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Correspondence to: Norma W. Andrews, Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 295 Congress Avenue, New Haven, CT 06536. Tel:(203) 737-2410 Fax:(203) 737-2630
Synaptotagmins (Syts) are transmembrane proteins with two Ca2+-binding C2 domains in their cytosolic region. Syt I, the most widely studied isoform, has been proposed to function as a Ca2+ sensor in synaptic vesicle exocytosis. Several of the twelve known Syts are expressed primarily in brain, while a few are ubiquitous (Sudhof, T.C., and J. Rizo. 1996. Neuron. 17: 379388; Butz, S., R. Fernandez-Chacon, F. Schmitz, R. Jahn, and T.C. Sudhof. 1999. J. Biol. Chem. 274:1829018296). The ubiquitously expressed Syt VII binds syntaxin at free Ca2+ concentrations ([Ca2+]) below 10 µM, whereas other isoforms require 200500 µM [Ca2+] or show no Ca2+-dependent syntaxin binding (Li, C., B. Ullrich, Z. Zhang, R.G.W. Anderson, N. Brose, and T.C. Sudhof. 1995. Nature. 375:594599). We investigated the involvement of Syt VII in the exocytosis of lysosomes, which is triggered in several cell types at 15 µM [Ca2+] (Rodríguez, A., P. Webster, J. Ortego, and N.W. Andrews. 1997. J. Cell Biol. 137:93104). Here, we show that Syt VII is localized on dense lysosomes in normal rat kidney (NRK) fibroblasts, and that GFP-tagged Syt VII is targeted to lysosomes after transfection. Recombinant fragments containing the C2A domain of Syt VII inhibit Ca2+-triggered secretion of ß-hexosaminidase and surface translocation of Lgp120, whereas the C2A domain of the neuronal- specific isoform, Syt I, has no effect. Antibodies against the Syt VII C2A domain are also inhibitory in both assays, indicating that Syt VII plays a key role in the regulation of Ca2+-dependent lysosome exocytosis.
Key Words: calcium-regulated, calcium sensor, lysosome, secretion, ß-hexosaminidase
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