GSBS Student Publications
Title
Sequential roles for phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate and Rab5 in tethering and fusion of early endosomes via their interaction with EEA1
UMMS Affiliation
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Program in Molecular Medicine; Department of Physiology; Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Date
10-17-2001
Document Type
Article
Medical Subject Headings
Amino Acid Sequence; Amino Acids; Animals; COS Cells; Cytosol; Endosomes; Green Fluorescent Proteins; Luminescent Proteins; Membrane Fusion; Membrane Proteins; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutation; Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates; Plasmids; Point Mutation; Protein Binding; Protein Structure, Tertiary; Recombinant Fusion Proteins; Recombinant Proteins; Transfection; Transferrin; Vesicular Transport Proteins; rab5 GTP-Binding Proteins
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
Early endosome antigen 1 (EEA1) is a 170-kDa polypeptide required for endosome fusion in mammalian cells. The COOH terminus of EEA1 contains a FYVE domain that interacts specifically with phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PtdIns-3-P) and a Rab5 GTPase binding region adjacent to the FYVE domain. The dual interaction of EEA1 with both PtdIns-3-P and Rab5 has been hypothesized to provide the specificity required to target EEA1 to early endosomes. To test this hypothesis, we generated truncated (amino acids 1277--1411) and full-length EEA1 constructs containing point mutations in the COOH terminus that impair Rab5 but not PtdIns-3-P binding. These constructs localized to endosomes in intact cells as efficiently as their wild-type counterparts. Furthermore, overexpression of the truncated constructs, both wild-type and mutated, impaired the function of endogenous EEA1 resulting in the accumulation of small, untethered endosomes. These results suggest that association with Rab5 is not necessary for the initial binding and tethering functions of EEA1. A role for Rab5 binding was revealed, however, upon comparison of endosomes in cells expressing full-length wild-type or mutated EEA1. The mutant full-length EEA1 caused the accumulation of endosome clusters and suppressed the enlargement of endosomes caused by a persistently active form of Rab5 (Rab5Q79L). In contrast, expression of wild-type EEA1 with Rab5Q79L enhanced this enlargement. Thus, endosome tethering depends on the interaction of EEA1 with PtdIns-3-P, and its interaction with Rab5 appears to regulate subsequent fusion.
Rights and Permissions
Citation: J Biol Chem. 2002 Mar 8;277(10):8611-7. Epub 2001 Oct 15. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI of Published Version
10.1074/jbc.M109239200
Related Resources
Journal Title
The Journal of biological chemistry
PubMed ID
11602609
Repository Citation
Lawe, Deirdre C.; Chawla, Anil; Merithew, Eric Lee; Dumas, John J.; Carrington, Walter A.; Fogarty, Kevin E.; Lifshitz, Lawrence M.; Tuft, Richard A.; Lambright, David G.; and Corvera, Silvia, "Sequential roles for phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate and Rab5 in tethering and fusion of early endosomes via their interaction with EEA1" (2001). GSBS Student Publications. 650.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_sp/650