A model for the self-organization of vesicular flux and protein distributions in the Golgi apparatus.
A model for the self-organization of vesicular flux and protein distributions in the Golgi apparatus.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003125
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
Müsch A
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作者:
Ispolatov I;Müsch A
The generation of two non-identical membrane compartments via exchange of vesicles is considered to require two types of vesicles specified by distinct cytosolic coats that selectively recruit cargo, and two membrane-bound SNARE pairs that specify fusion and differ in their affinities for each type of vesicles. The mammalian Golgi complex is composed of 6–8 non-identical cisternae that undergo gradual maturation and replacement yet features only two SNARE pairs. We present a model that explains how distinct composition of Golgi cisternae can be generated with two and even a single SNARE pair and one vesicle coat. A decay of active SNARE concentration in aging cisternae provides the seed for a cis trans SNARE gradient that generates the predominantly retrograde vesicle flux which further enhances the gradient. This flux in turn yields the observed inhomogeneous steady-state distribution of Golgi enzymes, which compete with each other and with the SNAREs for incorporation into transport vesicles. We show analytically that the steady state SNARE concentration decays exponentially with the cisterna number. Numerical solutions of rate equations reproduce the experimentally observed SNARE gradients, overlapping enzyme peaks in cis, medial and trans and the reported change in vesicle nature across the Golgi: Vesicles originating from younger cisternae mostly contain Golgi enzymes and SNAREs enriched in these cisternae and extensively recycle through the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER), while the other subpopulation of vesicles contains Golgi proteins prevalent in older cisternae and hardly reaches the ER. We have developed a quantitative model to address a fundamental question in cell biology: How does the Golgi apparatus, an organelle composed of multiple cisternae that exchange vesicles, steadily maintains its inhomogeneous protein composition in the face of ongoing cisternal aging and replacement, and cargo entry and exit. We do not assume any a priori polarity within the Golgi apparatus or directionality of vesicular traffic. The Golgi cisternae inevitably lose active proteins that specify vesicle fusion, the SNARE molecules, as they age, thus breaking the symmetry between compartments and establishing the “seed” for directional vesicular transport. This small decrease in SNARE concentration in older cisternae is then further self-enhanced by the progressively more directional vesicular transport of SNAREs. Competition of enzymes for incorporation into predominantly retrograde-fusing vesicles in turn generates overlapping but distinct stationary enzyme peaks. Applying these general mechanisms of fusion asymmetry and competitive vesicle loading to the actual situation in the stacked mammalian Golgi, we reproduced the experimentally observed distributions of the two SNARE pairs that operate in the Golgi, and enzyme peaks in cis, medial and trans cisternae. We believe that our study attempts the first self-consistent explanation for the polarity in the Golgi stack.
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