Tunicamycin induces ubiquitination and degradation of apolipoprotein B in HepG2 cells
Tunicamycin induces ubiquitination and degradation of apolipoprotein B in HepG2 cells
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DOI:
10.1042/0264-6021:3530493
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发表时间:
2001-02-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Chan, L
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作者:
Liao, W;Chan, L
Apolipoprotein (apo) B-100 is an essential component of atherogenic plasma lipoproteins. Previous studies have demonstrated that the production of apoB-100 is regulated largely by intracellular degradation at both the co-translational and posttranslational levels and that proteasome-mediated and non-proteasome-mediated pathways are involved in this process. ApoB-100 is a glycoprotein. The present study was undertaken to address the question of whether the inhibition of N-linked glycosylation with tunicamycin would interfere with apoB-100 production. We demonstrated that the treatment of HepG2 cells with tunicamycin decreased the net production of apoB-100 by enhancing co-translational degradation of the protein. This effect of tunicamycin was partly prevented by lactacystin, a specific proteasome inhibitor, Because lactacystin only partly reversed the effects of tunicamycin on apoB biogenesis, tunicamycin seemed also to induce apoB co-translational degradation in HepG2 cells by one or more non-proteasomal pathways, Furthermore, tunicamycin increased apoB ubiquitination approx. 4-fold, The proportion of the newly synthesized apoB-100 that was secreted and incorporated into the nascent lipoprotein particles was unaffected by tunicamycin. Thus the tunicamycin-mediated inhibition of N-linked glycosylation interferes with the production of apoB-100 that is mediated by both proteasomal and non-proteasomal pathways.