title: The exocytic gene secA is required for Dictyostelium cell motility and osmoregulation.
abstract: We investigated the link between cell movement and plasma membrane recycling using a fast-acting, temperature-sensitive mutant of the Dictyostelium SecA exocytic protein. Strikingly, most mutant cells become almost paralysed within minutes at the restrictive temperature. However, they can still sense cyclic-AMP (cAMP) gradients and polymerise actin up-gradient, but form only abortive pseudopodia, which cannot expand. They also relay a cAMP signal normally, suggesting that cAMP is released by a non-exocytic mechanism. To investigate why SecA is required for motility, we examined membrane trafficking in the mutant. Plasma membrane circulation is rapidly inhibited at the restrictive temperature and the cells acquire a prominent vesicle. Organelle-specific markers show that this is an undischarged contractile vacuole, and we found the cells are correspondingly osmo-sensitive. Electron microscopy shows that many smaller vesicles, probably originating from the plasma membrane, also accumulate at the restrictive temperature. Consistent with this, the surface area of mutant cells shrinks. We suggest that SecA mutant cells cannot move at the restrictive temperature because their block in exocytosis results in a net uptake of plasma membrane, reducing its area, and so restricting pseudopodial expansion. This demonstrates the importance of proper surface area regulation in cell movement.
authors.affiliation: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zanchi
authors.forename: Gillian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bretscher
authors.forename: Robert R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Kay
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000235:genetics; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000502:physiology*; D005089:Exocytosis / Q000235:genetics; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D051938:Munc18 Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D050505:Mutant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009995:Osmosis; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000235:genetics; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011554:Pseudopodia / Q000235:genetics; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D051938:Munc18 Proteins; D050505:Mutant Proteins; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D000242:Cyclic AMP
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