TY - JOUR
T1 - A surfactant protein C precursor protein BRICHOS domain mutation causes endoplasmic reticulum stress, proteasome dysfunction, and caspase 3 activation
AU - Mulugeta, Surafel
AU - Nguyen, Vu
AU - Russo, Scott J.
AU - Muniswamy, Madesh
AU - Beers, Michael F.
PY - 2005/6
Y1 - 2005/6
N2 - BRICHOS is a domain found in several proteins consisting of ∼ 100 amino acids with sequence and structural similarities. Mutations in BRICHOS domain have been associated with both degenerative and proliferative diseases in several nonpulmonary organs, although the pathogenic mechanisms are largely undefined. Recently, several mutations in surfactant protein C (SP-C) mapping to the BRICHOS domain located within the proprotein (proSP-C) have been linked to interstitial lung diseases. In vitro expression of one of these BRICHOS mutants, the exon 4 deletion (hSP-CΔexon4), promotes a dominant-negative perinuclear aggregation of the protein. The present study characterizes the trafficking behavior and pathogenic consequences resulting from hSP-CΔexon4 pression. Time-lapse and co-localization microscopy studies demonstrated enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)/hSP-CΔexon4 expression in calnexin-positive(endoplasmic reticulum [ER]) compartment with subsequent time- and concentration-dependent development of ubiquitinated perinuclear inclusion bodies followed by apoptosis. Compared with controls, EGFP/ hSP-CΔexon4 promoted upregulation of multiple ER stress species, activated caspase 3, and induced annexin V binding. Furthermore, in GFP-u cells, hSP-CΔexon4 directly inhibited proteasome activity. These results support a model whereby proSP-C BRICHOS mutations induce a dynamic toxic gain-of-function, causing apoptotic cell death both by early ER accumulation leading to an exaggerated unfolded protein response and by enhanced deposition of cellular aggregates associated with proteasome dysfunction.
AB - BRICHOS is a domain found in several proteins consisting of ∼ 100 amino acids with sequence and structural similarities. Mutations in BRICHOS domain have been associated with both degenerative and proliferative diseases in several nonpulmonary organs, although the pathogenic mechanisms are largely undefined. Recently, several mutations in surfactant protein C (SP-C) mapping to the BRICHOS domain located within the proprotein (proSP-C) have been linked to interstitial lung diseases. In vitro expression of one of these BRICHOS mutants, the exon 4 deletion (hSP-CΔexon4), promotes a dominant-negative perinuclear aggregation of the protein. The present study characterizes the trafficking behavior and pathogenic consequences resulting from hSP-CΔexon4 pression. Time-lapse and co-localization microscopy studies demonstrated enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)/hSP-CΔexon4 expression in calnexin-positive(endoplasmic reticulum [ER]) compartment with subsequent time- and concentration-dependent development of ubiquitinated perinuclear inclusion bodies followed by apoptosis. Compared with controls, EGFP/ hSP-CΔexon4 promoted upregulation of multiple ER stress species, activated caspase 3, and induced annexin V binding. Furthermore, in GFP-u cells, hSP-CΔexon4 directly inhibited proteasome activity. These results support a model whereby proSP-C BRICHOS mutations induce a dynamic toxic gain-of-function, causing apoptotic cell death both by early ER accumulation leading to an exaggerated unfolded protein response and by enhanced deposition of cellular aggregates associated with proteasome dysfunction.
KW - Apoptosis
KW - Conformational disease
KW - Epithelial cells
KW - Protein aggregation
KW - Unfolded protein response
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U2 - 10.1165/rcmb.2005-0009OC
DO - 10.1165/rcmb.2005-0009OC
M3 - Article
C2 - 15778495
AN - SCOPUS:20044378690
SN - 1044-1549
VL - 32
SP - 521
EP - 530
JO - American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology
JF - American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology
IS - 6
ER -