scholarly journals The Autophagy-Lysosomal Pathways and Their Emerging Roles in Modulating Proteostasis in Tumors

Cells ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Dong ◽  
Hongjuan Cui
Keyword(s):  
Protein Misfolding ◽  
Tumor Development ◽  
Ubiquitin Proteasome System ◽  
Tumor Treatment ◽  
Unfolded Protein ◽  
Normal Physiological Condition ◽  
Ubiquitin Proteasome ◽  
The Alps ◽  
Protein Response ◽  
Chaperone Mediated Autophagy

In normal physiological condition, the maintenance of cellular proteostasis is a prerequisite for cell growth, functioning, adapting to changing micro-environments, and responding to extracellular stress. Cellular proteostasis is maintained by specific proteostasis networks (PNs) to prevent protein misfolding, aggregating, and accumulating in subcellular compartments. Commonly, the PNs are composed of protein synthesis, molecular chaperones, endoplasmic reticulum (ER), unfolded protein response (UPR), stress response pathways (SRPs), secretions, ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS), and autophagy-lysosomal pathways (ALPs). Although great efforts have been made to explore the underlying detailed mechanisms of proteostasis, there are many questions remain to explore, especially in proteostasis regulated by the ALPs. Proteostasis out-off-balance is correlated with various human diseases such as diabetes, stroke, inflammation, hypertension, pulmonary fibrosis, and Alzheimer’s disease. , enhanced regulation of PNs is observed in tumors, thereby indicating that proteostasis may play a pivotal role in tumorigenesis and cancer development. Recently, inhibitors targeting the UPS have shown to be failed in solid tumor treatment. However, there is growing evidence showing that the ALPs play important roles in regulation of proteostasis alone or with a crosstalk with other PNs in tumors. In this review, we provide insights into the proteostatic process and how it is regulated by the ALPs, such as macroautophagy, aggrephagy, chaperone-mediated autophagy, microautophagy, as well as mitophagy during tumor development.

scholarly journals An HRD/DER-independent ER quality control mechanism involves Rsp5p-dependent ubiquitination and ER-Golgi transport

2002 ◽  
Vol 158 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cole M. Haynes ◽  
Sabrina Caldwell ◽  
Antony A. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Ubiquitin Ligase ◽  
Degradation Kinetics ◽  
Ubiquitin Proteasome System ◽  
Er Quality Control ◽  
Unfolded Protein ◽  
Ubiquitin Proteasome ◽  
Type Rate ◽  
Quality Control Mechanism ◽  
The Unfolded Protein Response ◽  
Protein Response

We have identified a new pathway of ER-associated degradation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that functions separately from the HRD/DER pathway comprised of Hrd1p, Hrd3p, Der1p, and Ubc7p. This pathway, termed Hrd1p independent-proteolysis (HIP), is capable of recognizing and degrading both lumenal (CPY* and PrA*), and integral membrane proteins (Sec61–2p) that misfold in the ER. CPY* overexpression likely saturates the HRD/DER pathway and activates the HIP pathway, so the slowed degradation kinetics of CPY* in a hrd1Δ strain is restored to a wild-type rate when CPY* is overexpressed. Substrates of HIP require vesicular trafficking between the ER and Golgi apparatus before degradation by the ubiquitin-proteasome system. Ubiquitination of HIP substrates does not involve the HRD/DER pathway ubiquitin ligase Hrd1p, but instead uses another ubiquitin ligase, Rsp5p. HIP is regulated by the unfolded protein response as Ire1p is necessary for the degradation of CPY* when overexpressed, but not when CPY* is expressed at normal levels. Both the HIP and HRD/DER pathways contribute to the degradation of CPY*, and only by eliminating both is CPY* degradation completely blocked.

scholarly journals Role of Protein Misfolding and Proteostasis Deficiency in Protein Misfolding Diseases and Aging

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Cuanalo-Contreras ◽  
Abhisek Mukherjee ◽  
Claudio Soto
Keyword(s):  
Protein Misfolding ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Ubiquitin Proteasome System ◽  
Unfolded Protein ◽  
Natural Defense ◽  
Dependent Protein ◽  
The Unfolded Protein Response ◽  
Misfolding Diseases ◽  
Protein Response

The misfolding, aggregation, and tissue accumulation of proteins are common events in diverse chronic diseases, known as protein misfolding disorders. Many of these diseases are associated with aging, but the mechanism for this connection is unknown. Recent evidence has shown that the formation and accumulation of protein aggregates may be a process frequently occurring during normal aging, but it is unknown whether protein misfolding is a cause or a consequence of aging. To combat the formation of these misfolded aggregates cells have developed complex and complementary pathways aiming to maintain protein homeostasis. These protective pathways include the unfolded protein response, the ubiquitin proteasome system, autophagy, and the encapsulation of damaged proteins in aggresomes. In this paper we review the current knowledge on the role of protein misfolding in disease and aging as well as the implication of deficiencies in the proteostasis cellular pathways in these processes. It is likely that further understanding of the mechanisms involved in protein misfolding and the natural defense pathways may lead to novel strategies for treatment of age-dependent protein misfolding disorders and perhaps aging itself.

scholarly journals Negative modulation of macroautophagy by HERPUD1 is counteracted by an increased ER-lysosomal network with impact in drug-induced stress cell survival

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Vargas ◽  
Omar Humberto Cortes ◽  
Eloisa Natalia Arias-Munoz ◽  
Sergio Felipe Hernandez-Galaz ◽  
Cristobal Cerda-Troncoso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Survival ◽  
Ubiquitin Proteasome System ◽  
Drug Induced ◽  
Unfolded Protein ◽  
Membrane Contact Sites ◽  
Nutritional Deprivation ◽  
Ubiquitin Proteasome ◽  
Negative Role ◽  
And Function ◽  
Protein Response

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 but independently of ATG5 expression. Among them, the most significant was HERPUD1, an ER protein of short-half life and a well-known substrate of the proteasome. We found that increased HERPUD1 stability by deletion of its ubiquitin-like domain (UBL) plays a negative role on basal and induced macroautophagy. Moreover, we found it triggers ER expansion by reordering the ER in crystalloid structures, but in the absence of unfolded protein response activation. Surprisingly, we found ER expansion led to an increase in the number and function of lysosomes establishing a tight network with the presence of membrane-contact sites. Importantly, a phosphomimetic S59D mutation within the UBL mimics UBL deletion on its stability and the ER-lysosomal network expansion revealing 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 cell stress survival.

scholarly journals SDR enzymes oxidize specific lipidic alkynylcarbinols into cytotoxic protein-reactive species

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascal Demange ◽  
Etienne Joly ◽  
Julien Marcoux ◽  
Patrick R. A. Zanon ◽  
Dymytrii Listunov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanism Of Action ◽  
Protein Quality ◽  
Ubiquitin Proteasome System ◽  
Therapeutic Agents ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Proof Of Concept ◽  
Unfolded Protein ◽  
Ubiquitin Proteasome ◽  
Protein Response ◽  
Cytotoxic Mechanism

ABSTRACTHundreds of cytotoxic natural or synthetic lipidic compounds contain chiral alkynylcarbinol motifs, but the mechanism of action of those potential therapeutic agents remains unknown. Using a genetic screen in haploid human cells, we discovered that the enantiospecific cytotoxicity of numerous terminal alkynylcarbinols, including the highly cytotoxic dialkynylcarbinols, involves a bioactivation by HSD17B11, a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) known to oxidize the C-17 carbinol center of androstan-3-alpha,17-beta-diol to the corresponding ketone. A similar oxidation of dialkynylcarbinols generates dialkynylketones, that we characterize as highly protein-reactive electrophiles. We established that, once bioactivated in cells, the dialkynylcarbinols covalently modify several proteins involved in protein-quality control mechanisms, resulting in their lipoxidation on cysteines and lysines through Michael addition. For some proteins, this triggers their association to cellular membranes and results in endoplasmic reticulum stress, unfolded protein response activation, ubiquitin-proteasome system inhibition and cell death by apoptosis. Finally, as a proof-of-concept, we show that generic lipidic alkynylcarbinols can be devised to be bioactivated by other SDRs, including human RDH11 and HPGD/15-PGDH. Given that the SDR superfamily is one of the largest and most ubiquitous, this unique cytotoxic mechanism-of-action could be widely exploited to treat diseases, in particular cancer, through the design of tailored prodrugs. Graphical abstract

scholarly journals BIK ubiquitination by the E3 ligase Cul5-ASB11 determines cell fate during cellular stress

2019 ◽  
Vol 218 (9) ◽  
pp. 3002-3018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei-Yun Chen ◽  
Min-Yu Huang ◽  
Yu-Min Lin ◽  
Chi-Huan Ho ◽  
Shu-Yu Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Er Stress ◽  
Cell Fate ◽  
E3 Ligase ◽  
Ubiquitin Proteasome System ◽  
Degradation Pathway ◽  
Unfolded Protein ◽  
Ubiquitin Proteasome ◽  
Cellular Stresses ◽  
The Unfolded Protein Response ◽  
Protein Response

The BH3-only pro-apoptotic protein BIK is regulated by the ubiquitin–proteasome system. However, the mechanism of this regulation and its physiological functions remain elusive. Here, we identify Cul5-ASB11 as the E3 ligase targeting BIK for ubiquitination and degradation. ER stress leads to the activation of ASB11 by XBP1s during the adaptive phase of the unfolded protein response, which stimulates BIK ubiquitination, interaction with p97/VCP, and proteolysis. This mechanism of BIK degradation contributes to ER stress adaptation by promoting cell survival. Conversely, genotoxic agents down-regulate this IRE1α–XBP1s–ASB11 axis and stabilize BIK, which contributes in part to the apoptotic response to DNA damage. We show that blockade of this BIK degradation pathway by an IRE1α inhibitor can stabilize a BIK active mutant and increase its anti-tumor activity. Our study reveals that different cellular stresses regulate BIK ubiquitination by ASB11 in opposing directions, which determines whether or not cells survive, and that blocking BIK degradation has the potential to be used as an anti-cancer strategy.

Concordance of Several Subcellular Interactions Initiates Alzheimer’s Dementia: Their Reversal Requires Combination Treatment

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 166-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Fessel
Keyword(s):  
Combination Treatment ◽  
Ubiquitin Proteasome System ◽  
Signaling System ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Unfolded Protein ◽  
Single Drug ◽  
Ubiquitin Proteasome ◽  
The Unfolded Protein Response ◽  
Protein Response ◽  
Subcellular Level

The pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease involves multiple pathways that, at the macrolevel, include decreased proliferation plus increased loss affecting neurons, astrocytes, and capillaries and, at the subcellular level, involve several elements: amyloid/amyloid precursor protein, presenilins, the unfolded protein response, the ubiquitin/proteasome system, the Wnt/catenin system, the Notch signaling system, mitochondria, mitophagy, calcium, and tau. Data presented show the intimate, anatomical interactions between neurons, astrocytes, and capillaries; the interactions between the several subcellular factors affecting those cells; and the treatments that are currently available and that might correct dysfunctions in the subcellular factors. Available treatments include lithium, valproate, pioglitazone, erythropoietin, and prazosin. Since the subcellular pathogenesis involves multiple interacting elements, combination treatment would be more effective than administration of a single drug directed at only 1 element. The overall purpose of this presentation is to describe the pathogenesis in detail and to explain the proposed treatments.

scholarly journals Western diet leads to aging-related tumorigenesis via activation of the inflammatory, UPR, and EMT pathways

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Imbroisi Filho ◽  
Alan C. Ochioni ◽  
Amanda M. Esteves ◽  
João G. B. Leandro ◽  
Thainá M. Demaria ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition ◽  
Tumor Development ◽  
Western Diet ◽  
Mesenchymal Transition ◽  
Akt Phosphorylation ◽  
Unfolded Protein ◽  
Tissue Microenvironment ◽  
Tumor Tissues ◽  
Causative Factors ◽  
Protein Response

AbstractAmong the principal causative factors for the development of complications related to aging is a diet rich in fats and sugars, also known as the Western diet. This diet advocates numerous changes that might increase the susceptibility to initiate cancer and/or to create a tissue microenvironment more conducive to the growth of malignant cells, thus favoring the progression of cancer and metastasis. Hypercaloric diets in general lead to oxidative stress generating reactive oxygen species and induce endoplasmic reticulum stress. Our results demonstrate that mice bearing tumors fed with a Western diet presented bigger tumor mass with increased insulin sensitivity in these tissues. Several markers of insulin signaling, such as AKT phosphorylation and mTOR pathway, are promoted in tumors of Western diet-fed animals. This process is associated with increased macrophage infiltration, activation of unfolded protein response pathway, and initiation of epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) process in these tumor tissues. Summing up, we propose that the Western diet accelerates the aging-related processes favoring tumor development.

scholarly journals Proteostasis In The Endoplasmic Reticulum: Road to Cure

Cancers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nam ◽  
Jeon
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Er Stress ◽  
Unfolded Protein Response ◽  
Protein Quality ◽  
Tumor Development ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Secretory Proteins ◽  
Unfolded Protein ◽  
Stress Signals ◽  
Protein Response

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an interconnected organelle that is responsible for the biosynthesis, folding, maturation, stabilization, and trafficking of transmembrane and secretory proteins. Therefore, cells evolve protein quality-control equipment of the ER to ensure protein homeostasis, also termed proteostasis. However, disruption in the folding capacity of the ER caused by a large variety of pathophysiological insults leads to the accumulation of unfolded or misfolded proteins in this organelle, known as ER stress. Upon ER stress, unfolded protein response (UPR) of the ER is activated, integrates ER stress signals, and transduces the integrated signals to relive ER stress, thereby leading to the re-establishment of proteostasis. Intriguingly, severe and persistent ER stress and the subsequently sustained unfolded protein response (UPR) are closely associated with tumor development, angiogenesis, aggressiveness, immunosuppression, and therapeutic response of cancer. Additionally, the UPR interconnects various processes in and around the tumor microenvironment. Therefore, it has begun to be delineated that pharmacologically and genetically manipulating strategies directed to target the UPR of the ER might exhibit positive clinical outcome in cancer. In the present review, we summarize recent advances in our understanding of the UPR of the ER and the UPR of the ER–mitochondria interconnection. We also highlight new insights into how the UPR of the ER in response to pathophysiological perturbations is implicated in the pathogenesis of cancer. We provide the concept to target the UPR of the ER, eventually discussing the potential of therapeutic interventions for targeting the UPR of the ER for cancer treatment.

scholarly journals Beyond the cell factory: Homeostatic regulation of and by the UPRER

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (29) ◽  
pp. eabb9614
Author(s):  
Melissa G. Metcalf ◽  
Ryo Higuchi-Sanabria ◽  
Gilberto Garcia ◽  
C. Kimberly Tsui ◽  
Andrew Dillin
Keyword(s):  
Protein Misfolding ◽  
Lipid Synthesis ◽  
Transcriptional Response ◽  
Cell Factory ◽  
Unfolded Protein ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Emerging Themes ◽  
The Unfolded Protein Response ◽  
Protein Response ◽  
Cellular Components

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is commonly referred to as the factory of the cell, as it is responsible for a large amount of protein and lipid synthesis. As a membrane-bound organelle, the ER has a distinct environment that is ideal for its functions in synthesizing these primary cellular components. Many different quality control machineries exist to maintain ER stability under the stresses associated with synthesizing, folding, and modifying complex proteins and lipids. The best understood of these mechanisms is the unfolded protein response of the ER (UPRER), in which transmembrane proteins serve as sensors, which trigger a coordinated transcriptional response of genes dedicated for mitigating the stress. As the name suggests, the UPRER is most well described as a functional response to protein misfolding stress. Here, we focus on recent findings and emerging themes in additional roles of the UPRER outside of protein homeostasis, including lipid homeostasis, autophagy, apoptosis, and immunity.

scholarly journals Ribosomal mistranslation leads to silencing of the unfolded protein response and increased mitochondrial biogenesis

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitri Shcherbakov ◽  
Youjin Teo ◽  
Heithem Boukari ◽  
Adrian Cortes-Sanchon ◽  
Matilde Mantovani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Unfolded Protein Response ◽  
Mitochondrial Biogenesis ◽  
Protein Quality ◽  
Genetic Manipulation ◽  
Ubiquitin Proteasome System ◽  
Limiting Factor ◽  
Unfolded Protein ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
The Unfolded Protein Response ◽  
Protein Response

Abstract Translation fidelity is the limiting factor in the accuracy of gene expression. With an estimated frequency of 10−4, errors in mRNA decoding occur in a mostly stochastic manner. Little is known about the response of higher eukaryotes to chronic loss of ribosomal accuracy as per an increase in the random error rate of mRNA decoding. Here, we present a global and comprehensive picture of the cellular changes in response to translational accuracy in mammalian ribosomes impaired by genetic manipulation. In addition to affecting established protein quality control pathways, such as elevated transcript levels for cytosolic chaperones, activation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system, and translational slowdown, ribosomal mistranslation led to unexpected responses. In particular, we observed increased mitochondrial biogenesis associated with import of misfolded proteins into the mitochondria and silencing of the unfolded protein response in the endoplasmic reticulum.

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