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Study of Protein-protein Interactions in Autophagy Research
Published on: September 9, 2017
PINK1 controls RTN3L-mediated ER autophagy by regulating peripheral tubule junctions
Ravi Chidambaram1, Kamal Kumar1, Smriti Parashar1
1Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Here, we report that the RTN3L-SEC24C endoplasmic reticulum autophagy (ER-phagy) receptor complex, the CUL3KLHL12 E3 ligase that ubiquitinates RTN3L, and the FIP200 autophagy initiating protein, target mutant proinsulin (Akita) condensates for lysosomal delivery at ER tubule junctions. When delivery was blocked, Akita condensates accumulated in the ER. In exploring the role of tubulation in these events, we unexpectedly found that loss of the Parkinson's disease protein, PINK1, reduced peripheral tubule junctions and blocked ER-phagy. Overexpression of the PINK1 kinase substrate, DRP1, increased junctions, reduced Akita condensate accumulation, and restored lysosomal delivery in PINK1-depleted cells. DRP1 is a dual-functioning protein that promotes ER tubulation and severs mitochondria at ER-mitochondria contact sites. DRP1-dependent ER tubulating activity was sufficient for suppression. Supporting these findings, we observed PINK1 associating with ER tubules. Our findings show that PINK1 shapes the ER to target misfolded proinsulin for RTN3L-SEC24C-mediated macro-ER-phagy at defined ER sites called peripheral junctions. These observations may have important implications for understanding Parkinson's disease.
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