Phospholipase C in Living Cells

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We have further tested the hypothesis that receptor-mediated modulation of KCNQ channels involves depletion of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP ₂) by phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PLC). We used four parallel assays to characterize the agonist-induced PLC response of cells (tsA or CHO cells) expressing M ₁ muscarinic receptors: translocation of two fluorescent probes for membrane lipids, release of calcium from intracellular stores, and chemical measurement of acidic lipids. Occupation of M ₁ receptors activates PLC and consumes cellular PIP ₂ in less than a minute and also partially depletes mono- and unphosphorylated phosphoinositides. KCNQ current is simultaneously suppressed. Two inhibitors of PLC, U73122 and edelfosine (ET-18-OCH ₃), can block the muscarinic actions completely, including suppression of KCNQ current. However, U73122 also had many side effects that were attributable to alkylation of various proteins. These were mimicked or occluded by prior reaction with the alkylating agent N-ethylmaleimide and included block of pertussis toxin–sensitive G proteins and effects that resembled a weak activation of PLC or an inhibition of lipid kinases. By our functional criteria, the putative PLC activator m-3M3FBS did stimulate PLC, but with a delay and an irregular time course. It also suppressed KCNQ current. The M ₁ receptor–mediated activation of PLC and suppression of KCNQ current were stopped by lowering intracellular calcium well below resting levels and were slowed by not allowing intracellular calcium to rise in response to PLC activation. Thus calcium release induced by PLC activation feeds back immediately on PLC, accelerating it during muscarinic stimulation in strong positive feedback. These experiments clarify important properties of receptor-coupled PLC responses and their inhibition in the context of the living cell. In each test, the suppression of KCNQ current closely paralleled the expected fall of PIP ₂. The results are described by a kinetic model.

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Receptor-induced transient reduction in plasma membrane PtdIns(4,5)P2 concentration monitored in living cells.

T P Stauffer, S. Ahn, T Meyer (1998)

Although phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PtdIns(4,5)P2) is a well-characterized precursor for the second messengers inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, diacylglycerol [1] and phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate [2], it also interacts with the actin-binding proteins profilin and gelsolin [3], as well as with many signaling molecules that contain pleckstrin homology (PH) domains [4]. It is conceivable that stimuli received by receptors in the plasma membrane could be sufficiently strong to decrease the PtdIns(4,5)P2 concentration; this decrease could alter the structure of the cortical cytoskeleton and modulate the activity of signaling molecules that have PH domains. Here, we tested this hypothesis by using an in vivo fluorescent indicator for PtdIns(4,5)P2, by tagging the PH domain of phospholipase C delta 1 (PLC-delta 1) with the green fluorescent protein (GFP-PH). When expressed in cells, GFP-PH was found to be enriched at the plasma membrane. Binding studies in vitro and mutant analysis suggested that GFP-PH bound PtdIns(4,5)P2 selectively over other phosphatidylinositol lipids. Strikingly, receptor stimulation induced a transient dissociation of GFP-PH from the plasma membrane, suggesting that the concentration of PtdIns(4,5)P2 in the plasma membrane was effectively lowered. This transient dissociation was blocked by the PLC inhibitor U73122 but was not affected by the phosphoinositide (PI) 3-kinase inhibitor wortmannin, suggesting that it is mostly mediated by PLC and not by PI 3-kinase activation. Overall, our studies show that PtdIns(4,5)P2 can have second messenger functions of its own, by mediating a transient dissociation of proteins anchored in the plasma membrane.

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Phosphoinositides [PPIs, which collectively refer to phosphorylated derivatives of phosphatidylinositol (PI)] have a pivotal role as precursors to important second messengers and as bona fide signaling and scaffold targeting molecules. This review focuses on recent advances that elucidate how PPIs, particularly PI(4,5)P2 (PIP2), directly regulate the actin cytoskeleton in vivo by modulating the activity and targeting of actin regulatory proteins. The role of PIP2 in stimulating actin polymerization and in establishing cytoskeleton-plasma membrane linkages is emphasized. In addition, the review presents tantalizing evidence that suggests how binding of selected cytoskeletal proteins to membrane PPIs may promote PPI clustering into raft lipid microdomains, alter their accessibility to other proteins, and even distort the bilayer conformation. These actions have profound implications for many other PPI-regulated membrane functions that are beginning to be uncovered, and they suggest how PPIs can mediate crosstalk between the actin cytoskeleton and an expanding spectrum of essential cellular functions.

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Phosphoinositide recognition domains.

Mark Lemmon (2003)

Domains or modules known to bind phosphoinositides have increased dramatically in number over the past few years, and are found in proteins involved in intracellular trafficking, cellular signaling, and cytoskeletal remodeling. Analysis of lipid binding by these domains and its structural basis has provided significant insight into the mechanism of membrane recruitment by the different cellular phosphoinositides. Domains that target only the rare (3-phosphorylated) phosphoinositides must bind with very high affinity, and with exquisite specificity. This is achieved solely by headgroup interactions in the case of certain pleckstrin homology (PH) domains [which bind PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 and/or PtdIns(3,4)P2], but requires an additional membrane-insertion and/or oligomerization component in the case of the PtdIns(3)P-targeting phox homology (PX) and FYVE domains. Domains that target PtdIns(4,5)P2, which is more abundant by some 25-fold, do not require the same stringent affinity and specificity characteristics, and tend to be more diverse in structure. The mode of phosphoinositide binding by different domains also appears to reflect their distinct functions. For example, pleckstrin homology domains that serve as simple targeting domains recognize only phosphoinositide headgroups. By contrast, certain other domains, notably the epsin ENTH domain, appear to promote bilayer curvature by inserting into the membrane upon binding.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): J Gen Physiol

Title: The Journal of General Physiology

Publisher: The Rockefeller University Press

ISSN (Print): 0022-1295

ISSN (Electronic): 1540-7748

Publication date (Print): September 2005

Volume: 126

Issue: 3

Pages: 243-262

Affiliations

[1 ]Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195

[2 ]Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390

[3 ]Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195

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Correspondence to Bertil Hille: hille@ 123456u.washington.edu

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Publisher ID: 200509309

DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200509309

PMC ID: 2266577

PubMed ID: 16129772

SO-VID: 7635860b-fa54-49ad-8e06-6df23857ea81

History

Date received : 28 April 2005

Date accepted : 19 July 2005

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