The Type Iα Inositol Polyphosphate 4-Phosphatase Generates and Terminates Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Signals on Endosomes and the Plasma Membrane

• Published in: Molecular biology of the cell Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 2218 - 2233
• Main Authors: Ivetac, Ivan, Munday, Adam D., Kisseleva, Marina V., Zhang, Xiang-Ming, Luff, Susan, Tiganis, Tony, Whisstock, James C., Rowe, Tony, Majerus, Phillip W., Mitchell, Christina A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The American Society for Cell Biology 01.05.2005
• ISSN: 1059-1524; 1939-4586
• DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e04-09-0799

Endosomal trafficking is regulated by the recruitment of effector proteins to phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate [PtdIns(3)P] on early endosomes. At the plasma membrane, phosphatidylinositol-(3,4)-bisphosphate [PtdIns(3,4)P 2 ] binds the pleckstrin homology (PH) domain-containing proteins Akt and TAPP1. Type Iα inositol polyphosphate 4-phosphatase (4-phosphatase) dephosphorylates PtdIns(3,4)P 2 , forming PtdIns(3)P, but its subcellular localization is unknown. We report here in quiescent cells, the 4-phosphatase colocalized with early and recycling endosomes. On growth factor stimulation, 4-phosphatase endosomal localization persisted, but in addition the 4-phosphatase localized at the plasma membrane. Overexpression of the 4-phosphatase in serum-stimulated cells increased cellular PtdIns(3)P levels and prevented wortmannin-induced endosomal dilatation. Furthermore, mouse embryonic fibroblasts from homozygous Weeble mice, which have a mutation in the type I 4-phosphatase, exhibited dilated early endosomes. 4-Phosphatase translocation to the plasma membrane upon growth factor stimulation inhibited the recruitment of the TAPP1 PH domain. The 4-phosphatase contains C2 domains, which bound PtdIns(3,4)P 2 , and C2-domain-deletion mutants lost PtdIns(3,4)P 2 4-phosphatase activity, did not localize to endosomes or inhibit TAPP1 PH domain membrane recruitment. The 4-phosphatase therefore both generates and terminates phosphoinositide 3-kinase signals at distinct subcellular locations.