PMID- 24287454 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140815 LR - 20220331 IS - 1879-3088 (Electronic) IS - 0962-8924 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 1 DP - 2014 Jan TI - ALIX and the multivesicular endosome: ALIX in Wonderland. PG - 19-25 LID - S0962-8924(13)00190-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.tcb.2013.10.009 [doi] AB - In yeast and mammalian cells, endosomal sorting complexes required for transport (ESCRT) assist in sorting ubiquitinated proteins into intralumenal vesicles (ILVs) of multivesicular endosomes (MVEs) for degradation in the lysosome/vacuole. In mammalian cells, ESCRTs also drive other topologically identical membrane deformation processes, including cytokinesis, exosome release, and virus budding. Although the ESCRT-associated protein ALIX regulates these mammalian cell-specific functions, it was believed to be dispensable for receptor sorting into ILVs, unlike its yeast homolog Bro1. Despite these differences, recent evidence suggests ALIX and Bro1 share common properties in cargo sorting and ILV formation. We review these commonalities and discuss the role of ALIX in operating 'behind the mirror' during ILV back-fusion with the limiting membrane. We also propose models of how ALIX and some ESCRTs regulate the back-fusion process. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Bissig, Christin AU - Bissig C AD - Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet, 1211 Geneva-4, Switzerland. FAU - Gruenberg, Jean AU - Gruenberg J AD - Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet, 1211 Geneva-4, Switzerland. Electronic address: jean.gruenberg@unige.ch. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20131126 PL - England TA - Trends Cell Biol JT - Trends in cell biology JID - 9200566 RN - 0 (Bro1 protein, S cerevisiae) RN - 0 (Calcium-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Cell Cycle Proteins) RN - 0 (Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport) RN - 0 (PDCD6IP protein, human) RN - 0 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins) RN - 0 (Ubiquitinated Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Calcium-Binding Proteins/*physiology MH - Cell Cycle Proteins/*physiology MH - Cell Membrane/metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Multivesicular Bodies/*metabolism MH - Protein Transport MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/physiology MH - Transport Vesicles/metabolism MH - Ubiquitinated Proteins/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Bro1 OT - EGF receptor OT - ESCRT-mediated sorting OT - back-fusion OT - intralumenal vesicle (ILV) OT - signaling receptor EDAT- 2013/11/30 06:00 MHDA- 2014/08/16 06:00 CRDT- 2013/11/30 06:00 PHST- 2013/08/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/10/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/10/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/11/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/11/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/08/16 06:00 [medline] AID - S0962-8924(13)00190-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.tcb.2013.10.009 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Trends Cell Biol. 2014 Jan;24(1):19-25. doi: 10.1016/j.tcb.2013.10.009. Epub 2013 Nov 26.