Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil.
Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Oct 20;21(20):7763. doi: 10.3390/ijms21207763.
The mobility of cellular prion protein (PrP) in specific cell membrane domains and among distinct cell compartments dictates its molecular interactions and directs its cell function. PrP works in concert with several partners to organize signaling platforms implicated in various cellular processes. The scaffold property of PrP is able to gather a molecular repertoire to create heterogeneous membrane domains that favor endocytic events. Dynamic trafficking of PrP through multiple pathways, in a well-orchestrated mechanism of intra and extracellular vesicular transport, defines its functional plasticity, and also assists the conversion and spreading of its infectious isoform associated with neurodegenerative diseases. In this review, we highlight how PrP traffics across intra- and extracellular compartments and the consequences of this dynamic transport in governing cell functions and contributing to prion disease pathogenesis.
细胞朊病毒蛋白 (PrP) 在特定细胞膜区域和不同细胞隔室中的流动性决定了其分子相互作用,并指导其细胞功能。PrP 与几个伙伴合作,组织参与各种细胞过程的信号平台。PrP 的支架特性能够聚集分子谱来创建有利于胞吞作用的异质膜区域。PrP 通过多种途径进行动态运输,通过细胞内和细胞外囊泡运输的协调机制,定义了其功能的可塑性,也有助于与其相关的神经退行性疾病的传染性异构体的转化和传播。在这篇综述中,我们强调了 PrP 如何在细胞内和细胞外隔室中运输,以及这种动态运输在控制细胞功能和促进朊病毒病发病机制中的作用。