Journal article
ATF6α Optimizes Long-Term Endoplasmic Reticulum Function to Protect Cells from Chronic Stress
Developmental cell, Vol.13(3), pp.351-364
2007
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2007.07.005
PMID: 17765679
Abstract
In vertebrates, three proteins—PERK, IRE1α, and ATF6α—sense protein-misfolding stress in the ER and initiate ER-to-nucleus signaling cascades to improve cellular function. The mechanism by which this unfolded protein response (UPR) protects ER function during stress is not clear. To address this issue, we have deleted
Atf6α in the mouse. ATF6α is neither essential for basal expression of ER protein chaperones nor for embryonic or postnatal development. However, ATF6α is required in both cells and tissues to optimize protein folding, secretion, and degradation during ER stress and thus to facilitate recovery from acute stress and tolerance to chronic stress. Challenge of
Atf6α null animals in vivo compromises organ function and survival despite functional overlap between UPR sensors. These results suggest that the vertebrate ATF6α pathway evolved to maintain ER function when cells are challenged with chronic stress and provide a rationale for the overlap among the three UPR pathways.
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- Title: Subtitle
- ATF6α Optimizes Long-Term Endoplasmic Reticulum Function to Protect Cells from Chronic Stress
- Creators
- Jun Wu - Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USAD. Thomas Rutkowski - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USAMeghan Dubois - Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USAJayanth Swathirajan - Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USAThomas Saunders - Transgenic Animal Model Core, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USAJunying Wang - Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USABenbo Song - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USAGrace D.-Y Yau - Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USARandal J Kaufman - Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Developmental cell, Vol.13(3), pp.351-364
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.devcel.2007.07.005
- PMID
- 17765679
- ISSN
- 1534-5807
- eISSN
- 1878-1551
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2007
- Academic Unit
- Anatomy and Cell Biology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094560602771
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