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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 265, Issue 28, 16751-16759, 10, 1990

Characterization of the mechanism of endocytic vesicle fusion in vitro

M Wessling-Resnick and WA Braell
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.

A cell-free assay to monitor receptor-mediated endocytic processes has been developed that uses biotinylated transferrin and avidin-linked beta-galactosidase as receptor-associated and fluid-phase probes, respectively (Wessling-Resnick, M., and Braell, W. A. (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265, 690-699). The fusion of vesicles from heterologous sources can be detected in this assay: endocytic vesicles from K562 cells (a human cell line) will fuse with vesicles from Chinese hamster ovary cells. Fusion between endocytic vesicles is inhibited upon treatment with N-ethylmaleimide but can be restored by the addition of untreated cytosol from either cell type. The in vitro fusion reaction is also inhibited by the nonhydrolyzable nucleotide analogs guanosine 5'-(3- thiotriphosphate) (GTP gamma S) and adenosine 5'-(3-thiotriphosphate) (ATP gamma S). Other nonhydrolyzable guanine nucleotides are found to inhibit the in vitro reaction in the following order of potency: GTP gamma S greater than 5'-guanylyl imidodiphosphate (GTP-PNP) greater than alpha,beta-methylene GTP (GTP-PCP). The inhibitory effects of the nonhydrolyzable analogs of GTP and ATP are not additive. Moreover, excess GTP relieves the inhibition by GTP gamma S more than it relieves the inhibition by ATP gamma S, while excess ATP preferentially alleviates ATP gamma S (not GTP gamma S) inhibition. These properties suggest that the two nucleotides exert their effects at distinct points in the fusion process. Although micromolar levels of excess Ca2+ also inhibit vesicle fusion, the inhibition exerted by GTP gamma S appears to proceed via a pathway independent of the divalent cation. The GTP gamma S-sensitive step in endocytic vesicle fusion is found to occur at a mechanistic stage prior to and distinct from the N-ethylmaleimide- sensitive step of the reaction. This situation permits the accumulation of a membrane vesicle intermediate in the presence of GTP gamma S; subsequent incubation of these vesicles with cytosol and GTP restores their fusion competence. Characteristics of in vitro endocytic vesicle fusion suggest that similarities exist with steps of the fusion mechanism involved with membrane traffic events of the secretory pathway.
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