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Vargas G, Cortés O, Arias-Muñoz E, Hernández S, Cerda-Troncoso C, Hernández L, González AE, Tatham MH, Bustamante HA, Retamal C, Cancino J, Varas-Godoy M, Hay RT, Rojas-Fernández A, Cavieres VA, Burgos PV. Negative Modulation of Macroautophagy by Stabilized HERPUD1 is Counteracted by an Increased ER-Lysosomal Network With Impact in Drug-Induced Stress Cell Survival. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:743287. [PMID: 35309917 PMCID: PMC8924303 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.743287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Macroautophagy and the ubiquitin proteasome system work as an interconnected network in the maintenance of cellular homeostasis. Indeed, efficient activation of macroautophagy upon nutritional deprivation is sustained by degradation of preexisting proteins by the proteasome. However, the specific substrates that are degraded by the proteasome in order to activate macroautophagy are currently unknown. By quantitative proteomic analysis we identified several proteins downregulated in response to starvation independently of ATG5 expression. Among them, the most significant was HERPUD1, an ER membrane protein with low expression and known to be degraded by the proteasome under normal conditions. Contrary, under ER stress, levels of HERPUD1 increased rapidly due to a blockage in its proteasomal degradation. Thus, we explored whether HERPUD1 stability could work as a negative regulator of autophagy. In this work, we expressed a version of HERPUD1 with its ubiquitin-like domain (UBL) deleted, which is known to be crucial for its proteasome degradation. In comparison to HERPUD1-WT, we found the UBL-deleted version caused a negative role on basal and induced macroautophagy. Unexpectedly, we found stabilized HERPUD1 promotes ER remodeling independent of unfolded protein response activation observing an increase in stacked-tubular structures resembling previously described tubular ER rearrangements. Importantly, a phosphomimetic S59D mutation within the UBL mimics the phenotype observed with the UBL-deleted version including an increase in HERPUD1 stability and ER remodeling together with a negative role on autophagy. Moreover, we found UBL-deleted version and HERPUD1-S59D trigger an increase in cellular size, whereas HERPUD1-S59D also causes an increased in nuclear size. Interestingly, ER remodeling by the deletion of the UBL and the phosphomimetic S59D version led to an increase in the number and function of lysosomes. In addition, the UBL-deleted version and phosphomimetic S59D version established a tight ER-lysosomal network with the presence of extended patches of ER-lysosomal membrane-contact sites condition that reveals an increase of cell survival under stress conditions. Altogether, we propose stabilized HERPUD1 downregulates macroautophagy favoring instead a closed interplay between the ER and lysosomes with consequences in drug-cell stress survival.
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- Gabriela Vargas
- Centro de Biología Celular y Biomedicina (CEBICEM), Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Biología Celular y Biomedicina (CEBICEM), Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Biología Celular y Biomedicina (CEBICEM), Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile.,Centro de Envejecimiento y Regeneración (CARE-UC), Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Biología Celular y Biomedicina (CEBICEM), Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Biología Celular y Biomedicina (CEBICEM), Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Biología Celular y Biomedicina (CEBICEM), Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Center for Gene Regulation and Expression, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Microbiología Clínica, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Centro de Biología Celular y Biomedicina (CEBICEM), Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Biología Celular y Biomedicina (CEBICEM), Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Biología Celular y Biomedicina (CEBICEM), Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile
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- Center for Gene Regulation and Expression, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Center for Gene Regulation and Expression, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom.,Instituto de Medicina & Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios del Sistema Nervioso (CISNe), Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Centro de Biología Celular y Biomedicina (CEBICEM), Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile.,Centro de Envejecimiento y Regeneración (CARE-UC), Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Biología Celular y Biomedicina (CEBICEM), Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile.,Centro de Envejecimiento y Regeneración (CARE-UC), Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile.,Centro Ciencia & Vida, Fundación Ciencia & Vida, Santiago, Chile
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Oh-Hashi K, Takahashi K, Hirata Y. Regulation of the ER-bound transcription factor Luman/CREB3 in HEK293 cells. FEBS Lett 2019; 593:2771-2778. [PMID: 31291699 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Revised: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
CREB3 is a transcription factor localized to the ER. Here, we investigated endogenous CREB3 expression in HEK293 cells using pharmacological and genome editing approaches. Full-length CREB3 detected under resting conditions disappeared following treatment with tunicamycin, brefeldin A and nigericin. Treatment with cycloheximide and MG132 indicated that endogenous CREB3 is a proteasome substrate. Using cells deficient for the ER-associated protein degradation (ERAD) factors SEL1L and Herp, we demonstrate that SEL1L, but not Herp, plays a crucial role in the posttranslational regulation of full-length CREB3 expression. In addition, kifunensine, an α-mannosidase inhibitor, remarkably increased full-length CREB3 expression. Our study suggests that endogenous full-length CREB3 is a novel substrate for ERAD and identifies unique cellular signals distinct from those in canonical ER stress.
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- Kentaro Oh-Hashi
- United Graduate School of Drug Discovery and Medical Information Sciences, Gifu University, Japan
- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Gifu University, Japan
- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Japan
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- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Gifu University, Japan
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- United Graduate School of Drug Discovery and Medical Information Sciences, Gifu University, Japan
- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Gifu University, Japan
- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Japan
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Oh-Hashi K, Matsumoto S, Sakai T, Hirata Y, Okuda K, Nagasawa H. Effects of 2-(2-Chlorophenyl)ethylbiguanide on ERAD Component Expression in HT-29 Cells Under a Serum- and Glucose-Deprived Condition. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2019; 188:1009-1021. [PMID: 30783947 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-019-02969-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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We recently characterized the cytotoxic action of a novel phenformin derivative, 2-(2-chlorophenyl)ethylbiguanide (2-Cl-Phen), on HT-29 cells under a serum- and glucose-deprived condition and found that 2-Cl-Phen attenuated ATF4 and GRP78, typical downstream targets of the unfolded protein response (UPR), together with c-Myc protein expression in a transcriptional and posttranscriptional manner. In the current study, we focused on the expression of ER-associated protein degradation (ERAD) components after treatment with 2-Cl-Phen under a serum- and glucose-deprived condition. Among nine ER-localizing factors regulating protein quality control within the ER, the amounts of Herp, GRP78, GRP94, and OS9 proteins were significantly downregulated by treatment with 2-Cl-Phen. In particular, replacement of the culture medium with the serum- and glucose-deprived medium induced the expression of Herp protein at the early phase. This increase in Herp protein was accompanied by an increase in its mRNA, and its induction was significantly dampened by 2-Cl-Phen. However, cotreatment with a proteasome inhibitor, MG132, restored Herp expression only to a limited extent. Taken together, these results show that 2-Cl-Phen changed the expression of several ERAD components, especially by transcriptional inhibition of Herp induction by 2-Cl-Phen when it occurred at an early phase, and this finding provides new insights into understanding the mechanisms of 2-Cl-Phen-mediated cytotoxicity.
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- Kentaro Oh-Hashi
- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan. .,United Graduate School of Drug Discovery and Medical Information Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4, Daigakunishi, Gifu, 501-1196, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan.,United Graduate School of Drug Discovery and Medical Information Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4, Daigakunishi, Gifu, 501-1196, Japan.,Laboratory of Bioorganic & Natural Products Chemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, 4-19-1, Motoyama-kita, Higashinada, Kobe, 658-8558, Japan
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- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4, Daigakunishi, Gifu, 501-1196, Japan
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Maeda T, Fujita Y, Tanabe-Fujimura C, Zou K, Liu J, Liu S, Kikuchi K, Shen X, Nakajima T, Komano H. An E3 Ubiquitin Ligase, Synoviolin, Is Involved in the Degradation of Homocysteine-Inducible Endoplasmic Reticulum Protein. Biol Pharm Bull 2018; 41:915-919. [PMID: 29863080 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b18-00015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Homocysteine-inducible endoplasmic reticulum (ER) protein (Herp) is an ER stress-inducible membrane protein involved in ER-associated degradation. Herp expression is maintained at low levels through a strict regulatory mechanism, but the details of this mechanism and the reasons why Herp expression is restricted in this manner remain unclear. Here, we show that Herp degradation involves synoviolin, an ER-resident E3 ubiquitin ligase. Herp protein levels were found to be markedly elevated in synoviolin-null cells, and Herp expression decreased when synoviolin was overexpressed. However, the lysine residues of Herp, which are ubiquitinated by E3 ubiquitin ligase, were not sufficient for regulation of Herp degradation. These results suggest that Herp degradation is mediated via synoviolin and that Herp ubiquitination involves amino acids other than lysine.
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- Tomoji Maeda
- Department of Neuroscience, School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University
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- Department of Neuroscience, School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University
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- Department of Neuroscience, School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University
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- Department of Neuroscience, School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University
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- Department of Neuroscience, School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University
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- Department of Neuroscience, School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University
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- Department of Neuroscience, School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University
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- Department of Neuroscience, School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University
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Lin H, Ni T, Zhang J, Meng L, Gao F, Pan S, Luo H, Xu F, Ru G, Chi J, Guo H. Knockdown of Herp alleviates hyperhomocysteinemia mediated atherosclerosis through the inhibition of vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype switching. Int J Cardiol 2018; 269:242-249. [PMID: 30017525 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.07.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Revised: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Phenotypic switching of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) plays a key role in atherosclerosis. We aimed to investigate whether Homocysteine-responsive endoplasmic reticulum protein (Herp) was involved in VSMC phenotypic switching and affected atheroprogression. METHODS To assess the role of Herp in homocysteine (Hcy)-associated atherosclerosis, Herp-/- and LDLR-/- double knockout mice were generated and fed with a high methionine diet (HMD) to induce Hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy). Atherosclerotic lesions, cholesterol homeostasis, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress activation, and the phenotype of VSMCs were assessed in vivo. We used siRNAs to knockdown Herp in cultured VSMCs to further validate our findings in vitro. RESULTS HMD significantly activated the activating transcription factor 6 (ATF6)/Herp arm of ER stress in LDLR-/- mice, and induced the phenotypic switch of VSMCs, with the loss of contractile proteins (SMA and calponin) and an increase of OPN protein. Herp-/-/LDLR-/- mice developed reduced atherosclerotic lesions in the aortic sinus and the whole aorta when compared with LDLR-/- mice. However, Herp deficiency had no effect on diet-induced HHcy and hyperlipidemia. Inhibition of VSMC phenotypic switching, decreased proliferation and collagen accumulation were observed in Herp-/-/LDLR-/- mice when compared with LDLR-/- mice. In vitro experiments demonstrated that Hcy caused VSMC phenotypic switching, promoted cell proliferation and migration; this was reversed by Herp depletion. We achieved similar results via inhibition of ER stress using 4-phenylbutyric-acid (4-PBA) in Hcy-treated VSMCs. CONCLUSION Herp deficiency inhibits the phenotypic switch of VSMCs and the development of atherosclerosis, thus providing novel insights into the role of Herp in atherogenesis.
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- Hui Lin
- Department of Cardiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing 312000, Zhejiang, China; The First Clinical Medical College, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang, China
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- The First Clinical Medical College, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing 312000, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing 312000, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing 312000, Zhejiang, China
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- Medical Research Center, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing 312000, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing 312000, Zhejiang, China; The First Clinical Medical College, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, Zhejiang, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing 312000, Zhejiang, China; The First Clinical Medical College, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, Zhejiang, China.
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Norisada J, Fujimura K, Amaya F, Kohno H, Hirata Y, Oh-hashi K. Application of NanoBiT for Monitoring Dimerization of the Null Hong Kong Variant of α-1-Antitrypsin, NHK, in Living Cells. Mol Biotechnol 2018; 60:539-549. [DOI: 10.1007/s12033-018-0092-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Joly P, Vignaud H, Di Martino J, Ruiz M, Garin R, Restier L, Belmalih A, Marchal C, Cullin C, Arveiler B, Fergelot P, Gitler AD, Lachaux A, Couthouis J, Bouchecareilh M. ERAD defects and the HFE-H63D variant are associated with increased risk of liver damages in Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0179369. [PMID: 28617828 PMCID: PMC5472284 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The most common and severe disease causing allele of Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency (1ATD) is Z-1AT. This protein aggregates in the endoplasmic reticulum, which is the main cause of liver disease in childhood. Based on recent evidences and on the frequency of liver disease occurrence in Z-1AT patients, it seems that liver disease progression is linked to still unknown genetic factors. METHODS We used an innovative approach combining yeast genetic screens with next generation exome sequencing to identify and functionally characterize the genes involved in 1ATD associated liver disease. RESULTS Using yeast genetic screens, we identified HRD1, an Endoplasmic Reticulum Associated Degradation (ERAD) associated protein, as an inducer of Z-mediated toxicity. Whole exome sequencing of 1ATD patients resulted in the identification of two variants associated with liver damages in Z-1AT homozygous cases: HFE H63D and HERPUD1 R50H. Functional characterization in Z-1AT model cell lines demonstrated that impairment of the ERAD machinery combined with the HFE H63D variant expression decreased both cell proliferation and cell viability, while Unfolded Protein Response (UPR)-mediated cell death was hyperstimulated. CONCLUSION This powerful experimental pipeline allowed us to identify and functionally validate two genes involved in Z-1AT-mediated severe liver toxicity. This pilot study moves forward our understanding on genetic modifiers involved in 1ATD and highlights the UPR pathway as a target for the treatment of liver diseases associated with 1ATD. Finally, these findings support a larger scale screening for HERPUD1 R50H and HFE H63D variants in the sub-group of 1ATD patients developing significant chronic hepatic injuries (hepatomegaly, chronic cholestasis, elevated liver enzymes) and at risk developing liver cirrhosis.
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- Philippe Joly
- University Lyon - University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - EA 7424 – Inter-university Laboratory of Human Movement Science, Villeurbanne, France
- Laboratoire de Biochimie et biologie moléculaire Grand-Est, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- CNRS, University Bordeaux, UMR5095 Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Bordeaux, France
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- CNRS, University Bordeaux, UMR5095 Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Bordeaux, France
- INSERM, University Bordeaux, UMR1053 Bordeaux Research In Translational Oncology, BaRITOn, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- CNRS, University Bordeaux, UMR5095 Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Bordeaux, France
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- CNRS, University Bordeaux, UMR5095 Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Bordeaux, France
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- University Bordeaux, INSERM U1211, Laboratoire Maladies Rares, Génétique et Métabolisme (MRGM), Bordeaux, France
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- University Bordeaux, INSERM U1211, Laboratoire Maladies Rares, Génétique et Métabolisme (MRGM), Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- CNRS, University Bordeaux, UMR5095 Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Bordeaux, France
- INSERM, University Bordeaux, UMR1053 Bordeaux Research In Translational Oncology, BaRITOn, Bordeaux, France
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Mirabelli C, Pelletier I, Téoulé F, Vidalain PO, Brisac C, Tangy F, Delpeyroux F, Blondel B. The CREB3-Herp signalling module limits the cytosolic calcium concentration increase and apoptosis induced by poliovirus. J Gen Virol 2016; 97:2194-2200. [PMID: 27405867 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Poliovirus (PV)-induced apoptosis seems to play a major role in central nervous system (CNS) tissue injury, a crucial feature of the pathogenesis of poliomyelitis. We have previously shown that calcium (Ca2+) flux from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the cytosol during PV infection is involved in apoptosis induction in human neuroblastoma cells. We show here that PV infection is associated with a transient upregulation of Herp (homocysteine-induced ER protein), a protein known to promote the degradation of ER-resident Ca2+ channels. Herp gene transcription is controlled by the transcription factor CREB3 (cAMP response element-binding protein 3). We found that the CREB3/Herp pathway limited the increase in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration and apoptosis early in PV infection. This may reduce the extent of PV-induced damage to the CNS during poliomyelitis.
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- Carmen Mirabelli
- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie des virus entériques, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France.,INSERM U994, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie des virus entériques, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France.,INSERM U994, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie des virus entériques, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France.,INSERM U994, Paris, France.,Université Versailles Saint-Quentin, Versailles, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Génomique virale et vaccination, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France.,CNRS UMR 3569, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie des virus entériques, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France.,Université Versailles Saint-Quentin, Versailles, France.,INSERM U994, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Génomique virale et vaccination, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France.,CNRS UMR 3569, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie des virus entériques, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France.,INSERM U994, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie des virus entériques, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France.,INSERM U994, Paris, France
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NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase 1 inhibits the proteasomal degradation of homocysteine-induced endoplasmic reticulum protein. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2016; 473:1276-1280. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.04.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Accepted: 04/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Pisoni GB, Molinari M. Five Questions (with their Answers) on ER-Associated Degradation. Traffic 2016; 17:341-50. [PMID: 27004930 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2015] [Revised: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Abstract
Production of a functional proteome is a major burden for our cells. Native proteins operate inside and outside the cells to eventually warrant life and adaptation to metabolic and environmental changes, there is no doubt that production and inappropriate handling of misfolded proteins may cause severe disease states. This review focuses on protein destruction, which is, paradoxically, a crucial event for cell and organism survival. It regulates the physiological turnover of proteins and the clearance of faulty biosynthetic products. It mainly relies on the intervention of two catabolic machineries, the ubiquitin proteasome system and the (auto)lysosomal system. Here, we have selected five questions dealing with how, why and when proteins produced in the mammalian endoplasmic reticulum are eventually selected for destruction.
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- Giorgia Brambilla Pisoni
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, CH-6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland.,Università della Svizzera italiana, CH-6900, Lugano, Switzerland.,ETH Zurich, D-BIOL, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, CH-6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland.,Università della Svizzera italiana, CH-6900, Lugano, Switzerland.,School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Chen F, Wang N, Yang D, Wen X, Mahmoud TN, Zhou D, Tang K, Lin P, Wang A, Jin Y. Herp depletion arrests the S phase of the cell cycle and increases estradiol synthesis in mouse granulosa cells. J Reprod Dev 2016; 62:159-66. [PMID: 26781490 PMCID: PMC4848573 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2015-120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response has been implicated in the development, atresia and luteinization of ovarian follicles. However, there have been few reports concerning the role of Herp, an ER stress-induced protein, in follicular development. The present study aims to detect the distribution and cyclic variations of Herp during the estrous cycle and to reveal the roles of Herp in regulating the cell cycle, apoptosis and steroid hormone biosynthesis in mouse granulosa cells. In this study, immunohistochemistry staining showed that Herp expression was primarily in the granulosa cells and oocytes. Furthermore, we constructed recombinant lentiviral vectors for Herp short hairpin interfering RNA (shRNA) expression; immunofluorescence staining, real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and western blot analysis revealed that Herp was successfully knocked down. Flow cytometry showed that knockdown of Herp arrested granulosa cells at the S phase of the cell cycle. More importantly, ELISA analysis revealed that Herp knockdown significantly upregulated the concentration of estradiol (E2) in the culture supernatants. RT-qPCR was performed to determine the regulatory mechanism of Herp knockdown in the cell cycle, and in steroid synthesis, RT-qPCR analysis revealed that Herp knockdown upregulated the mRNA expression of steroidogenic enzymes (Cyp19a1) and downregulated metabolic enzymes (Cyp1b1) and cell cycle factors (cyclin A1, cyclin B1 and cyclin D2). These results suggest that Herp may regulate the cell cycle and hormone secretions in mouse granulosa cells. The present study helps to elucidate the physiological functions of Herp as they relate to reproduction.
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- Fenglei Chen
- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi 712100, China
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Chen F, Lin P, Wang N, Yang D, Wen X, Zhou D, Wang A, Jin Y. Herp depletion inhibits zearalenone-induced cell death in RAW 264.7 macrophages. Toxicol In Vitro 2015; 32:115-22. [PMID: 26723276 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2015.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2015] [Revised: 11/26/2015] [Accepted: 12/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Herp is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane protein and strongly induced by the ER stress that not only participates in the unfolded protein response (UPR) under the ER stress, but also in cell autophagy under glucose starvation (GS). However, we do not know whether Herp plays any roles in other responses, such as zearalenone (ZEA). In this study, we constructed recombinant lentiviral vectors for Herp shRNA expression and generated stable Herp knockdown RAW 264.7 macrophages. Flow cytometry analysis showed Herp depletion could inhibit cell death induced by ZEA. Western blot analysis revealed that Herp depletion could up-regulate autophagy-related protein LC3-I conversion into LC3-II and the expression of ER stress-related protein CHOP. These results suggest that Herp depletion inhibits cell death by up-regulating autophagy.
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- Fenglei Chen
- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
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Nakatsukasa K, Kamura T, Brodsky JL. Recent technical developments in the study of ER-associated degradation. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2014; 29:82-91. [PMID: 24867671 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2014.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2014] [Revised: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 04/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) is a mechanism during which native and misfolded proteins are recognized and retrotranslocated across the ER membrane to the cytosol for degradation by the ubiquitin-proteasome system. Like other cellular pathways, the factors required for ERAD have been analyzed using both conventional genetic and biochemical approaches. More recently, however, an integrated top-down approach has identified a functional network that underlies the ERAD system. In turn, bottom-up reconstitution has become increasingly sophisticated and elucidated the molecular mechanisms underlying substrate recognition, ubiquitylation, retrotranslocation, and degradation. In addition, a live cell imaging technique and a site-specific in vivo photo-crosslinking approach have further dissected specific steps during ERAD. These technical developments have revealed an unexpected dynamicity of the membrane-associated ERAD complex. In this article, we will discuss how these technical developments have improved our understanding of the ERAD pathway and have led to new questions.
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- Kunio Nakatsukasa
- Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan.
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
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Yan L, Liu W, Zhang H, Liu C, Shang Y, Ye Y, Zhang X, Li W. Ube2g2-gp78-mediated HERP polyubiquitylation is involved in ER stress recovery. J Cell Sci 2014; 127:1417-27. [PMID: 24496447 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.135293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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A large number of studies have focused on how individual organisms respond to a stress condition, but little attention has been paid to the stress recovery process, such as the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress recovery. Homocysteine-induced ER protein (HERP) was originally identified as a chaperone-like protein that is strongly induced upon ER stress. Here we show that, after ER stress induction, HERP is rapidly degraded by Ube2g2-gp78-mediated ubiquitylation and proteasomal degradation. The polyubiquitylation of HERP in vitro depends on a physical interaction between the CUE domain of gp78 and the ubiquitin-like (UBL) domain of HERP, which is essential for HERP degradation in vivo during ER stress recovery. We further show that although HERP promotes cell survival under ER stress, high levels of HERP expression reduce cell viability under oxidative stress conditions, suggesting that HERP plays a dual role in cellular stress adaptation. Together, these results establish the ubiquitin-proteasome-mediated degradation of HERP as a novel mechanism that fine-tunes the stress tolerance capacity of the cell.
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- Long Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Bernasconi R, Galli C, Kokame K, Molinari M. Autoadaptive ER-associated degradation defines a preemptive unfolded protein response pathway. Mol Cell 2013; 52:783-93. [PMID: 24239290 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2013] [Revised: 09/23/2013] [Accepted: 10/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Folding-defective proteins must be cleared efficiently from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to prevent perturbation of the folding environment and to maintain cellular proteostasis. Misfolded proteins engage dislocation machineries (dislocons) built around E3 ubiquitin ligases that promote their transport across the ER membrane, their polyubiquitylation, and their proteasomal degradation. Here, we report on the intrinsic instability of the HRD1 dislocon and the constitutive, rapid turnover of the scaffold protein HERP. We show that HRD1 dislocon integrity relies on the presence of HRD1 clients that interrupt, in a dose-dependent manner, the UBC6e/RNF5/p97/proteasome-controlled relay that controls HERP turnover. We propose that ER-associated degradation (ERAD) deploys autoadaptive regulatory pathways, collectively defined as ERAD tuning, to rapidly adapt degradation activity to misfolded protein load and to preempt the unfolded protein response (UPR) activation.
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- Riccardo Bernasconi
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Protein Folding and Quality Control, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Protein Folding and Quality Control, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Pathogenesis, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka 565-8565, Japan
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Protein Folding and Quality Control, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, School of Life Sciences, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Shinozaki S, Chiba T, Kokame K, Miyata T, Kaneko E, Shimokado K. A deficiency of Herp, an endoplasmic reticulum stress protein, suppresses atherosclerosis in ApoE knockout mice by attenuating inflammatory responses. PLoS One 2013; 8:e75249. [PMID: 24204574 PMCID: PMC3810372 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2013] [Accepted: 08/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Herp was originally identified as an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress protein in vascular endothelial cells. ER stress is induced in atherosclerotic lesions, but it is not known whether Herp plays any role in the development of atherosclerosis. To address this question, we generated Herp- and apolipoprotein E (apoE)-deficient mice (Herp(-/-); apoE(-/-) mice) by crossbreeding Herp(-/-) mice and apoE(-/-) mice. Herp was expressed in the endothelial cells and medial smooth muscle cells of the aorta, as well as in a subset of macrophages in the atherosclerotic lesions in apoE(-/-) mice, while there was no expression of Herp in the Herp(-/-); apoE(-/-) mice. The doubly deficient mice developed significantly fewer atherosclerotic lesions than the apoE(-/-) mice at 36 and 72 weeks of age, whereas the plasma levels of cholesterol and triglycerides were not significantly different between the strains. The plasma levels of non-esterified fatty acids were significantly lower in the Herp(-/-); apoE(-/-) mice when they were eight and 16 weeks old. The gene expression levels of ER stress response proteins (GRP78 and CHOP) and inflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α and MCP-1) in the aorta were significantly lower in Herp(-/-); apoE(-/-) mice than in apoE(-/-) mice, suggesting that Herp mediated ER stress-induced inflammation. In fact, peritoneal macrophages isolated from Herp-deficient mice and RAW264.7 macrophages in which Herp was eliminated with a siRNA expressed lower levels of mRNA for inflammatory cytokines when they were treated with tunicamycin. Herp deficiency affected the major mediators of the unfolded protein response, including IRE1 and PERK, but not ATF6. These findings suggest that a deficiency of Herp suppressed the development of atherosclerosis by attenuating the ER stress-induced inflammatory reactions.
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- Shohei Shinozaki
- Geriatrics and Vascular Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Geriatrics and Vascular Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan
- Information Center, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pathogenesis, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pathogenesis, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Geriatrics and Vascular Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Geriatrics and Vascular Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan
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Quiroga C, Gatica D, Paredes F, Bravo R, Troncoso R, Pedrozo Z, Rodriguez AE, Toro B, Chiong M, Vicencio JM, Hetz C, Lavandero S. Herp depletion protects from protein aggregation by up-regulating autophagy. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2013; 1833:3295-3305. [PMID: 24120520 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2013] [Revised: 08/21/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Herp is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress inducible protein that participates in the ER-associated protein degradation (ERAD) pathway. However, the contribution of Herp to other protein degradation pathways like autophagy and its connection to other types of stress responses remain unknown. Here we report that Herp regulates autophagy to clear poly-ubiquitin (poly-Ub) protein aggregates. Proteasome inhibition and glucose starvation (GS) led to a high level of poly-Ub protein aggregation that was drastically reduced by stably knocking down Herp (shHerp cells). The enhanced removal of poly-Ub inclusions protected cells from death caused by glucose starvation. Under basal conditions and increasingly after stress, higher LC3-II levels and GFP-LC3 puncta were observed in shHerp cells compared to control cells. Herp knockout cells displayed basal up-regulation of two essential autophagy regulators-Atg5 and Beclin-1, leading to increased autophagic flux. Beclin-1 up-regulation was due to a reduction in Hrd1 dependent proteasomal degradation, and not at transcriptional level. The consequent higher autophagic flux was necessary for the clearance of aggregates and for cell survival. We conclude that Herp operates as a relevant factor in the defense against glucose starvation by modulating autophagy levels. These data may have important implications due to the known up-regulation of Herp in pathological states such as brain and heart ischemia, both conditions associated to acute nutritional stress.
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- Clara Quiroga
- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS) & Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago 8380492, Chile; Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS) & Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago 8380492, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS) & Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago 8380492, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS) & Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago 8380492, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS) & Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago 8380492, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS) & Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago 8380492, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS) & Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago 8380492, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS) & Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago 8380492, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS) & Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago 8380492, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS) & Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago 8380492, Chile; The Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, University College London, 67 Chenies Mews, London WC1E 6HX, UK
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS) & Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago 8380492, Chile; Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago 8380492, Chile; The Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, University College London, 67 Chenies Mews, London WC1E 6HX, UK.
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS) & Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago 8380492, Chile; Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiology Division), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
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Cajee UF, Hull R, Ntwasa M. Modification by ubiquitin-like proteins: significance in apoptosis and autophagy pathways. Int J Mol Sci 2012; 13:11804-11831. [PMID: 23109884 PMCID: PMC3472776 DOI: 10.3390/ijms130911804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2012] [Revised: 09/11/2012] [Accepted: 09/13/2012] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Ubiquitin-like proteins (Ubls) confer diverse functions on their target proteins. The modified proteins are involved in various biological processes, including DNA replication, signal transduction, cell cycle control, embryogenesis, cytoskeletal regulation, metabolism, stress response, homeostasis and mRNA processing. Modifiers such as SUMO, ATG12, ISG15, FAT10, URM1, and UFM have been shown to modify proteins thus conferring functions related to programmed cell death, autophagy and regulation of the immune system. Putative modifiers such as Domain With No Name (DWNN) have been identified in recent times but not fully characterized. In this review, we focus on cellular processes involving human Ubls and their targets. We review current progress in targeting these modifiers for drug design strategies.
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- Umar-Faruq Cajee
- School of Molecular & Cell Biology, Gatehouse 512, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa; E-Mails: (U.-F.C.); (R.H.)
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- School of Molecular & Cell Biology, Gatehouse 512, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa; E-Mails: (U.-F.C.); (R.H.)
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- School of Molecular & Cell Biology, Gatehouse 512, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa; E-Mails: (U.-F.C.); (R.H.)
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Eura Y, Yanamoto H, Arai Y, Okuda T, Miyata T, Kokame K. Derlin-1 deficiency is embryonic lethal, Derlin-3 deficiency appears normal, and Herp deficiency is intolerant to glucose load and ischemia in mice. PLoS One 2012; 7:e34298. [PMID: 22479592 PMCID: PMC3315519 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2011] [Accepted: 02/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Accumulation of unfolded or misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) causes a cellular condition called ER stress. To overcome ER stress, unfolded proteins are eliminated by an ER-associated degradation (ERAD) system. To explore the physiological requirements for ERAD-related membrane proteins in mammals, we generated Derlin-1-, Derlin-3-, and Herp-deficient mice by gene targeting. Complete loss of Derlin-1 caused embryonic lethality at around E7-E8 (early somite stages). In contrast, Derlin-3- and Herp-deficient mice were born alive with the expected Mendelian frequency, and were superficially indistinguishable from wild-type mice. However, in the Derlin-3- and Herp-deficient mouse organs, the expression levels of ERAD-related proteins were affected under both normal and ER stress conditions; specific effects differed among the organs. Degradation of ERAD substrates was reduced in the Herp-deficient liver, and Herp-deficient mice exhibited impaired glucose tolerance and vulnerability to brain ischemic injury, both of which are known to be implicated in ER stress. Our findings indicate that ERAD or uncharacterized functions involving Derlin-1 are essential in early embryonic development. Derlin-3- and Herp-deficient mice may become useful model animals for investigations of the physiological contribution of ERAD under stressful or pathological conditions.
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- Yuka Eura
- Department of Molecular Pathogenesis, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Neurology and Neurosurgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Genetics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pathogenesis, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pathogenesis, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pathogenesis, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Belal C, Ameli NJ, El Kommos A, Bezalel S, Al'Khafaji AM, Mughal MR, Mattson MP, Kyriazis GA, Tyrberg B, Chan SL. The homocysteine-inducible endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress protein Herp counteracts mutant α-synuclein-induced ER stress via the homeostatic regulation of ER-resident calcium release channel proteins. Hum Mol Genet 2011; 21:963-77. [PMID: 22045699 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been implicated as an initiator or contributing factor in neurodegenerative diseases. The mechanisms that lead to ER stress and whereby ER stress contributes to the degenerative cascades remain unclear but their understanding is critical to devising effective therapies. Here we show that knockdown of Herp (Homocysteine-inducible ER stress protein), an ER stress-inducible protein with an ubiquitin-like (UBL) domain, aggravates ER stress-mediated cell death induced by mutant α-synuclein (αSyn) that causes an inherited form of Parkinson's disease (PD). Functionally, Herp plays a role in maintaining ER homeostasis by facilitating proteasome-mediated degradation of ER-resident Ca(2+) release channels. Deletion of the UBL domain or pharmacological inhibition of proteasomes abolishes the Herp-mediated stabilization of ER Ca(2+) homeostasis. Furthermore, knockdown or pharmacological inhibition of ER Ca(2+) release channels ameliorates ER stress, suggesting that impaired homeostatic regulation of Ca(2+) channels promotes a protracted ER stress with the consequent activation of ER stress-associated apoptotic pathways. Interestingly, sustained upregulation of ER stress markers and aberrant accumulation of ER Ca(2+) release channels were detected in transgenic mutant A53T-αSyn mice. Collectively, these data establish a causative link between impaired ER Ca(2+) homeostasis and chronic ER stress in the degenerative cascades induced by mutant αSyn and suggest that Herp is essential for the resolution of ER stress through maintenance of ER Ca(2+) homeostasis. Our findings suggest a therapeutic potential in PD for agents that increase Herp levels or its ER Ca(2+)-stabilizing action.
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- Cherine Belal
- The Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
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Marutani T, Maeda T, Tanabe C, Zou K, Araki W, Kokame K, Michikawa M, Komano H. ER-stress-inducible Herp, facilitates the degradation of immature nicastrin. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2011; 1810:790-8. [PMID: 21600962 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2011.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2010] [Revised: 03/29/2011] [Accepted: 04/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Herp is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-stress-inducible membrane protein harboring an ubiquitin-like domain (ULD). However, its biological functions are not fully understood. Here, we examined the role of Herp in the degradation of γ-secretase components. METHODS Effects of ULD-lacking Herp (ΔUb-Herp) expression on the degradation of γ-secretase components were analyzed. RESULTS The cellular expression of ΔUb-Herp was found to inhibit the degradation of overexpressed immature nicastrin and full-length presenilin. The mechanisms underlying Herp-mediated nicastrin degradation was further analyzed. We found that immature nicastrin accumulates in the ER of ΔUb-Herp overexpressing cells or Herp-deficient cells more than that in the ER of wild-type cells. Further, ΔUb-Herp expression inhibited nicastrin ubiquitination, suggesting that the ULD of Herp is likely involved in nicastrin ubiquitination. Co-immunoprecipitation study showed that Herp as well as ΔUb-Herp potentially interacts with nicastrin, mediating nicastrin interaction with p97, which functions in retranslocation of misfolded proteins from the ER to the cytosol. CONCLUSIONS Thus, Herp is likely involved in degradation of immature nicastrin by facilitating p97-dependent nicastrin retranslocation and ubiquitination. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE We suggest that Herp could play a role in the elimination of the excess unassembled components of a multimeric complex.
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- Toshihiro Marutani
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University Graduate School, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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Kny M, Standera S, Hartmann-Petersen R, Kloetzel PM, Seeger M. Herp regulates Hrd1-mediated ubiquitylation in a ubiquitin-like domain-dependent manner. J Biol Chem 2010; 286:5151-6. [PMID: 21149444 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.134551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Accumulation of aberrant proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) triggers the unfolded protein response pathway that helps the cell to survive under these stress conditions. Herp is a mammalian ubiquitin domain protein, which is strongly induced by the unfolded protein response. It is involved in ER-associated protein degradation (ERAD) and interacts directly with the ubiquitin ligase Hrd1, which is found in high molecular mass complexes of the ER membrane. Here we present the first evidence that Herp regulates Hrd1-mediated ubiquitylation in a ubiquitin-like (UBL) domain-dependent manner. We found that upon exposure of cells to ER stress, elevation of Herp steady state levels is accompanied by an enhanced association of Herp with pre-existing Hrd1. Hrd1-associated Herp is rapidly degraded and substituted by de novo synthesized Herp, suggesting a continuous turnover of the protein at Hrd1 complexes. Further analysis revealed the presence of multiple Hrd1 copies in a single complex enabling binding of a variable number of Herp molecules. Efficient ubiquitylation of the Hrd1-specific ERAD substrate α1-antitrypsin null Hong Kong (NHK) required the presence of the Herp UBL domain, which was also necessary for NHK degradation. In summary, we propose that binding of Herp to Hrd1-containing ERAD complexes positively regulates the ubiquitylation activity of these complexes, thus permitting survival of the cell during ER stress.
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- Melanie Kny
- Institut für Biochemie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, D-13347 Berlin, Germany
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Zhuo JM, Kruger WD, Praticò D. The Herp protein pathway is not involved in the pro-amyloidogenic effect of hyperhomocysteinemia. J Alzheimers Dis 2010; 20:569-76. [PMID: 20164556 DOI: 10.3233/jad-2010-1394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Diet-induced high circulating levels of homocysteine, also known as hyper-homocysteinemia (HHcy), is associated with an acceleration of Alzheimer's disease-like amyloidosis. Herp is a homocysteine-responsive stress protein, which has been shown to increase the formation of amyloid-beta (Abeta) via interaction with presenilins in vitro. The aim of our paper was to investigate the functional role that Herp plays in HHcy-induced amyloidosis. Amyloidosis secondary to diet-induced HHcy in Tg2576 mice is associated with an increase of Herp protein and mRNA levels. By contrast, no other stress-related proteins are altered by the same diet regimen. Compared to wild type animals, brains from a genetically induced HHcy mouse model did not manifest any significant change in Herp levels. Cells stably over-expressing human AbetaPP Swedish mutant incubated with high levels of homocysteine had an increase in Abeta formation, but no change in Herp level. Finally, over-expression of Herp did not result in any significant modification of Abeta levels. We conclude that the Herp protein pathway is unlikely to be directly involved in the pro-amyloidotic effect of HHcy.
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- Jia-Min Zhuo
- Department of Pharmacology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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McLaughlin M, Alloza I, Quoc HP, Scott CJ, Hirabayashi Y, Vandenbroeck K. Inhibition of secretion of interleukin (IL)-12/IL-23 family cytokines by 4-trifluoromethyl-celecoxib is coupled to degradation via the endoplasmic reticulum stress protein HERP. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:6960-9. [PMID: 20054003 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.056614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Interleukin-12 (IL-12), p80, and IL-23 are structurally related cytokines sharing a p40 subunit. We have recently demonstrated that celecoxib and its COX-2-independent analogue 4-trifluoromethyl-celecoxib (TFM-C) inhibit secretion but not transcription of IL-12 (p35/p40) and p80 (p40/p40). This is associated with a mechanism involving altered cytokine-chaperone interaction in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). In the present study, we found that celecoxib and TFM-C also block secretion of IL-23 (p40/p19 heterodimers). Given the putative ER-centric mode of these compounds, we performed a comprehensive RT-PCR analysis of 23 ER-resident chaperones/foldases and associated co-factors. This revealed that TFM-C induced 1.5-3-fold transcriptional up-regulation of calreticulin, GRP78, GRP94, GRP170, ERp72, ERp57, ERdj4, and ERp29. However, more significantly, a 7-fold up-regulation of homocysteine-inducible ER protein (HERP) was observed. HERP is part of a high molecular mass protein complex involved in ER-associated protein degradation (ERAD). Using co-immunoprecipitation assays, we show that TFM-C induces protein interaction of p80 and IL-23 with HERP. Both HERP siRNA knockdown and HERP overexpression coupled to cycloheximide chase assays revealed that HERP is necessary for degradation of intracellularly retained p80 by TFM-C. Thus, our data suggest that targeting cytokine folding in the ER by small molecule drugs could be therapeutically exploited to alleviate inappropriate inflammation in autoimmune conditions.
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- Martin McLaughlin
- Neurogenomiks Laboratory, Universidad Del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, 48170 Zamudio, Spain
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Maeda T, Marutani T, Zou K, Araki W, Tanabe C, Yagishita N, Yamano Y, Amano T, Michikawa M, Nakajima T, Komano H. An E3 ubiquitin ligase, Synoviolin, is involved in the degradation of immature nicastrin, and regulates the production of amyloid beta-protein. FEBS J 2009; 276:5832-40. [PMID: 19725872 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07264.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The presenilin complex, consisting of presenilin, nicastrin, anterior pharynx defective-1 and presenilin enhancer-2, constitutes gamma-secretase, which is required for the generation of amyloid beta-protein. In this article, we show that Synoviolin (also called Hrd1), which is an E3 ubiquitin ligase implicated in endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation, is involved in the degradation of endogenous immature nicastrin, and affects amyloid beta-protein generation. It was found that the level of immature nicastrin was dramatically increased in synoviolin-null cells as a result of the inhibition of degradation, but the accumulation of endogenous presenilin, anterior pharynx defective-1 and presenilin enhancer-2 was not changed. This was abolished by the transfection of exogenous Synoviolin. Moreover, nicastrin was co-immunoprecipitated with Synoviolin, strongly suggesting that nicastrin is the substrate of Synoviolin. Interestingly, amyloid beta-protein generation was increased by the overexpression of Synoviolin, although the nicastrin level was decreased. Thus, Synoviolin-mediated ubiquitination is involved in the degradation of immature nicastrin, and probably regulates amyloid beta-protein generation. Structured digital abstract: * MINT-7255352: Synoviolin (uniprotkb:Q9DBY1) physically interacts (MI:0915) with NCT (uniprotkb:P57716) by anti tag coimmunoprecipitation (MI:0007) * MINT-7255377: Ubiquitin (uniprotkb:P62991) physically interacts (MI:0915) with NCT (uniprotkb:P57716) by anti bait coimmunoprecipitation (MI:0006) * MINT-7255363: NCT (uniprotkb:P57716) physically interacts (MI:0915) with Synoviolin (uniprotkb:Q9DBY1) by anti bait coimmunoprecipitation (MI:0006).
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- Tomoji Maeda
- Department of Neuroscience, School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan
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Smith AD. The Worldwide Challenge of the Dementias: A Role for B Vitamins and Homocysteine? Food Nutr Bull 2008; 29:S143-72. [DOI: 10.1177/15648265080292s119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Dementia has reached epidemic proportions, with an estimated 4.6 million new cases worldwide each year. With an aging world population, the prevalence of dementia will increase dramatically in the next few decades. Of the predicted 114 million who will have dementia in 2050, about three-quarters will live in less developed regions. Although strongly age-related, dementia is not an inevitable part of aging but is a true disease, caused by exposure to several genetic and nongenetic risk factors. Prevention will be possible when the nongenetic risk factors have been identified. Apart from age, more than 20 nongenetic risk factors have been postulated, but very few have been established by randomized intervention studies. Elevated blood concentrations of total homocysteine and low-normal concentrations of B vitamins (folate, vitamin B12, and vitamin B6) are candidate risk factors for both Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. Seventy-seven cross-sectional studies on more than 34,000 subjects and 33 prospective studies on more than 12,000 subjects have shown associations between cognitive deficit or dementia and homocysteine and/or B vitamins. Biologically plausible mechanisms have been proposed to account for these associations, including atrophy of the cerebral cortex, but a definite causal pathway has yet to be shown. Raised plasma total homocysteine is a strong prognostic marker of future cognitive decline, and is common in world populations. Low-normal concentrations of the B vitamins, the main determinant of homocysteine concentrations, are also common and occur in particularly vulnerable sections of the population, such as infants and elderly. Large-scale randomized trials of homocysteine-lowering vitamins are needed to see if a proportion of dementia in the world can be prevented.
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Kim TY, Kim E, Yoon SK, Yoon JB. Herp enhances ER-associated protein degradation by recruiting ubiquilins. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 369:741-6. [PMID: 18307982 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.02.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2008] [Accepted: 02/20/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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ER-associated protein degradation (ERAD) is a protein quality control system of ER, which eliminates misfolded proteins by proteasome-dependent degradation and ensures export of only properly folded proteins from ER. Herp, an ER membrane protein upregulated by ER stress, is implicated in regulation of ERAD. In the present study, we show that Herp interacts with members of the ubiquilin family, which function as a shuttle factor to deliver ubiquitinated substrates to the proteasome for degradation. Knockdown of ubiquilin expression by small interfering RNA stabilized the ERAD substrate CD3delta, whereas it did not alter or increased degradation of non-ERAD substrates tested. CD3delta was stabilized by overexpressed Herp mutants which were capable of binding to ubiquilins but were impaired in ER membrane targeting by deletion of the transmembrane domain. Our data suggest that Herp binding to ubiquilin proteins plays an important role in the ERAD pathway and that ubiquilins are specifically involved in degradation of only a subset of ubiquitinated targets, including Herp-dependent ERAD substrates.
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- Tae-Yeon Kim
- Department of Biochemistry and Protein Network Research Center, College of Science, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemoon-Gu, Seoul 120-749, Republic of Korea
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Okuda-Shimizu Y, Hendershot LM. Characterization of an ERAD pathway for nonglycosylated BiP substrates, which require Herp. Mol Cell 2008; 28:544-54. [PMID: 18042451 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2007.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2007] [Revised: 07/09/2007] [Accepted: 09/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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To investigate the disposal of nonglycosylated BiP substrates, we used a nonsecreted kappa LC, which exists in partially (ox1) and completely (ox2) oxidized states. The ox2 form is partially reduced in order to be degraded, and only the ox1 form is ubiquitinated and associates with both Herp and Derlin-1. Herp is in a complex with ubiquitinated proteins and with the 26S proteasome, suggesting that it plays a role in linking substrates with the proteasome. Overexpressed Herp also interacts with two other BiP substrates, but not with two calnexin substrates. Either expression of p97 or Hrd1 mutants, which are in a complex with Herp and Derlin-1, or reduction of Herp levels inhibited the degradation of the BiP substrates, whereas the latter had no effect on the degradation of the calnexin substrates. This result suggests that there is some distinction in the pathways used to dispose of these two types of ERAD substrates.
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- Yuki Okuda-Shimizu
- Department of Genetics and Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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Tuvia S, Taglicht D, Erez O, Alroy I, Alchanati I, Bicoviski V, Dori-Bachash M, Ben-Avraham D, Reiss Y. The ubiquitin E3 ligase POSH regulates calcium homeostasis through spatial control of Herp. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 177:51-61. [PMID: 17420289 PMCID: PMC2064109 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200611036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The ubiquitin (Ub) domain protein Herp plays a crucial role in the maintenance of calcium homeostasis during endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. We now show that Herp is a substrate as well as an activator of the E3 Ub ligase POSH. Herp-mediated POSH activation requires the Ubl domain and exclusively promotes lysine-63-linked polyubiquitination. Confocal microscopy demonstrates that Herp resides mostly in the trans-Golgi network, but, shortly after calcium perturbation by thapsigargin (Tpg), it appears mainly in the ER. Substitution of all lysine residues within the Ubl domain abolishes lysine-63-linked polyubiquitination of Herp in vitro and calcium-induced Herp relocalization that is also abrogated by the overexpression of a dominant-negative POSHV14A. A correlation exists between the kinetics of Tpg-induced Herp relocalization and POSH-dependent polyubiquitination. Finally, the overexpression of POSH attenuates, whereas the inhibition of POSH by the expression of POSHV14A or by RNA interference enhances Tpg-induced calcium burst. Altogether, these results establish a critical role for POSH-mediated ubiquitination in the maintenance of calcium homeostasis through the spatial control of Herp.
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- Shmuel Tuvia
- Proteologics Ltd., Kiryat Weizmann, Rehovot 76124, Israel
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Li W, Tu D, Brunger AT, Ye Y. A ubiquitin ligase transfers preformed polyubiquitin chains from a conjugating enzyme to a substrate. Nature 2007; 446:333-7. [PMID: 17310145 DOI: 10.1038/nature05542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2006] [Accepted: 12/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In eukaryotic cells, many short-lived proteins are conjugated with Lys 48-linked ubiquitin chains and degraded by the proteasome. Ubiquitination requires an activating enzyme (E1), a conjugating enzyme (E2) and a ligase (E3). Most ubiquitin ligases use either a HECT (homologous to E6-associated protein C terminus) or a RING (really interesting new gene) domain to catalyse polyubiquitination, but the mechanism of E3 catalysis is poorly defined. Here we dissect this process using mouse Ube2g2 (E2; identical at the amino acid level to human Ube2g2) and human gp78 (E3), an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated conjugating system essential for the degradation of misfolded ER proteins. We demonstrate by expressing recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli that Ube2g2/gp78-mediated polyubiquitination involves preassembly of Lys 48-linked ubiquitin chains at the catalytic cysteine of Ube2g2. The growth of Ube2g2-anchored ubiquitin chains seems to be mediated by an aminolysis-based transfer reaction between two Ube2g2 molecules that each carries a ubiquitin moiety in its active site. Intriguingly, polyubiquitination of a substrate can be achieved by transferring preassembled ubiquitin chains from Ube2g2 to a lysine residue in a substrate.
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- Wei Li
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Liang G, Audas TE, Li Y, Cockram GP, Dean JD, Martyn AC, Kokame K, Lu R. Luman/CREB3 induces transcription of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response protein Herp through an ER stress response element. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:7999-8010. [PMID: 16940180 PMCID: PMC1636730 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01046-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Luman/CREB3 (also called LZIP) is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane-bound transcription factor which is believed to undergo regulated intramembrane proteolysis in response to cellular cues. We previously found that Luman activates transcription from the unfolded protein response element. Here we report the identification of Herp, a gene involved in ER stress-associated protein degradation (ERAD), as a direct target of Luman. We found that Luman was transcriptionally induced and proteolytically activated by the ER stress inducer thaspsigargin. Overexpression of Luman activated transcription of cellular Herp via ER stress response element II (ERSE-II; ATTGG-N-CCACG) in the promoter region. Mutagenesis studies and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays showed that Luman physically associates with the Herp promoter, specifically the second half-site (CCACG) of ERSE-II. Luman was also necessary for the full activation of Herp during the ER stress response, since Luman small interfering RNA knockdown or functional repression by a dominant negative mutant attenuated Herp gene expression. Like Herp, overexpression of Luman protected cells against ER stress-induced apoptosis. With Luman structurally similar to ATF6 but resembling XBP1 in DNA-binding specificities, we propose that Luman is a novel factor that plays a role in ERAD and a converging point for various signaling pathways channeling through the ER.
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- Genqing Liang
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
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Nogalska A, Engel WK, McFerrin J, Kokame K, Komano H, Askanas V. Homocysteine-induced endoplasmic reticulum protein (Herp) is up-regulated in sporadic inclusion-body myositis and in endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced cultured human muscle fibers. J Neurochem 2006; 96:1491-9. [PMID: 16441512 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.03668.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Herp is a stress-response protein localized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane. Herp was proposed to improve ER-folding, decrease ER protein load, and participate in ER-associated degradation (ERAD). Intra-muscle-fiber ubiquitinated multiprotein-aggregates containing, among other proteins, either amyloid-beta (Abeta) or phosphorylated tau are characteristic of sporadic inclusion-body myositis (s-IBM). ER stress and proteasome inhibition appear to play a role in s-IBM pathogenesis. We have now studied Herp in s-IBM muscle fibers and in ER-stress-induced or proteasome-inhibited cultured human muscle fibers. In s-IBM muscle fibers: (i) Herp was strongly immunoreactive in the form of aggregates, which co-localized with Abeta, GRP78, and beta2 proteasome subunit; (ii) Herp mRNA and protein were increased. In ER-stress-induced cultured human muscle fibers: (i) Herp immunoreactivity was diffusely increased; (ii) Herp mRNA and protein were increased. In proteasome-inhibited cultured human muscle fibers: (i) Herp immunoreactivity was in the form of aggregates; (ii) Herp protein was increased, but its mRNA was not. Accordingly, in s-IBM muscle fibers: (i) increase of Herp might be due to both ER-stress and proteasome inhibition; (ii) co-localization of Herp with Abeta, proteasome, and ER-chaperone GRP78 could reflect its possible role in processing and degradation of cytotoxic proteins in ER.
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MESH Headings
- Amyloid beta-Peptides/metabolism
- Blotting, Northern/methods
- Blotting, Western/methods
- Cells, Cultured
- Endoplasmic Reticulum/drug effects
- Endoplasmic Reticulum/metabolism
- Endoplasmic Reticulum/pathology
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism
- Homocysteine/pharmacology
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry/methods
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Microscopy, Immunoelectron/methods
- Molecular Chaperones/metabolism
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/drug effects
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/pathology
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/ultrastructure
- Myositis, Inclusion Body/metabolism
- Myositis, Inclusion Body/pathology
- Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
- Ubiquitin/metabolism
- Up-Regulation/drug effects
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- Anna Nogalska
- USC Neuromuscular Center, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, California 90017-1912, USA
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Schulze A, Standera S, Buerger E, Kikkert M, van Voorden S, Wiertz E, Koning F, Kloetzel PM, Seeger M. The ubiquitin-domain protein HERP forms a complex with components of the endoplasmic reticulum associated degradation pathway. J Mol Biol 2005; 354:1021-7. [PMID: 16289116 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2005] [Revised: 10/05/2005] [Accepted: 10/11/2005] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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To eliminate misfolded proteins that accumulate in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) the cell mainly relies on ubiquitin-proteasome dependent ER-associated protein degradation (ERAD). Proteolysis of ERAD substrates by the proteasome requires their ubiquitylation and retro-translocation from the ER to the cytoplasm. Here we describe a high molecular mass protein complex associated with the ER membrane, which facilitates ERAD. It contains the ubiquitin domain protein (UDP) HERP, the ubiquitin protein ligase HRD1, as well as the retro-translocation factors p97, Derlin-1 and VIMP. Our data on the structural arrangement of these ERAD proteins suggest that p97 interacts directly with membrane-resident components of the complex including Derlin-1 and HRD1, while HERP binds directly to HRD1. We propose that ubiquitylation, as well as retro-translocation of proteins from the ER are performed by this modular protein complex, which permits the close coordination of these consecutive steps within ERAD.
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- Andrea Schulze
- Charité, Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Campus Charité Mitte, Institut für Biochemie Monbijoustr. 2, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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