Stress-induced alterations in autophagic pathway: relationship to ubiquitin system

1992 ◽  
Vol 262 (4) ◽  
pp. C1031-C1038 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. Schwartz ◽  
R. A. Brandt ◽  
H. Geuze ◽  
A. Ciechanover

The autophagic response of the cell to nutrient deprivation or heat stress is characterized by an increase in the rate of cellular protein degradation. Using temperature-sensitive mutant cell lines that harbor a mutation in the ubiquitin pathway, we have recently shown that this response is dependent on a functional ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1. The ubiquitin pathway is involved in a multitude of cellular events including protein degradation, the best understood of these. Herein the activation of the ubiquitin molecule via E1 is followed by its covalent conjugation to acceptor proteins followed by proteolysis. It is therefore important to study the linkage between the autophagic response and E1. Using these same cell lines, CHO E36 and CHO ts20, we demonstrate that after heat stress or nutrient deprivation there is a rapid and reversible decrease in the buoyant density of subcellular vesicles containing lysosomal hydrolases, a characteristic found to accompany autophagy. This stress-induced change is found in all cell lines examined, independent of the activity of the E1. The light-density vesicles, which comigrate with endosomes on colloidal silica gradients, are not accessible to the endocytic marker transferrin-horseradish peroxidase (HRP) after cellular uptake and subsequent HRP-mediated density shift analysis. Furthermore, morphology of the isolated fractions from control and stress-induced cells was similar. These results thus demonstrate the changes in hydrolase-containing intracellular vesicles that accompany nutritional deprivation or heat stress and support the notion that the linkage of the autophagic response to the ubiquitin system is at a step in autophagy which does not affect the formation of autophagic vesicles.


1982 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 720-729
Author(s):  
Fernando Cabral ◽  
Irene Abraham ◽  
Michael M. Gottesman

We recently described the isolation of a mutant Chinese hamster ovary cell (Cmd 4) resistant to the cytotoxic effects of colcemid (Cabral et al., Cell 20 :29-36, 1980). This mutant carries an altered β-tubulin but still grows normally at 37°C. In the present study we found that Cmd 4 is temperature sensitive for growth at 40.3°C. A class of revertants selected for temperature resistance had simultaneously lost colcemid resistance and the altered β-tubulin. In addition, we isolated a temperature-resistant revertant which carries a further alteration in the mutant β-tubulin polypeptide. This second alteration appears to make the mutant β-tubulin incompetent to assemble into microtubules, resulting in a strain which is again colcemid sensitive. These revertant cell lines provide strong evidence that a mutation in β-tubulin can confer both colcemid resistance and temperature sensitivity on a mammalian cell line. Cellular microtubules studied by indirect immunofluorescence in both mutant and revertant cell lines had an apparently normal distribution at permissive and nonpermissive temperatures, yet mitosis appears to be abnormal in the mutant cell line. We conclude from these studies that incorporation of the altered β-tubulin into microtubules does not affect their distribution but may affect their function during mitosis.



1982 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 720-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Cabral ◽  
Irene Abraham ◽  
Michael M. Gottesman

We recently described the isolation of a mutant Chinese hamster ovary cell (Cmd 4) resistant to the cytotoxic effects of colcemid (Cabral et al., Cell20:29-36, 1980). This mutant carries an altered β-tubulin but still grows normally at 37°C. In the present study we found that Cmd 4 is temperature sensitive for growth at 40.3°C. A class of revertants selected for temperature resistance had simultaneously lost colcemid resistance and the altered β-tubulin. In addition, we isolated a temperature-resistant revertant which carries a further alteration in the mutant β-tubulin polypeptide. This second alteration appears to make the mutant β-tubulin incompetent to assemble into microtubules, resulting in a strain which is again colcemid sensitive. These revertant cell lines provide strong evidence that a mutation in β-tubulin can confer both colcemid resistance and temperature sensitivity on a mammalian cell line. Cellular microtubules studied by indirect immunofluorescence in both mutant and revertant cell lines had an apparently normal distribution at permissive and nonpermissive temperatures, yet mitosis appears to be abnormal in the mutant cell line. We conclude from these studies that incorporation of the altered β-tubulin into microtubules does not affect their distribution but may affect their function during mitosis.



2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. i6-i7
Author(s):  
Alişan Kayabölen ◽  
Gizem Nur Sahin ◽  
Fidan Seker ◽  
Ahmet Cingöz ◽  
Bekir Isik ◽  
...  

Abstract Mutations in IDH1 and IDH2 genes are common in low grade gliomas and secondary GBM and are known to cause a distinct epigenetic landscape in these tumors. To interrogate the epigenetic vulnerabilities of IDH-mutant gliomas, we performed a chemical screen with inhibitors of chromatin modifiers and identified 5-azacytidine, Chaetocin, GSK-J4 and Belinostat as potent agents against primary IDH1-mutant cell lines. Testing the combinatorial efficacy of these agents, we demonstrated GSK-J4 and Belinostat combination as a very effective treatment for the IDH1-mutant glioma cells. Engineering established cell lines to ectopically express IDH1R132H, we showed that IDH1R132H cells adopted a different transcriptome with changes in stress-related pathways that were reversible with the mutant IDH1 inhibitor, GSK864. The combination of GSK-J4 and Belinostat was highly effective on IDH1R132H cells, but not on wt glioma cells or nonmalignant fibroblasts and astrocytes. The cell death induced by GSK-J4 and Belinostat combination involved the induction of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. RNA sequencing analyses revealed activation of inflammatory and unfolded protein response pathways in IDH1-mutant cells upon treatment with GSK-J4 and Belinostat conferring increased stress to glioma cells. Specifically, GSK-J4 induced ATF4-mediated integrated stress response and Belinostat induced cell cycle arrest in primary IDH1-mutant glioma cells; which were accompanied by DDIT3/CHOP-dependent upregulation of apoptosis. Moreover, to dissect out the responsible target histone demethylase, we undertook genetic approach and demonstrated that CRISPR/Cas9 mediated ablation of both KDM6A and KDM6B genes phenocopied the effects of GSK-J4 in IDH1-mutant cells. Finally, GSK-J4 and Belinostat combination significantly decreased tumor growth and increased survival in an orthotopic model in mice. Together, these results suggest a potential combination epigenetic therapy against IDH1-mutant gliomas.





1989 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Linda Shookster ◽  
Clifford R Hume ◽  
Janet S Lee


2005 ◽  
Vol 79 (20) ◽  
pp. 12969-12978 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. Bruce ◽  
Kenneth A. Bradley ◽  
Paul Ahlquist ◽  
John A. T. Young

ABSTRACT In order to identify cellular proteins required for early stages of retroviral replication, a high volume screening with mammalian somatic cells was performed. Ten pools of chemically mutagenized Chinese hamster ovary (CHO-K1) cells were challenged with a murine leukemia virus (MLV) vector pseudotyped with the vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein (VSV-G), and cells that failed to be transduced were enriched by cell sorting. Each pool yielded a clonally derived cell line with a 5-fold or greater resistance to virus infection, and five cell lines exhibited a >50-fold resistance. These five cell lines were efficiently infected by a human immunodeficiency virus vector pseudotyped with VSV-G. When engineered to express the TVA receptor for subgroup A avian sarcoma and leukosis virus (ASLV-A), the five cell lines were resistant to infection with a MLV vector pseudotyped with the ASLV-A envelope protein but were fully susceptible to infection with an ASLV-A vector. Thus, the defect in these cells resides after virus-cell membrane fusion and, unlike those in other mutant cell lines that have been described, is specific for the MLV core. To identify the specific stages of MLV infection that are impaired in the resistant cell lines, real-time quantitative PCR analyses were employed and two phenotypic groups were identified. Viral infection of three cell lines was restricted before reverse transcription; in the other two cell lines, it was blocked after reverse transcription, nuclear localization, and two-long terminal repeat circle formation but before integration. These data provide genetic evidence that at least two distinct intracellular gene products are required specifically for MLV infection. These cell lines are important tools for the biochemical and genetic analysis of early stages in retrovirus infection.



Bone ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 712-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Kudo ◽  
M Hiraoka ◽  
S Kitagawa ◽  
M Miyauchi ◽  
S Kakuo ◽  
...  


1997 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.E. Truckenmiller ◽  
Ora Dillon-Carter ◽  
Carlo Tornatore ◽  
Henrietta Kulaga ◽  
Hidetoshi Takashima ◽  
...  

In vitro growth properties of three CNS-derived cell lines were compared under a variety of culture conditions. The M213-20 and J30a cell lines were each derived from embryonic CNS culture with the temperature-sensitive (ts) allele of SV40 large T antigen, tsA58, while the A7 cell line was immortalized using wild-type SV40 large T antigen. Cells immortalized with tsA58 SV40 large T proliferate at the permissive temperature, 33° C, while growth is expected to be suppressed at the nonpermissive temperature, 39.5°C. Both the M213-20 and J30a cell lines were capable of proliferating at 39.5°C continuously for up to 6 mo. All three cell lines showed no appreciable differences in growth rates related to temperature over a 7-day period in either serum-containing or defined serum-free media. The percentage of cells in S-phase of the cell cycle did not decrease or was elevated at 39.5°C for all three cell lines. After 3 wk at 39.5°C, the three cell lines also showed positive immunostaining using two monoclonal antibodies reacting with different epitopes of SV40 large T antigen. Double strand DNA sequence analyses of a 300 base pair (bp) fragment of the large T gene from each cell line, which included the ts locus, revealed mutations in both the J30a and M213-20 cell lines. The J30a cell line ts mutation had reverted to wild type, and two additional loci with bp substitutions with predicted amino acid changes were also found. While the ts mutation of the M213-20 cells was retained, an additional bp substitution with a predicted amino acid change was found. The A7 cell line sequence was identical to the reference wild-type sequence. These findings suggest that (a) nucleic acid sequences in the temperature-sensitive region of the tsA58 allele of SV40 large T are not necessarily stable, and (b) temperature sensitivity of cell lines immortalized with tsA58 is not necessarily retained.



2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (21) ◽  
pp. 4203-4211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong-Hwan Kim ◽  
Deanna M. Koepp

The ubiquitin proteasome system plays a pivotal role in controlling the cell cycle. The budding yeast F-box protein Dia2 is required for genomic stability and is targeted for ubiquitin-dependent degradation in a cell cycle–dependent manner, but the identity of the ubiquitination pathway is unknown. We demonstrate that the Hect domain E3 ubiquitin ligase Tom1 is required for Dia2 protein degradation. Deletion of DIA2 partially suppresses the temperature-sensitive phenotype of tom1 mutants. Tom1 is required for Dia2 ubiquitination and degradation during G1 and G2/M phases of the cell cycle, whereas the Dia2 protein is stabilized during S phase. We find that Tom1 binding to Dia2 is enhanced in G1 and reduced in S phase, suggesting a mechanism for this proteolytic switch. Tom1 recognizes specific, positively charged residues in a Dia2 degradation/NLS domain. Loss of these residues blocks Tom1-mediated turnover of Dia2 and causes a delay in G1–to–S phase progression. Deletion of DIA2 rescues a delay in the G1–to–S phase transition in the tom1Δ mutant. Together our results suggest that Tom1 targets Dia2 for degradation during the cell cycle by recognizing positively charged residues in the Dia2 degradation/NLS domain and that Dia2 protein degradation contributes to G1–to–S phase progression.



1982 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 629-633 ◽  
Author(s):  
D J Scharff ◽  
A M Delegeane ◽  
A S Lee

K12 is a temperature-sensitive (ts) mutant cell line derived from Chinese hamster fibroblasts. When incubated at the nonpermissive temperature, K12 cells exhibit the following properties: (a) the cells cannot initiate DNA synthesis;o (b) the synthesis of cytosol thymidine kinase is suppressed; and (c) the synthesis of three cellular proteins of molecular weights 94, 78, and 58 kdaltons is greatly enhanced. Here we characterize a spontaneous revertant clone, R12, derived from the K12 cells. We selected the revertant clone for its ability to grow at the nonpermissive temperature. Our results indicate that all the traits which constitute the K12 mutant phenotype are simultaneously reverted to the wild type in the revertant cell line, suggesting that the ts mutation of the K12 cells is of regulatory nature and exerts multiple effects on the expressed phenotypes.



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