期刊
CELLS
卷 10, 期 11, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells10112835
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protein misfolding; mutated Huntingtin; ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS); Cdc48; autophagy
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资金
- NIH/NIGMS [R01GM121786]
Protein misfolding and aggregation play a crucial role in neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington's, where polyglutamine expansions lead to protein aggregation. Cells employ the ubiquitin-proteasome system and autophagy pathways to degrade misfolded proteins, emphasizing the importance of efficient protein degradation for cell health.
Protein misfolding and aggregation are implicated in many neurodegenerative diseases. One of these diseases is Huntington's, which is caused by increased glutamine-encoding trinucleotide repeats within the Huntingtin gene. Like other misfolded proteins, mutated Huntingtin proteins with polyglutamine expansions are prone to aggregation. Misfolded proteins exist as soluble monomers, small aggregates, or as large insoluble inclusion bodies. Misfolded protein aggregates are believed to be cytotoxic by stressing the protein degradation machinery, disrupting membrane structure, or sequestering other proteins. We recently showed that expression of misfolded proteins lowers cellular free ubiquitin levels, which compromises the protein degradation machinery. Therefore, the efficient degradation of misfolded proteins is critical to preserve cell health. Cells employ two major mechanisms to degrade misfolded proteins. The first is the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS), which ubiquitinates and degrades misfolded proteins with the assistance of segregase Cdc48/p97. The UPS pathway is mainly responsible for the clearance of misfolded proteins present as monomers or smaller aggregates. The second pathway is macroautophagy/autophagy, in which protein aggregates or inclusion bodies are recruited into an autophagosome before transport to the vacuole/lysosome for degradation. This review is focused on the current understanding of the cytotoxicity of misfolded proteins as well as their clearance pathways, with a particular emphasis on mutant Huntingtin.
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