title: Rab20 regulates phagosome maturation in RAW264 macrophages during Fc gamma receptor-mediated phagocytosis.
abstract: Rab20, a member of the Rab GTPase family, is known to be involved in membrane trafficking, however its implication in FcγR-mediated phagocytosis is unclear. We examined the spatiotemporal localization of Rab20 during phagocytosis of IgG-opsonized erythrocytes (IgG-Es) in RAW264 macrophages. By the live-cell imaging of fluorescent protein-fused Rab20, it was shown that Rab20 was transiently associated with the phagosomal membranes. During the early stage of phagosome formation, Rab20 was not localized on the membranes of phagocytic cups, but was gradually recruited to the newly formed phagosomes. Although Rab20 was colocalized with Rab5 to some extent, the association of Rab20 with the phagosomes persisted even after the loss of Rab5 from the phagosomal membranes. Then, Rab20 was colocalized with Rab7 and Lamp1, late endosomal/lysosomal markers, on the internalized phagosomes. Moreover, our analysis of Rab20 mutant expression revealed that the maturation of phagosomes was significantly delayed in cells expressing the GDP-bound mutant Rab20-T19N. These data suggest that Rab20 is an important component of phagosome and regulates the phagosome maturation during FcγR-mediated phagocytosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki, Kagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Youhei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Egami
authors.forename: Nobukazu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Araki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D051907:Lysosomal Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051379:Mice; D009154:Mutation; D010587:Phagocytosis; D010588:Phagosomes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017452:Receptors, IgG / Q000276:immunology*; D012756:Sheep; D020691:rab GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D020696:rab5 GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D000090802:rab7 GTP-Binding Proteins; D052118:Lysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 1
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D051907:Lysosomal Membrane Proteins; D017452:Receptors, IgG; D020691:rab GTP-Binding Proteins; D020696:rab5 GTP-Binding Proteins; D000090802:rab7 GTP-Binding Proteins; C052255:Lamp1 protein, mouse; D052118:Lysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 1; C000716465:rab7 GTP-binding proteins, mouse; C092933:Rab20 protein, mouse