GSBS Student Publications
Title
Essential role of Ca2+/calmodulin in Early Endosome Antigen-1 localization
UMMS Affiliation
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Program in Molecular Medicine; Department of Physiology
Date
7-15-2003
Document Type
Article
Medical Subject Headings
1-Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase; Amino Acid Motifs; Animals; COS Cells; Calcium; Calmodulin; Cercopithecus aethiops; Endosomes; Liposomes; *Membrane Fusion; Membrane Proteins; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Mutation; Protein Structure, Quaternary; Recombinant Proteins; Sulfonamides; Vesicular Transport Proteins; rab5 GTP-Binding Proteins
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
Ca2+ is an essential requirement in membrane fusion, acting through binding proteins such as calmodulin (CaM). Ca2+/CaM is required for early endosome fusion in vitro, however, the molecular basis for this requirement is unknown. An additional requirement for endosome fusion is the protein Early Endosome Antigen 1 (EEA1), and its recruitment to the endosome depends on phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate [PI(3)P] and the Rab5 GTPase. Herein, we demonstrate that inhibition of Ca2+/CaM, by using either chemical inhibitors or specific antibodies directed to CaM, results in a profound inhibition of EEA1 binding to endosomal membranes both in live cells and in vitro. The concentration of Ca2+/CaM inhibitors required for a full dissociation of EEA1 from endosomal membranes had no effect on the activity of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases or on endogenous levels of PI(3)P. However, the interaction of EEA1 with liposomes containing PI(3)P was decreased by Ca2+/CaM inhibitors. Thus, Ca2+/CaM seems to be required for the stable interaction of EEA1 with endosomal PI(3)P, perhaps by directly or indirectly stabilizing the quaternary organization of the C-terminal FYVE domain of EEA1. This requirement is likely to underlie at least in part the essential role of Ca2+/CaM in endosome fusion.
Rights and Permissions
Citation: Mol Biol Cell. 2003 Jul;14(7):2935-45. Epub 2003 Mar 20. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI of Published Version
10.1091/mbc.E02-09-0591
Related Resources
Journal Title
Molecular biology of the cell
PubMed ID
12857876
Repository Citation
Lawe, Deirdre C.; Sitouah, Nachida; Hayes, Susan; Chawla, Anil; Virbasius, Joseph V.; Tuft, Richard A.; Fogarty, Kevin E.; Lifshitz, Lawrence M.; Lambright, David G.; and Corvera, Silvia, "Essential role of Ca2+/calmodulin in Early Endosome Antigen-1 localization" (2003). GSBS Student Publications. 651.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_sp/651