Increasing plasma membrane phosphatidylinositol(4,5)bisphosphate biosynthesis increases phosphoinositide metabolism in Nicotiana tabacum.
A genetic approach was used to increase phosphatidylinositol(4,5)bisphosphate [PtdIns(4,5)P2] biosynthesis and test the hypothesis that PtdInsP kinase (PIPK) is flux limiting in the plant phosphoinositide (PI) pathway. Expressing human PIPKIalpha in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) cells increased plasma membrane PtdIns(4,5)P2 100-fold. In vivo studies revealed that the rate of 32Pi incorporation into whole-cell PtdIns(4,5)P2 increased >12-fold, and the ratio of [3H]PtdInsP2 to [3H]PtdInsP increased 6-fold, but PtdInsP levels did not decrease, indicating that PtdInsP biosynthesis was not limiting. Both [3H]inositol trisphosphate and [3H]inositol hexakisphosphate increased 3-and 1.5-fold, respectively, in the transgenic lines after 18 h of labeling. The inositol(1,4,5)trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3] binding assay showed that total cellular Ins(1,4,5)P3/g fresh weight was >40-fold higher in transgenic tobacco lines; however, even with this high steady state level of Ins(1,4,5)P3, the pathway was not saturated. Stimulating transgenic cells with hyperosmotic stress led to another 2-fold increase, suggesting that the transgenic cells were in a constant state of PI stimulation. Furthermore, expressing Hs PIPKIalpha increased sugar use and oxygen uptake. Our results demonstrate that PIPK is flux limiting and that this high rate of PI metabolism increased the energy demands in these cells.
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Yang Ju
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Department of Plant Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA.
Perera
Imara Y
IY
Brglez
Irena
I
Davis
Amanda J
AJ
Stevenson-Paulik
Jill
J
Phillippy
Brian Q
BQ
Johannes
Eva
E
Allen
Nina S
NS
Boss
Wendy F
WF
D001481:Basal Metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D019069:Cell Respiration; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D019269:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D021381:Protein Transport; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014316:Tritium
D019269:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014316:Tritium; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D002118:Calcium