PMID- 34995415 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220608 LR - 20221005 IS - 1742-4658 (Electronic) IS - 1742-464X (Print) IS - 1742-464X (Linking) VI - 289 IP - 11 DP - 2022 Jun TI - Off-target inhibition of NGLY1 by the polycaspase inhibitor Z-VAD-fmk induces cellular autophagy. PG - 3115-3131 LID - 10.1111/febs.16345 [doi] AB - The polycaspase inhibitor Z-VAD-fmk acts as an inhibitor of peptide: N-glycanase (NGLY1), an endoglycosidase which cleaves N-linked glycans from glycoproteins exported from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) during ER-associated degradation (ERAD). Both pharmacological N-glycanase inhibition by Z-VAD-fmk and siRNA-mediated knockdown (KD) of NGLY1 induce GFP-LC3-positive puncta in HEK 293 cells. The activation of ER stress markers or induction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is not observed under either condition. Moreover, Ca(2+) handling is unaffected when observing release from intracellular stores. Under conditions of pharmacological NGLY1 inhibition or NGLY1 KD, upregulation of autophagosome formation without impairment of autophagic flux is observed. Enrichment of autophagosomes by immunoprecipitation (IP) and mass spectrometry-based proteomic analysis reveals comparable autophagosomal protein content. Gene ontology analysis of proteins enriched in autophagosome IPs shows overrepresentation of factors involved in protein translation, localization and targeting, RNA degradation and protein complex disassembly. Upregulation of autophagy represents a cellular adaptation to NGLY1 inhibition or KD, and ATG13-deficient mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) show reduced viability under these conditions. In contrast, treatment with pan-caspase inhibitor, Q-VD-OPh, does not induce cellular autophagy. Therefore, experiments with Z-VAD-fmk are complicated by the effects of NGLY1 inhibition, including induction of autophagy, and Q-VD-OPh represents an alternative caspase inhibitor free from this limitation. ENZYMES: Peptide:N-glycanase1, Peptide-N(4)-(N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminyl)asparagine amidase [EC:3.5.1.52]. CI - (c) 2022 The Authors. The FEBS Journal published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Federation of European Biochemical Societies. FAU - Needs, Sarah H AU - Needs SH AD - School of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. AD - Reading School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, UK. FAU - Bootman, Martin D AU - Bootman MD AD - School of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. FAU - Grotzke, Jeff E AU - Grotzke JE AD - Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. FAU - Kramer, Holger B AU - Kramer HB AD - Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, UK. AD - MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, UK. FAU - Allman, Sarah A AU - Allman SA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4904-4138 AD - School of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. AD - Reading School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, UK. AD - Leicester School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. LA - eng GR - WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220118 PL - England TA - FEBS J JT - The FEBS journal JID - 101229646 RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspases) RN - EC 3.5.1.52 (Peptide-N4-(N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminyl) Asparagine Amidase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Autophagy MH - Caspases MH - *Fibroblasts/metabolism MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Peptide-N4-(N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminyl) Asparagine Amidase/chemistry/genetics/metabolism MH - Peptides/metabolism MH - *Proteomics PMC - PMC9304259 OTO - NOTNLM OT - NGLY1 OT - Peptide: N-glycanase 1 OT - Z-VAD-fmk OT - autophagosome proteomics OT - autophagy COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/01/08 06:00 MHDA- 2022/06/09 06:00 PMCR- 2022/07/22 CRDT- 2022/01/07 17:27 PHST- 2021/09/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/12/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/01/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/01/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/06/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/07 17:27 [entrez] PHST- 2022/07/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - FEBS16345 [pii] AID - 10.1111/febs.16345 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - FEBS J. 2022 Jun;289(11):3115-3131. doi: 10.1111/febs.16345. Epub 2022 Jan 18.