title: Bag1 Co-chaperone Promotes TRC8 E3 Ligase-dependent Degradation of Misfolded Human Ether a Go-Go-related Gene (hERG) Potassium Channels.
abstract: Cardiac long QT syndrome type 2 is caused by mutations in the human ether a go-go-related gene (hERG) potassium channel, many of which cause misfolding and degradation at the endoplasmic reticulum instead of normal trafficking to the cell surface. The Hsc70/Hsp70 chaperones assist the folding of the hERG cytosolic domains. Here, we demonstrate that the Hsp70 nucleotide exchange factor Bag1 promotes hERG degradation by the ubiquitin-proteasome system at the endoplasmic reticulum to regulate hERG levels and channel activity. Dissociation of hERG complexes containing Hsp70 and the E3 ubiquitin ligase CHIP requires the interaction of Bag1 with Hsp70, but this does not involve the Bag1 ubiquitin-like domain. The interaction with Bag1 then shifts hERG degradation to the membrane-anchored E3 ligase TRC8 and its E2-conjugating enzyme Ube2g2, as determined by siRNA screening. TRC8 interacts through the transmembrane region with hERG and decreases hERG functional expression. TRC8 also mediates degradation of the misfolded hERG-G601S disease mutant, but pharmacological stabilization of the mutant structure prevents degradation. Our results identify TRC8 as a previously unknown Hsp70-independent quality control E3 ligase for hERG.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of Physiology and.|Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 0B1, Canada.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hantouche
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry and.|Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 0B1, Canada.
authors.forename: Brittany
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Williamson
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of Physiology and.|Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 0B1, Canada.
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Valinsky
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of Physiology and.|Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 0B1, Canada.
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of Physiology and alvin.shrier@mcgill.ca.|Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 0B1, Canada.
authors.forename: Alvin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shrier
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry and jason.young2@mcgill.ca.|Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 0B1, Canada.
authors.forename: Jason C
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9158-3090
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D018833:Chaperonins / Q000502:physiology*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D051638:Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D057809:HEK293 Cells; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D011485:Protein Binding; D017510:Protein Folding; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C091732:BCL2-associated athanogene 1 protein; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051638:Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D014157:Transcription Factors; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D018833:Chaperonins
keywords: E3 ubiquitin ligase; chaperone; chaperone DnaK (DnaK); endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradation (ERAD); intracellular trafficking; potassium channel