GFP–labeled ring-like structures in large nearly full-grown oocytes are reminiscent of caveosomes (Pelkmans et al., 2001). Mammalian caveosomes are defined as caveolin-1–rich, intracellular organelles with a near neutral pH (Pelkmans et al., 2001). We refer to these CAV-1-GFP–labeled ring-like structures in C. elegans oocytes as CAV-1 bodies. The large CAV-1 bodies were relatively immobile, whereas the smaller CAV-1-GFP–labeled vesicles in the cytoplasm moved actively (Supplementary Video 1). CAV-1-GFP was also found in small, scattered spots on the plasma membrane (Figure 1B) that presumably represent individual caveolae or small caveolar vesicles beneath the plasma membrane. Given the low mobility of large CAV-1 bodies, we sought to determine if these structures are still actively exchanging molecules with the rest of the cell or are quiescent. As a measure of molecular exchange we subjected the CAV-1-GFP–labeled CAV-1 bodies to fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) analysis (Figure 1, M–O). Interestingly, fluorescence recovery in individual CAV-1 bodies was very slow, indicating that CAV-1-GFP associated with CAV-1 bodies in large, nearly full-grown oocytes has very little exchange with external pools. Significant recovery of fluorescence was noted on the plasma membrane, probably because of the lateral diffusion of CAV-1- GFP on the plasma membrane or influx of newly synthesized CAV-1-GFP to the plasma membrane.
CAV-1-GFP distribution changed rapidly during ovulation. The first change we observed in an oocyte about to ovulate was the clustering of all punctate CAV-1-GFP at the cortex and around the nucleus, clearing the cytoplasm in between (Figure 1H and Supplementary Video 2a). Shortly thereafter, accompanying nuclear breakdown, the perinuclear CAV-1-GFP signal was lost and the plasma membrane proximal CAV-1-GFP signal increased, with apparent fusion of the CAV-1 bodies with the plasma membrane (Figure 1I and Supplementary Video 2a). After fertilization, most CAV-1-GFP (Figure 1E), or GFP-CAV-1 (Figure 1, J–L, and Supplementary Video 2, a and b) was internalized and degraded in the one-cell stage embryo. CAV-1-GFP present in polar bodies persisted much longer and did not appear to be actively degraded (Figure 1E, arrowhead). These results indicate that CAV-1 localization and stability are tightly controlled in the germ line and embryo.
CAV-1-GFP Accumulates on the Plasma Membrane in Oocytes Lacking RME-2
Endogenous CAV-1 was reported to be enriched in cholesterol-rich rafts in C. elegans, and cholesterol depletion disrupted the association of CAV-1 with glycosphingolipid-rich rafts (Scheel et al., 1999). The oocytes of C. elegans are enriched in cholesterol content relative to most other tissues as a consequence of their uptake of cholesterol-rich yolk particles (Matyash et al., 2001). To examine the effects of cholesterol depletion on CAV-1-GFP localization, we utilized rme-2 mutants, which lack the yolk receptor and thus fail in yolk uptake by oocytes (Grant and Hirsh, 1999). Because C. elegans does not possess the enzymes necessary for de novo sterol synthesis, all sterols enter the worm from their environment, most through ingestion and absorption by the intestine (Matyash et al., 2001). The bulk of the cholesterol entering oocytes is transported from the intestine via vitellogenins and RME-2 (Grant and Hirsh, 1999; Matyash et al., 2001). Thus, lack of RME-2 causes severe depletion of cholesterol in oocytes. As shown in Figure 2, rme-2(b1008) null mutant worms display aberrant accumulation of CAV-1-GFP on and near the plasma membrane accompanied by loss of intracellular CAV-1 bodies in the proximal oocytes (Figure 2B), suggesting that yolk uptake via RME-2 is important for correct localization of CAV-1-GFP in oocytes.
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; Kadandale and Singson, 2004). fog-2(q71) mutants on the other hand develop as females devoid of sperm (Schedl and Kimble, 1988). Because major sperm proteins (MSPs) secreted by the sperm are important for ovulation, fog-2(q71) mutants show greatly reduced ovulation rates unless mated to males (Schedl and Kimble, 1988; Miller et al., 2001). Surprisingly, trafficking of CAV-1-GFP was nearly normal in both of these mutants (Figure 3, A–D), indicating that fertilization per se is not required for exocytosis of CAV-1 bodies or degradation of CAV-1-GFP after ovulation. The trafficking of CAV-1-GFP from CAV-1 bodies to the plasma membrane always accompanied ovulation, even in fog-2 mutant oocytes where ovulation is greatly delayed.
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). RNAi of emb-27 results in accumulation of one-cell stage embryos arrested in metaphase of meiosis I (Golden et al., 2000). Such arrested embryos fail to transit to anaphase or to produce polar bodies. emb-27 RNAi did not interfere with CAV-1 body formation in oocytes (Figure 3E), but emb-27(RNAi) embryos arrested at the one-cell stage failed to degrade CAV-1-GFP (Figure 3F). CAV-1 bodies remained just beneath the plasma membrane in emb-27(RNAi) embryos (Figure 3, G and H), suggesting that fusion with the plasma membrane is inhibited until after metaphase.
CAV-1-GFP Is Degraded via Clathrin-mediated Endocytosis after Fertilization
To gain insight into the mechanisms of both CAV-1 body formation in oocytes and CAV-1 down-regulation in embryos, we tested the importance of candidate trafficking regulators in either process. We began by depleting CAV-1-GFP animals of clathrin heavy chain (chc-1), dynamin (dyn-1), and rab-5 using RNAi conditions that we have previously established block endocytosis in oocytes (Grant and Hirsh, 1999; Sato et al., 2005). Clathrin is a major coat protein required for clathrin-mediated endocytosis by which most receptor-ligand complexes are internalized (Brodsky et al., 2001). Clathrin is also required for Golgi-to-endosome transport, a pathway utilized by newly synthesized lysosomal hydrolases (Bonifacino, 2004). Caveolar endocytosis is thought to be clathrin-independent. Dynamin is required for pinching off clathrin-coated vesicles and caveolae from the plasma membrane (Takei et al., 2005). The small GTPase RAB-5 is a key regulator of the early clathrin-mediated endocytic pathway and is also required for Simian Virus 40 infection via caveolar endocytosis in mammalian cells (Pelkmans et al., 2004). We did not observe any effect of RNAi-mediated depletion of chc-1, dyn-1, or rab-5 on CAV-1-GFP localization in oocytes (Figure 4, C, E, and G), suggesting that targeting of CAV-1-GFP to the CAV-1 bodies is a clathrin-, dynamin-, and RAB-5–independent process. In striking contrast we found that RNAi-mediated knockdown of chc-1, dyn-1, or rab-5 blocked degradation of CAV-1-GFP in embryos (Figure 4, D, F, and H). These results indicate that targeting of CAV-1-GFP to CAV-1 bodies in oocytes occurs in a clathrin- and RAB-5–independent-manner, but degradation of CAV-1-GFP in embryos is mediated by clathrin-dependent endocytosis.
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; Nie et al., 2003). C. elegans has 1 sar, 10 arfs, and 29 rab genes. Among these genes, we found that RNAi of rab-1 or sar-1 caused severe accumulation of CAV-1-GFP in reticular structures, presumably the ER (Figure 5) and resulted in loss of CAV-1-GFP from other structures. These results indicate that CAV-1-GFP is transported through the early secretory pathway in the traditional manner and must exit the ER in a sar-1– and rab-1–dependent process before reaching the CAV-1 body and plasma membrane.
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). C. elegans has six genes encoding proteins with predicted Sec7 domains. Among these genes, only RNAi of Y6B3A.1 significantly blocked targeting of CAV-1-GFP to CAV-1 bodies (Figure 6, G and H). RNAi of Y6B3A.1 did not alter the localization of RME-2-GFP on the plasma membrane and endosomes (Supplementary Figure S2D). Y6B3A.1 encodes a homolog of mammalian BIG1 (brefeldin A–inhibited guanine nucleotide-exchange protein 1), which acts as a GEF for class I Arfs, predicted orthologues of C. elegans ARF-1 (Togawa et al., 1999). We named this gene agef-1, standing for Arf1 GEF homologue. Both Arf1 and BIG1 are known to function at the Golgi apparatus (Donaldson and Honda, 2005). Interestingly, agef-1 knockdown inhibited CAV-1 body formation more severely than did arf-1 disruption, suggesting that AGEF-1 might activate both ARF-1 and ARF-3 at the Golgi in C. elegans.
These results suggested that arf-1 and agef-1 function in CAV-1 body formation at the Golgi. We thus examined colocalization of CAV-1-GFP with the Golgi membrane protein SQV-8 (Herman and Horvitz, 1999). Although SQV-8 showed distinct localization from CAV-1-GFP in the large wild-type oocytes, SQV-8 was generally found directly adjacent to the CAV-1 bodies (Figure 7, A–C). Strikingly, deletion of arf-1 not only prevents normal CAV-1 body formation (Figure 7D) but also dramatically changed Golgi morphology (Figure 7E). Much of the CAV-1-GFP in arf-1 mutants was coincident with SQV-8 (Figure 7F), suggesting that ARF-1 is involved in export of CAV-1 from the Golgi to the CAV-1 bodies. Taken together, these results suggest that activation of class I Arfs by AGEF-1 is required for transport of caveolin from the Golgi to the CAV-1 bodies during oogenesis.
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, 2002, 2004, 2005; Tagawa et al., 2005). However, few of the cultured cell results have been extended to the physiologically relevant context of a living animal. Our findings demonstrate that several distinct mechanisms regulate caveolin trafficking at different developmental stages in a living animal and suggest potential new functions for caveolin in development.
We found that CAV-1-GFP is first transported via the biosynthetic pathway from the ER to the Golgi and is then targeted to a novel membrane compartment, the CAV-1 body, during oocyte formation. We discovered that targeting of CAV-1-GFP to the CAV-1 bodies depends on the C. elegans homologues of Arf1 and its putative guanine nucleotide exchange factor BIG1. In arf-1 mutants CAV-1-GFP becomes trapped in a Golgi-associated structure, possibly an incomplete CAV-1 body that cannot detach from the TGN. In mammalian cells, Arf1 and BIG1 are localized to the Golgi (Stearns et al., 1990; Yamaji et al., 2000) and are required for the recruitment of cytosolic coat complexes to the Golgi membrane (Donaldson et al., 2005). Interestingly, newly assembled caveolar domains also first appear as structures budding from the Golgi in mammalian cells (Tagawa et al., 2005). Arf1 recruits the adaptor protein complex (AP1) and the monomeric Golgi-associated, 
-adaptin ear-containing, Arf-binding (GGA) proteins to the Golgi complex. Both of these coat proteins recognize the cytoplasmic tails of transmembrane cargo proteins and mediate their transport between the TGN and the lysosome in a clathrin-dependent manner (Robinson, 2004). Because targeting of CAV-1-GFP to CAV-1 bodies was not affected by knockdown of clathrin heavy chain, even under conditions stringent enough to redistribute clathrin light chain to the cytosol (our unpublished observation), it is likely that CAV-1 body formation is a novel clathrin-independent process. Strikingly, in rme-2 mutants defective in cholesterol-enriched yolk uptake, nearly all CAV-1-GFP accumulated on the plasma membrane concurrent with a loss of the CAV-1 bodies. One simple explanation would be that high cholesterol levels are required for correct sorting of CAV-1-GFP at the Golgi.
CAV-1 bodies normally appear to fuse with the plasma membrane after fertilization, suggesting that the CAV-1 body is a regulated secretory compartment derived from the TGN. The fusion of CAV-1 bodies with the plasma membrane is blocked by loss of EMB-27, a subunit of the anaphase-promoting complex required for the metaphase-to-anaphase transition of embryos after fertilization (Golden et al., 2000), indicating that fusion of CAV-1 bodies to the plasma membrane is tightly linked to progression of meiosis I. This process can proceed even if fertilization itself is blocked. In mammalian cells, cytoplasmic caveolar vesicles undergo kiss-and-run–like fusion with the plasma membrane (Pelkmans and Zerial, 2005), suggesting that caveolin-enriched vesicles in general undergo regulated targeting to the plasma membrane. The CAV-1 bodies are quite reminiscent of oocyte cortical granules observed in other animals (Fisher and Rebhun, 1983; Abbott and Ducibella, 2001). In animals, exocytosis of cortical granules located in the cortex of oocytes changes the extracellular environment to prevent additional spermatozoa from penetrating the newly fertilized egg. As such CAV-1 bodies may be a reservoir of cholesterol- and glycosphingolipid-enriched membranes or signaling molecules in the oocyte that are delivered to the plasma membrane to make oocytes resistant to polyspermy. Interestingly, electron microscopy indicates that C. elegans zygotes produce a transient "post-ovulation envelope" before eggshell formation (David Greenstein, personal communication). It is conceivable that CAV-1 bodies are involved in forming a postovulation envelope to block polyspermy. Because C. elegans embryos secrete their own eggshell, it is also possible that CAV-1 bodies contain components that contribute to eggshell formation (Grant and Sato, 2006).
Strikingly, CAV-1-GFP was internalized for degradation in a clathrin- and RAB-5–dependent manner. Because caveolins in cultured cells produce their own clathrin-independent endocytic pits and vesicles, this was unexpected. However, caveolins are not degraded by uptake into caveosomes, so redirection into the standard endocytosis pathway may be necessary for productive degradation. Regulated degradation of maternal proteins is under strict developmental control and is important for proper embryogenesis. For instance maternal proteins MEI-1 and MEI-2 are degraded in a ubiquitin-dependent reaction that is essential for transition of embryos from meiosis to mitosis (Srayko et al., 2000; Pellettieri et al., 2003). Mono-ubiquitination of membrane proteins is known to direct their endocytosis (Hicke and Dunn, 2003). In addition mono-ubiquitination is recognized by the ESCRT complex of the endosomes and directs transmembrane cargo into the internal vesicles of multivesicular bodies, leading to their degradation and preventing their recycling (Raiborg et al., 2003). Such ubiquitination of CAV-1 might be the means by which it is targeted for degradation.
In this study we reveal that trafficking of C. elegans caveolin-1 is dynamically regulated during the development of the germ line and embryo. We do note however that the CAV-1-GFP-fusion proteins examined here were driven by a heterologous promoter, and we were not able to test these fusions for function because no cav-1 mutants are currently available. Thus, it is not yet certain if our results completely recapitulate the expression and trafficking of the endogenous CAV-1 protein. Further studies will be required to determine the precise mechanisms that drive CAV-1 into this pathway.
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The online version of this article contains supplemental material at MBC Online (http://www.molbiolcell.org). 
Address correspondence to: Barth D. Grant ( grant{at}biology.rutgers.edu)
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