Broad-Spectrum Proteome Editing with an Engineered Bacterial Ubiquitin Ligase Mimic

Copyright © 2019 American Chemical Society. Manipulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway to achieve targeted silencing of cellular proteins has emerged as a reliable and customizable strategy for remodeling the mammalian proteome. One such approach involves engineering bifunctional proteins call...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ludwicki, Morgan B, Li, Jiahe, Stephens, Erin A, Roberts, Richard W, Koide, Shohei, Hammond, Paula T, DeLisa, Matthew P
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Chemical Society (ACS) 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/136198
_version_ 1811071814939443200
author Ludwicki, Morgan B
Li, Jiahe
Stephens, Erin A
Roberts, Richard W
Koide, Shohei
Hammond, Paula T
DeLisa, Matthew P
author_facet Ludwicki, Morgan B
Li, Jiahe
Stephens, Erin A
Roberts, Richard W
Koide, Shohei
Hammond, Paula T
DeLisa, Matthew P
author_sort Ludwicki, Morgan B
collection MIT
description Copyright © 2019 American Chemical Society. Manipulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway to achieve targeted silencing of cellular proteins has emerged as a reliable and customizable strategy for remodeling the mammalian proteome. One such approach involves engineering bifunctional proteins called ubiquibodies that are comprised of a synthetic binding protein fused to an E3 ubiquitin ligase, thus enabling post-translational ubiquitination and degradation of a target protein independent of its function. Here, we have designed a panel of new ubiquibodies based on E3 ubiquitin ligase mimics from bacterial pathogens that are capable of effectively interfacing with the mammalian proteasomal degradation machinery for selective removal of proteins of interest. One of these, the Shigella flexneri effector protein IpaH9.8 fused to a fibronectin type III (FN3) monobody that specifically recognizes green fluorescent protein (GFP), was observed to potently eliminate GFP and its spectral derivatives as well as 15 different FP-tagged mammalian proteins that varied in size (27-179 kDa) and subcellular localization (cytoplasm, nucleus, membrane-associated, and transmembrane). To demonstrate therapeutically relevant delivery of ubiquibodies, we leveraged a bioinspired molecular assembly method whereby synthetic mRNA encoding the GFP-specific ubiquibody was coassembled with poly A binding proteins and packaged into nanosized complexes using biocompatible, structurally defined polypolypeptides bearing cationic amine side groups. The resulting nanoplexes delivered ubiquibody mRNA in a manner that caused efficient target depletion in cultured mammalian cells stably expressing GFP as well as in transgenic mice expressing GFP ubiquitously. Overall, our results suggest that IpaH9.8-based ubiquibodies are a highly modular proteome editing technology with the potential for pharmacologically modulating disease-causing proteins.
first_indexed 2024-09-23T08:56:36Z
format Article
id mit-1721.1/136198
institution Massachusetts Institute of Technology
language English
last_indexed 2024-09-23T08:56:36Z
publishDate 2021
publisher American Chemical Society (ACS)
record_format dspace
spelling mit-1721.1/1361982022-04-01T14:44:57Z Broad-Spectrum Proteome Editing with an Engineered Bacterial Ubiquitin Ligase Mimic Ludwicki, Morgan B Li, Jiahe Stephens, Erin A Roberts, Richard W Koide, Shohei Hammond, Paula T DeLisa, Matthew P Copyright © 2019 American Chemical Society. Manipulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway to achieve targeted silencing of cellular proteins has emerged as a reliable and customizable strategy for remodeling the mammalian proteome. One such approach involves engineering bifunctional proteins called ubiquibodies that are comprised of a synthetic binding protein fused to an E3 ubiquitin ligase, thus enabling post-translational ubiquitination and degradation of a target protein independent of its function. Here, we have designed a panel of new ubiquibodies based on E3 ubiquitin ligase mimics from bacterial pathogens that are capable of effectively interfacing with the mammalian proteasomal degradation machinery for selective removal of proteins of interest. One of these, the Shigella flexneri effector protein IpaH9.8 fused to a fibronectin type III (FN3) monobody that specifically recognizes green fluorescent protein (GFP), was observed to potently eliminate GFP and its spectral derivatives as well as 15 different FP-tagged mammalian proteins that varied in size (27-179 kDa) and subcellular localization (cytoplasm, nucleus, membrane-associated, and transmembrane). To demonstrate therapeutically relevant delivery of ubiquibodies, we leveraged a bioinspired molecular assembly method whereby synthetic mRNA encoding the GFP-specific ubiquibody was coassembled with poly A binding proteins and packaged into nanosized complexes using biocompatible, structurally defined polypolypeptides bearing cationic amine side groups. The resulting nanoplexes delivered ubiquibody mRNA in a manner that caused efficient target depletion in cultured mammalian cells stably expressing GFP as well as in transgenic mice expressing GFP ubiquitously. Overall, our results suggest that IpaH9.8-based ubiquibodies are a highly modular proteome editing technology with the potential for pharmacologically modulating disease-causing proteins. 2021-10-27T20:34:13Z 2021-10-27T20:34:13Z 2019 2019-08-20T18:14:48Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/136198 en 10.1021/acscentsci.9b00127 ACS Central Science Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Chemical Society (ACS) ACM
spellingShingle Ludwicki, Morgan B
Li, Jiahe
Stephens, Erin A
Roberts, Richard W
Koide, Shohei
Hammond, Paula T
DeLisa, Matthew P
Broad-Spectrum Proteome Editing with an Engineered Bacterial Ubiquitin Ligase Mimic
title Broad-Spectrum Proteome Editing with an Engineered Bacterial Ubiquitin Ligase Mimic
title_full Broad-Spectrum Proteome Editing with an Engineered Bacterial Ubiquitin Ligase Mimic
title_fullStr Broad-Spectrum Proteome Editing with an Engineered Bacterial Ubiquitin Ligase Mimic
title_full_unstemmed Broad-Spectrum Proteome Editing with an Engineered Bacterial Ubiquitin Ligase Mimic
title_short Broad-Spectrum Proteome Editing with an Engineered Bacterial Ubiquitin Ligase Mimic
title_sort broad spectrum proteome editing with an engineered bacterial ubiquitin ligase mimic
url https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/136198
work_keys_str_mv AT ludwickimorganb broadspectrumproteomeeditingwithanengineeredbacterialubiquitinligasemimic
AT lijiahe broadspectrumproteomeeditingwithanengineeredbacterialubiquitinligasemimic
AT stephenserina broadspectrumproteomeeditingwithanengineeredbacterialubiquitinligasemimic
AT robertsrichardw broadspectrumproteomeeditingwithanengineeredbacterialubiquitinligasemimic
AT koideshohei broadspectrumproteomeeditingwithanengineeredbacterialubiquitinligasemimic
AT hammondpaulat broadspectrumproteomeeditingwithanengineeredbacterialubiquitinligasemimic
AT delisamatthewp broadspectrumproteomeeditingwithanengineeredbacterialubiquitinligasemimic