Sequestosome 1/p62 shuttles polyubiquitinated tau for proteasomal degradation
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Inclusions isolated from several neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), are characterized by ubiquitin‐positive proteinaceous aggregates. Employing confocal and immunoelectron microscopy, we find that the ubiquitin‐associating protein sequestosome1/p62, co‐localizes to aggregates isolated from AD but not control brain, along with the E3 ubiquitin ligase, TRAF6. This interaction could be recapitulated by co‐transfection in HEK293 cells. Employing both in vitro and in vivo approaches, tau was found to be a substrate of the TRAF6, possessing lysine 63 polyubiquitin chains. Moreover, tau recovered from brain of TRAF6 knockout mice, compared with wild type, was not ubiquitinated. Tau degradation took place through the ubiquitin–proteasome pathway and was dependent upon either the K63‐polyubiquitin chains or upon p62. In brain lysates of p62 knockout mice, tau fails to co‐interact with Rpt1, a proteasomal subunit, thereby indicating a requirement for p62 shuttling of tau to the proteasome. Our results demonstrate that p62 interacts with K63‐polyubiquitinated tau through its UBA domain and serves a novel role in regulating tau proteasomal degradation. We propose a model whereby either a decline in p62 expression or a decrease in proteasome activity may contribute to accumulation of insoluble/aggregated K63‐polyubiquitinated tau.
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TRAF6 induces Lys63-linked tau polyubiquitination and 26S proteasome-mediated tau degradation.
“TRAF6 induces Lys63-linked tau polyubiquitination and 26S proteasome-mediated tau degradation [168].”
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- Authors
- Babu, J. R., Geetha, T., & Wooten, M. W.
- Affiliations
- Auburn University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Neurochemistry
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2005-06-10
- Volume
- 94
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 192-203
- ISSN
- 0022-3042 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-4159
- OpenAlex
- W2091829752
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- 6.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Neurochemistry (publishedVersion)
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- Funders
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS033661, NS-33661)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Keywords
- tau protein, K63-linked ubiquitination, TRAF6, ubiquitin-proteasome system, proteasomal degradation, Alzheimer's disease, protein aggregates, UBA domain, neurodegeneration
- MeSH terms
- Sequestosome-1 Protein, Aged, Animals, Cell Line, Female, Genetic Vectors, Humans, Male, Proteins, PC12 Cells, tau Proteins, Polyubiquitin, Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Rats
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