TY - JOUR
T1 - Sterols regulate cycling of SREBP cleavage-activating protein (SCAP) between endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi
AU - Nohturfft, Axel
AU - Debose-Boyd, Russell A.
AU - Scheek, Sigrid
AU - Goldstein, Joseph L.
AU - Brown, Michael S.
PY - 1999/9/28
Y1 - 1999/9/28
N2 - The proteolytic cleavage of sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs) is regulated by SREBP cleavage-activating protein (SCAP), which forms complexes with SREBPs in membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). In sterol-depleted cells, SCAP facilitates cleavage of SREBPs by Site-1 protease, thereby initiating release of active NH2-terminal fragments from the ER membrane so that they can enter the nucleus and activate gene expression. In sterol-overloaded cells, the activity of SCAP is blocked, SREBPs remain bound to membranes, and transcription of sterol-regulated genes declines. Here, we provide evidence that sterols act by inhibiting the cycling of SCAP between the ER and Golgi. We use glycosidases, glycosidase inhibitors, and a glycosylation-defective mutant cell line to demonstrate that the N-linked carbohydrates of SCAP are modified by Golgi enzymes in sterol-depleted cells. After modification, SCAP returns to the ER, as indicated by experiments that show that the Golgi-modified forms of SCAP cofractionate with ER membranes on density gradients. In sterol-overloaded cells, the Golgi modifications of SCAP do not occur, apparently because SCAP fails to leave the ER. Golgi modifications of SCAP are restored when sterol- overloaded cells are treated with brefeldin A, which causes Golgi enzymes to translocate to the ER. These studies suggest that sterols regulate the cleavage of SREBPs by modulating the ability of SCAP to transport SREBPs to a post-ER compartment that houses active Site-1 protease.
AB - The proteolytic cleavage of sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs) is regulated by SREBP cleavage-activating protein (SCAP), which forms complexes with SREBPs in membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). In sterol-depleted cells, SCAP facilitates cleavage of SREBPs by Site-1 protease, thereby initiating release of active NH2-terminal fragments from the ER membrane so that they can enter the nucleus and activate gene expression. In sterol-overloaded cells, the activity of SCAP is blocked, SREBPs remain bound to membranes, and transcription of sterol-regulated genes declines. Here, we provide evidence that sterols act by inhibiting the cycling of SCAP between the ER and Golgi. We use glycosidases, glycosidase inhibitors, and a glycosylation-defective mutant cell line to demonstrate that the N-linked carbohydrates of SCAP are modified by Golgi enzymes in sterol-depleted cells. After modification, SCAP returns to the ER, as indicated by experiments that show that the Golgi-modified forms of SCAP cofractionate with ER membranes on density gradients. In sterol-overloaded cells, the Golgi modifications of SCAP do not occur, apparently because SCAP fails to leave the ER. Golgi modifications of SCAP are restored when sterol- overloaded cells are treated with brefeldin A, which causes Golgi enzymes to translocate to the ER. These studies suggest that sterols regulate the cleavage of SREBPs by modulating the ability of SCAP to transport SREBPs to a post-ER compartment that houses active Site-1 protease.
KW - Cholesterol
KW - Glycosidases
KW - Sterol regulatory element-binding proteins
KW - Sterol-sensing domain
KW - Vesicular transport
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.96.20.11235
DO - 10.1073/pnas.96.20.11235
M3 - Article
C2 - 10500160
AN - SCOPUS:0033613126
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 96
SP - 11235
EP - 11240
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 20
ER -