ER stress differentially regulates the stabilities of ERAD ubiquitin ligases and their substrates |
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Authors: | Shen Yuxian Ballar Petek Apostolou Andria Doong Howard Fang Shengyun |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, PR China. |
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Abstract: | Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-induced accumulation of misfolded proteins in the ER stimulates the ER-associated degradation (ERAD) process. ERAD in turn eliminates those misfolded proteins. Upregulation of ubiquitination enzymes is an essential mechanism by which ER stress enhances ERAD. However, ectopic overexpression of ubiquitination enzymes often fails to increase, and sometimes, inhibits ERAD. To further understand how ER stress regulates ERAD, we studied the effects of ER stress on ubiquitin ligase (E3) gp78-mediated ERAD and on the stabilities of gp78 and another ERAD E3 Hrd1. The results showed that ER stress-inducing agent tunicamycin significantly enhanced ERAD in cells that either express endogenous or overexpress gp78. Importantly, ER stress could increase ERAD even when new protein synthesis was inhibited by cycloheximide. Surprisingly, tunicamycin treatment stabilized gp78, an established ERAD E3 and an ERAD substrate as well, for up to 8h. By contrast, ER stress had little effects on the stability of another E3 Hrd1 except that it reduced the total ubiquitination level of Hrd1. Our data suggest that ER stress differentially regulates the stabilities of ERAD E3s and their substrates, which may represent a novel mechanism by which ER stress increases ERAD. |
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Keywords: | ERAD, endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation E2, ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E3, ubiquitin ligase RING, really interesting new gene UPR, unfolded protein response DRiPs, defective ribosome products EDEM, ER-degradation enhancing α-mannosidase-like protein CHOP, C/EBP homologous protein IP, immunoprecipitation IB, immunoblotting |
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