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. 2007 Apr 30;72(2-3):121-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.10.030. Epub 2006 Nov 20.

Testing the possible inhibition of proteasome by direct interaction with ubiquitylated and aggregated huntingtin

Adriana G Valera  1 , Miguel Díaz-Hernández, Félix Hernández, José J Lucas
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Testing the possible inhibition of proteasome by direct interaction with ubiquitylated and aggregated huntingtin

Adriana G Valera et al. Brain Res Bull. .

Abstract

An impairment of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) has been postulated in Huntington's disease (HD) and in other CAG-triplet repeat disorders. This hypothesis arises from the observation that polyglutamine (polyQ)-containing inclusion bodies that are characteristic of these diseases also contain components of the UPS. However, since that initial discovery, the UPS impairment hypothesis has remained controversial. Recent in vitro enzymatic studies revealed the inability of eukaryotic proteasomes to digest expanded polyQ, thus suggesting that occasional failure of polyQ to exit the proteasome may interfere with its proteolytic function. However, it has also recently been found that in vitro assembled aggregates made of synthetic polyQ fail to inhibit proteasome activity. Here we propose future experiments that may help to ellucidate whether a direct interaction between proteasomes and polyQ stretches or aggregates can result in inhibition of proteasome activity.

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