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Research Article 2003 Syntaxin 3 and SNAP-25 pairing, regulated by omega-3 docosahexaenoic acid, controls the delivery of rhodopsin for the biogenesis of cilia-derived sensory organelles, the rod outer segments Jana Mazelova1, Nancy Ransom1, Lisa Astuto-Gribble1, Michael C. Wilson2 and Dusanka Deretic1,3,* 1Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, 2Department of Neuroscience and 3Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 *Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected]) Accepted 2 March 2009 Journal of Cell Science 122, 2003-2013 Published by The Company of Biologists 2009 doi:10.1242/jcs.039982 Summary The biogenesis of cilia-derived sensory organelles, the 25 and syntaxin 3 at the base of the cilium, which results in the photoreceptor rod outer segments (ROS), is mediated by increased delivery of membrane to the ROS. This is particularly rhodopsin transport carriers (RTCs). The small GTPase Rab8 evident in propranolol-treated retinas, in which the DHA- regulates ciliary targeting of RTCs, but their specific fusion sites mediated increase in SNARE pairing overcomes the tethering have not been characterized. Here, we report that the Sec6/8 block, including dissociation of Sec8 into the cytosol. Together, complex, or exocyst, is a candidate effector for Rab8. We also our data indicate that the Sec6/8 complex, syntaxin 3 and SNAP- show that the Qa-SNARE syntaxin 3 is present in the rod inner 25 regulate rhodopsin delivery, probably by mediating docking segment (RIS) plasma membrane at the base of the cilium and and fusion of RTCs. We show further that DHA, an essential displays a microtubule-dependent concentration gradient, polyunsaturated fatty acid of the ROS, increases pairing of whereas the Qbc-SNARE SNAP-25 is uniformly distributed in syntaxin 3 and SNAP-25 to regulate expansion of the ciliary the RIS plasma membrane and the synapse. Treatment with membrane and ROS biogenesis. omega-3 docosahexaenoic acid [DHA, 22:6(n-3)] causes increased co-immunoprecipitation and colocalization of SNAP- Key words: Rhodopsin, SNARE, Fatty acid, Cilium Introduction co-transported on RTCs to the ROS (Rodriguez de Turco et al., Retinal rod photoreceptor cells are modified neurons with primary 1997). cilia that elaborate a specialized light-sensing organelle, the rod outer The incorporation of rhodopsin into RTCs at the trans-Golgi segment (ROS). The ROS is filled with membranous disks housing network (TGN) is regulated by the small GTPase Arf4, which binds the phototransduction machinery that converts photon absorption to the conserved rhodopsin C-terminal VxPx ciliary-targeting signal by rhodopsin into changes in neurotransmitter release from (Deretic, 2006; Deretic et al., 1998; Deretic et al., 2005) and specialized ribbon synapses, thus transmitting photosensory mediates the assembly of the ciliary-targeting complex, which is information to the visual cortex (Burns and Arshavsky, 2005; Ridge comprised of two small GTPases, Arf4 and Rab11, the Rab11/Arf et al., 2003; tom Dieck and Brandstatter, 2006). The ROS disk effector FIP3, and the Arf GTPase-activating protein ASAP1 membrane proteins are embedded in a fluid milieu comprised of (Mazelova et al., 2009). Tethering and fusion of RTCs with the RIS polyunsaturated phospholipids that are highly enriched in omega- PM at the base of the cilium is in turn regulated by the small GTPase 3 docosahexaenoic acid [DHA, 22:6(n-3)]. DHA plays an important Rab8 in conjunction with phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate function in human health, including brain and retina development, [PtdIns(4,5)P2], actin and the actin-binding proteins moesin and function of sensory membranes and cell survival (Bazan, 2006; Rac1 (Deretic et al., 1995; Deretic et al., 2004; Moritz et al., 2001). Hoffman et al., 2001; Marszalek and Lodish, 2005). However, the Although the subsequent membrane-fusion event is crucial to exceptionally high content of DHA phospholipids in ROS replenish the light-sensing machinery, it remains poorly understood, membranes renders them highly susceptible to light and oxidative as the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein damage (Anderson and Penn, 2004). Thus, ROS membranes are receptor (SNARE) proteins that drive the RTC fusion have yet to continuously removed through daily shedding and phagocytosis by be identified. retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells (Besharse, 1986). The renewal Rab GTPases, Rab effectors and SNAREs are major components of light-sensitive ROS membranes is mediated by rhodopsin of the intracellular machinery that is responsible for targeted transport carriers (RTCs), which travel vectorially through the cell membrane delivery (Cai et al., 2007; Sudhof, 2007). In particular, body, the rod inner segment (RIS), to the base of the cilium and Rabs recruit the effectors that promote membrane-tethering fuse with the specialized domain that separates the ciliary membrane interactions (Seabra and Wasmeier, 2004; Zerial and McBride, from the surrounding RIS plasma membrane (PM), delivering 2001). Rabs also function by concentrating and activating SNAREs, rhodopsin to the ROS (Deretic and Papermaster, 1991; Papermaster accessory proteins and lipids at the sites of membrane fusion (Starai et al., 1986). Along with rhodopsin, DHA phospholipids are also et al., 2007). Rab8 regulates polarized trafficking through 2004 Journal of Cell Science 122 (12) cytoskeleton remodeling, which is necessary for membrane also reveal a previously unrecognized role for omega-3 DHA in outgrowth and the formation of cellular protrusions (Ang et al., modulating signal transduction in retinal photoreceptors by 2003; Peranen et al., 1996; Sato et al., 2007; Wandinger-Ness and enhancing syntaxin-3 incorporation into SNARE complexes at RTC Deretic, 2008). Moreover, Rab8 is essential for the formation of fusion sites to promote expansion of the ciliary membrane and ROS primary cilia, the highly conserved organelles that project from the biogenesis. surfaces of many cells (Nachury et al., 2007; Omori et al., 2008; Yoshimura et al., 2007). In retinal photoreceptors, Rab8 regulates Results RTC fusion and biogenesis of the cilia-derived light-sensing Syntaxin 3 is present in the RIS PM and is highly concentrated organelles, the ROS; Rab8 mutants cause defects in membrane in the vicinity of the cilium tethering and accumulation of RTCs below the cilium, leading to To establish the candidate SNAREs for RTC fusion in retinal rod cell death and rapid retinal degeneration (Deretic et al., 1995; photoreceptors, we examined the distributions of syntaxin 3 and Moritz et al., 2001). This suggests that the regulation of rhodopsin syntaxin 4, which segregate in PM domains of polarized epithelial ciliary targeting by Rab8 might be part of a broad and more general cells. We performed these experiments using frog retinas, because role in the regulation of ciliogenesis. the large size of photoreceptor cells in the frog retina and the Fusion of Rab8-positive carriers with the basolateral PM of extensive turnover of components of its light-sensing membrane epithelial cells is driven by the SNARE syntaxin 4 and occurs at (Besharse, 1986), especially when compared with mammals, the sites adjacent to the tight junctions, which are marked by the provides an ideal system to define the roles of individual proteins octameric Sec6/8 complex (Grindstaff et al., 1998; Kreitzer et al., in this process. We first determined that anti-syntaxin antibodies 2003). The highly conserved membrane-tethering Sec6/8 complex, that were directed to mammalian proteins did recognize proteins known as exocyst in yeast, consists of subcomplexes that are of the appropriate molecular weights in frog retinal post-nuclear continuously assembled and disassembled during trafficking (Hsu supernatant (PNS) that was enriched in photoreceptor membranes et al., 2004; Munson and Novick, 2006; Novick and Guo, 2002). (Deretic and Papermaster, 1991). Retinal PNS immunoblots that The Sec6/8 complex is also present in nerve terminals (Hsu et al., were probed with antibodies to mammalian syntaxin 3 and syntaxin 1996), where it is not required for regulated exocytosis and 4 (Fig. 1A) revealed proteins of ~32 kDa, as expected given the neurotransmitter release, but is thought to target fusion for neurite evolutionary conservation of SNARE proteins. Because retinal outgrowth and receptor trafficking to the synapse (Murthy et al., membrane proteins were not boiled for SDS-polyacrylamide gel 2003; Sans et al., 2003; Vega and Hsu, 2001). The Sec6/8 complex electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) analysis to avoid rhodopsin is also localized to the primary cilia in polarized epithelial cells aggregation (Deretic and Papermaster, 1991), we also observed (Rogers et al., 2004), and is therefore a candidate for a Rab8 effector syntaxin-3-containing oligomers of higher molecular weight, which at the RTC docking site. probably represent SDS-resistant SNARE complexes (Fig. 1A, The membrane-fusion event through which RTCs deliver asterisks) (also discussed later), as previously reported for similar rhodopsin to the cilium is likely to be mediated by a SNARE preparations of rat brain extracts (Pellegrini et al., 1995). complex (Li et al., 2007; Malsam et al., 2008; Paumet et al., 2004; We next examined the retinal distribution of syntaxins 3 and 4 Rothman, 2002). SNARE complexes are generally composed of a by confocal microscopy. Syntaxin 3 exhibited a polarized four-helical bundle that bridges opposing