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Orm family proteins mediate sphingolipid homeostasis
Presentation by: Gillian Dekkers and Soledad Ordoñez
Supervisor: Joost Holthuis
David K. Breslow et al. Nature, 2010
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Sphingolipids
• Are needed for: – Membrane impermeability – Molecular signalling– Sorting – Cell-cell recognition
• Block in synthesis compromises cell growth and survival
• However, intermediates of synthesis are mediators of cell stress pathways
• Accumulation results in growth arrest and cell death
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2. Saccharomyces cerevisiae
• Budding yeast with short generation time• Easily cultured • Entire genome sequenced in 1996• Complete set of deletion mutants is available
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3. Orm proteins
• Connection whith chilhood asthma. • Humans: ORMDL1/2/3, S. cerevisiae: ORM1/2 • Trans membrane protein located in ER
membrane.• No known functional domains• Strongly conserved between organisms
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E-MAPs
• Epistatic mini-array profiles• Finding functional relationships between
genes by:– Mapping genetic interactions
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E-maps method
• Take a knock out of one gene of interest
• Make double knock outs with a variety of genes
• Check the growth rate of this double knock outs Gene1Δ
x Gene2Δ
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Problem: Essential genes
• Essential genes cannot be screened • Solution: the use of hypomorphic alleles • mRNA of gene is destabilized • Lower expression
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A strong anti correlation with LCB1/2
• Lcb’s: subunits of LCB synthase
• Suggesting that ORM2 and LCB1/2 have opposing cellular roles
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* hypormorphic alleles Figure 1a
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Orm’s: negative regulator of the sphingolipid pathway
• LCB Synthase *
* Serine palmoyltransferase, SPT Figure 1d
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Orm proteins control LCB levels
• ORM1/2 overexpression causes reduced levels of LCB’s and ceramides
• ORM1/2 deletion
causes increased flux throughout the pathway
Figure 1b
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Growth defect in Orm1/2 Δ cells is relieved by myriosin
• Myriosin: LCB synthase inhibitor
Figure 1c
What is known until here?– Orm proteins are part of a conserved complex
called SPOTS. – Orm1/2 negatively regulate LCBs synthesis by
acting directly on Lcb1/2. – Orm function is conserved in human cells.
Why would cells include negative regulators of LCB Synthase, Orm1/2?
What is known until here?– Orm proteins are part of a conserved complex
called SPOTS. – Orm1/2 negatively regulate LCBs synthesis by
acting directly on Lcb1/2. – Orm function is conserved in human cells.
Why would cells include negative regulators of LCB Synthase, Orm1/2?
Homeostatic regulation !
Orm 1/2 are regulated in response to distribution of sphingolipid synthesis
Myriocin = LCB synthase inhibitor
Orm 1/2 undergo phosphorylation and respond to myriocin treatment
• Orm regulation : • Alteration in Orm1/2 expresion levels. X• Block of the interaction with Lcb1/2 and Sac1
Orm 1/2 undergo phosphorylation and respond to myriocin treatment
• Orm regulation : • Alteration in Orm1/2 expresion levels. X• Block of the interaction with Lcb1/2 and Sac1
Phosphorylation of Orm proteins is a homeostatic response to disruption of
early precursors.
Increase Orm phosphorilation.
No phosphorilation response.
Lcb1 interaction with Orm 1/2 is mantained even without Orm phosphorilation.
Blocking phosphorylation does not disrupt the complex
Blocking of phosphorilation prevents the change in higher order assembly of the SPOTS complex.
Orm proteins control sphingolipid homeostasis in the Endoplasmic Reticulum
• Orm proteins are homeostatic regulators of sphingolipid metabolism. •Without Orm mediated brake on SPT there is toxic accumulation of sphingolipids.•Normal intermidiate phosphorylation will give chance to a rapid responce.
Orm proteins control sphingolipid homeostasis in the Endoplasmic Reticulum
• SPOTS could act as a coordinating center that couples changes in sphingolipids and nutrients to the activity and localization of key enzymes of lipid metabolism and trafficiking.
Article relevance
• Provides a starting point for studying how protein and lipid synthesis is coordinated during membrane biogenesis.
• Disregulation of sphingolipid metabolism may contribute to the development of childhood asthma.
• New Approach, which allow studies in proteins with know function.
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