title: Distinct cellular locations of the syntaxin family of proteins in rat pancreatic acinar cells.
abstract: Syntaxins are cytoplasmically oriented integral membrane soluble NEM-sensitive factor receptors (SNAREs; soluble NEM-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors) thought to serve as targets for the assembly of protein complexes important in regulating membrane fusion. The SNARE hypothesis predicts that the fidelity of vesicle traffic is controlled in part by the correct recognition of vesicle SNAREs with their cognate target SNARE partner. Here, we show that in the exocrine acinar cell of the pancreas, multiple syntaxin isoforms are expressed and that they appear to reside in distinct membrane compartments. Syntaxin 2 is restricted to the apical plasma membrane whereas syntaxin 4 is found most abundantly on the basolateral membranes. Surprisingly, syntaxin 3 was found to be localized to a vesicular compartment, the zymogen granule membrane. In addition, we show that these proteins are capable of specific interaction with vesicle SNARE proteins. Their nonoverlapping locations support the general principle of the SNARE hypothesis and provide new insights into the mechanisms of polarized secretion in epithelial cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Gaisano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghai
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Malkus
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sheu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouquillon
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Trimble
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000032:analysis; D002457:Cell Extracts; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D010179:Pancreas / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D050765:Qa-SNARE Proteins; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D002457:Cell Extracts; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D050765:Qa-SNARE Proteins