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The roles of Syx5 in Golgi morphology and Rhodopsin transport in Drosophila photoreceptors
Takunori Satoh, Yuri Nakamura, Akiko K. Satoh
Biology Open 2016 5: 1420-1430; doi: 10.1242/bio.020958

ABSTRACT

SNAREs (SNAP receptors) are the key components of protein complexes that drive membrane fusion. Here, we report the function of a SNARE, Syntaxin 5 (Syx5), in the development of photoreceptors in Drosophila. In wild-type photoreceptors, Syx5 localizes to cis-Golgi, along with cis-Golgi markers: Rab1 and GM130. We observed that Syx5-deficient photoreceptors show notable accumulation of these cis-Golgi markers accompanying drastic accumulation of vesicles between endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi cisternae. Extensive analysis of Rh1 (rhodopsin 1) trafficking revealed that in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors, Rh1 is exported from the ER with normal kinetics, retained in the cis-Golgi region along with GM130 for a prolonged period, and then subsequently degraded presumably by endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradation (ERAD) after retrieval to the ER. Unlike our previous report of Rab6-deficient photoreceptors – where two apical transport pathways are specifically inhibited – vesicle transport pathways to all plasma membrane domains are inhibited in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors, implying that Rab6 and Syx5 are acting in different steps of intra-Golgi transport. These results indicate that Syx5 is crucial for membrane protein transport, presumably during ER-derived vesicle fusion to form cis-Golgi cisternae.

INTRODUCTION

In late pupal Drosophila photoreceptors, massive biosynthetic membrane traffic delivers rhodopsin to the rhabdomeres (Kumar and Ready, 1995; Satoh et al., 2005). Therefore, an assay for rhodopsin accumulation in late pupal rhabdomeres offers a sensitive method to identify the genes involved in biosynthetic membrane transport. In a previous study, we screened P-element/piggyBac insertion lines by visualizing Rh1, using Arrestin2::GFP and a water immersion technique, this led to the identification of several lines which failed to accumulate Rh1 at the rhabdomeres (Satoh et al., 2013). In two of these lines, P-elements were inserted in the 5′-UTR of Syx5, which encodes a SNARE protein.

SNAREs are the key components of protein complexes that drive membrane fusion (Hong and Lev, 2014; Jahn and Scheller, 2006). SNAREs seem to mediate membrane fusion in all the trafficking steps of the secretory pathway, except the fusion events in mitochondria and peroxisomes. Recent studies have identified two SNARE proteins, Sec22 and Gos28, which play essential roles in transporting Rh1 to the rhabdomeres (Rosenbaum et al., 2014; Zhao et al., 2015). An extensive Rh1 transport assay revealed that Gos28 is involved in intra-Golgi transport downstream of alpha-mannosidase-II in medial-Golgi (Rosenbaum et al., 2014). It was also reported that Gos28 mutation affects the modification and transport of Rh1, but not of other proteins including TRP and TRPL, which form the rhabdomeric channels for phototransduction (Niemeyer et al., 1996). In Sec22-deficient photoreceptors, the Rh1 transport is also defective; however, the step at which the Rh1 transport is inhibited, or its effect on other rhabdomeric, stalk or basolateral membrane proteins, has not been described yet. The similarity of morphological defects on ER between Syx5 and Sec22 mutations, and biochemical data indicating Syx5 binding property to Sec22, suggested that Syx5 also functions on Rh1 transport (Zhao et al., 2015).

In the present study, we investigated in detail the effects of Rh1 transport in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors. Our results revealed that Syx5 functions in early Golgi transport, probably in the fusion of COPII vesicles to cis-Golgi cisternae. Unlike Rab6-deficiency that only affects the two apical transport pathways, Syx5-deficiency inhibits the transport of membrane proteins destined for any of the plasma membrane domains, implying that these two genes required for intra-Golgi transport are acting in distinct stages.

RESULTS

Syx5 gene is essential for Rh1, TRP, Na+K+ATPase and Eys transports in fly photoreceptors

In a previous study, we identified several mutants that failed to accumulate Rh1 in the rhabdomeres, using retinal mosaic screening of P-element or piggy-Bac inserted lines maintained at stock centers (Satoh et al., 2013). Among them, two lines, KY114446 and KY114472 with P-elements EP2313 and EY07901, respectively, were inserted into the 5′-UTR of Syx5 gene (Fig. 1A). In Syx5EP2313, and Syx5EY07901 mosaic retinas, mutant photoreceptors displayed smaller rhabdomeres with weak Arrestin2::GFP signals, as compared to the wild-type photoreceptors (Fig. 1B,C). On excising the P-element, EP2313, the phenotype reverted to wild-type, indicating that reduction of Arrestin2::GFP in the rhabdomeres is caused by the insertion of the P-element, EP2313 (Fig. 1D). However, all the five excision lines of EY07901 displayed low Arrestin2::GFP signals in the rhabdomeres, although the corresponding phenotypes were much weaker compared to the original Syx5EY07901 stocks; one example has been shown in Fig. 1E. These results suggest that the chromosome carrying Syx5EY07901 might harbor another mutation that also inhibits Rh1 accumulation in the rhabdomeres. Therefore, in our study, we chose the Syx5EP2313 allele to analyze the function of Syx5 gene.

Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.

Failure of Rh1 accumulation on the rhabdomeres in two insertional mutants of Syx5. (A) Schematic view of Syx5 gene on the genome. Insertion positions for two mutants are indicated with red triangles. Gray bars represent the mRNA sequences, and the blue bars represent the coding sequences. (B-E) Visualization of endogenous Rh1 by Arrestin2::GFP (green) and wild-type cell marker, RFP (red) in Syx5 EP2313 (B), Syx5 EY07901 (C), Syx5 EP2313 ex2 (D), and Syx5 EY07901 ex1 (E) mosaic retinas using a water immersion technique. Scale bar: 5 μm. Numbers of the samples observed were shown in the top left corner of the images.

Immunostaining of Syx5EP2313 mosaic retinas by anti-Rh1 antibody confirmed severe reduction of Rh1 in the rhabdomeres (Fig. 2A). Interestingly, unlike the mutants of genes involved in Rh1 transport, such as Rab11, dRip11, MyoV and Rab6 (Iwanami et al., 2016; Li et al., 2007; Satoh et al., 2005), Rh1 was not detected in the cytoplasm of Syx5EP2313 photoreceptors. First, we observed that in Syx5EP2313 photoreceptors, levels of other rhabdomeric proteins like TRP, Chp (Montell and Rubin, 1989; Reinke et al., 1988) and basolateral membrane protein Na+K+ATPase (Yasuhara et al., 2000), were severely reduced (Fig. 2). Second, secretion of an extracellular matrix glycoprotein Eys from stalk membrane to the inter rhabdomeral space (IRS) (Husain et al., 2006; Zelhof et al., 2006) is also limited. Like Rh1, TRP, Chp, Na+K+ATPase, and Eys did not accumulate in the cytoplasm of Syx5 mutant. Thus, in the Syx5 mutant, the vesicle transport pathways for the three plasma membrane domains are inhibited. However, adherence junctions formed normally as visualized by DE-Cad (Karagiosis and Ready, 2004) and ommatidia organization was not severely disrupted (Fig. 2E).

Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.

Levels of membrane proteins, Rh1, Na+K+ATPase, TRP, and Chp and a secretary protein, Eys, are reduced in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors. Immunostaining of Syx5 EP2313 (A,C,E), and Syx5 EP2313 ex2 (B,D,F) mosaic retinas. RFP (red) marks wild-type cells. Asterisks indicate Syx5 EP2313, or Syx5 EP2313 ex2 homozygous photoreceptors. (A,B) Immunostaining with anti-Rh1 (blue) and anti-Na+K+ATPase (green) antibodies. (C,D) Immunostaining with anti-TRP (blue) and anti-Eys (green) antibodies. (E,F) Immunostaining with anti-DE-Cad (blue) and anti-Chp (green) antibodies. Scale bar: 5 μm. Numbers of the samples observed were shown in the top-left corner of the composite images.

Severe reduction in the levels of Rh1, TRP, Chp, Na+K+ATPase, and Eys observed in Syx5 mutant photoreceptors reverted to wild-type in Syx5EP2313 ex2 homozygous photoreceptors, indicating that the membrane trafficking defects are caused by the insertion of the P-element, EP2313. However, the rhabdomeres of Syx5EP2313 ex2 homozygotes were still slightly smaller as compared to the wild-type photoreceptors. Sanger sequencing identified about 1400 base-pairs of remnant P-elements in the P-element excision site of Syx5EP2313 ex2, raising the possibility that Syx5EP2313 ex2 is a weak hypomorphic allele.

Syx5 localizes to cis-Golgi cisternae in fly photoreceptors

In mammalian cells, Syx5 localizes to the ER-derived vesicles, first on the Golgi cisternae and then deep into the Golgi stacks (Hay et al., 1998; Volchuk et al., 2004). Syx5 exists in at least two SNARE subcomplexes: one with membrin, sec22, and bet1 which are involved in fusion between ER-derived vesicles and cis-Golgi cisternae; and the other subcomplex with GOS28, Ykt6, and GS15 involved in intra-Golgi transport (Hong and Lev, 2014; Volchuk et al., 2004). This suggests that Syx5 is widely distributed on Golgi stacks.

In Drosophila S2 cells, Syx5 is known to localize on Golgi units (Xu et al., 2002) but its cisternal localization within the Golgi units has not been investigated. Using Syx5::Myc transgenic lines, we examined the localization of Syx5 within the Golgi units in wild-type fly photoreceptors (Norgate et al., 2010). We confirmed Golgi association of Syx5 in late pupal photoreceptors by overexpressing Syx5::Myc and found that it predominantly localizes to the puncta closely associated with the trans-side of Golgi units marked by CFP::GalT (Satoh et al., 2005) (Fig. 3A), unlike Rab6 (another Golgi protein) which localizes to Golgi units and post-Golgi vesicles at the base of the rhabdomeres (Iwanami et al., 2016). Golgi units in photoreceptors are well-developed at the early pupal stages with their width reaching above 1 µm (Satoh et al., 2005). To investigate the association of Syx5 with Golgi-cisternae, we utilized the large Golgi units in photoreceptors of early pupal stages expressing Syx5::Myc (Fig. 3B-E). We observed that Syx5::Myc co-localizes with the cis-Golgi marker, GM130, but not with the medial-Golgi marker, p120 or the trans-Golgi marker, clathrin heavy chain (Chc) (Kametaka et al., 2010; Yamamoto-Hino et al., 2012) (Fig. 3B and 2D). Interestingly, Syx5::Myc signals were slightly shifted further towards the cis-side as compared to the cis-Golgi marker, GM130 (Fig. 2B). We also examined Syx5::Myc localization in the photoreceptors expressing both Syx5::Myc and trans-Golgi marker GalT::CFP and observed that Syx5::Myc co-localizes very well with cis-Golgi marker Rab1, but not with trans-Golgi marker GalT::CFP (Satoh et al., 2005) (Fig. 2D,E). These results indicate that Syx5 localizes primarily on Rab1-positive ER-derived vesicles and cis-Golgi cisternae in fly photoreceptors.

Fig. 3.
Fig. 3.

Syx5 localizes on the cis side of Golgi units. Immunostaining (left panels) of the retinas expressing both CFP::GalT and Syx5::Myc (A,D,E) and Syx5::Myc only (B,C) by GMR-Gal4 driver and plots representing their intensities (right) are shown. (A) CFP::GalT (green), Syx5::Myc (blue) and phalloidin (red). Arrows mark co-localization of CFP::GalT and Syx5::Myc. Asterisks mark auto-fluorescence from pigment granules. (B) Rab6 (blue), GM130 (green), and Syx5::Myc (red). (C) Chc (blue), anti-p120 (green), and Syx5::Myc (red). (D) CFP::GalT (blue), Rab1 (green), and Syx5::Myc (red). (E) CFP::GalT (blue), GM130 (green), and Syx5::Myc (red). Arrows in left panels in B-E indicate the medial-Golgi cisternae. Arrows in right panels in B-E indicate the X-axes of the florescent intensity plots. Scale bar: 5 μm in A, 1 μm in B-E. 2 to 4 samples were observed for each of stainings.

Amplification of cis-Golgi markers in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors

In a previous study, ectopic expression of ER-resident KDEL receptor in Syx5-deficient fat body cells displayed abnormal localization, suggesting ER membrane malformation (Zhao et al., 2015). Thus, we next determined the localization, and the level of resident proteins in ER and Golgi. Unlike ectopically expressed KDEL receptors in Syx5-deficient fat body cells, endogenous KDEL-containing proteins, calnexin (Cnx) (Rosenbaum et al., 2006), and NinaA (a rhodopsin chaperon) (Colley et al., 1991) were expressed and localized normally in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors (Fig. S1). Therefore, we conclude that the phenotype of ER membrane amplification is not obvious in photoreceptors of late pupal stages.

In contrast to the normal level and distribution pattern of resident ER proteins, staining of peripheral membrane proteins GM130 (on cis-Golgi cisternae), and Rab1 (on COPII vesicles) was notably increased in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors (Fig. 4A,B). On the other hand, both ManII-metallophosphoesterase (MPPE) (Cao et al., 2011) and GalT::CFP resident membrane proteins in medial- or trans-Golgi cisternae, respectively, disappeared. These phenotypes relating to the distribution and amount of Golgi resident proteins were rescued in Syx5EP2313 ex2 photoreceptors.

Fig. 4.
Fig. 4.

Marked increase in cis-Golgi markers, GM-130, and Rab1, in Syx5- deficient photoreceptors. Syx5EP2313 (A,C,E,G) or Syx5EP2313 ex2 (B,D,F,H) mosaic retinas were immunostained with one of the following antibodies: anti-GM130 (A,B), anti-Rab1(C,D), anti-MPPE (E,F), or anti-GFP antibody (G,H), along with phalloidin (A-H). RFP (red) marks wild-type cells. Asterisks indicate Syx5EP2313 or Syx5EP2313 ex2 homozygous photoreceptors. In G and H, peripheral photoreceptors in mosaic retinas express GalT::CFP. (A,B) GM130 (blue) and phalloidin (green). (C,D) Rab1 (blue) and phalloidin (green). (E,F) MPPE (blue) and phalloidin (green). (G,H) GFP (blue) and phalloidin (green). Scale bar: 5 μm. Numbers of the samples observed were shown in the top left corner of the composite images.

These results indicate that in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors, fusion of COPII vesicles to cis-Golgi cisternae are inhibited, resulting in the accumulation of COPII vesicles and cis-Golgi cisternae. Additionally, there is a reduction in the number of medial- and trans-Golgi cisternae owing to a lack of cis-Golgi cisternae that can progressively maturate into medial- and trans-Golgi cisternae. These phenotypes are distinct from that observed in Rab6 mutants, where cytoplasmic condensations of medial- and trans-Golgi resident enzymes occurs, but the amount and localization of cis-Golgi proteins remains unaffected (Iwanami et al., 2016; Satoh et al., 2016).

Rh1 is transported to Golgi units, but degraded in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors

To determine the trafficking step at which Rh1 transport is inhibited in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors, we used the blue light-induced chromophore supply (BLICS) method (Ozaki et al., 1993; Satoh et al., 1997). Rh1 comprises an apoprotein and a chromophore, called opsin and 11-cis retinal, respectively. In the absence of 11-cis retinal, opsin accumulates in the ER and Rh1 is not transported to the Golgi units. Blue light-illumination photoisomerizes all-trans retinal to 11-cis retinal, thereby inducing synchronous release of Rh1 from the ER into the secretory pathway. Prior to BLICS, levels of Rh1-apoprotein in the ER of most Syx5-deficient photoreceptors are similar to those in the wild-type cells, with a few exceptions in which Rh1-apoprotein was drastically reduced (an example shown in Fig. 5A). Similar levels of Rh1 accumulated in the Syx5-deficient and wild-type Golgi units 30 min after BLICS (Fig. 5B). Thus, after BLICS, Rh1 was transported to the Golgi units in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors with similar kinetics as compared to the wild-type cells (Fig. 5B). Rh1 staining in Syx5-deficient Golgi units was much stronger than that of the wild-type Golgi units, 60 min after BLICS. In the wild-type cells, some Rh1 signals also appeared in the rhabdomeres 60 min after BLICS, but no Rh1 signal on rhabdomeres was observed in Syx5-deficient cells (Fig. 5C). Three hours after BLICS, most of the BLICS-induced Rh1 reached the rhabdomeres; therefore, not many Rh1 signals were observed in the cytoplasm of the wild-type photoreceptors. However, only a small amount of Rh1 accumulated in Syx5-deficient rhabdomeres, 3 h after BLICS (Fig. 5E). Therefore, we observed that Rh1 transport was inhibited in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors. Surprisingly, Rh1 staining on Golgi units of Syx5-deficient photoreceptors 3 h after BLICS was much weaker as compared to the Rh1 signals observed 60 min after BLICS. In addition, Rh1 staining was not detected on the other organelle at the same time point (Fig. 5F), suggesting that most of the Rh1 is degraded 3 h after BLICS in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors. In other mutants associated with Rh1 transport defects, such as Rab6 and PIG mutants, 3 h after BLICS there is a large number of late endosomal compartments and multi-vesicular bodies (MVBs) containing Rh1, indicating that Rh1 is degraded within MVBs, however, it takes more than 3 h to degrade Rh1 in the MVBs (Iwanami et al., 2016; Satoh et al., 2013). Therefore, we conclude that in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors, Rh1 is first transported to Golgi units and is then quickly degraded by MVBs-independent processes.

Fig. 5.
Fig. 5.

Kinetics of Rh1 transport in Syx5EP2313 mosaic retinas. Syx5EP2313 mosaic retinas were immunostained with antibodies described below. RFP (red) marks wild-type cells. Asterisks indicate Syx5EP2313 homozygous photoreceptors. (A) Immunostaining before BLICS with anti-Rh1 (blue) and anti-Cnx (green) antibodies. Cnx is an ER marker. (B-E) Immunostaining of Syx5EP2313 mosaic retinas 30 min (B), 60 min (C), 120 min (D), and 180 min (E) after BLICS, using anti-Rh1 (blue) and anti-GM130 (green) antibodies. GM130 is a Golgi marker. (F) Immunostaining of Syx5EP2313 mosaic retinas with anti-Rh1 (blue) and anti-Rab7 (green) antibodies 180 min after BLICS. Rab7 is a late endosome marker. Scale bar: 5 μm. Numbers of the samples observed were shown in the top left corner of the composite images.

TRP and Eys are degraded by ERAD in Syx5 deficient photoreceptors

Besides MVBs, degradation of the membrane, luminal, and secretary proteins is also carried out by endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradation (ERAD). ERAD not only eliminates terminally misfolded or unassembled polypeptides, but also degrades surplus polypeptides, thereby regulating the level of enzymes and other molecules (Christianson and Ye, 2014; Ruggiano et al., 2014). Therefore, we investigated if the membrane and secretory proteins are degraded by ERAD in Syx5 mutant photoreceptors. ER degradation enhancer, mannosidase alpha-like 1(EDEM1) and 2 (EDEM2) were reported to be involved in the degradation of misfolded P23H mutant rod opsin protein by ERAD in vertebrate (Kosmaoglou et al., 2009). Therefore, to inhibit ERAD in the Syx5 mutant, we introduced mutations in EDEM1 and EDEM2. As both Syx5 and EDEM2 genes are located on the same arm of the second chromosome, we constructed Syx5 EP2313, EDEM2 DG03809 mosaic retina with EDEM1EP1588 homozygous background, and we found abundant accumulation of TRP and Eys in EDEM1EP1588, EDEM2 DG03809, and Syx5 EP2313 triple deficient photoreceptor cytoplasm (Fig. 6B,C). TRP and Eys co-localize with the ER markers, dPob and NinaA, respectively, suggesting that TRP and Eys accumulate on ER in triple deficient photoreceptors (Fig. 6A,B). However, Rh1 and Na+K+ATPase did not accumulate in EDEM1, 2, and Syx5 triple deficient photoreceptors (Fig. 6C). The difference in the accumulation of each protein must reflect the substrate specificity of EDEM1 and 2 (Słomińska-Wojewódzka and Sandvig, 2015). These results indicate that in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors, membrane and secretory proteins are degraded by ERAD.

Fig. 6.
Fig. 6.

TRP and Eys are degraded by ERAD system in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors. EDEM2 DG03809 and Syx5EP2313 mosaic retinas with a viable EDEM1EP1588 homozygous mutation were immunostained by the indicated antibodies. RFP (red) marks EDEM1EP1588 single mutant cells. Asterisks indicate EDEM1EP1588, EDEM2 DG03809 and Syx5 EP2313 triple deficient photoreceptors. (A) Anti-NinaA (green) and anti-Eys (blue) antibodies. (B) Anti-dPob (green) and anti-TRP (blue) antibodies. (C) Anti- Na+K+-ATPase (green) and anti-Rh1 (blue) antibodies. Scale bar: 5μm. Three samples were observed for each of stainings.

Massive accumulation of vesicles between Golgi cisternae and ER in Syx5 mutant photoreceptors

To investigate the morphology of Syx5-deficient photoreceptors, we examined thin sections of late pupal Syx5EP2313, or Syx5EP2313 ex2 mosaic retinas and Syx5EP2313, or Syx5EP2313 ex2 whole-eye clones of newly eclosed flies under the electron microscope (Fig. 7). We observed that in wild-type ommatidium, seven round rhabdomeres were separated by a large IRS (Fig. 7A). However, in Syx5EP2313 ommatidia, rhabdomeres were found to be much smaller and their IRSs were narrower than those in the wild-type, while Syx5EP2313 ex2 ommatidia displayed smaller rhabdomeres in comparison to the wild-type, with a normal IRS (Fig. 7B,C).

Fig. 7.
Fig. 7.

Massive accumulation of vesicles between ER and Golgi units in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors. Flies were reared in the dark and the retinal samples were fixed at late pupal stage. To avoid light-dependent Rh1 endocytosis, fixation was performed within 3 min of transferring the pupae to light. (A-C) Electron microscopy of the ommatidia with the following genotypes: wild-type (A), Syx5EP2313 homozygous ommatidia (B), Syx5EP2313 ex2 homozygous ommatidia (C). (D) Golgi units in wild-type photoreceptors. (E) Vesicle clusters in Syx5EP2313 homozygous photoreceptors. (F) Golgi units in Syx5EP2313 ex2 homozygous photoreceptors. (G) Quantifications of the number of the vesicle clusters and the Golgi units in the cross section of a photoreceptor. The wild-type: 0.07 (s.d.±0.05) vesicle clusters and 0.17 (s.d.±0.05) Golgi units, Syx5EP2313/Syx5EP2313: 0.25 (s.d.±0.02) vesicle clusters and no Golgi units, Syx5EP2313 ex2/Syx5EP2313 ex2: 0.07 (s.d.±0.05) vesicle clusters and 0.13 (s.d.±0.05) Golgi units. *P<0.05, **P<0.1 (Student's t-test between samples). Scale bar: 2 μm (A-C), 300 nm (D-F). Three samples were observed for each of genotypes.

In Syx5-deficient cells, late pupal stage ER appear healthy in contrast to the dilated ER in the photoreceptors expressing Rab1 dominant negative mutant protein (Satoh et al., 1997). Consistent with the previous report, the majority of Syx5EP2313 mutant photoreceptors displayed larger numbers of ER membranes compared to that in the wild-type (Zhao et al., 2015). However, we found more notable abnormalities in Golgi units than ER. In the wild-type late pupal photoreceptors, each Golgi unit comprised of a couple of tightly stacked cisternae and some vesicles, while in Syx5EP2313 mutant photoreceptors, we observed that the Golgi cisternae were often dilated and not stacked properly, along with a massive accumulation of vesicles between Golgi and ER (Fig.7D,E). These vesicles were electron dense and often connected to tubules, suggesting budding or fusion profiles; however, mitochondria and adherence junctions were found to be normal in Syx5EP2313 mutant photoreceptors. Very few MVBs were found in wild-type and Syx5-deficient photoreceptors of the flies reared in the dark; there were 0.15 (s.d.±0.06) MVBs per cross-section of a wild-type photoreceptor and 0.05 (s.d.±0.02) MVBs per cross-section of a Syx5EP2313 photoreceptor.

On comparing the Golgi units in wild-type and Syx5 mutants, we observed that Syx5EP2313 ex2 Golgi units contained more vesicles as compared to the wild-type Golgi units, though the overall Golgi structure in Syx5EP2313 ex2 mutant was normal (Fig. 7F). To quantify the numbers of vesicle clusters and Golgi units in the wild-type, Syx5EP2313 and Syx5EP2313 ex2 photoreceptors, we defined more than eight gathering vesicles as a vesicle cluster and more than three cisternae stacks within a 300-nm area as a Golgi unit (Fig. 7G). Considering these parameters, a large number of vesicle clusters was detected in Syx5EP2313 photoreceptors, but no Golgi units. However, the total sum of the vesicle clusters and Golgi units in Syx5EP2313 and wild-type photoreceptors were same. Unlike Syx5EP2313, in Syx5EP2313 ex2 photoreceptors the number of Golgi units and the vesicle clusters were similar to those found in the wild-type photoreceptors. We recently reported that Rab6-deficient Golgi cisternae appeared dilated, and accompanied by MBVs in comparison to the wild-type (Iwanami et al., 2016), however, unlike Rab6 mutants, in Syx5 mutants vesicle clusters were observed near the Golgi units and multi vesicular bodies (MVBs) were absent.

DISCUSSION

In this study, we screened the failure of Rh1 accumulation on the rhabdomeres and identified Syx5 as an essential molecule for Rh1 transport. A detailed study of Rh1 kinetics was performed using BLICS, which indicated that Rh1-transport in Syx5-deficient cells is inhibited right after it exits ER. Rh1 reaches GM130-labeled cis-Golgi in a normal time course but remains there for a prolonged period when compared to that in the wild-type cells. The accumulated Rh1 on cis-Golgi is then most likely degraded by ERAD. Using electron microscopy, we observed massive vesicle accumulation between ER and Golgi units in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors. Massive accumulation of the COPII tethering factors, Rab1, and GM130 was also observed in the Golgi units of Syx5 mutants. Therefore, we believe that in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors, the accumulated vesicles are most likely the COPII vesicles, thus, suggesting that Syx5 is involved in the fusion of COPII vesicles to cis-Golgi cisternae. These results are in agreement with the studies carried out in cultured cells (Kondylis and Rabouille, 2003, 2009; Mossessova et al., 2003; Xu and Hay, 2004).

Transport of membrane proteins and a secretory protein, Eys, to the three plasma membrane domains is inhibited in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors. This phenotype is distinct from the phenotype observed in the deficiency of Rab6, which is also reported to be involved in early Golgi transport (Girod et al., 1999; Martinez et al., 1994; White et al., 1999). In Rab6-deficient photoreceptors, the transport towards the two apical domains, rhabdomere, and the stalk are inhibited, but the transport towards the basolateral membrane domain is intact. Although Rh1 transport is inhibited within the Golgi units in both Syx5 and Rab6-deficient photoreceptors, the accumulated Rh1 is degraded differently in these mutants. In Rab6-deficient photoreceptors, Rh1 is degraded within the MVBs, which are formed from Golgi units directly (Iwanami et al., 2016). However, MVBs are not formed in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors, and Rh1 seems to be transported from the cis-Golgi area to ER by the retrograde transport – which functions normally in Syx5-deficient cells – and then degraded by ERAD.

We find that Syx5 and Rab6 function at different stages of the transport, which is further corroborated by difference in localization of the two proteins, and differential distribution of Golgi resident proteins in Syx5- and Rab6-deficient photoreceptors. We have summarized Golgi morphologies and distribution of Golgi resident proteins in wild-type and Syx5-deficient photoreceptors in Fig. 8. Syx5 localizes to cis-Golgi together with Rab1, extending slightly further towards the cis-side as compared to GM130 localization. In Syx5-deficient photoreceptors, cis-Golgi markers, Rab1 and GM130 display increased accumulation, whereas medial- or trans-Golgi resident membrane proteins, MPPE and GalT::CFP, respectively, disappeared from the Golgi units. In addition, a massive accumulation of vesicles between ER, Golgi cisternal membranes and cisternal dilation were observed in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors, which may be attributed to the localization of Rab1 and GM130 on these vesicles. Reduced numbers of Golgi cisternal membrane in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors might explain the lack of MPPE and GalT::CFP, which is due to lack of medial- or trans-cisternae in the Golgi units of Syx5-deficient photoreceptors. These results indicate that Syx5 functions in early Golgi trafficking, probably in the fusion of COPII vesicle to cis-Golgi cisternae.

Fig. 8.
Fig. 8.

Proposed model of Syx5 function and three polarized transport pathways. Schematic diagram for polarized transport pathways in wild-type (left) and Syx5EP2313 mutant (right) photoreceptors. Membrane proteins synthesized on the ER membrane are transported to cis-Golgi cisternae by Rab1 (Satoh et al., 1997), Syx5, and possibly by Sec22 (Zhao et al., 2015). Probably after Gos28 dependent processes (Rosenbaum et al., 2014), basolateral membrane proteins are sorted by AP1 at trans-Golgi/TGN (Satoh et al., 2013) and the two apical membrane proteins are transported together to the recycling endosome (RE) by Rab6 (Iwanami et al., 2016). There is another round of sorting for the two apical pathways at the RE. Rab11, dRip11, and MyoV then mediate the transport of post-Golgi vesicles carrying rhabdomere proteins (Li et al., 2007; Satoh et al., 2005). Finally, the exocyst complex tethers these post-Golgi vesicles to the base of the rhabdomeres (Beronja et al., 2005).

In contrast to Syx5, Rab6 localizes to GalT::CFP-positive TGN or trans-Golgi cisternae extending further towards the trans-side, to Golgi-associated Rab11-positive recycling endosome (Iwanami et al., 2016). In Rab6 deficient photoreceptors, cisternal membrane of Golgi units are dilated, but overall structures of Golgi units remain unaffected; no accumulation of vesicles or reduction of cisternae is observed (Iwanami et al., 2016). Similarly, GM130 localizes normally on Golgi units whereas MPPE and GalT::CFP are absent in the Golgi units but are instead observed as loose cytoplasmic condensation in Rab6 deficient photoreceptors (Satoh et al., 2016). Localizations of Golgi resident proteins in Rab6-deficient photoreceptors differ from those in Syx5-deficient photoreceptors, indicating that Syx5 functions at an earlier step in intra-Golgi transport, in comparison to Rab6.

Fly photoreceptors are an excellent model system to investigate the mechanism of membrane transport, especially polarized transports. This work gives the foundation of the phenotypic analysis of the inhibition on the step before polarized transports. It would be quite useful for the future investigations of the polarized transports.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

Drosophila stocks and genetics

Flies were grown at 18–25°C on standard cornmeal-glucose-agar-yeast medium, unless indicated otherwise. For live-imaging and immunostaining in the Bruin flies, the following tester lines were used: y w; P3RFP FRT40A/SM1; Rh1Arr2GFP eye-FLP/TM6B were used for live-imaging, while y w ey-FLP; P3RFP FRT40A / SM1 were used for immunostaining (Satoh et al., 2013). For P-element excision, wgSP-1/CyO; ry, Sb, Delta2-3/TM6B (Kyoto stock number, 107139) lines was crossed to Syx5EP2313, FRT40A/CyO, or Syx5EY07901, FRT40A/CyO line. Then Syx5EP2313, FRT40A/CyO; ry, Sb, Delta2-3/+ males were crossed with the females of tester lines for live-imaging. The mosaic eye phenotypes of male progenies with the genotype, Syx5 EP2313 ex, FRT40A/CyO; Rh1Arr2GFP eye-FLP or Syx5 EY07901 ex, FRT40A/CyO; Rh1Arr2GFP eye-FLP were observed using confocal microscope. Some of them were crossed to Sco/Cyo and a couple of excision lines, Syx5 EP2313 ex, FRT40A/CyO or Syx5 EY07901 ex FRT40A/CyO were established. For the analysis of EDEM1EP1588, EDEM2 DG03809 and Syx5 EP2313 triple deficient photoreceptors: w, EDEM1 EP1588; EDEM2 DG03809, Syx5 EP2313, FRT40A were crossed with y w EDEM1 EP1588; P3RFP FRT40A/SM1 and ey-FLP/+.

The following fly stocks were used: Rh1-Gal4, GMR-Gal4, EGUF40A (Bloomington stock number, 5250), EDEM1EP1588 (Bloomington stock number, 17011), EDEM2 DG03809 (Bloomington stock number, 21030) UAS-CFP::GalT (Satoh et al., 2005) and UAS-Syx5::Myc (from Dr Burke, Monash University).

Live-imaging of fluorescent proteins expressed in photoreceptors

Fluorescent proteins expressed in the photoreceptors were imaged by a water-immersion technique as described previously (Satoh et al., 2013).

Immunohistochemistry

The samples were fixed and stained as per the protocol described previously (Satoh and Ready, 2005). Primary anti-sera used were: rabbit anti-Rh1 (1:1000) (Satoh et al., 2005), chicken anti-Rh1 (1:1000) (Satoh et al., 2013), Rat anti-dPob (1:100) (Satoh et al., 2015), Rabbit anti-NinaA (1:300) (a gift from Dr Zuker, Columbia University), mouse monoclonal anti-KDEL (1:100) (Assay Designs, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, No.SPA-827), Rabbit anti-Cnx (1:100) (Iwanami et al., 2016), Rabbit anti-GM130 (1:300) (Abcam, Cambridge, UK, No. ab30637), mouse anti-Rab1 (1:250) (Satoh et al., 2005), rabbit anti-MPPE (1:500) (a gift from Dr Han, Southeast University), chicken anti-GFP (1:1000) (Chemicon International Inc., Billerica, MA, USA, No.AB16901), rat monoclonal anti-p120 (1:12) (a gift from Dr Goto, Rikkyo University) (Yamamoto-Hino et al., 2012), Guinea Pig anti-Rab6 (1:300) (Iwanami et al., 2016), mouse monoclonal anti-Myc (1:12) (DSHB, IA, USA), rabbit anti-Myc (1:300) (MBL, Nagoya, Japan, No.562), mouse monoclonal anti Na+K+ATPase alpha subunit (1: 500 ascites) (DSHB, IA, USA), rabbit anti-TRP (1:1000) (a gift from Dr Montell, Johns Hopkins University), Rabbit anti-Rab7 (1:1000) (a gift from Dr Nakamura, Kumamoto University), mouse monoclonal anti-Eys (1:20 supernatant) (DSHB, IA, USA), Rat monoclonal anti-DECad (1:20 supernatant) (DSHB, IA, USA), mouse monoclonal anti-Chp (1:20 supernatant) (DSHB, IA, USA) and rabbit anti-Chc (1:500) (a gift from Dr Kametaka, Nagoya University).

Secondary antibodies used were: anti-mouse, -rabbit, -rat, and/or -chicken labeled with Alexa Fluor 488, 568, or 647 (1:300) (Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA, USA). Samples were analyzed and images were recorded using a FV1000 confocal microscope (60X, 1.42NA lens, Olympus, Tokyo, Japan).

Blue light-induced chromophore supply (BLICS)

Newly eclosed flies fed on carotenoid-deprived food (1% agar, 10% dry-yeast, 10% sucrose, 0.02% cholesterol, 0.5% propionate and 0.05% methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate) were switched to carotenoid-deprived food supplemented with crystalline all-trans-retinal (Sigma, St. Louis, MO, USA) in the dark. After one or two nights in the dark, flies were irradiated with a 405 nm diode laser module at 30 mW for 20 min (Pepaless, Hyogo) to isomerize the all-trans retinal to 11-cis-form and initiate Rh1 exit from the ER.

Electron microscopy

Electron microscopy was performed as described previously (Satoh et al., 1997). Samples were observed under JEM1400 electron microscope (JEOL, Tokyo, Japan), and montage images were captured by a CCD camera system (JEOL, Tokyo, Japan).

Acknowledgements

We thank Dr A. Nakamura, Dr C. Zuker, Dr C. Montell, Dr S. Goto, S. Kametaka and Dr Burke for kindly providing antibodies and fly stocks. We also thank the Bloomington stock center and the Drosophila Genetic Resource Center (Kyoto Institute of Technology) for providing fly stocks.

Footnotes

  • Competing interests

    The authors declare no competing or financial interests.

  • Author contributions

    T.S., A.K.S. conception and design, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting and revising of the article; Y.N. acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting and revising the article.

  • Funding

    This work was supported by Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology [grant no. 25-J-J4215 to A.K.S.], KAKENHI [grant no. 15K07050 to A.K.S.].

  • Supplementary information

    Supplementary information available online at http://bio.biologists.org/lookup/doi/10.1242/bio.020958.supplemental

  • Received July 27, 2016.
  • Accepted August 25, 2016.

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.

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The roles of Syx5 in Golgi morphology and Rhodopsin transport in Drosophila photoreceptors
Takunori Satoh, Yuri Nakamura, Akiko K. Satoh
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