scholarly journals Induction of the FK506-binding protein, FKBP13, under conditions which misfold proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum

1994 ◽  
Vol 303 (3) ◽  
pp. 705-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
K T Bush ◽  
B A Hendrickson ◽  
S K Nigam

In order to determine whether the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) luminal FK506-binding protein, FKBP13, shares properties of ER molecular chaperones, MDCK cells were treated with either tunicamycin or Ca2+ ionophores. By Northern-blot analysis, tunicamycin resulted in a 2-fold rise in FKBP13 mRNA, whereas ionophores (A23187 and ionomycin) caused a more impressive rise in FKBP13 mRNA (up to 5-fold with ionomycin). Actinomycin D chase experiments in ionomycin-treated cells revealed no change in the half-life of FKBP13 mRNA, indicating that the increase in FKBP13 mRNA observed was not due to greater message stability. Moreover, sequencing of the 5′ flanking region of the gene for murine FKBP13 revealed significant similarity to similar regions in human BiP (immunoglobulin-binding protein) and the human glucose-regulated protein grp94, including a 37 bp sequence in FKBP13 with approximately 50% identity with the unfolded protein response element of the BiP gene. Together, these data suggest a role for FKBP13 in ER protein folding.

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonello Storniolo ◽  
Marisa Raciti ◽  
Alessandra Cucina ◽  
Mariano Bizzarri ◽  
Livia Di Renzo

Relative to their normal counterparts, tumor cells generally exhibit a greater “stress phenotype” and express heat shock proteins (Hsp) that represent candidate targets for anticancer therapy. Here we investigated the role of Hsp70 in survival induced by endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stressors in human leukemia U937 cells. Quercetin, a major dietary flavonoid, or specific silencing affected the expression level of Hsp70 and did not allow the upregulation of inositol-requiring kinase 1α(IRE1α), the prototype ER stress sensor regulating the unfolded protein response (UPR), that protects the cells against the stress of misfolded proteins in the ER. The reduction of Hsp70 prevented the upregulation of immunoglobulin heavy-chain binding protein (BiP), but not of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein-homologous protein (CHOP), and induced apoptosis. Also specific silencing of IRE1αor inhibition of its endoribonuclease activity by 4μ8c hampered the upregulation of BiP, but not of CHOP, and induced apoptosis. These results suggest that drugs affecting the Hsp70-IRE1αaxis, like quercetin, or affecting directly IRE1αmay represent an effective adjuvant antileukemia therapy.


2011 ◽  
Vol 286 (27) ◽  
pp. 24451-24457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harrison C. Brown ◽  
Bagirath Gangadharan ◽  
Christopher B. Doering

Human and porcine coagulation factor VIII (fVIII) display a biosynthetic efficiency differential that is being exploited for the development of new protein and gene transfer-based therapies for hemophilia A. The cellular and/or molecular mechanism(s) responsible for this phenomenon have yet to be uncovered, although it has been temporally localized to post-translational biosynthetic steps. The unfolded protein response (UPR) is a cellular adaptation to structurally distinct (e.g. misfolded) or excess protein in the endoplasmic reticulum and is known to be induced by heterologous expression of recombinant human fVIII. Therefore, it is plausible that the biosynthetic differential between human and porcine fVIII results from differential UPR activation. In the current study, UPR induction was examined in the context of ongoing fVIII expression. UPR activation was greater during human fVIII expression when compared with porcine fVIII expression as determined by ER response element (ERSE)-luciferase reporter activity, X-box-binding protein 1 (XBP1) splicing, and immunoglobulin-binding protein (BiP) up-regulation. Immunofluorescence microscopy of fVIII expressing cells revealed that human fVIII was notably absent in the Golgi apparatus, confirming that endoplasmic reticulum to Golgi transport is rate-limiting. In contrast, a significant proportion of porcine fVIII was localized to the Golgi indicating efficient transit through the secretory pathway. Overexpression of BiP, an integral UPR protein, reduced the secretion of human fVIII by 50%, but had no effect on porcine fVIII biosynthesis. In contrast, expression of BiP shRNA increased human fVIII expression levels. The current data support the model of differential engagement of UPR by human and porcine fVIII as a non-traditional mechanism for regulation of gene product biosynthesis.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatima Cairrao ◽  
Cristiana C Santos ◽  
Adrien Le Thomas ◽  
Scot Marsters ◽  
Avi Ashkenazi ◽  
...  

SUMMARYThe unfolded protein response (UPR) maintains homeostasis of the endoplasmic reticulum(ER). Residing in the ER membrane, the UPR mediator Ire1 deploys its cytoplasmic kinase-endoribonuclease domain to activate the key UPR transcription factor Xbp1 through non-conventional splicing of Xbp1 mRNA. Ire1 also degrades diverse ER-targeted mRNAs through regulated Ire1-dependent decay (RIDD), but how it spares Xbp1 mRNA from this decay is unknown. We identified binding sites for the RNA-binding protein Pumilio in the 3’UTR Drosophila Xbp1. In the developing Drosophila eye, Pumilio bound both the Xbp1unspliced and Xbp1spliced mRNAs, but only Xbp1spliced was stabilized by Pumilio. Furthermore, Pumilio displayed Ire1 kinase-dependent phosphorylation during ER stress, which was required for its stabilization of Xbp1spliced. Human IRE1 could directly phosphorylate Pumilio, and phosphorylated Pumilio protected Xbp1spliced mRNA against RIDD. Thus, Ire1-mediated phosphorylation enables Pumilio to shield Xbp1spliced from RIDD. These results uncover an important and unexpected regulatory link between an RNA-binding protein and the UPR.


Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 2158
Author(s):  
Jessica Maiuolo ◽  
Irene Bava ◽  
Cristina Carresi ◽  
Micaela Gliozzi ◽  
Vincenzo Musolino ◽  
...  

Doxorubicin is an anthracycline that is commonly used as a chemotherapy drug due to its cytotoxic effects. The clinical use of doxorubicin is limited due to its known cardiotoxic effects. Treatment with anthracyclines causes heart failure in 15–17% of patients, resulting in mitochondrial dysfunction, the accumulation of reactive oxygen species, intracellular calcium dysregulation, the deterioration of the cardiomyocyte structure, and apoptotic cell death. Polyphenols have a wide range of beneficial properties, and particular importance is given to Bergamot Polyphenolic Fraction; Oleuropein, one of the main polyphenolic compounds of olive oil; and Cynara cardunculus extract. These natural compounds have particular beneficial characteristics, owing to their high polyphenol contents. Among these, their antioxidant and antoproliferative properties are the most important. The aim of this paper was to investigate the effects of these three plant derivatives using an in vitro model of cardiotoxicity induced by the treatment of rat embryonic cardiomyoblasts (H9c2) with doxorubicin. The biological mechanisms involved and the crosstalk existing between the mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum were examined. Bergamot Polyphenolic Fraction, Oleuropein, and Cynara cardunculus extract were able to decrease the damage induced by exposure to doxorubicin. In particular, these natural compounds were found to reduce cell mortality and oxidative damage, increase the lipid content, and decrease the concentration of calcium ions that escaped from the endoplasmic reticulum. In addition, the direct involvement of this cellular organelle was demonstrated by silencing the ATF6 arm of the Unfolded Protein Response, which was activated after treatment with doxorubicin.


1997 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1805-1814 ◽  
Author(s):  
J S Cox ◽  
R E Chapman ◽  
P Walter

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a multifunctional organelle responsible for production of both lumenal and membrane components of secretory pathway compartments. Secretory proteins are folded, processed, and sorted in the ER lumen and lipid synthesis occurs on the ER membrane itself. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, synthesis of ER components is highly regulated: the ER-resident proteins by the unfolded protein response and membrane lipid synthesis by the inositol response. We demonstrate that these two responses are intimately linked, forming different branches of the same pathway. Furthermore, we present evidence indicating that this coordinate regulation plays a role in ER biogenesis.


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