Affiliation:
1. Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology Keio University Yokohama Japan
2. Department of Pathological Cell Biology, Medical Research Institute Tokyo Medical and Dental University Japan
3. Research Core, Institute of Research Tokyo Medical and Dental University Japan
4. Biomolecular Characterization Unit RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Wako Japan
5. Division of Anatomical Science, Department of Functional Morphology Nihon University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan
Abstract
Premelanosome protein (PMEL), a melanocyte‐specific glycoprotein, has an essential role in melanosome maturation, assembling amyloid fibrils for melanin deposition. PMEL undergoes several post‐translational modifications, including N‐ and O‐glycosylations, which are associated with proper melanosome development. C‐mannosylation is a rare type of protein glycosylation at a tryptophan residue that might regulate the secretion and localization of proteins. PMEL has one putative C‐mannosylation site in its core amyloid fragment (CAF); however, there is no report focusing on C‐mannosylation of PMEL. To investigate this, we expressed recombinant PMEL in SK‐MEL‐28 human melanoma cells and purified the protein. Mass spectrometry analyses demonstrated that human PMEL is C‐mannosylated at multiple tryptophan residues in its CAF and N‐terminal fragment (NTF). In addition to the W153 or W156 residue (CAF), which lies in the consensus sequence for C‐mannosylation, the W104 residue (NTF) was C‐mannosylated without the consensus sequence. To determine the effects of the modifications, we deleted the PMEL gene by using CRISPR/Cas9 technology and re‐expressed wild‐type or C‐mannosylation‐defective mutants of PMEL, in which the C‐mannosylated tryptophan was replaced with a phenylalanine residue (WF mutation), in SK‐MEL‐28 cells. Importantly, fibril‐containing melanosomes were significantly decreased in W104F mutant PMEL‐re‐expressing cells compared with wild‐type PMEL, observed using transmission electron microscopy. Furthermore, western blot and immunofluorescence analysis suggested that the W104F mutation may cause mild endoplasmic reticulumretention, possibly associated with early misfolding, and lysosomal misaggregation, thus reducing functional fibril formation. Our results demonstrate that C‐mannosylation of PMEL is required for proper melanosome development by regulating PMEL‐derived fibril formation.
Funder
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience
Subject
Cell Biology,Molecular Biology,Biochemistry
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