ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2026
p62/SQSTM1-KEAP1 complex prevents clearance of ubiquitinated Z alpha-1 antitrypsin and aggravates liver proteotoxicity.
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Liver disease in Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is caused by the toxic accumulation of mutant Z alpha-1 antitrypsin (Z-AAT) within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of hepatocytes. Livers from PiZ transgenic mice expressing the human Z-AAT and AATD patients who are homozygotes for the allele expressing Z-AAT were found to have increased p62/SQSTM1, a multifunctional protein involved in protein homeostasis. The goal of this study was to elucidate the involvement of p62/SQSTM1 in the formation of Z-AAT globules that are responsible for liver injury in AATD. In the present study, we found that p62/SQSTM1 decorated ubiquitin-positive, Periodic-Acid Shiff-diastase-resistant Z-AAT globules and interacted with Z-AAT at the ER-cytosol interface. Genetic ablation of p62/SQSTM1 in PiZ mice (PiZ;p62
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