scholarly journals ER Stress and Iron Homeostasis: A New Frontier for the UPR

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana J. Oliveira ◽  
Maria de Sousa ◽  
Jorge P. Pinto

The C282Y mutation of HFE accounts for the majority of cases of the iron overload disease Hereditary Hemochromatosis (HH). The conformational changes introduced by this mutation impair the HFE association with β2-microglobulin (β2m) and the cell surface expression of the protein: with two major consequences. From a functional perspective, the ability of HFE to bind to transferrin receptors 1 and 2 is lost in the C282Y mutant, thus affecting hepcidin regulation. Also due to the faulty assembly with β2m, HFE-C282Y molecules remain in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as aggregates that undergo proteasomal degradation and activate an Unfolded Protein Response (UPR). UPR activation, regardless of the ER stress stimuli, was shown to reshape the expression profile of iron-related genes and to decrease MHC-I cell surface expression. The possibility of a HFE-C282Y-mediated interplay between the UPR and iron homeostasis influencing disease progression and the clinical heterogeneity among C282Y carriers is discussed. The responsiveness of the ER chaperone calreticulin to both ER and iron-induced oxidative stresses, and its correlation with HH patients’ phenotype, reinforce the interest of dissecting the UPR signaling/iron metabolism crosstalk and points to the potential clinical value of use of pharmacological chaperones in HFE-HH.

F1000Research ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 1177
Author(s):  
Anita J. Zaitouna ◽  
Amanpreet Kaur ◽  
Malini Raghavan

Major histocompatibility class I (MHC-I) proteins mediate immunosurveillance against pathogens and cancers by presenting antigenic or mutated peptides to antigen receptors of CD8+ T cells and by engaging receptors of natural killer (NK) cells. In humans, MHC-I molecules are highly polymorphic. MHC-I variations permit the display of thousands of distinct peptides at the cell surface. Recent mass spectrometric studies have revealed unique and shared characteristics of the peptidomes of individual MHC-I variants. The cell surface expression of MHC-I–peptide complexes requires the functions of many intracellular assembly factors, including the transporter associated with antigen presentation (TAP), tapasin, calreticulin, ERp57, TAP-binding protein related (TAPBPR), endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidases (ERAPs), and the proteasomes. Recent studies provide important insights into the structural features of these factors that govern MHC-I assembly as well as the mechanisms underlying peptide exchange. Conformational sensing of MHC-I molecules mediates the quality control of intracellular MHC-I assembly and contributes to immune recognition by CD8 at the cell surface. Recent studies also show that several MHC-I variants can follow unconventional assembly routes to the cell surface, conferring selective immune advantages that can be exploited for immunotherapy.


2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 605-605
Author(s):  
Susana Granell ◽  
Sameer Mohammad ◽  
Ramanagouda Ramanagoudr-Bhojappa ◽  
Giulia Baldini

Abstract Melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) is a G protein-coupled receptor expressed in the brain where it controls food intake. Many obesity-linked MC4R variants are poorly expressed at the plasma membrane and are retained intracellularly. We have studied the intracellular localization of four obesity-linked MC4R variants, P78L, R165W, I316S, and I317T, in immortalized neurons. We find that these variants are all retained in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), are ubiquitinated to a greater extent than the wild-type (wt) receptor, and induce ER stress with increased levels of ER chaperones as compared with wt-MC4R and appearance of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein homologous protein. Expression of the X-box-binding-protein-1 with selective activation of a protective branch of the unfolded protein response did not have any effect on the cell surface expression of MC4R-I316S. Conversely, the pharmacological chaperone 4-phenyl butyric acid (PBA) increased the cell surface expression of wt-MC4R, MC4R-I316S, and I317T by more than 40%. PBA decreased ubiquitination of MC4R-I316S and prevented ER stress induced by expression of the mutant, suggesting that the drug functions to promote MC4R folding. MC4R-I316S rescued to the cell surface is functional, with a 52% increase in agonist-induced cAMP production, as compared with untreated cells. Also direct inhibition of wt-MC4R and MC4R-I316S ubiquitination by a specific inhibitor of the ubiquitin-activating enzyme 1 increased by approximately 40% the expression of the receptors at the cell surface, and the effects of PBA and ubiquitin-activating enzyme 1 were additive. These data offer a cell-based rationale that drugs that improve MC4R folding or decrease ER-associated degradation of the receptor may function to treat some forms of hereditary obesity.


Virology ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 395 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias J. Deruelle ◽  
Céline Van den Broeke ◽  
Hans J. Nauwynck ◽  
Thomas C. Mettenleiter ◽  
Herman W. Favoreel

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nora Hosny ◽  
Anders W. Matson ◽  
Ramesh Kumbha ◽  
Magie Steinhoff ◽  
Joseph Sushil Rao ◽  
...  

2005 ◽  
Vol 79 (16) ◽  
pp. 10547-10560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Münch ◽  
Michael Schindler ◽  
Steffen Wildum ◽  
Elke Rücker ◽  
Nicola Bailer ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The nef gene of the pathogenic simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) mac239 clone has been well characterized. Little is known, however, about the function of nef alleles derived from naturally SIVsm-infected sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) and from human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2)-infected individuals. Addressing this, we demonstrate that, similarly to the SIVmac239 nef, primary SIVsm and HIV-2 nef alleles down-modulate cell surface expression of human CD4, CD28, CD3, and class I or II major histocompatibility complex (MHC-I or MHC-II, respectively) molecules, up-regulate surface expression of the invariant chain (Ii) associated with immature MHC-II, inhibit early T-cell activation events, and enhance virion infectivity. Both also stimulate viral replication, although HIV-2 nef alleles were less active in this assay than SIVsm nef alleles. Mutational analysis showed that a dileucine-based sorting motif in the C-proximal loop of SIV or HIV-2 Nef is critical for its effects on CD4, CD28, and Ii but dispensable for down-regulation of CD3, MHC-I, and MHC-II. The C terminus of SIV and HIV-2 Nef was exclusively required for down-modulation of MHC-I, further demonstrating that analogous functions are mediated by different domains in Nef proteins derived from different groups of primate lentiviruses. Our results demonstrate that none of the eight Nef functions investigated had been newly acquired after cross-species transmission of SIVsm from naturally infected mangabeys to humans or macaques. Notably, HIV-2 and SIVsm nef alleles efficiently down-modulate CD3 and C28 surface expression and inhibit T-cell activation more efficiently than HIV-1 nef alleles. These differences in Nef function might contribute to the relatively low levels of immune activation observed in HIV-2-infected human individuals.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florent Colomb ◽  
Leila B. Giron ◽  
Leticia Kuri Cervantes ◽  
Tongcui Ma ◽  
Samson Adeniji ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Mona Aslani ◽  
Arman Ahmadzadeh ◽  
Zahra Aghazadeh ◽  
Majid Zaki-Dizaji ◽  
Laleh Sharifi ◽  
...  

Background: : Based on the encouraging results of phase III clinical trial of β-D-mannuronic acid (M2000) (as a new anti-inflammatory drug) in patients with RA, in this study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of this drug on the expression of chemokines and their receptors in PBMCs of RA patients. Methods:: PBMCs of RA patients and healthy controls were separated and the patients' cells were treated with low, moderate and high doses (5, 25 and 50 μg/mL) of M2000 and optimum dose (1 μg/mL) of diclofenac, as a control in RPMI-1640 medium. Real-time PCR was used for evaluating the mRNA expression of CXCR3, CXCR4, CCR2, CCR5 and CCL2/MCP-1. Cell surface expression of CCR2 was investigated using flow cytometry. Results:: CCR5 mRNA expression reduced significantly, after treatment of the patients' cells with all three doses of M2000 and optimum dose of diclofenac. CXCR3 mRNA expression down-regulated significantly followed by treatment of these cells with moderate and high doses of M2000 and optimum dose of diclofenac. CXCR4 mRNA expression declined significantly after treatment of these cells with moderate and high doses of M2000. CCL2 mRNA expression significantly reduced only followed by treatment of these cells with high dose of M2000, whereas, mRNA and cell surface expressions of CCR2 diminished significantly followed by treatment of these cells with high dose of M2000 and optimum dose of diclofenac. Conclusion:: According to our results, M2000 through the down-regulation of chemokines and their receptors may restrict the infiltration of immune cells into the synovium.


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