scholarly journals An autonomous, but INSIG-modulated, role for the Sterol Sensing Domain in mallostery-regulated ERAD of yeast HMG-CoA reductase

2020 ◽  
pp. jbc.RA120.015910
Author(s):  
Margaret A Wangeline ◽  
Randolph Y Hampton

HMG-CoA reductase (HMGR) undergoes feedback-regulated degradation as part of sterol pathway control. Degradation of the yeast HMGR isozyme Hmg2 is controlled by the sterol pathway intermediate GGPP, which causes misfolding of Hmg2, leading to degradation by the HRD pathway; we call this process mallostery. We evaluated the role of the Hmg2 sterol sensing domain (SSD) in mallostery, as well as the involvement of the highly conserved INSIG proteins. We show that the Hmg2 SSD is critical for regulated degradation of Hmg2 and required for mallosteric misfolding of GGPP as studied by in vitro limited proteolysis. The Hmg2 SSD functions independently of conserved yeast INSIG proteins, but its function was modulated by INSIG, thus imposing a second layer of control on Hmg2 regulation. Mutant analyses indicated that SSD-mediated mallostery occurred prior to and independent of HRD-dependent ubiquitination. GGPP-dependent misfolding was still extant but occurred at a much slower rate in the absence of a functional SSD, indicating that the SSD facilitates a physiologically useful rate of GGPP response, and implying that the SSD is not a binding site for GGPP. Non-functional SSD mutants allowed us to test the importance of Hmg2 quaternary structure in mallostery:  a non-responsive Hmg2 SSD mutant strongly suppressed regulation of a co-expressed, normal Hmg2. Finally, we have found that GGPP-regulated misfolding occurred in detergent-solubilized Hmg2, a feature that will allow next-level analysis of the mechanism of this novel tactic of ligand-regulated misfolding.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret A Wangeline ◽  
Randolph Y Hampton

AbstractHMG-CoA reductase (HMGR) undergoes feedback regulated degradation as part of sterol pathway control. Degradation of the yeast HMGR isozyme Hmg2 is controlled by the sterol pathway intermediate GGPP, which causes misfolding of Hmg2 to enhance its ERAD by the HRD pathway. GGPP-dependent reversible misfolding of Hmg2 is remarkably similar to classic allosteric control; we recently labeled this process mallostery to fuse the ideas of misfolding and allostery. We have evaluated the role of the Hmg2 sterol sensing domain (SSD) in mallostery, and the involvement of highly conserved INSIG proteins in SSD function. The SSD is a membrane-embedded motif found in many sterol-related proteins. The Hmg2 SSD was critical for in vivo regulated degradation of Hmg2, and required for mallosteric misfolding of GGPP as studied by in vitro limited proteolysis. The Hmg2 SSD functions in mallostery independently of conserved yeast INSIG proteins. However, this autonomous action of the SSD was modulated by INSIG, thus imposing a second layer of control on Hmg2 regulation. SSD-mediated mallostery occurs prior to HRD dependent ubiquitination, defining a pathway regulation involving SSD-mediated misfolding followed by HRD dependent ubiquitination. GGPP dependent misfolding occurred at a much slower rate in the absence of a functional SSD, indicating that the SSD functions to allow physiologically useful rate of GGPP response, and implying that the SSD is not a binding site for GGPP. We used unresponsive Hmg2 SSD mutants to test the importance of quaternary structure in mallosteric regulation: the presence of a non-responsive Hmg2 mutant strongly suppressed regulation of a co-expressed, normal Hmg2. Finally, we have found that GGPP regulated misfolding occurred in detergent solubilized Hmg2, indicating that the mallosteric response is an intrinsic feature of the Hmg2 multimer. The preserved response of Hmg2 when in micellar solution will allow next-level studies on the structural and biophysical features of this novel fusion of regulation and protein quality control.


1989 ◽  
Vol 260 (2) ◽  
pp. 597-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
O Larsson ◽  
W Engström

The effects of glycosylation inhibitors on the proliferation of SV40-transformed 3T3 cells (SV-3T3) were examined in vitro. Whereas swainsonine and castanospermine, which inhibit distal steps in the glycosylational processing, exerted marginal or no effects on cell proliferation, a proximal inhibitor, tunicamycin, efficiently decreased the rate of DNA synthesis and also inhibited the activity of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase. The inhibitory effects of tunicamycin on cell proliferation could be partially reversed by addition of dolichol, a metabolite in the pathway regulated by HMG-CoA reductase. This finding suggests that tunicamycin exerts at least one of its effects on cell proliferation by modulating the activity of HMG-CoA reductase.


2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (10) ◽  
pp. 1518-1521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiyoshi Ohyama ◽  
Masashi Suzuki ◽  
Kazuo Masuda ◽  
Shigeo Yoshida ◽  
Toshiya Muranaka

Author(s):  
Bongani Sicelo Dlamini ◽  
Carlos Eduardo Hernandez ◽  
Chiy-Rong Chen ◽  
Wen-Ling Shih ◽  
Jue-Liang Hsu ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai-Yan Jia ◽  
Kai Zhang ◽  
Wen-Jing Lu ◽  
Gui-Wen Xu ◽  
Jian-Fen Zhang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background It was reported that microRNA-21(miR-21) was differentially expressed in the keratinocytes of psoriasis patients, and it may influence the apoptosis and proliferation of cells. The role of lncRNA maternally expressed gene3 (MEG3), a competing endogenous RNAs of miR-21, in the progression of psoriasis remains unclear. We aimed to unfold the influence of MEG3 and miR-21 on the proliferation and apoptosis of psoriasis epidermal cells. Methods 50μg/L TNF-α was used to treat HaCaTs and NHEKs cells for 24 h, and then different experiments were conducted. qRT-PCR were applied for measuring the mRNA level of MEG3, miR-2, and caspase-8, and the protein expression of caspase-8 was measured with western blotting. Flow cytometry was used for assessing apoptosis. Cell proliferation was detected using MTT and colony formation assays. Dual luciferase reporter assay was applied for confirming the binding site between MEG3 and miR-21, miR-21 and Caspase-8. Results A cell model for in vitro studying the role of MEG3 in psoriasis pathophysiology was established using HaCaT and HHEKs. MEG3 was significantly down-regulated in HaCaT, HHEKs, and psoriatic skin samples. MEG3 inhibits proliferation and promotes apoptosis of Activated-HaCaT (Act-HaCaT) and Activated-HHEKs (Act- HHEK) by regulating miR-21, and the binding site between MEG3 and miR-21 was identified. We also found that miR-21 could inhibit the level of caspase-8 and identified the binding site between caspase-8 and miR-21. Some down-stream proteins of caspase-8, Cleaved caspase-8, cytc, and apaf-1 were regulated by miR-21 and MEG3. Conclusion MEG3/miR-21 axis may regulate the expression of caspase-8, and further influence the proliferation and apoptosis of psoriasis keratinocyte, Act-HaCaT and Act- HHEK. Therefore, our findings may provide a new thought for the study of pathogenesis and treatment of psoriasis.


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