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. 1999 Oct;10(10):3521-38.
doi: 10.1091/mbc.10.10.3521.

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae homologue of human Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein Las17p interacts with the Arp2/3 complex

A Madania  1 , P Dumoulin, S Grava, H Kitamoto, C Schärer-Brodbeck, A Soulard, V Moreau, B Winsor
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The Saccharomyces cerevisiae homologue of human Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein Las17p interacts with the Arp2/3 complex

A Madania et al. Mol Biol Cell. 1999 Oct.
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Abstract

Yeast Las17 protein is homologous to the Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome protein, which is implicated in severe immunodeficiency. Las17p/Bee1p has been shown to be important for actin patch assembly and actin polymerization. Here we show that Las17p interacts with the Arp2/3 complex. LAS17 is an allele-specific multicopy suppressor of ARP2 and ARP3 mutations; overexpression restores both actin patch organization and endocytosis defects in ARP2 temperature-sensitive (ts) cells. Six of seven ARP2 ts mutants and at least one ARP3 ts mutant are synthetically lethal with las17Delta ts confirming functional interaction with the Arp2/3 complex. Further characterization of las17Delta cells showed that receptor-mediated internalization of alpha factor by the Ste2 receptor is severely defective. The polarity of normal bipolar bud site selection is lost. Las17-gfp remains localized in cortical patches in vivo independently of polymerized actin and is required for the polarized localization of Arp2/3 as well as actin. Coimmunoprecipitation of Arp2p with Las17p indicates that Las17p interacts directly with the complex. Two hybrid results also suggest that Las17p interacts with actin, verprolin, Rvs167p and several other proteins including Src homology 3 (SH3) domain proteins, suggesting that Las17p may integrate signals from different regulatory cascades destined for the Arp2/3p complex and the actin cytoskeleton.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Actin phenotypes of ARP2 ts mutants. (A) Phalloidin staining of wild-type YMW201U(a) and mutant YMW221U, YMW231U, YMW241U, YMW261U, and YMW271U (a) strains containing ARP2 point mutations. Cells were grown to early log phase in complete medium at 25°C. Part of the culture was shifted to 37°C for 2 h. (B) Strain FDW23GK (a/α) containing an ARP2:GFP C-terminal fusion. Cells were treated as in A and then fixed and stained with TRITC-phalloidin as described in MATERIALS AND METHODS. The left panels were photographed with a GFP bandpass filter, and the right panels were photographed with a rhodamine filter. Bar, 5 μm.
Figure 2
Figure 2
LAS17 overexpression suppresses certain ARP2 ts mutants. Seven ARP2 ts strains (arp2-1 to 2-7/YMW211U–YMW271U) and wild-type (YMW201U) described in Table 2 were transformed with pGAD (vector) (A), pAMW171 (LAS17 in pGAD) (B), and pAMW200 (ARP2 in pGAD) (C). Transformants were streaked on SC − Ura and Leu plates and incubated at 37°C for 4 d. Note that the arp2-5 ts mutant grows at 37°C on minimal medium but is more ts on complete medium.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Suppression of arp2-2 actin and endocytosis phenotypes by LAS17. Strain YMW221U (bearing the arp2-2:URA3 ts allele) was transformed with vector (a), with pAMW171 (LAS17 2μ) (b), and with pAMW200 (ARP2 in pGAD) (c). (A) Transformants were grown at 25°C in liquid YPD to log phase and shifted to 37°C for 2 h. Cells were fixed, stained with TRITC-phalloidin, and photographed as described in MATERIALS AND METHODS. Bar, 5 μm. (B) Transformants were grown in liquid YPD at 25°C to log phase and incubated for 1 h with LY as described in MATERIALS AND METHODS. Cells were photographed using an FITC filter (LY) or Nomarski optics (differential interference contrast [DIC]).
Figure 4
Figure 4
LAS17 allele-specific suppression of ARP3 ts mutants. The arp3Δ (YMW301T) strain rescued by five different ARP3 ts alleles (arp3-9 to arp3-13 and ARP3) and strain YMW321L (bearing the arp3-14: LEU2 allele) were transformed by vector (a), pYEW170 (LAS17, 2μ) (b), or pCMW304 rescue plasmid (ARP3:LEU2) (c). Freshly cultured transformants were spotted onto YNB − Leu and Ura plates, which were incubated at 25°C for 5 d or at 36°C for 3 d before being photographed.
Figure 5
Figure 5
Endocytosis defects in las17Δ cells. (A) FM4-64 uptake by las17Δ cells. YMW171K (las17Δ) and YPH499 (WT) cells were grown to log phase in liquid YPD at 25°C and then concentrated and incubated for 15 min in 20 μM FM4-64 followed by a 45-min chase in fresh YPD. Cells were photographed using an FITC filter (top panel) or DIC optics (bottom panel). Bar, 5 μm. (B) Alpha factor internalization by las17Δ cells. las17Δ strain RH 4207 and its equivalent wild type were preincubated at 37°C for 15 min before the addition of 35S-alpha factor. The samples were processed as described by Dulic et al. (1991). Results are from one of two independent experiments, which gave nearly identical results. ●, WT, 24°C; ▪, las17Δ, 24°C; ○, WT, 37°C; □, las17Δ, 37°C.
Figure 6
Figure 6
Bipolar budding defects in las17Δ/las17Δ cells. Strain FMW173K was grown overnight in YPD at 25°C. Cells were fixed and stained with calcofluor, washed, and observed in the microscope with a UV filter. Bar, 5 μm.
Figure 7
Figure 7
Functional Las17-gfp remains localized independently of actin. (A) Localization of Las17p at 25°C after treatment of cells with latrunculin-A. Strain YMW173G homozygous for LAS17:GFP was grown in liquid YPD to log phase at 25°C and incubated with latrunculin-A (100 μM final concentration) in DMSO or an equivalent volume of DMSO. Images show cells fixed after 30 min exposure to latrunculin-A, which were briefly fixed and then stained with Alexa-phalloidin. Bar, 5 μm. (B) Cells were grown as in A, fixed for 1 h, and then digested with zymolyase to make spheroplasts. Spheroplasts were labeled with rabbit anti-GFP IgG (left panels) and mouse monoclonal anti-actin IgG (right panels), which were revealed by goat anti-rabbit FITC and goat anti-mouse Cyanine 3 secondary antibodies using appropriate filters. No overlap between filter channels was detected in control exposures.
Figure 8
Figure 8
Loss of Arp2p and Arp3p polarity in las17Δ strains. (A) Localization of Arp2-gfp in wild-type and las17Δ/las17Δ cells. One allele of ARP2 was replaced by an ARP2:EGFP (Cormack et al., 1997) allele in FY1679 (WT) and in strain YMW173K (las17Δ/las17Δ) as described in MATERIALS AND METHODS. Cells were grown at 25°C in YPD, harvested, resuspended in 1 M sorbitol, and immediately put on slides for microscopic examination. Images were recorded using a GFP filter. (B) Localization of Arp3-gfp in wild-type and las17Δ/las17Δ cells. Experimental conditions were as in A. Bar, 5 μm.
Figure 9
Figure 9
Coimmunoprecipitation of Las17p and Arp2p (Arp2/3 complex). Las17-prot A was immunoprecipitated from crude extracts of strain YMW175K, which contained a chromosomally integrated allele of protein A-tagged Las17p and plasmid-borne HA tagged Arp2p (described in MATERIALS AND METHODS). After precipitation with TCA, cell extract and each step of the immunoprecipitation were subjected to 10% SDS-PAGE and blotted to nitrocellulose. E, extract; S, supernatant; L1, wash 1; L2, wash 2; L3, wash 3; P, immunoprecipitate; C, control immunoprecipitate, mock IP from crude extract of the YMW175K parental strain without protein A tag. (A) Las17-protA detected with purified rabbit IgG. (B) HA-tagged Arp2p detected with mouse monoclonal anti-HA IgG.
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