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Protein quality control during aging involves recruitment of the macroautophagy pathway by BAG3

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Gamerdinger, Martin, Hajieva, Parvana, Kaya, A Murat, Wolfrum, Uwe, Hartl, F Ulrich, Behl, Christian·2009·The EMBO Journal

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The Hsc/Hsp70 co-chaperones of the BAG (Bcl-2-associated athanogene) protein family are modulators of protein quality control. We examined the specific roles of BAG1 and BAG3 in protein degradation during the aging process. We show that BAG1 and BAG3 regulate proteasomal and macroautophagic pathways, respectively, for the degradation of polyubiquitinated proteins. Moreover, using models of cellular aging, we find that a switch from BAG1 to BAG3 determines that aged cells use more intensively the macroautophagic system for turnover of polyubiquitinated proteins. This increased macroautophagic flux is regulated by BAG3 in concert with the ubiquitin-binding protein p62/SQSTM1. The BAG3/BAG1 ratio is also elevated in neurons during aging of the rodent brain, where, consistent with a higher macroautophagy activity, we find increased levels of the autophagosomal marker LC3-II as well as a higher cathepsin activity. We conclude that the BAG3-mediated recruitment of the macroautophagy pathway is an important adaptation of the protein quality control system to maintain protein homeostasis in the presence of an enhanced pro-oxidant and aggregation-prone milieu characteristic of aging.

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  • Increasing data indicate a significant association between senescence and autophagy in various cell systems.

    “Increasing data indicate a significant association between senescence and autophagy in various cell systems (Gerland et al. 2003; Gamerdinger et al. 2009; Sasaki et al. 2010; Capparelli et al. 2012; Dörr et al. 2013).”

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    The Results section (‘Protein degradation by autophagy is enhanced during cellular aging’; page unavailable) reports increased autophagic flux in aged cells, supporting a link between cellular aging and autophagy. But the Discussion explicitly says the studied cells were ‘aged but pre-senescent,’ so this paper does not establish the claimed association with senescence across various cell systems. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • During replicative senescence in HDFs, there is a gradual shift in degradation pathway for polyubiquitinated proteins from proteasome to autophagy.

    “Gamerdinger et al. (2009) showed a gradual shift in the degradation pathway for polyubiquitinated proteins from the proteasome pathway to autophagy during replicative senescence in HDFs.”

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Authors
Gamerdinger, M., Hajieva, P., Kaya, A. M., Wolfrum, U., Hartl, F. U., & Behl, C.
Affiliations
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
  • Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (DE)
Corresponding author
Behl, Christian
Venue
The EMBO Journal
Published
2009-02-19
Volume
28
Issue
7
Pages
889-901
ISSN
  • 0261-4189 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2075
OpenAlex
W2094186182
Cited by
522
References
42
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FWCI
23.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The EMBO Journal (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Heat shock proteins research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
Keywords
protein quality control, aging, BAG3, BAG-1, macroautophagy, autophagy, polyubiquitinated proteins, proteasome, p62, LC3-II, cathepsin activity, neuronal aging, brain aging, proteostasis, protein aggregation, oxidative stress
MeSH terms
Animals, Autophagy, DNA-Binding Proteins, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Transcription Factors, Cellular Senescence, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, Mice, Rats

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