Spatiotemporal recruitment of the ubiquitin-specific protease USP8 directs endosome maturation

  1. Yue Miao
  2. Yongtao Du
  3. Baolei Wang
  4. Jingjing Liang
  5. Yu Liang
  6. Song Dang
  7. Jiahao Liu
  8. Dong Li
  9. Kangmin He  Is a corresponding author
  10. Mei Ding  Is a corresponding author
  1. State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  3. National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
11 figures and 1 additional file

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Figure 1 with 1 supplement
Abnormal lysosome morphology and enlarged multivesicular body (MVB)-like structures in usp-50 mutants.

(A–C) Confocal fluorescence images of hypodermal cell 7 (hyp7) expressing the LAAT-1::GFP marker to highlight lysosome structures in L4 stage, young adult, and 3-day-old adult animals. Scale bar: 5 …

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Figure 1—figure supplement 1
ESCRT-0 components are stabilized by usp-50.

(A) Pearson’s correlation coefficient for co-localization of the lysosome membrane protein LAAT-1 (LAAT-1::GFP) and the lysosomal nuclease NUC-1 (NUC-1::mCherry) in wild-type and usp-50(xd413) …

Figure 1—figure supplement 1—source data 1

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Figure 2 with 2 supplements
Enlarged early endosomes (EEs) in usp-50/usp8 mutant cells.

(A) Confocal fluorescence images of hypodermis expressing YFP::2xFYVE to detect EEs in L4 stage animals. Compared to wild-type, EEs are enlarged in usp-50(gk632973) and usp-50(xd413) mutants. Scale …

Figure 2—source data 1

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Figure 2—figure supplement 1
usp-50 functions cell-autonomously.

(A) Pearson’s correlation coefficient for co-localization of early endosomes (EEs) (labeled with YFP::2xFYVE) and lysosomes (labeled with LAAT-1::mCherry) in wild-type and usp-50(xd413) animals. ns, …

Figure 2—figure supplement 1—source data 1

Original file for the western blot analysis in Figure 2—figure supplement 1C (anti-USP8 and anti-GAPDH).

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Figure 2—figure supplement 1—source data 2

PDF containing original scans of the relevant western blot analysis (anti-USP8 and anti-GAPDH) with highlighted bands and sample labels for Figure 2—figure supplement 1C.

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Figure 2—figure supplement 2
Mutation of usp-50 does not affect other organelles.

(A–C) In usp-50 mutant animals, no obvious alterations are detected in Golgi apparatus (MANS::GFP) (A), recycling endosomes (GFP::RME-1) (B), or retromers (VPS-29::GFP) (C). Confocal fluorescence …

Figure 3 with 2 supplements
USP8 is recruited to Rab5-positive vesicles.

(A–C) SUM159 cells genome-edited for USP8-mEGFP+/+ were transiently transfected with the indicated mScarlet-I-tagged proteins and then imaged by spinning-disk confocal microscopy. The single-frame …

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Figure 3—figure supplement 1
The early endosome (EE) localization of USP-50 and USP8.

(A) USP-50::GFP is co-localized with mCherry::RAB-5 in hypodermal cell 7 (hyp7) of wild-type animals at L4 stage. (B) USP-50::GFP is not co-localized with mCherry::RAB-7 in hypodermal cell 7 (hyp7) …

Figure 3—figure supplement 2
The generation of endogenous tagged USP8.

(A) CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing strategy used to incorporate mEGFP at the C-terminus of USP8 in SUM159 cells. The target sequence at the genomic USP8 locus recognized by the single-guide RNA is …

Figure 3—figure supplement 2—source data 1

Original file for the genomic PCR analysis in Figure 3—figure supplement 2B.

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Figure 3—figure supplement 2—source data 2

PDF containing original file for the genomic PCR analysis with highlighted bands and sample labels for Figure 3—figure supplement 2B.

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Figure 3—figure supplement 2—source data 3

Original file for the western blot analysis in Figure 3—figure supplement 2C (anti-USP8 and anti-GAPDH).

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Figure 3—figure supplement 2—source data 4

PDF containing original scans of the relevant western blot analysis (anti-USP8 and anti-GAPDH) with highlighted bands and sample labels for Figure 3—figure supplement 2C.

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USP-50 interacts with RABX-5.

(A) The affinity-purified RABX-5::GFP from worm lysates is immunoprecipitated by USP-50::4xFLAG purified from HEK293T cells using anti-FLAG beads. Only the area of the blot containing the …

Figure 4—source data 1

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Figure 4—source data 2

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Figure 4—source data 3

Original file for the western blot analysis in Figure 4B (anti-GFP and anti-FLAG).

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Figure 4—source data 4

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Figure 4—source data 5

Original file for the western blot analysis in Figure 4D (anti-MYC and anti-FLAG).

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Figure 4—source data 6

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Figure 4—source data 7

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Figure 5 with 3 supplements
USP-50 dissociates RABX-5 from endosomes.

(A–D) The punctate distribution of RABX-5::GFP KI (knock-in) in wild-type (A) and usp-50(xd413) (B). The increased RABX-5::GFP KI signal in usp-50(xd413) is rescued by expressing wild-type (C) but …

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Figure 5—figure supplement 1
USP8 inhibits the early endosome (EE) localization of Rabex5.

(A) USP8-KO leads to enlarged EEs and enhanced Rabex5 (Rabex5-mEGFP+/+) and Rab5 (mScarlet-I-Rab5c) signals. Rabex5-mEGFP+/+ SUM159 cells with or without USP8 expression were transiently transfected …

Figure 5—figure supplement 1—source data 1

Original file for the western blot analysis in Figure 5—figure supplement 1E (anti-USP8 and anti-GAPDH).

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Figure 5—figure supplement 1—source data 2

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Figure 5—figure supplement 2
Loss of usp-50/USP8 leads to more activated RAB-5.

(A, B) The GFP::RAB-5 KI signal in wild-type (A) and usp-50(xd413) (B). Scale bar: 5 μm. (C) Quantification of the volume of individual RAB-5::GFP KI vesicles in L4 animals (10 animals for wild-type …

Figure 5—figure supplement 2—source data 1

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Figure 5—figure supplement 2—source data 2

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Figure 5—figure supplement 2—source data 3

Original file for the western blot analysis in Figure 5—figure supplement 2F (anti-GFP and anti-GST).

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Figure 5—figure supplement 2—source data 4

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Figure 5—figure supplement 2—source data 5

Original file for the western blot analysis in Figure 5—figure supplement 2G (anti-GFP and anti-Tub).

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Figure 5—figure supplement 2—source data 6

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Figure 5—figure supplement 2—source data 7

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Figure 5—figure supplement 3
The ubiquitin modification sites on RABX-5.

(A) Peptide sequences identified from the ubiquitination proteomics analysis. (B) The ubiquitinated sites of RABX-5 detected by ubiquitination proteomics analysis.

Figure 6 with 1 supplement
Loss of usp-50/usp8 disrupts SAND-1/Mon1 localization.

(A–C) The reduction of punctate GFP::SAND-1 signals in rabx-5(null) and usp-50(xd413) mutant animals. (D) Line scan analyses for (A–C). (E–G) The reduced lysosomes (labeled by LAAT-1::GFP) in rabx-5(…

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Figure 6—figure supplement 1
The distribution of endogenous Mon1a and Mon1b proteins.

(A) Quantification of the individual volume of LAAT-1::GFP vesicles in hyp7 of 3-day-old adults. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. ****p<0.0001; one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s test. (B) Western blotting …

Figure 6—figure supplement 1—source data 1

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Excel file containing the quantified data of statistic analysis for Figure 6—figure supplement 1A, H, and I.

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(A) Confocal fluorescence images of hypodermis expressing YFP::2xFYVE to detect EEs in L4 stage animals in wild type and stam-1(ok406) mutants. Scale bar: 5 μm. (B) Confocal fluorescence images of …

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ESCRT-0 is adjacent to both early endosomes and late endosomes.

(A) Confocal fluorescence images of wild-type and usp-50(xd413) hypodermis at L4 stage co-expressing HGRS-1::GFP (hgrs-1 promoter) and endogenous wrmScarlet::RAB-5. (B) HGRS-1 and RAB-5 puncta were …

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The endogenous RABX-5 protein level is increased in usp-50 mutants.

(A) The RABX-5::GFP KI protein level is increased in usp-50(xd413). (B) Quantification of endogenous RABX-5::GFP protein level in wild type and usp-50(xd413) mutant animals.

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(A-C) Over-expression wild type RABX-5 causes enlarged EEs (labeled by YFP::2xFYVE) while RABX-5(K323R) mutant form does not. (D) Quantification of the volume of individual YFP::2xFYVE vesicles. …

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(A) RABX-5::GFP protein was purified from worm lysates using anti-GFP antibody. FLAG-tagged USP-50 was purified from HEK293T cells using anti-FLAG antibody. Purified RABX-5::GFP was incubated with …

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