CORTICAL ER – PM
CONTACT SITES IN PLANTS
Where Cell Biology meets abiotic
stress tolerance
• The ER requires physical interactions with different organelles to be fully functional.
• cER interacts with PM through membrane contact sites: ER-PMCS.
• The establishment and the functions of this ER-PMCS are unknown in plants.
Abel Rosado
cER – PM Contact Sites (ER-PMCS)
• Close apposition between cER and PM
• 10-30 nm distance between membranes PM
CW
cER
cER-PM Contact Site (ER-PMCS)
N TM SMP C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C
Yeast : Tricalbins
ER-PMCS establishment relies on Ca+2-dependent
phospholipid binding proteins
N TM SMP C2 C2 C2 C
Mammals : Extended Synaptotagmins
N TM SMP C2 C2 C
C
TM
C2 C2
Ca2 +
cER
Ca2+
PM
PIP2
PIP2
PM PIP2 PIP2 N C TM
C2 C2
cER
Ca2
+ Ca+ 2
New ER-PMCS
Are Arabidopsis SYTs localized in ER-PMCS?
SYT1 is closely associated to the cortical ER
Pérez-Sancho et al., Unpublished
HDEL:GFP SYT1-TRITC Overlay
SYT1 and cortical microtubules signals are mutually exclusive
MAP4-GFP SYT1-TRITC Overlay
Overlay SYT1-TRITC
TUA6-GFP MAP4-GFP SYT1-TRITC Overlay
Different SYTs are located in plasmodesmata
35S::SYT3-GFP
Propidium Iodide SYT1::SYT1-GFP Overlay Propidium Iodide 35S::SYT3-GFP Overlay SYT1::SYT1-GFP
SYTs localization in plants is
Known functions of ER-PMCS in yeast and mammals
1. Ca2+ homeostasis
2. Lipid homeostasis
Known functions of ER-PMCS in yeast and mammals
1. Ca2+ homeostasis
2. Lipid homeostasis
syt1 has altered Ca+2 sensitivity under stress conditions
syt1 has altered Ca+2 sensitivity under stress conditions
SYT1 might be involved Ca2+ homeostasis
during stress episodes.
Schapire et al., 2008 Plant Cell
FDA FM4-64
MS 100mM NaCl 3mM Ca2+
Known functions of ER-PMCS in yeast and mammals
1. Ca2+ homeostasis
2. Lipid homeostasis
PG 32:0 PG 32:1 (1) PG 32:1 (2) PG 32:2 (2) PG 34:0 PG 34:1 (1) PG 34:1 (2) PG 34:2 (1) PG 34:2 (2) PG 34:3 (1) PG 34:3 (2) PG 34:4 (1) PG 34:5 (2) PG 36:2 PG 36:3 PG 36:4 (1) PG 36:4 (2) PG 36:5 (1) PG 36:5 (2) PG 36:6 PG 36:7
<12 8 4 3 2 1.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 5 10 >15 Lipid profile is altered in syt1
Fold accumulation Fold Reduction PI 34:2 PI 34:3 PI 36:5 PI 36:6
Col syt1
Rosado et al., Unpublished
Known functions of ER-PMCS in yeast and mammals
1. Ca2+ homeostasis
2. Lipid homeostasis
The syt1 lipid changes are associated with cold stress sensitivity
Col syt1 Col syt1
Untreated Cold Stressed
Cold Treatment
Rosado et al., Unpublished
Are Arabidopsis SYTs the orthologs of tricalbins and extended synaptotagmins?
SYT1 has the proper subcellular localization.
SYT1 has equivalent functions.
• It is required for Ca2+ and lipid
homeostasis.
• It binds phospholipids.
CIB-CSIC Madrid
Carlos Perea Julio Salinas
Universidad de Málaga
Abel Rosado Arnaldo Schapire Miguel Ángel Botella
Results
SYT1 B
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TO
PS: C
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+2D
EPENDENCY
Schapire et al., 2008. Plant Cell
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Biochemical Properties of the Arabidopsis Synaptotagmin1 (SYT1)
SYT1 Binding to PS: Ionic Competition
Rosado et al., Unpublished
SYT1 binds PtdIns(P)s and PGs in a Ca+2 independent manner