A role for tumor protein TPD52 phosphorylation in endo-membrane trafficking during cytokinesis.
Tumor protein D52 is expressed at high levels in exocrine cells containing large secretory granules where it regulates Ca(2+)-dependent protein secretion; however, D52 expression is also highly induced in multiple cancers. The present study investigated a role for the Ca(2+)-dependent phosphorylation of D52 at the single major phospho-acceptor site serine 136 on cell division. Ectopic expression of wild type D52 (D52wt) and the phosphomutants serine 136/alanine (S136A) or serine 136/glutamate (S136/E) resulted in significant multinucleation of cells. D52wt and S136/E each resulted in a greater than 2-fold increase in multinucleated cells compared to plasmid-transfected controls whereas the S136/A phospho-null mutant caused a 9-fold increase in multinucleation at 48h post-transfection. Electron microscopy revealed D52 expression induced a marked accumulation of vesicles along the mid-line between nuclei where the final stages of cell abscission normally occurs. Supporting this, D52wt strongly colocalized on vesicular structures containing the endosomal regulatory protein vesicle associated membrane protein 8 (VAMP 8) and this colocalization significantly increased with elevations in cellular Ca(2+). As VAMP 8 is known to be necessary for the endo-membrane fusion reactions that mediate the final stages of cytokinesis, these data indicate that D52 expression and phosphorylation at serine 136 play an important role in supporting the Ca(2+)-dependent membrane trafficking events necessary for cytokinesis in rapidly proliferating cancer cells.
University of Wisconsin, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Madison, WI 53706, USA. thomas@nutrisci.wisc.edu
Diana D H
DD
Thomas
Christina L
CL
Frey
Scott W
SW
Messenger
Benjamin K
BK
August
Guy E
GE
Groblewski
D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D000818:Animals; D016466:CHO Cells; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D048749:Cytokinesis; D011992:Endosomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport; D050683:R-SNARE Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D050683:R-SNARE Proteins; C114751:TPD52 protein, human; C112938:VAMP8 protein, human