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Many plant and bacterial toxins act upon cytosolic targets and must therefore penetrate a membrane barrier to function. One such class of toxins enters the cytosol after delivery to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). These proteins, which include cholera toxin (CT), Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A (ETA), and ricin, move from the plasma membrane to the endosomes, pass through the Golgi apparatus, and travel to the ER. Translocation from the ER to the cytosol is hypothesized to involve the ER-associated degradation (ERAD) pathway. We developed a genetic strategy to assess the role of mammalian ERAD in toxin translocation. Populations of CHO cells were mutagenized and grown in the presence of two lethal toxins, ETA and ricin. Since these toxins bind to different surface receptors and attack distinct cytoplasmic targets, simultaneous acquisition of resistance to both would likely result from the disruption of a shared trafficking or translocation mechanism. Ten ETA- and ricin-resistant cell lines that displayed unselected resistance to CT and continued sensitivity to diphtheria toxin, which enters the cytosol directly from acidified endosomes, were screened for abnormalities in the processing of a known ERAD substrate, the Z form of alpha1-antitrypsin (alpha1AT-Z). Compared to the parental CHO cells, the rate of alpha1AT-Z degradation was decreased in two independent mutant cell lines. Both of these cell lines also exhibited, in comparison to the parental cells, decreased translocation and degradation of a recombinant CTA1 polypeptide. These findings demonstrated that decreased ERAD function was associated with increased cellular resistance to ER-translocating protein toxins in two independently derived mutant CHO cell lines.

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Inhibition of Endoplasmic Reticulum-Associated Degradation in CHO Cells Resistant to Cholera Toxin, <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Exotoxin A, and Ricin

Inhibition of Endoplasmic Reticulum-Associated Degradation in CHO Cells Resistant to Cholera Toxin, Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin A, and Ricin