Proteasome-ubiquitin pathway in pathology
• Nikolajs Sjakste, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia
• Genetic and Environmental Influence of Bronchial Asthma in Taiwan, Latvia and Lithuania,
• Tainan, 02.11.12
Proteasomes
How the proteasome acts
“E3-diseases”
• There is only one E1 enzyme• About 10 E2 enzymes• 1000 E3 enzymes• E3 enzymes are divided in 3 classes• RING• U-box• HECT-domain E3 ligases
What happens if a E3 enzyme gene of the
proteasome-ubiquitin system gene is
completely deleted? • Subtelomeric region of
Chromosome 15 harbours UBE3A gene which encodes Ubiquitin-protein ligase E3A (UBE3A)
Inheritance of the deletion from the mother on chromosome 15 produces Angelman syndrome
• AS is characterized by intellectual and developmental delay, speech impediment, sleep disturbance, unstable jerky gait, seizures, hand flapping movements, frequent laughter/smiling and usually a happy demeanour. AS is a classic example of genetic imprinting caused by deletion or inactivation of critical genes on the maternally inherited chromosome 15.
• Angelman syndrome can also be the result of mutation of a single gene. This gene (Ube3a) part of the ubiquitin pathway) is present on both the maternal and paternal chromosomes, but differs in the pattern of methylation (Imprinting). The paternal silencing of the Ube3a gene occurs in a brain region-specific manner; the maternal allele is active almost exclusively in the hippocampus and cerebellum. The most common genetic defect leading to Angelman syndrome is an ~4Mb (mega base) maternal deletion in chromosomal region 15q11-13 causing an absence of Ube3a expression in the maternally imprinted brain regions. Ube3a codes for an E6-AP ubiquitin ligase, which chooses its substrates very selectively and the four identified E6-AP substrates have shed little light on the possible molecular mechanisms underlying the human Angelman syndrome mental retardation state.
E3 neurodevelopmental diseasesDisease UPS component
affectedFunction
Angelman syndrome UBE3A E3 ligase
Williams-Beuren syndrome TRIM50 E3 ligase
Intellectual disability not otherwise specified
CUL4B E3 ligase
HUWE1 E3 ligase. Suppresses N-Myc-DLl3 cascade, stops proliferation enables neuronal differentiation
A girl with Williams syndrome, illustrating typical facial features: broad forehead, short palpebral fissures, low nasal bridge, anteverted nostrils, long filtrum, full cheeks,
and relatively large and often downturned mouth
E3 neurodevelopmental diseases 2Autism spectrum disorders
UBE3A E3 ligase
PARK2 E3 ligaseRFWD2 E3 ligase
FBXO40 Constitutes one of the four subunits of the ubiquitin protein ligase complex called SCFs (SKP1-cullin-F-box),
Johanson-Blizzard syndrome
UBR1 E3 ligase
Johanson-Blizzard syndrome
• Ectodermal displasia:• Abnormal development of the pancreas• Nose• Scalp• Mental retardaton• Hearing loss • Growth failure
E3 neurodegenerative diseasesParkinson disease Parkin
(PARK2)E3-ligase
Machado-Joseph disease
ATXN3 Ataxin-3 interacts with ubiquitinated proteins,can bind the proteasome, when the gene harbors an expanded repeat length, can interfere with the degradation substrates. Associates with the ubiquitin- and proteasome-binding factors Rad23 and valosin-containing protein (VCP/p97). proteins.
E3 in inherited cancer syndromes
• Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome• Adenomatous polyposis coli
Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome pVHL is an E3 ligase
Deubiqitination diseases Disease UPS component
affectedFunction
Ataxia USP-14 Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 14
Parkinson disease
UCH-L1(PARK5)
Ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1
Immunoproteasomes• IFN-gamma induces the synthesis of three active
site−containing beta-subunits as well as the synthesis of the proteasome maturation protein (POMP).
• The immunosubunits 1i, 2i and 5i are preferentially incorporated into the 20S core after de novo synthesis to form the immunoproteasome.
• In addition, IFN-gamma induces synthesis of PA28. Three PA28 and four P28 subunits form heptameric rings that can bind to the two outer alpha-rings of the 20S constitutive proteasome as well as the 20S immunoproteasome and activate the enzyme complex by opening the central gate.
Immunoproteasomes
“Immunoproteasome” diseases
• Nakajo-Nishimura syndrome• JMP syndrome• CANDLE syndrome
Nakajo-Nishimura syndrome
• an autoinflammatory disorder • pernio-like rashes • progressive partial lipodystrophy• homozygous mutation c.224C > T in exon 2
the PSMB8 gene, which encodes the β5i subunit of immunoproteasome is responsible for development of the disease
JMP syndrome
• Recessive autoinflammatory syndrome characterized by joint contractures, muscle atrophy, microcytic anemia, and panniculitis-induced lipodystrophy (JMP)
• Caused by homozygous missense mutation c.224C>T (p.Thr75Met) in the PSMB8
CANDLE syndrome
• Chronic atypical neutrophilic dermatosis with lipodystrophy and elevated temperature is an autoinflammatory syndrome recently described in children.
CANDLE syndrome is caused by mutations in PSMB8
• One patient was homozygous for a novel nonsense mutation in PSMB8 (c.405C>A), suggesting a protein truncation;
• 4 patients were homozygous and 2 were heterozygous for a previously reported missense mutation (c.224C>T)
Pathologies of “bad substrates” for proteasomes
Polyglutamine (PolyQ) Diseases
Disease Gene Normal number of repeats
Pathologic number of repeats
DRPLA (Dentatorubropallidoluysian atrophy)
ATN1 or DRPLA
between 6 and 35 copies of CAG
between 49 and 88 copies
Polyglutamine (PolyQ) Diseases 2
HD (Huntington's disease)
HD between 10 and 35 copies of CAG
more than 35 copies
SBMA (Spinobulbar muscular atrophy or Kennedy disease)
AR - Androgen receptor on the X chromosome
between 9 and 36 copies of CAG
between 38 and 62 copies
Models of Poly Q diseases
• Aggregation-prone proteins
• Amyloid formation• Insoluble aggregates
Silica NPs
Liddle syndrome
• severe hypertension, hypokalemia, and metabolic alkalosis.
• In contrast to hyperaldosteronism, which can result in similar symptoms, low aldosterone and renin levels
• The gene responsible for Liddle syndrome was actually identified as a mutation in the beta subunit of the renal epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) . The site of the mutation is located in its binding site to Nedd4 (E3 ubiquitin ligase) .
• Because Nedd4 cannot recognize the channel and target it for degradation,it accumulates. Thus, the mutation leads to excessive re-absorption of Na+ accompanied by water.
Alzheimer’s disease
• Mutated ubiquitin• Impaired proteasome function• More immunoproteasomes
Ubiquitination sites on amino terminally processed tau.
Ihara Y et al. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2012;2:a006361
©2012 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Dysfunction of autophagic and endocytic pathways to lysosomes driven by relevant genes and other risk factors in Alzheimer disease (left side of the diagram) causes or promotes pathophysiology critical to the
development and progression of Alzheimer disease...
Ihara Y et al. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2012;2:a006361
©2012 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Schematic illustrating the endocytic and the autophagic pathways to the lysosome.
Ihara Y et al. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2012;2:a006361
©2012 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Frontotemporal dementias
• Ubiquitinylated TAR DNA-binding protein (TDP-43) accumulates
• Ubiquilin 2 – involved in transport of ubiquinylated proteins to proteasome
• FUS protein
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• Ubiquitinylated TAR DNA-binding protein (TDP-43) accumulates
Parkinson disease
• Degradation of aplha-synuclein is a crucial question for Parkinson’s disease
• Ubiquitin proteasomal system is defective in SN affected neurons
• Autophagy-lysosomal pathway is also affected
Parkinson disease (non-monogenic)
• Dysfunction of the UPS • Reduced proteasome activity in the substantia nigra• Reduced expression of proteasomal subunits in the subsatntia
nigra • Reduced proteasome activity and expression of UPS-related
proteins in peripheral blood mononuclear cells• Altered proteasome function in toxin-based models of PD• Altered proteasome function in alpha -synuclein
overexpressing rodents• Mutated PSMC1 subunit of ATPase in a rodent model
SKP1A protein interacting E3 ligase is down-regulated in PD
Cullin
UbE2
Early PD
Late PD
• Enahncement of autophagy by rapamycin (inhibitor of mTOR) is prospective for tratment of neurodeganerative diseases
Autoimmune diseases• Autonatibodies to proteasomes in• Sjogren’ s syndrome• SLE• Rheumatoid arthritis • Autoimmune myositis• Result in decreased proteasomal activity
Inflammatory response
Inflammatory disease
• Inflammatory arthritis. Proteasome inhibition improves the arhritis score.
• Psoriasis. T-cell mediated disease, related to activation of NF-kappa. Proteasome inhibition reduces lesions.
Asthma and allergy
• Abnormal activation of of Type 2 helper cells. E3 ubiquitin ligase Itch maintains immune tolerance. Itch-deficient mice fail to block development of airway inflamamation.
Cell proliferation and cancer
Proteasomes regulate density of cardiac ion channels
• Mutations in SCNA5 gene encoding Nav1.5 channel hindering its interactions with E3 (Nedd4-2) cause arrhythmias and conduction defects
• Mutations in the gene hERG1 (K+ channel) resulting in its rapid decay cause the long QT syndrome
Heart diseasesAtrophy/Unloading
Hypertrophy Hypoxemia Heartfailure
Ub mRNA Increased Increased Increased _
E2 mRNA Increased Increased _
Heart diseases 2Atrophy/Unloading
Hypertrophy Hypoxemia Heartfailure
E3 mRNAAtrogin 1
Decreased Increased Increased _
E3 mRNAMuRF1
Decreased Increased Increased _
Heart diseases 3Atrophy/Unloading
Hypertrophy Hypoxemia Heartfailure
Proteasome proteolytic Activity
Decreased Decreased Decreased
PSMB4 mRNA
Increased Increased Increased
Heart diseases 4Atrophy/Unloading
Hypertrophy Hypoxemia Heartfailure
De-ubiquitinationenzymes
Increased
Proteasome inhibitors
• Cancer treatment• Antiinflammatory action
Funding• Joint research project “Genetic studies of human diseases and
longevity in Latvian population”, sub-project “Genome-wide scanning of proteasomal gene polymorphisms and their association with autoimmune diseases” - No 10.0010/09
• National Reserach Program 2010.10.-4/VPP4 „Creation of novel means and methods for prophylaxis, treatment and diagnostics, elaboration of biomedical Technologies for improvement of social health“
• ERAF project ESS2010/110 „Creation of a method for early diagnostics of autoimmune diseases”
• Joint LV-LT-TW project “Proteasomal gene alleles as risk factors for bronchial asthma in Latvian, Lithuanian and Taiwanese populations”
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