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Aberrant accumulation of fibulin-3 in the endoplasmic reticulum leads to activation of the unfolded protein response and VEGF expression.

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PURPOSE:The inherited early-onset macular degenerative disease known as malattia leventinese (ML) and Doyne honeycomb retinal dystrophy (DHRD) have been linked to a missense mutation leading to production of a mutant fibulin-3 protein (R345W). R345W is poorly secreted and accumulates in the RPE of ML/DHRD retinas. Accumulation of misfolded proteins within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) causes activation of unfolded protein response (UPR) signaling and expression of ER stress-responsive genes, including vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Therefore, we hypothesized that the expression of R345W activates the UPR, leading to VEGF expression. METHODS:Adenoviral vectors were used to overexpress fibulin-3 wild-type (Wt) and R345W mutant proteins in ARPE-19 cells. Secretion and intracellular accumulation of Wt and R345W were compared by Western blot analysis and immunocytochemistry. Activation of the UPR was evaluated by measuring the expression of glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78 [BiP]) and editing of the X-box binding protein (XBP-1) mRNA. VEGF expression and transcriptional activation of the VEGF promoter were determined by Northern blot analysis, Western blot analysis, and use of a novel VEGF promoter-reporter construct containing 8.2 kb of the human VEGF gene. RESULTS:R345W was poorly secreted by ARPE-19 cells and accumulated in the ER, leading to UPR activation and increased VEGF expression. Compared with Wt mutant proteins, the expression of R345W was more effective at causing UPR activation, increasing VEGF expression, and stimulating transcription from the VEGF promoter. CONCLUSIONS:These findings demonstrated that the expression of mutated fibulin-3 caused UPR activation and increased VEGF expression. Expression of mutant fibulin proteins may contribute to macular degeneration and choroidal neovascularization by causing ER stress leading to RPE dysfunction and increased VEGF expression.

journal_name

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci

journal_title

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

authors

Roybal CN,Marmorstein LY,Vander Jagt DL,Abcouwer SF

doi

10.1167/iovs.05-0070

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pub_date

2005-11-01 00:00:00

pages

3973-9

issue

eissn

0146-0404

issn

1552-5783

pii

46/11/3973

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Aberrant accumulation of fibulin-3 in the endoplasmic reticulum leads to activation of the unfolded protein response and VEGF expression.