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Area of Science:

  • Biochemistry
  • Cell Biology
  • Systems Biology

Background:

  • Complex organisms require extracellular protein homeostasis (proteostasis) beyond cellular limits.
  • Misfolded proteins accumulating outside cells contribute to various diseases.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the hierarchical organization of extracellular proteostasis.
  • To explore the components and mechanisms involved in managing extracellular misfolded proteins.
  • To discuss the implications of extracellular proteostasis failure in disease and therapeutic strategies.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on extracellular proteostasis.
  • Analysis of the hierarchical network structure (pericellular, tissue, systemic tiers).
  • Identification of key molecular players (chaperones, proteases, vesicles, receptors, immune cells) and clearance pathways (lymphatic, glymphatic transport).

Main Results:

  • Extracellular proteostasis is organized hierarchically, involving cooperation between secreted factors and clearance organs.
  • Feedback mechanisms involving immune signaling and fluid transport regulate proteostasis capacity.
  • Failures in this stratified defense are implicated in neurodegenerative disorders and systemic amyloidoses.

Conclusions:

  • Extracellular proteostasis is an integrated, systems-level network crucial for health.
  • Understanding this network reveals opportunities for combinatorial and preventive therapies targeting protein misfolding diseases.
  • Strategies include stabilizing proteins, enhancing clearance, and improving fluid transport.