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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 281, Issue 29, 20632-20642, July 21, 2006
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| ABSTRACT |
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661 via a yeast two-hybrid screen. This interaction was confirmed using both the µ2-subunit in glutathione S-transferase pulldowns and via coimmunoprecipitation of endogenous PIPKI
661 with the AP2 complex from HEK293 cells. The interaction is mediated, in vivo, by a tyrosine-based motif in the 26-amino acid tail of PIPKI
661. Because AP2 regulates endocytosis of transferrin receptor from the plasma membrane, we also examined a role for PIPKI
661 using a flow cytometry endocytosis assay. We observed that stable expression of wild type PIPKI
661 in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells enhanced transferrin uptake, whereas stable expression of kinase-dead PIPKI
661 had an inhibitory effect. Neither condition affected the overall cellular level of PI(4,5)P2. RNA interference-based knockdown of PIPKI
661 in HeLa cells also had an inhibitory effect on transferrin endocytosis using the same assay system. Collectively, this evidence implies an important role for PIPKI
661 in the AP2-mediated endocytosis of transferrin. | INTRODUCTION |
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The AP complexes consist of four distinct subunits. The crystal structure of the AP2 complex has recently been solved and consists of two large subunits,
and
2, a medium subunit, µ2, and a small subunit,
2 (7). The µ2-subunit is critical for the function of the complex as it specifically binds to membrane cargo proteins via tyrosine-based sorting motifs within their cytoplasmic domains (8). This subunit consists of an N-terminal domain, which is buried within the core of the AP2 complex, joined by a flexible linker to a solvent exposed C-terminal domain. In the AP2 crystal, the µ2-subunit C-terminal domain was found to be buried within a pocket formed by the other three subunits of the complex (7). In this "closed" conformation, the µ-subunit is thought be unable to interact with membrane-bound cargo proteins. The current model for the AP2 cargo binding suggests that the complex shifts into an "open" conformation upon binding to the plasma membrane in the presence of cargo (7, 9). The displaced µ-subunit can then bind to cargo and dock to the membrane.
Assembly of the AP2 complex onto membranes is mediated by a specific phospholipid, phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2) (10). PI(4,5)P2 also regulates numerous proteins that participate in clathrin-mediated endocytosis, including AP180, epsin, and dynamin (11). In addition, PI(4,5)P2 is an important regulatory factor for modulation of the actin cytoskeleton and subsequently vesicular transport (12, 13). Two PI(4,5)P2 binding sites have been identified within the AP2 complex. One binding site is located on the
-subunit and is positioned to dock the AP2 complex to membranes (5, 7). The other binding site is located on the µ2-subunit and formed by a cluster of conserved lysine residues (14). The AP2 structure suggests that the µ2-subunit binds PI(4,5)P2 only when AP complex is docked to the membrane and the µ2-subunit is bound to cargo (7, 15). This model has recently been demonstrated using an in vitro reconstituted system coupled with surface plasmon resonance (16). This collection of evidence emphasizes the critical role for PI(4,5)P2 in both the initial targeting of AP2 to endocytic sites and for stabilizing the µ-subunit/cargo interaction at the plasma membrane upon transition of the complex into the open conformation.
PI(4,5)P2 is synthesized at the plasma membrane by type I phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinases (PIPKI). By generating PI(4,5)P2, PIPKIs are important not only for regulation of vesicular trafficking, but also have functions in cytoskeletal assembly, cell proliferation, apoptosis, signal transduction, and nuclear functions (15, 17, 18). All three of the known PIPKI isoforms (
,
and
; using the human nomenclature) have been implicated in clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Previous work has shown that expression of PIPKI
in NR6 cells resulted in increased endocytosis of the epidermal growth factor receptor, whereas expression of kinase inactive PIPKI
inhibited endocytosis (19). Another study found that PIPKI
expression had a similar effect on transferrin receptor endocytosis in HeLa cells and that RNAi-based knockdown of PIPKI
expression had an inhibitory effect (20). PIPKI
has been implicated as the major producer of PI(4,5)P2 in synaptic nerve terminals and this role has been supported by observed phenotypes in PIPKI
knockout mice, where synaptic vesicle endocytosis is generally impaired (21, 22). However, the mechanism by which PIPKIs are specifically targeted to sites of endocytosis for localized generation of PI(4,5)P2 remains unclear.
The PIPKI
isoform is alternatively spliced in cells, resulting in two major variants, PIPKI
635 and PIPKI
661, which differ only by a 26-amino acid C-terminal extension. We have discovered a direct interaction between PIPKI
661 and the µ2-subunit of AP2 via a yeast two-hybrid approach employing the C-terminal 178 amino acids of PIPKI
661 as bait. Here we confirm that this interaction is direct and occurs in vivo. Using cell lines stably expressing PIPKI
661 and siRNAs specifically knocking down expression of PIPKI
, we have also found that this interaction has direct implications on the endocytosis of the transferrin receptor from the plasma membrane. These combined results suggest that PIPKI
661 may be an important regulatory factor in clathrin-mediated endocytosis.
| MATERIALS AND METHODS |
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661, PIPKI
635, and PIPKI
661KD mammalian and bacterial expression vectors were described previously (23, 24). PIPKI
C-terminal truncation constructs were also described previously (24). The following PIPKI
661 mutants were generated using the QuikChangeTM mutagenesis kit (Stratagene) and the following mutagenic primers and their complements: I
S645F, 5'-GGAGCTGGGTGTACTTCCCGCTTCACTATAGC; I
P646F, 5'-GGAGCTGGGTGTACTCCTTCCTTCACTATAGCGCG; I
L647V, 5'-GGGTGTACTCCCCGGTTCACTATAGCGC; and I
P646R, 5'-GCTGGGTGTACTCCCGGCTTCACTATAGCGC. The I
Y644F mutant was described previously (24). The full-length murine µ2-subunit yeast two-hybrid clone was obtained from a murine brain cDNA library (Molecular Interaction Facility, University of Wisconsin). A soluble truncation of this subunit was generated by digestion of the µ2-subunit open reading frame with an internal EcoRI site and an external 5' XhoI site. The resulting fragment was cloned into pET28 and pET42 bacterial expression vectors (EMD Biosciences). Cell Cultures and TransfectionHEK293, HeLa, and Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells were cultured using Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum. HEK293 cells were transfected via calcium phosphate with 2 or 5 µg of each expression vector. The cells were used for immunoprecipitation 48 h after transfection.
MDCK Stable Cell LinesMDCK cells were stably transfected with various PIPKI
661 constructs, which are under the control of the tetracycline responsive promoter. The transfected MDCK cells were maintained in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium containing 10% fetal bovine serum, 1 µg/ml puromycin, and 100 µg/ml hygromycin B to select for stable transfection. The medium was supplemented with 2 µg/ml doxycycline to suppress transgene expression, as doxycycline withdrawal results in expression of transfected PIPKI
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AntibodiesMonoclonal mouse anti-human transferrin receptor was purchased from BD Bioscience. Monoclonal anti-
-adaptin (C-8) antibody was obtained from Santa Cruz Biotechnology. Monoclonal mouse anti-HA (16B12) was obtained from Covance and rabbit polyclonal anti-HA antibody was purchased from Upstate. Horseradish peroxidase-conjugated anti-GST antibody was purchased from Amersham Biosciences and horseradish peroxidase-conjugated and monoclonal anti-T7 antibodies were obtained from Novagen. Monoclonal antitalin antibody (8d4) was purchased from Sigma. Monoclonal anti-phosphotyrosine antibody (4G10) was purchased from Upstate. Polyclonal PIPKI
antiserum was generated and purified as described previously (23). Polyclonal PIPKI
antiserum was generated and purified as described previously (25). Secondary antibodies were obtained from Jackson ImmunoResearch Laboratories.
Immunoprecipitation and ImmunoblottingCells were washed twice with ice-cold PBS and subsequently resuspended and lysed in IP buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, 150 mM NaCl, 0.2% Nonidet P-40, 2 mM Na3VO4, 1 mM EDTA, 1 mM EGTA, and 1 mM MgCl2). Cell lysates were incubated with 50 µl of 1:1 diluted protein A-SepharoseTM and 2 µg of the specified antibody as indicated at 4 °C overnight. The immunocomplexes were separated by 7.5 or 10% SDS-PAGE, and transferred to polyvinylidene difluoride (Millipore Corp.). Chemiluminescent substrate (Pierce) was used for visualization on x-ray film (RPI Corp.).
Protein Expression and Purification in Escherichia coliConstructs in pET28 or pET42 expression vectors were transformed into BL21(DE3) competent cells (Novagen). Proteins were expressed and purified using His-BindTM resin following the manufacturer's instructions (Novagen) or using glutathione-SepharoseTM 4B Fast Flow as per the manufacturer's instructions (Amersham Biosciences). Tyrosine-phosphorylated recombinant PIPKI
661 was generated via coexpression with Src and purified as described previously (26).
GST Pulldown AssaysRecombinant T7-tagged PIPKI
was incubated with GST-µ2 together with glutathione-SepharoseTM 4 Fast Flow (Amersham Biosciences) in 500 µl of buffer B (PBS, 1% bovine serum albumin, 0.4% Triton X-100, and 2 mM dithiothreitol) for 4 h or overnight at 4 °C. The beads were washed with 1 ml of buffer B four times, resolved by SDS-PAGE, and analyzed via Western blot. GST was used as a negative control for nonspecific binding. All other GST pulldowns were performed with the proteins indicated in the same manner.
Transferrin Uptake AssaysStable MDCK cells were grown in 10-cm dishes. Expression of exogenous PIPKI
was induced for 72 h by withdrawing doxycycline from medium. For transferrin uptake assays, cells were incubated with serum-free medium for 2 h. The serum-starved cells were then incubated with Alexa Fluor 647 transferrin (5 µg/ml, Invitrogen) in binding medium at 37 °C for 20 min. After incubation, the cells were washed three times with PBS, three times with ice-cold acid (0.2 M acetic acid and 0.5 M NaCl, pH 4.1), and three times with PBS again. Cells were finally collected by trypsinization and washed once with PBS. Half of the cells were used to determine PIPKI
expression by flow cytometry. Briefly, cells were first incubated with primary anti-HA antibody and then with fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled secondary antibody. The fluorescence intensities of fluorescein isothiocyanate staining were detected from
10,000 cells and used to determine PIPKI
expression. The other half of the cells was suspended in 0.5 ml of PBS for determination of transferrin uptake using a FACS CaliburTM (BD Biosciences) flow cytometer. Fluorescence intensities of internalized Alexa Fluor 647 transferrin were quantified from
10,000 cells.
RNA InterferenceHeLa cells were maintained in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium containing 10% fetal bovine serum. The cells were passed into 60-mm dishes 1 day prior to transfection. The cells were transfected with a PIPKI
-specific siRNA oligo (5'-AAGGACCUGGACUUCAUGCAG) using OligofectamineTM (Invitrogen) transfection reagent. Scrambled control siRNA (5'-AAGUACCUGUACUUCAUGCAG) or PIPKI
-specific siRNA (5'-AAGAAGUUGGAGCACUCUUGG) were used as controls. After 24 h, the cells were transfected again in the same manner. The cells were then used for transferrin uptake assays 72 h post-transfection.
Metabolic Labeling and Determination of Cellular PI(4,5)P2 LevelsMDCK cells were metabolically labeled with 20 µCi/ml myo-[3H]inositol (PerkinElmer Life Sciences) and the lipids were extracted and deacylated as described previously (27). The deacylated glycerophosphoinositol phosphates were resuspended in water prior to analysis by HPLC. The deacylated lipids were separated using a Zorbax SAX column and a gradient of 1.3 M ammonium phosphate (pH 3.85). The level of cellular PI(4,5)P2 was determined with a Packard in-line liquid scintillation flow detector using deacylated [3H]PI(4,5)P2 (PerkinElmer Life Sciences) as a standard.
Immunofluorescence and MicroscopyCells were washed with PBS at room temperature, fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde in PBS at room temperature for 15 min, and permeabilized with 0.2% Triton X-100 in PBS at room temperature for 10 min. The cells were blocked with 3% bovine serum albumin in PBS at room temperature for 1 h, incubated with the primary antibody for 1 h at 37 °C, and washed with 0.1% Triton X-100 in PBS. The cells were then incubated with fluorophore-labeled secondary antibody at room temperature for 45 min and washed with 0.1% Triton X-100 in PBS. The coverslips were mounted to glass slides in Vectashield (Vector Laboratories) mounting medium. Fluorescent images were captured using a Nikon Eclipse TE2000-U microscope with a CoolSNAP CCD camera (RS Photometrics) or using a x60 Plan oil immersion lens on a confocal laser-scanning microscope (model MR-1000; Bio-Rad) mounted transversely to an inverted microscope (Diaphot 200, Nikon; W. M. Keck Laboratory for Biological Imaging, Madison, WI). Images were processed as described previously using PhotoshopTM CS (23). To visualize the colocalization between AP2 and PIPKI
661 constructs, MDCK cells in 6-well plates were transfected with 1 µg of each expression vector. After 16 h of expression, the cells were incubated in serum-free Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium for 2 h and then treated with 50 µg/ml of transferrin (Invitrogen) for 20 min at 37 °C. The cells were subsequently fixed and stained as described above.
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661 Directly Interacts with the µ-Subunit of AP2 in Vitro and in VivoOur laboratory performed a yeast two-hybrid screen using the C-terminal 178 amino acids of PIPKI
661 as bait (23). This screen indicated a direct association with the µ2-subunit of AP2. The prey, obtained from a murine brain library, contained the entire mouse µ2-subunit with the exception of the start codon. To confirm that this interaction was indeed direct, a GST pulldown approach was used.
Because the full-length µ2-subunit is primarily insoluble in E. coli, a truncation mutant was generated. This was accomplished by deleting of the bulk of the N-terminal domain and replacing it with GST. The resulting soluble construct contained the complete linker domain and the C-terminal domain. The GST pulldown was then performed by incubating PIPKI
661 with GST-µ2 in the presence of glutathione-conjugated SepharoseTM beads. As shown in Fig. 1A, PIPKI
661 directly associated with GST-µ2, but did not associate with GST alone.
In vivo, AP2 serves as an adaptor for binding to several other proteins involved in clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Consequently, to ensure that this interaction was relevant in vivo, we immunoprecipitated endogenous AP2 from HEK293 cells using a monoclonal antibody specific for
-adaptin. The precipitated complexes were washed extensively and resolved by SDS-PAGE. Using a polyclonal antibody described previously, PIPKI
was detected in the
-adaptin lane but not in the normal mouse IgG lane (Fig. 1B) (23). The reciprocal experiment, using the monoclonal antibody specific for
-adaptin, yielded concurrent results (Fig. 1B). It was surprising to observe that only the highest molecular weight band was retained by immunoprecipitated AP2. This band corresponds to PIPKI
661, as the PIPKI
polyclonal antibody detects both PIPKI
661 and PIPKI
635 splice variants, as seen in the lysate lane.
Because PI(4,5)P2 has extensively been shown to be an integral component of the endocytic process, we sought to determine whether PIP kinase activity was necessary for this interaction in vivo. Wild type and kinase inactive PIPKI
661 were transfected into HEK293 cells via calcium phosphate. AP2 was then immunoprecipitated using monoclonal antibodies specific for the
-subunit. As shown in Fig. 1C, both wild type (WT) and kinase-dead (KD) PIPKI
661 associated with AP2 in vivo. In addition, KD PIPKI
661 appears to associate with the AP2 complex with slightly higher affinity as compared with WT PIPKI
661.
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detected by the PIPKI
polyclonal antibody. A coimmunoprecipitation approach was used to confirm which of the two splice variants could associate with AP2 in vivo. HEK293 cells were transfected with PIPKI
661 or PIPKI
635 and endogenous AP2 was immunoprecipitated with the
-adaptin-specific antibody. As seen in Fig. 1D, only PIPKI
661 was capable of binding to AP2 in vivo. This result indicated that the in vivo binding site for µ2 was localized in the C-terminal 26 residues of PIPKI
661. To narrow the specific binding site, three previously generated truncations of PIPKI
661 were employed in the same coimmunoprecipitation approach (24). As shown in Fig. 1D, truncation at Trp642 resulted in reduction of associated PIPKI
to background levels observed in the normal mouse IgG control.
A Tetrapeptide Motif on PIPKI
661 Mediates the Interaction with AP2Upon closer inspection of the sequence contained between the Trp642 and Tyr649 truncations, there is a putative tyrosine sorting motif (644YSPL647). These motifs generally consist of a tetrapeptide sorting sequence YXX
, where
corresponds to a bulky hydrophobic residue (8). Through an exhaustive peptide library screen, Ohno et al. (28, 29) has presented extensive evidence documenting the tyrosine sorting motif specificity for each of the µ-subunits of the AP complexes. Using these results as a guide, several point mutations were generated with the intention of weakening PIPKI
661 binding to AP2. A mutation intended to strengthen binding was also generated as a positive control. Each of these HA-tagged constructs was transfected into HEK293 cells and endogenous AP2 was immunoprecipitated with a
-adaptin-specific antibody. Associated PIPKI
661 was then detected by immunoblot with an HA-specific monoclonal antibody.
The observed results, shown in Fig. 2A, followed the affinities predicted by Ohno et al. (28). Mutation of Tyr644, Pro646 (Tyr+2), or Leu647 (Tyr+3) to the most disfavored residues resulted in disruption of the interaction. The Tyr+1 position was previously shown to have little contribution to binding affinity in the Ohno et al. (28) peptide screen, and mutation of Ser645 to the least favored residue, phenylalanine, had little effect on AP2 binding. Likewise, mutation of Pro646 (Tyr+3) to the most favored residue, arginine, did not alter PIPKI
661 binding to AP2. These in vivo results were confirmed via GST pulldown experiments. As in Fig. 1A, GST-µ2 was used to pull down PIPKI
661, PIPKI
635, PIPKI
Y644F, or PIPKI
L647V. The incubation buffer was supplemented with 1% bovine serum albumin to inhibit nonspecific interactions. As shown in Fig. 2B, PIPKI
661 was specifically retained by GST-µ2, whereas none of the PIPKI
constructs were associated with GST alone. These combined results suggest that PIPKI
661 contains a tyrosine sorting motif that is recognized by the µ2-subunit of AP2 and mediates the direct interaction between these two proteins.
Previous work performed by Ohno et al. (28) has also demonstrated that phosphorylation of the tyrosine residue within YXX
sorting motifs disrupts the association of such motifs with the µ2-subunit. We have previously shown that Tyr644 of PIPKI
661 is phosphorylated by Src in a focal adhesion kinase-dependent manner (23, 24). Consequently, tyrosine phosphorylation of this residue might disrupt the association between PIPKI
661 and the µ2-subunit. To address this possibility, we performed in vitro GST pulldowns by incubating GST-µ2 with PIPKI
661 or tyrosine-phosphorylated recombinant PIPKI
661, generated as described previously (26). As shown in Fig. 2C, tyrosine phosphorylated PIPKI
661 associated with much lower affinity as compared with nonphosphorylated PIPKI
661. This result is consistent with the requirement of an unphosphorylated tyrosine within the YXX
sorting motif and also might serve as a regulatory mechanism for the interaction between AP2 and PIPKI
661.
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661 and AP2 Partially Colocalize in MDCK CellsBecause we had determined that PIPKI
661 interacts with the AP2 complex both in vivo and in vitro, we next examined whether PIPKI
shared a similar subcellular localization with AP2. Endogenous PIPKI
and AP2 were immunostained with antibodies specific for PIPKI
and
-adaptin, respectively, in MDCK cells and examined by confocal microscopy. As shown in Fig. 3A, PIPKI
is primarily targeted to the plasma membrane and to sites of cell-cell contacts in MDCK cells. This localization also overlaps with the punctuate plasma membrane staining of endogenous AP2, and can be observed not only at the plasma membrane, but also at discrete locations within the cytoplasm (as indicated by the arrows in the merged images). This partially overlapping staining at the plasma membrane was not surprising, as PIPKI
661 has been shown to serve several roles at the plasma membrane, including regulation of focal adhesion assembly via direct interaction with talin (23, 30). It is important to note that the PIPKI
polyclonal antibody employed here detects multiple PIPKI
splice variants expressed in MDCK cells, and we have shown that the interaction with AP2 is specific for only the PIPKI
661 splice variant.
To further examine the specificity of the interaction between PIPKI
661 and AP2, HA-tagged WT PIPKI
661, PIPKI
661 T644F, and PIPKI
661 S645F constructs were expressed in MDCK cells. Expressed under normal conditions, all three HA-PIPKI
661 constructs were targeted to the plasma membrane in a similar manner (data not shown). However, upon stimulation of clathrin-mediated endocytosis via treatment with transferrin, distinct colocalization patterns were observed. As shown in Fig. 3B, both WT and S645F PIPKI
661 colocalized with AP2 in internalized vesicular structures upon treatment with transferrin. However, in cells expressing PIPKI
661 T644F, the HA-PIPKI
signal remained at the plasma membrane and was not significantly internalized under identical conditions. These data collectively support both the specificity of the PIPKI
661/AP2 interaction demonstrated in vivo and in vitro and also reinforce the functional implications observed in transferrin uptake experiments described below.
The interaction between PIPKI
661 and AP2 may be a transient event, occurring primarily to facilitate targeting of PIPKI
661 to sites of endocytosis for localized generation of PI(4,5)P2. This dynamic association would be necessary for recognition of cargo proteins by the µ2-subunit upon assembly of the AP2 complex onto the plasma membrane, because PIPKI
661 would occupy the cargo binding site when directly associated with AP2. Consequently, the vesicular cytoplasmic colocalization patterns observed in Fig. 3, A and B, may be PIPKI
661 directly associated with AP2 during the cycling of the endocytic machinery.
PIPKI
661 Regulates AP-2-dependent Transferrin EndocytosisThere is considerable evidence that endocytosis from the plasma membrane mediated by the AP2 complex is a PI(4,5)P2-dependent process (11, 31). The observed endogenous colocalization and the direct interaction between the µ-subunit of AP2 and PIPKI
661 collectively imply that this interaction may have implications on AP2 function. To address this possibility we generated stable MDCK cell lines inducibly expressing either wild type or kinase-dead PIPKI
661. PIPK expression was induced by withdrawal of doxycycline from the growth media. After 72 h of expression, the cells were subjected to an endocytosis assay via treatment with Alexa Fluor 647 transferrin and the amount of internalized transferrin was then assessed via flow cytometry. The results from these assays, shown in Fig. 4, A and B, demonstrate that stable expression of wild type PIPKI
661 resulted in an over 40% average increase of mean fluorescence intensity relative to nonexpressing cells. The opposite effect was observed in cells expressing kinase-dead PIPKI
661, with a 25% average decrease of intensity.
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661, we also generated MDCK stable cell lines inducibly expressing wild type or kinase-dead PIPKI
635. As shown in Fig. 4B, induced expression of either wild type or kinase-dead PIPKI
635, under the same conditions, had no appreciable effect on transferrin endocytosis. In addition, similar results were also obtained using an MDCK stable cell line inducibly expressing PIPKI
661 with a T644F mutation (data not shown). These results were consistent with both our in vitro and in vivo interaction data, which indicated that only the PIPKI
661 splice variant containing the YSPL motif is capable of direct interaction with the µ-subunit of the AP2 complex.
Previous work by Morgan et al. (32) has also proposed a link between trafficking of the AP2 complex and the focal adhesion protein talin. Additionally, the established binding site for talin on PIPKI
661 does overlap with the YSPL motif necessary for the direct interaction with AP2 (23, 30). To uncouple these two distinct interactions for PIPKI
661, we generated a stable cell line expressing the S645F mutant. As shown in Fig. 2A, this mutation does not affect binding to the AP2 complex in vivo; however, this mutation does disrupt the interaction between PIPKI
661 and talin as observed by coimmunoprecipitation (Fig. 4C). This phenotype was further confirmed by indirect immunofluorescence. As shown in Fig. 4D, expression of wild type PIPKI
661 resulted in a distinct colocalization pattern with talin at the plasma membrane in MDCK cells. Expression of PIPKI
661 S645F, on the other hand, showed little colocalization with a more diffuse talin staining pattern, similar to that observed upon expression of PIPKI
661 T644F.
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661. This higher response may simply be the consequence of a lack of competition with talin for binding to PIPKI
661. Mutation of this residue might also inhibit Src-mediated phosphorylation of Tyr644. Lee et al. (33) have recently shown that both phosphorylation and mutation of Ser645 results in diminished phosphorylation of Tyr644. Consequently, the S645F mutant might not be susceptible to the disruptive effect of Tyr644 phosphorylation we have observed in vitro.
PIPKI
661 Expression Does Not Alter Cellular PI(4,5)P2 Levels in MDCK CellsBecause potential changes in PI(4,5)P2 levels alone might be attributed to the observed effects, we quantified total cellular PI(4,5)P2 levels via metabolic labeling and HPLC. The PIPKI
661 WT and KD stable MDCK cell lines were cultured in the presence of myo-[3H]inositol and protein expression was induced for the same duration as in the transferrin uptake assays. The cellular lipids were extracted, deacylated, and resolved by anion exchange. The PI(4,5)P2 peak was identified using a deacylated PI(4,5)P2 standard and quantified by total counts using an in-line flow scintillation counter (Fig. 5C). Induction of expression was verified by immunoblot of unlabeled cells (Fig. 5B). As seen in Fig. 5A, expression of either PIPKI
661WT or PIPKI
661KD did not have a significant effect on the total cellular PI(4,5)P2 level. Because the total PI(4,5)P2 levels are not significantly affected by increased PIPKI
661WT or PIPKI
661KD expression, it is likely a modulation of highly localized pools of PI(4,5)P2 is responsible for the observed effects on transferrin endocytosis. The relatively stable level of cellular PI(4,5)P2 is also consistent with previously reported observations for increased expression of PIPKI
661 in other cell lines (34).
Transferrin Endocytosis Is Inhibited as a Result of Reduced PIPKI
ExpressionAn RNAi based approach was also employed as an alterative method for addressing a possible role for PIPKI
661 in transferrin receptor endocytosis. Using an siRNA oligo specific for the human PIPKI
, we knocked down PIPKI
expression in HeLa cells. These cells were then used in the same transferrin uptake assay as utilized with the MDCK PIPKI
661 stable cell lines. A nonspecific siRNA oligo was used as a control for normalizing transferrin uptake. As an additional control, we knocked down PIPKI
with an siRNA oligo specific for this isoform. As shown in Fig. 6, A and B, transferrin uptake was inhibited on average by 50% in cells transfected with PIPKI
siRNA. However, no significant effect was observed with either nonspecific control siRNA or with siRNA specific for PIPKI
. The results observed for knockdown of PIPKI
via siRNA was also consistent with results reported previously in HeLa cells (34). The level of knockdown for each protein via RNAi is shown in Fig. 6C.
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. To rule out this possibility, we assessed the transferrin receptor expression level under these conditions by Western blot. As shown in Fig. 6D, knockdown of PIPKI
661 does not affect the overall expression level of the transferrin receptor, implying that the observed effects on endocytosis may be a direct consequence of reduced expression of PIPKI
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-subunit and the other on the µ2-subunit (7, 14). However, the specific mechanism responsible for targeted generation of PI(4,5)P2 at sites of endocytosis remains unclear.
Here we have shown that PIPKI
661 directly interacts with the µ2-subunit of the AP2 adaptor complex both in vitro and in vivo. This direct interaction is dependent on a tetrapeptide sequence in the PIPKI
661 C terminus that conforms to a YXX
consensus sorting motif. We have shown that mutation of any of the key residues within this motif results in disruption of the interaction with the µ2-subunit both in vivo and in vitro. The direct interaction between AP2 and PIPKI
661 provides a mechanism for targeting PIPKI
661 to sites of endocytosis at the plasma membrane (Fig. 7). Consequently, this would result in generation of a highly concentrated pool of PI(4,5)P2 at these sites.
The structure for the AP2 core provides some insight to a possible mechanism for regulation of this interaction. In the AP2 crystal, the µ2-subunit is buried in a grove formed by the
- and
2-subunits (7). In this closed conformation, the µ2-subunit YXX
docking site is positioned away from the membrane docking site of the complex. It has been proposed that phosphorylation of the linker domain of µ2 might trigger a conformational change that would allow the subunit to swing out of the pocket into an open conformation and bind to cargo motifs at the plasma membrane (7, 35-37). This structural shift allows for enhanced AP2 membrane association via a direct interaction between µ2 and PI(4,5)P2, which is not possible in the nonphosphorylated, closed conformation (16). Because PIPKI
661 binding would occupy the cargo binding site, PIPKI
661 may bind to AP2 in this inactive conformation.
Upon docking to the plasma membrane, PIPKI
661 could be displaced from µ2 by either a conformational change in µ2or by competition of sorting motifs of higher affinity. This displacement could also be facilitated by tyrosine phosphorylation of PIPKI
661. Ohno et al. (29) has previously demonstrated that phosphorylation of the tyrosine within the YXX
motif inhibits the interaction with µ2 in cargo peptide binding studies (29). We have previously demonstrated that Tyr644 of PIPKI
661 is preferentially phosphorylated by Src (24). We have also demonstrated that tyrosine phosphorylation of PIPKI
661 disrupts the association with the µ2-subunit in vitro. Additionally, several tyrosine kinase receptors trigger Src activation upon binding to extracellular ligands (38). Consequently, PIPKI
661 would likely become phosphorylated and dissociate from AP2 upon targeting to activated tyrosine kinase receptors or to sites where Src may be active. Therefore, phosphorylation of Tyr644 on PIPKI
661 could potentially serve as an important regulatory mechanism for the interaction between PIPKI
661 and AP2 at the plasma membrane.
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661 to endocytic sites is highly reminiscent of the model previously proposed by our laboratory for targeting of PIPKI
661 to focal adhesions. Upon targeting to focal adhesions via direct interaction with talin, PIPKI
661 may be competitively displaced from talin by
1-integrin (24). Thus, both models involve a mechanism where PIPKI
is delivered to the plasma membrane and then competitively displaced from its binding partner, while concurrently generating a highly localized pool of PI(4,5)P2 in a tightly regulated fashion.
Additional targeting factors may also recruit PIPKI
661 to endocytic sites in a concerted manner. The small G-protein ADP-ribosylation factor 6 has previously been shown to enhance PIPKI
661 activity at endocytic sites and thereby stimulate recruitment of AP2 to the plasma membrane (39). ADP-ribosylation factor 6 has also been shown to associate with the AP2 complex in coimmunoprecipitation experiments (40). PIPKI
661 might serve as the bridging factor linking ADP-ribosylation factor 6 to the AP2 complex, thereby promoting AP2 assembly via enhanced PI(4,5)P2 production by PIPKI
661.
It is not surprising that several previous studies have linked various type I PIPK isoforms to clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Barbieri et al. (19) has demonstrated in a previous study that expression of wild type PIPKI
enhanced endocytosis of epidermal growth factor receptor, whereas expression of a kinase-dead mutant had an inhibitory effect in NR6 cells. Alternatively, Padron et al. (20) recently reported that either expression or RNAi-based knockdown of PIPKI
had a significant impact on transferrin endocytosis, whereas expression or knockdown of PIPKI
or PIPKI
had no effect in CV-1 and HeLa cells. The authors concluded, however, that these observed effects were the result of large perturbations of cellular PI(4,5)P2 levels upon modulation of PIPKI
expression.
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knockdown were consistent with this study, as we also observed no significant change in transferrin endocytosis under these conditions in HeLa cells. We also observed no change in PI(4,5)P2 levels in MDCK cells when stably expressing either wild type or kinase-dead PIPKI
661 or PIPKI
(data not shown). However, our results directly conflict with the results reported by Padron et al. (20), both for the endocytosis of transferrin receptor and cellular PI(4,5)P2 levels. This might be attributed to the difference in the cell lines used (CV-1 versus MDCK) or the fact that our methods utilize stable cell lines, whereas Pardon et al. (20) used a transient transfection method for assessing a role for PIPKI
in transferrin receptor endocytosis. High overexpression levels of PIPKIs obtained via transient transfection often cause a nonspecific accumulation of PI(4,5)P2 in the cytosol, resulting in the cells rounding-up or even cell death, which complicates delineation of the phenotypic effects mediated by expression of the PIPKI. Still, our results imply that the direct interaction between AP2 and PIPKI
661 likely results in modulation of highly localized pools of PI(4,5)P2, rather than significant alterations of the overall cellular level of PI(4,5)P2 in the context of elevated or knockdown protein expression levels.
Additionally, we have discovered that the µ1
subunit of AP1B directly interacts with PIPKI
661 and this subunit binds specifically to PIPKI
661 in vitro (data not shown).4 The µ1
- and µ2-subunits both share similar affinities for YXX
sorting motifs, and this has been documented previously (28). We have observed that mutation of the YSPL motif within PIPKI
661 to unfavorable residues has similar disruptive effects on its association with the µ1-subunit in vivo (data not shown). Consistent with these observations for µ1
, PIPKI
knock-out mice have also been shown to have severe defects in both synaptic vesicle trafficking and exocytosis (22, 41). Collectively, these data imply that PIPKI
661 may have multiple roles in trafficking, both in endocytosis and exocytosis, via direct interactions with AP2 and AP1 complexes.
An accumulation of recently reported evidence has led to the proposal that AP2 functions in cargo recruitment, rather than serving as the primary mechanism for clathrincoated pit assembly (42). It, therefore, is possible that this direct interaction with PIPKI
661 might only have implications on the subset of cargos recognized by AP2 (e.g. transferrin receptor). Consequently, the role for PIPKI
661 in endocytosis may be cell-line or tissue specific. Still, the direct interaction between AP2 and PIPKI
661 provides an attractive mechanism for spatial and temporal generation of PI(4,5)P2 at sites of AP2-mediated endocytosis. Further examination of precisely how this interaction is modulated will lead to a greater understanding of how clathrin-mediated endocytosis is regulated in cells.
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1 Graduate of the Biomolecular Chemistry Predoctoral Training Program. Current address: Baxter Healthcare Corp., Rt. 120 and Wilson Rd., Round Lake, IL 60073. ![]()
2 To whom correspondence should be addressed: 3750 Medical Science Center, 1300 University Ave., University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI 53706. Tel.: 608-262-3753; Fax: 608-262-1257; E-mail: raanders{at}wisc.edu.
3 The abbreviations used are: AP, adaptor protein; PI(4,5)P2, phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate; PIPKI, type I phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinases; MDCK, Madin-Darby canine kidney; RNAi, RNA interference; HA, hemagglutinin; siRNA, small interfering RNA; PBS, phosphate-buffered saline; GST, glutathione S-transferase; HPLC, high performance liquid chromatography; WT, wild type; KD, kinase-dead. ![]()
4 S. F. Bairstow, K. Ling, and R. A. Anderson, unpublished data. ![]()
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