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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
Volume 17, Issue 5, Pages 2346-2355Publisher
AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E05-11-1065
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Heat-shock protein of 47 kDa (Hsp47) is a molecular chaperone that recognizes collagen triple helices in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Hsp47-knockout mouse embryos are deficient in the maturation of collagen types I and IV, and collagen triple helices formed in the absence of Hsp47 show increased susceptibility to protease digestion. We show here that the fibrils of type I collagen produced by Hsp47(-/-) cells are abnormally thin and frequently branched. Type I collagen was highly accumulated in the ER of Hsp47(-/-) cells, and its secretion rate was much slower than that of Hsp47(+/+) cells, leading to accumulation of the insoluble aggregate of type I collagen within the cells. Transient expression of Hsp47 in the Hsp47(-/-) cells restored normal extracellular fibril formation and intracellular localization of type I collagen. Intriguingly, type I collagen with unprocessed N-terminal propeptide (N-propeptide) was secreted from Hsp47(-/-) cells and accumulated in the extracellular matrix. These results indicate that Hsp47 is required for correct folding and prevention of aggregation of type I collagen in the ER and that this function is indispensable for efficient secretion, processing, and fibril formation of collagen.
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