EhFP10: A FYVE family GEF interacts with myosin IB to regulate cytoskeletal dynamics during endocytosis in Entamoeba histolytica

PLoS Pathog. 2019 Feb 19;15(2):e1007573. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007573. eCollection 2019 Feb.

Abstract

Motility and phagocytosis are key processes that are involved in invasive amoebiasis disease caused by intestinal parasite Entamoeba histolytica. Previous studies have reported unconventional myosins to play significant role in membrane based motility as well as endocytic processes. EhMyosin IB is the only unconventional myosin present in E. histolytica, is thought to be involved in both of these processes. Here, we report an interaction between the SH3 domain of EhMyosin IB and c-terminal domain of EhFP10, a Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor. EhFP10 was found to be confined to Entamoeba species only, and to contain a c-terminal domain that binds and bundles actin filaments. EhFP10 was observed to localize in the membrane ruffles, phagocytic and macropinocytic cups of E. histolytica trophozoites. It was also found in early pinosomes but not early phagosomes. A crystal structure of the c-terminal SH3 domain of EhMyosin IB (EhMySH3) in complex with an EhFP10 peptide and co-localization studies established the interaction of EhMySH3 with EhFP10. This interaction was shown to lead to inhibition of actin bundling activity and to thereby regulate actin dynamics during endocytosis. We hypothesize that unique domain architecture of EhFP10 might be compensating the absence of Wasp and related proteins in Entamoeba, which are known partners of myosin SH3 domains in other eukaryotes. Our findings also highlights the role of actin bundling during endocytosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Actins
  • Cell Movement
  • Cytoskeleton / immunology
  • Endocytosis / physiology
  • Entamoeba histolytica / metabolism*
  • Entamoeba histolytica / pathogenicity
  • Entamoebiasis / immunology
  • Entamoebiasis / metabolism
  • Myosin Type I / metabolism*
  • Myosins
  • Phagocytosis
  • Phagosomes
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Domains
  • Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors / metabolism*
  • Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors / physiology

Substances

  • Actins
  • Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
  • Myosin Type I
  • Myosins

Grants and funding

We thank UGC-UPOE-II, UGC-SAP and DST-FIST for funding the central instrumentation facility and for extending institutional funding. SG thanks Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) and Department of Science and Technology (DST) PURSE, Ministry of Science and Technology. GG thanks CSIR for a fellowship. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.