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Phosphatidylinositol- and phosphatidylcholine-transfer activity of PITPβ is essential for COPI-mediated retrograde transport from the Golgi to the endoplasmic reticulum

Carvou, Nicolas; Holic, Roman; Li, Michelle; Futter, Clare; Skippen, Alison; Cockcroft, Shamshad; (2010) Phosphatidylinositol- and phosphatidylcholine-transfer activity of PITPβ is essential for COPI-mediated retrograde transport from the Golgi to the endoplasmic reticulum. Journal of Cell Science , 123 (8) pp. 1262-1273. 10.1242/jcs.061986. Green open access

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Abstract

Vesicles formed by the COPI complex function in retrograde transport from the Golgi to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Phosphatidylinositol transfer protein β (PITPβ), an essential protein that possesses phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) and phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho) lipid transfer activity is known to localise to the Golgi and ER but its role in these membrane systems is not clear. To examine the function of PITPβ at the Golgi-ER interface, RNA interference (RNAi) was used to knockdown PITPβ protein expression in HeLa cells. Depletion of PITPβ leads to a decrease in PtdIns(4)P levels, compaction of the Golgi complex and protection from brefeldin-A-mediated dispersal to the ER. Using specific transport assays, we show that anterograde traffic is unaffected but that KDEL-receptor-dependent retrograde traffic is inhibited. This phenotype can be rescued by expression of wild-type PITPβ but not by mutants defective in docking, PtdIns transfer and PtdCho transfer. These data demonstrate that the PtdIns and PtdCho exchange activity of PITPβ is essential for COPI-mediated retrograde transport from the Golgi to the ER.

Type: Article
Title: Phosphatidylinositol- and phosphatidylcholine-transfer activity of PITPβ is essential for COPI-mediated retrograde transport from the Golgi to the endoplasmic reticulum
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.061986
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.061986
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Golgi, Phosphatidylinositol transport proteins, Retrograde transport
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10177195
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