| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Exon skipping of cathepsin B : mitochondrial targeting of a lysosomal peptidase provokes cell death |
| Authors: | Müntener, Kathrin Zwicky, Roman Csucs, Gabor Rohrer, Jack Baici, Antonio |
| DOI: | 10.1074/jbc.M405333200 |
| Published in: | Journal of Biological Chemistry |
| Volume(Issue): | 279 |
| Issue: | 39 |
| Page(s): | 41012 |
| Pages to: | 41017 |
| Issue Date: | 24-Sep-2004 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| ISSN: | 1083-351X |
| Language: | English |
| Subject (DDC): | 572: Biochemistry |
| Abstract: | The alternatively spliced messenger RNA of the human cysteine peptidase cathepsin B missing exons 2 and 3 encodes a truncated form of the enzyme lacking the signal peptide and part of the inhibitory propeptide. This deletion results in a new N-terminal leader sequence characteristic of proteins predestined for transport into mitochondria. We determined enzyme targeting to intracellular organelles by transfecting HeLa cells with constructs containing segments of variable length of the N terminus of truncated cathepsin B fused to green fluorescent protein. Co-localization of the constructs with mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum was probed with specific markers. None of the chimeric products were found in the endoplasmic reticulum, showing that truncated cathepsin B is misrouted from its regular biosynthetic pathway and forced to enter the mitochondria instead of lysosomes as its final destination. The first 20 amino acids of the new N terminus were necessary and sufficient for mitochondrial targeting, but only cells expressing the complete truncated cathepsin B sequence died by nuclear fragmentation. This new and unexpected behavior draws attention to an additional extralysosomal role for a cysteine peptidase with several recognized important pathophysiological functions. Mitochondrial targeting of cathepsin B may have significant consequences on cell life in pathological or physiological situations characterized by excessive transcription of the cathepsin B message lacking exons 2 and 3, as observed for instance in osteoarthritic cartilage. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/6817 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | Life Sciences and Facility Management |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology (ICBT) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Life Sciences und Facility Management |
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Müntener, K., Zwicky, R., Csucs, G., Rohrer, J., & Baici, A. (2004). Exon skipping of cathepsin B : mitochondrial targeting of a lysosomal peptidase provokes cell death. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279(39), 41012–41017. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M405333200
Müntener, K. et al. (2004) ‘Exon skipping of cathepsin B : mitochondrial targeting of a lysosomal peptidase provokes cell death’, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279(39), pp. 41012–41017. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M405333200.
K. Müntener, R. Zwicky, G. Csucs, J. Rohrer, and A. Baici, “Exon skipping of cathepsin B : mitochondrial targeting of a lysosomal peptidase provokes cell death,” Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 279, no. 39, pp. 41012–41017, Sep. 2004, doi: 10.1074/jbc.M405333200.
MÜNTENER, Kathrin, Roman ZWICKY, Gabor CSUCS, Jack ROHRER und Antonio BAICI, 2004. Exon skipping of cathepsin B : mitochondrial targeting of a lysosomal peptidase provokes cell death. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 24 September 2004. Bd. 279, Nr. 39, S. 41012–41017. DOI 10.1074/jbc.M405333200
Müntener, Kathrin, Roman Zwicky, Gabor Csucs, Jack Rohrer, and Antonio Baici. 2004. “Exon Skipping of Cathepsin B : Mitochondrial Targeting of a Lysosomal Peptidase Provokes Cell Death.” Journal of Biological Chemistry 279 (39): 41012–17. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M405333200.
Müntener, Kathrin, et al. “Exon Skipping of Cathepsin B : Mitochondrial Targeting of a Lysosomal Peptidase Provokes Cell Death.” Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 279, no. 39, Sept. 2004, pp. 41012–17, https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M405333200.
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