Heteromeric clusters of ubiquitinated ER-shaping proteins drive ER-phagy

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Membrane-shaping proteins characterized by reticulon homology domains play an important part in the dynamic remodelling of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). An example of such a protein is FAM134B, which can bind LC3 proteins and mediate the degradation of ER sheets through selective autophagy (ER-phagy)1. Mutations in FAM134B result in a neurodegenerative disorder in humans that mainly affects sensory and autonomic neurons2. Here we report that ARL6IP1, another ER-shaping protein that contains a reticulon homology domain and is associated with sensory loss3, interacts with FAM134B and participates in the formation of heteromeric multi-protein clusters required for ER-phagy. Moreover, ubiquitination of ARL6IP1 promotes this process. Accordingly, disruption of Arl6ip1 in mice causes an expansion of ER sheets in sensory neurons that degenerate over time. Primary cells obtained from Arl6ip1-deficient mice or from patients display incomplete budding of ER membranes and severe impairment of ER-phagy flux. Therefore, we propose that the clustering of ubiquitinated ER-shaping proteins facilitates the dynamic remodelling of the ER during ER-phagy and is important for neuronal maintenance.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:618

Enthalten in:

Nature - 618(2023), 7964 vom: 24. Juni, Seite 402-410

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Foronda, Hector [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Yangxue [VerfasserIn]
Covarrubias-Pinto, Adriana [VerfasserIn]
Bocker, Hartmut T [VerfasserIn]
González, Alexis [VerfasserIn]
Seemann, Eric [VerfasserIn]
Franzka, Patricia [VerfasserIn]
Bock, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Bhaskara, Ramachandra M [VerfasserIn]
Liebmann, Lutz [VerfasserIn]
Hoffmann, Marina E [VerfasserIn]
Katona, Istvan [VerfasserIn]
Koch, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
Weis, Joachim [VerfasserIn]
Kurth, Ingo [VerfasserIn]
Gleeson, Joseph G [VerfasserIn]
Reggiori, Fulvio [VerfasserIn]
Hummer, Gerhard [VerfasserIn]
Kessels, Michael M [VerfasserIn]
Qualmann, Britta [VerfasserIn]
Mari, Muriel [VerfasserIn]
Dikić, Ivan [VerfasserIn]
Hübner, Christian A [VerfasserIn]

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ARL6IP1 protein, human
Arl6ip1 protein, mouse
FAM135B protein, human
Fam134b protein, mouse
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
Journal Article
Membrane Proteins
Ubiquitinated Proteins

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Date Completed 13.06.2023

Date Revised 13.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41586-023-06090-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357283775