Caspase-mediated cleavage of phospholipid flippase for apoptotic phosphatidylserine exposure.

• Segawa, Katsumori

• Kurata, Sachiko

• Yanagihashi, Yuichi

• Brummelkamp, Thijn R

• Matsuda, Fumihiko

• Nagata, Shigekazu

Abstract

Phospholipids are asymmetrically distributed in the plasma membrane. This asymmetrical distribution is disrupted during apoptosis, exposing phosphatidylserine (PtdSer) on the cell surface. Using a haploid genetic screen in human cells, we found that ATP11C (adenosine triphosphatase type 11C) and CDC50A (cell division cycle protein 50A) are required for aminophospholipid translocation from the outer to the inner plasma membrane leaflet; that is, they display flippase activity. ATP11C contained caspase recognition sites, and mutations at these sites generated caspase-resistant ATP11C without affecting its flippase activity. Cells expressing caspase-resistant ATP11C did not expose PtdSer during apoptosis and were not engulfed by macrophages, which suggests that inactivation of the flippase activity is required for apoptotic PtdSer exposure. CDC50A-deficient cells displayed PtdSer on their surface and were engulfed by macrophages, indicating that PtdSer is sufficient as an "eat me" signal.

Journal

• Science

  Science 344 (6188), 1164-1168, 2014-06-06

  American Association for the Advancement of Science

Keywords

• Adenosine Triphosphatases/genetics
• Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism
• Apoptosis
• Caspases/metabolism
• Cell Line
• Cell Membrane/enzymology
• Genetic Testing
• Humans
• Membrane Proteins/metabolism
• Phosphatidylserines/metabolism
• Phospholipid Transfer Proteins/genetics
• Phospholipid Transfer Proteins/metabolism
• Protein Transport

Details

• CRID: 1050282810771038080
• NII Article ID: 120005458298
• NII Book ID: AA00835277
• ISSN: 00368075
• HANDLE: 2433/189106
• Text Lang: en
• Article Type: journal article
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  • CiNii Articles