1. CUL-6/cullin ubiquitin ligase-mediated degradation of HSP-90 by intestinal lysosomes promotes thermotolerance
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Sarmiento, Mario Bardan, Gang, Spencer S, van Oosten-Hawle, Patricija, and Troemel, Emily R
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Biochemistry and Cell Biology ,Biological Sciences ,Animals ,Lysosomes ,Caenorhabditis elegans ,Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins ,HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins ,Thermotolerance ,Intestines ,Proteolysis ,Cullin Proteins ,Heat-Shock Response ,Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases ,C. elegans ,CP: Cell biology ,CUL-6 ,HSF-1 ,HSP-90 ,cullin-ring ubiquitin ligase ,intracellular pathogen response ,lysosome ,lysosome-related organelles ,proteostasis ,thermotolerance ,Medical Physiology ,Biological sciences - Abstract
Heat shock can be a lethal stressor. Previously, we described a CUL-6/cullin-ring ubiquitin ligase complex in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans that is induced by intracellular intestinal infection and proteotoxic stress and that promotes improved survival upon heat shock (thermotolerance). Here, we show that CUL-6 promotes thermotolerance by targeting the heat shock protein HSP-90 for degradation. We show that CUL-6-mediated lowering of HSP-90 protein levels, specifically in the intestine, improves thermotolerance. Furthermore, we show that lysosomal function is required for CUL-6-mediated promotion of thermotolerance and that CUL-6 directs HSP-90 to lysosome-related organelles upon heat shock. Altogether, these results indicate that a CUL-6 ubiquitin ligase promotes organismal survival upon heat shock by promoting HSP-90 degradation in intestinal lysosomes. Thus, HSP-90, a protein commonly associated with protection against heat shock and promoting degradation of other proteins, is itself degraded to protect against heat shock.
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- 2024