Dynamic membrane repair and remodelling is an elemental process that maintains cell integrity and mediates efficient cellular function. Here we report that MG53, a muscle-specific tripartite motif family protein (TRIM72), is a component of the sarcolemmal membrane-repair machinery. MG53 interacts with phosphatidylserine to associate with intracellular vesicles that traffic to and fuse with sarcolemmal membranes. Mice null for MG53 show progressive myopathy and reduced exercise capability, associated with defective membrane-repair capacity. Injury of the sarcolemmal membrane leads to entry of the extracellular oxidative environment and MG53 oligomerization, resulting in recruitment of MG53-containing vesicles to the injury site. After vesicle translocation, entry of extracellular Ca 2+ facilitates vesicle fusion to reseal the membrane. Our data indicate that intracellular vesicle translocation and Ca 2+ -dependent membrane fusion are distinct steps involved in the repair of membrane damage and that MG53 may initiate the assembly of the membrane repair machinery in an oxidation-dependent manner.To maintain cellular homeostasis, eukaryotic cells must conserve the integrity of their plasma membrane through active recycling and repair in response to various sources of damage 1 . Defects in the intrinsic membrane repair response have been linked to numerous disease states, including muscular dystrophy, heart failure and neurodegeneration [2][3][4][5] . Repair of plasma membrane damage requires recruitment of intracellular vesicles to injury sites 6,7 . One protein that has been linked to membrane repair in skeletal muscle is dysferlin [8][9][10] , which is thought to act as a fusogen that participates in restoration of sarcolemmal membrane integrity following muscle injury. Evidence for this role of dysferlin comes, in part, from studies showing that ablation of dysferlin in mice results in muscular dystrophy 8 .Repair of damage to the plasma membrane is an active and dynamic process that requires several steps, including participation of molecular sensor(s) that can detect acute injury to 6 Correspondence should be addressed to J.M. or H.T. (maj2@umdnj.edu; takeshim@pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp).Note: Supplementary Information is available on the Nature Cell Biology website. COMPETING FINANCIAL INTERESTSThe authors declare no competing financial interests. NIH Public Access Author ManuscriptNat Cell Biol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 November 23. NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript the plasma membrane, nucleation of intracellular vesicles at the injury site and vesicle fusion to enable membrane patch formation. It is well demonstrated that entry of extracellular Ca 2+ is involved in the fusion of intracellular vesicles to reseal the injured plasma membrane 6,11,12 , whereas the molecular machinery involved in sensing the damaged membrane signal and the nucleation process for repair-patch formation have not been fully resolved.We have previously established an immunopr...
Defective membrane repair can contribute to the progression of muscular dystrophy. Although mutations in caveolin-3 (Cav3) and dysferlin are linked to muscular dystrophy in human patients, the molecular mechanism underlying the functional interplay between Cav3 and dysferlin in membrane repair of muscle physiology and disease has not been fully resolved. We recently discovered that mitsugumin 53 (MG53), a muscle-specific TRIM (Tri-partite motif) family protein (TRIM72), contributes to intracellular vesicle trafficking and is an essential component of the membrane repair machinery in striated muscle. Here we show that MG53 interacts with dysferlin and Cav3 to regulate membrane repair in skeletal muscle. MG53 mediates active trafficking of intracellular vesicles to the sarcolemma and is required for movement of dysferlin to sites of cell injury during repair patch formation. Mutations in Cav3 (P104L, R26Q) that cause retention of Cav3 in Golgi apparatus result in aberrant localization of MG53 and dysferlin in a dominant-negative fashion, leading to defective membrane repair. Our data reveal that a molecular complex formed by MG53, dysferlin, and Cav3 is essential for repair of muscle membrane damage and also provide a therapeutic target for treatment of muscular and cardiovascular diseases that are linked to compromised membrane repair.Membrane recycling and remodeling contribute to multiple cellular functions, including cell fusion events during myogenesis and maintenance of sarcolemma integrity in striated muscle. During the life cycle of striated muscle, membrane repair is a fundamental process in maintaining cellular integrity, as shown by recent studies that link defective membrane repair to the progression of muscular dystrophy (1-3). Repair of the plasma membrane damage requires recruitment of intracellular vesicles to injury sites (4, 5). One protein that has been linked to membrane repair in skeletal muscle is dysferlin (6, 7), which is thought to fuse intracellular vesicles to patch the damaged membrane and restore sarcolemmal integrity following muscle injury. Like dysferlin, caveolin-3 (Cav3) 3 is a muscle-specific protein, and many mutations in Cav3, including P104L, R26Q, and C71W, have been linked to muscular dystrophy (8 -11). Despite extensive research efforts on Cav3 and dysferlin (12)(13)(14), the molecular function of these two proteins in membrane repair in muscle physiology and dystrophy have not been fully defined.Animal model studies reveal that either loss or gain of Cav3 function both result in dystrophic phenotypes in skeletal muscle (15, 16), suggesting that associated cellular components may be involved in the etiology of Cav3-related dystrophy. Although the discovery of dysferlin highlights the importance of membrane repair in the etiology of muscular dystrophy, dysferlin itself does not appear to participate in recruitment of intracellular vesicles because dysferlin Ϫ/Ϫ muscle retains accumulation of vesicles near membrane damage sites (7). This indicates that proteins other than dys...
Brucellosis caused by Brucella spp. is a major zoonotic disease. Control of brucellosis in agricultural animals is a prerequisite for the prevention of this disease in human beings. Recently, Brucella melitensis was declared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to be one of three major bioterrorist agents due to the expense required for the treatment of human brucellosis patients. Also, the economic agricultural loss due to bovine brucellosis emphasizes the financial impact of brucellosis in society. Thus, vaccination might efficiently solve this disease. Currently, B. abortus RB51 and B. melitensis REV.1 are used to immunize cattle and to immunize goats and sheep, respectively, in many countries. However, these genetically undefined strains still induce abortion and persistent infection, raising questions of safety and efficiency. In fact, the REV.1 vaccine is quite virulent and apparently unstable, creating the need for improved vaccines for B. melitensis. In addition, Brucella spp. may or may not provide cross-protection against infection by heterologous Brucella species, hampering the acceleration of vaccine development. This review provides our current understanding of Brucella pathogenesis and host immunity for the development of genetically defined efficient vaccine strains. Additionally, conditions required for an effective Brucella vaccine strain as well as the future research direction needed to investigate Brucella pathogenesis and host immunity are postulated
Ca 2þ -triggered membrane fusion, the defining step of exocytosis, enables temporal/spatial control over the release of biologically active compounds. The mechanism by which Ca 2þ triggers and modulates native membrane fusion is still poorly understood. As an unbiased approach to investigating this process, the effects of several thiol-reactive reagents on the homotypic fusion of isolated cortical vesicles (a stage-specific preparation for analyses of native Ca 2þ -triggered fusion) have been characterized. Such reagents have been consistently shown to inhibit the Ca 2þ -sensitivity, rate and extent of triggered fusion. However, we recently showed that iodoacetamide can also potentiate the Ca 2þ -sensitivity and rate of release [1]. This implicates two distinct thiol sites in the fusion process -one involved in the ability of vesicles to fuse (extent) and one that modulates fusion efficiency (Ca 2þ -sensitivity and kinetics). Capitalizing on this potentiating effect, we have now identified other fluorescent thiol-reactive reagents with similar effects: treatment with Lucifer yellow iodoacetamide, monobromobimane or dibromobimane resulted in an average leftward shift in EC 50 from 17.251.6mM to 8.951.9mM [Ca 2þ ] free . These fluorescent reagents can be used to enhance fusion and label proteins involved in the Ca 2þ -sensing mechanism. The lipid matrix at or near the fusion site can also modulate the fusion process, specifically via cholesterol-and sphingomyelin-enrichment that is thought to regulate the Ca 2þsensitivity and rate of fusion through spatial organization of critical lipids and proteins [2,3]. Proteins involved in Ca 2þ -sensing are thus likely to be situated within such areas of the membrane. Isolation of fluorescently labeled proteins from cholesterol-enriched vesicle membrane fractions by 2-dimesional electrophoresis is now being used to identify proteins potentially involved in the Ca 2þ -triggering steps of membrane fusion.
Key Points• CUX1 is a transcription factor encoded on a region of chromosome 7 that is frequently deleted in high-risk acute myeloid leukemia.• Haploinsufficiency of CUX1/ cut promotes hematopoietic overgrowth in both Drosophila melanogaster and human xenograft mouse models in vivo.Loss of chromosome 7 and del(7q) [؊7/del(7q)] are recurring cytogenetic abnormalities in hematologic malignancies, including acute myeloid leukemia and therapy-related myeloid neoplasms, and associated with an adverse prognosis. Despite intensive effort by many laboratories, the putative myeloid tumor suppressor(s) on chromosome 7 has not yet been identified. We performed transcriptome sequencing and SNP array analysis on de novo and therapy-related myeloid neoplasms, half with ؊7/del(7q). We identified a 2.17-Mb commonly deleted segment on chromosome band 7q22.1 containing CUX1, a gene encoding a homeodomain-containing transcription factor. In 1 case, CUX1 was disrupted by a translocation, resulting in a loss-of-function RNA fusion transcript. CUX1 was the most significantly differentially expressed gene within the commonly deleted segment and was expressed at haploinsufficient levels in ؊7/del(7q) leukemias. Haploinsufficiency of the highly conserved ortholog, cut, led to hemocyte overgrowth and tumor formation in Drosophila melanogaster. Similarly, haploinsufficiency of CUX1 gave human hematopoietic cells a significant engraftment advantage on transplantation into immunodeficient mice. Within the RNA-sequencing data, we identified a CUX1-associated cell cycle transcriptional gene signature, suggesting that CUX1 exerts tumor suppressor activity by regulating proliferative genes. These data identify CUX1 as a conserved, haploinsufficient tumor suppressor frequently deleted in myeloid neoplasms. (Blood. 2013;121(6):975-983) IntroductionLoss of chromosome 7 and del(7q) [Ϫ7/del(7q)] was first recognized as a frequent event in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) nearly 40 years ago. 1 Ϫ7/del(7q) occurs in 8% of de novo AML 2 and 50% of therapy-related myeloid neoplasms (t-MNs). 3 Ϫ7/del(7q) is also found in myelodysplastic syndromes, AMLs arising from myeloproliferative neoplasms, the blast phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia, Ph ϩ acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and AMLs associated with inherited syndromes. 4-10 Ϫ7/del(7q) is an adverserisk prognostic indicator in myeloid disorders, and the long-term outcome for patients is typically poor. The median overall survival for patients with de novo AML or t-MNs with Ϫ7/del(7q) is ϳ 6 months. 2,3 Loss of 1 or more tumor suppressor gene(s) (TSGs) is thought to contribute to leukemic growth in myeloid malignancies with Ϫ7/del(7q). Several groups have mapped a commonly deleted segment (CDS) of chromosome band 7q22 using polymorphic markers, conventional cytogenetic analysis, and FISH analysis. [11][12][13] In one study of 81 patients with malignant myeloid disorders characterized by chromosome 7 abnormalities, the CDS was mapped to a 2.52-Mb region of 7q22 by FISH using YAC clones. 11 However, deletion ...
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