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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2012

SNAP-23 regulates phagosome formation and maturation in macrophages.

Chiye Sakurai, Hitoshi Hashimoto, Hideki Nakanishi, Seisuke Arai, Yoh Wada, Ge-Hong Sun-Wada, Ikuo Wada, Kiyotaka Hatsuzawa

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chiye SakuraiDepartment of Cell Science, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan.
Hitoshi Hashimoto
Hideki Nakanishi
Seisuke Arai
Yoh Wada
Ge-Hong Sun-Wada
Ikuo Wada
Kiyotaka Hatsuzawa
Fukushima Medical University · JPDoshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts · JPOsaka University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synaptosomal associated protein of 23 kDa (SNAP-23), a plasma membrane-localized soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE), has been implicated in phagocytosis by macrophages. For elucidation of its precise role in this process, a macrophage line overexpressing monomeric Venus-tagged SNAP-23 was established. These cells showed enhanced Fc receptor-mediated phagocytosis. Detailed analyses of each process of phagocytosis revealed a marked increase in the production of reactive oxygen species within phagosomes. Also, enhanced accumulation of a lysotropic dye, as well as augmented quenching of a pH-sensitive fluorophore were observed. Analyses of isolated phagosomes indicated the critical role of SNAP-23 in the functional recruitment of the NADPH oxidase complex and vacuolar-type H(+)-ATPase to phagosomes. The data from the overexpression experiments were confirmed by SNAP-23 knockdown, which demonstrated a significant delay in phagosome maturation and a reduction in uptake activity. Finally, for analyzing whether phagosomal SNAP-23 entails a structural change in the protein, an intramolecular Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) probe was constructed, in which the distance within a TagGFP2-TagRFP was altered upon close approximation of the N-termini of its two SNARE motifs. FRET efficiency on phagosomes was markedly enhanced only when VAMP7, a lysosomal SNARE, was coexpressed. Taken together, our results strongly suggest the involvement of SNAP-23 in both phagosome formation and maturation in macrophages, presumably by mediating SNARE-based membrane traffic.

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AnimalsBlotting, WesternCell LineFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferHumansLuminescent ProteinsLysosomesMacrophagesMiceMicroscopy, ConfocalNADPH OxidasesPhagocytosisPhagosomesProtein BindingQa-SNARE ProteinsQb-SNARE ProteinsLuminescent ProteinsNADPH OxidasesQa-SNARE ProteinsQb-SNARE ProteinsQc-SNARE ProteinsReactive Oxygen SpeciesR-SNARE ProteinsSNAP23 protein, humanVacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases

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PMID23087210
PMCPMC3521691
OpenAlexW2018100722

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