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Cellular protein quality control involves a close interplay between molecular chaperones and the ubiquitin/
proteasome
system. We recently identified a degradation pathway, on which the chaperone Hsc70 delivers chaperone clients, such as misfolded forms of the
cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
(
CFTR
), to the
proteasome
. The cochaperone CHIP is of central importance on this pathway, because it acts as a chaperone-associated ubiquitin ligase. CHIP mediates the attachment of a ubiquitin chain to a chaperone-presented client protein and thereby stimulates its proteasomal degradation. To gain further insight into the function of CHIP we isolated CHIP-containing protein complexes from human HeLa cells and analyzed their composition by peptide mass fingerprinting. We identified the Hsc70 cochaperone BAG-2 as a main component of CHIP complexes. BAG-2 inhibits the ubiquitin ligase activity of CHIP by abrogating the CHIP/E2 cooperation and stimulates the chaperone-assisted maturation of
CFTR
. The activity of BAG-2 resembles that of the previously characterized Hsc70 cochaperone and CHIP inhibitor HspBP1. The presented data therefore establish multiple mechanisms to control the destructive activity of the CHIP ubiquitin ligase in human cells.
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PMID:BAG-2 acts as an inhibitor of the chaperone-associated ubiquitin ligase CHIP. 1620 13
We examined whether the unfolded protein response is activated in cells expressing incorrectly folded
cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
. Airway epithelial cells from three control and three CF patients homozygous for the deltaF508 mutation were tested. There were no differences in protein expression of the pro-apoptotic factor C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) or the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) chaperone binding Ig protein. Nor were there differences in phosphorylation of protein kinase R-like ER kinase or eukaryotic initiation factor-2alpha, or the splicing of X-box binding protein (XBP)-1. However, CF cells showed increased mRNA expression of CHOP and XBP-1. A proteasome inhibitor increased CHOP expression in CF cells, suggesting that enhanced
proteasome
activation is responsible for the observed post-transcriptional regulation. Finally, CF cells were resistant to apoptosis, suggesting that post-transcriptional regulation of CHOP prevents apoptosis. While CHOP and XBP-1 mRNA expression is increased in CF cells, the classic UPR is not present.
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PMID:Absence of typical unfolded protein response in primary cultured cystic fibrosis airway epithelial cells. 1653 Jan 68
A complex involving Derlin-1 and p97 mediates the retrotranslocation and endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated degradation of misfolded proteins in yeast and is used by certain viruses to promote host cell protein degradation (Romisch, K. (2005) Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol. 21, 435-456; Lilley, B. N., and Ploegh, H. L. (2004) Nature 429, 834-840; Ye, Y., Shibata, Y., Yun, C., Ron, D., and Rapoport, T. A. (2004) Nature 429, 841-847). We asked whether the components of this pathway are involved in the endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation of the mammalian integral membrane protein, the
cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
(
CFTR
), a substrate for the ubiquitin-
proteasome
system. We report that Derlin-1 and p97 formed complexes with
CFTR
in human airway epithelial cells. Derlin-1 interacted with nonubiquitylated
CFTR
, whereas p97 associated with ubiquitylated
CFTR
. Exogenous expression of Derlin-1 led to its co-localization with
CFTR
in the ER where it reduced wild type (WT)
CFTR
expression and efficiently degraded the disease-associated
CFTR
folding mutants, DeltaF508 and G85E (>90%). Consistent with this, Derlin-1 also reduced the amount of WT or DeltaF508
CFTR
appearing in detergent-in-soluble aggregates. An approximately 70% knockdown of endogenous Derlin-1 by RNA interference increased the steady-state levels of WT and DeltaF508
CFTR
by 10-15-fold, reflecting its significant role in
CFTR
degradation. Derlin-1 mediated the degradation of N-terminal
CFTR
fragments corresponding to the first transmembrane domain of
CFTR
, but
CFTR
fragments that incorporated additional domains were degraded less efficiently. These findings suggest that Derlin-1 recognizes misfolded, nonubiquitylated
CFTR
to initiate its dislocation and degradation early in the course of
CFTR
biogenesis, perhaps by detecting structural instability within the first transmembrane domain.
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PMID:Derlin-1 promotes the efficient degradation of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and CFTR folding mutants. 1695 4
The AAA-ATPase (ATPase associated with various cellular activities) p97 has been implicated in the degradation of misfolded and unassembled proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ERAD). To better understand its role in this process, we used a reconstituted cell-free system to define the precise contribution of p97 in degrading immature forms of the polytopic, multi-domain protein CFTR (
cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
). Although p97 augmented both the rate and the extent of CFTR degradation, it was not obligatorily required for ERAD. Only a 50% decrease in degradation was observed in the complete absence of p97. Moreover, p97 specifically stimulated the degradation of CFTR transmembrane (TM) domains but had no effect on isolated cytosolic domains. Consistent with this, p97-mediated extraction of intact TM domains was independent of proteolytic cleavage and influenced by TM segment hydrophobicity, indicating that the relative contribution of p97 is partially determined by substrate stability. Thus, we propose that p97 functions in ERAD as a nonessential but important ancillary component to the
proteasome
where it facilitates substrate presentation and increases the degradation rate and efficiency of stable (TM) domains.
...
PMID:p97 functions as an auxiliary factor to facilitate TM domain extraction during CFTR ER-associated degradation. 1697 21
The unfolded protein response (UPR) is a cellular recovery mechanism activated by endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. The UPR is coordinated with the ER-associated degradation (ERAD) to regulate the protein load at the ER. In the present study, we tested how membrane protein biogenesis is regulated through the UPR in epithelia, using the
cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
(
CFTR
) as a model. Pharmacological methods such as
proteasome
inhibition and treatment with brefeldin A and tunicamycin were used to induce ER stress and activate the UPR as monitored by increased levels of spliced XBP1 and BiP mRNA. The results indicate that activation of the UPR is followed by a significant decrease in genomic
CFTR
mRNA levels without significant changes in the mRNA levels of another membrane protein, the transferrin receptor. We also tested whether overexpression of a wild-type
CFTR
transgene in epithelia expressing endogenous wild-type
CFTR
activated the UPR. Although
CFTR
maturation is inefficient in this setting, the UPR was not activated. However, pharmacological induction of ER stress in these cells also led to decreased endogenous
CFTR
mRNA levels without affecting recombinant
CFTR
message levels. These results demonstrate that under ER stress conditions, endogenous
CFTR
biogenesis is regulated by the UPR through alterations in mRNA levels and posttranslationally by ERAD, whereas recombinant
CFTR
expression is regulated only by ERAD.
...
PMID:Endoplasmic reticulum stress and the unfolded protein response regulate genomic cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator expression. 1700 2
The
cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
(
CFTR
) is a chloride channel that is defective in cystic fibrosis. The most common mutation, DeltaF508
CFTR
, is retained in the endoplasmic reticulum, retrotranslocated into the cytosol, and degraded by the
proteasome
. In a proteomics screen to identify DeltaF508
CFTR
interacting proteins, we found that valosin-containing protein (VCP)/p97, a Type II AAA ATPase that is a component of the retrotranslocation machinery, binds DeltaF508
CFTR
, and this interaction is stabilized by proteasomal inhibition. Since wild-type (WT)
CFTR
has been reported to be inefficiently processed during biogenesis with as much as 75% of the newly synthesized protein degraded by the
proteasome
, we examined the VCP interaction in Calu-3, T-84, and 16HBE, three epithelial cell lines that endogenously express WT
CFTR
. The results indicate that when WT
CFTR
processing is efficient, as demonstrated in Calu-3 cells, VCP does not interact. Interestingly, overexpression of recombinant WT
CFTR
in Calu-3 cells results in inefficient processing and VCP interaction, demonstrating that
CFTR
processing efficiency and the VCP interaction are tightly coupled. Furthermore, induction of ER stress and activation of the unfolded protein response result in inefficient processing of WT
CFTR
in Calu-3 cells and promote the WT
CFTR
-VCP interaction. The results support the hypothesis that components of the retrotranslocation machinery such as VCP do not interact with
CFTR
in epithelial cells that endogenously express WT
CFTR
, since under normal conditions the processing of the WT protein is efficient.
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PMID:VCP/p97 AAA-ATPase does not interact with the endogenous wild-type cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. 1727 22
ER-associated, ubiquitin-
proteasome
system (UPS)-mediated degradation of the wild-type (WT) gap junction protein connexin32 (Cx32) is inhibited by mild forms of cytosolic stress at a step before its dislocation into the cytosol. We show that the same conditions (a 30-min, 42 degrees C heat shock or oxidative stress induced by arsenite) also reduce the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated turnover of disease-causing mutants of Cx32 and the
cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
(
CFTR
), as well as that of WT
CFTR
and unassembled Ig light chain. Stress-stabilized WT Cx32 and
CFTR
, but not the mutant/unassembled proteins examined, could traverse the secretory pathway. Heat shock also slowed the otherwise rapid UPS-mediated turnover of the cytosolic proteins myoD and GFPu, but not the degradation of an ubiquitination-independent construct (GFP-ODC) closely related to the latter. Analysis of mutant Cx32 from cells exposed to
proteasome
inhibitors and/or cytosolic stress indicated that stress reduces degradation at the level of substrate polyubiquitination. These findings reveal a new link between the cytosolic stress-induced heat shock response, ER-associated degradation, and polyubiquitination. Stress-denatured proteins may titer a limiting component of the ubiquitination machinery away from pre-existing UPS substrates, thereby sparing the latter from degradation.
...
PMID:Regulation of ubiquitin-proteasome system mediated degradation by cytosolic stress. 1769 85
Misfolded or improperly assembled proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are exported into the cytosol and degraded via the ubiquitin-
proteasome
pathway, a process termed ER-associated degradation (ERAD). Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hrd1p/Der3p is an ER membrane-spanning ubiquitin ligase that participates in ERAD of the
cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
(
CFTR
) when
CFTR
is exogenously expressed in yeast cells. Two mammalian orthologues of yeast Hrd1p/Der3p, gp78 and HRD1, have been reported. Here, we demonstrate that gp78, but not HRD1, participates in ERAD of the
CFTR
mutant CFTRDeltaF508, by specifically promoting ubiquitylation of CFTRDeltaF508. Domain swapping experiments and deletion analysis revealed that gp78 binds to CFTRDeltaF508 through its ubiquitin binding region, the so-called coupling of ubiquitin to ER degradation (CUE) domain. Gp78 polyubiquitylated in vitro an N-terminal ubiquitin-glutathione-S-transferase (GST)-fusion protein, but not GST alone. This suggests that gp78 recognizes the ubiquitin that is already conjugated to CFTRDeltaF508 and catalyzes further polyubiquitylation of CFTRDeltaF508 in a manner similar to that of a multiubiquitin chain assembly factor (E4). Furthermore, we revealed by small interfering RNA methods that the ubiquitin ligase RMA1 functioned as an E3 enzyme upstream of gp78. Our data demonstrates that gp78 cooperates with RMA1 with E4-like activity in the ERAD of CFTRDeltaF508.
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PMID:Gp78 cooperates with RMA1 in endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation of CFTRDeltaF508. 1821 83
About 330 targets bind approved drugs, 270 encoded by the human genome and 60 belonging to pathogenic organisms. A large number of druggable targets have been recently proposed from preclinical and first clinical data, but a huge reservoir of putative drug targets, possibly several thousands, remains to be explored. This overview considers the different types of ligands and their selectivity in the main superfamilies of drug targets, enzymes, membrane transporters and ion channels, and the various classes of membrane and nuclear receptors with their signalling pathway. Recently approved drugs such as monoclonal antibodies, tyrosine kinase and
proteasome
inhibitors, and major drugs under clinical studies are reviewed with their molecular target and therapeutic interest. The druggability of emerging targets is discussed, such as multidrug resistance transporters and
cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
(
CFTR
), hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotides-gated (HCN), cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) and transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels, tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and receptor activator of NFkappaB (RANK) receptors, integrins, and orphan or recently deorphanized G-protein-coupled and nuclear receptors. Large advances have been made in the therapeutical use of recombinant cytokines and growth factors (i.e. tasonermin, TNFalpha-1a; becaplermin, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF); dibotermin-alpha, bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP)2; anakinra, interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protein (IRAP), and in enzyme replacement therapy, i.e. algasidase (alpha-galactosidase) and laronidase (alpha-l-iduronidase). New receptor classes are emerging, e.g. membrane aminopeptidases, and novel concepts are stimulating drug research, e.g. epigenetic therapy, but the molecular target of some approved drugs, such as paracetamol and imidazolines, still need to be identified.
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PMID:Drugs and their molecular targets: an updated overview. 1825 18
Cystic fibrosis is mainly caused by mutations that interfere with the biosynthetic folding of the
cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
(
CFTR
) protein. The aim of this study was to find cellular proteins interacting with
CFTR
and regulating its processing. We have used a genetic screen in yeast to identify such proteins and identified CSN5 that interacted with the third cytoplasmic loop of
CFTR
. CSN5 is the 5th component of the COP9 signalosome, a complex of eight subunits that shares significant homologies to the lid subcomplex of the 26S
proteasome
and controls the stability of many proteins. The present study shows that CSN5 associates with the core-glycosylated form of
CFTR
and suggests that this association targets misfolded
CFTR
to the degradative pathway. Identifying CSN5 as a new component of the degradative pathway is an important step towards the goal of unraveling the sorting between misfolded and correctly folded
CFTR
proteins.
...
PMID:CSN5 binds to misfolded CFTR and promotes its degradation. 1826 24
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