Identification of ubiquitin-interacting proteins in purified polyglutamine aggregates

FEBS Lett. 2004 Jul 30;571(1-3):171-6. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.06.077.

Abstract

Nuclear aggregates of enhanced green fluorescent protein and nuclear localization signal-fused truncated N-terminal huntingtin containing 150 repeats of glutamine residue were purified from ecdysine-inducible mutant neuro2A cell line by sequential extraction of nuclear soluble proteins. To analyze the aggregate-interacting proteins, we subjected the nuclear aggregates to high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis. The resulting data revealed the presence of three new putative aggregate-interacting proteins: ubiquilin 1, ubiquilin 2 and Tollip. These proteins also associated with neuronal intranuclear inclusions in a mouse model of Huntington disease (HD). These aggregate-interacting proteins contain ubiquitin-interacting motifs, suggesting that they are recruited to the aggregates where they may lose their normal function.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Nucleus / metabolism
  • Exons
  • Glutamine / metabolism
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins
  • Kinetics
  • Luminescent Proteins / genetics
  • Mice
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Peptides / chemistry*
  • Peptides / metabolism
  • Plasmids
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Transfection
  • Ubiquitin / metabolism*

Substances

  • Luminescent Proteins
  • Peptides
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Ubiquitin
  • Glutamine
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins
  • polyglutamine