HDAC6 and microtubules are required for autophagic degradation of aggregated huntingtin - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2005 Dec 2;280(48):40282-92.

doi: 10.1074/jbc.M508786200. Epub 2005 Sep 28.

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HDAC6 and microtubules are required for autophagic degradation of aggregated huntingtin

Atsushi Iwata et al. J Biol Chem. 2005.

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Abstract

CNS neurons are endowed with the ability to recover from cytotoxic insults associated with the accumulation of proteinaceous polyglutamine aggregates via a process that appears to involve capture and degradation of aggregates by autophagy. The ubiquitin-proteasome system protects cells against proteotoxicity by degrading soluble monomeric misfolded aggregation-prone proteins but is ineffective against, and impaired by, non-native protein oligomers. Here we show that autophagy is induced in response to impaired ubiquitin proteasome system activity. We show that ATG proteins, molecular determinants of autophagic vacuole formation, and lysosomes are recruited to pericentriolar cytoplasmic inclusion bodies by a process requiring an intact microtubule cytoskeleton and the cytoplasmic deacetylase HDAC6. These data suggest that HDAC6-dependent retrograde transport on microtubules is used by cells to increase the efficiency and selectivity of autophagic degradation.

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