The sterol transporter STARD3 transports sphingosine at ER-lysosome contact sites
Hempelmann, P.; Lolicato, F.; Graziadei, A.; Brown, R. D. R.; Spiegel, S.; Rappsilber, J.; Nickel, W.; Höglinger, D.; Jamecna, D.
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Sphingolipids are important structural components of membranes. Additionally, simple sphingolipids such as sphingosine are highly bioactive and participate in complex subcellular signaling. Sphingolipid deregulation is associated with many severe diseases including diabetes, Parkinsons and cancer. Here, we focus on how sphingosine, generated from sphingolipid catabolism in late endosomes/lysosomes, is reintegrated into the biosynthetic machinery at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). We characterized the sterol transporter STARD3 as a sphingosine transporter acting at lysosome-ER contact sites. Experiments featuring crosslinkable sphingosine probes, supported by unbiased molecular dynamics simulations, exposed how sphingosine binds to the lipid-binding domain of STARD3. Following the metabolic fate of pre-localized lysosomal sphingosine showed the importance of STARD3 and its actions at contact sites for the integration of sphingosine into ceramide in a cellular context. Our findings provide the first example of inter-organellar sphingosine transfer and pave the way for a better understanding of sphingolipid - sterol co-regulation.
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