Zhangfei/CREB-ZF - a potential regulator of the unfolded protein response.
Cells respond to perturbations in the microenvironment of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and to the overloading of its capacity to process secretory and membrane-associate proteins, by activating the Unfolded Protein Response (UPR). Genes that mediate the UPR are regulated by three basic leucine-zi...
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| author | Rui Zhang Noreen Rapin Zhengxin Ying Erika Shklanka Timothy W Bodnarchuk Valerie M K Verge Vikram Misra |
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| description | Cells respond to perturbations in the microenvironment of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and to the overloading of its capacity to process secretory and membrane-associate proteins, by activating the Unfolded Protein Response (UPR). Genes that mediate the UPR are regulated by three basic leucine-zipper (bLZip) motif-containing transcription factors - Xbp1s, ATF4 and ATF6. A failure of the UPR to achieve homeostasis and its continued stimulation leads to apoptosis. Mechanisms must therefore exist to turn off the UPR if it successfully restores normalcy. The bLZip protein Zhangfei/CREBZF/SMILE is known to suppress the ability of several, seemingly structurally unrelated, transcription factors. These targets include Luman/CREB3 and CREBH, ER-resident bLZip proteins known to activate the UPR in some cell types. Here we show that Zhangfei had a suppressive effect on most UPR genes activated by the calcium ionophore thapsigargin. This effect was at least partially due to the interaction of Zhangfei with Xbp1s. The leucine zipper of Zhangfei was required for this interaction, which led to the subsequent proteasomal degradation of Xbp1s. Zhangfei suppressed the ability of Xbp1s to activate transcription from a promoter containing unfolded protein response elements and significantly reduced the ability to Xbp1s to activate the UPR as measured by RNA and protein levels of UPR-related genes. Finally, specific suppression of endogenous Zhangfei in thapsigargin-treated primary rat sensory neurons with siRNA directed to Zhangfei transcripts, led to a significant increase in transcripts and proteins of UPR genes, suggesting a potential role for Zhangfei in modulating the UPR. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aa3f160553624cb28d37494077d7bf602022-12-22T00:52:38ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-01810e7725610.1371/journal.pone.0077256Zhangfei/CREB-ZF - a potential regulator of the unfolded protein response.Rui ZhangNoreen RapinZhengxin YingErika ShklankaTimothy W BodnarchukValerie M K VergeVikram MisraCells respond to perturbations in the microenvironment of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and to the overloading of its capacity to process secretory and membrane-associate proteins, by activating the Unfolded Protein Response (UPR). Genes that mediate the UPR are regulated by three basic leucine-zipper (bLZip) motif-containing transcription factors - Xbp1s, ATF4 and ATF6. A failure of the UPR to achieve homeostasis and its continued stimulation leads to apoptosis. Mechanisms must therefore exist to turn off the UPR if it successfully restores normalcy. The bLZip protein Zhangfei/CREBZF/SMILE is known to suppress the ability of several, seemingly structurally unrelated, transcription factors. These targets include Luman/CREB3 and CREBH, ER-resident bLZip proteins known to activate the UPR in some cell types. Here we show that Zhangfei had a suppressive effect on most UPR genes activated by the calcium ionophore thapsigargin. This effect was at least partially due to the interaction of Zhangfei with Xbp1s. The leucine zipper of Zhangfei was required for this interaction, which led to the subsequent proteasomal degradation of Xbp1s. Zhangfei suppressed the ability of Xbp1s to activate transcription from a promoter containing unfolded protein response elements and significantly reduced the ability to Xbp1s to activate the UPR as measured by RNA and protein levels of UPR-related genes. Finally, specific suppression of endogenous Zhangfei in thapsigargin-treated primary rat sensory neurons with siRNA directed to Zhangfei transcripts, led to a significant increase in transcripts and proteins of UPR genes, suggesting a potential role for Zhangfei in modulating the UPR.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3796484?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Rui Zhang Noreen Rapin Zhengxin Ying Erika Shklanka Timothy W Bodnarchuk Valerie M K Verge Vikram Misra Zhangfei/CREB-ZF - a potential regulator of the unfolded protein response. PLoS ONE |
| title | Zhangfei/CREB-ZF - a potential regulator of the unfolded protein response. |
| title_full | Zhangfei/CREB-ZF - a potential regulator of the unfolded protein response. |
| title_fullStr | Zhangfei/CREB-ZF - a potential regulator of the unfolded protein response. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Zhangfei/CREB-ZF - a potential regulator of the unfolded protein response. |
| title_short | Zhangfei/CREB-ZF - a potential regulator of the unfolded protein response. |
| title_sort | zhangfei creb zf a potential regulator of the unfolded protein response |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3796484?pdf=render |
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