PMID:21343367

Citation	Rumpf, S, Lee, SB, Jan, LY and Jan, YN (2011) Neuronal remodeling and apoptosis require VCP-dependent degradation of the apoptosis inhibitor DIAP1. Development 138:1153-60
Abstract	The regulated degeneration of axons or dendrites (pruning) and neuronal apoptosis are widely used during development to determine the specificity of neuronal connections. Pruning and apoptosis often share similar mechanisms; for example, developmental dendrite pruning of Drosophila class IV dendritic arborization (da) neurons is induced by local caspase activation triggered by ubiquitin-mediated degradation of the caspase inhibitor DIAP1. Here, we examined the function of Valosin-containing protein (VCP), a ubiquitin-selective AAA chaperone involved in endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation, autophagy and neurodegenerative disease, in Drosophila da neurons. Strong VCP inhibition is cell lethal, but milder inhibition interferes with dendrite pruning and developmental apoptosis. These defects are associated with impaired caspase activation and high DIAP1 levels. In cultured cells, VCP binds to DIAP1 in a ubiquitin- and BIR domain-dependent manner and facilitates its degradation. Our results establish a new link between ubiquitin, dendrite pruning and the apoptosis machinery.
Links	PubMed PMC3042870 Online version:10.1242/dev.062703
Keywords	Adenosine Triphosphatases/antagonists & inhibitors; Adenosine Triphosphatases/genetics; Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism; Adenosine Triphosphatases/physiology; Animals; Animals, Genetically Modified; Apoptosis/genetics; Apoptosis/physiology; Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/metabolism; Caspases/metabolism; Cell Cycle Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors; Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics; Cell Cycle Proteins/metabolism; Cell Cycle Proteins/physiology; Cell Survival/genetics; Cell Survival/physiology; Cells, Cultured; Dendrites/metabolism; Dendrites/physiology; Drosophila/genetics; Drosophila/metabolism; Drosophila/physiology; Drosophila Proteins/metabolism; Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins/metabolism; Models, Biological; Neurons/metabolism; Neurons/pathology; Neurons/physiology; Protein Processing, Post-Translational/genetics; Stress, Physiological/genetics
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Gene product	Qualifier	GO Term	Evidence Code	with/from	Aspect	Extension	Notes	Status
DROME:TERA	involved_in	GO:0048813: dendrite morphogenesis	ECO:0000315: mutant phenotype evidence used in manual assertion		P		Seeded From UniProt	complete
DROME:TERA	involved_in	GO:0043523: regulation of neuron apoptotic process	ECO:0000315: mutant phenotype evidence used in manual assertion		P		Seeded From UniProt	complete

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