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ArticleNature communications2023

The mechanisms to dispose of misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum of adipocytes.

Shuangcheng Alivia Wu, Chenchen Shen, Xiaoqiong Wei, Xiawei Zhang, Siwen Wang, Xinxin Chen, Mauricio Torres, You Lu, Liangguang Leo Lin, Huilun Helen Wang and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Shuangcheng Alivia WuDepartment of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
Chenchen ShenTsinghua-Peking Center for Life Science, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Xiaoqiong WeiDepartment of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7576-4820
Xiawei ZhangDepartment of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
Siwen WangDepartment of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
Xinxin ChenDepartment of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
Mauricio TorresDepartment of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
You LuDepartment of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0075-8167
Liangguang Leo LinDepartment of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
Huilun Helen WangDepartment of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
Allen H HunterCollege of Engineering and Michigan Center for Materials Characterization, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Deyu FangDepartment of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4211-2751
Shengyi SunCenter for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA.
Magdalena I IvanovaDepartment of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-5622, USA.
Yi LinTsinghua-Peking Center for Life Science, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China. linyi@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.
Ling QiDepartment of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA. lingq@umich.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-8229-0184
University of Michigan · USKing Center · USNorthwestern University · USTsinghua University · CNWayne State University · US

Funding

Novel Role of Hepatic SEL1L-HRD1 ERAD in FGF21 Gene TranscriptionR01DK120330 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI Deyu Fang, Ling Qi · 2018 to 2026
$4.9M
Novel role of endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation in iron metabolismR01DK128077 · NIDDK · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Shengyi Sun · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
Defining the Central Role of ER-Associated Degradation (ERAD) in Neuroendocrine CellsR01DK120047 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI QI, LING · 2018 to 2021
$1.6M
Novel Mechanism underlying fibrinogen biogenesis in the endoplasmic reticulumR01DK132068 · NIDDK · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SUN, SHENGYI · 2022 to 2024
$1.2M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK120047NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK120330NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK128077NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK132068
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated degradation (ERAD) and ER-phagy are two principal degradative mechanisms for ER proteins and aggregates, respectively; however, the crosstalk between these two pathways under physiological settings remains unexplored. Using adipocytes as a model system, here we report that SEL1L-HRD1 protein complex of ERAD degrades misfolded ER proteins and limits ER-phagy and that, only when SEL1L-HRD1 ERAD is impaired, the ER becomes fragmented and cleared by ER-phagy. When both are compromised, ER fragments containing misfolded proteins spatially coalesce into a distinct architecture termed Coalescence of ER Fragments (CERFs), consisted of lipoprotein lipase (LPL, a key lipolytic enzyme and an endogenous SEL1L-HRD1 substrate) and certain ER chaperones. CERFs enlarge and become increasingly insoluble with age. Finally, we reconstitute the CERFs through LPL and BiP phase separation in vitro, a process influenced by both redox environment and C-terminal tryptophan loop of LPL. Hence, our findings demonstrate a sequence of events centered around SEL1L-HRD1 ERAD to dispose of misfolded proteins in the ER of adipocytes, highlighting the profound cellular adaptability to misfolded proteins in the ER in vivo.

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ProteinsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesAdipocytesEndoplasmic ReticulumEndoplasmic Reticulum-Associated DegradationProteinsUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMID37253728
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