Lowe syndrome protein OCRL1 interacts with clathrin and regulates protein trafficking between endosomes and the trans-Golgi network.

Abstract

Oculocerebrorenal syndrome of Lowe is caused by mutation of OCRL1, a phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 5-phosphatase localized at the Golgi apparatus. The cellular role of OCRL1 is unknown, and consequently the mechanism by which loss of OCRL1 function leads to disease is ill defined. Here, we show that OCRL1 is associated with clathrin-coated transport intermediates operating between the trans-Golgi network (TGN) and endosomes. OCRL1 interacts directly with clathrin heavy chain and promotes clathrin assembly in vitro. Interaction with clathrin is not, however, required for membrane association of OCRL1. Overexpression of OCRL1 results in redistribution of clathrin and the cation-independent mannose 6-phosphate receptor (CI-MPR) to enlarged endosomal structures that are defective in retrograde trafficking to the TGN. Depletion of cellular OCRL1 also causes partial redistribution of a CI-MPR reporter to early endosomes. These findings suggest a role for OCRL1 in clathrin-mediated trafficking of proteins from endosomes to the TGN and that defects in this pathway might contribute to the Lowe syndrome phenotype.

• Authors: Rawshan Choudhury, Aipo Diao, Fang Zhang, Evan Eisenberg, Agnes Saint-Pol, Catrin Williams, Athanasios Konstantakopoulos, John Lucocq, Ludger Johannes, Catherine Rabouille, Lois E Greene, Martin Lowe
• Journal: Molecular biology of the cell (Mol Biol Cell) Vol. 16 Issue 8 Pg. 3467-79 (Aug 2005) ISSN: 1059-1524 [Print] United States
• PMID: 15917292 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Clathrin
• Membrane Glycoproteins
• Receptor, IGF Type 2
• TGOLN2 protein, human
• Shiga Toxin
• Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases
• OCRL protein, human

Topics

• Animals
• Cell Line
• Cell Membrane (metabolism)
• Chlorocebus aethiops
• Clathrin (metabolism)
• Cryoelectron Microscopy
• Endosomes (drug effects, metabolism)
• Humans
• Membrane Glycoproteins (metabolism)
• Oculocerebrorenal Syndrome (genetics)
• Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases (genetics, metabolism)
• Protein Binding
• Protein Transport
• RNA Interference
• Receptor, IGF Type 2 (metabolism)
• Shiga Toxin (pharmacology)
• trans-Golgi Network (drug effects, metabolism)