The prefoldin complex stabilizes the von Hippel-Lindau protein against aggregation and degradation.
Loss of von Hippel-Lindau protein pVHL function promotes VHL diseases, including sporadic and inherited clear cell Renal Cell Carcinoma (ccRCC). Mechanisms controlling pVHL function and regulation, including folding and stability, remain elusive. Here, we have identified the conserved cochaperone prefoldin complex in a screen for pVHL interactors. The prefoldin complex ... delivers non-native proteins to the chaperonin T-complex-protein-1-ring (TRiC) or Cytosolic Chaperonin containing TCP-1 (CCT) to assist folding of newly synthesized polypeptides. The pVHL-prefoldin interaction was confirmed in human cells and prefoldin knock-down reduced pVHL expression levels. Furthermore, when pVHL was expressed in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, all prefoldin mutants promoted its aggregation. We mapped the interaction of prefoldin with pVHL at the exon2-exon3 junction encoded region. Low levels of the PFDN3 prefoldin subunit were associated with poor survival in ccRCC patients harboring VHL mutations. Our results link the prefoldin complex with pVHL folding and this may impact VHL diseases progression.
Mesh Terms:
Chaperonin Containing TCP-1, Cytoskeletal Proteins, Gene Knockdown Techniques, HEK293 Cells, HeLa Cells, Humans, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Kidney Neoplasms, Molecular Chaperones, Mutation, Protein Binding, Protein Folding, Proteolysis, Schizosaccharomyces, Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins, Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein
Chaperonin Containing TCP-1, Cytoskeletal Proteins, Gene Knockdown Techniques, HEK293 Cells, HeLa Cells, Humans, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Kidney Neoplasms, Molecular Chaperones, Mutation, Protein Binding, Protein Folding, Proteolysis, Schizosaccharomyces, Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins, Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein
PLoS Genet
Date: Dec. 01, 2019
PubMed ID: 33137104
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