Fighting disease by selective autophagy of aggregate-prone proteins

FEBS Lett. 2010 Jun 18;584(12):2635-45. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.04.041. Epub 2010 Apr 20.

Abstract

Ubiquitinated protein aggregates are hallmarks of a range of human diseases, including neurodegenerative, liver and muscle disorders. These protein aggregates are typically positive for the autophagy receptor p62. Whereas the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) degrades shortlived and misfolded ubiquitinated proteins that are small enough to enter the narrow pore of the barrel-shaped proteasome, the lysosomal pathway of autophagy can degrade larger structures including entire organelles or protein aggregates. This degradation requires autophagy receptors that link the cargo with the molecular machinery of autophagy and is enhanced by certain posttranslational modifications of the cargo. In this review we focus on how autophagy clears aggregate-prone proteins and the relevance of this process to protein aggregate associated diseases.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acetylation
  • Active Transport, Cell Nucleus
  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / chemistry
  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / metabolism
  • Autophagy / physiology*
  • Autophagy-Related Proteins
  • Histone Deacetylase 6
  • Histone Deacetylases / chemistry
  • Histone Deacetylases / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Membrane Proteins / chemistry
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Models, Biological
  • Multiprotein Complexes / chemistry
  • Multiprotein Complexes / metabolism*
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases / etiology
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases / metabolism
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases / therapy
  • Phosphorylation
  • Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex / metabolism
  • Protein Transport
  • Proteins / chemistry
  • Proteins / metabolism
  • Sequestosome-1 Protein
  • Transcription Factors / chemistry
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism
  • Ubiquitinated Proteins / chemistry
  • Ubiquitinated Proteins / metabolism*
  • Ubiquitination
  • Unfolded Protein Response

Substances

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • Autophagy-Related Proteins
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Multiprotein Complexes
  • NBR1 protein, human
  • Proteins
  • SQSTM1 protein, human
  • Sequestosome-1 Protein
  • Transcription Factors
  • Ubiquitinated Proteins
  • WDFY3 protein, human
  • Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex
  • HDAC6 protein, human
  • Histone Deacetylase 6
  • Histone Deacetylases