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ArticlePloS one2013

Ubiquitination and degradation of CFTR by the E3 ubiquitin ligase MARCH2 through its association with adaptor proteins CAL and STX6.

Jie Cheng, William Guggino

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jie ChengDepartment of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
William Guggino
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Two-Photon Microscopy Imaging CoreP01DK072084 · NIDDK · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI DONOWITZ, MARK · 2006 to 2013
$12.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS P01 DK072084
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Golgi-localized cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)-associated ligand (CAL) and syntaxin 6 (STX6) regulate the abundance of mature, post-ER CFTR by forming a CAL/STX6/CFTR complex (CAL complex) that promotes CFTR degradation in lysosomes. However, the molecular mechanism underlying this degradation is unknown. Here we investigated the interaction of a Golgi-localized, membrane-associated RING-CH E3 ubiquitin ligase, MARCH2, with the CAL complex and the consequent binding, ubiquitination, and degradation of mature CFTR. We found that MARCH2 not only co-immunoprecipitated and co-localized with CAL and STX6, but its binding to CAL was also enhanced by STX6, suggesting a synergistic interaction. In vivo ubiquitination assays demonstrated the ubiquitination of CFTR by MARCH2, and overexpression of MARCH2, like that of CAL and STX6, led to a dose-dependent degradation of mature CFTR that was blocked by bafilomycin A1 treatment. A catalytically dead MARCH2 RING mutant was unable to promote CFTR degradation. In addition, MARCH2 had no effect on a CFTR mutant lacking the PDZ motif, suggesting that binding to the PDZ domain of CAL is required for MARCH2-mediated degradation of CFTR. Indeed, silencing of endogenous CAL ablated the effect of MARCH2 on CFTR. Consistent with its Golgi localization, MARCH2 had no effect on ER-localized ΔF508-CFTR. Finally, siRNA-mediated silencing of endogenous MARCH2 in the CF epithelial cell line CFBE-CFTR increased the abundance of mature CFTR. Taken together, these data suggest that the recruitment of the E3 ubiquitin ligase MARCH2 to the CAL complex and subsequent ubiquitination of CFTR are responsible for the CAL-mediated lysosomal degradation of mature CFTR.

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Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCarrier ProteinsCystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance RegulatorGolgi ApparatusGolgi Matrix ProteinsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHEK293 CellsHumansImmunoblottingImmunoprecipitationLysosomesMacrolidesMembrane ProteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsMicroscopy, ConfocalMutationAdaptor Proteins, Signal Transducingbafilomycin A1Carrier ProteinsCystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance RegulatorGolgi Matrix ProteinsGOPC protein, humanGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMacrolidesMARCHF2 protein, humanMembrane ProteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsQa-SNARE ProteinsUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMID23818989
PMCPMC3688601
OpenAlexW2075834109

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