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ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2012

Oligomerization with wt αA- and αB-crystallins reduces proteasome-mediated degradation of C-terminally truncated αA-crystallin.

Mingxing Wu, Xinyu Zhang, Qingning Bian, Allen Taylor, Jack J Liang, Linlin Ding, Joseph Horwitz, Fu Shang

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  2. The multifaceted nature of αB-crystallin.Cell stress & chaperones · 2020
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Mingxing WuJean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA. wumingx@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Xinyu Zhang
Qingning Bian
Allen Taylor
Jack J Liang
Linlin Ding
Joseph Horwitz
Fu Shang

Funding

Ubiquitin Function In Eye LensR01EY013250 · NEI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI TAYLOR, ALLEN · 2001 to 2012
$4.0M
ANALYSIS OF MICRODISSECTED CATARACTOUS HUMAN LENSESR01EY003897 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HORWITZ, JOSEPH · 1985 to 2009
$2.7M
MICRODISSECTED CATARACTOUS LENSESR37EY003897 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HORWITZ, JOSEPH · 1994 to 2003
$1.8M
Role of ubiqutin in quality control of lens proteinsR01EY011717 · NEI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI SHANG, FU · 2003 to 2010
$1.8M
Mechanistically linking AMD, glycemic index and protein homeostasisR01EY021212 · NEI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI TAYLOR, ALLEN · 2011 to 2013
$1.2M
UBIQUITIN DEPENDENT PATHWAY AND LENS EPITHELIUMR29EY011717 · NEI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI SHANG, FU · 1998 to 2002
$381k
NEI NIH HHS EY011717NEI NIH HHS EY013250NEI NIH HHS EY03897NEI NIH HHS R01 EY003897NEI NIH HHS R01 EY011717NEI NIH HHS R01 EY013250NEI NIH HHS R01 EY021212NEI NIH HHS R29 EY011717NEI NIH HHS R37 EY003897
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Abstract

purposeWe previously demonstrated that the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPP) is a general protein quality control system that selectively degrades damaged or abnormal lens proteins, including C-terminally truncated αA-crystallin. The objective of this work was to determine the effects of wt αA- and αB-crystallins on the degradation of C-terminally truncated αA-crystallin (αA(1-162)) and vice versa.

methodsRecombinant wt αA, αB, and αA(1-162) were expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity by chromatography. Subunit exchange and oligomerization were detected by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), multiangle-light scattering and coprecipitation assays. Protein substrates were labeled with (125)I and lens epithelial cell lysates were used as the source of the UPP for degradation assays.

resultsFRET, multiangle light scattering, and coprecipitation assays showed that αA(1-162) exchanged subunits with wt αA- or wt αB- crystallin to form hetero-oligomers. αA(1-162) was more susceptible than wt αA-crystallin to degradation by the UPP. When mixed with wt αA-crystallin at 1:1 or 1:4 (αA(1-162) : wt) ratios to form hetero-oligomers, the degradation of αA(1-162) was significantly decreased. Conversely, formation of hetero-oligomers with αA(1-162) enhanced the degradation of wt αA-crystallin. The presence of αA(1-162), but not wt αA-crystallin, decreased the degradation of wt αB-crystallin.

conclusionsαA(1-162) forms hetero-oligomers with wt αA- and αB-crystallins. Oligomerization with wt αA- or αB-crystallins reduces the susceptibility of αA(1-162) to degradation by the UPP. In addition, the presence of αA(1-162) in the hetero-oligomers also affects the degradation of wt αA- and αB-crystallins.

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alpha-Crystallin A Chainalpha-Crystallin B ChainCells, CulturedEpithelial CellsFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferFluorescent DyesHumansLens, CrystallineLightProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProteolysisScattering, Radiationalpha-Crystallin A Chainalpha-Crystallin B ChainFluorescent DyesProteasome Endopeptidase Complex

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PMID22427585
PMCPMC3358126

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