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Chapter 3<br />

also revealed endogenous, cytok<strong>in</strong>e-<strong>in</strong>duced <strong>FAT10</strong> to be associated with HDAC6<br />

(Fig. 18B).<br />

The question whe<strong>the</strong>r transport <strong>of</strong> <strong>FAT10</strong> to <strong>the</strong> aggresome is solely depen-<br />

dent on HDAC6 was adressed <strong>in</strong> cells derived from HDAC6-deficient mice. A<br />

previous study with cells stably express<strong>in</strong>g an shRNA directed aga<strong>in</strong>st HDAC6<br />

(Kawaguchi et al., 2003) revealed HDAC6 to be required for <strong>the</strong> proper formation<br />

<strong>of</strong> poly<strong>ubiquit<strong>in</strong></strong>-conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g aggresomes, as HDAC6 knock-down cells conta<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

fewer <strong>and</strong> smaller aggresomes as compared to wild-type cells. However, it was<br />

impossible to determ<strong>in</strong>e whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> residual formation <strong>of</strong> aggresomes was due<br />

to an <strong>in</strong>complete knock-down <strong>of</strong> HDAC6 or a functional redundancy. Our experi-<br />

ments <strong>in</strong> cells lack<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> hdac6 gene now po<strong>in</strong>t toward <strong>the</strong> latter, as <strong>the</strong>se cells<br />

display a similar phenotype (Fig. 24B, 25B <strong>and</strong> C). We were able to demonstrate<br />

<strong>the</strong> transport <strong>of</strong> <strong>FAT10</strong> <strong>and</strong> poly<strong>ubiquit<strong>in</strong></strong> to <strong>the</strong> aggresome to be equally depen-<br />

dent on HDAC6; both <strong>FAT10</strong>- as well as poly<strong>ubiquit<strong>in</strong></strong>-conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g aggresomes<br />

were significantly reduced <strong>in</strong> size <strong>in</strong> HDAC6-deficient compared to wild-type cells<br />

(Fig. 25C <strong>and</strong> D).<br />

Figure 28: Inhibition <strong>of</strong> catalytic activity has no effect on <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>teraction between<br />

HDAC6 <strong>and</strong> <strong>FAT10</strong> <strong>in</strong> vitro . GST-pulldown <strong>of</strong> [ 35 S]-methion<strong>in</strong>e labeled <strong>in</strong> vitro transrcibed<br />

<strong>and</strong> translated HDAC6 with recomb<strong>in</strong>ant GST-<strong>FAT10</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>of</strong> 20µM<br />

TSA or 160µM tubac<strong>in</strong>.<br />

The role <strong>of</strong> tubul<strong>in</strong> deacetylation <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> transport <strong>of</strong> <strong>FAT10</strong> to <strong>the</strong> aggresome how-<br />

ever rema<strong>in</strong>s unclear. We attempted to <strong>in</strong>vestigate whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> deacetylase activ-<br />

ity <strong>of</strong> HDAC6 was required for <strong>the</strong> transfer <strong>of</strong> <strong>FAT10</strong> <strong>in</strong>to aggresomes by us<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong><br />

HDAC6 specific <strong>in</strong>hibitor tubac<strong>in</strong>. Unfortunately, cells treated with proteasome<br />

<strong>in</strong>hibitor <strong>and</strong> tubac<strong>in</strong> at <strong>the</strong> same time did not survive long enough to <strong>in</strong>vestigate<br />

aggresome formation. We only can say for certa<strong>in</strong> that <strong>the</strong> catalytic activity <strong>of</strong><br />

HDAC6 is dispensable for its <strong>in</strong>teraction with <strong>FAT10</strong>, as both <strong>in</strong>hibition as well as<br />

mutation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> active sites failed to abolish this <strong>in</strong>teraction (Figs. 21 <strong>and</strong> 28). In<br />

fact, <strong>the</strong> association <strong>of</strong> HDAC6 with <strong>FAT10</strong> was even <strong>in</strong>creased after treatment <strong>of</strong><br />

cells with <strong>the</strong> broad-spectrum deacetylase <strong>in</strong>hibitor TSA (Fig. 21B), which might<br />

be attributed to an <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> α-tubul<strong>in</strong> acetylation as well as non-specific effects<br />

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