Stalder, D. | bioRxiv Science

bioRxiv2023

Recruitment of PI4KIIIbeta to the Golgi by ABCD3 is dependent on an upstream pathway of a SNARE complex and golgins

ACBD3 is a protein localised to the Golgi apparatus and recruits other proteins, such as PI4KIII{beta}, to the Golgi. However, the mechanism through which ACBD3 itself is recruited to the Golgi is poorly understood. This study demonstrates there are two mechanisms for ACBD3 recruitment to the Golgi. First, we identified that an MWT374-376 motif in the unique region upstream of the GOLD domain in ACBD3 is essential for Golgi localisation. Second, we use unbiased proteomics to demonstrate that ACBD3 interacts with SCFD1, a Sec1/Munc-18 (SM) protein, and a SNARE protein, SEC22B. CRISPR-KO of SCFD1 causes ACBD3 to become cytosolic. We also found that ACBD3 is redundantly recruited to the Golgi apparatus by two golgins: golgin-45 and giantin, which bind to ACBD3 through interaction with the MWT374-376 motif. Taken together, our results demonstrate that ACBD3 is recruited to the Golgi in a two-step sequential process, with the SCFD1-mediated interaction occurring upstream of the interaction with the golgins.

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bioRxiv2022

The exocyst complex is an essential component of the mammalian constitutive secretory pathway

Secreted proteins fulfil a vast array of different functions, including adaptive immunity, cell signalling and extracellular matrix remodelling. In the trans-Golgi network, proteins destined for constitutive secretion are sorted into post-Golgi carriers which fuse with the plasma membrane to deliver their contents to the extracellular space. The molecular machinery involved is poorly understood. Here, we have used kinetic trafficking assays and transient CRISPR knock-outs to study the biosynthetic sorting route from the Golgi apparatus to the plasma membrane. Depletion of core-exocyst subunits reduces carrier fusion and causes cargo accumulation in the post-Golgi carriers. Exocyst subunits co-localise with carriers fusing at the plasma membrane and we show that the exocyst complex is recruited directly to these carriers. Abrogation of exocyst followed by kinetic trafficking assays with multiple different soluble cargoes results in cargo accumulation of all tested cargoes. Unbiased secretomics reveals a drastic reduction in the secretion of soluble proteins to the extracellular milieu after knock-out of exocyst subunits. Importantly, the knock-out of exocyst subunits in specialised secretory cell types prevents the constitutive secretion of antibodies in lymphocytes and of the hormones leptin and adiponectin in adipocytes. Together these data identify the exocyst complex as the functional tether of secretory post-Golgi carriers at the plasma membrane and an essential component of the mammalian constitutive secretory pathway.

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