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The cytoplasmic tail of human mannosidase Man1b1 contributes to catalysis-independent quality control of misfolded alpha1-antitrypsin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:24825-24836. [PMID: 32958677 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1919013117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The failure of polypeptides to achieve conformational maturation following biosynthesis can result in the formation of protein aggregates capable of disrupting essential cellular functions. In the secretory pathway, misfolded asparagine (N)-linked glycoproteins are selectively sorted for endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) in response to the catalytic removal of terminal alpha-linked mannose units. Remarkably, ER mannosidase I/Man1b1, the first alpha-mannosidase implicated in this conventional N-glycan-mediated process, can also contribute to ERAD in an unconventional, catalysis-independent manner. To interrogate this functional dichotomy, the intracellular fates of two naturally occurring misfolded N-glycosylated variants of human alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT), Null Hong Kong (NHK), and Z (ATZ), in Man1b1 knockout HEK293T cells were monitored in response to mutated or truncated forms of transfected Man1b1. As expected, the conventional catalytic system requires an intact active site in the Man1b1 luminal domain. In contrast, the unconventional system is under the control of an evolutionarily extended N-terminal cytoplasmic tail. Also, N-glycans attached to misfolded AAT are not required for accelerated degradation mediated by the unconventional system, further demonstrating its catalysis-independent nature. We also established that both systems accelerate the proteasomal degradation of NHK in metabolic pulse-chase labeling studies. Taken together, these results have identified the previously unrecognized regulatory capacity of the Man1b1 cytoplasmic tail and provided insight into the functional dichotomy of Man1b1 as a component in the mammalian proteostasis network.
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Rodeck B, Zimmer KP. Stoffwechselerkrankungen. PÄDIATRISCHE GASTROENTEROLOGIE, HEPATOLOGIE UND ERNÄHRUNG 2013. [PMCID: PMC7498805 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-24710-1_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Entsprechend ihrer Wanderung bei isoelektrischer Fokussierung werden die allelen Varianten des α1-AT als Proteinaseinhibitorphänotypen (Pi) klassifiziert. Die dominierende Isoform ist der normale Phänotyp M, daneben gibt es die Mangelvarianten S und Z sowie eine 0-Variante.
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- Burkhard Rodeck
- Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Christliches Kinderhospital Osnabrück, Johannisfreiheit 1, 49074 Osnabrück, Deutschland
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- grid.411067.50000000085849230Abteilung Allgemeine Pädiatrie und Neonatalogie, Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH, Zentrum für Kinderheilkunde und Jugendmedizin, Feulgenstr. 12, 35392 Gießen, Deutschland
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Pan S, Iannotti MJ, Sifers RN. Analysis of serpin secretion, misfolding, and surveillance in the endoplasmic reticulum. Methods Enzymol 2011; 499:1-16. [PMID: 21683246 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-386471-0.00001-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Biological checkpoints are known to function in the cellular nucleus to monitor the integrity of inherited genetic information. It is now understood that posttranslational checkpoint systems operate in numerous biosynthetic compartments where they orchestrate the surveillance of encoded protein structures. This is particularly true for the serpins where opposing, but complementary, systems operate in the early secretory pathway to initially facilitate protein folding and then selectively target the misfolded proteins for proteolytic elimination. A current challenge is to elucidate how this posttranslational checkpoint can modify the severity of numerous loss-of-function and gain-of-toxic-function diseases, some of which are caused by mutant serpins. This chapter provides a description of the experimental methodology by which the fate of a newly synthesized serpin is monitored, and how the processing of asparagine-linked oligosaccharides helps to facilitate both the protein folding and disposal events.
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- Shujuan Pan
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Sifers RN. Intracellular processing of alpha1-antitrypsin. PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY 2010; 7:376-80. [PMID: 21030516 PMCID: PMC3136957 DOI: 10.1513/pats.201001-011aw] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2010] [Accepted: 07/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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α(1)-Antitrypsin (AAT) secreted from hepatocytes is an inhibitor of neutrophil elastase. Its normal circulating concentration functions to maintain the elasticity of the lung by preventing the hydrolytic destruction of elastin fibers. Severely diminished circulating concentrations of AAT, resulting from the impaired secretion of genetic variants that exhibit distinct polypeptide folding defects, can function as an etiologic agent for the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In addition, the inappropriate accumulation of structurally aberrant AAT within the hepatocyte endoplasmic reticulum can contribute to the etiology of liver disease. This article focuses on the discovery and characterization of a biosynthetic quality control system that contributes to the secretion of AAT by first facilitating its proper structural maturation, and then by orchestrating the selective elimination of those molecules that fail to attain structural maturation. Mechanistic elucidation of these interconnected quality control events recently led to the identification of an underlying genetic modifier capable of accelerating the onset of end-stage liver disease by impairing the efficiency of an initial step in the protein disposal process.
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- Richard N Sifers
- Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, T228, Mailstop BCM-315, Houston, TX 77030-3498, USA.
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Pan S, Huang L, McPherson J, Muzny D, Rouhani F, Brantly M, Gibbs R, Sifers RN. Single nucleotide polymorphism-mediated translational suppression of endoplasmic reticulum mannosidase I modifies the onset of end-stage liver disease in alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency. Hepatology 2009; 50:275-81. [PMID: 19444872 PMCID: PMC2705478 DOI: 10.1002/hep.22974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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UNLABELLED Inappropriate accumulation of the misfolded Z variant of alpha1-antitrypsin in the hepatocyte endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a risk factor for the development of end-stage liver disease. However, the genetic and environmental factors that contribute to its etiology are poorly understood. ER mannosidase I (ERManI) is a quality control factor that plays a critical role in the sorting and targeting of misfolded glycoproteins for proteasome-mediated degradation. In this study, we tested whether genetic variations in the human ERManI gene influence the age at onset of end-stage liver disease in patients homozygous for the Z allele (ZZ). We sequenced all 13 exons in a group of unrelated Caucasian ZZ transplant recipients with different age at onset of the end-stage liver disease. Homozygosity for the minor A allele at 2484G/A (refSNP ID number rs4567) in the 3'-untranslated region was prevalent in the infant ZZ patients. Functional studies indicated that rs4567(A), but not rs4567(G), suppresses ERManI translation under ER stress conditions. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that the identified single-nucleotide polymorphism can accelerate the onset of the end-stage liver disease associated with alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency and underscore the contribution of biosynthetic quality control as a modifier of genetic disease.
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- Shujuan Pan
- Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Department of Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Department of Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Department of Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
- Department of Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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Termine D, Wu Y, Liu Y, Sifers RN. α1-Antitrypsin as model to assess glycan function in endoplasmic reticulum. Methods 2005; 35:348-53. [PMID: 15804606 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2004.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/20/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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It is now understood that a cohesive series of quality control checkpoints ensures the accuracy of gene expression in eukaryotic cells. Although initiated in the nucleus to monitor the integrity of inherited genetic information, the quality control program encompasses post-translational events that facilitate the structural maturation of encoded proteins or target them for degradation if unable to adopt native structure. Given the fact that many genetic mutations actually manifest themselves at the level of aberrant protein structure, a current challenge in the post-genomics era is to elucidate how post-translational checkpoints can modify the severity of numerous loss-of-function and gain-of-toxic-function diseases, possibly influencing an individual's susceptibility toward the development of the associated pathologies. The purpose of this chapter is to describe the experimental methodology by which alpha1-antitrypsin has been used as a molecular reagent to define the mechanisms by which the processing and recognition of asparagine-linked oligosaccharides can orchestrate the fate of newly synthesized glycoproteins in the early secretory pathway. The conceptual framework, and associated techniques, can serve as a roadmap for the investigation of other mutated glycoproteins, many of which can contribute to disease.
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- Daniel Termine
- Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030-3498, USA
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Moyer BD, Balch WE. A new frontier in pharmacology: the endoplasmic reticulum as a regulated export pathway in health and disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 5:165-76. [PMID: 15992174 DOI: 10.1517/14728222.5.2.165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the first secretory compartment of eukaryotic cells, co-ordinates the biogenesis and export of all membrane-bound and soluble cargo molecules to the cell surface. ER function is now recognised to have unprecedented links with signalling pathways regulating cell growth and differentiation and host physiology. Misfolding and aggregation of newly synthesised proteins in the ER or alterations in ER processing of cargo mediated by pathogens is responsible for a broad range of diseases including cystic fibrosis, emphysema and neuropathies such as Alzheimer's disease. The central, integrative role of the ER in determining cell physiology in health and disease represents an untapped area for pharmacological intervention. This review focuses on the potential use of pharmacological agents to modulate cargo selection, folding and degradation in the ER with the goal of alleviating ER export disease. In addition, implementation of novel technologies that utilise normal ER function to store and release biologically active substances of therapeutic relevance are presented as a new frontier in drug delivery.
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- B D Moyer
- Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Current research is providing new understanding in the pathophysiology of emphysema, and this knowledge will be translated in finding better modalities of therapy for patients currently affected by COPD. The single best effort that can alter the course of COPD is promoting policies to remove smoking as an available option to young people, before they become addicted and thus prey of tobacco-producing companies. Landmark studies like NETT and the GOLD initiative are providing tool classify emphysema in the context of physiological criteria and possible therapeutic alternatives.
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- Cesar A Keller
- Mayo Clinic, 4205 Belfort Road, Suite 1100, Jacksonville, FL 32216, USA.
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Wu Y, Swulius MT, Moremen KW, Sifers RN. Elucidation of the molecular logic by which misfolded alpha 1-antitrypsin is preferentially selected for degradation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:8229-34. [PMID: 12815101 PMCID: PMC166211 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1430537100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The exocytic pathway provides a physical route through which newly synthesized secretory and membrane proteins are deployed to the eukaryote cell surface. For newly synthesized alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT), the modification of its asparagine-linked oligosaccharides by a slow-acting mannosidase partitions the misfolded monomer into the proteasomal degradation pathway. Herein, we asked whether, and how, modification by endoplasmic reticulum mannosidase I (ERManI) contributes to the preferential selection of the misfolded AAT monomer for proteasomal degradation. Transiently expressed mutant and WT AAT variants underwent rapid destabilization in response to an artificially elevated ERManI concentration in the murine hepatoma cell line, Hepa1a. Based on the mannosidase- and lactacystin-sensitive properties of intracellular turnover, a stochastic model is proposed in which the delayed onset of the glycan modification, relative to the duration of nonnative protein structure, coordinates the preferential degradation of the misfolded monomer and spares the native molecule from destruction. Newly synthesized endogenous transferrin underwent degradation in response to an elevated concentration of ERManI, whereas the nonglycosylated secretory glycoprotein albumin was not affected. Taken together, these findings indicate that efficient conformational maturation might function as the initial quality control standard for a broad population of glycoproteins.
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- Ying Wu
- Departments of Pathology, and Molecular and
Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030-3498; and
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, and Complex Carbohydrate Research
Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7229
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- Departments of Pathology, and Molecular and
Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030-3498; and
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, and Complex Carbohydrate Research
Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7229
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- Departments of Pathology, and Molecular and
Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030-3498; and
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, and Complex Carbohydrate Research
Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7229
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- Departments of Pathology, and Molecular and
Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030-3498; and
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, and Complex Carbohydrate Research
Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7229
- To whom correspondence should be addressed at: Department of Pathology, Baylor
College of Medicine, BCMT228, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030-3498.
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Cabral CM, Liu Y, Moremen KW, Sifers RN. Organizational diversity among distinct glycoprotein endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation programs. Mol Biol Cell 2002; 13:2639-50. [PMID: 12181335 PMCID: PMC117931 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e02-02-0068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Protein folding and quality control in the early secretory pathway function as posttranslational checkpoints in eukaryote gene expression. Herein, an aberrant form of the hepatic secretory protein alpha1-antitrypsin was stably expressed in a human embryonic kidney cell line to elucidate the mechanisms by which glycoprotein endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (GERAD) is administered in cells from higher eukaryotes. After biosynthesis, genetic variant PI Z underwent alternative phases of secretion and degradation, the latter of which was mediated by the proteasome. Degradation required release from calnexin- and asparagine-linked oligosaccharide modification by endoplasmic reticulum mannosidase I, the latter of which occurred as PI Z was bound to the molecular chaperone grp78/BiP. That a distinct GERAD program operates in human embryonic kidney cells was supported by the extent of PI Z secretion, apparent lack of polymerization, inability of calnexin to participate in the degradation process, and sequestration of the glycoprotein folding sensor UDP-glucose:glycoprotein glucosyltransferase in the Golgi complex. Because UDP-glucose:glycoprotein glucosyltransferase sustains calnexin binding, its altered distribution is consistent with a GERAD program that hinders the reentry of substrates into the calnexin cycle, allowing grp78/BiP to partner with a lectin, other than calnexin, in the recognition of a two-component GERAD signal to facilitate substrate recruitment. How the processing of a mutant protein, rather than the mutation itself, can contribute to disease pathogenesis, is discussed.
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- Christopher M Cabral
- Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030-3498, USA
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Leonardi A, Vito P, Mauro C, Pacifico F, Ulianich L, Consiglio E, Formisano S, Di Jeso B. Endoplasmic reticulum stress causes thyroglobulin retention in this organelle and triggers activation of nuclear factor-kappa B via tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 2. Endocrinology 2002; 143:2169-77. [PMID: 12021180 DOI: 10.1210/endo.143.6.8825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Perturbing the endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis of thyroid cell lines with thapsigargin, a specific inhibitor of the sarcoendoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) adenosine triphosphatases, and tunicamycin, an inhibitor of the N-linked glycosylation, blocked Tg in the endoplasmic reticulum. This event was signaled outside the endoplasmic reticulum and resulted in activation of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)/stress-activated protein kinase and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) stress response pathways. Activation of the JNK/stress-activated protein kinase signaling pathway was assessed by measuring the amount of phospho-JNK and the activity of JNK by kinase assays. Activation of the NF-kappa B signaling pathway was assessed by measuring the level of inhibitory subunit I kappa B alpha, DNA binding, and transcriptional activity of NF-kappa B. Cycloheximide treatment, at a dose able to profoundly inhibit protein synthesis in FRTL-5 cells, obliterated the decrease in the level of the inhibitory subunit I kappa B alpha produced by thapsigargin and tunicamycin. Therefore, protein synthesis was required to generate a signal from stressed endoplasmic reticulum. This substantiates the hypothesis that endoplasmic reticulum retention of newly synthesized Tg and other cargo (secretory and membrane) proteins functions upstream of signal activation. Dominant negative TNF receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2) inhibited activation of NF-kappa B, which was also inhibited in embryonic fibroblasts derived from TRAF2(-/-) mice, respect to their normal counterpart. These data extend the recent demonstration that TRAF2 mediated JNK activation in response to endoplasmic reticulum stress and strongly strengthened the idea that endogenous stress signals initiated in the endoplasmic reticulum proceed by a pathway similar to that initiated by plasma membrane receptors in response to extracellular signals.
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- Antonio Leonardi
- Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Federico II, University of Naples, 80100 Naples, Italy
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Pfend G, Matthieu JM, Garin N, Tosic M. Implication of the extracellular disulfide bond on myelin protein zero expression. Neurochem Res 2001; 26:503-10. [PMID: 11513476 DOI: 10.1023/a:1010908828134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Mutations in myelin protein zero (P0) are responsible for several peripheral neuropathies. We studied transport and membrane integration of the truncated P0 mutants using transfected oligodendroglial cell line (Oln93). Starting with rat cDNA, we produced two P0 deletions. The first, called P0-Tyr contains a 66 amino acid deletion in the extracellular domain and a tyrosine at the new position 32. In the second, called P0-Cys, the tyrosine 32 is replaced by a cysteine. This replacement restores a disulfide bond in the extracellular domain. Our results show that P0 proteins, truncated or not, were expressed in the plasma membrane of the transfected cells. Transcription rates of both mutants were normal. However, P0-Tyr was detected in only 3-5% of the cells compared to the P0-Cys and the wild type. Thus, the disulfide bond in the extracellular domain is important for stability and correct addressing of the P0 protein.
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- G Pfend
- Department of Pediatrics, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Cabral CM, Choudhury P, Liu Y, Sifers RN. Processing by endoplasmic reticulum mannosidases partitions a secretion-impaired glycoprotein into distinct disposal pathways. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:25015-22. [PMID: 10827201 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m910172199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In the early secretory pathway, a distinct set of processing enzymes and family of lectins facilitate the folding and quality control of newly synthesized glycoproteins. In this regard, we recently identified a mechanism in which processing by endoplasmic reticulum mannosidase I, which attenuates the removal of glucose from asparagine-linked oligosaccharides, sorts terminally misfolded alpha(1)-antitrypsin for proteasome-mediated degradation in response to its abrogated physical dissociation from calnexin (Liu, Y., Choudhury, P., Cabral, C., and Sifers, R. N. (1999) J. Biol. Chem. 274, 5861-5867). In the present study, we examined the quality control of genetic variant PI Z, which undergoes inappropriate polymerization following biosynthesis. Here we show that in stably transfected hepatoma cells the additional processing of asparagine-linked oligosaccharides by endoplasmic reticulum mannosidase II partitions variant PI Z away from the conventional disposal mechanism in response to an arrested posttranslational interaction with calnexin. Intracellular disposal is accomplished by a nonproteasomal system that functions independently of cytosolic components but is sensitive to tyrosine phosphatase inhibition. The functional role of ER mannosidase II in glycoprotein quality control is discussed.
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- C M Cabral
- Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Departments of Pathology and Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Missense mutations in the human β fibrinogen gene cause congenital afibrinogenemia by impairing fibrinogen secretion. Blood 2000. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v95.4.1336.004k16_1336_1341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Congenital afibrinogenemia is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by bleeding that varies from mild to severe and by complete absence or extremely low levels of plasma and platelet fibrinogen. Although several mutations in the fibrinogen genes associated with dysfibrinogenemia and hypofibrinogenemia have been described, the genetic defects of congenital afibrinogenemia are largely unknown, except for a recently reported 11-kb deletion of the fibrinogen A-chain gene. Nevertheless, mutation mechanisms other than the deletion of a fibrinogen gene are likely to exist because patients with afibrinogenemia showing no gross alteration within the fibrinogen cluster have been reported. We tested this hypothesis by studying the affected members of two families, one Italian and one Iranian, who had no evidence of large deletions in the fibrinogen genes. Sequencing of the fibrinogen genes in the 2 probands detected 2 different homozygous missense mutations in exons 7 and 8 of the Bβ-chain gene, leading to amino acid substitutions Leu353Arg and Gly400Asp, respectively. Transient transfection experiments with plasmids expressing wild-type and mutant fibrinogens demonstrated that the presence of either mutation was sufficient to abolish fibrinogen secretion. These findings demonstrated that missense mutations in the Bβ fibrinogen gene could cause congenital afibrinogenemia by impairing fibrinogen secretion.
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Aridor M, Balch WE. Integration of endoplasmic reticulum signaling in health and disease. Nat Med 1999; 5:745-51. [PMID: 10395318 DOI: 10.1038/10466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- M Aridor
- Department of Cell and Molecular biology, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) serves several important functions. Cholesterol, an essential component of cellular membranes, is synthesized on the ER surface. Inside the organelle, proteins destined for secretion or transport to the cell surface are folded and become glycosylated. Because these processes are essential for cell viability, a disturbance in ER function presents significant stress to the cell. In response to ER stress, three distinct signal transduction pathways can be activated. Two of these, the unfolded protein response and the ER-overload response, respond to disturbances in protein processing. The third, the sterol regulatory cascade, is activated by depletion of cholesterol. This review summarizes the recent advances in our understanding of these ER-nuclear signal transduction pathways. In addition, it points to novel regulatory mechanisms discovered in these pathways, which may be widely used in other systems.
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- H L Pahl
- Department of Experimental Anesthesiology, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Ozaki I, Zern MA, Liu S, Wei DL, Pomerantz RJ, Duan L. Ribozyme-mediated specific gene replacement of the alpha1-antitrypsin gene in human hepatoma cells. J Hepatol 1999; 31:53-60. [PMID: 10424283 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-8278(99)80163-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Some of the mutant forms of cellular proteins not only lose their function, but also cause diseases by their toxic effects. One of the challenging tasks in the field of gene therapy will be "gene replacement" accomplished by inhibiting mutant gene expression and providing normal function of the same gene, simultaneously. Although lung involvement in alpha1-antrypsin (alpha1-AT) deficiency is caused by the lack of alpha1-AT function, the liver involvement is due to the accumulation of the mutated alpha1-AT protein. Therefore, one possible approach to prevent and treat the disease manifestations of alpha1-AT deficiency is to inhibit the expression of the mutated gene and replace it with normally functioning alpha1-AT protein in the liver. METHODS For the inhibition of alpha1-AT gene expression, panels of alpha1-AT-specific hammerhead ribozymes designed to target different GUC sites in the alpha1-AT mRNA were evaluated in a human hepatoma cell-line, transduced with retroviral vectors which express ribozymes under the control of a human tRNA promoter. A bi-functional vector was also constructed, which contained a functional alpha1-AT ribozyme and was combined with a modified alpha1-AT gene, whose product was engineered to be resistant to the specific alpha1-AT ribozyme. This construct was transduced into target hepatoma cells. RESULTS The transduced hepatoma cells showed the effective expression of modified alpha1-AT, under the conditions where the endogenous alpha1-AT gene expression was inhibited. CONCLUSION This ribozyme-mediated, specific gene replacement is a first step in the gene therapy of alpha1-AT deficiency.
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- I Ozaki
- Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Bardella MT, Vecchi M, Conte D, Del Ninno E, Fraquelli M, Pacchetti S, Minola E, Landoni M, Cesana BM, De Franchis R. Chronic unexplained hypertransaminasemia may be caused by occult celiac disease. Hepatology 1999; 29:654-7. [PMID: 10051464 DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In a subset of patients attending liver units, a chronic increase in serum transaminases may remain of undetermined cause despite thorough investigations. On the other hand, elevated levels of serum transaminases have been reported in about 40% of adult celiac patients. To evaluate the prevalence of subclinical celiac disease in patients with chronic unexplained hypertransaminasemia in comparison with that in the general population (0.5%), 140 consecutive patients with chronic increases of serum transaminases levels of unknown cause were tested for antigliadin and antiendomysium IgA antibodies. All patients with positive antibody tests were offered upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with distal duodenal biopsy. Thirteen patients (9.3%, 95% confidence interval 5. 0-15.4) had positive antigliadin and antiendomysium antibodies. The prevalence of antibodies was 17% in women and 5.4% in men (8/47 vs. 5/93 respectively; relative risk 3.2, 95% confidence interval 1.1-9. 1). Distal duodenal biopsy performed in all but one of the patients showed mild villous atrophy with increased intraepithelial lymphocytes in three cases, subtotal villous atrophy in six, and total villous atrophy in three. The prevalence of celiac disease in the patient group was significantly higher than that in the general population (P <.001) with a relative risk of 18.6 (95% confidence interval 11.1-31.2). On the basis of the present findings, screening for celiac disease is an important tool in the initial diagnostic work-up of patients with chronic unexplained hypertransaminasemia.
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- M T Bardella
- Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Milan, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore, Milan, Italy.
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Aridor M, Bannykh SI, Rowe T, Balch WE. Cargo can modulate COPII vesicle formation from the endoplasmic reticulum. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:4389-99. [PMID: 9933643 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.7.4389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The COPII coat complex found on endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-derived vesicles plays a critical role in cargo selection. We now address the potential role of biosynthetic cargo in modulating COPII coat assembly and vesicle budding. The ER accumulation of vesicular stomatitis glycoprotein (VSV-G), a transmembrane protein, or the soluble PiZ variant of alpha1-antitrypsin, reduced levels of general COPII vesicle formation in vivo. Consistent with this result, conditions that prevent the export of VSV-G from the ER led to a significant inhibition of general COPII vesicle budding from ER microsomes and the export of an endogenous recycling protein p58 in vitro. In contrast, synchronized export of VSV-G stimulated COPII vesicle budding both in vivo and in vitro. Under conditions where VSV-G is retained in the ER, we find that it can to be recovered in pre-budding complexes containing COPII components. These results suggest that the export of biosynthetic cargo is integrated with ER functions involved in protein folding and oligomerization. The ability of biosynthetic cargo to prevent or enhance ER export suggests that interactions of cargo with the COPII machinery contribute to the formation of vesicles budding from the ER.
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- M Aridor
- Departments of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Kim PS, Hossain SA, Park YN, Lee I, Yoo SE, Arvan P. A single amino acid change in the acetylcholinesterase-like domain of thyroglobulin causes congenital goiter with hypothyroidism in the cog/cog mouse: a model of human endoplasmic reticulum storage diseases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:9909-13. [PMID: 9707574 PMCID: PMC21435 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.17.9909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/1998] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Newly synthesized thyroglobulin (Tg), the major secretory glycoprotein of the thyroid gland, folds and homodimerizes in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) before its export to the site of iodination, where it serves as the precursor for thyroid hormone synthesis. In families with defective Tg export, affected individuals suffer from a thyroidal ER storage disease characterized by a distended thyrocyte ER containing misfolded Tg, along with induced ER molecular chaperones. Inherited as an autosomal recessive trait, deficient Tg causes congenital hypothyroidism in newborns that, if untreated, results in goiter along with serious cognitive and growth defects. Recently, a similar phenotype has been observed in inbred cog/cog mice, although the precise molecular defect has remained undefined. Here, we have isolated and cloned a full-length 8.5-kb Tg cDNA from cog/cog mice and unaffected isogenic AKR/J mice. Comparison of the complete sequences reveals that cog/cog mice express a Leu-2263 --> Pro missense mutation in the acetylcholinesterase-homology domain of Tg. Heterologous expression studies in COS cells indicate that cog Tg exhibits a severe defect in exit from the ER. Site-directed mutagenesis of cog Tg to convert the single amino acid back to Leu-2263 restores normal Tg secretion. We conclude that the cog mutation in Tg is responsible for this ER storage disease that causes thyroid dyshormonogenesis.
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- P S Kim
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA.
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Novoradovskaya N, Lee J, Yu ZX, Ferrans VJ, Brantly M. Inhibition of intracellular degradation increases secretion of a mutant form of alpha1-antitrypsin associated with profound deficiency. J Clin Invest 1998; 101:2693-701. [PMID: 9637703 PMCID: PMC508860 DOI: 10.1172/jci549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The mutant Z form of alpha1-antitrypsin (alpha1AT) is responsible for > 95% of all individuals with alpha1AT deficiency, an important inherited cause of emphysema and liver disease. Since secreted Z alpha1AT is a functional antiprotease, we hypothesized that interrupting catabolism of retained Z alpha1AT might increase its transport out of cells, causing an increase in extracellular protease protection. Both the protein translation inhibitor cycloheximide and the specific inhibitor of proteasome function, lactacystin, prevented intracellular degradation of Z alpha1AT. Moreover, this inhibition of degradation was associated with partial restoration of Z alpha1AT vesicular transport. This effect was observed in a model system of transfected CHO cells as well as in human alveolar macrophages synthesizing Z alpha1AT. This study supports the hypothesis that altering the intracellular fate of a mutant protein may be an option in the treatment of diseases associated with misfolded but potentially functional proteins.
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- N Novoradovskaya
- Clinical Studies Section, Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1590, USA
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Zhang JX, Braakman I, Matlack KE, Helenius A. Quality control in the secretory pathway: the role of calreticulin, calnexin and BiP in the retention of glycoproteins with C-terminal truncations. Mol Biol Cell 1997; 8:1943-54. [PMID: 9348535 PMCID: PMC25647 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.8.10.1943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Unlike properly folded and assembled proteins, most misfolded and incompletely assembled proteins are retained in the endoplasmic reticulum of mammalian cells and degraded without transport to the Golgi complex. To analyze the mechanisms underlying this unique sorting process and its fidelity, the fate of C-terminally truncated fragments of influenza hemagglutinin was determined. An assortment of different fragments was generated by adding puromycin at low concentrations to influenza virus-infected tissue culture cells. Of the fragments generated, < 2% was secreted, indicating that the system for detecting defects in newly synthesized proteins is quite stringent. The majority of secreted species corresponded to folding domains within the viral spike glycoprotein. The retained fragments acquired a partially folded structure with intra-chain disulfide bonds and conformation-dependent antigenic epitopes. They associated with two lectin-like endoplasmic reticulum chaperones (calnexin and calreticulin) but not BiP/GRP78. Inhibition of the association with calnexin and calreticulin by the addition of castanospermine significantly increased fragment secretion. However, it also caused association with BiP/GRP78. These results indicated that the association with calnexin and calreticulin was involved in retaining the fragments. They also suggested that BiP/GRP78 could serve as a backup for calnexin and calreticulin in retaining the fragments. In summary, the results showed that the quality control system in the secretory pathway was efficient and sensitive to folding defects, and that it involved multiple interactions with endoplasmic reticulum chaperones.
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- J X Zhang
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510-8002, USA
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Choudhury P, Liu Y, Bick RJ, Sifers RN. Intracellular association between UDP-glucose:glycoprotein glucosyltransferase and an incompletely folded variant of alpha1-antitrypsin. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:13446-51. [PMID: 9148970 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.20.13446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Genetic variants of human alpha1-antitrypsin unable to fold into the native structural conformation are poorly secreted from hepatocytes. The molecular chaperone calnexin coimmunoprecipitates with secretion-incompetent variant null(Hong Kong) retained in stably transfected mouse hepatoma cells (Le, A., Steiner, J. L., Ferrell, G. A., Shaker, J. F., and Sifers, R. N. (1994) J. Biol. Chem. 269, 7514-7519). Mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ stores with metabolic poisons diminished interaction with calnexin and coincided with coimmuoprecipitation of a 150-kDa protein (p150). Mobilization of endoplasmic reticulum lumenal Ca2+ with thapsigargin, an inhibitor of the microsomal Ca2+ATPase, gave a similar result. Coimmunoprecipitation of p150 was specifically disrupted in response to incubation of the cell lysate with exogenous CaCl2. Finally, in ECL Western blotting, p150 was recognized by polyclonal antiserum against UDP-glucose:glycoprotein glucosyltransferase that likely functions in glycoprotein folding and quality control (Sousa, M. C., Ferrero-Garcia, M. A., and Parodi, A. J. (1992) Biochemistry 31, 97-105). The data are consistent with a model in which perturbation of endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ results in a stable physical association between unfolded human alpha1-antitrypsin and UDP-glucose:glycoprotein glucosyltransferase.
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- P Choudhury
- Departments of Pathology and Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Norman MR, Mowat AP, Hutchison DC. Molecular basis, clinical consequences and diagnosis of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Ann Clin Biochem 1997; 34 ( Pt 3):230-46. [PMID: 9158819 DOI: 10.1177/000456329703400303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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(1) Deficiency of alpha AT is one of the most common hereditary diseases affecting Caucasians in Europe. The alpha 1AT protein is extremely pleomorphic, and around 90 variants due to mutations have been recognized. The prime functions of alpha 1AT is to inhibit neutrophil elastase, and a proportion of individuals who are deficient in alpha 1AT develop emphysema. The most common deficiency variant (Z) is also associated with liver disease. The main site of alpha 1AT synthesis is in the liver. Not all deficient individuals are affected by lung or liver disease, however, so that other factors (genetic and environmental) are clearly important. (2) Investigation of alpha 1AT status is essential in any child or adult presenting with chronic liver disease. The genetic cause cannot be identified clinically or by any other laboratory investigation. The diagnosis carries important prognostic consequences and is important for other family members. Patients with emphysema should have their Pi type determined, especially if they are under the age of 50, have never smoked or there is a suggestive family history. Asymptomatic individuals who are homozygous type Z should be referred to a chest physician for a clinical and radiological assessment together with lung function tests. (3) Several laboratory tests are available to detect alpha 1AT deficiency, and the choice of test(s) will depend on circumstances. Quantitation of the serum protein is simple and cheap. Because alpha 1AT is an acute phase protein, however, quantitation used in isolation may give false negative results which are clearly unacceptable, particularly in association with paediatric liver disease. Phenotyping by isoelectric focusing requires some experience in distinguishing SZ and ZZ phenotypes, and phenotyping should ideally be used in conjunction with quantitation because heterozygous null phenotypes may appear identical to homozygous normal phenotypes. (4) Prenatal diagnosis is usually performed by DNA analysis of CVS samples obtained at 11-13 weeks. Because of the risk that CVS samples might be contaminated by maternal tissue, assays which are less likely to detect minor contaminants are preferable. At present, use of DNA tests is confined to prenatal diagnosis, but the availability of simple tests and the possibility of unequivocal identification of S and Z alleles means that these tests are likely to find greater use in the near future.
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- M R Norman
- Department of Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK
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Medeiros-Neto G, Kim PS, Yoo SE, Vono J, Targovnik HM, Camargo R, Hossain SA, Arvan P. Congenital hypothyroid goiter with deficient thyroglobulin. Identification of an endoplasmic reticulum storage disease with induction of molecular chaperones. J Clin Invest 1996; 98:2838-44. [PMID: 8981932 PMCID: PMC507751 DOI: 10.1172/jci119112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Recent advances in understanding the molecular pathogenesis of congenital hypothyroid goiter in cog/cog mice, have raised important questions concerning the maturation of thyroglobulin (the thyroid prohormone) in certain human kindreds with congenital goiter. We have now examined affected siblings from two unrelated families that synthesize an apparently normally glycosylated, > 300 kD immunoreactive thyroglobulin, yet have a reduced quantity of intraglandular thyroglobulin and that secreted into the circulation. From thyroid tissues of the four patients, light microscopic approaches demonstrated presence of intracellular thyroglobulin despite its absence in thyroid follicle lumina, while electron microscopy indicated abnormal distention of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). We have confirmed biochemically that most intrathyroidal thyroglobulin fails to reach the (Golgi) compartment where complex carbohydrate modification takes place. Moreover, the disease in the affected patients is associated with massive induction of specific ER molecular chaperones including the hsp90 homolog, GRP94, and the hsp70 homolog, BiP. The data suggest that these patients synthesize a mutant thyroglobulin which is defective for folding/assembly, leading to a markedly reduced ability to export the protein from the ER. Thus, these kindreds suffer from a thyroid ER storage disease, a cell biological defect phenotypically indistinguishable from that found in cog/cog mice.
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- G Medeiros-Neto
- Thyroid Unit, Division of Endocrinology, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Brazil
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alpha 1-Antitrypsin (alpha 1-AT) accumulates in the rough endoplasmic reticulum through a mechanism of polymerization. Polymerization is favored by the incorrect tertiary structure of the alpha 1-AT caused by a point mutation at position 342 of the protein. Accumulation of alpha 1-AT in the liver cells (and in hepatocytes and colangiocytes) is not sufficient per se to explain the liver disease that is manifested in a minority of PiZ subjects and thus, a trigger factor must be hypothesized. A virus (hepatitis C virus or some other kind of virus not identified as yet) is among the most probable trigger factors. In Z subjects (among the general population), relevant liver disease is probably a more rare event than thought in the past and most of these subjects escape major liver disease. Usually, liver disease is not a significant problem in patients with COPD.
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- G Massi
- Department of Pathology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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Kim PS, Kwon OY, Arvan P. An endoplasmic reticulum storage disease causing congenital goiter with hypothyroidism. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1996; 133:517-27. [PMID: 8636228 PMCID: PMC2120816 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.133.3.517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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In humans, deficient thyroglobulin (Tg, the thyroid prohormone) is an important cause of congenital hypothyroid goiter; further, homozygous mice expressing two cog/cog alleles (linked to the Tg locus) exhibit the same phenotype. Tg mutations might affect multiple different steps in thyroid hormone synthesis; however, the microscopic and biochemical phenotype tends to involve enlargement of the thyroid ER and accumulation of protein bands of M(r) < 100. To explore further the cell biology of this autosomal recessive illness, we have examined the folding and intracellular transport of newly synthesized Tg in cog/cog thyroid tissue. We find that mutant mice synthesize a full-length Tg, which appears to undergo normal N-linked glycosylation and glucose trimming. Nevertheless, in the mutant, Tg is deficient in the folding that leads to homodimerization, and there is a deficiency in the quantity of intracellular Tg transported to the distal portion of the secretory pathway. Indeed, we find that the underlying disorder in cog/cog mice is a thyroid ER storage disease, in which a temperature-sensitive Tg folding defect, in conjunction with normal ER quality control mechanisms, leads to defective Tg export. In relation to quality control, we find that the physiological response in this illness includes the specific induction of five molecular chaperones in the thyroid ER. Based on the pattern of chaperone binding, different potential roles for individual chaperones are suggested in glycoprotein folding, retention, and degradation in this ER storage disease.
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- P S Kim
- Division of Endocrinology, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
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Katoh M, Aida T, Sugimoto S, Suwamura Y, Abe H, Isu T, Kaneko S, Mitsumori K, Kojima H, Nakamura N. Immunohistochemical analysis of giant cell glioblastoma. Pathol Int 1995; 45:275-82. [PMID: 7550996 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1995.tb03456.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Giant cell glioblastoma (GCG) is one of a group of rare tumors in which the cell population is abnormally large and includes multinucleated cells of gigantic sizes. Immunohistochemical studies were performed on four GCG cases and found that all giant cells and/or tumor cells were positive for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), S-100 protein, and vimentin, thus verifying the tumor's glial origin. The nuclei of multinucleated giant cells of three adult cases were frequently immunostained for proteins expressed during the cell cycle (proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and Ki-67), thereby demonstrating the proliferative capacity of these cells. By contrast, those of a 12 year old girl expressed these cell cycle markers rather infrequently. Alpha I-antitrypsin was detected with relatively high frequency in the giant cells, and its presence may explain their bizarre sizes and pericellular reticulin fiber formation. A literature review of 32 cases revealed that the GCG that occurs preferentially in young girls is a type of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma. By contrast, GCG in adult males has the same age incidence as ordinary glioblastomas and, as these, expresses high levels of cell cycle-related proteins. Thus, GCG, which is subclassified morphologically as ordinary glioblastoma, has distinct biological and clinical characteristics, with that in children requiring re-evaluation because of its similarities to pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma.
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- M Katoh
- Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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