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Mutations in the human ether-a-go-go-related gene dominant negative suppression of wild type hERG channel
(hERG) cause chromosome 7-linked long QT syndrome function (4).
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type II (LQT2). We have shown previously that LQT2 We have previously shown that the LQT2 mutation Y611H is
mutations lead to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retention trafficking-defective (5). This mutant expresses only the imma-
and rapid degradation of mutant hERG proteins. In this ture form of hERG channel protein, which fails to reach the
study we examined the role of the ubiquitin-proteasome plasma membrane. The Y611H mutant protein is retained in
pathway in the degradation of the LQT2 mutation the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and rapidly degraded. It is well
Y611H. We showed that proteasome inhibitors N-acetyl- recognized that newly synthesized proteins in the ER are under
L-leucyl-L-leucyl-L-norleucinal and lactacystin but not
stringent surveillance by a quality control system (6 – 8). The
lysosome inhibitor leupeptin inhibited the degradation ER quality control system ensures that only properly folded
of Y611H mutant channels. In addition, ER mannosidase
and assembled proteins are exported from the ER to the Golgi.
I inhibitor kifunensine and down-regulation of EDEM
Misfolded and unassembled proteins are retained in the ER
(ER degradation-enhancing ␣-mannosidase-like pro-
and eventually degraded by a process termed ER-associated
tein) also suppressed the degradation of Y611H mutant
channels. Proteasome inhibition but not mannosidase degradation (ERAD). According to current models, ERAD sub-
inhibition led to the accumulation of full-length hERG strates undergo retrotranslocation or dislocation from the ER
protein in the cytosol. The hERG protein accumulated to the cytosol, in which they are degraded by the proteasome
in the cytosol was deglycosylated. Proteasome inhibi- (8). In most cases, the degradation by the proteasome is pre-
tion also resulted in the accumulation of polyubiquiti- ceded by polyubiquitination. In addition, mannose trimming by
nated hERG channels. These results suggest that the ER mannosidase I and deglycosylation by cytosolic peptide:N-
degradation of LQT2 mutant channels is mediated by glycanase (PNGase) are important processes in proteasomal
the cytosolic proteasome in a process that involves man- degradation of glycoproteins (8). Recently EDEM (ER degrada-
nose trimming, polyubiquitination, and deglycosylation tion-enhancing ␣-mannosidase-like protein) has been shown to
of mutant channels. play a crucial role in the degradation of misfolded glycoproteins
(9, 10).
The importance of ERAD is underscored by the fact that
Long QT syndrome is a cardiac disorder characterized by proteasomal degradation of misfolded proteins has been shown
prolongation of QT intervals on the electrocardiogram and a in an increasing number of human diseases. The role of ERAD
high risk of sudden death due to ventricular arrhythmias. The in the degradation of misfolded proteins has been studied ex-
chromosome 7-linked form of the inherited long QT syndrome tensively in cystic fibrosis and ␣1-antitrypsin deficiency (11,
(long QT syndrome type II (LQT2))1 is caused by mutations of 12). Defective trafficking of mutant channels to the plasma
human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) (1). hERG encodes membrane has been shown as the most common mechanism of
the pore-forming subunit of the rapidly activating-delayed rec- hERG channel dysfunction in LQT2. More than 15 LQT2 mu-
tifier K⫹ channel (IKr) in the heart (2, 3). Studies of LQT2 tations have been reported to cause defective trafficking of
mutant channels expressed heterologously in oocytes or mam- mutant channels (13, 14). These LQT2 mutations lead to mis-
malian cells have shown that LQT2 mutations cause hERG folding, ER retention, and the degradation of mutant hERG
channel dysfunction by multiple mechanisms including defec- channels (5, 13, 14). Although degradation of mutant hERG
tive protein trafficking, abnormal gating or permeation, and channels by the proteasome has been suggested (15, 16), little
is known about how mutant hERG channels are targeted to the
* This work was supported by Grant HL68854 (to Z. Z.) from the cytosolic proteasome for degradation. In this study, we ana-
National Institutes of Health and an award to Oregon Health and lyzed the role of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in the deg-
Science University under the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Bio- radation of the LQT2 mutant Y611H. Our results suggest that
medical Research Support Program for Medical Research. The costs of
publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page the mutant hERG protein is targeted to the proteasome for
charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked “advertisement” degradation by dislocation from the ER membrane to the cy-
in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact. tosol. The proteasome-dependent degradation involves man-
¶ To whom correspondence should be addressed: Div. of Molecular
nose trimming, ubiquitination, and deglycosylation of
Medicine, NRC3, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 S.W.
Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR 97239. Tel.: 503-494-2713; Fax: mutant channels.
503-494-7368; E-mail: zhouzh@ohsu.edu. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES
1
The abbreviations used are: LQT2, long QT syndrome type II;
hERG, human ether-a-go-go-related gene; ER, endoplasmic reticulum; Reagents and Cell Transfection—The proteasome inhibitors lactacys-
ERAD, ER-associated degradation; ALLN, N-acetyl-L-leucyl-L-leucyl-L- tin and N-acetyl-L-leucyl-L-leucyl-L-norleucinal (ALLN) were purchased
norleucinal; PNGase, peptide:N-glycanase; GFP, green fluorescence from Kamiya Biomedical Co. (Seattle, WA) and Calbiochem, respec-
protein; siRNA, small interfering RNA; siGFP, GFP-directed siRNA; tively. The ER mannosidase I inhibitor kifunensine was purchased from
siEDEM, EDEM-directed siRNA. Toronto Research Chemicals, Inc. (North York, Ontario, Canada). Anti-
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detection kit. Deglycosylation of hERG proteins by PNGase was per- analyzed by actin riboprobe using RPAII and BrightStart BioDetect
formed as described previously (17). kits (Ambion). Yeast tRNA was used as a control for the complete
Metabolic Labeling and Immunoprecipitation—Cells in 35-mm digestion of the probes by RNase.
plates were pulse-labeled for 1 h in methionine- and cysteine-free Dul-
becco’s modified Eagle’s medium containing 110 Ci/ml [35S]methi- RESULTS
onine/cysteine and chased in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium with The involvement of the proteasome in the degradation of
2 mM unlabeled methionine and cysteine for time intervals up to 24 h.
hERG channel was initially assessed by examining the effect of
For drug treatment, 50 M ALLN, 20 M lactacystin, 100 M leupeptin,
or 100 M kifunensine was added 1 h before pulse labeling and was proteasome inhibitors ALLN and lactacystin on the steady
continuously included in the culture medium during the pulse and the state protein levels of wild type hERG and the LQT2 mutant
chase periods. At the end of chase period, cells were lysed in 600 l of Y611H. Fig. 1 shows Western blot analysis of hERG channel in
immunoprecipitation buffer containing 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, 150 mM HEK293 cells stably transfected with wild type hERG or
NaCl, 1 mM EDTA, 1% Triton X-100, 1% sodium deoxycholate, 0.1% Y611H. Wild type hERG expressed two protein bands, an upper
SDS, 1 mg/ml bovine serum albumin, and protease inhibitors (100 M
band of 155 kDa and a lower band of 135 kDa, whereas the
phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, 1 g/ml pepstatin A, 1 g/ml leupeptin,
4 l/ml aprotinin). After centrifugation at 14,000 ⫻ g for 10 min at 4 °C, Y611H mutant expressed only the 135-kDa lower band. We
cell lysates were precleared by incubation with protein A-agarose beads have previously shown that the upper band is the fully glyco-
(Pierce). hERG antiserum (1:100 dilution) was then added, and the sylated, mature form of the channel protein located in the
mixture was incubated at 4 °C overnight. The antigen-antibody com- plasma membrane, and the lower band is a core-glycosylated,
plexes were isolated with protein A-agarose beads, subjected to 7.5% immature form of the channel protein located in the ER (5).
SDS-PAGE, and visualized with autoradiography. For quantitative
Exposure to 50 M ALLN or 20 M lactacystin for 24 h signif-
analysis, the dried gels were exposed to a K-screen and quantified by
phosphorimaging analysis using Quantity One soft ware (Bio-Rad, Mo- icantly increased protein levels of the immature form without
lecular Imager FX). an apparent increase in the mature form of wild type hERG or
Detection of Ubiquitinated hERG Proteins—Cells were lysed in 600 Y611H. The lysosome inhibitor leupeptin had no effect on pro-
l of immunoprecipitation buffer. Cell lysates containing an equal tein levels of wild type hERG or Y611H. These results strongly
amount of protein were immunoprecipitated with anti-hERG antibody suggest that the proteasome is involved in the degradation of
at 1:100 dilution as described above. The immunoprecipitates were
the immature form of hERG channels.
subjected to 5.5% SDS-PAGE and electrophoretically transferred onto
nitrocellulose membranes. The membranes were probed with mono- To further examine the role of the proteasome in the degra-
clonal anti-ubiquitin antibody at 1:500 dilution. The membranes were dation of hERG channels, we performed pulse-chase analysis.
also probed with anti-hERG antibody after stripping of the bound In these experiments, cells expressing wild type hERG or
anti-ubiquitin antibodies. Y611H were metabolically labeled with [35S]methionine and
Subcellular Fractionation—Cells were homogenized in 600 l of ho- [35S]cysteine for 1 h and chased with unlabeled methionine and
mogenization buffer containing 10 mM Tris-HCl. pH 7.4, 1 mM EDTA,
cysteine for up to 24 h under control conditions or in the
and proteinase inhibitors with a Dounce homogenizer. Cells metaboli-
cally labeled by [35S]methionine/cysteine were homogenized in 600 l of presence of 50 M ALLN (Fig. 2A). Under control conditions,
homogenization buffer by freezing and thawing the cell suspension and wild type hERG was initially synthesized as the 135-kDa im-
passing it 10 times through a 25-gauge needle as described previously mature form, which was gradually converted to the 155-kDa
(18). Homogenates were centrifuged at 1000 ⫻ g for 10 min to remove mature form. The kinetics of hERG channel maturation and
unbroken cells and nuclei. The postnuclear supernatant was then cen- degradation were analyzed by phosphorimaging quantification.
trifuged at 10,000 ⫻ g for 30 min. The supernatant from the 10,000 ⫻
As shown in Fig. 2B, the conversion of wild type hERG from the
g centrifugation was further centrifuged at 100,000 ⫻ g for 60 min.
Membrane pellets from 10,000 ⫻ g and 100,000 ⫻ g spins were washed immature to the mature form became obvious at 2 h of chase
with homogenization buffer and solubilized in a buffer containing 50 and reached a maximum at 8 h. About 60% of the immature
mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, 1 mM EDTA, 150 mM NaCl, 1% Triton X-100, 1% form was converted to the mature form. In the presence of
sodium deoxycholate, 0.1% SDS, 1 mg/ml bovine serum albumin, and ALLN, there was a significant increase in the amount of la-
protease inhibitors. The supernatant from the 100,000 ⫻ g centrifuga- beled immature form of wild type hERG. The increase in the
tion (cytosolic fraction) was adjusted to a final concentration of 150 mM
immature form, however, did not result in an increase in the
NaCl, 1% Triton X-100, and 1 mg/ml bovine serum albumin. Solubilized
membranes and cytosolic fractions were analyzed by immunoprecipita- mature form during the chase. In fact, ALLN significantly
tion and immunoblot as described above. Equal fractions from each reduced the efficiency of hERG channel maturation, as only
pellet and supernatant were analyzed. about 20% of the immature form was converted to the mature
RNase Protection Assay—Twenty-four h after transfection with form in the presence of ALLN.
siRNAs, the cells were harvested and total RNA isolated using the In pulse-chase experiments, the Y611H mutant was initially
RNeasy method (Qiagen, Valencia, CA). RNase protection probes were
synthesized as the 135-kDa immature form and was not con-
made by subcloning a 452-nucleotide cDNA fragment corresponding to
1386 –1838 bp of EDEM and a 290-nucleotide cDNA fragment corre- verted to the mature form during the chase (Fig. 2C). Rather,
sponding to 466 –756 bp of actin into pCRII vector (Invitrogen). The the mutant protein underwent progressive degradation with
antisense RNA probes were transcribed using a MAXIscript in vitro complete disappearance of the 135-kDa band by 24 h. Kinetic
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of the Y611H mutant channel. Cells expressing Y611H mutant were
pulse-labeled for 1 h and chased for 8 h in the absence or presence of 20
M lactacystin (LACT) (A), or 100 M leupeptin (LEUP) (B). hERG
channels were immunoprecipitated with anti-hERG antibody and sub-
jected to electrophoresis on SDS-polyacrylamide gel for analysis. Quan-
tified data are plotted as percentage of the value at time point 0, and the
data shown are means from two independent experiments.
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(IP) with anti-hERG antibody followed by serial immunoblotting (IB)
with anti-ubiquitin (upper panel) and anti-hERG (lower panel) antibod-
ies. B, ALLN-treated cells were homogenized and fractionated. Samples
from membrane (M) and cytosolic (C) fractions were analyzed by im-
munoprecipitation with anti-hERG antibody followed by serial immu-
noblotting with anti-ubiquitin (upper panel) and anti-hERG (lower
panel) antibodies.
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kifunensine. A, the cell lysates were subjected to immunoprecipitation
with anti-hERG antibody and SDS-PAGE. B, samples from membrane
and cytosolic fractions were analyzed by immunoprecipitation with
anti-hERG antibody and SDS-PAGE.
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extracellular domain between transmembrane segments 5 and
Acknowledgments—We thank Drs. Linda S. Musil and
6 (24). N-Linked glycosylation begins with the en bloc transfer William R. Skach for helpful advice and discussion of the manuscript.
of a preassembled oligosaccharide chain, Glu3Man9GluNA2, to
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Degradation of Trafficking-defective Long QT Syndrome Type II Mutant Channels
by the Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway
Qiuming Gong, David R. Keeney, Maurizio Molinari and Zhengfeng Zhou
J. Biol. Chem. 2005, 280:19419-19425.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M502327200 originally published online March 10, 2005
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