| 1999 |
Alix (PDCD6IP) was identified as a novel binding partner of ALG-2 (apoptosis-linked gene 2) in a calcium-dependent manner, established by yeast two-hybrid screening and co-immunoprecipitation experiments. |
Yeast two-hybrid screen; co-immunoprecipitation |
Cell death and differentiation |
Medium |
10200558
|
| 2002 |
Alix binds endophilins (SH3p4, SH3p8, SH3p13) through a proline-rich domain interaction (PXRPPPP consensus) at its C-terminal half, demonstrated by yeast two-hybrid, co-immunoprecipitation, and overlay experiments; overexpression of Alix-CT causes cytoplasmic vacuolization enhanced by endophilin co-expression. |
Yeast two-hybrid; co-immunoprecipitation; overlay assay; cell transfection/overexpression |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
12034747
|
| 2003 |
HIV-1 Gag p6 contains a second L-domain region that binds AIP1/Alix (PDCD6IP); Alix also interacts with Tsg101 and ESCRT-III homologs, and binds the EIAV p9 L domain, identifying Alix as a component of the viral budding machinery linking retroviral Gag proteins to ESCRT-III. |
Co-immunoprecipitation; binding assays; functional budding assays |
Cell |
High |
14505569
|
| 2003 |
Alix interacts with CHMP4b (human Snf7 homolog) as demonstrated by GST pull-down and co-immunoprecipitation; CHMP4b and Alix co-localize at perinuclear puncta overlapping with endosomal markers, and cooperate in multivesicular body formation. |
Yeast two-hybrid; GST pull-down; co-immunoprecipitation; fluorescence microscopy |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
12860994
|
| 2003 |
Both fungal PalA and mammalian AIP1/Alix recognize the YPXL/I protein-protein binding motif, where Tyr, Pro, and Leu/Ile are crucial for binding, established by mutagenesis of the motif in PacC substrates and binding assays. |
Binding assays; site-directed mutagenesis of YPXL/I motif |
Molecular and cellular biology |
Medium |
12588984
|
| 2004 |
Paraptosis (non-apoptotic cell death induced by IGFIR) is inhibited specifically by AIP-1/Alix overexpression; this inhibition does not affect apoptosis and is MAPK/JNK-1-mediated, placing Alix as a negative regulator of IGFIR-induced paraptosis. |
Cell transfection/overexpression; antisense oligonucleotides; MEK-2 inhibitors; cell death assays |
Cell death and differentiation |
Medium |
15195070
|
| 2004 |
ALG-2 interacts with the C-terminal proline-rich region of Alix (residues 794–827) through four tandem PxY repeats in a Ca2+-dependent manner; specific proline and tyrosine residues within this region are critical for binding affinity, demonstrated by yeast two-hybrid, overlay assay, and co-immunoprecipitation with deletion/alanine-substitution mutants. |
Yeast two-hybrid; biotin-tagged overlay assay; co-immunoprecipitation; alanine mutagenesis |
Journal of biochemistry |
High |
14999017
|
| 2004 |
Alix/AIP1 antagonizes EGFR downregulation by attenuating the Cbl-SETA/CIN85 interaction and inhibiting Cbl-mediated ubiquitination of EGFR; siRNA knockdown of Alix promotes EGFR internalization and downregulation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation; siRNA knockdown; ubiquitination assays; receptor internalization assay |
Molecular and cellular biology |
Medium |
15456872
|
| 2004 |
Alix co-immunoprecipitates with exosomal transferrin receptor, and a peptide (P1, YTRFSLARQV) from the TfR cytosolic domain binds both hsc70 and Alix (via homology to its fungal homolog PalA), suggesting Alix contributes to exosomal sorting of TfR via the YTRF motif. |
Co-immunoprecipitation; peptide binding/affinity chromatography |
Traffic (Copenhagen, Denmark) |
Low |
15086793
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| 2004 |
Src phosphorylates Alix at its C-terminal tyrosine-rich region; this phosphorylation causes Alix to translocate from membrane/cytoskeleton to cytoplasm and reduces its interactions with SETA/CIN85, EGFR, and Pyk2, antagonizing Alix's negative regulation of receptor internalization and cell adhesion. |
In vitro kinase assay; co-immunoprecipitation; subcellular fractionation; siRNA/overexpression |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
15557335
|
| 2005 |
Alix depletion by RNAi causes redistribution of early endosomes from peripheral to perinuclear location, accumulation of unusual actin structures containing clathrin and cortactin, and reduction of lysobisphosphatidic acid levels in multivesicular endosomes, without affecting transferrin recycling or EGF receptor degradation. |
RNAi knockdown; immunofluorescence microscopy; quantitative immunoelectron microscopy |
Journal of cell science |
Medium |
15914539
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| 2006 |
Alix directly interacts with F-actin (via both Bro1 and proline-rich domains), cortactin (via the N-terminal half of the middle region), and alpha-actinin (via the C-terminal half of the middle region) in cell-free systems; Alix knockdown decreases F-actin content and inhibits stress fiber assembly and lamellipodial localization of cortactin. |
In vitro direct binding (cell-free); co-immunoprecipitation; siRNA knockdown; fluorescence microscopy |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
16966331
|
| 2007 |
Crystal structures of ALIX reveal an N-terminal Bro1 domain and a central V domain composed of two three-helix bundle arms; YPX(n)L late domains of retroviruses bind a conserved hydrophobic pocket on the second arm of the V domain; CHMP4/ESCRT-III proteins bind a conserved hydrophobic patch on the Bro1 domain; both interactions are required for virus budding. |
X-ray crystallography; mutagenesis; functional budding assays |
Cell |
High |
17350572
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| 2007 |
ALIX and TSG101/ESCRT-I are recruited to midbodies of dividing cells through direct interactions between CEP55 and GPP-based motifs within TSG101 and ALIX; ALIX point mutants blocking CEP55 and CHMP4/ESCRT-III binding inhibit cytokinetic abscission; depletion of ALIX inhibits the abscission step of HeLa cell cytokinesis. |
Proteomics; co-immunoprecipitation; siRNA depletion; fluorescence microscopy; cytokinesis assay |
The EMBO journal |
High |
17853893
|
| 2007 |
Crystal structures of ALIX V domain in complex with YPX(n)L late domains from HIV-1 and EIAV reveal that both bind the same hydrophobic pocket but adopt different conformations; binding affinity and budding function require key interface residues identified by mutagenesis. |
X-ray crystallography; surface plasmon resonance; mutagenesis; functional budding assays |
Nature structural & molecular biology |
High |
17277784 18066081
|
| 2007 |
ALIX also engages HIV-1 Gag through the nucleocapsid (NC) domain via the Bro1 domain (in addition to the V domain/p6 interaction); this NC-Bro1 interaction depends on NC zinc fingers and allows ALIX packaging into viral particles; zinc finger mutations affect particle production similarly to PTAP deletion. |
Co-immunoprecipitation; viral packaging assays; nuclease treatment; mutagenesis |
Journal of virology |
Medium |
18032513
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| 2008 |
Crystal structures of ALIX Bro1 domain in complex with C-terminal peptides of CHMP4A-C show that CHMP4 C-terminal peptides form amphipathic helices binding across the concave surface of Bro1; a hydrophobic code (M/L/IxxLxxW) distinguishes CHMP4 binding to Bro1-domain proteins from CHMP1-3 binding to MIT-domain proteins (VPS4); mutations in CHMP4 recognition residues block ALIX-dependent HIV-1 budding. |
X-ray crystallography; mutagenesis; HIV-1 budding assay |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
18511562
|
| 2008 |
ALG-2 binds Ca2+ through EF3, triggering an 'arginine switch' (Arg125 movement) that opens the primary hydrophobic pocket on ALG-2 to accommodate the PPYP motif of Alix; crystal structures of Ca2+-free, Ca2+-bound, and Alix peptide-complexed ALG-2 forms established this mechanism. |
X-ray crystallography; in vitro binding assay with ALG-2 and Alix mutants |
Structure |
High |
18940611
|
| 2008 |
Tsg101 acts as a positive regulator and Alix as a negative regulator of intraluminal vesicle budding into late endosomes, reconstituted in a novel quantitative biochemical in vitro budding assay; the process is ESCRT-dependent (inhibited by dominant-negative hVps4). |
In vitro reconstitution assay; dominant-negative VPS4; electron microscopy |
Molecular biology of the cell |
High |
18768755
|
| 2008 |
ALIX Bro1-CHMP4 and ALIX V-domain interactions are both required for cytokinetic abscission; additionally the C-terminus of Alix encodes a multimerization activity essential for Alix-dependent HIV-1 release and interaction with Tsg101. |
Dominant-negative and deletion mutagenesis; cytokinesis assay; HIV budding assay |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Medium |
18641129
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| 2009 |
ALIX dimerizes via its middle V domain in solution; SAXS modeling shows dimeric ALIX adopts an elongated crescent shape; ALIX dimerization mutations prevent this and affect HIV-1 budding; dimeric ALIX bridges CHMP4B filaments formed in vitro, acting as a scaffold during membrane remodeling. |
Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS); dimerization mutagenesis; in vitro filament bridging assay; HIV budding assay |
Structure |
High |
19523902
|
| 2009 |
ALG-2 bridges Alix and TSG101 as a Ca2+-dependent adaptor; the ALG-2-binding site on Alix (not the PSAP motif) is required for Ca2+-dependent pulldown of TSG101; dimeric ALG-2 is required for this bridging function. |
Strep-pulldown assays; ALG-2 knockdown; exogenous ALG-2 rescue; mutant analysis |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
19520058
|
| 2010 |
The ALIX C-terminal proline-rich region (PRR) folds back against upstream domains causing auto-inhibition of V domain binding to viral late domains; mutations destabilizing this closed conformation open the V domain, increase ALIX membrane association, and enhance virus budding. |
Mutagenesis; in vitro binding assays; virus budding assays; membrane association assay |
Journal of virology |
Medium |
21715492
|
| 2010 |
ALIX contains an intramolecular interaction between Patch 2 of the Bro1 domain and the TSG101-docking site in the PRD that locks ALIX in a closed conformation, preventing CHMP4 and retroviral Gag protein binding; relieving this autoinhibition promotes ALIX interaction with partners and membrane association, and increases EIAV budding. |
ALIX truncation/mutation analysis; co-IP; membrane fractionation; EIAV budding assay |
The Biochemical journal |
Medium |
20929444
|
| 2010 |
Nedd4-1 binds ALIX directly (co-IP and yeast two-hybrid); Nedd4-1 is required for ALIX ubiquitination; ALIX recruits Nedd4-1 through the LYPX(n)L motif to facilitate HIV-1 release; Nedd4-1 catalytic activity is required for this function. |
Co-immunoprecipitation; yeast two-hybrid; siRNA knockdown; HIV budding assay; catalytic mutant |
Journal of virology |
Medium |
20519395
|
| 2012 |
ALIX binds a YPX(3)L motif in the GPCR PAR1 via its central V domain to mediate ubiquitin-independent, ESCRT-III-dependent MVB/lysosomal sorting of PAR1; depletion of ALIX impairs PAR1 sorting into ILVs and lysosomal degradation. |
siRNA depletion; site-directed mutagenesis of YPX(3)L; co-immunoprecipitation; MVB sorting assay |
The Journal of cell biology |
Medium |
22547407
|
| 2012 |
The V domain of ALIX binds directly and selectively to K63-linked polyubiquitin chains (preference for chains >3 Ub); mutations in two putative Ub-binding sites on a helical surface of the V domain inhibit polyUb binding in vitro and impair lentiviral budding in cells. |
Affinity capture/mass spectrometry; in vitro binding assays; mutagenesis; lentiviral budding assay |
Developmental cell |
Medium |
23201121
|
| 2013 |
Yeast Bro1 (Alix ortholog) functions as a ubiquitin receptor via the N-terminal trihelical arm of its V domain; Bro1 binds ubiquitin and sorts ubiquitinated cargo in parallel with ESCRT-0, demonstrated by structural studies, mutagenesis, and synthetic genetic interactions with ESCRT-0. |
Multiple structural approaches (X-ray/NMR); mutagenesis; genetic epistasis (synthetic lethality screen) |
Developmental cell |
High |
23726974
|
| 2014 |
The syndecan-syntenin-ALIX pathway controls exosome biogenesis and ILV budding; ARF6 and its effector PLD2 regulate syntenin exosome production by controlling ILV budding into MVBs in an ALIX-dependent manner; this pathway does not affect HIV-1 budding. |
siRNA depletion; overexpression; electron microscopy; exosome isolation |
Nature communications |
Medium |
24637612
|
| 2015 |
ATG12-ATG3 conjugate interacts with Alix (PDCD6IP) and controls multiple Alix-dependent processes including late endosome distribution, exosome biogenesis, and viral budding; Alix is functionally required for efficient basal (but not starvation-induced) autophagy. |
Co-immunoprecipitation; siRNA/knockout; autophagy flux assay; exosome isolation; electron microscopy |
Nature cell biology |
Medium |
25686249
|
| 2015 |
Heparanase stimulates syndecan-syntenin-ALIX-dependent exosome production by trimming heparan sulfate chains on syndecans, promoting intraluminal budding of syndecan and syntenin-1 in an ALIX-dependent manner. |
siRNA depletion; heparanase treatment; exosome isolation and quantification; electron microscopy |
Cell research |
Medium |
25732677
|
| 2015 |
ALG-2 calcium-dependent interaction with Alix relieves ALIX intramolecular autoinhibition, promoting CHMP4-dependent ALIX membrane association and MVB sorting of activated EGFR; this ALG-2 activation of ALIX is specific to MVB sorting and does not affect cytokinetic abscission or EIAV budding. |
Co-immunoprecipitation; membrane fractionation; MVB sorting assay; siRNA; mutagenesis |
Cell discovery |
Medium |
27462417
|
| 2015 |
ARRDC3 (α-arrestin) regulates ALIX ubiquitination by WWP2 E3 ligase; ARRDC3 and WWP2 are required for ALIX interaction with activated PAR1 and CHMP4B, and for PAR1 lysosomal sorting; WWP2 interacts with ARRDC3 (not ALIX) to ubiquitinate ALIX. |
siRNA screen; co-immunoprecipitation; ubiquitination assay; GPCR sorting assay |
Molecular biology of the cell |
Medium |
26490116
|
| 2015 |
ALIX is required for abscission completion in Drosophila female germline stem cells (fGSCs) in vivo; ALIX and ESCRT-III component Shrub interact directly, co-localize at midbody rings, and their direct interaction is required for normal abscission kinetics. |
Drosophila loss-of-function genetics; co-immunoprecipitation; fluorescence microscopy in vivo |
PLoS genetics |
Medium |
25635693
|
| 2016 |
ALIX and ESCRT-I/II function as parallel ESCRT-III recruiters during cytokinetic abscission; ALIX specifically recruits CHMP4C (abscission checkpoint component) while ESCRT-II/CHMP6 cooperate with ESCRT-I to recruit CHMP4B; ALIX depletion causes furrow regression in cells with chromosome bridges, implicating ALIX in abscission checkpoint signaling. |
siRNA depletion; fluorescence microscopy; cytokinesis/abscission assay; epistasis analysis |
The Journal of cell biology |
Medium |
26929449
|
| 2016 |
ALIX mediates ubiquitin-independent lysosomal sorting of the P2Y1 GPCR via a YPX3L motif in the second intracellular loop; site-directed mutation of this motif or ALIX depletion inhibits P2Y1 MVB/lysosomal sorting. |
siRNA depletion; site-directed mutagenesis; MVB sorting/lysosomal degradation assay |
PloS one |
Medium |
27301021
|
| 2016 |
Alix binds Ago2 (Argonaute 2) by co-immunoprecipitation; ALIX knockdown decreases miRNA content in extracellular vesicles without reducing vesicle number, indicating a role for Alix in miRNA packaging into EVs. |
Co-immunoprecipitation; siRNA knockdown; RT-qPCR for miRNAs in EVs |
International journal of molecular medicine |
Low |
26935291
|
| 2016 |
Alix is required for clathrin-independent endocytosis (CIE) but not clathrin-mediated endocytosis; in Alix knockout cells, fluid-phase endocytosis and CIE cargoes (cholera toxin, IL-2 receptor) are impaired; Alix acts with endophilin-A to promote CIE and regulate cell migration. |
Alix knockout cells; endocytosis assays; signaling assays; cell migration assay |
Scientific reports |
Medium |
27244115
|
| 2016 |
Alix interacts with F-actin, the Par complex, and ZO-1 to assemble the apically restricted actomyosin-tight junction complex in epithelial cells; Alix knockout mice develop hydrocephalus due to defects in epithelial polarity, tight junction formation, and excessive cell extrusion in choroid plexus/ependyma. |
Knockout mouse model; co-immunoprecipitation; fluorescence/electron microscopy; phenotypic analysis |
Nature communications |
Medium |
27336173
|
| 2018 |
Alix undergoes S-palmitoylation as a post-translational modification; this lipid modification influences Alix protein-protein interaction with CD9 (tetraspanin) and affects the structural organization of the lipid bilayer of extracellular vesicles. |
Palmitoylation assay (acyl-RAC); co-immunoprecipitation; biophysical lipid bilayer analysis |
Biochimica et biophysica acta. General subjects |
Low |
30251702
|
| 2018 |
ALIX depletion results in prolonged EGFR activity after stimulation, defective PD-L1 trafficking through MVBs, reduced PD-L1 exosomal secretion, and redistribution of PD-L1 to the cell surface, conferring an EGFR-dependent immunosuppressive phenotype. |
siRNA depletion; EGFR signaling assays; flow cytometry for PD-L1; exosome isolation; mouse tumor model |
Cell reports |
Medium |
30021161
|
| 2019 |
In Drosophila, ALIX is recruited to the midbody via its V domain through direct interaction with an LxxLF motif in centralspindlin component Pavarotti (MKLP1), using the same conserved hydrophobic V-domain pocket that binds LYPXnL virus proteins; this mechanism is CEP55-independent. |
Co-immunoprecipitation; domain mapping/mutagenesis; fluorescence microscopy; Drosophila genetics |
Current biology |
Medium |
31607533
|
| 2019 |
Phosphorylated MLKL (necroptosis mediator) is removed from membranes via ALIX-syntenin-1-mediated exocytosis; ALIX and syntenin-1 are detected in membrane-localized MLKL immunoprecipitates by protein cross-linking/affinity purification. |
Protein cross-linking; affinity purification; functional exocytosis assay |
Science signaling |
Medium |
31138766
|
| 2020 |
ALIX (active form) recruits ESCRT-III proteins to endosomes independently of other ESCRTs but requiring lysobisphosphatidic acid (LBPA) in vivo; this can be reconstituted on supported bilayers in vitro; this ALIX-ESCRT-III pathway promotes sorting of tetraspanins specifically to exosomes. |
In vitro reconstitution on supported bilayers; ALIX activation mutants; siRNA; electron microscopy |
The Journal of cell biology |
High |
32049272
|
| 2020 |
The ESCRT-III machinery localizes to the abscission site via a plasma membrane-to-ESCRT module composed of syndecan-4 (transmembrane proteoglycan), ALIX, and syntenin; direct interactions between ALIX, syntenin, and syndecan-4 are essential for ESCRT-III enrichment at the abscission site (but not at the midbody); depletion of any of the three proteins delays abscission. |
Proteomics of isolated midbodies (Flemmingsome); siRNA depletion; co-immunoprecipitation; fluorescence microscopy |
Nature communications |
Medium |
32321914
|
| 2020 |
ALIX and Syntenin-1 are required for proper subcellular localization and efficient EV secretion of APP; their knockdown sequesters APP in ER and endolysosomal compartments respectively; this pathway is ESCRT-independent. |
Inducible siRNA knockdown; subcellular localization; EV isolation and analysis |
BMC molecular and cell biology |
Low |
32731849
|
| 2020 |
The ALIX proline-rich domain (PRD) contains three tandem proline-rich motifs that compete for a single binding site on TSG101-UEV; the C-terminal tyrosine-rich portion of ALIX-PRD forms amyloid fibrils that dissolve upon hyperphosphorylation by Src kinase, revealing a phosphorylation-controlled reversible amyloid mechanism regulating ALIX function. |
Heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy; relaxation dispersion; thioflavin T/Congo red assays; electron microscopy; Src kinase phosphorylation |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
32917811
|
| 2021 |
ALIX (not the broader ESCRT machinery) is required specifically for apical exosome release in polarized epithelial cells via the ALIX-Syntenin1-Syndecan1 machinery, while basolateral exosome release depends on ceramide; these represent two independent polarized exosome release pathways. |
siRNA depletion; polarized epithelial cell model; exosome isolation; directional secretion assay |
EMBO reports |
Medium |
33724661
|
| 2012 |
Alix is a substrate of the muscle-specific ubiquitin E3 ligase Ozz-E3; Ozz interaction with Alix changes Alix conformation and promotes its ubiquitination, regulating Alix levels at cortactin-containing compartments; Alix knockdown in muscle cells affects F-actin amount and distribution, impairs sarcolemmal protrusion formation and cell motility. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (endogenous proteins); ubiquitination assay; Ozz knockout mouse; siRNA knockdown; actin/morphology assays |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
22334701
|
| 2023 |
SUMOylated hnRNPA2B1 (SUMO2 at K108) is recognized by the SUMO interaction motif (SIM) of ALIX, activating ALIX to recruit ESCRT-III for sorting of circTLCD4-RWDD3 into extracellular vesicles; mutating the SIM in ALIX or K108 in hnRNPA2B1 blocks EV packaging and inhibits lymphatic metastasis in vivo. |
Co-immunoprecipitation; SUMOylation assay; SIM mutation in ALIX; in vivo tumor model |
Signal transduction and targeted therapy |
Medium |
37925421
|