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      Aggresomes: A Cellular Response to Misfolded Proteins

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          Intracellular deposition of misfolded protein aggregates into ubiquitin-rich cytoplasmic inclusions is linked to the pathogenesis of many diseases. Why these aggregates form despite the existence of cellular machinery to recognize and degrade misfolded protein and how they are delivered to cytoplasmic inclusions are not known. We have investigated the intracellular fate of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), an inefficiently folded integral membrane protein which is degraded by the cytoplasmic ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. Overexpression or inhibition of proteasome activity in transfected human embryonic kidney or Chinese hamster ovary cells led to the accumulation of stable, high molecular weight, detergent-insoluble, multiubiquitinated forms of CFTR. Using immunofluorescence and transmission electron microscopy with immunogold labeling, we demonstrate that undegraded CFTR molecules accumulate at a distinct pericentriolar structure which we have termed the aggresome. Aggresome formation is accompanied by redistribution of the intermediate filament protein vimentin to form a cage surrounding a pericentriolar core of aggregated, ubiquitinated protein. Disruption of microtubules blocks the formation of aggresomes. Similarly, inhibition of proteasome function also prevented the degradation of unassembled presenilin-1 molecules leading to their aggregation and deposition in aggresomes. These data lead us to propose that aggresome formation is a general response of cells which occurs when the capacity of the proteasome is exceeded by the production of aggregation-prone misfolded proteins.

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                Journal
                J Cell Biol
                The Journal of Cell Biology
                The Rockefeller University Press
                0021-9525
                1540-8140
                28 December 1998
                : 143
                : 7
                : 1883-1898
                Affiliations
                Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5020
                Author notes

                Address correspondence to R. Kopito, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020. Tel.: (650) 723-7581. Fax: (650) 723-8475. E-mail: Kopito@ 123456leland.stanford.edu

                Article
                10.1083/jcb.143.7.1883
                2175217
                9864362
                e602e176-1542-4476-9fb6-6544fe2b22cd
                Copyright @ 1998
                History
                : 6 October 1998
                : 9 November 1998
                Categories
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                Cell biology
                ubiquitin,proteasome,intermediate filaments,protein aggregation,presenilin
                Cell biology
                ubiquitin, proteasome, intermediate filaments, protein aggregation, presenilin

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