Role of the ribosomal quality control machinery in nucleocytoplasmic translocation of polyQ-expanded huntingtin exon-1

• The subcellular localization of polyQ-expanded huntingtin exon1 (Httex1) modulates polyQ toxicity in models of Huntington's disease. Using genome-wide screens in a yeast model system, we report that the ribosome quality control (RQC) machinery, recently implicated in neurodegeneration, is a key determinant for the nucleocytoplasmic distribution of Httex1-103Q, Deletion of the RQC genes, LTN1 or RQC1, caused the accumulation of Httex1-103Q in the nucleus through a process that required the CAT-tail tagging activity of Rqc2 and transport via the nuclear pore complex. We provide evidence that nuclear accumulation of Httex1-103Q enhances its cytotoxicity, suggesting that the RQC machinery plays an important role in protecting cells against the adverse effects of polyQ expansion proteins. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologi -- Biokemi och molekylärbiologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences -- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (hsv//eng)

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PolyQ protein

Huntington's disease

RQC

Nucleocytoplasmic translocation

neuronal intranuclear inclusions

e3 ubiquitin ligase

control complex

saccharomyces-cerevisiae

protein aggregation

transgenic mice

messenger-rnas

yeast

translation

toxicity

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