
The ability to remove unwanted proteins is an important cellular feature. Classically, this involves the enzymatic addition of ubiquitin moieties followed by degradation in the proteasome. Nedd4 proteins are ubiquitin ligases important not only for protein degradation, but also for protein trafficking. Nedd4 proteins can bind to target proteins either by themselves or through adaptor protein Ndfip1 (Nedd4 family-interacting protein 1). An alternative mechanism for protein removal and trafficking is provided by exosomes, which are small vesicles (50-90-nm diameter) originating from late endosomes and multivesicular bodies (MVBs). Exosomes provide a rapid means of shedding obsolete proteins and also for cell to cell communication. In the present work, we show that Ndfip1 is detectable in exosomes secreted from transfected cells and also from primary neurons. Compared with control, Ndfip1 increases exosome secretion from transfected cells. Furthermore, while Nedd4, Nedd4-2, and Itch are normally absent from exosomes, expression of Ndfip1 results in recruitment of all three Nedd4 proteins into exosomes. Together, these results suggest that Ndfip1 is important for protein trafficking via exosomes, and provides a mechanism for cargoing passenger proteins such as Nedd4 family proteins. Given the positive roles of Ndfip1/Nedd4 in improving neuronal survival during brain injury, it is possible that exosome secretion provides a novel route for rapid sequestration and removal of proteins during stress.
570, Ndfip1, Nedd4 family proteins, Cell Survival, Nedd4 Ubiquitin Protein Ligases, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Proliferation and Death, 612, Cell Communication, Exosomes, Transfection, Electron, Biochemistry, Models, Biological, 1303 Specialist Studies in Education, Cell Line, 1307 Cell Biology, Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, Models, 0601 (four-digit-FOR), 1312 Molecular Biology, Transmission, Humans, Molecular Biology, Neurons, Microscopy, Brefeldin A, Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport, Brain, Membrane Proteins, Cell Biology, Biological, Repressor Proteins, 060103 Cell Development, Carrier Proteins
570, Ndfip1, Nedd4 family proteins, Cell Survival, Nedd4 Ubiquitin Protein Ligases, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Proliferation and Death, 612, Cell Communication, Exosomes, Transfection, Electron, Biochemistry, Models, Biological, 1303 Specialist Studies in Education, Cell Line, 1307 Cell Biology, Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, Models, 0601 (four-digit-FOR), 1312 Molecular Biology, Transmission, Humans, Molecular Biology, Neurons, Microscopy, Brefeldin A, Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport, Brain, Membrane Proteins, Cell Biology, Biological, Repressor Proteins, 060103 Cell Development, Carrier Proteins
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