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Vps4 is a host factor known to be involved in cellular vacuolar protein sorting. We report here that HBV replication and secretion can be significantly inhibited by Vps4 dominant negative, ATPase-defective, mutants K173Q and E228Q. In contrast, wild-type Vps4 at low dose can inhibit HBV replication more effectively in human hepatoblastoma cell line HepG2, than in human hepatoma cell line Huh7. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of an anti-HBV potential of dominant negative mutants of a protein sorting host factor Vps4.
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PMID:Potent inhibition of human Hepatitis B virus replication by a host factor Vps4. 1692 Jan 76

Endosomal acidification and transport are essential functions in signal transduction. Recent data suggest that Wnt signaling requires intact endosomal transport machinery but the effects of endosomal acidification on Wnt signal transduction have not been evaluated. Here we report that bafilomycin, a specific inhibitor of the vacuolar proton ATPase that blocks endosomal acidification, inhibits canonical Wnt signal transduction initiated by Wnt ligand and partially inhibits signaling initiated by disheveled. Bafilomycin does not affect Tcf promoter activation by beta-catenin. These data indicate that endosomal acidification is necessary for Wnt signaling. To identify interactions between endosomal transport proteins and Wnt receptors, we performed a GST fusion protein pulldown experiment and identified a possible indirect interaction between the LRP6 intracellular domain and vacuolar protein sorting protein 35 (VPS35). We show that an N-terminal deletion mutant of VPS35 reduces canonical Wnt signaling in HEK-293 cells expressing exogenous Wnt-1. These data suggest that endosomal V-type ATPase activity and retromer trafficking proteins are functionally important in Wnt signal transduction.
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PMID:The vacuolar-ATPase inhibitor bafilomycin and mutant VPS35 inhibit canonical Wnt signaling. 1723 4

To investigate the role of the prevacuolar secretion pathway in the trafficking of vacuolar proteins in Candida albicans, the C. albicans homolog of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae vacuolar protein sorting gene VPS4 was cloned and analyzed. Candida albicans VPS4 encodes a deduced AAA-type ATPase that is 75.6% similar to S. cerevisiae Vps4p, and plasmids bearing C. albicans VPS4 complemented the abnormal vacuolar morphology and carboxypeptidase missorting in S. cerevisiae vps4 null mutants. Candida albicans vps4Delta null mutants displayed a characteristic class E vacuolar morphology and multilamellar structures consistent with an aberrant prevacuolar compartment. The C. albicans vps4Delta mutant degraded more extracellular bovine serum albumin than did wild-type strains, which implied that this mutant secreted more extracellular protease activity. These phenotypes were complemented when a wild-type copy of VPS4 was reintroduced into its proper locus. Using a series of protease inhibitors, the origin of this extracellular protease activity was identified as a serine protease, and genetic analyses using a C. albicans vps4Deltaprc1Delta mutant identified this missorted vacuolar protease as carboxypeptidase Y. Unexpectedly, C. albicans Sap2p was not detected in culture supernatants of the vps4Delta mutants. These results indicate that C. albicans VPS4 is required for vacuolar biogenesis and proper sorting of vacuolar proteins.
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PMID:A functional analysis of the Candida albicans homolog of Saccharomyces cerevisiae VPS4. 1750 30

One mechanism of regulating V-ATPase activity in vivo involves reversible dissociation into its component V(1) and V(0) domains, which in yeast occurs in response to glucose depletion. V-ATPase complexes containing the Vph1p isoform of subunit a (VCC) are targeted to the vacuole, and Stv1p-containing complexes (SCC) are targeted to the Golgi. Overexpression of Stv1p results in mistargeting of SCC to the vacuole. We have investigated the role of the a subunit isoform and cellular environment in controlling dissociation using vacuolar protein sorting (vps) mutants that accumulate proteins in either the prevacuolar compartment (PVC) (vps27Delta) or a post-Golgi compartment (PGC) (vps21Delta). Dissociation of both VCC and SCC depends upon cellular environment, with dissociation most complete in the vacuole and least complete in the PVC. The dependence of dissociation on V-ATPase activity was also investigated using both concanamycin and inactivating mutations. Concanamycin partly blocks dissociation of both VCC and SCC in all three compartments, with inhibition generally greater for SCC than VCC. The R735Q mutant of Vph1p results in loss of both ATPase and proton transport, whereas the R735K mutant lacks proton transport but has 10% of wild type ATPase activity. For VCC in the vacuole, dissociation is completely blocked for the R735Q but not the R735K mutant. Significant dissociation of VCC is observed for both mutants in the PVC and PGC, indicating that V-ATPase activity is not absolutely required for dissociation. Similar results were obtained for SCC, although dissociation of SCC is again generally more sensitive to activity than VCC. These results suggest that the cellular environment is important both in controlling in vivo dissociation of the V-ATPase and the dependence of this process on catalytic activity. Moreover, catalytic activity is not absolutely required for V-ATPase dissociation.
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PMID:Cellular environment is important in controlling V-ATPase dissociation and its dependence on activity. 1756 97

Budding of Ebola virus (EBOV) particles from the plasma membrane of infected cells requires viral and host proteins. EBOV virus matrix protein VP40 recruits TSG101, an ESCRT-1 (host cell endosomal sorting complex required for transport-1) complex protein in the vacuolar protein sorting (vps) pathway, to the plasma membrane during budding. Involvement of other vps proteins in EBOV budding has not been established. Therefore, we used VP40 deletion analysis, virus-like particle-release assays, and confocal microscopy to investigate the potential role of ESCRT-1 proteins VPS4, VPS28, and VPS37B in EBOV budding. We found that VP40 could redirect each protein from endosomes to the cell surface independently of TSG101 interaction. A lack of VPS4 adenosine triphosphatase activity reduced budding by up to 80%. Inhibition of VPS4 gene expression by use of phosphorodiamidite morpholino antisense oligonucleotides protected mice from lethal EBOV infection. These data show that EBOV can use vps proteins independently of TSG101 for budding and reveal VPS4 as a potential target for filovirus therapeutics.
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PMID:Involvement of vacuolar protein sorting pathway in Ebola virus release independent of TSG101 interaction. 1794 Sep 59

The retromer complex mediates retrograde transport of transmembrane cargo from endosomes to the trans-Golgi network (TGN). Mammalian retromer is composed of a sorting nexin (SNX) dimer that binds to phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate-enriched endosomal membranes and a vacuolar protein sorting (Vps) 26/29/35 trimer that participates in cargo recognition. The mammalian SNX dimer is necessary but not sufficient for recruitment of the Vps26/29/35 trimer to membranes. In this study, we demonstrate that the guanosine triphosphatase Rab7 contributes to this recruitment. The Vps26/29/35 trimer specifically binds to Rab7-guanosine triphosphate (GTP) and localizes to Rab7-containing endosomal domains. Interference with Rab7 function causes dissociation of the Vps26/29/35 trimer but not the SNX dimer from membranes. This blocks retrieval of mannose 6-phosphate receptors to the TGN and impairs cathepsin D sorting. Rab5-GTP does not bind to the Vps26/29/35 trimer, but perturbation of Rab5 function causes dissociation of both the SNX and Vps26/29/35 components from membranes through inhibition of a pathway involving phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. These findings demonstrate that Rab5 and Rab7 act in concert to regulate retromer recruitment to endosomes.
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PMID:Regulation of retromer recruitment to endosomes by sequential action of Rab5 and Rab7. 1898 Dec 34

Thermoacidophilic crenarchaea of the genus Sulfolobus contain six AAA (ATPase associated with various cellular activities) proteins, including a proteasome-associated ATPase, a Vps4 (vacuolar protein sorting 4) homologue, and two Cdc48 (cell-division cycle 48)-like proteins. The last two AAA proteins are deeply branching divergent members of this family without close relatives outside the Sulfolobales. Both proteins have two nucleotide-binding domains and, unlike other members of the family, they seem to lack folded N-terminal domains. Instead, they contain N-terminal extensions of approx. 50 residues, which are predicted to be unstructured, except for a single transmembrane helix. We have analysed the two proteins, MBA (membrane-bound AAA) 1 and MBA2, by computational and experimental means. They appear to be monophyletic and to share a common ancestor with the Cdc48 clade. Both are membrane-bound and active as nucleotidases upon heterologous expression in Escherichia coli. They form ring complexes, which are stable after solubilization in a mild detergent and whose formation is dependent on the presence of the N-terminal extensions.
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PMID:Two unique membrane-bound AAA proteins from Sulfolobus solfataricus. 1914 14

MVB (multivesicular body) formation occurs when the limiting membrane of an endosome invaginates into the intraluminal space and buds into the lumen, bringing with it a subset of transmembrane cargoes. Exvagination of the endosomal membrane from the cytosol is topologically similar to the budding of retroviral particles and cytokinesis, wherein membranes bud away from the cytoplasm, and the machinery responsible for MVB sorting has been implicated in these phenomena. The AAA (ATPase associated with various cellular activities) Vps4 (vacuolar protein sorting 4) performs a critical function in the MVB sorting pathway. Vps4 appears to dissociate the ESCRTs (endosomal sorting complexes required for transport) from endosomal membranes during the course of MVB sorting, but it is unclear how Vps4 ATPase activity is synchronized with ESCRT release. We have investigated the mechanisms by which ESCRT components stimulate the ATPase activity of Vps4. These studies support a model wherein Vps4 activity is subject to spatial and temporal regulation via distinct mechanisms during MVB sorting.
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PMID:Regulation of Vps4 ATPase activity by ESCRT-III. 1914 19

The AAA (ATPase associated with various cellular activities) proteins participate in membrane trafficking, organelle biogenesis, DNA replication, intracellular locomotion, cytoskeletal remodelling, protein folding and proteolysis. The AAA Vps (vacuolar protein sorting) 4 is central to traffic to lysosomes, retroviral budding and mammalian cell division. It dissociates ESCRTs (endosomal sorting complexes required for transport) from endosomal membranes, enabling their recycling to the cytosol, and plays a role in fission of intraluminal vesicles within MVBs (multivesicular bodies). The mechanism of Vps4-catalysed disassembly of ESCRT networks is unknown; however, it requires interaction between Vps4 and ESCRT-III subunits. The 30 C-terminal residues of Vps2 and Vps46 (Did2) subunits are both necessary and sufficient for interaction with the Vps4 N-terminal MIT (microtubule-interacting and transport) domain, and the crystal structure of the Vps2 C-terminus in a complex with the Vps4 MIT domain shows that MIT helices alpha2 and alpha3 recognize a (D/E)XXLXXRLXXL(K/R) MIM (MIT-interacting motif). These Vps2-MIT interactions are essential for vacuolar sorting and for Vps4-catalysed disassembly of ESCRT-III networks in vitro. Electron microscopy of ESCRT-III filaments assembled in vitro has enabled us to identify surfaces of the Vps24 subunit that are critical for protein sorting in vivo. The ESCRT-III-Vps4 interaction predates the divergence of Archaea and Eukarya. The Crenarchaea have three classes of ESCRT-III-like subunits, and one of these subunits interacts with an archaeal Vps4-like protein in a manner closely related to the human Vps4-human ESCRT-III subunit Vps20 interaction. This archaeal Vps4-ESCRT-III interaction appears to have a fundamental role in cell division in the Crenarchaea.
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PMID:Evolution and assembly of ESCRTs. 1914 21

The understanding of the molecular basis of yeast resistance to ethanol may guide the design of rational strategies to increase process performance in industrial alcoholic fermentations. In this study, the yeast disruptome was screened for mutants with differential susceptibility to stress induced by high ethanol concentrations in minimal growth medium. Over 250 determinants of resistance to ethanol were identified. The most significant gene ontology terms enriched in this data set are those associated with intracellular organization, biogenesis, and transport, in particular, regarding the vacuole, the peroxisome, the endosome, and the cytoskeleton, and those associated with the transcriptional machinery. Clustering the proteins encoded by the identified determinants of ethanol resistance by their known physical and genetic interactions highlighted the importance of the vacuolar protein sorting machinery, the vacuolar H(+)-ATPase complex, and the peroxisome protein import machinery. Evidence showing that vacuolar acidification and increased resistance to the cell wall lytic enzyme beta-glucanase occur in response to ethanol-induced stress was obtained. Based on the genome-wide results, the particular role of the FPS1 gene, encoding a plasma membrane aquaglyceroporin which mediates controlled glycerol efflux, in ethanol stress resistance was further investigated. FPS1 expression contributes to decreased [(3)H]ethanol accumulation in yeast cells, suggesting that Fps1p may also play a role in maintaining the intracellular ethanol level during active fermentation. The increased expression of FPS1 confirmed the important role of this gene in alcoholic fermentation, leading to increased final ethanol concentration under conditions that lead to high ethanol production.
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PMID:Genome-wide identification of Saccharomyces cerevisiae genes required for maximal tolerance to ethanol. 1963 5


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