Perforin pores in the endosomal membrane trigger the release of endocytosed granzyme B into the cytosol of target cells

Thiery, Jérôme; Keefe, Dennis; Boulant, Steeve; Boucrot, Emmanuel; Walch, Michael; Martinvalet, Denis; Goping, Ing Swie; Bleackley, R. Chris; Kirchhausen, Tomas; Lieberman, Judy

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“…In contrast, M6P pretreatment of neurons did not prevent T cell-mediated neuronal death. This lack of protection could be related to the contemporary release of perforin and activation of a membrane-repair response, as recently described by Thiery et al (48). This recent study supports previous reports showing membrane receptors as being not crucially important for the delivery of GrB into the target cell during the T cell-mediated cellular death; and the binding of GrB to the target cell can be facilitated by the expression of surface molecules such as heparan sulfate (49,50).…”

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Granule-Derived Granzyme B Mediates the Vulnerability of Human Neurons to T Cell-Induced Neurotoxicity

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et al. 2011

The Journal of Immunology

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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is considered an autoimmune disease of the CNS and is characterized by inflammatory cells infiltrating the CNS and inducing demyelination, axonal loss, and neuronal death. Recent evidence strongly suggests that axonal and neuronal degeneration underlie the progression of permanent disability in MS. In this study, we report that human neurons are selectively susceptible to the serine-protease granzyme B (GrB) isolated from cytotoxic T cell granules. In vitro, purified human GrB induced neuronal death to the same extent as the whole activated T cell population. On the contrary, activated T cells isolated from GrB knockout mice failed to induce neuronal injury. We found that following internalization through various parts of neurons, GrB accumulated in the neuronal soma. Within the cell body, GrB diffused out of endosomes possibly through a perforin-independent mechanism and induced subsequent activation of caspases and cleavage of α-tubulin. Inhibition of caspase-3, a well-known substrate for GrB, significantly reduced GrB-mediated neurotoxicity. We demonstrated that treatment of neurons with mannose-6-phosphate prevented GrB entry and inhibited GrB-mediated neuronal death, suggesting mannose-6-phosphate receptor-dependent endocytosis. Together, our data unveil a novel mechanism by which GrB induces selective neuronal injury and suggest potential new targets for the treatment of inflammatory-mediated neurodegeneration in diseases such as MS.

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Granule-Derived Granzyme B Mediates the Vulnerability of Human Neurons to T Cell-Induced Neurotoxicity

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Pasichnyk

et al. 2011

The Journal of Immunology

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“…Nonetheless, the mechanism of translocation remains undefined except to speculate that the protease crosses cylindrical pores embedded in the endosomal surface. 1,12 The data we present here establishes a refined paradigm that exemplifies the versatility of PFN monomers, being able to form rings and arcs in model and plasma membranes. Further, GzmB delivery clearly operates in a Ca 2 þ independent manner among the PI negative/low cells minimizing a role for classical endocytosis.…”

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“…1 Ring-shaped transmembrane PFN pores hereafter called 'cylindrical pores', are presumed to act as the gateway for cytosolic entry, either at the plasma membrane or after endocytosis. [2][3][4] In either case the highly cationic Gzms are thought to diffuse through these cylindrical pores formed by poly-PFN.…”

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Perforin oligomers form arcs in cellular membranes: a locus for intracellular delivery of granzymes

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Perforin-mediated cytotoxicity is an essential host defense, in which defects contribute to tumor development and pathogenic disorders including autoimmunity and autoinflammation. How perforin (PFN) facilitates intracellular delivery of pro-apoptotic and inflammatory granzymes across the bilayer of targets remains unresolved. Here we show that cellular susceptibility to granzyme B (GzmB) correlates with rapid PFN-induced phosphatidylserine externalization, suggesting that pores are formed at a protein-lipid interface by incomplete membrane oligomers (or arcs). Supporting a role for these oligomers in protease delivery, an anti-PFN antibody (pf-80) suppresses necrosis but increases phosphatidylserine flip-flop and GzmB-induced apoptosis. As shown by atomic force microscopy on planar bilayers and deep-etch electron microscopy on mammalian cells, pf-80 increases the proportion of arcs which correlates with the presence of smaller electrical conductances, while large cylindrical pores decline. PFN appears to form arc structures on target membranes that serve as minimally disrupting conduits for GzmB translocation. The role of these arcs in PFN-mediated pathology warrants evaluation where they may serve as novel therapeutic targets. Cell Death and Differentiation ( The cytotoxic cell granule-secretory pathway depends on perforin (PFN) to deliver granzyme (Gzm) proteases to the cytosol of target cells where they induce apoptosis and other biological effects, such as inflammation. 1 Ring-shaped transmembrane PFN pores hereafter called 'cylindrical pores', are presumed to act as the gateway for cytosolic entry, either at the plasma membrane or after endocytosis. [2][3][4] In either case the highly cationic Gzms are thought to diffuse through these cylindrical pores formed by poly-PFN. Nevertheless, a mechanistic understanding of the phenomenon (how the cationic globular protein exchanges from its carrier proteoglycan, serglycin, to the pore and crosses the plasma and/or vesicular membranes) has been lacking due to limitations in imaging technology and in our detailed understanding of the molecular forms that PFN may adopt following interaction with a target cell plasma membrane.Here we show under conditions where cylindrical pore formation is minimal, 5 that granzyme B (GzmB) translocation readily occurs. We previously demonstrated that a prelude to granzyme translocation is PFN-mediated, Ca-independent phosphatidylserine (PS) externalization (flip-flop) measured by annexin-V and lactadherin binding. 6 This rapid PS flip-flop also occurs when mouse CD8 cells contact antigen-pulsed target cells. Inasmuch as the proteinaceous cylinders offer a formidable barrier to lipid flow, we have speculated that the observed movement of anionic phospholipids to the external leaflet is due to the formation of proteo-lipidic structures, which consists of oligomerized PFN monomers bearing an arc morphology and plasma membrane lipids. [6][7][8] In the work reported here, the topology of PFN embedded into homogeneous planar bilayers and t...

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“…[1][2][3][4] Among the five human granzymes (A, B, H, K and M), granzyme B (GB) triggers cell death in both a caspasedependent and caspase-independent manner, although human and mouse GB differ in their requirement for caspase activation. [5][6][7][8][9][10] GB-induced cell death also involves Bid/Bax/ Bak-mediated mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization for the release of the apoptogenic factors cytochrome c, Smac/Diablo, Endo G, HtrA2 and AIF.…”

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Granzyme B enters the mitochondria in a Sam50-, Tim22- and mtHsp70-dependent manner to induce apoptosis

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We have found that granzyme B (GB)-induced apoptosis also requires reactive oxygen species resulting from the alteration of mitochondrial complex I. How GB, which does not possess a mitochondrial targeting sequence, enter this organelle is unknown. We show that GB enters the mitochondria independently of the translocase of the outer mitochondrial membrane complex, but requires instead Sam50, the central subunit of the sorting and assembly machinery that integrates outer membrane β-barrel proteins. Moreover, GB breaches the inner membrane through Tim22, the metabolite carrier translocase pore, in a mitochondrial heat-shock protein 70 (mtHsp70)-dependent manner. Granzyme A (GA) and caspase-3 use a similar route to the mitochondria. Finally, preventing GB from entering the mitochondria either by mutating lysine 243 and arginine 244 or depleting Sam50 renders cells more resistant to GB-mediated reactive oxygen species and cell death. Similarly, Sam50 depletion protects cells from GA-, GM-and caspase-3-mediated cell death. Therefore, cytotoxic molecules enter the mitochondria to induce efficiently cell death through a noncanonical Sam50-, Tim22-and mtHsp70-dependent import pathway.Cytotoxic lymphocytes eradicate pathogen-infected or transformed cells mainly through the cytotoxic granule pathway. [1][2][3][4] Among the five human granzymes (A, B, H, K and M), granzyme B (GB) triggers cell death in both a caspasedependent and caspase-independent manner, although human and mouse GB differ in their requirement for caspase activation. 5-10 GB-induced cell death also involves Bid/Bax/ Bak-mediated mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization for the release of the apoptogenic factors cytochrome c, Smac/Diablo, Endo G, HtrA2 and AIF. 1,9-17 We have recently reported that mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) have a critical role in GB pathway by amplifying apoptogenic factor release, oligonucleosomal DNA fragmentation and lysosomal membrane rupture. 18 Mitochondrial ROS resulted from GB-mediated cleavage of NDUFV1, NDUFS1 and NDUFS2, three subunits of mitochondrial complex I. 18 How GB that does not possess a mitochondrial targeting sequence enters the mitochondria is not known. The mitochondrial nucleoid encodes only for 13 structural proteins, while the rest of the mitochondrial proteome is nuclear-encoded and transported to the mitochondria through a sophisticated protein import machinery. [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] The translocase of the outer mitochondrial membrane (TOM), the entry gate to the mitochondria, 20 passes on the cargos to the sorting and assembly machinery (SAM) complex, to the mitochondrial intermembrane space assembly (MIA) complex and to the translocases of the inner mitochondrial membrane TIM22 or TIM23 complexes for delivery to the outer membrane, the intermembrane space, the inner membrane or the matrix, respectively. [19][20][21][22]25,26,28 Unexpectedly, we found that GB mitochondrial entry is independent of the TOM-TIM23 complexes, but requires instead the Sam50 and Tim22 chann...

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Perforin pores in the endosomal membrane trigger the release of endocytosed granzyme B into the cytosol of target cells

Cited by 258 publications

References 48 publications

Granule-Derived Granzyme B Mediates the Vulnerability of Human Neurons to T Cell-Induced Neurotoxicity

Granule-Derived Granzyme B Mediates the Vulnerability of Human Neurons to T Cell-Induced Neurotoxicity

Perforin oligomers form arcs in cellular membranes: a locus for intracellular delivery of granzymes

Granzyme B enters the mitochondria in a Sam50-, Tim22- and mtHsp70-dependent manner to induce apoptosis

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