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Vol. 17, Issue 7, 3197-3210, July 2006
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*Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thoracic Diseases Research Unit, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905; and
Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
Submitted December 5, 2005;
Accepted April 24, 2006
| ABSTRACT |
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| INTRODUCTION |
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Our laboratory has demonstrated that the fluorescent SL analog BODIPY-lactosylceramide (BODIPY-LacCer) is internalized via caveolae in a range of cell types (Puri et al., 2001
; Singh et al., 2003
). BODIPY-LacCer is internalized rapidly and can be observed within Cav1-positive vesicles by 12 min after initiation of endocytosis at 37°C (Puri et al., 2001
; Singh et al., 2003, 2004). In human skin fibroblasts, BODIPY-LacCer is delivered to early endosomes within 510 min of internalization, and eventually a portion reaches the Golgi apparatus (Puri et al., 2001
; Choudhury et al., 2002
; Sharma et al., 2003
). The uptake by caveolae and subsequent trafficking of BODIPY-LacCer is considerably different from that reported for SV40 virus, which is internalized much more slowly, does not enter early endosomes, and is delivered to the ER without passage through the Golgi apparatus (Pelkmans et al., 2001
). It is unknown whether BODIPY-LacCer and SV40 virus are internalized by identical mechanisms, and the possibility that there are multiple forms of caveolar endocytosis has been discussed (Le and Nabi, 2003
).
Other clathrin-independent uptake mechanisms involve membrane microdomains that have a similar lipid composition to caveolae but that are devoid of caveolins (Damm et al., 2005
; Kirkham et al., 2005b
). These include 1) the uptake of the interleukin 2 receptor (IL-2R) by a clathrin-independent, dynamin (Dyn)- and RhoA-dependent mechanism (Lamaze et al., 2001
; Sabharanjak et al., 2002
); and 2) uptake of some glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins as well as fluorescent dextrans via a clathrin- and Dyn2-independent, Cdc42-regulated pinocytic pathway (Sabharanjak et al., 2002
). Although several studies have demonstrated the existence of multiple nonclathrin endocytic pathways with different cargo, protein machinery, and pharmacological sensitivities within a single cell type (Sabharanjak et al., 2002
; Singh et al., 2003
; Sharma et al., 2004
), the distinction between the various clathrin-independent pathways is not always clear. For example, the use of cholesterol sequestering (e.g., nystatin or filipin) or extracting agents (e.g., cyclodextrins) may not differentiate between uptake via caveolae or other cholesterol-dependent mechanisms (Orlandi and Fishman, 1998
; Singh et al., 2003
). In addition, endocytic markers may behave differently in varying cell types. For example, CtxB may be internalized via caveolae, clathrin-mediated endocytosis, or other mechanisms depending on cell type (Orlandi and Fishman, 1998
; Torgersen et al., 2001
; Singh et al., 2003
). Finally, the caveolar markers SV40 and CtxB are internalized via caveolae-independent mechanisms in both wild-type and Cav1 knockout mouse embryonic fibroblasts (Damm et al., 2005
; Kirkham et al., 2005b
).
Interestingly, markers for clathrin-independent endocytosis are often found in PM microdomains (Brown and London, 1998
; Sabharanjak et al., 2002
; Nabi and Le, 2003
; Parton and Richards, 2003
; Simons and Vaz, 2004
), suggesting that SLs and cholesterol might play a role in the regulation of these endocytic mechanisms. Indeed, endocytosis of SLs, GPI-anchored proteins, albumin, SV40, and CtxB are reported to be sensitive to cholesterol depletion or sequestration (Orlandi and Fishman, 1998
; Pelkmans et al., 2002
; Sabharanjak et al., 2002
; John et al., 2003
; Singh et al., 2003
). We recently found that addition of exogenous glycosphingolipids (GSLs) selectively stimulates caveolar-mediated endocytosis (Sharma et al., 2004
), suggesting a regulatory role for SLs in this process. However, only a few studies have dealt with the role of SLs in endocytosis in mammalian cells or in yeast (Chen et al., 1995
; Zanolari et al., 2000
), and it is unknown whether any of the clathrin-independent endocytic mechanisms specifically requires SLs for normal function.
In the current study, we used a mutant Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell line (SPB-1 cells) (Hanada et al., 1990
) deficient in SL biosynthesis at the nonpermissive temperature as well as selective inhibitors of SL synthesis (Supplemental Figure 1) to dissect the requirement of various endocytic mechanisms for different SLs. We show that 1) general depletion of SLs inhibits multiple mechanisms of clathrin-independent endocytosis but not clathrin-dependent uptake; 2) depletion of GSLs selectively inhibits caveolar endocytosis; and 3) overall depletion SLs inhibits clathrin-independent endocytic mechanisms involving RhoA or Cdc42, because of the loss of sphingomyelin (SM), which is required for their translocation to the PM. These findings provide the first evidence that SLs are differentially required by multiple mechanisms of clathrin-independent endocytosis.
| MATERIALS AND METHODS |
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1-1'-N-octanol-D-erythro-sphingosine (C8-LacCer), and bovine brain SM were from Avanti Polar Lipids (Alabaster, AL). Fluorescent Alexa Fluor AF594- or AF647-labeled albumin, transferrin (Tfn), and dextran were from Invitrogen (Carlsbad, CA); and DiI-LDL was from Intracel (Frederick, MD). Tyrosine kinase inhibitor PP2 was from Calbiochem (San Diego, CA). Cholesterol, Clostridium difficile toxin B, and FB1 were from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO). N-butyldeoxygalactonojirmycin (NB-DGJ) was from Toronto Research Chemicals (Toronto, Ontario, Canada). D,L-threo-1-Phenyl-2-hexadecanoylamino-3-pyrrolidino-1-propanol (PPPP) was gift from Dr. J. Shayman (University of Michigan, Ann arbor, MI). The IL-2R
chain antibody mik-
3, labeled with phycoerythrin (PE), and anti-PM-Cav1 (C43420
[GenBank]
) and anti-Golgi-Cav1 (C37120
[GenBank]
) were from BD Biosciences PharMingen (San Diego, CA). Plasmids encoding the IL-2R
chain (IL-2R
) (A. Dautry-Varsat, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France), DN AP180 (H. McMahon, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom), and Dyn2 K44A (M. McNiven, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN), and wild-type (WT), constitutively active (CA), and dominant negative (DN) RhoA and Cdc42 (in pcDNA3.1) (D. Billadeau, Mayo Foundation) were generous gifts as noted. Green fluorescent protein (GFP)-RhoA Q63L and GFP-Cdc42 Q61L were generated by subcloning into the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-C3 vector (Clontech, Mountain View, CA) at the HindIII and ApaI sites. HA-Rho and HA-Cdc42 were from the University of Missouri cDNA Resource Center (Rolla, MO). Cav1-monomeric red fluorescent protein (mRed) was generated as described previously (Sharma et al., 2004
Lipid Analysis
Lipid extraction and analysis were performed as described previously (Puri et al., 2003
). SLs were separated by TLC and identified by comparison to known standards using CHCl3/CH3OH/15 mM CaCl2 [65:35:8 (vol/vol/vol)] as the developing solvent. Primulin was used as a detection reagent, and lipids were quantified by scanning densitometry.
RhoA and Cdc42 Activity Assay
RhoA and Cdc42 activities were determined using commercial kits (RhoA activation kit; catalog no. BK036, Cytoskeleton, Denver, CO; Cdc42 activation kit; catalog no. 17-286) from Upstate Biotechnology, Charlottesville, VA). For both assays, serum-starved cells were incubated in Hams F-12 with 10% serum for 10 min, chilled on ice, and washed once with phosphate-buffered saline. For RhoA activity, cells were lysed in 500 µl of lysis buffer (50 mM Tris, pH 7.2, 1% Triton X-100, 0.5% sodium deoxycolate, 0.1% SDS, 500 mM NaCl, 10 mM MgCl2, 10 µg/ml each of aprotinin and leupeptin, and 1 mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF). Lysates were centrifuged, equal volumes were incubated with the glutathione S-transferase (GST)-Rho binding domain of Rhotekin RBD beads (20 µg protein/sample) for 1 h at 4°C, washed three times, and eluted with SDS sample buffer. Bound RhoA was analyzed by SDS-PAGE separation on a 12% polyacrylamide gel, followed by immunoblotting with a monoclonal antibody against RhoA (catalog no. BK036, Cytoskeleton). For Cdc42 activity, cells were lysed in lysis buffer (23 mM HEPES, pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl, 1% Igepal CA-630, 10 mM MgCl2, 1 mM EDTA, 2% glycerol, and 10 µg/ml each of aprotinin and leupeptin). Cleared lysates were incubated with 20 µg of GST-p21-binding domain of PAK1 for 45 min at 4°C, washed three times, and eluted with SDS sample buffer. Bound Cdc42 was analyzed by Western blotting as described above, using a monoclonal anti-Cdc42 antibody (catalog no. 17-286, Upstate Biotechnology).
Cell Culture and Transfection
The CHO mutant SPB-1, which is defective in serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT) activity, and parental CHO-K1 cells were maintained as described previously (Hanada et al., 1990
). SPB-1 SLs were depleted by growth in Nutridoma-BO for 2 d at 39°C. SL levels were decreased in CHO-K1 cells by incubation with 20 µg/ml FB1, 100 µM NB-DGJ, or 0.5 µM PPPP for 2 d in culture. Cells were transfected with IL-2R
, Cav1-mRed, GFP-RhoA Q63L, or GFP-Cdc42 Q61L or cotransfected with CFP-Nuc and RhoA T19N, Cdc42 T17N, DN AP180, or Dyn2 K44A using FuGENE 6.
Incubation of Cells with Fluorescent Lipids and Various Markers
BODIPY-LacCer and other nonfluorescent exogenous SLs were complexed to defatted bovine serum albumin (BSA) (Martin and Pagano, 1994
). Cells were typically incubated for 30 min at 10°C with 1 µM BODIPY-LacCer/BSA in HEPES-buffered minimal essential medium (HMEM) with glucose, washed twice, and further incubated for the indicated times (usually 3 min) at 37°C. BODIPY-LacCer remaining at the PM was then removed by back-exchange at 10°C as described previously (Martin and Pagano, 1994
). For labeled proteins, cells were preincubated with 5 µg/ml AF594-Tfn or 50 µg/ml AF594 or AF647-albumin for 30 min at 10°C, further incubated at 37°C for 5 min or as indicated, and then acid-stripped to remove labeled protein remaining at the cell surface. For fluid phase uptake, cells were incubated with 1 mg/ml AF594-dextran for 5 min at 37°C without preincubation or acid stripping. For IL-2R
internalization, cells transiently transfected with IL-2R
were incubated with 1 nM IL-2 and 5 µg/ml PE-mik-
3 for 5 min at 37°C.
Inhibitor Treatments
Cells were preincubated in HMEM containing 10 nM PP2 or 100 µM C. difficile toxin B for 1 h at 37°C, or with 50 µM genistein, 8 µg/ml CPZ, or 5 mM methyl-
-cyclodextrin (m
-CD) for 30 min at 37°C as described previously (Puri et al., 2001
; Sharma et al., 2004
). Inhibitors were present in all subsequent steps of the experiments.
Addition of Exogenous Lipids and SMase Treatment
Cells were preincubated in HMEM containing 20 µM defatted BSA complex with nonfluorescent lipids (C8-ceramide, C6-SM, GM3, and C8-LacCer) for 30 min at 10°C before incubation with various markers as described above. To deplete SM, cells were treated with 200 mU/ml SMase from Bacillus aureus (Sigma-Aldrich) at 37° for 2 h.
Subcellular Fractionation, RhoA and Cdc42 Translocation
Cells were fractionated as described previously (del Pozo et al., 2004
). Briefly, cells were lysed in ice-cold hypotonic lysis buffer (10 mM HEPES, pH 7.5, 1.5 mM MgCl2, 5 mM KCl, 1 mM dithiothreitol, 0.2 mM sodium vanadate, 1 mM PMSF, and 1 µg/ml each of aprotinin and leupeptin) for 5 min. Lysates were homogenized and then centrifuged at 700 x g for 3 min. The resulting supernatants were spun at 40,000 x g for 30 min at 4°C to separate the crude membrane pellet (P) from the supernatant (S) containing the cytosol. Ten percent of the membrane fractions and 2% of the cytosol fractions were analyzed by Western blotting using antibodies against RhoA or Cdc42, and quantified by densitometry.
Binding of RhoA and Cdc42 to Multilamellar Lipid Vesicles (MLVs)
Stock solutions of DMPC, cholesterol, and SM in CHCl3 were mixed in various proportions and dried under a stream of nitrogen. Samples were vortex mixed in PPE buffer (5 mM PIPES, 50 mM KCl, and 1 mM EDTA) and further incubated for 30 min at 37°C followed by centrifugation for 15 min at 40,000 x g (4°C). The resulting MLVs were resuspended in PPE buffer at a final concentration of 10 mM lipid. HA-tagged Rho-GTPases were prepared from CHO-K1 cells transiently transfected with HA-RhoA or HA-Cdc42. After 48 h, the HA-tagged proteins were immunoprecipitated from cells lysates using immobilized anti-HA antibody matrix (catalog no. 11815016001; Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, IN). Purified HA-RhoA or HA-Cdc42 was loaded with GDP or guanosine 5'-O-(3-thio)triphosphate (GTP
S) (del Pozo et al., 2004
), and 1 µg of immunoprecipitated protein was incubated with 200 µM MLVs in 1 ml of PPE buffer for 30 min at 30°C. The samples were then centrifuged and washed twice as described above and resuspended in SDS sample buffer. Bound proteins were detected by immunoblotting using anti-HA or anti-Rho-GDI antibodies.
Fluorescence and Electron Microscopy (EM) Studies
Epifluorescence and total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy were carried out using an Olympus IX70 microscope with an Olympus TIRF module. Quantitation of images was performed using the MetaMorph image-processing program (Molecular Devices, Sunnyvale, CA) as described previously (Sharma et al., 2005
). For these studies, whole cell fluorescence was determined by drawing borders around individual cells, and noncellular background was subtracted. All photomicrographs in a given experiment were exposed and processed identically for a given fluorophore. For colocalization studies, no "cross-over" between microscope channels was observed at the concentration and exposure setting used.
For EM studies, cells were grown on Aklar sheets placed in 35-mm culture dishes and were either untreated (control) or incubated with NB-DGJ for 48 h (see above). Samples were fixed in the presence of 1 mM ruthenium red and embedded as described previously (Henley et al., 1998
). Transverse ultrathin sections were cut and viewed under a FEI Tecnai T12 transmission electron microscope operating at
80 kV. Overlapping images of the entire cell perimeter in a given field were taken at 21,000x magnification. For quantitation, the number of ruthenium red positive, 50- to 80-nm-diameter vesicles within 0.5 µm of the cell surface were counted for the entire cell perimeter. Values are expressed per 100 µm of perimeter length.
| RESULTS |
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To monitor caveolar endocytosis, we used BODIPY-LacCer, which is rapidly internalized via caveolae in several cell types, as shown by sensitivity to a range of pharmacological agents and DN proteins (Puri et al., 2003
; Singh et al., 2003
; Sharma et al., 2004
, 2005
). Here, we found that BODIPY-LacCer uptake by CHO cells was inhibited by m
-CD, genistein, and DN Dyn2 protein expression, but it was unaffected by inhibitors of the clathrin pathway (chlorpromazine and DN AP-180 expression) and the Rho protein-dependent pathways (C. difficile toxin B, DN RhoA, and Cdc42 expression) (Figure 1, A and B, Supplemental Figure 2, and Supplemental Table 1). In addition, BODIPY-LacCer colocalized with mRed-tagged Cav1 in vesicular structures 1 min after its internalization (Supplemental Figure 3), consistent with our previous studies in other cell types. These data demonstrate that BODIPY-LacCer is internalized via caveolae in CHO cells.
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-CD treatment. The uptake of BODIPY-LacCer, IL-2R and albumin was significantly inhibited by treatment with 5 mM m
-CD (Figure 1A), whereas inhibition of dextran uptake was only observed at higher concentrations (e.g., 15 mM m
-CD; Supplemental Figure 2A). The limited sensitivity of dextran uptake to cholesterol depletion seems surprising because low doses (45 mM) of m
-CD have been reported to inhibit the uptake and subsequent targeting of cholera toxin in Cav1 knockout cells (Kirkham et al., 2005a) and Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin in various cell types (Patel et al., 2002
Modified albumins such as fluorescent albumins are internalized via caveolae in some cell types via their binding to cell surface proteins (e.g., gp18 and gp30) (Schnitzer and Oh, 1994
; Schnitzer et al., 1994
; Singh et al., 2003
; Sharma et al., 2004
; Bito et al., 2005
); however, the mechanism of albumin uptake in CHO cells has not been characterized. We found that albumin endocytosis in CHO cells exhibited properties identical to that of IL-2R, i.e., it was Rho A dependent, tyrosine kinase and Dyn2 dependent, but independent of clathrin and src kinase (Figure 1A and Supplemental Figures 3 and 4; data summarized in Supplemental Table 2). Unlike the uptake of fluorescent dextran, which when used at concentrations of 1 mg/ml is taken up primarily via the fluid phase pathway and is specifically inhibited by DN Cdc42 (Sabharanjak et al., 2002
), albumin uptake was selectively inhibited by DN Rho A (Figure 1B and Supplemental Figure 4). Furthermore, albumin colocalized with the IL-2R but not with Cav1-mRed or with the caveolar marker BODIPY-LacCer (Figure 1C and Supplemental Figure 3). Thus, albumin serves as an additional marker for the RhoA-dependent endocytic pathway in CHO cells.
Together, the results in Figure 1, Supplemental Figures 2
4, and Supplemental Table 1 demonstrate that we are able to separately monitor endocytosis via clathrin (Tfn) and three distinct clathrin-independent endocytic mechanisms (caveolar [BODIPY-LacCer], RhoA-dependent [IL-2R and albumin], and Cdc42-dependent [dextran]).
SL Depletion Selectively Attenuates Clathrin-independent Endocytosis
We examined the role of SLs in regulating endocytosis using the temperature-sensitive CHO mutant cell line SPB-1. At the nonpermissive temperature (39°C), these cells fail to synthesize all SLs because of a defect in SPT (Hanada et al., 1990
), which catalyzes the first step of SL biosynthesis (refer to Supplemental Figure 1). When SPB-1 and its parental CHO-K1 cells were maintained in 5% fetal bovine serum (FBS) at the permissive temperature (33°C), SPB-1 cells had a similar SL composition to CHO-K1 cells as determined by quantitative lipid analysis of SM and GM3 ganglioside, the two major SLs in CHO cells (Supplemental Table 3). When cultured under nonpermissive conditions, SPB-1 cells exhibited a time-dependent decrease in their SL content, with the maximum reduction (
7075%), relative to cells cultured under permissive conditions, occurring after 48 h (Supplemental Figure 5A and Supplemental Table 3). In contrast, no significant difference was observed in GM3 ganglioside or SM levels between CHO-K1 cells cultured at 33 or 39°C (Supplemental Table 3).
We then studied the effect of SL depletion on the caveolar endocytosis of BODIPY-LacCer by comparing its initial internalization in SPB-1 versus CHO-K1 cell lines. Cells were incubated with BODIPY-LacCer for 30 min at 10°C to incorporate the lipid into the PM and were then warmed to 37°C to initiate endocytosis. CHO-K1 and SPB-1 cells internalized BODIPY-LacCer to a similar degree when cultured under permissive conditions (Figure 2A). After culture under nonpermissive conditions, SPB-1 cells showed a dramatic reduction in BODIPY-LacCer uptake compared with CHO-K1 cells grown under the same conditions (Figure 2, A and C, and Supplemental Figure 5B), whereas uptake by CHO-K1 cells was unaffected by the culture conditions (Figure 2A). In control experiments, both SPB-1 and CHO-K1 cells cultured under nonpermissive conditions showed similar levels of PM fluorescence after initial incubation with BODIPY-LacCer at 10°C, demonstrating "equal loading" of the PM with BODIPY-LacCer before endocytosis in both normal and SL-depleted cells (Figure 2A, right).
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GSL Depletion Selectively Blocks Caveolar Uptake
Because multiple clathrin-independent mechanisms of endocytosis were inhibited by SL depletion in SPB-1 cells (Figure 2), we next sought to determine whether these mechanisms might be differentially affected by different SL subgroups. For these studies, cells were treated with the ceramide synthase inhibitor fumonisin B1 (FB1) (Merrill et al., 1996
), to inhibit both SM and GSLs synthesis, or with glucosylceramide synthase (GCS) inhibitors (NB-DGJ) (Platt et al., 1994
) or PPPP (Lee et al., 1999
), which decreased GSLs and slightly increased SM levels concomitantly (Supplemental Figure 1 and Supplemental Table 4). Using these treatments, we then compared the initial internalization of markers for the various mechanisms of clathrin-independent endocytosis. Treatment with FB1 led to an inhibition of uptake of all the markers for clathrin-independent endocytosis (Figure 3), consistent with our findings using SPB-1 cells (Figure 2), and suggesting a general role for SLs in clathrin-independent endocytosis. In contrast, when cells were treated with either NB-DGJ or PPPP and then double labeled with fluorescent LacCer and albumin, LacCer internalization was inhibited, whereas albumin uptake was unaffected in the same cells. Similarly, no effect was seen on the endocytosis of markers for other clathrin-independent endocytic mechanisms (Figure 3). Based on the biosynthetic steps affected by these inhibitors (Supplemental Figure 1), these results suggest that GSLs are essential for caveolar-mediated endocytosis, whereas other clathrin-independent endocytic mechanisms require SLs other than GSLs (e.g., ceramide or SM).
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To test the effect of SL depletion on the membrane targeting of endogenous RhoA or Cdc42, particulate and cytosolic fractions were prepared from control, FB1-, or NB-DGJtreated cells by subcellular fractionation (del Pozo et al., 2004
). Western blotting showed that both RhoA and Cdc42 translocated to the membrane fraction in control and NB-DGJtreated cells after serum stimulation, but little translocation to the membrane fraction was seen in FB1-treated cells (Figure 6, AC). This indicates that a subgroup of SLs, but not GSLs, are critical for membrane targeting of RhoA and Cdc42.
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Because C6-SM partially restored the uptake of albumin and dextran in SL-depleted cells (Figure 4), we reasoned that it might do so by restoring membrane targeting of RhoA or Cdc42. To test this, SPB-1 cells transfected with GFP-RhoA Q63L were preincubated with exogenous SLs for 30 min at 10°C before examining the distribution of GFP-RhoA in the cells. All steps, including observation under the fluorescence microscope, were carried out at 10°C to minimize formation of SL metabolites. Incubation of SPB-1 cells with C6-SM significantly increased the proportion of GFP-RhoA Q63L at the PM, whereas other lipids such as ceramide, GM3, and C8-LacCer had little effect (Figure 7, A and B). Similar results were obtained using SPB-1 cells expressing GFP-Cdc42 Q61L (our unpublished data). Thus, in combination with the data in Figure 4, these results suggest that SM is the key SL required by RhoA and Cdc42 for regulation of IL-2 and fluid phase endocytosis.
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S and then incubated (30 min at 30°C) with MLVs containing various combinations of phosphatidylcholine (PC), cholesterol, SM, and GM3. The MLVs were then centrifuged, washed, and the bound proteins were examined by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting. MLVs containing PC, cholesterol, and SM showed a strong binding to RhoA or Cdc42 which was enhanced by GTP
S, and which was not observed in MLVs lacking cholesterol or containing GM3 in place of SM (Figure 7D); Rho-GDI was not dectectable in any of the MLVs after incubation with the immunoprecipitated proteins (our unpublished data). These results suggest that SM and cholesterol are both crucial for RhoA or Cdc42 binding to membranes. | DISCUSSION |
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One potential explanation for our findings is that inhibition of SL or GSL synthesis might result in the accumulation of a lipid second messenger (e.g., ceramide, sphingosine, or sphingosine-phosphate), which in turn modulates selected mechanisms of endocytosis. Indeed, sphingoid base synthesis is required for endocytosis in yeast (Zanolari et al., 2000
) and ceramide has been shown to modulate endocytosis in mammalian cells (Chen et al., 1995
; Zha et al., 1998
). However, several results from the current study suggest that SL second messengers are probably not responsible for the effects on endocytosis reported here. First, a similar inhibition of all three nonclathrin pathways was seen whether SL depletion was accomplished using SPB-1 cells or by FB1 treatment of CHO-K1 cells. FB1 treatment prevents the formation of ceramides, SM, and GSLs (Supplemental Figure 1), but it may cause the accumulation of sphingoid bases (e.g., sphingosine and sphingosine-1-P), whereas SPB-1 cells are not able to synthesize either sphingoid bases or other SLs derived from them. The similar inhibition of nonclathrin endocytic pathways seen in SPB-1 cells or in FB1 treated CHO-K1 cells suggests that these effects are more likely because of the loss of required higher order SLs than to the accumulation of sphingoid bases. In addition, we showed that addition of exogenous GSLs or SM (but not ceramide) could partially restore caveolar and Rho-dependent endocytosis, respectively, suggesting specific roles for higher order SLs in these endocytic processes (Figure 4C).
GSL Requirement for Caveolar Endocytosis
Previous studies from our laboratory have shown that a fluorescent analog of LacCer is internalized almost exclusively via caveolae in multiple cell types, including CHO-K1 cells (Sharma et al., 2003
; Singh et al., 2003
). Evidence for this internalization mechanism comes from the initial colocalization of LacCer with other caveolar markers and with Cav1-fluorescent proteins and from the use of pharmacological inhibitors known to preferentially block this pathway. In the current study, we showed a specific requirement of GSLs for caveolar endocytosis because only this pathway was disrupted by PPPP or NB-DGJ, two inhibitors of GSL synthesis (refer to Supplemental Figure 1). Unfortunately, other markers for caveolar endocytosis in CHO cells, apart from BODIPY-LacCer, are not available. For example, although albumin is endocytosed via caveolae in other cell types (Schnitzer et al., 1994
; Minshall et al., 2002
; Singh et al., 2003
; Sharma et al., 2004
), in CHO cells fluorescent albumin internalized via the RhoA-dependent pathway, similar to the IL-2R, and it did not colocalize with Cav1-mRed or BODIPY-LacCer upon internalization (Supplemental Table 2). The reason that albumin is endocytosed by a noncaveolar mechanism in CHO cells is unknown but may reflect a different distribution of albumin binding protein(s) at the surface of CHO cells versus other cell types. A second potential marker for caveolar uptake is CtxB (Henley et al., 1997
; Orlandi and Fishman, 1998
; Singh et al., 2003
); however, this toxin binds to GM1 ganglioside, which is not detectable in CHO-K1 cells.
Interestingly, inhibition of GSL synthesis also reduced Cav1 at the PM and decreased the number of 50- to 80-nm-diameter vesicles connected with the cell surface (Figure 5). Such vesicles are consistent with the reported size and shape of caveolae. These data suggest that the reduction in caveolar endocytosis observed upon GSL depletion occurs because GSLs are required for the PM organization of caveolae. The present findings are in apparent contrast to a previous report in which caveolae structure and sorting of caveolin were found to be normal in NIH-3T3 cells after treatment with PPPP (Shu et al., 2000
). This discrepancy could be because of differences in the cell types used. For example, differing endogenous lipid compositions in different cell types could have differential effects on the organization of caveolae. Another important difference between the studies is that for immunofluorescence we used permeabilization and fixation conditions and selective antibodies to differentially stain PM versus intracellular (e.g., Golgi) Cav1, unlike the technique used by Shu et al. (2000)
, which broadly stained Cav1. In addition, for EM studies cells were coated with ruthenium red so that we could selectively identify surface-connected smooth vesicles (e.g., caveolae), whereas Shu et al. (2000)
apparently used only size and proximity to the PM as a means to identify caveolae. Thus, our morphological methods may have been more sensitive for detecting a loss of caveolae from the PM. Most importantly, we showed that treatment with PPPP or NB-DGJ caused a loss of caveolar endocytosis, a feature that was not monitored in the Shu study. In addition, we could restore cell surface caveolae and caveolar endocytosis by incubating GSL depleted cells with exogenous GSLs (e.g., GM3 ganglioside or nonfluorescent LacCer), whereas no restoration was seen when exogenous SM or ceramide were used (Figures 4C and 5, C and D).
Sphingomyelin Is Required for Rho GTPase-dependent Mechanisms of Endocytosis
The two Rho dependent-pathways used for endocytosis of IL-2R (RhoA) and dextran (Cdc42) were also inhibited by general SL depletion but not by inhibitors of GSL synthesis (Figure 3). Importantly, endocytosis by the Rho-dependent pathways in SL-depleted cells could be restored by addition of exogenous SM (but not exogenous GSLs or ceramide) (Figure 4). Furthermore, hydrolysis of SM at the cell surface with SMase inhibited both RhoA- and Cdc42-dependent uptake (Supplemental Table 1). Together, these results suggest a specific requirement for SM in endocytosis via the RhoA- and Cdc42-dependent pathways.
To study the mechanism by which RhoA- and Cdc42-mediated processes might be affected by SLs, we first examined their GTP loading in control, FB1-, or NB-DGJtreated cells and found that SL depletion using either inhibitor did not affect the activation of these Rho GTPases (Supplemental Figure 6). Also, overexpression of the GTP bound form of RhoA was not able to restore the endocytosis of albumin in SPB-1 cells (our unpublished data), further indicating that GTP loading was not involved.
We next studied the targeting of RhoA and Cdc42 to membranes because several studies have shown that upon activation, Rho GTPases are targeted to specific membrane microdomains where they are coupled to their effectors and trigger downstream signaling events (del Pozo et al., 2004
; Palazzo et al., 2004
). Using subcellular fractionation we found that targeting of RhoA and Cdc42 to membranes was reduced >70% in FB1-treated cells compared with control cells (Figure 6, AC). In addition, TIRF microscopy demonstrated that in SPB-1 cells transfected with GFP fusion proteins of RhoA Q63L or Cdc42 Q61L, there was a dramatic decrease in GFP fluorescence at the PM compared with CHO-K1 cells (Figure 6, D and E). Importantly, PM targeting of GFP-RhoA (Figure 7, A and B) and -Cdc42 (our unpublished data) could be partially restored by incubating cells with SM but not with exogenous ceramide, GM3, or LacCer (Figure 7B). Finally, we showed that membrane targeting of RhoA and Cdc42 could be recapitulated in vitro using artificial lipid vesicles (liposomes) of defined composition (Figure 7D). Interestingly, this association occurred only when both SM and cholesterol were present in the liposomes.
Although our results provide strong evidence that SM is essential for the membrane targeting of RhoA and Cdc42, they also pose an intriguing topological problem. Namely, how does SM, which is highly enriched in the external leaflet of PM bilayer (Pagano, 1988
; Futerman et al., 1990
; van Echten and Sandhoff, 1993
; Sprong et al., 2001
), interact with Rho GTPases on the inner leaflet of the PM? One possibility is that the two leaflets of the bilayer are "coupled" such that changes in composition on one side of the membrane induce changes in the structure, composition, or organization on the opposite leaflet. "Bilayer coupling" at the PM has been observed for H- and K-ras and for GFP modified with various lipid anchors (Prior et al., 2001
; Zacharias et al., 2002
). Our results showing that both SM and cholesterol were required for the binding of RhoA and Cdc40 to lipid vesicles suggest the possibility that SM might contribute to the organization of cholesterol on the inner leaflet of the PM into microdomains for which the Rho proteins have an affinity. Alternatively, it is possible that there is a small pool of SM on the cytosolic leaflet of the PM as has been reported previously (Linardic and Hannun, 1994
; Andrieu et al., 1996
), which is not readily detected but plays a key role in binding RhoA and Cdc42. Future studies and new methodologies will be required to distinguish between these alternatives.
In summary, the current study demonstrates that SLs can selectively regulate clathrin-independent mechanisms of endocytosis and helps to further define the critical components necessary for these different uptake mechanisms. Our data also provides further evidence that caveolar endocytosis and other nonclathrin uptake mechanisms are distinct processes.
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The online version of this article contains supplemental material at MBC Online (http://www.molbiolcell.org). ![]()
Present address: Photometrics, 3440 East Britannia Dr., Tucson, AZ 85706. ![]()
Address correspondence to: Richard E. Pagano ( pagano.richard{at}mayo.edu)
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