Lysosome damage triggers acute formation of ER to lysosomes membrane tethers mediated by the bridge-like lipid transport protein VPS13C

Xinbo Wang, Peng Xu, Amanda Bentley-DeSousa, William F. Hancock-Cerutti, Shujun Cai, Benjamin T Johnson, Francesca Tonelli, Gabriel Talaia, Dario Alessi, Shawn M. Ferguson Ferguson, Pietro De Camilli (Lead / Corresponding author)

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Abstract

Based on genetic studies, lysosome dysfunction is thought to play a pathogenetic role in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Here we show that VPS13C, a bridge-like lipid transport protein and a PD gene, is a sensor of lysosome stress/damage. Upon lysosome membrane perturbation, VPS13C rapidly relocates from the cytosol to the surface of lysosomes where it tethers their membranes to the ER. This recruitment depends on Rab7 and requires release of a brake, most likely an intramolecular interaction within VPS13C, which hinders access of its VAB domain to lysosome-bound Rab7. While another PD protein, LRRK2, is also recruited to stressed/damaged lysosomes, its recruitment occurs at much later stages and by different mechanisms. Given the putative role of VPS13 proteins in bulk lipid transport, these findings suggest lipid delivery to lysosomes by VPS13C is part of an early response to lysosome damage.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherBioRxiv
Number of pages42
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Jun 2024

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