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Lee JH, Kwon JH, Jeon YH, Ko KY, Lee SR, Kim IY. Pro178 and Pro183 of selenoprotein S are essential residues for interaction with p97(VCP) during endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:13758-68. [PMID: 24700463 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.534529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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During endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated degradation, p97(VCP) is recruited to the ER membrane through interactions with transmembrane proteins, such as selenoprotein S (SelS), selenoprotein K (SelK), hrd1, and gp78. SelS has a single-spanning transmembrane domain and protects cells from ER stress-induced apoptosis through interaction with p97(VCP). The cytosolic tail of SelS consists of a coiled-coil domain, a putative VCP-interacting motif (VIM), and an unpronounced glycine- and proline-rich secondary structure. To understand the regulatory mechanism of SelS during ER stress, we investigated the interaction of the protein with p97(VCP) using mouse neuroblastoma cells and human embryonic kidney 293 cells. The SelS expression level increased when ER stress was induced. In addition, the effect of ER stress was enhanced, and recruitment of p97(VCP) to the ER membrane was inhibited in SelS knockdown cells. The effect of SelS knockdown was rescued by ectopic expression of SelS U188C. p97(VCP) interacted with SelS U188C and was recruited to the ER membrane. The expression of SelS[ΔVIM], which is a VIM deletion mutant of SelS, also showed both a recovery effect and an interaction with p97(VCP) in cells. However, mutants in which the proline residue positions 178 or 183 of SelS were changed to alanine or were deleted did not interact with p97(VCP). The proline mutants did not rescue ER stress in SelS knockdown cells. These results suggest that both Pro(178) and Pro(183) of SelS play important roles in the translocation of p97(VCP) to the ER membrane and protect cells from ER stress.
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- Jea Hwang Lee
- From the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biochemistry, Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, 1, 5-Ka, Anam-Dong, Sungbuk-Ku, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea and
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- From the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biochemistry, Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, 1, 5-Ka, Anam-Dong, Sungbuk-Ku, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea and
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- From the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biochemistry, Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, 1, 5-Ka, Anam-Dong, Sungbuk-Ku, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea and
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- From the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biochemistry, Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, 1, 5-Ka, Anam-Dong, Sungbuk-Ku, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea and
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- the Department of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Science, Research Center for Aging and Geriatrics, Research Institute of Medical Science, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 501-190, Republic of Korea
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- From the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biochemistry, Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, 1, 5-Ka, Anam-Dong, Sungbuk-Ku, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea and
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Riemer A, Dobrynin G, Dressler A, Bremer S, Soni A, Iliakis G, Meyer H. The p97-Ufd1-Npl4 ATPase complex ensures robustness of the G2/M checkpoint by facilitating CDC25A degradation. Cell Cycle 2014; 13:919-27. [PMID: 24429874 DOI: 10.4161/cc.27779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The p97-Ufd1-Npl4 ATPase complex is associated with the response to DNA damage and replication stress, but how its inactivation leads to manifestation of chromosome instability is unclear. Here, we show that p97-Ufd1-Npl4 has an additional direct role in the G2/M checkpoint. Upon DNA damage, p97-Ufd1-Npl4 binds CDC25A downstream of ubiquitination by the SCF-βTrCP ligase and facilitates its proteasomal degradation. Depletion of Ufd1-Npl4 leads to G2/M checkpoint failure due to persistent CDC25 activity and propagation of DNA damage into mitosis with deleterious effects on chromosome segregation. Thus, p97-Ufd1-Npl4 is an integral part of G2/M checkpoint signaling and thereby suppresses chromosome instability.
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- Anne Riemer
- Centre for Medical Biotechnology; Faculty of Biology; University of Duisburg - Essen; Essen, Germany
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- Centre for Medical Biotechnology; Faculty of Biology; University of Duisburg - Essen; Essen, Germany
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- Centre for Medical Biotechnology; Faculty of Biology; University of Duisburg - Essen; Essen, Germany
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- Centre for Medical Biotechnology; Faculty of Biology; University of Duisburg - Essen; Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Radiation Biology; University of Duisburg - Essen; Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Radiation Biology; University of Duisburg - Essen; Essen, Germany
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- Centre for Medical Biotechnology; Faculty of Biology; University of Duisburg - Essen; Essen, Germany
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Liu Y, Soetandyo N, Lee JG, Liu L, Xu Y, Clemons WM, Ye Y. USP13 antagonizes gp78 to maintain functionality of a chaperone in ER-associated degradation. eLife 2014; 3:e01369. [PMID: 24424410 PMCID: PMC3889402 DOI: 10.7554/elife.01369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Physiological adaptation to proteotoxic stress in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) requires retrotranslocation of misfolded proteins into the cytoplasm for ubiquitination and elimination by ER-associated degradation (ERAD). A surprising paradox emerging from recent studies is that ubiquitin ligases (E3s) and deubiquitinases (DUBs), enzymes with opposing activities, can both promote ERAD. Here we demonstrate that the ERAD E3 gp78 can ubiquitinate not only ERAD substrates, but also the machinery protein Ubl4A, a key component of the Bag6 chaperone complex. Remarkably, instead of targeting Ubl4A for degradation, polyubiquitination is associated with irreversible proteolytic processing and inactivation of Bag6. Importantly, we identify USP13 as a gp78-associated DUB that eliminates ubiquitin conjugates from Ubl4A to maintain the functionality of Bag6. Our study reveals an unexpected paradigm in which a DUB prevents undesired ubiquitination to sharpen substrate specificity for an associated ubiquitin ligase partner and to promote ER quality control. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.01369.001.
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- Yanfen Liu
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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Structural and mechanistic insights into the arginine/lysine-rich peptide motifs that interact with P97/VCP. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2013; 1834:2672-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2013.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2013] [Revised: 09/05/2013] [Accepted: 09/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Jacobs JL, Zhu J, Sarkar SN, Coyne CB. Regulation of mitochondrial antiviral signaling (MAVS) expression and signaling by the mitochondria-associated endoplasmic reticulum membrane (MAM) protein Gp78. J Biol Chem 2013; 289:1604-16. [PMID: 24285545 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.520254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In a previous study, we identified the E3 ubiquitin ligase Gp78 by RNAi high-throughput screening as a gene whose depletion restricted enterovirus infection. In the current study, we show that Gp78, which localizes to the ER-mitochondria interface, is a regulator of RIG-I-like receptor (RLR) antiviral signaling. We show that depletion of Gp78 results in a robust decrease of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) infection and a corresponding enhancement of type I interferon (IFN) signaling. Mechanistically, we show that Gp78 modulates type I IFN induction by altering both the expression and signaling of the mitochondria-localized RLR adaptor mitochondrial antiviral signaling (MAVS). Expression of mutants of Gp78 that abolish its E3 ubiquitin ligase and its participation in ER-associated degradation (ERAD) lost their ability to degrade MAVS, but surprisingly maintained their ability to repress RLR signaling. In contrast, Gp78 lacking its entire C terminus lost both its ability to degrade MAVS and repress RLR signaling. We show that Gp78 interacts with both the N- and C-terminal domains of MAVS via its C-terminal RING domain, and that this interaction is required to abrogate Gp78-mediated attenuation of MAVS signaling. Our data thus implicate two parallel pathways by which Gp78 regulates MAVS signaling; one pathway requires its E3 ubiquitin ligase and ERAD activity to directly degrade MAVS, whereas the other pathway occurs independently of these activities, but requires the Gp78 RING domain and occurs via a direct association between this region and MAVS.
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- Jana L Jacobs
- From the Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Graduate School of Public Health
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Wu J, Peng D, Voehler M, Sanders CR, Li J. Structure and expression of a novel compact myelin protein - small VCP-interacting protein (SVIP). Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2013; 440:173-8. [PMID: 24055875 PMCID: PMC3828079 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.09.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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SVIP (small p97/VCP-interacting protein) was initially identified as one of many cofactors regulating the valosin containing protein (VCP), an AAA+ ATPase involved in endoplasmic-reticulum-associated protein degradation (ERAD). Our previous study showed that SVIP is expressed exclusively in the nervous system. In the present study, SVIP and VCP were seen to be co-localized in neuronal cell bodies. Interestingly, we also observed that SVIP co-localizes with myelin basic protein (MBP) in compact myelin, where VCP was absent. Furthermore, using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopic measurements, we determined that SVIP is an intrinsically disordered protein (IDP). However, upon binding to the surface of membranes containing a net negative charge, the helical content of SVIP increases dramatically. These findings provide structural insight into interactions between SVIP and myelin membranes.
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- Jiawen Wu
- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University
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- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) – Nashville VA
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Olzmann JA, Kopito RR, Christianson JC. The mammalian endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation system. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2013; 5:cshperspect.a013185. [PMID: 23232094 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a013185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 253] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the site of synthesis for nearly one-third of the eukaryotic proteome and is accordingly endowed with specialized machinery to ensure that proteins deployed to the distal secretory pathway are correctly folded and assembled into native oligomeric complexes. Proteins failing to meet this conformational standard are degraded by ER-associated degradation (ERAD), a complex process through which folding-defective proteins are selected and ultimately degraded by the ubiquitin-proteasome system. ERAD proceeds through four tightly coupled steps involving substrate selection, dislocation across the ER membrane, covalent conjugation with polyubiquitin, and proteasomal degradation. The ERAD machinery shows a modular organization with central ER membrane-embedded ubiquitin ligases linking components responsible for recognition in the ER lumen to the ubiquitin-proteasome system in the cytoplasm. The core ERAD machinery is highly conserved among eukaryotes and much of our basic understanding of ERAD organization has been derived from genetic and biochemical studies of yeast. In this article we discuss how the core ERAD machinery is organized in mammalian cells.
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- James A Olzmann
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Wang Y, Wan B, Zhou J, Li R, Yu L. BRSK2 is a valosin-containing protein (VCP)-interacting protein that affects VCP functioning in endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation. Biotechnol Lett 2013; 35:1983-9. [PMID: 23907667 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1295-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2013] [Accepted: 07/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradation (ERAD) removes improperly-folded proteins from the ER membrane into the cytosol where they undergo proteasomal degradation. Valosin-containing protein (VCP)/p97 mediates in the extraction of ERAD substrates from the ER. BRSK2 (also known as SAD-A), a serine/threonine kinase of the AMP-activated protein kinase family affected VCP/p97 activity in ERAD. In addition, BRSK2 interacted with VCP/p97 via three of the four functional domains of VCP/p97. Immunofluorescence demonstrated that BRSK2 and VCP/p97 were co-localized and also that knockdown of endogenous BRSK2 induced increased levels of CD3δ, a substrate in ERAD for VCP/p97. Thus, BRSK2 might affect the activity of VCP/p97 in ERAD.
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- Yingli Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, People's Republic of China,
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Liu Y, Ye Y. Roles of p97-associated deubiquitinases in protein quality control at the endoplasmic reticulum. Curr Protein Pept Sci 2013; 13:436-46. [PMID: 22812527 DOI: 10.2174/138920312802430608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2011] [Revised: 12/06/2011] [Accepted: 06/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To maintain protein homeostasis in the ER, an ER protein quality control system retains unfolded polypeptides and misassembled membrane proteins, allowing only properly folded proteins to exit the ER. Misfolded proteins held in the ER are retrotranslocated into the cytosol, ubiquitinated, and degraded by the proteasome through the ER-associated degradation pathway (ERAD). By timely eliminating misfolded proteins, the ERAD system alleviates cytotoxic stress imposed by protein misfolding. It is well established that ER-associated ubiquitin ligases play pivotal roles in ERAD by assembling ubiquitin conjugates on retrotranslocation substrates, which serve as degradation signals for the proteasome. Surprisingly, recent studies have revealed an equally important function for deubiquitinases (DUBs), enzymes that disassemble ubiquitin chains, in ERAD. Intriguingly, many ERAD specific DUBs are physically associated with the retrotranslocation- driving ATPase p97. Here we discuss the potential functions of p97-associated DUBs including ataxin-3 and YOD1. Our goal is to integrate the emerging evidence into models that may explain how protein quality control could benefit from deubiquitination, a process previously deemed destructive for proteasomal degradation.
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- Yanfen Liu
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Erzurumlu Y, Kose FA, Gozen O, Gozuacik D, Toth EA, Ballar P. A unique IBMPFD-related P97/VCP mutation with differential binding pattern and subcellular localization. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2013; 45:773-82. [PMID: 23333620 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2013.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2012] [Revised: 11/30/2012] [Accepted: 01/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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p97/VCP is a hexameric AAA type ATPase that functions in a variety of cellular processes such as endoplasmic reticulum associated degradation (ERAD), organelle biogenesis, autophagy and cell-cycle regulation. Inclusion body myopathy associated with Paget disease of the bone and frontotemporal dementia (IBMPFD) is an autosomal dominant disorder which has been attributed to mutations in p97/VCP. Several missense mutations affecting twelve different amino acids have been identified in IBMPFD patients and some of them were suggested to be involved in the observed pathology. Here, we analyzed the effect of all twelve p97/VCP variants on ERAD substrates and their cofactor binding abilities. While all mutants cause ERAD substrate accumulation, P137L mutant p97/VCP differs from other IBMPFD mutants by having a unique solubility profile and subcellular localization. Intriguingly, although almost all mutants exhibit enhanced p47 and Ufd1-Npl4 binding, the P137L mutation completely abolishes p97/VCP interactions with Ufd1, Npl4 and p47, while retaining its gp78 binding. While recombinant R155C mutant protein consistently interacts with both Ufd1 and VIM of gp78, P137L mutant protein lost binding ability to Ufd1 but not to VIM in vitro. The differential impairments in p97/VCP interactions with its functional partners and function should help our understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of IBMPFD.
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- Yalcin Erzurumlu
- Ege University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Biochemistry Department, Izmir, Turkey
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The chaperone-related, ubiquitin-selective AAA (ATPase associated with a variety of cellular activities) protein Cdc48 (also known as TER94, p97 and VCP) is a key regulator of intracellular proteolysis in eukaryotes. It uses the energy derived from ATP hydrolysis to segregate ubiquitylated proteins from stable assemblies with proteins, membranes and chromatin. Originally characterized as essential factor in proteasomal degradation pathways, Cdc48 was recently found to control lysosomal protein degradation as well. Moreover, impaired lysosomal proteolysis due to mutational inactivation of Cdc48 causes protein aggregation diseases in humans. This review introduces the major systems of intracellular proteolysis in eukaryotes and the role of protein ubiquitylation. It then discusses in detail structure, mechanism and cellular functions of Cdc48 with an emphasis on protein degradation pathways in yeast.
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- Alexander Buchberger
- Department of Biochemistry, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany,
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Xu Y, Cai M, Yang Y, Huang L, Ye Y. SGTA recognizes a noncanonical ubiquitin-like domain in the Bag6-Ubl4A-Trc35 complex to promote endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation. Cell Rep 2012; 2:1633-44. [PMID: 23246001 PMCID: PMC3534891 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2012.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2012] [Revised: 10/16/2012] [Accepted: 11/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Elimination of aberrantly folded polypeptides from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) by the ER-associated degradation (ERAD) system promotes cell survival under stress conditions. This quality control mechanism requires movement of misfolded proteins across the ER membrane for targeting to the cytosolic proteasome, a process facilitated by a "holdase" complex, consisting of Bag6 and the cofactors Ubl4A and Trc35. This multiprotein complex also participates in several other protein quality control processes. Here, we report SGTA as a component of the Bag6 system, which cooperates with Bag6 to channel dislocated ERAD substrates that are prone to aggregation. Using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and biochemical assays, we demonstrate that SGTA contains a noncanonical ubiquitin-like-binding domain that interacts specifically with an unconventional ubiquitin-like protein/domain in Ubl4A at least in part via electrostatics. This interaction helps recruit SGTA to Bag6, enhances substrate loading to Bag6, and thus prevents the formation of nondegradable protein aggregates in ERAD.
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- Yue Xu
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Department of Biophysics and Physiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92612
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- Department of Biophysics and Physiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92612
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Guerriero CJ, Brodsky JL. The delicate balance between secreted protein folding and endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation in human physiology. Physiol Rev 2012; 92:537-76. [PMID: 22535891 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00027.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 306] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Protein folding is a complex, error-prone process that often results in an irreparable protein by-product. These by-products can be recognized by cellular quality control machineries and targeted for proteasome-dependent degradation. The folding of proteins in the secretory pathway adds another layer to the protein folding "problem," as the endoplasmic reticulum maintains a unique chemical environment within the cell. In fact, a growing number of diseases are attributed to defects in secretory protein folding, and many of these by-products are targeted for a process known as endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD). Since its discovery, research on the mechanisms underlying the ERAD pathway has provided new insights into how ERAD contributes to human health during both normal and diseases states. Links between ERAD and disease are evidenced from the loss of protein function as a result of degradation, chronic cellular stress when ERAD fails to keep up with misfolded protein production, and the ability of some pathogens to coopt the ERAD pathway. The growing number of ERAD substrates has also illuminated the differences in the machineries used to recognize and degrade a vast array of potential clients for this pathway. Despite all that is known about ERAD, many questions remain, and new paradigms will likely emerge. Clearly, the key to successful disease treatment lies within defining the molecular details of the ERAD pathway and in understanding how this conserved pathway selects and degrades an innumerable cast of substrates.
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- Christopher J Guerriero
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, A320 Langley Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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Zhong Y, Fang S. Live cell imaging of protein dislocation from the endoplasmic reticulum. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:28057-66. [PMID: 22722934 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.381798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are dislocated to the cytosol to be degraded by the proteasomes. Various plant and bacterial toxins and certain viruses hijack this dislocation pathway to exert their toxicity or to infect cells. In this study, we report a dislocation-dependent reconstituted GFP (drGFP) assay that allows, for the first time, imaging proteins dislocated from the ER lumen to the cytosol in living cells. Our results indicate that both luminal and membrane-spanning ER proteins can be fully dislocated from the ER to the cytosol. By combining the drGFP assay with RNAi or chemical inhibitors of proteins in the Hrd1 ubiquitin ligase complex, we demonstrate that the Sel1L, Hrd1, p97/VCP, and importin β proteins are required for the dislocation of misfolded luminal α-1 antitrypsin. The strategy described in this work is broadly applicable to the study of other types of transmembrane transport of proteins and likely also of viruses and toxins in living cells.
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- Yongwang Zhong
- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology and Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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Christensen LC, Jensen NW, Vala A, Kamarauskaite J, Johansson L, Winther JR, Hofmann K, Teilum K, Ellgaard L. The human selenoprotein VCP-interacting membrane protein (VIMP) is non-globular and harbors a reductase function in an intrinsically disordered region. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:26388-99. [PMID: 22700979 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.346775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The human selenoprotein VIMP (VCP-interacting membrane protein)/SelS (selenoprotein S) localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane and is involved in the process of ER-associated degradation (ERAD). To date, little is known about the presumed redox activity of VIMP, its structure and how these features might relate to the function of the protein in ERAD. Here, we use the recombinantly expressed cytosolic region of VIMP where the selenocysteine (Sec) in position 188 is replaced with a cysteine (a construct named cVIMP-Cys) to characterize redox and structural properties of the protein. We show that Cys-188 in cVIMP-Cys forms a disulfide bond with Cys-174, consistent with the presence of a Cys174-Sec188 selenosulfide bond in the native sequence. For the disulfide bond in cVIMP-Cys we determined the reduction potential to -200 mV, and showed it to be a good substrate of thioredoxin. Based on a biochemical and structural characterization of cVIMP-Cys using analytical gel filtration, CD and NMR spectroscopy in conjunction with bioinformatics, we propose a comprehensive overall structural model for the cytosolic region of VIMP. The data clearly indicate the N-terminal half to be comprised of two extended α-helices followed by a C-terminal region that is intrinsically disordered. Redox-dependent conformational changes in cVIMP-Cys were observed only in the vicinity of the two Cys residues. Overall, the redox properties observed for cVIMP-Cys are compatible with a function as a reductase, and we speculate that the plasticity of the intrinsically disordered C-terminal region allows the protein to access many different and structurally diverse substrates.
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- Lea Cecilie Christensen
- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, 2200 Copenhagen N., Denmark
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Tang WK, Xia D. Structural and functional deviations in disease-associated p97 mutants. J Struct Biol 2012; 179:83-92. [PMID: 22579784 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2012] [Revised: 04/23/2012] [Accepted: 04/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Missense mutations that occur at the interface between two functional domains in the AAA protein p97 lead to suboptimal performance in its enzymatic activity and impaired intracellular functions, causing human disorders such as inclusion body myopathy associated with Paget's disease of the bone and frontotemporal dementia (IBMPFD). Much progress has been made in characterizing these mutants at cellular, sub-cellular and molecular levels, gaining a substantial understanding of the involvement of p97 in various cellular pathways. At the tissue level, patient biopsies revealed co-localization of p97 with pathologic proteineous inclusions and rimmed vacuoles, which can be reproduced in various cellular and animal models of IBMPFD. At the subcellular level, alterations in p97's ability to bind various adaptor proteins have been demonstrated for some but not all binding partners. Biochemical and biophysical characterizations of pathogenic p97 revealed altered nucleotide binding properties in the D1-domains compared to the wild type. Structural studies showed that mutant p97 are capable of undergoing a uniform transition in the N-domain from a Down- to an Up-conformation in the presence of ATPγS, while in the wild-type p97, this conformational change can only be demonstrated in solutions but not in crystals. These structural and biochemical analyses of IBMPFD mutants shed new light into the mechanism of p97 function.
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- Wai Kwan Tang
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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St-Pierre P, Dang T, Joshi B, Nabi IR. Peripheral endoplasmic reticulum localization of the Gp78 ubiquitin ligase activity. J Cell Sci 2012; 125:1727-37. [PMID: 22328510 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.096396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Gp78 (also known as AMFR and RNF45) is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that targets proteins for proteasomal degradation through endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated degradation (ERAD). In this study, we showed that gp78-mediated ubiquitylation is initiated in the peripheral ER. Substrate monoubiquitylation and gp78 CUE domain integrity restricted substrate to the peripheral ER, where CUE domain interactions and polyubiquitylation reduced gp78 mobility. Derlin-1 and derlin-2, which are involved in the retrotranslocation of ERAD substrates, localized to a central, juxtanuclear ER domain, where polyubiquitylated proteins accumulated upon proteasome inhibition. Transfer of polyubiquitylated substrate to the central ER was dependent on ubiquitin chain elongation and recruitment of the AAA ATPase p97 (also known as VCP). HT-1080 fibrosarcoma cells expressed elevated levels of endogenous gp78, which was associated with segregation of ubiquitylated substrate to the peripheral ER and its polyubiquitin-dependent redistribution to the central ER upon proteasome inhibition. Therefore, the peripheral ER is the site of gp78 ubiquitin ligase activity. Delivery of ubiquitylated substrate to the central ER was regulated by ubiquitin chain elongation and opposing actions of gp78 CUE domain interactions and p97 recruitment.
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- Pascal St-Pierre
- University of British Columbia, Life Sciences Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Emerging functions of the VCP/p97 AAA-ATPase in the ubiquitin system. Nat Cell Biol 2012; 14:117-23. [PMID: 22298039 DOI: 10.1038/ncb2407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 632] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The ATP-driven chaperone valosin-containing protein (VCP)/p97 governs critical steps in ubiquitin-dependent protein quality control and intracellular signalling pathways. It cooperates with diverse partner proteins to help process ubiquitin-labelled proteins for recycling or degradation by the proteasome in many cellular contexts. Recent studies have uncovered unexpected cellular functions for p97 in autophagy, endosomal sorting and regulating protein degradation at the outer mitochondrial membrane, and elucidated a role for p97 in key chromatin-associated processes. These findings extend the functional relevance of p97 to lysosomal degradation and reveal a surprising dual role in protecting cells from protein stress and ensuring genome stability during proliferation.
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St Pierre P, Nabi IR. The Gp78 ubiquitin ligase: probing endoplasmic reticulum complexity. PROTOPLASMA 2012; 249 Suppl 1:S11-S18. [PMID: 22045301 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-011-0344-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2011] [Accepted: 10/17/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) has been classically divided, based on electron microscopy analysis, into parallel ribosome-studded rough ER sheets and a tubular smooth ER network. Recent studies have identified molecular constituents of the ER, the reticulons and DP1, that drive ER tubule formation and whose expression determines expression of ER sheets and tubules and thereby rough and smooth ER. However, segregation of the ER into only two domains remains simplistic and multiple functionally distinct ER domains necessarily exist. In this review, we will discuss the sub-organization of the ER in different domains focusing on the localization and role of the gp78 ubiquitin ligase in the mitochondria-associated smooth ER and on the evidence for a quality control ERAD domain.
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- Pascal St Pierre
- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Christianson JC, Olzmann JA, Shaler TA, Sowa ME, Bennett EJ, Richter CM, Tyler RE, Greenblatt EJ, Harper JW, Kopito RR. Defining human ERAD networks through an integrative mapping strategy. Nat Cell Biol 2011; 14:93-105. [PMID: 22119785 PMCID: PMC3250479 DOI: 10.1038/ncb2383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 388] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2011] [Accepted: 10/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Proteins that fail to correctly fold or assemble into oligomeric complexes in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are degraded by a ubiquitin and proteasome dependent process known as ER-associated degradation (ERAD). Although many individual components of the ERAD system have been identified, how these proteins are organised into a functional network that coordinates recognition, ubiquitination, and dislocation of substrates across the ER membrane is not well understood. We have investigated the functional organisation of the mammalian ERAD system using a systems-level strategy that integrates proteomics, functional genomics, and the transcriptional response to ER stress. This analysis supports an adaptive organisation for the mammalian ERAD machinery and reveals a number of metazoan-specific genes not previously linked to ERAD.
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- John C Christianson
- Department of Biology & Bio-X Program, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Shchedrina VA, Everley RA, Zhang Y, Gygi SP, Hatfield DL, Gladyshev VN. Selenoprotein K binds multiprotein complexes and is involved in the regulation of endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:42937-48. [PMID: 22016385 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.310920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Selenoprotein K (SelK) is an 11-kDa endoplasmic reticulum (ER) protein of unknown function. Herein, we defined a new eukaryotic protein family that includes SelK, selenoprotein S (SelS), and distantly related proteins. Comparative genomics analyses indicate that this family is the most widespread eukaryotic selenoprotein family. A biochemical search for proteins that interact with SelK revealed ER-associated degradation (ERAD) components (p97 ATPase, Derlins, and SelS). In this complex, SelK showed higher affinity for Derlin-1, whereas SelS had higher affinity for Derlin-2, suggesting that these selenoproteins could determine the nature of the substrate translocated through the Derlin channel. SelK co-precipitated with soluble glycosylated ERAD substrates and was involved in their degradation. Its gene contained a functional ER stress response element, and its expression was up-regulated by conditions that induce the accumulation of misfolded proteins in the ER. Components of the oligosaccharyltransferase complex (ribophorins, OST48, and STT3A) and an ER chaperone, calnexin, were found to bind SelK. A glycosylated form of SelK was also detected, reflecting its association with the oligosaccharyltransferase complex. These data suggest that SelK is involved in the Derlin-dependent ERAD of glycosylated misfolded proteins and that the function defined by the prototypic SelK is the widespread function of selenium in eukaryotes.
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- Valentina A Shchedrina
- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Hänzelmann P, Schindelin H. The structural and functional basis of the p97/valosin-containing protein (VCP)-interacting motif (VIM): mutually exclusive binding of cofactors to the N-terminal domain of p97. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:38679-38690. [PMID: 21914798 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.274506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The AAA (ATPase associated with various cellular activities) ATPase p97, also referred to as valosin-containing protein (VCP), mediates essential cellular processes, including ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation, and has been linked to several human proteinopathies. p97 interacts with multiple cofactors via its N-terminal (p97N) domain, a subset of which contain the VCP-interacting motif (VIM). We have determined the crystal structure of the p97N domain in complex with the VIM of the ubiquitin E3 ligase gp78 at 1.8 Å resolution. The α-helical VIM peptide binds into a groove located in between the two subdomains of the p97N domain. Interaction studies of several VIM proteins reveal that these cofactors display dramatically different affinities, ranging from high affinity interactions characterized by dissociation constants of ∼20 nm for gp78 and ANKZF1 to only weak binding in our assays. The contribution of individual p97 residues to VIM binding was analyzed, revealing that identical substitutions do not affect all cofactors in the same way. Taken together, the biochemical and structural studies define the framework for recognition of VIM-containing cofactors by p97. Of particular interest to the regulation of p97 by its cofactors, our structure reveals that the bound α-helical peptides of VIM-containing cofactors overlap with the binding site for cofactors containing the ubiquitin regulatory X (UBX) domain present in the UBX protein family or the ubiquitin-like domain of NPL4 as further corroborated by biochemical data. These results extend the concept that competitive binding is a crucial determinant in p97-cofactor interactions.
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- Petra Hänzelmann
- Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Strasse 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.
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- Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Strasse 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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Stapf C, Cartwright E, Bycroft M, Hofmann K, Buchberger A. The general definition of the p97/valosin-containing protein (VCP)-interacting motif (VIM) delineates a new family of p97 cofactors. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:38670-38678. [PMID: 21896481 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.274472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Cellular functions of the essential, ubiquitin-selective AAA ATPase p97/valosin-containing protein (VCP) are controlled by regulatory cofactors determining substrate specificity and fate. Most cofactors bind p97 through a ubiquitin regulatory X (UBX) or UBX-like domain or linear sequence motifs, including the hitherto ill defined p97/VCP-interacting motif (VIM). Here, we present the new, minimal consensus sequence RX(5)AAX(2)R as a general definition of the VIM that unites a novel family of known and putative p97 cofactors, among them UBXD1 and ZNF744/ANKZF1. We demonstrate that this minimal VIM consensus sequence is necessary and sufficient for p97 binding. Using NMR chemical shift mapping, we identified several residues of the p97 N-terminal domain (N domain) that are critical for VIM binding. Importantly, we show that cellular stress resistance conferred by the yeast VIM-containing cofactor Vms1 depends on the physical interaction between its VIM and the critical N domain residues of the yeast p97 homolog, Cdc48. Thus, the VIM-N domain interaction characterized in this study is required for the physiological function of Vms1 and most likely other members of the newly defined VIM family of cofactors.
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- Christopher Stapf
- Department of Biochemistry, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Medical Research Council Centre for Protein Engineering, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QH, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Centre for Protein Engineering, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QH, United Kingdom
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- Miltenyi Biotec GmbH, Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 68, 51429 Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
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Wang Y, Ballar P, Zhong Y, Zhang X, Liu C, Zhang YJ, Monteiro MJ, Li J, Fang S. SVIP induces localization of p97/VCP to the plasma and lysosomal membranes and regulates autophagy. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24478. [PMID: 21909394 PMCID: PMC3164199 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2011] [Accepted: 08/11/2011] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The small p97/VCP-interacting protein (SVIP) functions as an inhibitor of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated degradation (ERAD) pathway. Here we show that overexpression of SVIP in HeLa cells leads to localization of p97/VCP at the plasma membrane, intracellular foci and juxtanuclear vacuoles. The p97/VCP-positive vacuolar structures colocalized or associated with LC3 and lamp1, suggesting that SVIP may regulate autophagy. In support of this possibility, knockdown of SVIP diminished, whereas overexpression of SVIP enhanced LC3 lipidation. Surprisingly, knockdown of SVIP reduced the levels of p62 protein at least partially through downregulation of its mRNA, which was accompanied by a decrease in starvation-induced formation of p62 bodies. Overexpression of SVIP, on the other hand, increased the levels of p62 protein and enhanced starvation-activated autophagy as well as promoted sequestration of polyubiquitinated proteins and p62 in autophagosomes. These results suggest that SVIP plays a regulatory role in p97 subcellular localization and is a novel regulator of autophagy.
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- Yang Wang
- Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Department of Physiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Zhong Y, Wang Y, Yang H, Ballar P, Lee JG, Ye Y, Monteiro MJ, Fang S. Importin beta interacts with the endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation machinery and promotes ubiquitination and degradation of mutant alpha1-antitrypsin. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:33921-30. [PMID: 21832065 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.272906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The mechanism by which misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are retrotranslocated to the cytosol for proteasomal degradation is still poorly understood. Here, we show that importin β, a well established nucleocytoplasmic transport protein, interacts with components of the retrotranslocation complex and promotes ER-associated degradation (ERAD). Knockdown of importin β specifically inhibited the degradation of misfolded ERAD substrates but did not affect turnover of non-ERAD proteasome substrates. Genetic studies and in vitro reconstitution assays demonstrate that importin β is critically required for ubiquitination of mutant α1-antitrypsin, a luminal ERAD substrate. Furthermore, we show that importin β cooperates with Ran GTPase to promote ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of mutant α1-antitrypsin. These results establish an unanticipated role for importin β in ER protein quality control.
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- Yongwang Zhong
- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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Liu Y, Ye Y. Proteostasis regulation at the endoplasmic reticulum: a new perturbation site for targeted cancer therapy. Cell Res 2011; 21:867-83. [PMID: 21537343 PMCID: PMC3203708 DOI: 10.1038/cr.2011.75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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To deal with the constant challenge of protein misfolding in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), eukaryotic cells have evolved an ER protein quality control (ERQC) mechanism that is integrated with an adaptive stress response. The ERQC pathway is comprised of factors residing in the ER lumen that function in the identification and retention of aberrantly folded proteins, factors in the ER membrane for retrotranslocation of misfolded polypeptides, and enzymes in the cytosol that degrade retrotranslocated proteins. The integrated stress response (termed ER stress or unfolded protein response, UPR) contains several signaling branches elicited from the ER membrane, which fine-tune the rate of protein synthesis and entry into the ER to match the ER folding capacity. The fitness of the cell, particularly those bearing a high secretory burden, is critically dependent on functional integrity of the ER, which in turn relies on these stress-attenuating mechanisms to maintain protein homeostasis, or proteostasis. Aberrant proteostasis can trigger cellular apoptosis, making these adaptive stress response systems attractive targets for perturbation in treatment of cell malignancies. Here, we review our current understanding of how the cell preserves ER proteostasis and discuss how we may harness the mechanistic information on this process to develop new cancer therapeutics.
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- Yanfen Liu
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0540, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0540, USA
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Ubiquitin-recognition protein Ufd1 couples the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response to cell cycle control. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:9119-24. [PMID: 21571647 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100028108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The ubiquitin-recognition protein Ufd1 facilitates clearance of misfolded proteins through the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated degradation (ERAD) pathway. Here we report that prolonged ER stress represses Ufd1 expression to trigger cell cycle delay, which contributes to ERAD. Remarkably, down-regulation of Ufd1 enhances ubiquitination and destabilization of Skp2 mediated by the anaphase-promoting complex or cyclosome bound to Cdh1 (APC/C(Cdh1)), resulting in accumulation of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27 and a concomitant cell cycle delay during the G1 phase that enables more efficient clearance of misfolded proteins. Mechanistically, nuclear Ufd1 recruits the deubiquitinating enzyme USP13 to counteract APC/C(Cdh1)-mediated ubiquitination of Skp2. Our data identify a coordinated cell cycle response to prolonged ER stress through regulation of the Cdh1-Skp2-p27 axis by Ufd1 and USP13.
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Chen X, Ran ZH, Tong JL, Nie F, Zhu MM, Xu XT, Xiao SD. RNA interference (RNAi) of Ufd1 protein can sensitize a hydroxycamptothecin-resistant colon cancer cell line SW1116/HCPT to hydroxycamptothecin. J Dig Dis 2011; 12:110-6. [PMID: 21401896 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-2980.2011.00478.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether RNA interference (RNAi) of the ubiquitin fusion-degradation 1-like protein (Ufd1) could sensitize hydroxycamptothecin (HCPT)-resistant colon cancer cell line SW1116/HCPT to the cytotoxic effect of HCPT. METHODS SW1116/HCPT cells were transfected with plasmids containing Ufd1-specific small interfering RNA (siRNA) (Ufd1 knockdown cells) and non-specific siRNA (control cells). A drug sensitivity analysis, 3-(4,5)-dimethylthiahiazol (-z-y1)-3,5-di- phenytetrazoliumromide (MTT) assay was performed on Ufd1 knockdown cells and control cells. After treating the cells with HCPT, a caspase-3 and caspase-4 activity assay, flow cytometric analysis and Western blot for detecting phosphorylated c-Jun N-terminal kinase (p-JNK), phosphorylated protein kinases B (p-Akt), P53, ubiquitin, GADD 153 and Grp78/Bip were performed. RESULTS According to the MTT assay, the survival rate of knockdown cells was significantly lower than that of the control cells (P < 0.01). Both caspase-3 and caspase-4 activity assay showed higher activation level in Ufd1 knockdown cells than that in the control cells (P < 0.01). A flow cytometric analysis revealed more severe S-phase arrest in the Ufd1 knockdown cells than that in the control cells (P < 0.05). The Western blot showed that increasing the concentration of HCPT resulted in a higher expression level of p-JNK, P53, ubiquitin, GADD 153 and Grp78/Bip in the Ufd1 knockdown cells than that in the control cells. CONCLUSION Ufd1 plays a key role in HCPT resistance of SW1116/HCPT and RNAi of Ufd1 can sensitize SW1116/HCPT to the cytotoxic effect of HCPT via strengthening the activation of caspase-3 pathway and disturbing endoplasmic reticulum functions.
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- Xiang Chen
- Department of Gastroenterology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China
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Protein dislocation from the ER. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2011; 1808:925-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2010] [Revised: 06/21/2010] [Accepted: 06/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Chapman E, Fry AN, Kang M. The complexities of p97 function in health and disease. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2010; 7:700-10. [PMID: 21152665 DOI: 10.1039/c0mb00176g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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p97 is a homohexameric, toroidal machine that harnesses the energy of ATP binding and hydrolysis to effect structural reorganization of a diverse and primarily uncharacterized set of substrate proteins. This action has been linked to endoplasmic reticulum associated degradation (ERAD), homotypic membrane fusion, transcription factor control, cell cycle progression, DNA repair, and post-mitotic spindle disassembly. Exactly how these diverse processes use p97 is not fully understood, but it is clear that binding sites, primarily on the N- and C-domains of p97, facilitate this diversity by coordinating a growing collection of cofactors. These cofactors act at the levels of mechanism, sub-cellular localization, and substrate modification. Another unifying theme is the use of ubiquitylation. Both p97 and many of the associated cofactors have demonstrable ubiquitin-binding competence. The present review will discuss some of the current mechanistic studies and controversies and how these relate to cofactors as well as discussing potential therapeutic targeting of p97.
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- Eli Chapman
- Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Skaggs Molecular Biology Building, 10596 Torrey Pines Road, Rm. 203, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Acharya P, Liao M, Engel JC, Correia MA. Liver cytochrome P450 3A endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation: a major role for the p97 AAA ATPase in cytochrome P450 3A extraction into the cytosol. J Biol Chem 2010; 286:3815-28. [PMID: 21107009 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.186981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The CYP3A subfamily of hepatic cytochromes P450, being engaged in the metabolism and clearance of >50% of clinically relevant drugs, can significantly influence therapeutics and drug-drug interactions. Our characterization of CYP3A degradation has indicated that CYPs 3A incur ubiquitin-dependent proteasomal degradation (UPD) in an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated degradation (ERAD) process. Cytochromes P450 are monotopic hemoproteins N-terminally anchored to the ER membrane with their protein bulk readily accessible to the cytosolic proteasome. Given this topology, it was unclear whether they would require the AAA-ATPase p97 chaperone complex that retrotranslocates/dislocates ubiquitinated ER-integral and luminal proteins into the cytosol for proteasomal delivery. To assess the in vivo relevance of this p97-CYP3A association, we used lentiviral shRNAs to silence p97 (80% mRNA and 90% protein knockdown relative to controls) in sandwich-cultured rat hepatocytes. This extensive hepatic p97 knockdown remarkably had no effect on cellular morphology, ER stress, and/or apoptosis, despite the well recognized strategic p97 roles in multiple important cellular processes. However, such hepatic p97 knockdown almost completely abrogated CYP3A extraction into the cytosol, resulting in a significant accumulation of parent and ubiquitinated CYP3A species that were firmly ER-tethered. Little detectable CYP3A accumulated in the cytosol, even after concomitant inhibition of proteasomal degradation, thereby documenting a major role of p97 in CYP3A extraction and delivery to the 26 S proteasome during its UPD/ERAD. Intriguingly, the accumulated parent CYP3A was functionally active, indicating that p97 can regulate physiological CYP3A content and thus influence its clinically relevant function.
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- Poulomi Acharya
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158-2517, USA
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Goeckeler JL, Brodsky JL. Molecular chaperones and substrate ubiquitination control the efficiency of endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation. Diabetes Obes Metab 2010; 12 Suppl 2:32-8. [PMID: 21029298 PMCID: PMC3071497 DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2010.01273.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) must contend with a large protein flux, which is especially notable in cells dedicated to secreting hormone-regulated gene products. Because of the complexity of the protein folding pathway and the potential for genetic or stochastic errors, a significant percentage of these nascent secreted proteins fail to acquire their native conformations. If these species cannot be cleared from the ER, they may aggregate, which leads to cell death. To lessen the effects of potentially toxic polypeptides, aberrant ER proteins are destroyed via a process known as ER-associated degradation (ERAD). ERAD substrates are selected by molecular chaperones and chaperone-like proteins, and prior to degradation most substrates are ubiquitin-modified. Together with the unfolded protein response, the ERAD pathway is a critical component of the protein quality control machinery in the ER. Although emerging data continue to link ERAD with human diseases, most of our knowledge of this pathway arose from studies using a model eukaryote, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this review, we will summarize the discoveries that led to our current understanding of this pathway, focusing primarily on experiments in yeast. We will also indicate links between ERAD and disease and emphasize future research avenues.
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- J L Goeckeler
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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Fu H, Lin YL, Fatimababy AS. Proteasomal recognition of ubiquitylated substrates. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2010; 15:375-86. [PMID: 20399133 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2010.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2009] [Revised: 03/10/2010] [Accepted: 03/18/2010] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Ubiquitin/26S proteasome-mediated proteolysis controls the half-life of numerous critical regulatory proteins and is an intimate regulatory component for nearly all aspects of cellular processes. In addition to ubiquitin conjugation, an additional level of substrate specificity is regulated at the step of proteasomal recognition of ubiquitylated substrates, which serves as an important mechanistic and regulatory component to connect the substrate from the conjugation machinery to the 26S proteasome. In this review, we discuss current knowledge and future challenges relevant to understanding the mechanism, regulation, functions and substrate specificity of proteasomal recognition mediated by a multitude of ubiquitin receptors. The mechanistic details of major recognition pathways for ubiquitylated substrates are clearly divergent within and across species, which implies functional differentiation.
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- Hongyong Fu
- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 115, ROC.
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Quality and quantity control at the endoplasmic reticulum. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2010; 22:437-46. [PMID: 20570125 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2010.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2010] [Revised: 04/29/2010] [Accepted: 05/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the site of maturation for secretory and membrane proteins that together make up about one third of the cellular proteome. Cells carefully control the synthetic output of this organelle to regulate both quality and quantity of proteins that emerge. Here, we synthesize current concepts underlying the pathways that mediate protein degradation from the ER and their deployment under physiologic and pathologic conditions.
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Multilayered mechanism of CD4 downregulation by HIV-1 Vpu involving distinct ER retention and ERAD targeting steps. PLoS Pathog 2010; 6:e1000869. [PMID: 20442859 PMCID: PMC2861688 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2009] [Accepted: 03/22/2010] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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A key function of the Vpu protein of HIV-1 is the targeting of newly-synthesized CD4 for proteasomal degradation. This function has been proposed to occur by a mechanism that is fundamentally distinct from the cellular ER-associated degradation (ERAD) pathway. However, using a combination of genetic, biochemical and morphological methodologies, we find that CD4 degradation induced by Vpu is dependent on a key component of the ERAD machinery, the VCP-UFD1L-NPL4 complex, as well as on SCFβ-TrCP-dependent ubiquitination of the CD4 cytosolic tail on lysine and serine/threonine residues. When degradation of CD4 is blocked by either inactivation of the VCP-UFD1L-NPL4 complex or prevention of CD4 ubiquitination, Vpu still retains the bulk of CD4 in the ER mainly through transmembrane domain interactions. Addition of a strong ER export signal from the VSV-G protein overrides this retention. Thus, Vpu exerts two distinct activities in the process of downregulating CD4: ER retention followed by targeting to late stages of ERAD. The multiple levels at which Vpu engages these cellular quality control mechanisms underscore the importance of ensuring profound suppression of CD4 to the life cycle of HIV-1. HIV-1 devotes two accessory proteins, Nef and Vpu, to the task of removing the viral receptor, CD4, from the cell surface. Whereas Nef delivers surface CD4 for degradation in lysosomes, Vpu targets newly-made CD4 in the endoplasmic reticulum for degradation by cytosolic proteasomes. This latter process was thought to be fundamentally distinct from that used for the disposal of abnormal cellular proteins from the endoplasmic reticulum. Contrary to this notion, however, we show that Vpu utilizes at least part of the endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation machinery to dispose of CD4. Disabling this machinery prevents CD4 degradation induced by Vpu but, surprisingly, does not allow transport of CD4 to the cell surface. This is due to a second function of Vpu: retention of CD4 in the endoplasmic reticulum. These two functions of Vpu are mediated by different parts of the Vpu molecule and involve distinct mechanisms. This functional redundancy underscores the importance of suppressing CD4 expression for HIV-1 to thrive in the infected cells.
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Bernasconi R, Galli C, Calanca V, Nakajima T, Molinari M. Stringent requirement for HRD1, SEL1L, and OS-9/XTP3-B for disposal of ERAD-LS substrates. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 188:223-35. [PMID: 20100910 PMCID: PMC2812524 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200910042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Soluble ERAD substrates require the Hrd1 E3 ligase for degradation compared with membrane-anchored peptides that use GP78. Sophisticated quality control mechanisms prolong retention of protein-folding intermediates in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) until maturation while sorting out terminally misfolded polypeptides for ER-associated degradation (ERAD). The presence of structural lesions in the luminal, transmembrane, or cytosolic domains determines the classification of misfolded polypeptides as ERAD-L, -M, or -C substrates and results in selection of distinct degradation pathways. In this study, we show that disposal of soluble (nontransmembrane) polypeptides with luminal lesions (ERAD-LS substrates) is strictly dependent on the E3 ubiquitin ligase HRD1, the associated cargo receptor SEL1L, and two interchangeable ERAD lectins, OS-9 and XTP3-B. These ERAD factors become dispensable for degradation of the same polypeptides when membrane tethered (ERAD-LM substrates). Our data reveal that, in contrast to budding yeast, tethering of mammalian ERAD-L substrates to the membrane changes selection of the degradation pathway.
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Yang H, Liu C, Zhong Y, Luo S, Monteiro MJ, Fang S. Huntingtin interacts with the cue domain of gp78 and inhibits gp78 binding to ubiquitin and p97/VCP. PLoS One 2010; 5:e8905. [PMID: 20126661 PMCID: PMC2811200 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2009] [Accepted: 01/06/2010] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Huntington's disease (HD) is caused by polyglutamine expansion in huntingtin (htt) protein, but the exact mechanism of HD pathogenesis remains uncertain. Recent evidence suggests that htt proteins with expanded polyglutamine tracts induce endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, probably by interfering with ER-associated degradation (ERAD). Here we report that mutant htt interacts and interferes with the function of gp78, an ER membrane-anchored ubiquitin ligase (E3) involved in ERAD. Mapping studies showed that the HEAT repeats 2&3 of htt interact with the cue domain of gp78. The interaction competitively reduces polyubiquitinated protein binding to gp78 and also sterically blocks gp78 interaction of p97/VCP, a molecular chaperone that is essential for ERAD. These effects of htt negatively regulate the function of gp78 in ERAD and are aggravated by polyglutamine expansion. Paradoxically, gp78 is still able to ubiquitinate and facilitate degradation of htt proteins with expanded polyglutamine. The impairment of ERAD by mutant htt proteins is associated with induction of ER stress. Our studies provide a novel molecular mechanism that supports the involvement of ER stress in HD pathogenesis.
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Griciuc A, Aron L, Piccoli G, Ueffing M. Clearance of Rhodopsin(P23H) aggregates requires the ERAD effector VCP. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2010; 1803:424-34. [PMID: 20097236 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2010.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2009] [Revised: 12/29/2009] [Accepted: 01/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Dominant mutations in the visual pigment Rhodopsin (Rh) cause retinitis pigmentosa (RP) characterized by progressive blindness and retinal degeneration. The most common Rh mutation, Rh(P23H) forms aggregates in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and impairs the proteasome; however, the mechanisms linking Rh aggregate formation to proteasome dysfunction and photoreceptor cell loss remain unclear. Using mammalian cell cultures, we provide the first evidence that misfolded Rh(P23H) is a substrate of the ERAD effector VCP, an ATP-dependent chaperone that extracts misfolded proteins from the ER and escorts them for proteasomal degradation. VCP co-localizes with misfolded Rh(P23H) in retinal cells and requires functional N-terminal and D1 ATPase domains to form a complex with Rh(P23H) aggregates. Furthermore, VCP uses its D2 ATPase activity to promote Rh(P23H) aggregate retrotranslocation and proteasomal delivery. Our results raise the possibility that modulation of VCP and ERAD activity might have potential therapeutic significance for RP.
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- Ana Griciuc
- Department of Protein Science, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen-German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Otero JH, Suo J, Gordon C, Chang EC. Int6 and Moe1 interact with Cdc48 to regulate ERAD and proper chromosome segregation. Cell Cycle 2010; 9:147-61. [PMID: 20016281 DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.1.10312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Int6/eIF3e is implicated in tumorigenesis, but its molecular functions remain unclear. We have studied its fission yeast homolog Yin6, reporting that it regulates proteolysis by controlling the assembly/localization of proteasomes, and binds directly to another conserved protein, Moe1. In the present study, we isolated Cdc48 as a Moe1-binding protein from a yeast two-hybrid screen, and confirmed biochemically that they form a stable complex in fission yeast. Overexpressing Moe1 or Yin6 partially rescued phenotypes of cdc48 mutants; conversely, overexpressing Cdc48 partially rescued phenotypes of moe1 or yin6 mutants. Mutants defective in both Cdc48 and the Yin6-Moe1 complex showed growth defects that were far more severe than either alone. These double mutants were severely deficient in endoplasmic reticulum associated degradation (ERAD), as they were hypersensitive to accumulation of misfolded proteins. In addition, their chromosomes showed frequent defects in spindle attachment and segregation--these mitotic defects correlated with Ase1 and Bir1/survivin mislocalization. These results suggest that Cdc48, Yin6 and Moe1 act in the same protein complex to concertedly control ERAD and chromosome segregation. Many of these properties are evolutionarily conserved in humans, since human Cdc48 rescued the lethality of the yeast cdc48Delta mutant, and Int6 and Moe1/eIF3d bind Cdc48 in human cells.
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- Joel H Otero
- Interdepartmental Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, and Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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Lim PJ, Danner R, Liang J, Doong H, Harman C, Srinivasan D, Rothenberg C, Wang H, Ye Y, Fang S, Monteiro MJ. Ubiquilin and p97/VCP bind erasin, forming a complex involved in ERAD. J Cell Biol 2009; 187:201-17. [PMID: 19822669 PMCID: PMC2768832 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200903024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2009] [Accepted: 09/23/2009] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Unwanted proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are exported into the cytoplasm and degraded by the proteasome through the ER-associated protein degradation pathway (ERAD). Disturbances in ERAD are linked to ER stress, which has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several human diseases. However, the composition and organization of ERAD complexes in human cells is still poorly understood. In this paper, we describe a trimeric complex that we propose functions in ERAD. Knockdown of erasin, a platform for p97/VCP and ubiquilin binding, or knockdown of ubiquilin in human cells slowed degradation of two classical ERAD substrates. In Caenorhabditis elegans, ubiquilin and erasin are ER stress-response genes that are regulated by the ire-1 branch of the unfolded protein response pathway. Loss of ubiquilin or erasin resulted in activation of ER stress, increased accumulation of polyubiquitinated proteins, and shortened lifespan in worms. Our results strongly support a role for this complex in ERAD and in the regulation of ER stress.
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- Precious J. Lim
- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201
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- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201
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- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201
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- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201
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- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201
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- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201
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- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201
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- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201
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- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201
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- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201
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Ballar P, Ors AU, Yang H, Fang S. Differential regulation of CFTRDeltaF508 degradation by ubiquitin ligases gp78 and Hrd1. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2009; 42:167-73. [PMID: 19828134 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2009.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2009] [Revised: 10/06/2009] [Accepted: 10/06/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The most common mutation associated with cystic fibrosis is the deletion of phenylalanine 508 of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTRDeltaF508). This mutation renders otherwise functional protein susceptible to ER-associated degradation (ERAD) and prevents CFTR from exiting the ER and trafficking to the plasma membrane. In this study, we demonstrate that RNAi-mediated silencing of gp78, an established ubiquitin ligase (E3) involved in ERAD, leads to accumulation of CFTRDeltaF508 protein in cells. gp78 facilitates the degradation of CFTRDeltaF508 by enhancing both its ubiquitination and interaction with p97/VCP. SVIP, which is the inhibitor of gp78, causes accumulation of CFTRDeltaF508. We showed that endogenous gp78 co-immunoprecipitates with Hrd1. Furthermore, the results indicate that silencing the expression of another ERAD E3, Hrd1, leads to stabilization of gp78 and decline in gp78 ubiquitination; thereby enhancing CFTRDeltaF508 degradation. The results support that gp78 is an E3 targeting CFTRDeltaF508 for degradation and Hrd1 inhibits CFTRDeltaF508 degradation by acting as an E3 for gp78.
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- Petek Ballar
- Ege University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Izmir, 35100, Turkey.
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Hampton RY, Garza RM. Protein quality control as a strategy for cellular regulation: lessons from ubiquitin-mediated regulation of the sterol pathway. Chem Rev 2009; 109:1561-74. [PMID: 19243134 DOI: 10.1021/cr800544v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Randolph Y Hampton
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Fairbank M, St-Pierre P, Nabi IR. The complex biology of autocrine motility factor/phosphoglucose isomerase (AMF/PGI) and its receptor, the gp78/AMFR E3 ubiquitin ligase. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2009; 5:793-801. [PMID: 19603112 DOI: 10.1039/b820820b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI) is a glycolytic enzyme that exhibits a dual function as an extracellular cytokine, under the name autocrine motility factor (AMF). Its cell surface receptor, gp78/AMFR, is also localized to the endoplasmic reticulum where it functions as an E3 ubiquitin ligase. Expression of both AMF/PGI and gp78/AMFR is associated with cancer and, in this review, we will discuss various aspects of the biology of this ligand-receptor complex and its role in tumor progression.
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- Maria Fairbank
- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6P 5V8, Canada
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Huang B, Chen SC, Wang DL. Shear flow increases S-nitrosylation of proteins in endothelial cells. Cardiovasc Res 2009; 83:536-46. [PMID: 19447776 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvp154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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AIMS Endothelial cells (ECs) constantly exposed to shear flow increase nitric oxide production via the activation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase. Nitric oxide-mediated S-nitrosylation has recently been identified as an important post-translational modification that may alter signalling and/or protein function. S-nitrosylation of endothelial proteins after shear flow treatment has not been fully explored. In this study, the CyDye switch method was utilized to examine S-nitrosylated proteins in ECs after exposure to shear flow. METHODS AND RESULTS Human umbilical vein ECs were subjected to shear flow for 30 min, and S-nitrosylated proteins were detected by the CyDye switch method. In principle, free thiols in proteins become blocked by alkylation, the S-nitrosylated bond is reduced by ascorbate, and then CyDye labels proteins. Proteins that separately labelled with Cy3 or Cy5 were mixed and subjected to two-dimensional gel electrophoresis for further analysis. More than 100 S-nitrosoproteins were detected in static and shear-treated ECs. Among these, 12 major proteins of heterogeneous function showed a significant increase in S-nitrosylation following shear flow. The S-nitrosylated residues in tropomyosin and vimentin, which were localized in the hydrophobic motif of each protein, were identified as Cys170 and Cys328, respectively. CONCLUSION Post-translational S-nitrosylation of proteins in ECs can be detected by a reliable CyDye switch method. This flow-induced S-nitrosylation of endothelial proteins may be essential for the adaptation and remodelling of ECs under flow conditions.
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- Bin Huang
- Cardiovascular Division, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, 128 sec. 2 Academia Rd. NanKang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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Gitcho MA, Strider J, Carter D, Taylor-Reinwald L, Forman MS, Goate AM, Cairns NJ. VCP mutations causing frontotemporal lobar degeneration disrupt localization of TDP-43 and induce cell death. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:12384-98. [PMID: 19237541 PMCID: PMC2673306 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m900992200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) with inclusion body myopathy and Paget disease of bone is a rare, autosomal dominant disorder caused by mutations in the VCP (valosin-containing protein) gene. The disease is characterized neuropathologically by frontal and temporal lobar atrophy, neuron loss and gliosis, and ubiquitin-positive inclusions (FTLD-U), which are distinct from those seen in other sporadic and familial FTLD-U entities. The major component of the ubiquitinated inclusions of FTLD with VCP mutation is TDP-43 (TAR DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa). TDP-43 proteinopathy links sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, sporadic FTLD-U, and most familial forms of FTLD-U. Understanding the relationship between individual gene defects and pathologic TDP-43 will facilitate the characterization of the mechanisms leading to neurodegeneration. Using cell culture models, we have investigated the role of mutant VCP in intracellular trafficking, proteasomal function, and cell death and demonstrate that mutations in the VCP gene 1) alter localization of TDP-43 between the nucleus and cytosol, 2) decrease proteasome activity, 3) induce endoplasmic reticulum stress, 4) increase markers of apoptosis, and 5) impair cell viability. These results suggest that VCP mutation-induced neurodegeneration is mediated by several mechanisms.
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- Michael A Gitcho
- Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and the Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Morreale G, Conforti L, Coadwell J, Wilbrey AL, Coleman MP. Evolutionary divergence of valosin-containing protein/cell division cycle protein 48 binding interactions among endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation proteins. FEBS J 2009; 276:1208-20. [PMID: 19175675 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06858.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated degradation (ERAD) is a cell-autonomous process that eliminates large quantities of misfolded, newly synthesized protein, and is thus essential for the survival of any basic eukaryotic cell. Accordingly, the proteins involved and their interaction partners are well conserved from yeast to mammals, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae is widely used as a model system with which to investigate this fundamental cellular process. For example, valosin-containing protein (VCP) and its yeast homologue cell division cycle protein 48 (Cdc48p), which help to direct polyubiquitinated proteins for proteasome-mediated degradation, interact with an equivalent group of ubiquitin ligases in mouse and in S. cerevisiae. A conserved structural motif for cofactor binding would therefore be expected. We report a VCP-binding motif (VBM) shared by mammalian ubiquitin ligase E4b (Ube4b)-ubiquitin fusion degradation protein 2a (Ufd2a), hydroxymethylglutaryl reductase degradation protein 1 (Hrd1)-synoviolin and ataxin 3, and a related sequence in M(r) 78,000 glycoprotein-Amfr with slightly different binding properties, and show that Ube4b and Hrd1 compete for binding to the N-terminal domain of VCP. Each of these proteins is involved in ERAD, but none has an S. cerevisiae homologue containing the VBM. Some other invertebrate model organisms also lack the VBM in one or more of these proteins, in contrast to vertebrates, where the VBM is widely conserved. Thus, consistent with their importance in ERAD, evolution has developed at least two ways to bring these proteins together with VCP-Cdc48p. However, the differing molecular architecture of VCP-Cdc48p complexes indicates a key point of divergence in the molecular details of ERAD mechanisms.
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- Giacomo Morreale
- Laboratory of Molecular Signalling, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK.
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Nagahama M, Ohnishi M, Kawate Y, Matsui T, Miyake H, Yuasa K, Tani K, Tagaya M, Tsuji A. UBXD1 is a VCP-interacting protein that is involved in ER-associated degradation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 382:303-8. [PMID: 19275885 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2009] [Accepted: 03/04/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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AAA ATPase VCP and its yeast ortholog Cdc48, in a complex with the Ufd1-Npl4 heterodimer as an adaptor, play an essential role in endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD). Several UBX domain-containing proteins function to recruit ubiquitylated substrates to VCP/Cdc48 by binding both VCP/Cdc48 and other ERAD components such as ubiquitin ligases. Here we show that mammalian UBXD1 is an additional UBX domain-containing protein involved in the ERAD process. UBXD1 is a cytosolic protein that interacts with VCP and Derlin-1. Overexpression of UBXD1 in cells causes selective dissociation of Ufd1 from VCP, resulting in inhibition of mutant cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) degradation by ERAD. Additionally, depletion of endogenous UBXD1 protein by RNA interference also results in a defect in CFTR degradation. Collectively, these findings suggest that UBXD1 is a regulatory component of ERAD that may modulate the adaptor binding to VCP.
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- Masami Nagahama
- Department of Life Systems, Institute of Technology and Science, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.
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Wang Y, Liao M, Hoe N, Acharya P, Deng C, Krutchinsky AN, Correia MA. A role for protein phosphorylation in cytochrome P450 3A4 ubiquitin-dependent proteasomal degradation. J Biol Chem 2008; 284:5671-84. [PMID: 19095658 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m806104200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cytochromes P450 (P450s) incur phosphorylation. Although the precise role of this post-translational modification is unclear, marking P450s for degradation is plausible. Indeed, we have found that after structural inactivation, CYP3A4, the major human liver P450, and its rat orthologs are phosphorylated during their ubiquitin-dependent proteasomal degradation. Peptide mapping coupled with mass spectrometric analyses of CYP3A4 phosphorylated in vitro by protein kinase C (PKC) previously identified two target sites, Thr(264) and Ser(420). We now document that liver cytosolic kinases additionally target Ser(478) as a major site. To determine whether such phosphorylation is relevant to in vivo CYP3A4 degradation, wild type and CYP3A4 with single, double, or triple Ala mutations of these residues were heterologously expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae pep4Delta strains. We found that relative to CYP3A4wt, its S478A mutant was significantly stabilized in these yeast, and this was greatly to markedly enhanced for its S478A/T264A, S478A/S420A, and S478A/T264A/S420A double and triple mutants. Similar relative S478A/T264A/S420A mutant stabilization was also observed in HEK293T cells. To determine whether phosphorylation enhances CYP3A4 degradation by enhancing its ubiquitination, CYP3A4 ubiquitination was examined in an in vitro UBC7/gp78-reconstituted system with and without cAMP-dependent protein kinase A and PKC, two liver cytosolic kinases involved in CYP3A4 phosphorylation. cAMP-dependent protein kinase A/PKC-mediated phosphorylation of CYP3A4wt but not its S478A/T264A/S420A mutant enhanced its ubiquitination in this system. Together, these findings indicate that phosphorylation of CYP3A4 Ser(478), Thr(264), and Ser(420) residues by cytosolic kinases is important both for its ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation and suggest a direct link between P450 phosphorylation, ubiquitination, and degradation.
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- Yongqiang Wang
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, USA
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Pabarcus MK, Hoe N, Sadeghi S, Patterson C, Wiertz E, Correia MA. CYP3A4 ubiquitination by gp78 (the tumor autocrine motility factor receptor, AMFR) and CHIP E3 ligases. Arch Biochem Biophys 2008; 483:66-74. [PMID: 19103148 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2008.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2008] [Revised: 11/30/2008] [Accepted: 12/02/2008] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Human liver CYP3A4 is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-anchored hemoprotein responsible for the metabolism of >50% of clinically prescribed drugs. After heterologous expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, it is degraded via the ubiquitin (Ub)-dependent 26S proteasomal pathway that utilizes Ubc7p/Cue1p, but none of the canonical Ub-ligases (E3s) Hrd1p/Hrd3p, Doa10p, and Rsp5p involved in ER-associated degradation (ERAD). To identify an Ub-ligase capable of ubiquitinating CYP3A4, we examined various in vitro reconstituted mammalian E3 systems, using purified and functionally characterized recombinant components. Of these, the cytosolic domain of the ER-protein gp78, also known as the tumor autocrine motility factor receptor (AMFR), an UBC7-dependent polytopic RING-finger E3, effectively ubiquitinated CYP3A4 in vitro, as did the UbcH5a-dependent cytosolic E3 CHIP. CYP3A4 immunoprecipitation coupled with anti-Ub immunoblotting analyses confirmed its ubiquitination in these reconstituted systems. Thus, both UBC7/gp78 and UbcH5a/CHIP may be involved in CYP3A4 ERAD, although their relative physiological contribution remains to be established.
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- Michael K Pabarcus
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California San Francisco, 94158-2280, United States
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Abstract
p97/VCP (valosin-containing protein) is a cytosolic AAA (ATPase associated with various cellular activities) essential for retrotranslocation of misfolded proteins during ERAD [ER (endoplasmic reticulum)-associated degradation]. gp78, an ERAD ubiquitin ligase, is one of the p97/VCP recruitment proteins localized to the ER membrane. A newly identified VIM (p97/VCP-interacting motif) in gp78 has brought about novel insights into mechanisms of ERAD, such as the presence of a p97/VCP-dependent but Ufd1-independent retrotranslocation during gp78-mediated ERAD. Additionally, SVIP (small p97/VCP-interacting protein), which contains a VIM in its N-terminal region, negatively regulates ERAD by uncoupling p97/VCP and Derlin1 from gp78. Thus SVIP may protect cells from damage by extravagant ERAD.
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