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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
40
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-6
pubmed:abstractText
Huntington's disease (HD) and other polyglutamine (polyQ) neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by neuronal accumulation of the disease protein, suggesting that the cellular ability to handle abnormal proteins is compromised. As both a cochaperone and ubiquitin ligase, the C-terminal Hsp70 (heat shock protein 70)-interacting protein (CHIP) links the two major arms of protein quality control, molecular chaperones, and the ubiquitin-proteasome system. Here, we demonstrate that CHIP suppresses polyQ aggregation and toxicity in transfected cell lines, primary neurons, and a novel zebrafish model of disease. Suppression by CHIP requires its cochaperone function, suggesting that CHIP acts to facilitate the solubility of mutant polyQ proteins through its interactions with chaperones. Conversely, HD transgenic mice that are haploinsufficient for CHIP display a markedly accelerated disease phenotype. We conclude that CHIP is a critical mediator of the neuronal response to misfolded polyQ protein and represents a potential therapeutic target in this important class of neurodegenerative diseases.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9152-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Cercopithecus aethiops, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Embryo, Nonmammalian, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Huntington Disease, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Microtubule-Associated Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Neural Inhibition, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Radioimmunoassay, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, pubmed-meshheading:16207874-Zebrafish
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
CHIP suppresses polyglutamine aggregation and toxicity in vitro and in vivo.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural