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Analysis of occludin trafficking, demonstrating continuous endocytosis, degradation, recycling and biosynthetic secretory trafficking

Stekel, Dov; Fletcher, Sarah; Iqbal, Mudassar; Jabbari, Sara; Rappoport, Joshua

Authors

DOV STEKEL DOV.STEKEL@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Computational Biology

Sarah Fletcher

Mudassar Iqbal

Sara Jabbari

Joshua Rappoport



Contributors

Ludger Johannes
Editor

Abstract

© 2014 Fletcher et al. Tight junctions (TJs) link adjacent cells and are critical for maintenance of apicalbasolateral polarity in epithelial monolayers. The TJ protein occludin functions in disparate processes, including wound healing and Hepatitis C Virus infection. Little is known about steady-state occludin trafficking into and out of the plasma membrane. Therefore, we determined the mechanisms responsible for occludin turnover in confluent Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) epithelial monolayers. Using various biotin-based trafficking assays we observed continuous and rapid endocytosis of plasma membrane localised occludin (the majority internalised within 30 minutes). By 120 minutes a significant reduction in internalised occludin was observed. Inhibition of lysosomal function attenuated the reduction in occludin signal post-endocytosis and promoted co-localisation with the late endocytic system. Using a similar method we demonstrated that ∼20% of internalised occludin was transported back to the cell surface. Consistent with these findings, significant co-localisation between internalised occludin and recycling endosomal compartments was observed. We then quantified the extent to which occludin synthesis and transport to the plasma membrane contributes to plasma membrane occludin homeostasis, identifying inhibition of protein synthesis led to decreased plasma membrane localised occludin. Significant co-localisation between occludin and the biosynthetic secretory pathway was demonstrated. Thus, under steady-state conditions occludin undergoes turnover via a continuous cycle of endocytosis, recycling and degradation, with degradation compensated for by biosynthetic exocytic trafficking. We developed a mathematical model to describe the endocytosis, recycling and degradation of occludin, utilising experimental data to provide quantitative estimates for the rates of these processes.

Citation

Stekel, D., Fletcher, S., Iqbal, M., Jabbari, S., & Rappoport, J. (2014). Analysis of occludin trafficking, demonstrating continuous endocytosis, degradation, recycling and biosynthetic secretory trafficking. PLoS ONE, 9(11), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111176

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 2, 2014
Online Publication Date Nov 25, 2014
Publication Date Nov 25, 2014
Deposit Date Jul 31, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal PLoS ONE
Electronic ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher Public Library of Science
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 9
Issue 11
Article Number e111176
DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111176
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1103596
Publisher URL https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0111176
PMID 25422932

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