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Abstract

We have investigated the relationships between the apical sorting mechanism using lipid rafts and the soluble N -ethyl maleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) machinery, which is involved in membrane docking and fusion. We first confirmed that anti-alpha-SNAP antibodies inhibit the apical pathway in Madin– Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells; in addition, we report that a recombinant SNAP protein stimulates the apical transport whereas a SNAP mutant inhibits this transport step. Based on t-SNARE overexpression experiments and the effect of botulinum neurotoxin E, syntaxin 3 and SNAP-23 have been implicated in apical membrane trafficking. Here, we show in permeabilized MDCK cells that antisyntaxin 3 and anti-SNAP-23 antibodies lower surface delivery of an apical reporter protein. Moreover, using a similar approach, we show that tetanus toxin-insensitive, vesicle-associated membrane protein (TI-VAMP; also called VAMP7), a recently described apical v-SNARE, is involved. Furthermore, we show the presence of syntaxin 3 and TI-VAMP in isolated apical carriers. Polarized apical sorting has been postulated to be mediated by the clustering of apical proteins into dynamic sphingolipid-cholesterol rafts. We provide evidence that syntaxin 3 and TI-VAMP are raft-associated. These data support a raft-based mechanism for the sorting of not only apically destined cargo but also of SNAREs having functions in apical membrane-docking and fusion events.

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Lafont, F., Verkade, P., Galli, T., Wimmer, C., Louvard, D., & Simons, K. (1999). Raft association of SNAP receptors acting in apical trafficking in Madin–Darby canine kidney cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 96(7), 3734–3738.

Authors 6
  1. Frank Lafont (first)
  2. Paul Verkade (additional)
  3. Thierry Galli (additional)
  4. Christian Wimmer (additional)
  5. Daniel Louvard (additional)
  6. Kai Simons (additional)
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Type When
Created 23 years, 1 month ago (July 26, 2002, 10:39 a.m.)
Deposited 3 years, 4 months ago (April 13, 2022, 5:30 p.m.)
Indexed 3 weeks, 4 days ago (Aug. 7, 2025, 4:51 a.m.)
Issued 26 years, 5 months ago (March 30, 1999)
Published 26 years, 5 months ago (March 30, 1999)
Published Online 26 years, 5 months ago (March 30, 1999)
Published Print 26 years, 5 months ago (March 30, 1999)
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@article{Lafont_1999, title={Raft association of SNAP receptors acting in apical trafficking in Madin–Darby canine kidney cells}, volume={96}, ISSN={1091-6490}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.96.7.3734}, DOI={10.1073/pnas.96.7.3734}, number={7}, journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, author={Lafont, Frank and Verkade, Paul and Galli, Thierry and Wimmer, Christian and Louvard, Daniel and Simons, Kai}, year={1999}, month=mar, pages={3734–3738} }