Fission of SNX-BAR-coated endosomal retrograde transport carriers is promoted by the dynamin-related protein Vps1

J Cell Biol. 2014 Mar 3;204(5):793-806. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201309084. Epub 2014 Feb 24.

Abstract

Retromer is an endosomal sorting device that orchestrates capture and packaging of cargo into transport carriers coated with sorting nexin BAR domain proteins (SNX-BARs). We report that fission of retromer SNX-BAR-coated tubules from yeast endosomes is promoted by Vps1, a dynamin-related protein that localizes to endosomes decorated by retromer SNX-BARs and Mvp1, a SNX-BAR that is homologous to human SNX8. Mvp1 exhibits potent membrane remodeling activity in vitro, and it promotes association of Vps1 with the endosome in vivo. Retrograde transport carriers bud from the endosome coated by retromer and Mvp1, and cargo export is deficient in mvp1- and vps1-null cells, but with distinct endpoints; cargo export is delayed in mvp1-null cells, but cargo export completely fails in vps1-null cells. The results indicate that Mvp1 promotes Vps1-mediated fission of retromer- and Mvp1-coated tubules that bud from the endosome, revealing a functional link between the endosomal sorting and fission machineries to produce retrograde transport carriers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Biological Transport
  • Cell Membrane / metabolism
  • Cell Membrane / ultrastructure
  • Electron Microscope Tomography
  • Endosomes / physiology*
  • Endosomes / ultrastructure
  • GTP-Binding Proteins / analysis
  • GTP-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • GTP-Binding Proteins / physiology*
  • Models, Biological
  • Repressor Proteins / analysis
  • Repressor Proteins / genetics
  • Repressor Proteins / physiology*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / metabolism
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / ultrastructure
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / analysis
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / genetics
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / physiology*
  • Sorting Nexins / metabolism
  • Sorting Nexins / physiology
  • Vesicular Transport Proteins / analysis
  • Vesicular Transport Proteins / genetics
  • Vesicular Transport Proteins / physiology*

Substances

  • MVP1 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Repressor Proteins
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • Sorting Nexins
  • Vesicular Transport Proteins
  • GTP-Binding Proteins
  • VPS1 protein, S cerevisiae