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Calcium depletion challenges endoplasmic reticulum proteostasis by destabilising BiP-substrate complexes

  1. Steffen Preissler  Is a corresponding author
  2. Claudia Rato
  3. Yahui Yan
  4. Luke A Perera
  5. Aron Czako
  6. David Ron  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.62601
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  1. Steffen Preissler
  2. Claudia Rato
  3. Yahui Yan
  4. Luke A Perera
  5. Aron Czako
  6. David Ron
(2020)
Calcium depletion challenges endoplasmic reticulum proteostasis by destabilising BiP-substrate complexes
eLife 9:e62601.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.62601
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Abstract

The metazoan endoplasmic reticulum (ER) serves both as a hub for maturation of secreted proteins and as an intracellular calcium storage compartment, facilitating calcium release-dependent cellular processes. ER calcium depletion robustly activates the unfolded protein response (UPR). However, it is unclear how fluctuations in ER calcium impact organellar proteostasis. Here we report that calcium selectively affects the dynamics of the abundant metazoan ER Hsp70 chaperone BiP, by enhancing its affinity for ADP. In the calcium-replete ER, ADP rebinding to post-ATP hydrolysis BiP-substrate complexes competes with ATP binding during both spontaneous and co-chaperone-assisted nucleotide exchange, favouring substrate retention. Conversely, in the calcium-depleted ER, relative acceleration of ADP-to-ATP exchange favours substrate release. These findings explain the rapid dissociation of certain substrates from BiP observed in the calcium-depleted ER and suggest a mechanism for tuning ER quality control and coupling UPR activity to signals that mobilise ER calcium in secretory cells.

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  1. Steffen Preissler

    Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  2. Claudia Rato

    Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  3. Yahui Yan

    Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  4. Luke A Perera

    Clinical Biochemistry (CIMR), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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    Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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    Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  1. Steffen Preissler
  2. Claudia Rato
  3. Yahui Yan
  4. Luke A Perera
  5. Aron Czako
  6. David Ron
(2020)
Calcium depletion challenges endoplasmic reticulum proteostasis by destabilising BiP-substrate complexes
eLife 9:e62601.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.62601

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