Ubiquitin-proteasome system mediates heme oxygenase-1 degradation through endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation pathway.

The present study investigated the cellular mechanism underlying the degradation of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-anchored protein. The turnover of HO-1 induced in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) was significantly attenuated by proteasome inhibitors, suggesting the involvement of a proteasome-mediated pathway. High molecular weight ubiquitin conjugates were co-immunoprecipitated ...
with HO-1 from VSMCs after proteasome inhibition, and HO-1 ubiquitination was confirmed in HEK293 cells overexpressing His-tagged HO-1 and HA-tagged ubiquitin. Endogenous p97, an ATPase, and Ufd1, both implicated as essential components in the ER-associated degradation pathway (ERAD), were co-eluted with His-tagged HO-1 from metal affinity resin. Knockdown of either p97 or Ufd1 in HEK293 cells using specific siRNA significantly prolonged the half-life of endogenously induced HO-1 and slowed the degradation of ubiquitinated HO-1. HO-1 ubiquitination in HEK293 cells was enhanced by zinc chloride, but suppressed with a zinc chelator (N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethyl-enediamine), suggesting the involvement of a RING-E3 ligase in this process. Collectively, these data indicate that HO-1 protein turnover is regulated by the ubiquitin-proteasome system through the ERAD pathway.
Mesh Terms:
Animals, Cells, Cultured, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Apparatus, Heme Oxygenase-1, Humans, Lysosomes, Muscle, Smooth, Vascular, Protease Inhibitors, Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex, Protein Transport, RNA, Small Interfering, Rats, Ubiquitin
Biochim. Biophys. Acta
Date: Oct. 01, 2008
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