In these slides, I will introduce how TRIM-Away, a protein-degradation strategy, is developed and applied in biological context.
TRIM21 is the only found cytosolic IgG receptor in innate immunity and it could relocate IgG bound virus particles into proteasome by binding to the Fc domain of IgG.
In TRIM-Away, researchers succeeded in targeted degradation of endogeneous proteins by introducing antibody (and TRIM 21) directly into the cells.
Actually it is not news to hear that people exploit endogenous proteasome machinery to achieve specific degradation of target proteins. However, I think it is the smart reconstruction of TRIM21 working flow helps this article appear on Cell.
2. Methods for targeted disruption of
protein function
DNA level: Knockout by TALEN/CRISPER-Cas9, etc.
mRNA level: RNAi knockdown
Protein level: drugs OR induced protein degradation
Backgrounds
Buckley and Crews, 2014
3. Key points in exploiting UPS to induce
specific degradation of protein
Backgrounds
UPS
Engagement
Target
binding
Small
molecule
Antibody
Known PPI
E3 fusion
E3 recruiting
Degron
4. PROTAC molecule recruit E3 ligase to
its target to induce target degradation
Backgrounds
Burslem and Crews, 2017
32. Remaining challenges
The expression level of TRIM21 is a limiting factor
Microinjection/electroporation of TRIM-Away is too
complicated for broad therapeutic applications
Discussion
33. Take-home Messages--Highlights
Trim-Away is a widely applicable method to degrade
endogenous proteins
Target proteins do not need to be modified before
degradation
Proteins are degraded within minutes of application
Trim-Away allows efficient protein depletion in
primary human cells
Conclusion
Editor's Notes
I think all the strategies developed till now provide their answers to one or both of these two issues, i.e., how to bind their targets and how to engage the UPS.
Trim21 recognises antibodies which enter the cell attached to viruses shown in polyhedron. It binds to these antibodies, tags the antibody-virus-complex as ‘garbage’, and hands it over to the cell’s ‘garbage chute’, the proteasome.
Trim21 recognises antibodies which enter the cell attached to viruses shown in polyhedron. It binds to these antibodies, tags the antibody-virus-complex as ‘garbage’, and hands it over to the cell’s ‘garbage chute’, the proteasome.
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