DRAM1 requires PI(3,5)P2 generation by PIKfyve to deliver vesicles and their cargo to endolysosomes
van der Vaart, M.; Banducci-Karp, A.; Forn Cuni, G.; Witt, P. M. M.; Willemse, J. J.; Sanchez, S. M.; Hosseini, R.; Meijer, A. H.
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Endolysosomal vesicle trafficking and autophagy are crucial degradative pathways in maintenance of cellular homeostasis. The transmembrane protein DRAM1 is a potential therapeutic target that primarily localises to endolysosomal vesicles and promotes autophagy and vesicle fusion with lysosomes. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying DRAM1-mediated vesicle fusion events remain unclear. Using high-resolution confocal microscopy in the zebrafish model, we show that mCherry-Dram1 labelled vesicles interact and fuse with early endosomes marked by PI(3)P. Following these fusion events, early endosomes mature into late endosomes in a process dependent on the conversion of PI(3)P into PI(3,5)P2 by the lipid kinase PIKfyve. Chemical inhibition of PIKfyve reduces the targeting of Dram1 to acidic endolysosomal vesicles, arresting Dram1 in multivesicular bodies, early endosomes, or non-acidified vesicles halted in their fusion with early endosomes. In conclusion, Dram1-mediated vesicle fusion requires the formation of PI(3,5)P2 to deliver vesicles and their cargo to the degradative environment of the lysosome.
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