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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2022

Assays to Study IRE1 Activation and Signaling.

Paloma Moraga, Raul Aravena, Hery Urra, Claudio Hetz

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Paloma MoragaFaculty of Medicine, Biomedical Neuroscience Institute (BNI), University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Raul AravenaFaculty of Medicine, Biomedical Neuroscience Institute (BNI), University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Hery UrraFaculty of Medicine, Biomedical Neuroscience Institute (BNI), University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. hery.urra@ug.uchile.cl.
Claudio HetzFaculty of Medicine, Biomedical Neuroscience Institute (BNI), University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. chetz@uchile.cl.
Center for Climate and Resilience Research · CLBuck Institute for Research on Aging · USUniversity of Chile · CL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress sensor IRE1 is a a major player of the unfolded protein response (UPR), the main pathway driving adaptation processes to restore proteostasis.  In addition, overactivation of IRE1 signaling contributes to a variety of pathologies including diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer. Under ER stress, IRE1 auto-transphosphorylates and oligomerizes, triggering the activation of its endoribonuclease domain located in the cytosolic region. Active IRE1 catalyzes the splicing of the mRNA encoding for the XBP1 transcription factor, in addition to degrade several RNAs through a process known as regulated IRE1-dependent decay of mRNA (RIDD). Besides its role as an UPR transducer, several posttranslational modifications and protein-protein interactions can regulate IRE1 activity and modulate its signaling in the absence of stress. Thus, investigating the function of IRE1 in physiology and disease requires the use of complementary approaches. Here, we provide detailed protocols to perform four different assays to study IRE1 activation and signaling: (i) Phos-tag gels to evaluate the phosphorylation status of IRE1, (ii) microscopy using TREX-IRE1-GFP cells to measure IRE1 oligomerization, (iii) conventional RT-PCR to assess XBP1 mRNA processing, and (iv) quantitative PCR to determine the levels of canonical UPR target genes and the degradation of several mRNAs that are target of RIDD. We propose to use these experimental strategies as "gold standards" to study IRE1 signaling.

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EndoribonucleasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesEndoplasmic Reticulum StressSignal TransductionUnfolded Protein ResponseEndoribonucleasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesER stressIRE1 activationIRE1 oligomerizationIRE1 phosphorylationRegulated IRE1-dependent decay (RIDD)Unfolded protein responseXBP1 mRNA splicing

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