PMID:15294975

Citation	Sevilla, LM, Comstock, SS, Swier, K and Miller, J (2004) Endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation-induced dissociation of class II invariant chain complexes containing a glycosylation-deficient form of p41. J. Immunol. 173:2586-93
Abstract	The quality control system in the secretory pathway can identify and eliminate misfolded proteins through endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD). ERAD is thought to occur by retrotranslocation through the Sec61 complex into the cytosol and degradation by the proteasome. However, the extent of disassembly of oligomeric proteins and unfolding of polypeptide chains that is required for retrotranslocation is not fully understood. In this report we used a glycosylation mutant of the p41 isoform of invariant chain (Ii) to evaluate the ability of ERAD to discriminate between correctly folded and misfolded subunits in an oligomeric complex. We show that loss of glycosylation at position 239 of p41 does not detectably affect Ii trimerization or association with class II but does result in a defect in endoplasmic reticulum export of Ii that ultimately leads to its degradation via the ERAD pathway. Although class II associated with the mutated form of p41 is initially retained in the endoplasmic reticulum, it is subsequently released and traffics through the Golgi to the plasma membrane. ERAD-mediated degradation of the mutant p41 is dependent on mannose trimming and inhibition of mannosidase I stabilizes Ii. Interestingly, inhibition of mannosidase I also results in prolonged association between the mutant Ii and class II, indicating that complex disassembly and release of class II is linked to mannosidase-dependent ERAD targeting of the misfolded Ii. These results suggest that the ERAD machinery can induce subunit disassembly, specifically targeting misfolded subunits to degradation and sparing properly folded subunits for reassembly and/or export.
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Keywords	Animals; Antigens, CD/genetics; Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte/chemistry; Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte/metabolism; Blotting, Western; Cells, Cultured; Endoplasmic Reticulum/metabolism; Fluorescent Antibody Technique; Glycosylation; Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/chemistry; Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/metabolism; Mice; Mutation; Precipitin Tests; Protein Folding; Protein Isoforms; Protein Processing, Post-Translational; Protein Structure, Tertiary; Transfection
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