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Fatty links between multisystem proteinopathy and Small VCP-Interacting Protein

Ramzan, F.; Abrar, F.; Kumar, A.; Liao, L. M. Q.; Campbell, Z. E.; Gray, R. V.; Akanni, O.; Guyn, C. M.; Martin, D. D. O.

2023-03-31 cell biology
10.1101/2023.03.31.531359 bioRxiv
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Multisystem proteinopathy (MSP) is a rare dominantly-inherited disorder that includes a cluster of diseases, including frontotemporal dementia, inclusion body myopathy, and Pagets disease of bone. MSP is caused by mutations in the gene encoding Valosin-Containing Protein (VCP). Patients with the same mutation, even within the same family, can present with a different combination of any or all of the above diseases, along with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The pleiotropic effects may be linked to the greater than 50 VCP cofactors that direct VCPs many roles in the cell. Small VCP-Interacting Protein (SVIP) is a small protein that directs VCP to autophagosomes and lysosomes. We found that SVIP directs VCP localization to autophagosomes in an acylation-dependent manner. We demonstrate that SVIP is myristoylated at glycine 2 and palmitoylated at cysteines 4 and 7. Acylation of SVIP is required to mediate cell death in the presence of the MSP-associated VCP variant (R155H-VCP), whereas blocking SVIP myristoylation prevents cytotoxicity. Therefore, SVIP acylation may present a novel target in MSP.

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