The spatial separation of processing and transport functions to the interior and periphery of the Golgi stack

  1. Hieng Chiong Tie
  2. Alexander Ludwig
  3. Sara Sandin
  4. Lei Lu  Is a corresponding author
  1. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Abstract

It is unclear how the two principal functions of the Golgi complex, processing and transport, are spatially organized. Studying such spatial organization by optical imaging is challenging, partially due to the dense packing of stochastically oriented Golgi stacks. Using super-resolution microscopy and markers such as Giantin, we developed a method to identify en face and side views of individual nocodazole-induced Golgi mini-stacks. Our imaging uncovered that Golgi enzymes preferentially localize to the cisternal interior, appearing as a central disk or inner-ring, whereas components of the trafficking machinery reside at the periphery of the stack, including the cisternal rim. Interestingly, conventional secretory cargos appeared at the cisternal interior during their intra-Golgi trafficking and transiently localized to the cisternal rim before exiting the Golgi. In contrast, bulky cargos were found only at the rim. Our study therefore directly demonstrates the spatial separation of processing and transport functions within the Golgi complex.

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  1. Hieng Chiong Tie

    School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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  2. Alexander Ludwig

    School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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  3. Sara Sandin

    School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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  4. Lei Lu

    School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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Funding

Ministry of Education - Singapore (Tier1 RG132/15)

  • Sara Sandin
  • Lei Lu

National Medical Research Council-Singapore (NMRC/CBRG/007/2012)

  • Lei Lu

Ministry of Education - Singapore (Tier1 RG35/17)

  • Sara Sandin
  • Lei Lu

Ministry of Education - Singapore (Tier1 RG48/13)

  • Sara Sandin
  • Lei Lu

Ministry of Education - Singapore (Tier2 MOE2015-T2-2-073)

  • Sara Sandin
  • Lei Lu

Ministry of Education - Singapore (Tier3 MOE 2012-T3-1-001)

  • Sara Sandin
  • Lei Lu

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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© 2018, Tie et al.

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  1. Hieng Chiong Tie
  2. Alexander Ludwig
  3. Sara Sandin
  4. Lei Lu
(2018)
The spatial separation of processing and transport functions to the interior and periphery of the Golgi stack
eLife 7:e41301.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.41301

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