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1.
J Immunol ; 203(7): 1820-1829, 2019 10 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31451676

ABSTRACT

The clear role of autophagy in human inflammatory diseases such as Crohn disease was first identified by genome-wide association studies and subsequently dissected in multiple mechanistic studies. ATG16L1 has been particularly well studied in knockout and hypomorph settings as well as models recapitulating the Crohn disease-associated T300A polymorphism. Interestingly, ATG16L1 has a single homolog, ATG16L2, which is independently implicated in diseases, including Crohn disease and systemic lupus erythematosus. However, the contribution of ATG16L2 to canonical autophagy pathways and other cellular functions is poorly understood. To better understand its role, we generated and analyzed the first, to our knowledge, ATG16L2 knockout mouse. Our results show that ATG16L1 and ATG16L2 contribute very distinctly to autophagy and cellular ontogeny in myeloid, lymphoid, and epithelial lineages. Dysregulation of any of these lineages could contribute to complex diseases like Crohn disease and systemic lupus erythematosus, highlighting the value of examining cell-specific effects. We also identify a novel genetic interaction between ATG16L2 and epithelial ATG16L1. These findings are discussed in the context of how these genes may contribute distinctly to human disease.


Subject(s)
Autophagic Cell Death , Autophagy-Related Proteins , Carrier Proteins , Crohn Disease , Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic , Animals , Autophagic Cell Death/genetics , Autophagic Cell Death/immunology , Autophagy-Related Proteins/genetics , Autophagy-Related Proteins/immunology , Carrier Proteins/genetics , Carrier Proteins/immunology , Crohn Disease/genetics , Crohn Disease/immunology , Disease Models, Animal , Humans , Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/genetics , Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/immunology , Mice , Mice, Knockout , Organ Specificity/genetics , Organ Specificity/immunology
2.
Methods Mol Biol ; 1953: 213-230, 2019.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30912024

ABSTRACT

The use of CRISPR/Cas9 to modify the mouse genome has gained immense interest in the past few years since it allows the direct modification of embryos, bypassing the need of labor-intensive procedures for the manipulation of embryonic stem cells. By shortening the overall timelines and reducing the costs for the generation of new genetically modified mouse lines (Li et al., Nat Biotechnol 31: 681-683, 2013), this technology has rapidly become a major tool for in vivo drug discovery applications.


Subject(s)
CRISPR-Cas Systems , Gene Editing/methods , Gene Knock-In Techniques/methods , Gene Knockout Techniques/methods , Mice/genetics , Alleles , Animals , Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats , Female , Genome , Genotyping Techniques/methods , Humans , Male , Mice/embryology , Mice, Inbred C57BL , RNA, Guide, Kinetoplastida/genetics
3.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 112(31): E4281-7, 2015 Aug 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26195741

ABSTRACT

Studies of human genetics and pathophysiology have implicated the regulation of autophagy in inflammation, neurodegeneration, infection, and autoimmunity. These findings have motivated the use of small-molecule probes to study how modulation of autophagy affects disease-associated phenotypes. Here, we describe the discovery of the small-molecule probe BRD5631 that is derived from diversity-oriented synthesis and enhances autophagy through an mTOR-independent pathway. We demonstrate that BRD5631 affects several cellular disease phenotypes previously linked to autophagy, including protein aggregation, cell survival, bacterial replication, and inflammatory cytokine production. BRD5631 can serve as a valuable tool for studying the role of autophagy in the context of cellular homeostasis and disease.


Subject(s)
Autophagy/drug effects , Genetics, Medical , Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C/genetics , Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C/pathology , Small Molecule Libraries/pharmacology , Bacteria/drug effects , Carrier Proteins/metabolism , Cell Aggregation/drug effects , Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism , HeLa Cells , High-Throughput Screening Assays , Humans , Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/drug effects , Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/metabolism , Interleukin-1beta/metabolism , Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins , Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism , Models, Biological , Neurons/drug effects , Neurons/metabolism , Neurons/pathology , Niemann-Pick C1 Protein , Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C/metabolism , Peptides/metabolism , Phenotype , Small Molecule Libraries/chemistry
4.
FEBS Lett ; 589(13): 1450-8, 2015 Jun 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25957766

ABSTRACT

Genome-wide transcript profiling to elucidate responses to HSP90 inhibition revealed strong induction of HSPA6 in MCF-7 cells treated with 17-AAG. Time- and dose dependent induction of HSPA6 (confirmed by qPCR and Western Blots) occurred also upon treatment with Radicicol, another HSP90 inhibitor. HSPA6 was not detectable in untreated cells or cells treated with toxins that do not inhibit HSP90, or upon applying oxidative stress. Thus, HSPA6 induction is not a general response to cytotoxic insults. Modulation of HSPA6 levels by siRNA-mediated inhibition or recombinant expression did not influence 17-AAG mediated cell death. HSPA6 induction as a consequence of HSP90 inhibition occurs in various (but not all) cell lines and may be a more specific marker for HSP90 inhibition than induction of other HSP70 proteins.


Subject(s)
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/genetics , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics , HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics , Transcriptional Activation/genetics , Amino Acid Sequence , Benzoquinones/pharmacology , Blotting, Western , Brefeldin A/pharmacology , Cell Line, Tumor , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology , Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors , HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism , Hep G2 Cells , Hot Temperature , Humans , Lactams, Macrocyclic/pharmacology , Leupeptins/pharmacology , MCF-7 Cells , Macrolides/pharmacology , Molecular Sequence Data , RNA Interference , Sequence Homology, Amino Acid , Thapsigargin/pharmacology , Time Factors , Transcriptional Activation/drug effects
5.
J Am Chem Soc ; 137(16): 5563-8, 2015 Apr 29.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25860544

ABSTRACT

Lysosomes perform a critical cellular function as a site of degradation for diverse cargoes including proteins, organelles, and pathogens delivered through distinct pathways, and defects in lysosomal function have been implicated in a number of diseases. Recent studies have elucidated roles for the lysosome in the regulation of protein synthesis, metabolism, membrane integrity, and other processes involved in homeostasis. Complex small-molecule natural products have greatly contributed to the investigation of lysosomal function in cellular physiology. Here we report the discovery of a novel, small-molecule modulator of lysosomal acidification derived from diversity-oriented synthesis through high-content screening.


Subject(s)
Enzyme Inhibitors/chemistry , Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology , Lysosomes/drug effects , Lysosomes/enzymology , Small Molecule Libraries/chemistry , Small Molecule Libraries/pharmacology , Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases/metabolism , Cell Line, Tumor , Cell Survival/drug effects , Humans , Lysosomes/metabolism , Macrolides/pharmacology , Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases/antagonists & inhibitors
6.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 111(21): 7741-6, 2014 May 27.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24821797

ABSTRACT

A coding polymorphism (Thr300Ala) in the essential autophagy gene, autophagy related 16-like 1 (ATG16L1), confers increased risk for the development of Crohn disease, although the mechanisms by which single disease-associated polymorphisms contribute to pathogenesis have been difficult to dissect given that environmental factors likely influence disease initiation in these patients. Here we introduce a knock-in mouse model expressing the Atg16L1 T300A variant. Consistent with the human polymorphism, T300A knock-in mice do not develop spontaneous intestinal inflammation, but exhibit morphological defects in Paneth and goblet cells. Selective autophagy is reduced in multiple cell types from T300A knock-in mice compared with WT mice. The T300A polymorphism significantly increases caspase 3- and caspase 7-mediated cleavage of Atg16L1, resulting in lower levels of full-length Atg16Ll T300A protein. Moreover, Atg16L1 T300A is associated with decreased antibacterial autophagy and increased IL-1ß production in primary cells and in vivo. Quantitative proteomics for protein interactors of ATG16L1 identified previously unknown nonoverlapping sets of proteins involved in ATG16L1-dependent antibacterial autophagy or IL-1ß production. These findings demonstrate how the T300A polymorphism leads to cell type- and pathway-specific disruptions of selective autophagy and suggest a mechanism by which this polymorphism contributes to disease.


Subject(s)
Carrier Proteins/genetics , Crohn Disease/immunology , Paneth Cells/pathology , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics , Salmonella Infections/immunology , Animals , Autophagy/genetics , Autophagy-Related Proteins , Blotting, Western , Chromatography, Liquid , Crohn Disease/genetics , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Flow Cytometry , Gene Knock-In Techniques , Goblet Cells/pathology , Mice , Proteomics , Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction , Tandem Mass Spectrometry
7.
ACS Chem Biol ; 8(12): 2724-2733, 2013 Dec 20.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24168452

ABSTRACT

Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved catabolic process that directs cytoplasmic proteins, organelles and microbes to lysosomes for degradation. Autophagy acts at the intersection of pathways involved in cellular stress, host defense, and modulation of inflammatory and immune responses; however, the details of how the autophagy network intersects with these processes remain largely undefined. Given the role of autophagy in several human diseases, it is important to determine the extent to which modulators of autophagy also modify inflammatory or immune pathways and whether it is possible to modulate a subset of these pathways selectively. Here, we identify small-molecule inducers of basal autophagy (including several FDA-approved drugs) and characterize their effects on IL-1ß production, autophagic engulfment and killing of intracellular bacteria, and development of Treg, TH17, and TH1 subsets from naïve T cells. Autophagy inducers with distinct, selective activity profiles were identified that reveal the functional architecture of connections between autophagy, and innate and adaptive immunity. In macrophages from mice bearing a conditional deletion of the essential autophagy gene Atg16L1, the small molecules inhibit IL-1ß production to varying degrees suggesting that individual compounds may possess both autophagy-dependent and autophagy-independent activity on immune pathways. The small molecule autophagy inducers constitute useful probes to test the contributions of autophagy-related pathways in diseases marked by impaired autophagy or elevated IL-1ß and to test novel therapeutic hypotheses.


Subject(s)
Adaptive Immunity/drug effects , Autophagy/drug effects , Immunity, Innate/drug effects , Immunologic Factors/pharmacology , Small Molecule Libraries/pharmacology , Animals , Autophagy/immunology , Autophagy-Related Proteins , Carrier Proteins/genetics , Carrier Proteins/immunology , Gene Expression Regulation , HeLa Cells , High-Throughput Screening Assays , Humans , Immunologic Factors/chemistry , Interleukin-1beta/genetics , Interleukin-1beta/immunology , Macrophages/cytology , Macrophages/drug effects , Macrophages/immunology , Mice , Mice, Inbred BALB C , Mice, Knockout , Signal Transduction , Small Molecule Libraries/chemistry , Structure-Activity Relationship , T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/cytology , T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/drug effects , T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology , Th1 Cells/cytology , Th1 Cells/drug effects , Th1 Cells/immunology , Th17 Cells/cytology , Th17 Cells/drug effects , Th17 Cells/immunology
8.
Gastroenterology ; 145(6): 1347-57, 2013 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23973919

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Intestinal epithelial cells aid in mucosal defense by providing a physical barrier against entry of pathogenic bacteria and secreting antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). Autophagy is an important component of immune homeostasis. However, little is known about its role in specific cell types during bacterial infection in vivo. We investigated the role of autophagy in the response of intestinal epithelial and antigen-presenting cells to Salmonella infection in mice. METHODS: We generated mice deficient in Atg16l1 in epithelial cells (Atg16l1(f/f) × Villin-cre) or CD11c(+) cells (Atg16l1(f/f) × CD11c-cre); these mice were used to assess cell type-specific antibacterial autophagy. All responses were compared with Atg16l1(f/f) mice (controls). Mice were infected with Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium; cecum and small-intestine tissues were collected for immunofluorescence, histology, and quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction analyses of cytokines and AMPs. Modulators of autophagy were screened to evaluate their effects on antibacterial responses in human epithelial cells. RESULTS: Autophagy was induced in small intestine and cecum after infection with S typhimurium, and required Atg16l1. S typhimurium colocalized with microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3ß (Map1lc3b or LC3) in the intestinal epithelium of control mice but not in Atg16l1(f/f) × Villin-cre mice. Atg16l1(f/f) × Villin-cre mice also had fewer Paneth cells and abnormal granule morphology, leading to reduced expression of AMPs. Consistent with these defective immune responses, Atg16l1(f/f) × Villin-cre mice had increased inflammation and systemic translocation of bacteria compared with control mice. In contrast, we observed few differences between Atg16l1(f/f) × CD11c-cre and control mice. Trifluoperazine promoted autophagy and bacterial clearance in HeLa cells; these effects were reduced upon knockdown of ATG16L1. CONCLUSIONS: Atg16l1 regulates autophagy in intestinal epithelial cells and is required for bacterial clearance. It also is required to prevent systemic infection of mice with enteric bacteria.


Subject(s)
Autophagy/physiology , Carrier Proteins/physiology , Intestinal Mucosa/physiology , Salmonella Infections, Animal/prevention & control , Animals , Autophagy-Related Proteins , CD11c Antigen/physiology , Carrier Proteins/genetics , Disease Models, Animal , HeLa Cells , Humans , Intestinal Mucosa/microbiology , Intestinal Mucosa/pathology , Mice , Mice, Knockout , Microfilament Proteins/physiology , Microtubule-Associated Proteins/physiology , Salmonella Infections, Animal/pathology , Salmonella Infections, Animal/physiopathology , Salmonella typhimurium/isolation & purification
9.
Genes Dev ; 27(4): 429-40, 2013 Feb 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23392608

ABSTRACT

Adaptation to nutrient scarcity depends on the activation of metabolic programs to efficiently use internal reserves of energy. Activation of these programs in abundant food regimens can extend life span. However, the common molecular and metabolic changes that promote adaptation to nutritional stress and extend life span are mostly unknown. Here we present a response to fasting, enrichment of ω-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), which promotes starvation resistance and extends Caenorhabditis elegans life span. Upon fasting, C. elegans induces the expression of a lipase, which in turn leads to an enrichment of ω-6 PUFAs. Supplementing C. elegans culture media with these ω-6 PUFAs increases their resistance to starvation and extends their life span in conditions of food abundance. Supplementation of C. elegans or human epithelial cells with these ω-6 PUFAs activates autophagy, a cell recycling mechanism that promotes starvation survival and slows aging. Inactivation of C. elegans autophagy components reverses the increase in life span conferred by supplementing the C. elegans diet with these fasting-enriched ω-6 PUFAs. We propose that the salubrious effects of dietary supplementation with ω-3/6 PUFAs (fish oils) that have emerged from epidemiological studies in humans may be due to a similar activation of autophagic programs.


Subject(s)
Autophagy/physiology , Caenorhabditis elegans/physiology , Fatty Acids, Omega-6/metabolism , Longevity/physiology , Animals , Caenorhabditis elegans/metabolism , Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins/genetics , Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins/metabolism , Cell Line , Fasting/physiology , Gene Expression Regulation , HeLa Cells , Humans , Lipase/genetics , Lipase/metabolism , Lipolysis , Mice , Survival Analysis
10.
Autophagy ; 9(4): 528-37, 2013 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23327930

ABSTRACT

Autophagy is a conserved homeostatic process in which cytoplasmic contents are degraded and recycled. Two ubiquitin-like conjugation pathways are required for the generation of autophagosomes, and ATG5 is necessary for both of these processes. Studies of mice deficient in ATG5 reveal a key role for autophagy in T lymphocyte function, as well as in B cell development and B-1a B cell maintenance. However, the role of autophagy genes in B cell function and antibody production has not been described. Using mice in which Atg5 is conditionally deleted in B lymphocytes, we showed here that this autophagy gene is essential for plasma cell homeostasis. In the absence of B cell ATG5 expression, antibody responses were significantly diminished during antigen-specific immunization, parasitic infection and mucosal inflammation. Atg5-deficient B cells maintained the ability to produce immunoglobulin and undergo class-switch recombination, yet had impaired SDC1 expression, significantly decreased antibody secretion in response to toll-like receptor ligands, and an inability to upregulate plasma cell transcription factors. These results build upon previous data demonstrating a role for ATG5 in early B cell development, illustrating its importance in late B cell activation and subsequent plasma cell differentiation.


Subject(s)
Cell Differentiation/immunology , Microtubule-Associated Proteins/metabolism , Plasma Cells/cytology , Animals , Antibody Formation/immunology , Antigens/immunology , Autophagy-Related Protein 5 , Epitopes/immunology , Immunoglobulin Class Switching/immunology , Intestines/immunology , Intestines/parasitology , Intestines/pathology , Lymphocyte Count , Lymphoid Tissue/cytology , Lymphoid Tissue/metabolism , Mice , Mice, Knockout , Microtubule-Associated Proteins/deficiency , Nematospiroides dubius/immunology , Peritoneum/cytology , Plasma Cells/immunology , T-Lymphocytes/cytology , T-Lymphocytes/immunology
11.
Annu Rev Immunol ; 30: 611-46, 2012.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22449030

ABSTRACT

Stressors ranging from nutrient deprivation to immune signaling can induce the degradation of cytoplasmic material by a process known as autophagy. Increasingly, research on autophagy has begun to focus on its role in inflammation and the immune response. Autophagy acts as an immune effector that mediates pathogen clearance. The roles of autophagy bridge both the innate and adaptive immune systems and include functions in thymic selection, antigen presentation, promotion of lymphocyte homeostasis and survival, and regulation of cytokine production. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms by which autophagy is regulated, as well as the functions of autophagy and autophagy proteins in immunity and inflammation.


Subject(s)
Autophagy/immunology , Immune System/immunology , Adaptive Immunity , Animals , Humans , Immunity, Innate , Infections/immunology , Infections/microbiology , Infections/virology
13.
J Immunol ; 182(8): 4917-30, 2009 Apr 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19342671

ABSTRACT

Autophagy is a conserved cellular process required for the removal of defective organelles, protein aggregates, and intracellular pathogens. We used a network analysis strategy to identify novel human autophagy components based upon the yeast interactome centered on the core yeast autophagy proteins. This revealed the potential involvement of 14 novel mammalian genes in autophagy, several of which have known or predicted roles in membrane organization or dynamics. We selected one of these membrane interactors, FNBP1L (formin binding protein 1-like), an F-BAR-containing protein (also termed Toca-1), for further study based upon a predicted interaction with ATG3. We confirmed the FNBP1L/ATG3 interaction biochemically and mapped the FNBP1L domains responsible. Using a functional RNA interference approach, we determined that FNBP1L is essential for autophagy of the intracellular pathogen Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and show that the autophagy process serves to restrict the growth of intracellular bacteria. However, FNBP1L appears dispensable for other forms of autophagy induced by serum starvation or rapamycin. We present a model where FNBP1L is essential for autophagy of intracellular pathogens and identify FNBP1L as a differentially used molecule in specific autophagic contexts. By using network biology to derive functional biological information, we demonstrate the utility of integrated genomics to novel molecule discovery in autophagy.


Subject(s)
Autophagy/immunology , Carrier Proteins/immunology , Carrier Proteins/metabolism , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/immunology , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism , Autophagy-Related Proteins , Carrier Proteins/genetics , Cell Line , Computational Biology , Gene Deletion , Gene Expression Regulation , Humans , Intracellular Space/immunology , Protein Binding , RNA, Small Interfering/genetics , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics , Salmonella typhimurium/immunology , Substrate Specificity , Ubiquitin/metabolism , Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes/genetics , Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes/metabolism
14.
PLoS One ; 3(10): e3391, 2008.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18852889

ABSTRACT

The genetic risk factors predisposing individuals to the development of inflammatory bowel disease are beginning to be deciphered by genome-wide association studies. Surprisingly, these new data point towards a critical role of autophagy in the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease. A single common coding variant in the autophagy protein ATG16L1 predisposes individuals to the development of Crohn's disease: while ATG16L1 encoding threonine at amino acid position 300 (ATG16L1*300T) confers protection, ATG16L1 encoding for alanine instead of threonine (ATG16L1*300A, also known as T300A) mediates risk towards the development of Crohn's disease. Here we report that, in human epithelial cells, the Crohn's disease-associated ATG16L1 coding variant shows impairment in the capture of internalized Salmonella within autophagosomes. Thus, we propose that the association of ATG16L1*300A with increased risk of Crohn's disease is due to impaired bacterial handling and lowered rates of bacterial capture by autophagy.


Subject(s)
Autophagy/genetics , Carrier Proteins/genetics , Crohn Disease/genetics , Crohn Disease/immunology , Mutation, Missense , Salmonella/immunology , Autophagy/immunology , Autophagy-Related Proteins , Cells, Cultured , Crohn Disease/etiology , Epithelial Cells , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Genome-Wide Association Study , Humans
15.
Nat Genet ; 40(9): 1107-12, 2008 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19165925

ABSTRACT

Following recent success in genome-wide association studies, a critical focus of human genetics is to understand how genetic variation at implicated loci influences cellular and disease processes. Crohn's disease (CD) is associated with SNPs around IRGM, but coding-sequence variation has been excluded as a source of this association. We identified a common, 20-kb deletion polymorphism, immediately upstream of IRGM and in perfect linkage disequilibrium (r2 = 1.0) with the most strongly CD-associated SNP, that causes IRGM to segregate in the population with two distinct upstream sequences. The deletion (CD risk) and reference (CD protective) haplotypes of IRGM showed distinct expression patterns. Manipulation of IRGM expression levels modulated cellular autophagy of internalized bacteria, a process implicated in CD. These results suggest that the CD association at IRGM arises from an alteration in IRGM regulation that affects the efficacy of autophagy and identify a common deletion polymorphism as a likely causal variant.


Subject(s)
Crohn Disease/genetics , GTP-Binding Proteins/genetics , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide , Autophagy/genetics , Cell Line , Gene Expression Regulation , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Genome-Wide Association Study , Humans , Sequence Deletion
16.
Cell Signal ; 20(1): 73-82, 2008 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17980554

ABSTRACT

PDZ domain containing molecular scaffolds plays a central role in organizing synaptic junctions. Observations in Drosophila and mammalian cells have implicated that ubiquitination and endosomal trafficking, of molecular scaffolds are critical to the development and maintenance of cell-cell junctions and cell polarity. To elucidate if there is a connection between these pathways, we applied an integrative genomic strategy, which combined comparative genomics and proteomics with cell biological assays. Given the importance of ubiquitin in regulating endocytic processes, we first identified the subset of E3 ligases with conserved PDZ binding motifs. Among this subset, the MARCH family ubiquitin ligases account for the largest family and MARCH2 has been previously implicated in endosomal trafficking. Next, we tested in an unbiased fashion, if MARCH2 binds PDZ proteins in vivo using a modified tandem affinity purification strategy followed by mass spectrometry. Of note, DLG1 was co-purified from MARCH2, with subsequent confirmation that MARCH2 interacts with full-length DLG1 in a PDZ domain dependent manner. Furthermore, we demonstrated that MARCH2 co-localized with DLG1 at sites of cell-cell contact. In addition, loss of the MARCH2 PDZ binding motif led to loss of MARCH2 localization at cell-cell contact sites and MARCH2 appeared to localize away from cell-cell junctions. In in vivo ubiquitination assays we show that MARCH2 promotes DLG1 ubiquitination. Overall, these results suggest that PDZ ligands with E3 ligase activity may link PDZ domain containing tumor suppressors to endocytic pathways and cell polarity determination.


Subject(s)
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/physiology , Carrier Proteins/physiology , Cell Communication/physiology , Membrane Proteins/physiology , Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/physiology , Cell Line , Cell Line, Tumor , Cell Polarity/physiology , Discs Large Homolog 1 Protein , Endocytosis/physiology , Epithelial Cells/physiology , HeLa Cells , Humans , PDZ Domains/physiology , Protein Binding/physiology
17.
Nat Genet ; 39(5): 596-604, 2007 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17435756

ABSTRACT

We present a genome-wide association study of ileal Crohn disease and two independent replication studies that identify several new regions of association to Crohn disease. Specifically, in addition to the previously established CARD15 and IL23R associations, we identified strong and significantly replicated associations (combined P < 10(-10)) with an intergenic region on 10q21.1 and a coding variant in ATG16L1, the latter of which was also recently reported by another group. We also report strong associations with independent replication to variation in the genomic regions encoding PHOX2B, NCF4 and a predicted gene on 16q24.1 (FAM92B). Finally, we demonstrate that ATG16L1 is expressed in intestinal epithelial cell lines and that functional knockdown of this gene abrogates autophagy of Salmonella typhimurium. Together, these findings suggest that autophagy and host cell responses to intracellular microbes are involved in the pathogenesis of Crohn disease.


Subject(s)
Autophagy/physiology , Carrier Proteins/genetics , Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10/genetics , Crohn Disease/genetics , Crohn Disease/physiopathology , Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics , Animals , Autophagy-Related Proteins , Carrier Proteins/metabolism , Gene Expression Profiling , HeLa Cells , Homeodomain Proteins/genetics , Humans , Immunohistochemistry , Mice , NADPH Oxidases/genetics , North America , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide , RNA Interference , Transcription Factors/genetics
18.
J Biol Chem ; 282(1): 65-71, 2007 Jan 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17085449

ABSTRACT

The E6 oncoprotein of human papillomaviruses associated with cervical cancer targets the tumor suppressor p53 and several other cellular proteins including the human homologs of Dlg and Scribble for degradation via the ubiquitin-proteasome system. Similar to p53 degradation, E6-induced degradation of Scribble is mediated by the ubiquitin ligase E6-AP. In contrast, degradation of Dlg in vitro and within cells has been reported to be independent of E6-AP, suggesting that the E6 oncoprotein has the ability to interact with ubiquitin ligases other than E6-AP. Furthermore, the ability of the E6 oncoprotein to interact with these yet unidentified ubiquitin ligases may be shared by the E6 protein of so-called low risk human papillomaviruses that are not associated with cervical cancer. In this study, we used the RNA interference technology and mouse embryo fibroblasts derived from E6-AP-deficient mice to obtain information about the identity of the ubiquitin ligase(s) involved in E6-mediated degradation of Dlg. We report that, within cells, E6-mediated degradation of Dlg depends on the presence of functional E6-AP and provide evidence that the E6 protein of low risk human papillomaviruses functionally interacts with E6-AP. Based on these data, we propose that, in general, the proteolytic properties of human papillomavirus E6 proteins are mediated by interaction with E6-AP.


Subject(s)
Oncogene Proteins, Viral/metabolism , Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/physiology , Animals , Cell Line , Down-Regulation , Fibroblasts/metabolism , HeLa Cells , Humans , Mice , Protein Binding , Protein Structure, Tertiary , RNA Interference , RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism , Ubiquitin/chemistry , Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/chemistry
19.
J Virol ; 79(14): 9296-300, 2005 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15994823

ABSTRACT

The ubiquitin-protein ligase E6-AP is utilized by the E6 oncoprotein of human papillomaviruses (HPVs) associated with cervical cancer to target the tumor suppressor p53 for degradation. Here, we report that downregulation of E6-AP expression by RNA interference results in both the accumulation of p53 and growth suppression of the HPV-positive cervical cancer cell lines HeLa and SiHa. In addition, HeLa cells, in which p53 expression was suppressed by RNA interference, are significantly less sensitive to the downregulation of E6-AP expression with respect to growth suppression than parental HeLa cells. These data indicate that the anti-growth-suppressive properties of E6-AP in HPV-positive cells depend on its ability to induce p53 degradation.


Subject(s)
Papillomaviridae/isolation & purification , RNA Interference , Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/physiology , Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/antagonists & inhibitors , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/therapy , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/virology , Down-Regulation , Female , HeLa Cells , Humans , RNA, Small Interfering/therapeutic use , Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/pathology
20.
Arch Biochem Biophys ; 432(1): 25-36, 2004 Dec 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15519293

ABSTRACT

Uteroferrin is an iron-binding glycoprotein, which is abundantly synthesized in porcine uterine glandular endometrium and believed to be involved in maternal/fetal iron transport. In the present study, uteroferrin has been cloned and functionally expressed using baculovirus-infected insect host cells Spodoptera frugiperda. The work also addresses the possible role of proteolytic cleavage to facilitate the release of uteroferrin-bound iron. The enzyme secreted in culture medium exhibits a molecular mass and catalytic properties similar to native porcine uteroferrin. The specific activity was estimated at 233 U/mg using p-nitrophenyl phosphate as substrate. Partial cleavage of the enzyme with trypsin resulted in a 1.7-fold enhancement in specific activity and a two-subunit polypeptide as observed in preparations of most mammalian purple acid phosphatases. Digestion with the aspartic protease pepsin resulted in a 2.5-fold enzyme inactivation correlated with the appearance of low molecular weight polypeptide fragments and the release of enzyme-bound iron.


Subject(s)
Acid Phosphatase/chemistry , Glycoproteins/chemistry , Metalloproteins/genetics , Amino Acid Sequence , Animals , Baculoviridae/genetics , Base Sequence , Blotting, Western , Cloning, Molecular , DNA, Complementary/metabolism , DNA, Viral/metabolism , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel , Escherichia coli/metabolism , Genetic Vectors , Glycoside Hydrolases/pharmacology , Humans , Immunoblotting , Insecta , Iron/chemistry , Iron/metabolism , Isoenzymes , Metalloproteins/metabolism , Mice , Molecular Sequence Data , Peptides/chemistry , RNA/metabolism , Rats , Recombinant Proteins/chemistry , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , Spectrophotometry , Spodoptera , Swine , Tartrate-Resistant Acid Phosphatase , Time Factors , Transfection , Ultraviolet Rays
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