Human high temperature requirement serine protease A1 (HTRA1) degrades tau protein aggregates
| Autor: | Michael Ehrmann, Tim Clausen, Patrick Hauske, Nina Schmidt, Rupert Egensperger, Robert Huber, Leif Dehmelt, Simon Pöpsel, Alfonso Baldi, Annette Tennstaedt, Linda Truebestein, Hanna Ksiezak-Reding, Roland Brandt, Anca Tirniceriu, Markus Kaiser, Anke Brockmann, Barbara Saccà, Inga Irle, Christof M. Niemeyer |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Tennstaedt, A, Poepsel, S, Truebestein, L, Hauske, P, Brockmann, A, Schmidt, N, Irle, I, Sacca, B, Niemeyer, Cm, Brandt, R, Ksiezak Reding, H, Tirniceriu, Al, Egensperger, R, Baldi, Alfonso, Dehmelt, L, Kaiser, M, Huber, R, Clausen, T, Ehrmann, M. |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Protein Folding
Proteases medicine.medical_treatment Proteolysis Tau protein Nerve Tissue Proteins tau Proteins Protein aggregation Protein degradation Biochemistry Gene Expression Regulation Enzymologic Neurites medicine Humans Molecular Biology Serine protease Protease biology medicine.diagnostic_test Serine Endopeptidases Brain High-Temperature Requirement A Serine Peptidase 1 Cell Biology eye diseases Cell biology Tauopathies Protein Synthesis and Degradation biology.protein Protein folding Biologie |
| Popis: | Protective proteases are key elements of protein quality control pathways that are up-regulated, for example, under various protein folding stresses. These proteases are employed to prevent the accumulation and aggregation of misfolded proteins that can impose severe damage to cells. The high temperature requirement A (HtrA) family of serine proteases has evolved to perform important aspects of ATP-independent protein quality control. So far, however, no HtrA protease is known that degrades protein aggregates. We show here that human HTRA1 degrades aggregated and fibrillar tau, a protein that is critically involved in various neurological disorders. Neuronal cells and patient brains accumulate less tau, neurofibrillary tangles, and neuritic plaques, respectively, when HTRA1 is expressed at elevated levels. Furthermore, HTRA1 mRNA and HTRA1 activity are up-regulated in response to elevated tau concentrations. These data suggest that HTRA1 is performing regulated proteolysis during protein quality control, the implications of which are discussed. © 2012 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. |
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