CIQUIBIC   05472
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN QUIMICA BIOLOGICA DE CORDOBA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
ARGINYLATION OF CRT REGULATES PROTEIN FATE OUTSIDE DE ER.
Autor/es:
LÓPEZ SAMBROOKS, CECILIA; GOITEA, VICTOE E.; CARPIO, MARCOS; HALLAK, MARTA
Lugar:
Washington DC
Reunión:
Congreso; ANNUAL MEETING SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE 2011; 2011
Resumen:
Post-translational modifications of proteins are significant
for the regulation of cell functions; one of these is post-translational
arginylation. In the present study (using fibroblasts and neuronal cultures) we
demonstrated that a pool of calreticulin (CRT) undergoes retrotranslocation
from the ER to the cytosol, because in CRT-knockout cells transfected with
full-length CRT (that is expressed and processed solely in the ER); CRT appears
arginylated in the cytoplasm. Furthermore in
neurons treated with several stressors that lead to a reduction of cytosolic Ca2+
levels, (after 20 min application) the arginylated form of CRT (R-CRT)
associates with stress granules (SGs).
However, in the presence of stressors that do not change Ca2+
levels, R-CRT is not recruited in the SGs despite the fact that they are
formed, demonstrating the Ca2+-dependence of R-CRT association to
SGs. Moreover using different apoptotic inducers (after 2 hours treatment),
cells lacking of arginyl-tRNA protein transferase are more resistant to
apoptosis than the WT cells. In cells that express CRT-EYFP and R-CRT-EYFP
incubated in the presence MG132 (a proteosomal inhibitor) there is an
accumulation of R-CRT. Moreover in these treated cells with MG132, CRT shows an
increased rate of degradation with respect to R-CRT. Thus, these results
indicate that protein arginylation participates in cell survival and suggest
that post-translational arginylation of CRT regulates protein fate and its
function outside the ER.