Journal
NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE
Volume 22, Issue 2, Pages 346-356Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2005.11.012
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Huntingtin proteolysis; cathepsin D; cathepsins B and L; aspartyl proteases; cysteine proteases; cleavage products A and B
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- NINDS NIH HHS [NS 16367, NS 38194, NS35711] Funding Source: Medline
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N-terminal mutant huntingtin (N-mhtt) fragments form inclusions and cause cell death in vitro. Mutant htt expression stimulates autophagy and increases levels of lysosomal proteases. Here, we show that lysosomal proteases, cathepsins D, B and L, affected mhtt processing and levels of cleavage products (cp) known as A and B, which form inclusions. Adding inhibitors of cathepsin D, B and L to clonal striatal cells reduced mhtt, especially mhtt fragment cp A. Mutant htt fully degraded in cathepsin-L-treated lysates but formed stable N-mhtt fragments upon exposure to cathepsin D. Mutagenesis analysis of htt cDNA suggested that cathepsin D and the protease for cp A may cleave htt in the same region. Brain lysates from HD knock-in mice expressed N-mhtt fragments that accumulated with cathepsin D treatment and declined with aspartyl protease inhibition. Findings implicate lysosomal proteases in formation of N-mhtt fragments and clearance of mhtt. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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