TY - JOUR
T1 - Transport of soluble proteins through the Golgi occurs by diffusion via continuities across cisternae
AU - Beznoussenko, Galina V.
AU - Parashuraman, Seetharaman
AU - Rizzo, Riccardo
AU - Polishchuk, Roman
AU - Martella, Oliviano
AU - Di Giandomenico, Daniele
AU - Fusella, Aurora
AU - Spaar, Alexander
AU - Sallese, Michele
AU - Capestrano, Maria G razia
AU - Pavelka, Margit
AU - Vos, Matthijn R.
AU - Rikers, Yuri G M
AU - Helms, Volkhard
AU - Mironov, Alexandre A.
AU - Luini, Alberto
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The mechanism of transport through the Golgi complex is not completely understood, insofar as no single transport mechanism appears to account for all of the observations. Here, we compare the transport of soluble secretory proteins (albumin and α1-antitrypsin) with that of supramolecular cargoes (e.g., procollagen) that are proposed to traverse the Golgi by compartment progression-maturation. We show that these soluble proteins traverse the Golgi much faster than procollagen while moving through the same stack. Moreover, we present kinetic and morphological observations that indicate that albumin transport occurs by diffusion via intercisternal continuities. These data provide evidence for a transport mechanism that applies to a major class of secretory proteins and indicate the co-existence of multiple intra-Golgi trafficking modes.
AB - The mechanism of transport through the Golgi complex is not completely understood, insofar as no single transport mechanism appears to account for all of the observations. Here, we compare the transport of soluble secretory proteins (albumin and α1-antitrypsin) with that of supramolecular cargoes (e.g., procollagen) that are proposed to traverse the Golgi by compartment progression-maturation. We show that these soluble proteins traverse the Golgi much faster than procollagen while moving through the same stack. Moreover, we present kinetic and morphological observations that indicate that albumin transport occurs by diffusion via intercisternal continuities. These data provide evidence for a transport mechanism that applies to a major class of secretory proteins and indicate the co-existence of multiple intra-Golgi trafficking modes.
KW - albumin
KW - cell biology
KW - golgi complex
KW - human
KW - intracellular trafficking
KW - membrane tubules
KW - soluble cargo proteins
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U2 - 10.7554/eLife.02009
DO - 10.7554/eLife.02009
M3 - Article
C2 - 24867214
AN - SCOPUS:84902343820
VL - 3
JO - eLife
JF - eLife
SN - 2050-084X
ER -