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Tavares NK, Zayas CL, Escalante-Semerena JC. The Methanosarcina mazei MM2060 Gene Encodes a Bifunctional Kinase/Decarboxylase Enzyme Involved in Cobamide Biosynthesis. Biochemistry 2018; 57:4478-4495. [PMID: 29950091 PMCID: PMC6143143 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Cobamides (Cbas) are synthesized by many archaea, but some aspects of Cba biosynthesis in these microorganisms remain unclear. Here, we demonstrate that open reading frame MM2060 in the archaeum Methanosarcina mazei strain Gö1 encodes a bifunctional enzyme with l-threonine- O-3-phosphate (l-Thr-P) decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.81) and l-Thr kinase activities (EC 2.7.1.177). In Salmonella enterica, where Cba biosynthesis has been extensively studied, the activities mentioned above are encoded by separate genes, namely, cobD and pduX, respectively. The activities associated with the MM2060 protein ( MmCobD) were validated in vitro and in vivo. In vitro, MmCobD used ATP and l-Thr as substrates and generated ADP, l-Thr-P, and ( R)-1-aminopropan-2-ol O-phosphate as products. Notably, MmCobD has a 111-amino acid C-terminal extension of unknown function, which contains a putative metal-binding motif. This C-terminal domain alone did not display activity either in vivo or in vitro. Although the C-terminal MmCobD domain was not required for l-Thr-P decarboxylase or l-Thr kinase activities in vivo, its absence negatively affected both activities. In vitro results suggested that this domain may have a regulatory or substrate-gating role. When purified under anoxic conditions, MmCobD displayed Michaelis-Menten kinetics and had a 1000-fold higher affinity for ATP and a catalytic efficiency 1300-fold higher than that of MmCobD purified under oxic conditions. To the best of our knowledge, MmCobD is the first example of a new class of l-Thr-P decarboxylases that also have l-Thr kinase activity. An archaeal protein with l-Thr kinase activity had not been identified prior to this work.
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- Norbert K. Tavares
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 53706, USA
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As the endpoint for the ubiquitin-proteasome system, the 26S proteasome is the principal proteolytic machine responsible for regulated protein degradation in eukaryotic cells. The proteasome's cellular functions range from general protein homeostasis and stress response to the control of vital processes such as cell division and signal transduction. To reliably process all the proteins presented to it in the complex cellular environment, the proteasome must combine high promiscuity with exceptional substrate selectivity. Recent structural and biochemical studies have shed new light on the many steps involved in proteasomal substrate processing, including recognition, deubiquitination, and ATP-driven translocation and unfolding. In addition, these studies revealed a complex conformational landscape that ensures proper substrate selection before the proteasome commits to processive degradation. These advances in our understanding of the proteasome's intricate machinery set the stage for future studies on how the proteasome functions as a major regulator of the eukaryotic proteome.
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- Jared A M Bard
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA;
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA;
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA;
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA;
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA;
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA;
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Snoberger A, Brettrager EJ, Smith DM. Conformational switching in the coiled-coil domains of a proteasomal ATPase regulates substrate processing. Nat Commun 2018; 9:2374. [PMID: 29915197 PMCID: PMC6006169 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04731-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2017] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Protein degradation in all domains of life requires ATPases that unfold and inject proteins into compartmentalized proteolytic chambers. Proteasomal ATPases in eukaryotes and archaea contain poorly understood N-terminally conserved coiled-coil domains. In this study, we engineer disulfide crosslinks in the coiled-coils of the archaeal proteasomal ATPase (PAN) and report that its three identical coiled-coil domains can adopt three different conformations: (1) in-register and zipped, (2) in-register and partially unzipped, and (3) out-of-register. This conformational heterogeneity conflicts with PAN's symmetrical OB-coiled-coil crystal structure but resembles the conformational heterogeneity of the 26S proteasomal ATPases' coiled-coils. Furthermore, we find that one coiled-coil can be conformationally constrained even while unfolding substrates, and conformational changes in two of the coiled-coils regulate PAN switching between resting and active states. This switching functionally mimics similar states proposed for the 26S proteasome from cryo-EM. These findings thus build a mechanistic framework to understand regulation of proteasome activity.
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- Aaron Snoberger
- Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 26501, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA.
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The type IV pilus assembly motor PilB is a robust hexameric ATPase with complex kinetics. Biochem J 2018; 475:1979-1993. [PMID: 29717025 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20180167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Revised: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The bacterial type IV pilus (T4P) is a versatile nanomachine that functions in pathogenesis, biofilm formation, motility, and horizontal gene transfer. T4P assembly is powered by the motor ATPase PilB which is proposed to hydrolyze ATP by a symmetrical rotary mechanism. This mechanism, which is deduced from the structure of PilB, is untested. Here, we report the first kinetic studies of the PilB ATPase, supporting co-ordination among the protomers of this hexameric enzyme. Analysis of the genome sequence of Chloracidobacterium thermophilum identified a pilB gene whose protein we then heterologously expressed. This PilB formed a hexamer in solution and exhibited highly robust ATPase activity. It displays complex steady-state kinetics with an incline followed by a decline over an ATP concentration range of physiological relevance. The incline is multiphasic and the decline signifies substrate inhibition. These observations suggest that variations in intracellular ATP concentrations may regulate T4P assembly and T4P-mediated functions in vivo in accordance with the physiological state of bacteria with unanticipated complexity. We also identified a mutant pilB gene in the genomic DNA of C. thermophilum from an enrichment culture. The mutant PilB variant, which is significantly less active, exhibited similar inhibition of its ATPase activity by high concentrations of ATP. Our findings here with the PilB ATPase from C. thermophilum provide the first line of biochemical evidence for the co-ordination among PilB protomers consistent with the symmetrical rotary model of catalysis based on structural studies.
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Wu H, Liu M, Zhuang J. Identification of modules of hepatic encephalopathy based on protein-protein network and gene expression data. Exp Ther Med 2018; 15:4344-4348. [PMID: 29849776 PMCID: PMC5962850 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2018.5924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is regarded as a complication of liver cirrhosis, and 50–75% of patients who have been diagnosed with cirrhosis have HE syndrome. The aim of this study was to identify genes and pathways associated with HE alcoholics. Human protein-protein interactions were downloaded from the STRING database. Gene expression data were downloaded from EMBL-EBI. Combined score and Pearson's correlation coefficient were calculated to construct differential co-expression networks. Graph-theoretical measure was used to calculate the module connectivity dynamic score of multiple differential modules. In total, 11,134 genes were obtained after mapping between probes and genes. Then, 501,736 pairs and 16,496 genes were obtained to form background protein-protein interaction networks, 1,435 edges and 460 nodes were obtained constituting differential co-expression networks. Twenty-three seed genes and 10 significantly differential modules were identified. Four significantly differential modules which had larger connectivity alternation were observed. The identified seed genes and significantly differential modules offer novel understanding and molecular targets for the treatment of HE alcoholics.
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- Hao Wu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Jining Psychiatric Hospital, Jining, Shandong 272051, P.R. China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Jining Psychiatric Hospital, Jining, Shandong 272051, P.R. China
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- No. 1 Department of Neurology, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang, Shandong 261000, P.R. China
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DeVallance E, Branyan KW, Lemaster K, Olfert IM, Smith DM, Pistilli EE, Frisbee JC, Chantler PD. Aortic dysfunction in metabolic syndrome mediated by perivascular adipose tissue TNFα- and NOX2-dependent pathway. Exp Physiol 2018; 103:590-603. [PMID: 29349831 DOI: 10.1113/ep086818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the central question of this study? Tumour necrosis factor-α (TNFα) has been shown to impair vascular function, but the impact of thoracic aorta perivascular adipose tissue (tPVAT)-derived TNFα on tPVAT and aortic function in metabolic syndrome is unknown. What is the main finding and its importance? Release of TNFα by tPVAT causes production of reactive oxygen species in tPVAT through activation of an NADPH-oxidase 2 (NOX2)-dependent pathway, activates production of aortic reactive oxygen species and mediates aortic stiffness, potentially through matrix metalloproteinase 9 activity. Neutralization of TNFα and/or inhibition of NOX2 blocks the tPVAT-induced impairment of aortic function. These data partly implicate tPVAT NOX2 and TNFα in mediating the vascular pathology of metabolic syndrome. ABSTRACT Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) is recognized for its vasoactive effects, but it is unclear how metabolic syndrome impacts thoracic aorta (t)PVAT and the subsequent effect on functional and structural aortic stiffness. Thoracic aorta and tPVAT were removed from 16- to 17-week-old lean (LZR, n = 16) and obese Zucker rats (OZR, n = 16). The OZR presented with aortic endothelial dysfunction, assessed by wire myography, and increased aortic stiffness, assessed by elastic modulus. The OZR tPVAT exudate further exacerbated the endothelial dysfunction, reducing nitric oxide and endothelium-dependent relaxation (P < 0.05). Additionally, OZR tPVAT exudate had increased MMP9 activity (P < 0.05) and further increased the elastic modulus of the aorta after 72 h of co-culture (P < 0.05). We found that the observed aortic dysfunction caused by OZR tPVAT was mediated through increased production and release of tumour necrosis factor-α (TNFα; P < 0.01), which was dependent on tPVAT NADPH-oxidase 2 (NOX2) activity. The OZR tPVAT release of reactive oxygen species and subsequent aortic dysfunction were inhibited by TNFα neutralization and/or inhibition of NOX2. Additionally, we found that OZR tPVAT had reduced activity of the active sites of the 20S proteasome (P < 0.05) and reduced superoxide dismutase activity (P < 0.01). In conclusion, metabolic syndrome causes tPVAT dysfunction through an interplay between TNFα and NOX2 that leads to tPVAT-mediated aortic stiffness by activation of aortic reactive oxygen species and increased MMP9 activity.
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- Evan DeVallance
- Division of Exercise Physiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Division of Exercise Physiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Division of Exercise Physiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Division of Exercise Physiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.,Department of Medical Biophysics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Division of Exercise Physiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA
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Jiang X, Chen C, Gu S, Zhang Z. Regulation of ABCG2 by nuclear factor kappa B affects the sensitivity of human lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells to arsenic trioxide. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2018; 57:141-150. [PMID: 29274627 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2017.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2017] [Revised: 11/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Arsenic trioxide (As2O3) is successfully used as an anticancer agent against acute promyelocytic leukemia and some solid tumors. However, the application of As2O3 is largely limited by its drug resistance in the treatment of non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). Therefore, it is an urgent task to enhance the sensitivity of lung cancer cells to As2O3. In this study, using human lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells as a cell culture model, we demonstrated that an adenosine triphosphate binding cassette (ABC) transporter, ABCG2, was significantly increased by As2O3 treatment, while other ABC transporters, ABCB1 and ABCC1 showed no remarkable change in the response to As2O3. After inhibition of ABCG2 by its specific inhibitor, the drug sensitivity of As2O3 to A549 cells was significantly enhanced, manifested by decreased cell viability and colony formation as well as the increased ROS production and cell apoptosis. To further understand the molecular mechanism underlying the elevation of ABCG2 expression in As2O3-treated cells, we detected the activation state of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) pathway and its relationship with ABCG2 expression. Our results revealed that the increased expression of ABCG2 was regulated by NF-κB, and thus affecting the cell death of As2O3-treated A549 cells. These findings indicate that inhibition of NF-κB/ABCG2 pathway by specific inhibitors may be a new strategy for the improvement of As2O3 sensitivity in NSCLC treatment.
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- Xuejun Jiang
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China; Center of Experimental Teaching for Public Health, Experimental Teaching and Management Center, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
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Han H, Monroe N, Sundquist WI, Shen PS, Hill CP. The AAA ATPase Vps4 binds ESCRT-III substrates through a repeating array of dipeptide-binding pockets. eLife 2017; 6:31324. [PMID: 29165244 PMCID: PMC5716660 DOI: 10.7554/elife.31324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2017] [Accepted: 11/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The hexameric AAA ATPase Vps4 drives membrane fission by remodeling and disassembling ESCRT-III filaments. Building upon our earlier 4.3 Å resolution cryo-EM structure (Monroe et al., 2017), we now report a 3.2 Å structure of Vps4 bound to an ESCRT-III peptide substrate. The new structure reveals that the peptide approximates a β-strand conformation whose helical symmetry matches that of the five Vps4 subunits it contacts directly. Adjacent Vps4 subunits make equivalent interactions with successive substrate dipeptides through two distinct classes of side chain binding pockets formed primarily by Vps4 pore loop 1. These pockets accommodate a wide range of residues, while main chain hydrogen bonds may help dictate substrate-binding orientation. The structure supports a ‘conveyor belt’ model of translocation in which ATP binding allows a Vps4 subunit to join the growing end of the helix and engage the substrate, while hydrolysis and release promotes helix disassembly and substrate release at the lagging end.
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- Han Han
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, United States
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Ahdash Z, Lau AM, Byrne RT, Lammens K, Stüetzer A, Urlaub H, Booth PJ, Reading E, Hopfner KP, Politis A. Mechanistic insight into the assembly of the HerA-NurA helicase-nuclease DNA end resection complex. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:12025-12038. [PMID: 29149348 PMCID: PMC5715905 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Revised: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The HerA-NurA helicase-nuclease complex cooperates with Mre11 and Rad50 to coordinate the repair of double-stranded DNA breaks. Little is known, however, about the assembly mechanism and activation of the HerA-NurA. By combining hybrid mass spectrometry with cryo-EM, computational and biochemical data, we investigate the oligomeric formation of HerA and detail the mechanism of nucleotide binding to the HerA-NurA complex from thermophilic archaea. We reveal that ATP-free HerA and HerA-DNA complexes predominantly exist in solution as a heptamer and act as a DNA loading intermediate. The binding of either NurA or ATP stabilizes the hexameric HerA, indicating that HerA-NurA is activated by substrates and complex assembly. To examine the role of ATP in DNA translocation and processing, we investigated how nucleotides interact with the HerA-NurA. We show that while the hexameric HerA binds six nucleotides in an 'all-or-none' fashion, HerA-NurA harbors a highly coordinated pairwise binding mechanism and enables the translocation and processing of double-stranded DNA. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we reveal novel inter-residue interactions between the external ATP and the internal DNA binding sites. Overall, here we propose a stepwise assembly mechanism detailing the synergistic activation of HerA-NurA by ATP, which allows efficient processing of double-stranded DNA.
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- Zainab Ahdash
- Department of Chemistry, King's College London, 7 Trinity Street, London SE1 1DB, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, King's College London, 7 Trinity Street, London SE1 1DB, UK
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- Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Strasse 25, 81377 München, Germany
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- Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Strasse 25, 81377 München, Germany
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- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Group, MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Group, MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
- Bioanalytics Group, Institute for Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center Göttingen, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, King's College London, 7 Trinity Street, London SE1 1DB, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, King's College London, 7 Trinity Street, London SE1 1DB, UK
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- Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Strasse 25, 81377 München, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, King's College London, 7 Trinity Street, London SE1 1DB, UK
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The Logic of the 26S Proteasome. Cell 2017; 169:792-806. [PMID: 28525752 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 588] [Impact Index Per Article: 84.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Revised: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The ubiquitin proteasome pathway is responsible for most of the protein degradation in mammalian cells. Rates of degradation by this pathway have generally been assumed to be determined by rates of ubiquitylation. However, recent studies indicate that proteasome function is also tightly regulated and determines whether a ubiquitylated protein is destroyed or deubiquitylated and survives longer. This article reviews recent advances in our understanding of the proteasome's multistep ATP-dependent mechanism, its biochemical and structural features that ensure efficient proteolysis and ubiquitin recycling while preventing nonselective proteolysis, and the regulation of proteasome activity by interacting proteins and subunit modifications, especially phosphorylation.
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Yedidi RS, Wendler P, Enenkel C. AAA-ATPases in Protein Degradation. Front Mol Biosci 2017; 4:42. [PMID: 28676851 PMCID: PMC5476697 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2017.00042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2017] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Proteolytic machineries containing multisubunit protease complexes and AAA-ATPases play a key role in protein quality control and the regulation of protein homeostasis. In these protein degradation machineries, the proteolytically active sites are formed by either threonines or serines which are buried inside interior cavities of cylinder-shaped complexes. In eukaryotic cells, the proteasome is the most prominent protease complex harboring AAA-ATPases. To degrade protein substrates, the gates of the axial entry ports of the protease need to be open. Gate opening is accomplished by AAA-ATPases, which form a hexameric ring flanking the entry ports of the protease. Protein substrates with unstructured domains can loop into the entry ports without the assistance of AAA-ATPases. However, folded proteins require the action of AAA-ATPases to unveil an unstructured terminus or domain. Cycles of ATP binding/hydrolysis fuel the unfolding of protein substrates which are gripped by loops lining up the central pore of the AAA-ATPase ring. The AAA-ATPases pull on the unfolded polypeptide chain for translocation into the proteolytic cavity of the protease. Conformational changes within the AAA-ATPase ring and the adjacent protease chamber create a peristaltic movement for substrate degradation. The review focuses on new technologies toward the understanding of the function and structure of AAA-ATPases to achieve substrate recognition, unfolding and translocation into proteasomes in yeast and mammalian cells and into proteasome-equivalent proteases in bacteria and archaea.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of PotsdamPotsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of TorontoToronto, ON, Canada
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Wu Y, Hu K, Li D, Bai L, Yang S, Jastrab JB, Xiao S, Hu Y, Zhang S, Darwin KH, Wang T, Li H. Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteasomal ATPase Mpa has a β-grasp domain that hinders docking with the proteasome core protease. Mol Microbiol 2017; 105:227-241. [PMID: 28419599 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has a proteasome system that is essential for its ability to cause lethal infections in mice. A key component of the system is the proteasomal adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) Mpa, which captures, unfolds, and translocates protein substrates into the Mtb proteasome core particle for degradation. Here, we report the crystal structures of near full-length hexameric Mtb Mpa in apo and ADP-bound forms. Surprisingly, the structures revealed a ubiquitin-like β-grasp domain that precedes the proteasome-activating carboxyl terminus. This domain, which was only found in bacterial proteasomal ATPases, buries the carboxyl terminus of each protomer in the central channel of the hexamer and hinders the interaction of Mpa with the proteasome core protease. Thus, our work reveals the structure of a bacterial proteasomal ATPase in the hexameric form, and the structure finally explains why Mpa is unable to stimulate robust protein degradation in vitro in the absence of other, yet-to-be-identified co-factors.
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- Yujie Wu
- Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Cryo-EM Structural Biology Laboratory, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, USA.,Biochemistry and Structural Biology Graduate Program, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Cryo-EM Structural Biology Laboratory, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, USA
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- Cryo-EM Structural Biology Laboratory, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, 450 East 29th Street, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, 450 East 29th Street, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, 450 East 29th Street, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518055, China.,SZCDC-SUSTech Joint Key Laboratory for Tropical Diseases, Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Cryo-EM Structural Biology Laboratory, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, USA
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Kim HT, Goldberg AL. The deubiquitinating enzyme Usp14 allosterically inhibits multiple proteasomal activities and ubiquitin-independent proteolysis. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:9830-9839. [PMID: 28416611 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.763128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Revised: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The proteasome-associated deubiquitinating enzyme Usp14/Ubp6 inhibits protein degradation by catalyzing substrate deubiquitination and by poorly understood allosteric actions. However, upon binding a ubiquitin chain, Usp14 enhances proteasomal degradation by stimulating ATP and peptide degradation. These studies were undertaken to clarify these seemingly opposite regulatory roles of Usp14 and their importance. To learn how the presence of Usp14 on 26S proteasomes influences its different activities, we compared enzymatic and regulatory properties of 26S proteasomes purified from wild-type mouse embryonic fibroblast cells and those lacking Usp14. The proteasomes lacking Usp14 had higher basal peptidase activity than WT 26S, and this activity was stimulated to a greater extent by adenosine 5'-O-(thiotriphosphate) (ATPγS) than with WT particles. These differences were clear even though Usp14 is present on only a minor fraction (30-40%) of the 26S in WT mouse embryonic fibroblast cells. Addition of purified Usp14 to the WT and Usp14-defficient proteasomes reduced both their basal peptidase activity and the stimulation by ATPγS. Usp14 inhibits these processes allosterically because a catalytically inactive Usp14 mutant also inhibited them. Proteasomes lacking Usp14 also exhibited greater deubiquitinating activity by Rpn11 and greater basal ATPase activity than WT particles. ATP hydrolysis by WT proteasomes is activated if they bind a ubiquitinated protein, which is loosely folded. Surprisingly, proteasomes lacking Usp14 could be activated by such proteins even without a ubiquitin chain present. Furthermore, proteasomes lacking Usp14 are much more active in degrading non-ubiquitinated proteins (e.g. Sic1) than WT particles. Thus, without a ubiquitinated substrate present, Usp14 suppresses multiple proteasomal activities, especially basal ATP consumption and degradation of non-ubiquitinated proteins. These allosteric effects thus reduce ATP hydrolysis by inactive proteasomes and nonspecific proteolysis and enhance proteasomal specificity for ubiquitinated proteins.
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- Hyoung Tae Kim
- From the Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- From the Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Snoberger A, Anderson RT, Smith DM. The Proteasomal ATPases Use a Slow but Highly Processive Strategy to Unfold Proteins. Front Mol Biosci 2017; 4:18. [PMID: 28421184 PMCID: PMC5378721 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2017.00018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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All domains of life have ATP-dependent compartmentalized proteases that sequester their peptidase sites on their interior. ATPase complexes will often associate with these compartmentalized proteases in order to unfold and inject substrates into the protease for degradation. Significant effort has been put into understanding how ATP hydrolysis is used to apply force to proteins and cause them to unfold. The unfolding kinetics of the bacterial ATPase, ClpX, have been shown to resemble a fast motor that traps unfolded intermediates as a strategy to unfold proteins. In the present study, we sought to determine if the proteasomal ATPases from eukaryotes and archaea exhibit similar unfolding kinetics. We found that the proteasomal ATPases appear to use a different kinetic strategy for protein unfolding, behaving as a slower but more processive and efficient translocation motor, particularly when encountering a folded domain. We expect that these dissimilarities are due to differences in the ATP binding/exchange cycle, the presence of a trans-arginine finger, or the presence of a threading ring (i.e., the OB domain), which may be used as a rigid platform to pull folded domains against. We speculate that these differences may have evolved due to the differing client pools these machines are expected to encounter.
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- Aaron Snoberger
- Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University School of MedicineMorgantown, WV, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University School of MedicineMorgantown, WV, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University School of MedicineMorgantown, WV, USA
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Franke KB, Bukau B, Mogk A. Mutant Analysis Reveals Allosteric Regulation of ClpB Disaggregase. Front Mol Biosci 2017; 4:6. [PMID: 28275610 PMCID: PMC5319980 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2017.00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The members of the hexameric AAA+ disaggregase of E. coli and S. cerevisiae, ClpB, and Hsp104, cooperate with the Hsp70 chaperone system in the solubilization of aggregated proteins. Aggregate solubilization relies on a substrate threading activity of ClpB/Hsp104 fueled by ATP hydrolysis in both ATPase rings (AAA-1, AAA-2). ClpB/Hsp104 ATPase activity is controlled by the M-domains, which associate to the AAA-1 ring to downregulate ATP hydrolysis. Keeping M-domains displaced from the AAA-1 ring by association with Hsp70 increases ATPase activity due to enhanced communication between protomers. This communication involves conserved arginine fingers. The control of ClpB/Hsp104 activity is crucial, as hyperactive mutants with permanently dissociated M-domains exhibit cellular toxicity. Here, we analyzed AAA-1 inter-ring communication in relation to the M-domain mediated ATPase regulation, by subjecting a conserved residue of the AAA-1 domain subunit interface of ClpB (A328) to mutational analysis. While all A328X mutants have reduced disaggregation activities, their ATPase activities strongly differed. ClpB-A328I/L mutants have reduced ATPase activity and when combined with the hyperactive ClpB-K476C M-domain mutation, suppress cellular toxicity. This underlines that ClpB ATPase activation by M-domain dissociation relies on increased subunit communication. The ClpB-A328V mutant in contrast has very high ATPase activity and exhibits cellular toxicity on its own, qualifying it as novel hyperactive ClpB mutant. ClpB-A328V hyperactivity is however, different from that of M-domain mutants as M-domains stay associated with the AAA-1 ring. The high ATPase activity of ClpB-A328V primarily relies on the AAA-2 ring and correlates with distinct conformational changes in the AAA-2 catalytic site. These findings characterize the subunit interface residue A328 as crucial regulatory element to control ATP hydrolysis in both AAA rings.
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- Kamila B Franke
- Center for Molecular Biology of the Heidelberg University, German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Biology of the Heidelberg University, German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Biology of the Heidelberg University, German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg, Germany
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Bittner LM, Arends J, Narberhaus F. Mini review: ATP-dependent proteases in bacteria. Biopolymers 2017; 105:505-17. [PMID: 26971705 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2016] [Revised: 02/11/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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AAA(+) proteases are universal barrel-like and ATP-fueled machines preventing the accumulation of aberrant proteins and regulating the proteome according to the cellular demand. They are characterized by two separate operating units, the ATPase and peptidase domains. ATP-dependent unfolding and translocation of a substrate into the proteolytic chamber is followed by ATP-independent degradation. This review addresses the structure and function of bacterial AAA(+) proteases with a focus on the ATP-driven mechanisms and the coordinated movements in the complex mainly based on the knowledge of ClpXP. We conclude by discussing strategies how novel protease substrates can be trapped by mutated AAA(+) protease variants. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers 105: 505-517, 2016.
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- Microbial Biology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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High-resolution cryo-EM structure of the proteasome in complex with ADP-AlFx. Cell Res 2017; 27:373-385. [PMID: 28106073 DOI: 10.1038/cr.2017.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Revised: 12/05/2016] [Accepted: 12/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The 26S proteasome is an ATP-dependent dynamic 2.5 MDa protease that regulates numerous essential cellular functions through degradation of ubiquitinated substrates. Here we present a near-atomic-resolution cryo-EM map of the S. cerevisiae 26S proteasome in complex with ADP-AlFx. Our biochemical and structural data reveal that the proteasome-ADP-AlFx is in an activated state, displaying a distinct conformational configuration especially in the AAA-ATPase motor region. Noteworthy, this map demonstrates an asymmetric nucleotide binding pattern with four consecutive AAA-ATPase subunits bound with nucleotide. The remaining two subunits, Rpt2 and Rpt6, with empty or only partially occupied nucleotide pocket exhibit pronounced conformational changes in the AAA-ATPase ring, which may represent a collective result of allosteric cooperativity of all the AAA-ATPase subunits responding to ATP hydrolysis. This collective motion of Rpt2 and Rpt6 results in an elevation of their pore loops, which could play an important role in substrate processing of proteasome. Our data also imply that the nucleotide occupancy pattern could be related to the activation status of the complex. Moreover, the HbYX tail insertion may not be sufficient to maintain the gate opening of 20S core particle. Our results provide new insights into the mechanisms of nucleotide-driven allosteric cooperativity of the complex and of the substrate processing by the proteasome.
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Ibrahim Z, Martel A, Moulin M, Kim HS, Härtlein M, Franzetti B, Gabel F. Time-resolved neutron scattering provides new insight into protein substrate processing by a AAA+ unfoldase. Sci Rep 2017; 7:40948. [PMID: 28102317 PMCID: PMC5244417 DOI: 10.1038/srep40948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2016] [Accepted: 12/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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We present a combination of small-angle neutron scattering, deuterium labelling and contrast variation, temperature activation and fluorescence spectroscopy as a novel approach to obtain time-resolved, structural data individually from macromolecular complexes and their substrates during active biochemical reactions. The approach allowed us to monitor the mechanical unfolding of a green fluorescent protein model substrate by the archaeal AAA+ PAN unfoldase on the sub-minute time scale. Concomitant with the unfolding of its substrate, the PAN complex underwent an energy-dependent transition from a relaxed to a contracted conformation, followed by a slower expansion to its initial state at the end of the reaction. The results support a model in which AAA ATPases unfold their substrates in a reversible power stroke mechanism involving several subunits and demonstrate the general utility of this time-resolved approach for studying the structural molecular kinetics of multiple protein remodelling complexes and their substrates on the sub-minute time scale.
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- Ziad Ibrahim
- Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut de Biologie Structurale, 38044 Grenoble, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Structurale, 38044 Grenoble, France.,Centre à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Institut de Biologie Structurale, 38044 Grenoble, France.,Institut Laue-Langevin, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut de Biologie Structurale, 38044 Grenoble, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Structurale, 38044 Grenoble, France.,Centre à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Institut de Biologie Structurale, 38044 Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut de Biologie Structurale, 38044 Grenoble, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Structurale, 38044 Grenoble, France.,Centre à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Institut de Biologie Structurale, 38044 Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut de Biologie Structurale, 38044 Grenoble, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Structurale, 38044 Grenoble, France.,Centre à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Institut de Biologie Structurale, 38044 Grenoble, France.,Institut Laue-Langevin, 38042 Grenoble, France
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Song M, Wang Y, Zhang Z, Wang S. PSMC2 is up-regulated in osteosarcoma and regulates osteosarcoma cell proliferation, apoptosis and migration. Oncotarget 2017; 8:933-953. [PMID: 27888613 PMCID: PMC5352207 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.13511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Proteasome 26S subunit ATPase 2 (PSMC2) is a recently identified gene potentially associated with certain human carcinogenesis. However, the expressional correlation and functional importance of PSMC2 in osteosarcoma is still unclear. Current study was focused on elucidating the significance of PSMC2 on malignant behaviors in osteosarcoma including proliferation, apoptosis, colony formation, migration as well as invasion. The high protein levels of PSMC2 in osteosarcoma samples were identified by tissue microarrays analysis. Besides, its expression in the levels of mRNA and protein was also detected in four different osteosarcoma cell lines by real-time PCR and western blotting separately. Silencing PSMC2 by RNA interference in osteosarcoma cell lines (SaoS-2 and MG-63) would significantly suppress cell proliferation, enhance apoptosis, accelerate G2/M phase and/or S phase arrest, and decrease single cell colony formation. Similarly, pharmaceutical inhibition of proteasome with MG132 would mimic the PSMC2 depletion induced defects in cell cycle arrest, apoptosis and colonies formation. Silencing of PSMC2 was able to inhibit osteosarcoma cell motility, invasion as well as tumorigenicity in nude mice. Moreover, the gene microarray indicated knockdown of PSMC2 notably changed a number of genes, especially some cancer related genes including ITGA6, FN1, CCND1, CCNE2 and TGFβR2, and whose expression changes were further confirmed by western blotting. Our data suggested that PSMC2 may work as an oncogene for osteosarcoma and that inhibition of PSMC2 may be a therapeutic strategy for osteosarcoma treatment.
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- Mingzhi Song
- Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, 116011, Dalian, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
- Department of Orthopaedics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, 116200, Jinpu New Area, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Affiliated Central Hospital of Shenyang Medical College, 110024, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, 116011, Dalian, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, 116011, Dalian, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
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Grice GL, Nathan JA. The recognition of ubiquitinated proteins by the proteasome. Cell Mol Life Sci 2016; 73:3497-506. [PMID: 27137187 PMCID: PMC4980412 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2255-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2016] [Revised: 04/22/2016] [Accepted: 04/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The ability of ubiquitin to form up to eight different polyubiquitin chain linkages generates complexity within the ubiquitin proteasome system, and accounts for the diverse roles of ubiquitination within the cell. Understanding how each type of ubiquitin linkage is correctly interpreted by ubiquitin binding proteins provides important insights into the link between chain recognition and cellular fate. A major function of ubiquitination is to signal degradation of intracellular proteins by the 26S proteasome. Lysine-48 (K48) linked polyubiquitin chains are well established as the canonical signal for proteasomal degradation, but recent studies show a role for other ubiquitin linked chains in facilitating degradation by the 26S proteasome. Here, we review how different types of polyubiquitin linkage bind to ubiquitin receptors on the 26S proteasome, how they signal degradation and discuss the implications of ubiquitin chain linkage in regulating protein breakdown by the proteasome.
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- Guinevere L Grice
- Department of Medicine, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK.
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Wehmer M, Sakata E. Recent advances in the structural biology of the 26S proteasome. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2016; 79:437-442. [PMID: 27498189 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2016.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Revised: 08/02/2016] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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There is growing appreciation for the fundamental role of structural dynamics in the function of macromolecules. In particular, the 26S proteasome, responsible for selective protein degradation in an ATP dependent manner, exhibits dynamic conformational changes that enable substrate processing. Recent cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) work has revealed the conformational dynamics of the 26S proteasome and established the function of the different conformational states. Technological advances such as direct electron detectors and image processing algorithms allowed resolving the structure of the proteasome at atomic resolution. Here we will review those studies and discuss their contribution to our understanding of proteasome function.
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- Marc Wehmer
- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck institute of Biochemistry, 82152, Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck institute of Biochemistry, 82152, Martinsried, Germany.
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Unfolding the mechanism of the AAA+ unfoldase VAT by a combined cryo-EM, solution NMR study. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:E4190-9. [PMID: 27402735 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1603980113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The AAA+ (ATPases associated with a variety of cellular activities) enzymes play critical roles in a variety of homeostatic processes in all kingdoms of life. Valosin-containing protein-like ATPase of Thermoplasma acidophilum (VAT), the archaeal homolog of the ubiquitous AAA+ protein Cdc48/p97, functions in concert with the 20S proteasome by unfolding substrates and passing them on for degradation. Here, we present electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM) maps showing that VAT undergoes large conformational rearrangements during its ATP hydrolysis cycle that differ dramatically from the conformational states observed for Cdc48/p97. We validate key features of the model with biochemical and solution methyl-transverse relaxation optimized spectroscopY (TROSY) NMR experiments and suggest a mechanism for coupling the energy of nucleotide hydrolysis to substrate unfolding. These findings illustrate the unique complementarity between cryo-EM and solution NMR for studies of molecular machines, showing that the structural properties of VAT, as well as the population distributions of conformers, are similar in the frozen specimens used for cryo-EM and in the solution phase where NMR spectra are recorded.
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Protein degradation in eukaryotic cells is performed by the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System (UPS). The 26S proteasome holocomplex consists of a core particle (CP) that proteolytically degrades polyubiquitylated proteins, and a regulatory particle (RP) containing the AAA-ATPase module. This module controls access to the proteolytic chamber inside the CP and is surrounded by non-ATPase subunits (Rpns) that recognize substrates and deubiquitylate them before unfolding and degradation. The architecture of the 26S holocomplex is highly conserved between yeast and humans. The structure of the human 26S holocomplex described here reveals previously unidentified features of the AAA-ATPase heterohexamer. One subunit, Rpt6, has ADP bound, whereas the other five have ATP in their binding pockets. Rpt6 is structurally distinct from the other five Rpt subunits, most notably in its pore loop region. For Rpns, the map reveals two main, previously undetected, features: the C terminus of Rpn3 protrudes into the mouth of the ATPase ring; and Rpn1 and Rpn2, the largest proteasome subunits, are linked by an extended connection. The structural features of the 26S proteasome observed in this study are likely to be important for coordinating the proteasomal subunits during substrate processing.
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Bhattacharyya S, Renn JP, Yu H, Marko JF, Matouschek A. An assay for 26S proteasome activity based on fluorescence anisotropy measurements of dye-labeled protein substrates. Anal Biochem 2016; 509:50-59. [PMID: 27296635 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2016.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Revised: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The 26S proteasome is the molecular machine at the center of the ubiquitin proteasome system and is responsible for adjusting the concentrations of many cellular proteins. It is a drug target in several human diseases, and assays for the characterization of modulators of its activity are valuable. The 26S proteasome consists of two components: a core particle, which contains the proteolytic sites, and regulatory caps, which contain substrate receptors and substrate processing enzymes, including six ATPases. Current high-throughput assays of proteasome activity use synthetic fluorogenic peptide substrates that report directly on the proteolytic activity of the proteasome, but not on the activities of the proteasome caps that are responsible for protein recognition and unfolding. Here, we describe a simple and robust assay for the activity of the entire 26S proteasome using fluorescence anisotropy to follow the degradation of fluorescently labeled protein substrates. We describe two implementations of the assay in a high-throughput format and show that it meets the expected requirement of ATP hydrolysis and the presence of a canonical degradation signal or degron in the target protein.
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA; Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA; Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
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Lin CC, Su SC, Su MY, Liang PH, Feng CC, Wu SH, Chang CI. Structural Insights into the Allosteric Operation of the Lon AAA+ Protease. Structure 2016; 24:667-675. [PMID: 27041592 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2016.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Revised: 02/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The Lon AAA+ protease (LonA) is an evolutionarily conserved protease that couples the ATPase cycle into motion to drive substrate translocation and degradation. A hallmark feature shared by AAA+ proteases is the stimulation of ATPase activity by substrates. Here we report the structure of LonA bound to three ADPs, revealing the first AAA+ protease assembly where the six protomers are arranged alternately in nucleotide-free and bound states. Nucleotide binding induces large coordinated movements of conserved pore loops from two pairs of three non-adjacent protomers and shuttling of the proteolytic groove between the ATPase site and a previously unknown Arg paddle. Structural and biochemical evidence supports the roles of the substrate-bound proteolytic groove in allosteric stimulation of ATPase activity and the conserved Arg paddle in driving substrate degradation. Altogether, this work provides a molecular framework for understanding how ATP-dependent chemomechanical movements drive allosteric processes for substrate degradation in a major protein-destruction machine.
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- Chien-Chu Lin
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, ROC; Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30013, ROC
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, ROC; Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, ROC
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, ROC
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- School of Pharmacy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10051, ROC
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, ROC
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, ROC; Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, ROC
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, ROC; Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, ROC.
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Open-gate mutants of the mammalian proteasome show enhanced ubiquitin-conjugate degradation. Nat Commun 2016; 7:10963. [PMID: 26957043 PMCID: PMC4786872 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2015] [Accepted: 02/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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When in the closed form, the substrate translocation channel of the proteasome core
particle (CP) is blocked by the convergent N termini of α-subunits. To
probe the role of channel gating in mammalian proteasomes, we deleted the N-terminal
tail of α3; the resulting α3ΔN proteasomes are intact
but hyperactive in the hydrolysis of fluorogenic peptide substrates and the
degradation of polyubiquitinated proteins. Cells expressing the hyperactive
proteasomes show markedly elevated degradation of many established proteasome
substrates and resistance to oxidative stress. Multiplexed quantitative proteomics
revealed ∼200 proteins with reduced levels in the mutant cells. Potentially
toxic proteins such as tau exhibit reduced accumulation and aggregate formation.
These data demonstrate that the CP gate is a key negative regulator of proteasome
function in mammals, and that opening the CP gate may be an effective strategy to
increase proteasome activity and reduce levels of toxic proteins in cells. The proteasome plays a key role in proteostasis by mediating the
degradation of ubiquitinated substrates. Here the authors show that an open-gate mutant
of the proteasome is hyperactive towards a subset of substrates and can effectively
delay the accumulation of toxic protein aggregates.
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Guo X, Wang X, Wang Z, Banerjee S, Yang J, Huang L, Dixon JE. Site-specific proteasome phosphorylation controls cell proliferation and tumorigenesis. Nat Cell Biol 2016; 18:202-12. [PMID: 26655835 PMCID: PMC4844191 DOI: 10.1038/ncb3289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/12/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Despite the fundamental importance of proteasomal degradation in cells, little is known about whether and how the 26S proteasome itself is regulated in coordination with various physiological processes. Here we show that the proteasome is dynamically phosphorylated during the cell cycle at Thr 25 of the 19S subunit Rpt3. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing, RNA interference and biochemical studies demonstrate that blocking Rpt3-Thr25 phosphorylation markedly impairs proteasome activity and impedes cell proliferation. Through a kinome-wide screen, we have identified dual-specificity tyrosine-regulated kinase 2 (DYRK2) as the primary kinase that phosphorylates Rpt3-Thr25, leading to enhanced substrate translocation and degradation. Importantly, loss of the single phosphorylation of Rpt3-Thr25 or knockout of DYRK2 significantly inhibits tumour formation by proteasome-addicted human breast cancer cells in mice. These findings define an important mechanism for proteasome regulation and demonstrate the biological significance of proteasome phosphorylation in regulating cell proliferation and tumorigenesis.
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- Xing Guo
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Departments of Physiology and Biophysics and of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Departments of Physiology and Biophysics and of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
- Departments of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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Kravats AN, Tonddast-Navaei S, Stan G. Coarse-Grained Simulations of Topology-Dependent Mechanisms of Protein Unfolding and Translocation Mediated by ClpY ATPase Nanomachines. PLoS Comput Biol 2016; 12:e1004675. [PMID: 26734937 PMCID: PMC4703411 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 11/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Clp ATPases are powerful ring shaped nanomachines which participate in the degradation pathway of the protein quality control system, coupling the energy from ATP hydrolysis to threading substrate proteins (SP) through their narrow central pore. Repetitive cycles of sequential intra-ring ATP hydrolysis events induce axial excursions of diaphragm-forming central pore loops that effect the application of mechanical forces onto SPs to promote unfolding and translocation. We perform Langevin dynamics simulations of a coarse-grained model of the ClpY ATPase-SP system to elucidate the molecular details of unfolding and translocation of an α/β model protein. We contrast this mechanism with our previous studies which used an all-α SP. We find conserved aspects of unfolding and translocation mechanisms by allosteric ClpY, including unfolding initiated at the tagged C-terminus and translocation via a power stroke mechanism. Topology-specific aspects include the time scales, the rate limiting steps in the degradation pathway, the effect of force directionality, and the translocase efficacy. Mechanisms of ClpY-assisted unfolding and translocation are distinct from those resulting from non-allosteric mechanical pulling. Bulk unfolding simulations, which mimic Atomic Force Microscopy-type pulling, reveal multiple unfolding pathways initiated at the C-terminus, N-terminus, or simultaneously from both termini. In a non-allosteric ClpY ATPase pore, mechanical pulling with constant velocity yields larger effective forces for SP unfolding, while pulling with constant force results in simultaneous unfolding and translocation. Cell survival is critically dependent on tightly regulated protein quality control, which includes chaperone-mediated folding and degradation. In the degradation pathway, AAA+ nanomachines, such as bacterial Clp proteases, use ATP-driven mechanisms to mechanically unfold, translocate, and destroy excess or defective proteins. Understanding these remodeling mechanisms is of central importance for deciphering the details of essential cellular processes. We perform coarse-grained computer simulations to extensively probe the effect of substrate protein topology on unfolding and translocation actions of the ClpY ATPase nanomachine. We find that, independent of SP topology, unfolding proceeds from the tagged C-terminus, which is engaged by the ATPase, and translocation involves coordinated steps. Topology-specific aspects include more complex unfolding and translocation pathways of the α/β SP compared with the all-α SP due to high stability of β-hairpins and interplay of tertiary contacts. In addition, directionality of the mechanical force applied by the Clp ATPase gives rise to distinct unfolding pathways.
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- Andrea N. Kravats
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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Tau-driven 26S proteasome impairment and cognitive dysfunction can be prevented early in disease by activating cAMP-PKA signaling. Nat Med 2015; 22:46-53. [PMID: 26692334 DOI: 10.1038/nm.4011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 315] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2015] [Accepted: 11/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) degrades misfolded proteins including those implicated in neurodegenerative diseases. We investigated the effects of tau accumulation on proteasome function in a mouse model of tauopathy and in a cross to a UPS reporter mouse (line Ub-G76V-GFP). Accumulation of insoluble tau was associated with a decrease in the peptidase activity of brain 26S proteasomes, higher levels of ubiquitinated proteins and undegraded Ub-G76V-GFP. 26S proteasomes from mice with tauopathy were physically associated with tau and were less active in hydrolyzing ubiquitinated proteins, small peptides and ATP. 26S proteasomes from normal mice incubated with recombinant oligomers or fibrils also showed lower hydrolyzing capacity in the same assays, implicating tau as a proteotoxin. Administration of an agent that activates cAMP-protein kinase A (PKA) signaling led to attenuation of proteasome dysfunction, probably through proteasome subunit phosphorylation. In vivo, this led to lower levels of aggregated tau and improvements in cognitive performance.
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cAMP-induced phosphorylation of 26S proteasomes on Rpn6/PSMD11 enhances their activity and the degradation of misfolded proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:E7176-85. [PMID: 26669444 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1522332112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Although rates of protein degradation by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPS) are determined by their rates of ubiquitination, we show here that the proteasome's capacity to degrade ubiquitinated proteins is also tightly regulated. We studied the effects of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) on proteolysis by the UPS in several mammalian cell lines. Various agents that raise intracellular cAMP and activate PKA (activators of adenylate cyclase or inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 4) promoted degradation of short-lived (but not long-lived) cell proteins generally, model UPS substrates having different degrons, and aggregation-prone proteins associated with major neurodegenerative diseases, including mutant FUS (Fused in sarcoma), SOD1 (superoxide dismutase 1), TDP43 (TAR DNA-binding protein 43), and tau. 26S proteasomes purified from these treated cells or from control cells and treated with PKA degraded ubiquitinated proteins, small peptides, and ATP more rapidly than controls, but not when treated with protein phosphatase. Raising cAMP levels also increased amounts of doubly capped 26S proteasomes. Activated PKA phosphorylates the 19S subunit, Rpn6/PSMD11 (regulatory particle non-ATPase 6/proteasome subunit D11) at Ser14. Overexpression of a phosphomimetic Rpn6 mutant activated proteasomes similarly, whereas a nonphosphorylatable mutant decreased activity. Thus, proteasome function and protein degradation are regulated by cAMP through PKA and Rpn6, and activation of proteasomes by this mechanism may be useful in treating proteotoxic diseases.
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Olivares AO, Baker TA, Sauer RT. Mechanistic insights into bacterial AAA+ proteases and protein-remodelling machines. Nat Rev Microbiol 2015; 14:33-44. [PMID: 26639779 DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2015.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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To maintain protein homeostasis, AAA+ proteolytic machines degrade damaged and unneeded proteins in bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes. This process involves the ATP-dependent unfolding of a target protein and its subsequent translocation into a self-compartmentalized proteolytic chamber. Related AAA+ enzymes also disaggregate and remodel proteins. Recent structural and biochemical studies, in combination with direct visualization of unfolding and translocation in single-molecule experiments, have illuminated the molecular mechanisms behind these processes and suggest how remodelling of macromolecular complexes by AAA+ enzymes could occur without global denaturation. In this Review, we discuss the structural and mechanistic features of AAA+ proteases and remodelling machines, focusing on the bacterial ClpXP and ClpX as paradigms. We also consider the potential of these enzymes as antibacterial targets and outline future challenges for the field.
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- Adrian O Olivares
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Cancer drugs are broadly classified into two categories: cytotoxic chemotherapies and targeted therapies that specifically modulate the activity of one or more proteins involved in cancer. Major advances have been achieved in targeted cancer therapies in the past few decades, which is ascribed to the increasing understanding of molecular mechanisms for cancer initiation and progression. Consequently, monoclonal antibodies and small molecules have been developed to interfere with a specific molecular oncogenic target. Targeting gain-of-function mutations, in general, has been productive. However, it has been a major challenge to use standard pharmacologic approaches to target loss-of-function mutations of tumor suppressor genes. Novel approaches, including synthetic lethality and collateral vulnerability screens, are now being developed to target gene defects in p53, PTEN, and BRCA1/2. Here, we review and summarize the recent findings in cancer genomics, drug development, and molecular cancer biology, which show promise in targeting tumor suppressors in cancer therapeutics.
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- Yunhua Liu
- Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Bio Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Barthelme D, Sauer RT. Origin and Functional Evolution of the Cdc48/p97/VCP AAA+ Protein Unfolding and Remodeling Machine. J Mol Biol 2015; 428:1861-9. [PMID: 26608813 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2015.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2015] [Revised: 11/03/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The AAA+ Cdc48 ATPase (alias p97 or VCP) is a key player in multiple ubiquitin-dependent cell signaling, degradation, and quality control pathways. Central to these broad biological functions is the ability of Cdc48 to interact with a large number of adaptor proteins and to remodel macromolecular proteins and their complexes. Different models have been proposed to explain how Cdc48 might couple ATP hydrolysis to forcible unfolding, dissociation, or remodeling of cellular clients. In this review, we provide an overview of possible mechanisms for substrate unfolding/remodeling by this conserved and essential AAA+ protein machine and their adaption and possible biological function throughout evolution.
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- Dominik Barthelme
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin 10117, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Kim YC, Snoberger A, Schupp J, Smith DM. ATP binding to neighbouring subunits and intersubunit allosteric coupling underlie proteasomal ATPase function. Nat Commun 2015; 6:8520. [PMID: 26465836 PMCID: PMC4608255 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2015] [Accepted: 08/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The primary functions of the proteasome are driven by a highly allosteric ATPase complex. ATP binding to only two subunits in this hexameric complex triggers substrate binding, ATPase–20S association and 20S gate opening. However, it is unclear how ATP binding and hydrolysis spatially and temporally coordinates these allosteric effects to drive substrate translocation into the 20S. Here, we use FRET to show that the proteasomal ATPases from eukaryotes (RPTs) and archaea (PAN) bind ATP with high affinity at neighbouring subunits, which complements the well-established spiral-staircase topology of the 26S ATPases. We further show that two conserved arginine fingers in PAN located at the subunit interface work together as a single allosteric unit to mediate the allosteric effects of ATP binding, without altering the nucleotide-binding pattern. Rapid kinetics analysis also shows that ring resetting of a sequential hydrolysis mechanism can be explained by thermodynamic equilibrium binding of ATP. These data support a model whereby these two functionally distinct allosteric networks cooperate to translocate polypeptides into the 20S for degradation. The 26S proteasome contains a hexamer of ATPase subunits, which binds, unfolds and translocates substrates in an ATP-dependent manner. Kim et al. use FRET to show that ATP binding preferentially occurs at neighbouring subunits of the hexamer, and identify two allosteric systems that coordinate translocation.
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- Young-Chan Kim
- Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University, 1 Medical Center Drive, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University, 1 Medical Center Drive, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University, 1 Medical Center Drive, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University, 1 Medical Center Drive, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
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Proteasome Activation is Mediated via a Functional Switch of the Rpt6 C-terminal Tail Following Chaperone-dependent Assembly. Sci Rep 2015; 5:14909. [PMID: 26449534 PMCID: PMC4598862 DOI: 10.1038/srep14909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2015] [Accepted: 09/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In the proteasome, the proteolytic 20S core particle (CP) associates with the 19S regulatory particle (RP) to degrade polyubiquitinated proteins. Six ATPases (Rpt1-Rpt6) of the RP form a hexameric Rpt ring and interact with the heptameric α ring (α1–α7) of the CP via the Rpt C-terminal tails individually binding to the α subunits. Importantly, the Rpt6 tail has been suggested to be crucial for RP assembly. Here, we show that the interaction of the CP and Rpt6 tail promotes a CP-Rpt3 tail interaction, and that they jointly mediate proteasome activation via opening the CP gate for substrate entry. The Rpt6 tail forms a novel relationship with the Nas6 chaperone, which binds to Rpt3 and regulates the CP-Rpt3 tail interaction, critically influencing cell growth and turnover of polyubiquitinated proteins. CP-Rpt6 tail binding promotes the release of Nas6 from the proteasome. Based on disulfide crosslinking that detects cognate α3-Rpt6 tail and α2-Rpt3 tail interactions in the proteasome, decreased α3-Rpt6 tail interaction facilitates robust α2-Rpt3 tail interaction that is also strongly ATP-dependent. Together, our data support the reported role of Rpt6 during proteasome assembly, and suggest that its function switches from anchoring for RP assembly into promoting Rpt3-dependent activation of the mature proteasome.
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Hazra S, Henderson JN, Liles K, Hilton MT, Wachter RM. Regulation of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rubisco) activase: product inhibition, cooperativity, and magnesium activation. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:24222-36. [PMID: 26283786 PMCID: PMC4591810 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.651745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2015] [Revised: 08/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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In many photosynthetic organisms, tight-binding Rubisco inhibitors are released by the motor protein Rubisco activase (Rca). In higher plants, Rca plays a pivotal role in regulating CO2 fixation. Here, the ATPase activity of 0.005 mm tobacco Rca was monitored under steady-state conditions, and global curve fitting was utilized to extract kinetic constants. The kcat was best fit by 22.3 ± 4.9 min(-1), the Km for ATP by 0.104 ± 0.024 mm, and the Ki for ADP by 0.037 ± 0.007 mm. Without ADP, the Hill coefficient for ATP hydrolysis was extracted to be 1.0 ± 0.1, indicating noncooperative behavior of homo-oligomeric Rca assemblies. However, the addition of ADP was shown to introduce positive cooperativity between two or more subunits (Hill coefficient 1.9 ± 0.2), allowing for regulation via the prevailing ATP/ADP ratio. ADP-mediated activation was not observed, although larger amounts led to competitive product inhibition of hydrolytic activity. The catalytic efficiency increased 8.4-fold upon cooperative binding of a second magnesium ion (Hill coefficient 2.5 ± 0.5), suggesting at least three conformational states (ATP-bound, ADP-bound, and empty) within assemblies containing an average of about six subunits. The addition of excess Rubisco (24:1, L8S8/Rca6) and crowding agents did not modify catalytic rates. However, high magnesium provided for thermal Rca stabilization. We propose that magnesium mediates the formation of closed hexameric toroids capable of high turnover rates and amenable to allosteric regulation. We suggest that in vivo, the Rca hydrolytic activity is tuned by fluctuating [Mg(2+)] in response to changes in available light.
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- Suratna Hazra
- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287
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Structural characterization of the interaction of Ubp6 with the 26S proteasome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:8626-31. [PMID: 26130806 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1510449112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In eukaryotic cells, the 26S proteasome is responsible for the regulated degradation of intracellular proteins. Several cofactors interact transiently with this large macromolecular machine and modulate its function. The deubiquitylating enzyme ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase 6 [Ubp6; ubiquitin-specific protease (USP) 14 in mammals] is the most abundant proteasome-interacting protein and has multiple roles in regulating proteasome function. Here, we investigate the structural basis of the interaction between Ubp6 and the 26S proteasome in the presence and absence of the inhibitor ubiquitin aldehyde. To this end we have used single-particle electron cryomicroscopy in combination with cross-linking and mass spectrometry. Ubp6 binds to the regulatory particle non-ATPase (Rpn) 1 via its N-terminal ubiquitin-like domain, whereas its catalytic USP domain is positioned variably. Addition of ubiquitin aldehyde stabilizes the binding of the USP domain in a position where it bridges the proteasome subunits Rpn1 and the regulatory particle triple-A ATPase (Rpt) 1. The USP domain binds to Rpt1 in the immediate vicinity of the Ubp6 active site, which may effect its activation. The catalytic triad is positioned in proximity to the mouth of the ATPase module and to the deubiquitylating enzyme Rpn11, strongly implying their functional linkage. On the proteasome side, binding of Ubp6 favors conformational switching of the 26S proteasome into an intermediate-energy conformational state, in particular upon the addition of ubiquitin aldehyde. This modulation of the conformational space of the 26S proteasome by Ubp6 explains the effects of Ubp6 on the kinetics of proteasomal degradation.
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Clinically used antirheumatic agent auranofin is a proteasomal deubiquitinase inhibitor and inhibits tumor growth. Oncotarget 2015; 5:5453-71. [PMID: 24977961 PMCID: PMC4170648 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.2113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Proteasomes are attractive emerging targets for anti-cancer therapies. Auranofin
(Aur), a gold-containing compound clinically used to treat rheumatic arthritis, was
recently approved by US Food and Drug Administration for Phase II clinical trial to
treat cancer but its anti-cancer mechanism is poorly understood. Here we report that
(i) Aur shows proteasome-inhibitory effect that is comparable to that of
bortezomib/Velcade (Vel); (ii) different from bortezomib, Aur inhibits
proteasome-associated deubiquitinases (DUBs) UCHL5 and USP14 rather than the 20S
proteasome; (iii) inhibition of the proteasome-associated DUBs is required for
Aur-induced cytotoxicity; and (iv) Aur selectively inhibits tumor growth in
vivo and induces cytotoxicity in cancer cells from acute myeloid leukemia
patients. This study provides important novel insight into understanding the
proteasome-inhibiting property of metal-containing compounds. Although several DUB
inhibitors were reported, this study uncovers the first drug already used in clinic
that can inhibit proteasome-associated DUBs with promising anti-tumor effects.
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Mogk A, Kummer E, Bukau B. Cooperation of Hsp70 and Hsp100 chaperone machines in protein disaggregation. Front Mol Biosci 2015; 2:22. [PMID: 26042222 PMCID: PMC4436881 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2015.00022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Unicellular and sessile organisms are particularly exposed to environmental stress such as heat shock causing accumulation and aggregation of misfolded protein species. To counteract protein aggregation, bacteria, fungi, and plants encode a bi-chaperone system composed of ATP-dependent Hsp70 and hexameric Hsp100 (ClpB/Hsp104) chaperones, which rescue aggregated proteins and provide thermotolerance to cells. The partners act in a hierarchic manner with Hsp70 chaperones coating first the surface of protein aggregates and next recruiting Hsp100 through direct physical interaction. Hsp100 proteins bind to the ATPase domain of Hsp70 via their unique M-domain. This extra domain functions as a molecular toggle allosterically controlling ATPase and threading activities of Hsp100. Interactions between neighboring M-domains and the ATPase ring keep Hsp100 in a repressed state exhibiting low ATP turnover. Breakage of intermolecular M-domain interactions and dissociation of M-domains from the ATPase ring relieves repression and allows for Hsp70 interaction. Hsp70 binding in turn stabilizes Hsp100 in the activated state and primes Hsp100 ATPase domains for high activity upon substrate interaction. Hsp70 thereby couples Hsp100 substrate binding and motor activation. Hsp100 activation presumably relies on increased subunit cooperation leading to high ATP turnover and threading power. This Hsp70-mediated activity control of Hsp100 is crucial for cell viability as permanently activated Hsp100 variants are toxic. Hsp100 activation requires simultaneous binding of multiple Hsp70 partners, restricting high Hsp100 activity to the surface of protein aggregates and ensuring Hsp100 substrate specificity.
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- Axel Mogk
- Center for Molecular Biology of the University of Heidelberg (ZMBH) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Biology of the University of Heidelberg (ZMBH) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Biology of the University of Heidelberg (ZMBH) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance Heidelberg, Germany
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Lu Y, Lee BH, King RW, Finley D, Kirschner MW. Substrate degradation by the proteasome: a single-molecule kinetic analysis. Science 2015; 348:1250834. [PMID: 25859050 DOI: 10.1126/science.1250834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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To address how the configuration of conjugated ubiquitins determines the recognition of substrates by the proteasome, we analyzed the degradation kinetics of substrates with chemically defined ubiquitin configurations. Contrary to the view that a tetraubiquitin chain is the minimal signal for efficient degradation, we find that distributing the ubiquitins as diubiquitin chains provides a more efficient signal. To understand how the proteasome actually discriminates among ubiquitin configurations, we developed single-molecule assays that distinguished intermediate steps of degradation kinetically. The level of ubiquitin on a substrate drives proteasome-substrate interaction, whereas the chain structure of ubiquitin affects translocation into the axial channel on the proteasome. Together these two features largely determine the susceptibility of substrates for proteasomal degradation.
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- Ying Lu
- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Subunit asymmetry and roles of conformational switching in the hexameric AAA+ ring of ClpX. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2015; 22:411-6. [PMID: 25866879 PMCID: PMC4424054 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The hexameric AAA+ ring of Escherichia. coli ClpX, an ATP-dependent protein unfolding and translocation machine, functions with the ClpP peptidase to degrade target substrates. For efficient function, ClpX subunits must switch between nucleotide-loadable (L) and nucleotide-unloadable (U) conformations, but the roles of switching are uncertain. Moreover, it is controversial whether working AAA+ ring enzymes assume symmetric or asymmetric conformations. Here, we show that a covalent ClpX ring with one subunit locked in the U conformation catalyzes robust ATP-hydrolysis, with each unlocked subunit able to bind and hydrolyze ATP, albeit with highly asymmetric position-specific affinities. Preventing U⇔L interconversion in one subunit alters the cooperativity of ATP hydrolysis and reduces the efficiency of substrate binding, unfolding, and degradation, showing that conformational switching enhances multiple aspects of wild-type ClpX function. These results support an asymmetric and probabilistic model of AAA+ ring activity.
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Stochastic but highly coordinated protein unfolding and translocation by the ClpXP proteolytic machine. Cell 2015; 158:647-58. [PMID: 25083874 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.05.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2014] [Revised: 04/18/2014] [Accepted: 05/13/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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ClpXP and other AAA+ proteases recognize, mechanically unfold, and translocate target proteins into a chamber for proteolysis. It is not known whether these remarkable molecular machines operate by a stochastic or sequential mechanism or how power strokes relate to the ATP-hydrolysis cycle. Single-molecule optical trapping allows ClpXP unfolding to be directly visualized and reveals translocation steps of ∼1-4 nm in length, but how these activities relate to solution degradation and the physical properties of substrate proteins remains unclear. By studying single-molecule degradation using different multidomain substrates and ClpXP variants, we answer many of these questions and provide evidence for stochastic unfolding and translocation. We also present a mechanochemical model that accounts for single-molecule, biochemical, and structural results for our observation of enzymatic memory in translocation stepping, for the kinetics of translocation steps of different sizes, and for probabilistic but highly coordinated subunit activity within the ClpX ring.
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Coordinated gripping of substrate by subunits of a AAA+ proteolytic machine. Nat Chem Biol 2015; 11:201-6. [PMID: 25599533 PMCID: PMC4333055 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2014] [Accepted: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hexameric ATP-dependent proteases and protein remodeling machines use conserved loops that line the axial pore to apply force to substrates during the mechanical processes of protein unfolding and translocation. Whether loops from multiple subunits act independently or coordinately in these processes is a critical aspect of the mechanism but is currently unknown for any AAA+ machine. By studying covalently linked hexamers of the Escherichia coli ClpX unfoldase bearing different numbers and configurations of wild-type and mutant pore loops, we show that loops function synergistically, and the number of wild-type loops required for efficient degradation is dependent on the stability of the protein substrate. Our results support a mechanism in which a power stroke initiated in one subunit of the ClpX hexamer results in the concurrent movement of all six pore loops, which coordinately grip and apply force to the substrate.
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Chang HY, Huang TC, Chen NN, Huang HC, Juan HF. Combination therapy targeting ectopic ATP synthase and 26S proteasome induces ER stress in breast cancer cells. Cell Death Dis 2014; 5:e1540. [PMID: 25429617 PMCID: PMC4260757 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2014.504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2014] [Revised: 10/02/2014] [Accepted: 10/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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F1Fo ATP synthase is present in all organisms and is predominantly located on the inner membrane of mitochondria in eukaryotic cells. The present study demonstrated that ATP synthase and electron transport chain complexes were ectopically expressed on the surface of breast cancer cells and could serve as a potent anticancer target. We investigated the anticancer effects of the ATP synthase inhibitor citreoviridin on breast cancer cells through proteomic approaches and revealed that differentially expressed proteins in cell cycle regulation and in the unfolded protein response were functionally enriched. We showed that citreoviridin triggered PERK-mediated eIF2α phosphorylation, which in turn attenuated general protein synthesis and led to cell cycle arrest in the G0/G1 phase. We further showed that the combination of citreoviridin and the 26S proteasome inhibitor bortezomib could improve the anticancer activity by enhancing ER stress, by ameliorating citreoviridin-caused cyclin D3 compensation, and by contributing to CDK1 deactivation and PCNA downregulation. More interestingly, the combined treatment triggered lethality through unusual non-apoptotic caspase- and autophagy-independent cell death with a cytoplasmic vacuolization phenotype. The results imply that by boosting ER stress, the combination of ATP synthase inhibitor citreoviridin and 26S proteasome inhibitor bortezomib could potentially be an effective therapeutic strategy against breast cancer.
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- H-Y Chang
- Department of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- PhD Program for Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Informatics, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- 1] Department of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan [2] Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan [3] Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Rodriguez KA, Dodds SG, Strong R, Galvan V, Sharp ZD, Buffenstein R. Divergent tissue and sex effects of rapamycin on the proteasome-chaperone network of old mice. Front Mol Neurosci 2014; 7:83. [PMID: 25414638 PMCID: PMC4220119 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2014.00083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2014] [Accepted: 10/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Rapamycin, an allosteric inhibitor of the mTOR kinase, increases longevity in mice in a sex-specific manner. In contrast to the widely accepted theory that a loss of proteasome activity is detrimental to both life- and healthspan, biochemical studies in vitro reveal that rapamycin inhibits 20S proteasome peptidase activity. We tested if this unexpected finding is also evident after chronic rapamycin treatment in vivo by measuring peptidase activities for both the 26S and 20S proteasome in liver, fat, and brain tissues of old, male and female mice fed encapsulated chow containing 2.24 mg/kg (14 ppm) rapamycin for 6 months. Further we assessed if rapamycin altered expression of the chaperone proteins known to interact with the proteasome-mediated degradation system (PMDS), heat shock factor 1 (HSF1), and the levels of key mTOR pathway proteins. Rapamycin had little effect on liver proteasome activity in either gender, but increased proteasome activity in female brain lysates and lowered its activity in female fat tissue. Rapamycin-induced changes in molecular chaperone levels were also more substantial in tissues from female animals. Furthermore, mTOR pathway proteins showed more significant changes in female tissues compared to those from males. These data show collectively that there are divergent tissue and sex effects of rapamycin on the proteasome-chaperone network and that these may be linked to the disparate effects of rapamycin on males and females. Further our findings suggest that rapamycin induces indirect regulation of the PMDS/heat-shock response through its modulation of the mTOR pathway rather than via direct interactions between rapamycin and the proteasome.
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- Karl A Rodriguez
- Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Aging and Longevity Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX, USA ; Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Aging and Longevity Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX, USA ; Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Aging and Longevity Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX, USA ; Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Aging and Longevity Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX, USA ; Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Aging and Longevity Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX, USA ; Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Aging and Longevity Studies, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX, USA ; Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX, USA
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Olivares AO, Nager AR, Iosefson O, Sauer RT, Baker TA. Mechanochemical basis of protein degradation by a double-ring AAA+ machine. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2014; 21:871-5. [PMID: 25195048 PMCID: PMC4190165 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Molecular machines containing double or single AAA+ rings power energy-dependent protein degradation and other critical cellular processes, including disaggregation and remodeling of macromolecular complexes. How the mechanical activities of double-ring and single-ring AAA+ enzymes differ is unknown. Using single-molecule optical trapping, we determine how the double-ring ClpA enzyme from Escherichia coli mechanically degrades proteins in complex with the ClpP peptidase. We demonstrate that ClpA unfolds some protein substrates substantially faster than the single-ring ClpX enzyme, which also degrades substrates in collaboration with ClpP. We find that ClpA is a slower polypeptide translocase and moves in physical steps that are smaller and more regular than steps taken by ClpX. These direct measurements of protein unfolding and translocation define the core mechanochemical behavior of a double-ring AAA+ machine and provide insight into the degradation of proteins that unfold via metastable intermediates.
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- Adrian O Olivares
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- 1] Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2]
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- 1] Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Förster F, Schuller JM, Unverdorben P, Aufderheide A. Emerging mechanistic insights into AAA complexes regulating proteasomal degradation. Biomolecules 2014; 4:774-94. [PMID: 25102382 PMCID: PMC4192671 DOI: 10.3390/biom4030774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Revised: 06/11/2014] [Accepted: 07/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The 26S proteasome is an integral element of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) and, as such, responsible for regulated degradation of proteins in eukaryotic cells. It consists of the core particle, which catalyzes the proteolysis of substrates into small peptides, and the regulatory particle, which ensures specificity for a broad range of substrates. The heart of the regulatory particle is an AAA-ATPase unfoldase, which is surrounded by non-ATPase subunits enabling substrate recognition and processing. Cryo-EM-based studies revealed the molecular architecture of the 26S proteasome and its conformational rearrangements, providing insights into substrate recognition, commitment, deubiquitylation and unfolding. The cytosol proteasomal degradation of polyubiquitylated substrates is tuned by various associating cofactors, including deubiquitylating enzymes, ubiquitin ligases, shuttling ubiquitin receptors and the AAA-ATPase Cdc48/p97. Cdc48/p97 and its cofactors function upstream of the 26S proteasome, and their modular organization exhibits some striking analogies to the regulatory particle. In archaea PAN, the closest regulatory particle homolog and Cdc48 even have overlapping functions, underscoring their intricate relationship. Here, we review recent insights into the structure and dynamics of the 26S proteasome and its associated machinery, as well as our current structural knowledge on the Cdc48/p97 and its cofactors that function in the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS).
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- Friedrich Förster
- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried D-82152, Germany.
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried D-82152, Germany.
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried D-82152, Germany.
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried D-82152, Germany.
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AAA+ proteases are responsible for protein degradation in all branches of life. Using single-molecule and ensemble assays, Cordova et al. investigate how the bacterial protease ClpXP steps through a substrate's polypeptide chain and construct a quantitative kinetic model that recapitulates the interplay between stochastic and deterministic behaviors of ClpXP.
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- Rick Russell
- Department of Molecular Biosciences and the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
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Shi DS, Smith MCP, Campbell RA, Zimmerman PW, Franks ZB, Kraemer BF, Machlus KR, Ling J, Kamba P, Schwertz H, Rowley JW, Miles RR, Liu ZJ, Sola-Visner M, Italiano JE, Christensen H, Kahr WHA, Li DY, Weyrich AS. Proteasome function is required for platelet production. J Clin Invest 2014; 124:3757-66. [PMID: 25061876 DOI: 10.1172/jci75247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2014] [Accepted: 06/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The proteasome inhibiter bortezomib has been successfully used to treat patients with relapsed multiple myeloma; however, many of these patients become thrombocytopenic, and it is not clear how the proteasome influences platelet production. Here we determined that pharmacologic inhibition of proteasome activity blocks proplatelet formation in human and mouse megakaryocytes. We also found that megakaryocytes isolated from mice deficient for PSMC1, an essential subunit of the 26S proteasome, fail to produce proplatelets. Consistent with decreased proplatelet formation, mice lacking PSMC1 in platelets (Psmc1(fl/fl) Pf4-Cre mice) exhibited severe thrombocytopenia and died shortly after birth. The failure to produce proplatelets in proteasome-inhibited megakaryocytes was due to upregulation and hyperactivation of the small GTPase, RhoA, rather than NF-κB, as has been previously suggested. Inhibition of RhoA or its downstream target, Rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK), restored megakaryocyte proplatelet formation in the setting of proteasome inhibition in vitro. Similarly, fasudil, a ROCK inhibitor used clinically to treat cerebral vasospasm, restored platelet counts in adult mice that were made thrombocytopenic by tamoxifen-induced suppression of proteasome activity in megakaryocytes and platelets (Psmc1(fl/fl) Pdgf-Cre-ER mice). These results indicate that proteasome function is critical for thrombopoiesis, and suggest inhibition of RhoA signaling as a potential strategy to treat thrombocytopenia in bortezomib-treated multiple myeloma patients.
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Architecture and assembly of the archaeal Cdc48*20S proteasome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:E1687-94. [PMID: 24711419 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1404823111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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ATP-dependent proteases maintain protein quality control and regulate diverse intracellular functions. Proteasomes are primarily responsible for these tasks in the archaeal and eukaryotic domains of life. Even the simplest of these proteases function as large complexes, consisting of the 20S peptidase, a barrel-like structure composed of four heptameric rings, and one or two AAA+ (ATPase associated with a variety of cellular activities) ring hexamers, which use cycles of ATP binding and hydrolysis to unfold and translocate substrates into the 20S proteolytic chamber. Understanding how the AAA+ and 20S components of these enzymes interact and collaborate to execute protein degradation is important, but the highly dynamic nature of prokaryotic proteasomes has hampered structural characterization. Here, we use electron microscopy to determine the architecture of an archaeal Cdc48 ⋅ 20S proteasome, which we stabilized by site-specific cross-linking. This complex displays coaxial alignment of Cdc48 and 20S and is enzymatically active, demonstrating that AAA+ unfoldase wobbling with respect to 20S is not required for function. In the complex, the N-terminal domain of Cdc48, which regulates ATP hydrolysis and degradation, packs against the D1 ring of Cdc48 in a coplanar fashion, constraining mechanisms by which the N-terminal domain alters 20S affinity and degradation activity.
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