ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020
Sledgehammer to Scalpel: Broad Challenges to the Heart and Other Tissues Yield Specific Cellular Responses via Transcriptional Regulation of the ER-Stress Master Regulator ATF6α.
Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Elevated Dickkopf 3 Promotes Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Formation via Modulated Phenotype Switch of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- Dietary composition influences sperm quality and testis damage via endoplasmic reticulum stress in lambs.Veterinary medicine and science · 2024Article
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Mechanisms and Future Perspectives.Biomolecules · 2022Review
- Hijacking Cellular Stress Responses to Promote Lifespan.Frontiers in aging · 2022Review
- Deciphering the Link Between ERFrontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Review
- Molecular Mechanism of the ATF6α/S1P/S2P Signaling Pathway in Hippocampal Neuronal Apoptosis in SPS Rats.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2021Article
- Mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor is an ER-resident chaperone that protects against reductive stress in the heart.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2020Article
- ER-Resident Transcription Factor Nrf1 Regulates Proteasome Expression and Beyond.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
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Abstract
There are more than 2000 transcription factors in eukaryotes, many of which are subject to complex mechanisms fine-tuning their activity and their transcriptional programs to meet the vast array of conditions under which cells must adapt to thrive and survive. For example, conditions that impair protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), sometimes called ER stress, elicit the relocation of the ER-transmembrane protein, activating transcription factor 6α (ATF6α), to the Golgi, where it is proteolytically cleaved. This generates a fragment of ATF6α that translocates to the nucleus, where it regulates numerous genes that restore ER protein-folding capacity but is degraded soon after. Thus, upon ER stress, ATF6α is converted from a stable, transmembrane protein, to a rapidly degraded, nuclear protein that is a potent transcription factor. This review focuses on the molecular mechanisms governing ATF6α location, activity, and stability, as well as the transcriptional programs ATF6α regulates, whether canonical genes that restore ER protein-folding or unexpected, non-canonical genes affecting cellular functions beyond the ER. Moreover, we will review fascinating roles for an ATF6α isoform, ATF6β, which has a similar mode of activation but, unlike ATF6α, is a long-lived, weak transcription factor that may moderate the genetic effects of ATF6α.
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