title: Multiple aggregates and aggresomes of C-terminal truncated human αA-crystallins in mammalian cells and protection by αB-crystallin.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cleavage of 11 (αA162), 5 (αA168) and 1 (αA172) residues from the C-terminus of αA-crystallin creates structurally and functionally different proteins. The formation of these post-translationally modified αA-crystallins is enhanced in diabetes. In the present study, the fate of the truncated αA-crystallins expressed in living mammalian cells in the presence and absence of native αA- or αB-crystallin has been studied by laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSM).
  
  
  RESULTS
  YFP tagged αAwt, αA162, αA168 and αA172, were individually transfected or co-transfected with CFP tagged αAwt or αBwt, expressed in HeLa cells and studied by LSM. Difference in protein aggregation was not caused by different level of α-crystallin expression because Western blotting results showed nearly same level of expression of the various α-crystallins. The FRET-acceptor photo-bleaching protocol was followed to study in situ protein-protein interaction. αA172 interacted with αAwt and αBwt better than αA168 and αA162, interaction of αBwt being two-fold stronger than that of αAwt. Furthermore, aggresomes were detected in cells individually expressing αA162 and αA168 constructs and co-expression with αBwt significantly sequestered the aggresomes. There was no sequestration of aggresomes with αAwt co-expression with the truncated constructs, αA162 and αA168. Double immunocytochemistry technique was used for co-localization of γ-tubulin with αA-crystallin to demonstrate the perinuclear aggregates were aggresomes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  αA172 showed the strongest interaction with both αAwt and αBwt. Native αB-crystallin provided protection to partially unfolded truncated αA-crystallins whereas native αA-crystallin did not. Aggresomes were detected in cells expressing αA162 and αA168 and αBwt co-expression with these constructs diminished the aggresome formation. Co-localization of γ-tubulin in perinuclear aggregates validates for aggresomes.
authors: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America.
authors: Ilangovan
authors: I
authors: Raju
authors: Anbarasu
authors: A
authors: Kumarasamy
authors: Edathara C
authors: EC
authors: Abraham
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