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Wydrych A, Pakuła B, Janikiewicz J, Dobosz AM, Jakubek-Olszewska P, Skowrońska M, Kurkowska-Jastrzębska I, Cwyl M, Popielarz M, Pinton P, Zavan B, Dobrzyń A, Lebiedzińska-Arciszewska M, Więckowski MR. Metabolic impairments in neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOENERGETICS 2024; 1866:149517. [PMID: 39366438 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2024.149517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2024] [Revised: 08/12/2024] [Accepted: 09/18/2024] [Indexed: 10/06/2024]
Abstract
Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) is a broad, heterogeneous group of rare inherited diseases (1-3 patients/1,000,000 people) characterized by progressive symptoms associated with excessive abnormal iron deposition in the brain. Approximately 15,000-20,000 individuals worldwide are estimated to be affected by NBIA. NBIA is usually associated with slowly progressive pyramidal and extrapyramidal symptoms, axonal motor neuropathy, optic nerve atrophy, cognitive impairment and neuropsychiatric disorders. To date, eleven subtypes of NBIA have been described and the most common ones include pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN), PLA2G6-associated neurodegeneration (PLAN), mitochondrial membrane protein-associated neurodegeneration (MPAN) and beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration (BPAN). We present a comprehensive overview of the evidence for disturbed cellular homeostasis and metabolic alterations in NBIA variants, with a careful focus on mitochondrial bioenergetics and lipid metabolism which drives a new perspective in understanding the course of this infrequent malady.
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Affiliation(s)
- Agata Wydrych
- Laboratory of Mitochondrial Biology and Metabolism, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Mitochondrial Biology and Metabolism, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Cell Signaling and Metabolic Disorders, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw
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- Laboratory of Cell Signaling and Metabolic Disorders, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw
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- Laboratory of Mitochondrial Biology and Metabolism, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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- 2nd Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland; NBIA Poland Association, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Experimental Medicine, Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cell Signaling and Metabolic Disorders, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw
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- Laboratory of Mitochondrial Biology and Metabolism, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland.
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Barritt SA, DuBois-Coyne SE, Dibble CC. Coenzyme A biosynthesis: mechanisms of regulation, function and disease. Nat Metab 2024; 6:1008-1023. [PMID: 38871981 DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-01059-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024]
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The tricarboxylic acid cycle, nutrient oxidation, histone acetylation and synthesis of lipids, glycans and haem all require the cofactor coenzyme A (CoA). Although the sources and regulation of the acyl groups carried by CoA for these processes are heavily studied, a key underlying question is less often considered: how is production of CoA itself controlled? Here, we discuss the many cellular roles of CoA and the regulatory mechanisms that govern its biosynthesis from cysteine, ATP and the essential nutrient pantothenate (vitamin B5), or from salvaged precursors in mammals. Metabolite feedback and signalling mechanisms involving acetyl-CoA, other acyl-CoAs, acyl-carnitines, MYC, p53, PPARα, PINK1 and insulin- and growth factor-stimulated PI3K-AKT signalling regulate the vitamin B5 transporter SLC5A6/SMVT and CoA biosynthesis enzymes PANK1, PANK2, PANK3, PANK4 and COASY. We also discuss methods for measuring CoA-related metabolites, compounds that target CoA biosynthesis and diseases caused by mutations in pathway enzymes including types of cataracts, cardiomyopathy and neurodegeneration (PKAN and COPAN).
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- Samuel A Barritt
- Department of Pathology, Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Sarwar MS, Ramirez CN, Kuo HCD, Chou P, Wu R, Sargsyan D, Yang Y, Shannar A, Peter RM, Yin R, Wang Y, Su X, Kong AN. Triterpenoid ursolic acid regulates the environmental carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene-driven epigenetic and metabolic alterations in SKH-1 hairless mice for skin cancer interception. Carcinogenesis 2024; 45:288-299. [PMID: 38466106 PMCID: PMC11102768 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgae009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 01/25/2024] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous environmental carcinogens accountable to developing skin cancers. Recently, we reported that exposure to benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), a common PAH, causes epigenetic and metabolic alterations in the initiation, promotion and progression of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). As a follow-up investigation, this study examines how dietary triterpenoid ursolic acid (UA) regulates B[a]P-driven epigenetic and metabolic pathways in SKH-1 hairless mice. Our results show UA intercepts against B[a]P-induced tumorigenesis at different stages of NMSC. Epigenomic cytosines followed by guanine residues (CpG) methyl-seq data showed UA diminished B[a]P-mediated differentially methylated regions (DMRs) profiles. Transcriptomic RNA-seq revealed UA revoked B[a]P-induced differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of skin cancer-related genes, such as leucine-rich repeat LGI family member 2 (Lgi2) and kallikrein-related peptidase 13 (Klk13), indicating UA plays a vital role in B[a]P-mediated gene regulation and its potential consequences in NMSC interception. Association analysis of DEGs and DMRs found that the mRNA expression of KLK13 gene was correlated with the promoter CpG methylation status in the early-stage comparison group, indicating UA could regulate the KLK13 by modulating its promoter methylation at an early stage of NMSC. The metabolomic study showed UA alters B[a]P-regulated cancer-associated metabolisms like thiamin metabolism, ascorbate and aldarate metabolism during the initiation phase; pyruvate, citrate and thiamin metabolism during the promotion phase; and beta-alanine and pathothenate coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthesis during the late progression phase. Taken together, UA reverses B[a]P-driven epigenetic, transcriptomic and metabolic reprogramming, potentially contributing to the overall cancer interception against B[a]P-mediated NMSC.
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- Md Shahid Sarwar
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Metabolomics Shared Resource, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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- Metabolomics Shared Resource, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Subramanian C, Frank MW, Sukhun R, Henry CE, Wade A, Harden ME, Rao S, Tangallapally R, Yun MK, White SW, Lee RE, Sinha U, Rock CO, Jackowski S. Pantothenate Kinase Activation Restores Brain Coenzyme A in a Mouse Model of Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2024; 388:171-180. [PMID: 37875310 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.123.001919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) is characterized by a motor disorder with combinations of dystonia, parkinsonism, and spasticity, leading to premature death. PKAN is caused by mutations in the PANK2 gene that result in loss or reduction of PANK2 protein function. PANK2 is one of three kinases that initiate and regulate coenzyme A biosynthesis from vitamin B5, and the ability of BBP-671, an allosteric activator of pantothenate kinases, to enter the brain and elevate coenzyme A was investigated. The metabolic stability, protein binding, and membrane permeability of BBP-671 all suggest that it has the physical properties required to cross the blood-brain barrier. BBP-671 was detected in plasma, liver, cerebrospinal fluid, and brain following oral administration in rodents, demonstrating the ability of BBP-671 to penetrate the brain. The pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of orally administered BBP-671 evaluated in cannulated rats showed that coenzyme A (CoA) concentrations were elevated in blood, liver, and brain. BBP-671 elevation of whole-blood acetyl-CoA served as a peripheral pharmacodynamic marker and provided a suitable method to assess target engagement. BBP-671 treatment elevated brain coenzyme A concentrations and improved movement and body weight in a PKAN mouse model. Thus, BBP-671 crosses the blood-brain barrier to correct the brain CoA deficiency in a PKAN mouse model, resulting in improved locomotion and survival and providing a preclinical foundation for the development of BBP-671 as a potential treatment of PKAN. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: The blood-brain barrier represents a major hurdle for drugs targeting brain metabolism. This work describes the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic properties of BBP-671, a pantothenate kinase activator. BBP-671 crosses the blood-brain barrier to correct the neuron-specific coenzyme A (CoA) deficiency and improve motor function in a mouse model of pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration. The central role of CoA and acetyl-CoA in intermediary metabolism suggests that pantothenate kinase activators may be useful in modifying neurological metabolic disorders.
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- Chitra Subramanian
- Departments of Infectious Diseases (C.S., M.W.F., C.O.R., S.J.), Chemical Biology and Therapeutics (R.T., R.E.L.), Structural Biology (M.-K.Y., S.W.W.), and St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (S.W.W.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee (S.W.W., C.O.R.); and CoA Therapeutics, Inc., a BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. Company, Palo Alto, California (R.S., C.E.H., A.W., M.E.H., S.R., U.S.)
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- Departments of Infectious Diseases (C.S., M.W.F., C.O.R., S.J.), Chemical Biology and Therapeutics (R.T., R.E.L.), Structural Biology (M.-K.Y., S.W.W.), and St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (S.W.W.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee (S.W.W., C.O.R.); and CoA Therapeutics, Inc., a BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. Company, Palo Alto, California (R.S., C.E.H., A.W., M.E.H., S.R., U.S.)
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- Departments of Infectious Diseases (C.S., M.W.F., C.O.R., S.J.), Chemical Biology and Therapeutics (R.T., R.E.L.), Structural Biology (M.-K.Y., S.W.W.), and St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (S.W.W.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee (S.W.W., C.O.R.); and CoA Therapeutics, Inc., a BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. Company, Palo Alto, California (R.S., C.E.H., A.W., M.E.H., S.R., U.S.)
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- Departments of Infectious Diseases (C.S., M.W.F., C.O.R., S.J.), Chemical Biology and Therapeutics (R.T., R.E.L.), Structural Biology (M.-K.Y., S.W.W.), and St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (S.W.W.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee (S.W.W., C.O.R.); and CoA Therapeutics, Inc., a BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. Company, Palo Alto, California (R.S., C.E.H., A.W., M.E.H., S.R., U.S.)
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- Departments of Infectious Diseases (C.S., M.W.F., C.O.R., S.J.), Chemical Biology and Therapeutics (R.T., R.E.L.), Structural Biology (M.-K.Y., S.W.W.), and St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (S.W.W.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee (S.W.W., C.O.R.); and CoA Therapeutics, Inc., a BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. Company, Palo Alto, California (R.S., C.E.H., A.W., M.E.H., S.R., U.S.)
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- Departments of Infectious Diseases (C.S., M.W.F., C.O.R., S.J.), Chemical Biology and Therapeutics (R.T., R.E.L.), Structural Biology (M.-K.Y., S.W.W.), and St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (S.W.W.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee (S.W.W., C.O.R.); and CoA Therapeutics, Inc., a BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. Company, Palo Alto, California (R.S., C.E.H., A.W., M.E.H., S.R., U.S.)
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- Departments of Infectious Diseases (C.S., M.W.F., C.O.R., S.J.), Chemical Biology and Therapeutics (R.T., R.E.L.), Structural Biology (M.-K.Y., S.W.W.), and St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (S.W.W.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee (S.W.W., C.O.R.); and CoA Therapeutics, Inc., a BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. Company, Palo Alto, California (R.S., C.E.H., A.W., M.E.H., S.R., U.S.)
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- Departments of Infectious Diseases (C.S., M.W.F., C.O.R., S.J.), Chemical Biology and Therapeutics (R.T., R.E.L.), Structural Biology (M.-K.Y., S.W.W.), and St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (S.W.W.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee (S.W.W., C.O.R.); and CoA Therapeutics, Inc., a BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. Company, Palo Alto, California (R.S., C.E.H., A.W., M.E.H., S.R., U.S.)
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- Departments of Infectious Diseases (C.S., M.W.F., C.O.R., S.J.), Chemical Biology and Therapeutics (R.T., R.E.L.), Structural Biology (M.-K.Y., S.W.W.), and St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (S.W.W.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee (S.W.W., C.O.R.); and CoA Therapeutics, Inc., a BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. Company, Palo Alto, California (R.S., C.E.H., A.W., M.E.H., S.R., U.S.)
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- Departments of Infectious Diseases (C.S., M.W.F., C.O.R., S.J.), Chemical Biology and Therapeutics (R.T., R.E.L.), Structural Biology (M.-K.Y., S.W.W.), and St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (S.W.W.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee (S.W.W., C.O.R.); and CoA Therapeutics, Inc., a BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. Company, Palo Alto, California (R.S., C.E.H., A.W., M.E.H., S.R., U.S.)
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- Departments of Infectious Diseases (C.S., M.W.F., C.O.R., S.J.), Chemical Biology and Therapeutics (R.T., R.E.L.), Structural Biology (M.-K.Y., S.W.W.), and St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (S.W.W.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee (S.W.W., C.O.R.); and CoA Therapeutics, Inc., a BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. Company, Palo Alto, California (R.S., C.E.H., A.W., M.E.H., S.R., U.S.)
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- Departments of Infectious Diseases (C.S., M.W.F., C.O.R., S.J.), Chemical Biology and Therapeutics (R.T., R.E.L.), Structural Biology (M.-K.Y., S.W.W.), and St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (S.W.W.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee (S.W.W., C.O.R.); and CoA Therapeutics, Inc., a BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. Company, Palo Alto, California (R.S., C.E.H., A.W., M.E.H., S.R., U.S.)
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- Departments of Infectious Diseases (C.S., M.W.F., C.O.R., S.J.), Chemical Biology and Therapeutics (R.T., R.E.L.), Structural Biology (M.-K.Y., S.W.W.), and St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (S.W.W.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee (S.W.W., C.O.R.); and CoA Therapeutics, Inc., a BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. Company, Palo Alto, California (R.S., C.E.H., A.W., M.E.H., S.R., U.S.)
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- Departments of Infectious Diseases (C.S., M.W.F., C.O.R., S.J.), Chemical Biology and Therapeutics (R.T., R.E.L.), Structural Biology (M.-K.Y., S.W.W.), and St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (S.W.W.), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee (S.W.W., C.O.R.); and CoA Therapeutics, Inc., a BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. Company, Palo Alto, California (R.S., C.E.H., A.W., M.E.H., S.R., U.S.)
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Álvarez-Córdoba M, Talaverón-Rey M, Povea-Cabello S, Cilleros-Holgado P, Gómez-Fernández D, Piñero-Pérez R, Reche-López D, Munuera-Cabeza M, Suárez-Carrillo A, Romero-González A, Romero-Domínguez JM, López-Cabrera A, Armengol JÁ, Sánchez-Alcázar JA. Patient-Derived Cellular Models for Polytarget Precision Medicine in Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2023; 16:1359. [PMID: 37895830 PMCID: PMC10609847 DOI: 10.3390/ph16101359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
Abstract
The term neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) brings together a broad set of progressive and disabling neurological genetic disorders in which iron is deposited preferentially in certain areas of the brain. Among NBIA disorders, the most frequent subtype is pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) caused by pathologic variants in the PANK2 gene codifying the enzyme pantothenate kinase 2 (PANK2). To date, there are no effective treatments to stop the progression of these diseases. This review discusses the utility of patient-derived cell models as a valuable tool for the identification of pharmacological or natural compounds for implementing polytarget precision medicine in PKAN. Recently, several studies have described that PKAN patient-derived fibroblasts present the main pathological features associated with the disease including intracellular iron overload. Interestingly, treatment of mutant cell cultures with various supplements such as pantothenate, pantethine, vitamin E, omega 3, α-lipoic acid L-carnitine or thiamine, improved all pathophysiological alterations in PKAN fibroblasts with residual expression of the PANK2 enzyme. The information provided by pharmacological screenings in patient-derived cellular models can help optimize therapeutic strategies in individual PKAN patients.
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- Mónica Álvarez-Córdoba
- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD-CSIC-Pablo de Olavide University), 41013 Seville, Spain; (M.Á.-C.); (M.T.-R.); (S.P.-C.); (P.C.-H.); (D.G.-F.); (R.P.-P.); (D.R.-L.); (M.M.-C.); (A.S.-C.); (A.R.-G.); (J.M.R.-D.); (A.L.-C.)
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- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD-CSIC-Pablo de Olavide University), 41013 Seville, Spain; (M.Á.-C.); (M.T.-R.); (S.P.-C.); (P.C.-H.); (D.G.-F.); (R.P.-P.); (D.R.-L.); (M.M.-C.); (A.S.-C.); (A.R.-G.); (J.M.R.-D.); (A.L.-C.)
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- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD-CSIC-Pablo de Olavide University), 41013 Seville, Spain; (M.Á.-C.); (M.T.-R.); (S.P.-C.); (P.C.-H.); (D.G.-F.); (R.P.-P.); (D.R.-L.); (M.M.-C.); (A.S.-C.); (A.R.-G.); (J.M.R.-D.); (A.L.-C.)
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- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD-CSIC-Pablo de Olavide University), 41013 Seville, Spain; (M.Á.-C.); (M.T.-R.); (S.P.-C.); (P.C.-H.); (D.G.-F.); (R.P.-P.); (D.R.-L.); (M.M.-C.); (A.S.-C.); (A.R.-G.); (J.M.R.-D.); (A.L.-C.)
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- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD-CSIC-Pablo de Olavide University), 41013 Seville, Spain; (M.Á.-C.); (M.T.-R.); (S.P.-C.); (P.C.-H.); (D.G.-F.); (R.P.-P.); (D.R.-L.); (M.M.-C.); (A.S.-C.); (A.R.-G.); (J.M.R.-D.); (A.L.-C.)
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- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD-CSIC-Pablo de Olavide University), 41013 Seville, Spain; (M.Á.-C.); (M.T.-R.); (S.P.-C.); (P.C.-H.); (D.G.-F.); (R.P.-P.); (D.R.-L.); (M.M.-C.); (A.S.-C.); (A.R.-G.); (J.M.R.-D.); (A.L.-C.)
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- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD-CSIC-Pablo de Olavide University), 41013 Seville, Spain; (M.Á.-C.); (M.T.-R.); (S.P.-C.); (P.C.-H.); (D.G.-F.); (R.P.-P.); (D.R.-L.); (M.M.-C.); (A.S.-C.); (A.R.-G.); (J.M.R.-D.); (A.L.-C.)
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- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD-CSIC-Pablo de Olavide University), 41013 Seville, Spain; (M.Á.-C.); (M.T.-R.); (S.P.-C.); (P.C.-H.); (D.G.-F.); (R.P.-P.); (D.R.-L.); (M.M.-C.); (A.S.-C.); (A.R.-G.); (J.M.R.-D.); (A.L.-C.)
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- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD-CSIC-Pablo de Olavide University), 41013 Seville, Spain; (M.Á.-C.); (M.T.-R.); (S.P.-C.); (P.C.-H.); (D.G.-F.); (R.P.-P.); (D.R.-L.); (M.M.-C.); (A.S.-C.); (A.R.-G.); (J.M.R.-D.); (A.L.-C.)
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- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD-CSIC-Pablo de Olavide University), 41013 Seville, Spain; (M.Á.-C.); (M.T.-R.); (S.P.-C.); (P.C.-H.); (D.G.-F.); (R.P.-P.); (D.R.-L.); (M.M.-C.); (A.S.-C.); (A.R.-G.); (J.M.R.-D.); (A.L.-C.)
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- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD-CSIC-Pablo de Olavide University), 41013 Seville, Spain; (M.Á.-C.); (M.T.-R.); (S.P.-C.); (P.C.-H.); (D.G.-F.); (R.P.-P.); (D.R.-L.); (M.M.-C.); (A.S.-C.); (A.R.-G.); (J.M.R.-D.); (A.L.-C.)
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- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD-CSIC-Pablo de Olavide University), 41013 Seville, Spain; (M.Á.-C.); (M.T.-R.); (S.P.-C.); (P.C.-H.); (D.G.-F.); (R.P.-P.); (D.R.-L.); (M.M.-C.); (A.S.-C.); (A.R.-G.); (J.M.R.-D.); (A.L.-C.)
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Pablo de Olavide University, 41013 Seville, Spain;
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- Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD-CSIC-Pablo de Olavide University), 41013 Seville, Spain; (M.Á.-C.); (M.T.-R.); (S.P.-C.); (P.C.-H.); (D.G.-F.); (R.P.-P.); (D.R.-L.); (M.M.-C.); (A.S.-C.); (A.R.-G.); (J.M.R.-D.); (A.L.-C.)
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Zhao C, Chu P, Tang X, Yan J, Han X, Ji J, Ning X, Zhang K, Yin S, Wang T. Exposure to copper nanoparticles or copper sulfate dysregulated the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadalaxis, gonadal histology, and metabolites in Pelteobagrus fulvidraco. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 457:131719. [PMID: 37257385 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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This study evaluated the effects of chronic exposure to copper nanoparticles (Cu-NPs) and waterborne copper (CuSO4) on the reproductive system of yellow catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco). Juvenile yellow catfish were exposed to 100 and 200 μg Cu/L Cu-NPs and 100 μg Cu/L CuSO4 for 42 days. The results showed clear reproductive defects in both female and male yellow catfish in the 200 μg Cu/L Cu-NPs and 100 μg Cu/L CuSO4 groups. Exposure to Cu-NPs or CuSO4 inhibited folliculogenesis and vitellogenesis in the ovaries, and spermatogenesis in the testes, accompanied by elevation of the apoptotic signal. Ultrastructural observations also revealed damaged organelles of gonadal cells in both testes and ovaries. Most of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis genes examined and serum sex steroid hormones tended to be downregulated after Cu exposure. Metabolomic analysis suggested that gonadal estradiol level is sensitive to Cu-NPs or CuSO4. The heat map of gonadal metabolomics suggested a similar effect of 200 μg Cu/L Cu-NPs and 100 μg Cu/L CuSO4 in both the ovaries and testes. Additionally, metabolomics data showed that the reproductive toxicity due to Cu-NPs and CuSO4 may occur via different metabolic pathways. Cu-NPs tend to dysregulate the metabolic pathways of sphingolipid and linoleic acid metabolism in the ovary and the biosynthesis of amino acids and pantothenate and CoA in the testis. Overall, these findings revealed the toxicological effects of Cu-NPs and CuSO4 on the HPG axis and gonadal metabolism in yellow catfish.
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- Cheng Zhao
- College of Life Science, College of Marine Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animals Breeding and Green Efficient Aquacultural Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China; Co-Innovation Center for Marine Bio-Industry Technology, Lian Yungang, China
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- College of Life Science, College of Marine Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animals Breeding and Green Efficient Aquacultural Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Life Science, College of Marine Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animals Breeding and Green Efficient Aquacultural Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Life Science, College of Marine Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animals Breeding and Green Efficient Aquacultural Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Life Science, College of Marine Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animals Breeding and Green Efficient Aquacultural Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Life Science, College of Marine Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animals Breeding and Green Efficient Aquacultural Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China; Co-Innovation Center for Marine Bio-Industry Technology, Lian Yungang, China
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- College of Life Science, College of Marine Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animals Breeding and Green Efficient Aquacultural Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China; Co-Innovation Center for Marine Bio-Industry Technology, Lian Yungang, China
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- College of Life Science, College of Marine Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animals Breeding and Green Efficient Aquacultural Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China; Co-Innovation Center for Marine Bio-Industry Technology, Lian Yungang, China
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- College of Life Science, College of Marine Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animals Breeding and Green Efficient Aquacultural Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China; Co-Innovation Center for Marine Bio-Industry Technology, Lian Yungang, China.
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- College of Life Science, College of Marine Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animals Breeding and Green Efficient Aquacultural Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China; Co-Innovation Center for Marine Bio-Industry Technology, Lian Yungang, China.
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A Data-Mining Approach to Identify NF-kB-Responsive microRNAs in Tissues Involved in Inflammatory Processes: Potential Relevance in Age-Related Diseases. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24065123. [PMID: 36982191 PMCID: PMC10049099 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24065123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/04/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023] Open
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The nuclear factor NF-kB is the master transcription factor in the inflammatory process by modulating the expression of pro-inflammatory genes. However, an additional level of complexity is the ability to promote the transcriptional activation of post-transcriptional modulators of gene expression as non-coding RNA (i.e., miRNAs). While NF-kB’s role in inflammation-associated gene expression has been extensively investigated, the interplay between NF-kB and genes coding for miRNAs still deserves investigation. To identify miRNAs with potential NF-kB binding sites in their transcription start site, we predicted miRNA promoters by an in silico analysis using the PROmiRNA software, which allowed us to score the genomic region’s propensity to be miRNA cis-regulatory elements. A list of 722 human miRNAs was generated, of which 399 were expressed in at least one tissue involved in the inflammatory processes. The selection of “high-confidence” hairpins in miRbase identified 68 mature miRNAs, most of them previously identified as inflammamiRs. The identification of targeted pathways/diseases highlighted their involvement in the most common age-related diseases. Overall, our results reinforce the hypothesis that persistent activation of NF-kB could unbalance the transcription of specific inflammamiRNAs. The identification of such miRNAs could be of diagnostic/prognostic/therapeutic relevance for the most common inflammatory-related and age-related diseases.
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Hayflick SJ, Jeong SY, Sibon OCM. PKAN pathogenesis and treatment. Mol Genet Metab 2022; 137:283-291. [PMID: 36240582 PMCID: PMC9970616 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2022.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Studies aimed at supporting different treatment approaches for pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) have revealed the complexity of coenzyme A (CoA) metabolism and the limits of our current knowledge about disease pathogenesis. Here we offer a foundation for critically evaluating the myriad approaches, argue for the importance of unbiased disease models, and highlight some of the outstanding questions that are central to our understanding and treating PKAN.
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- Susan J Hayflick
- Departments of Molecular & Medical Genetics, Pediatrics, and Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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- Department of Molecular & Medical Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 AV, the Netherlands
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Munshi MI, Yao SJ, Ben Mamoun C. Redesigning therapies for pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:101577. [PMID: 35041826 PMCID: PMC8861153 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Revised: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN) is an incurable rare genetic disorder of children and young adults caused by mutations in the PANK2 gene, which encodes an enzyme critical for the biosynthesis of Coenzyme A. Although PKAN affects only a small number of patients, it shares several hallmarks of more common neurodegenerative diseases of older adults such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Advances in etiological understanding and treatment of PKAN could therefore have implications for our understanding of more common diseases and may shed new lights on the physiological importance of Coenzyme A, a cofactor critical for the operation of various cellular metabolic processes. The large body of knowledge which accumulated over the years around PKAN pathology, including but not limited to studies of various PKAN models and therapies, has contributed not only to progress in our understanding of the disease, but as importantly, to the crystallization of key questions that guide future investigations of the disease. In this Review, we will summarize this knowledge and demonstrate how it forms the backdrop to new avenues of research.
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- Muhammad I Munshi
- Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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Ledwaba SE, Costa DVS, Bolick DT, Giallourou N, Medeiros PHQS, Swann JR, Traore AN, Potgieter N, Nataro JP, Guerrant RL. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Infection Induces Diarrhea, Intestinal Damage, Metabolic Alterations, and Increased Intestinal Permeability in a Murine Model. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020; 10:595266. [PMID: 33392105 PMCID: PMC7773950 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.595266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) are recognized as one of the leading bacterial causes of infantile diarrhea worldwide. Weaned C57BL/6 mice pretreated with antibiotics were challenged orally with wild-type EPEC or escN mutant (lacking type 3 secretion system) to determine colonization, inflammatory responses and clinical outcomes during infection. Antibiotic disruption of intestinal microbiota enabled efficient colonization by wild-type EPEC resulting in growth impairment and diarrhea. Increase in inflammatory biomarkers, chemokines, cellular recruitment and pro-inflammatory cytokines were observed in intestinal tissues. Metabolomic changes were also observed in EPEC infected mice with changes in tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle intermediates, increased creatine excretion and shifts in gut microbial metabolite levels. In addition, by 7 days after infection, although weights were recovering, EPEC-infected mice had increased intestinal permeability and decreased colonic claudin-1 levels. The escN mutant colonized the mice with no weight loss or increased inflammatory biomarkers, showing the importance of the T3SS in EPEC virulence in this model. In conclusion, a murine infection model treated with antibiotics has been developed to mimic clinical outcomes seen in children with EPEC infection and to examine potential roles of selected virulence traits. This model can help in further understanding mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of EPEC infections and potential outcomes and thus assist in the development of potential preventive or therapeutic interventions.
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- Solanka E. Ledwaba
- Department of Microbiology, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
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- Center for Global Health, Division of Infectious Disease and International Health, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College, London, England
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College, London, England
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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- Center for Global Health, Division of Infectious Disease and International Health, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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Schalkwijk J, Allman EL, Jansen PAM, de Vries LE, Verhoef JMJ, Jackowski S, Botman PNM, Beuckens-Schortinghuis CA, Koolen KMJ, Bolscher JM, Vos MW, Miller K, Reeves SA, Pett H, Trevitt G, Wittlin S, Scheurer C, Sax S, Fischli C, Angulo-Barturen I, Jiménez-Diaz MB, Josling G, Kooij TWA, Bonnert R, Campo B, Blaauw RH, Rutjes FPJT, Sauerwein RW, Llinás M, Hermkens PHH, Dechering KJ. Antimalarial pantothenamide metabolites target acetyl-coenzyme A biosynthesis in Plasmodium falciparum. Sci Transl Med 2020; 11:11/510/eaas9917. [PMID: 31534021 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aas9917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Revised: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Malaria eradication is critically dependent on new therapeutics that target resistant Plasmodium parasites and block transmission of the disease. Here, we report that pantothenamide bioisosteres were active against blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum parasites and also blocked transmission of sexual stages to the mosquito vector. These compounds were resistant to degradation by serum pantetheinases, showed favorable pharmacokinetic properties, and cleared parasites in a humanized mouse model of P. falciparum infection. Metabolomics revealed that coenzyme A biosynthetic enzymes converted pantothenamides into coenzyme A analogs that interfered with parasite acetyl-coenzyme A anabolism. Resistant parasites generated in vitro showed mutations in acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase and acyl-coenzyme A synthetase 11. Introduction and reversion of these mutations in P. falciparum using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing confirmed the roles of these enzymes in the sensitivity of the malaria parasites to pantothenamides. These pantothenamide compounds with a new mode of action may have potential as drugs against malaria parasites.
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- Joost Schalkwijk
- Department of Dermatology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Huck Center for Malaria Research, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Huck Center for Malaria Research, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,TropIQ Health Sciences, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Huck Center for Malaria Research, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA.,Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
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Chohnan S, Matsuno S, Shimizu K, Tokutake Y, Kohari D, Toyoda A. Coenzyme A and Its Thioester Pools in Obese Zucker and Zucker Diabetic Fatty Rats. Nutrients 2020; 12:E417. [PMID: 32041091 PMCID: PMC7071249 DOI: 10.3390/nu12020417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Feeding behavior is closely related to hypothalamic malonyl-CoA level in the brain and diet-induced obesity affects total CoA pools in liver. Herein, we performed a comprehensive analysis of the CoA pools formed in thirteen tissues of Zucker and Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rats. Hypothalamic malonyl-CoA levels in obese rats remained low and were almost the same as those of lean rats, despite obese rats having much higher content of leptin, insulin, and glucose in their sera. Regardless of the fa-genotypes, larger total CoA pools were formed in the livers of ZDF rats and the size of hepatic total CoA pools in Zucker rats showed almost one tenth of the size of ZDF rats. The decreased total CoA pool sizes in Zucker rats was observed in the brown adipose tissues, while ZDF-fatty rats possessed 6% of total CoA pool in the lean rats in response to fa deficiency. This substantially lower CoA content in the obese rats would be disadvantageous to non-shivering thermogenesis. Thus, comparing the intracellular CoA behaviors between Zucker and ZDF rats, as well as the lean and fatty rats of each strain would help to elucidate features of obesity and type 2 diabetes in combination with result (s) of differential gene expression analysis and/or comparative genomics.
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- Shigeru Chohnan
- Department of Food and Life Sciences, Ibaraki University College of Agriculture, 3-21-1 Chuo, Ami, Ibaraki 300-0393, Japan; (S.M.); (K.S.); (D.K.); (A.T.)
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- Department of Food and Life Sciences, Ibaraki University College of Agriculture, 3-21-1 Chuo, Ami, Ibaraki 300-0393, Japan; (S.M.); (K.S.); (D.K.); (A.T.)
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- Department of Food and Life Sciences, Ibaraki University College of Agriculture, 3-21-1 Chuo, Ami, Ibaraki 300-0393, Japan; (S.M.); (K.S.); (D.K.); (A.T.)
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- Department of Applied Life Science, United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan;
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- Department of Food and Life Sciences, Ibaraki University College of Agriculture, 3-21-1 Chuo, Ami, Ibaraki 300-0393, Japan; (S.M.); (K.S.); (D.K.); (A.T.)
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- Department of Food and Life Sciences, Ibaraki University College of Agriculture, 3-21-1 Chuo, Ami, Ibaraki 300-0393, Japan; (S.M.); (K.S.); (D.K.); (A.T.)
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Subramanian C, Yao J, Frank MW, Rock CO, Jackowski S. A pantothenate kinase-deficient mouse model reveals a gene expression program associated with brain coenzyme a reduction. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2020; 1866:165663. [PMID: 31918006 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2020.165663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Revised: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Pantothenate kinase (PanK) is the first enzyme in the coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthetic pathway. The differential expression of the four-active mammalian PanK isoforms regulates CoA levels in different tissues and PANK2 mutations lead to Pantothenate Kinase Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN). The molecular mechanisms that potentially underlie PKAN pathophysiology are investigated in a mouse model of CoA deficiency in the central nervous system (CNS). Both PanK1 and PanK2 contribute to brain CoA levels in mice and so a mouse model with a systemic deletion of Pank1 together with neuronal deletion of Pank2 was generated. Neuronal Pank2 expression in double knockout mice decreased starting at P9-11 triggering a significant brain CoA deficiency. The depressed brain CoA in the mice correlates with abnormal forelimb flexing and weakness that, in turn, contributes to reduced locomotion and abnormal gait. Biochemical analysis reveals a reduction in short-chain acyl-CoAs, including acetyl-CoA and succinyl-CoA. Comparative gene expression analysis reveals that the CoA deficiency in brain is associated with a large elevation of Hif3a transcript expression and significant reduction of gene transcripts in heme and hemoglobin synthesis. Reduction of brain heme levels is associated with the CoA deficiency. The data suggest a response to oxygen/glucose deprivation and indicate a disruption of oxidative metabolism arising from a CoA deficiency in the CNS.
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA
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Yang H, Zhao C, Tang MC, Wang Y, Wang SP, Allard P, Furtos A, Mitchell GA. Inborn errors of mitochondrial acyl-coenzyme a metabolism: acyl-CoA biology meets the clinic. Mol Genet Metab 2019; 128:30-44. [PMID: 31186158 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2019.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The last decade saw major advances in understanding the metabolism of Coenzyme A (CoA) thioesters (acyl-CoAs) and related inborn errors (CoA metabolic diseases, CAMDs). For diagnosis, acylcarnitines and organic acids, both derived from acyl-CoAs, are excellent markers of most CAMDs. Clinically, each CAMD is unique but strikingly, three main patterns emerge: first, systemic decompensations with combinations of acidosis, ketosis, hypoglycemia, hyperammonemia and fatty liver; second, neurological episodes, particularly acute "stroke-like" episodes, often involving the basal ganglia but sometimes cerebral cortex, brainstem or optic nerves and third, especially in CAMDs of long chain fatty acyl-CoA metabolism, lipid myopathy, cardiomyopathy and arrhythmia. Some patients develop signs from more than one category. The pathophysiology of CAMDs is not precisely understood. Available data suggest that signs may result from CoA sequestration, toxicity and redistribution (CASTOR) in the mitochondrial matrix has been suggested to play a role. This predicts that most CAMDs cause deficiency of CoA, limiting mitochondrial energy production, and that toxic effects from the abnormal accumulation of acyl-CoAs and from extramitochondrial functions of acetyl-CoA may also contribute. Recent progress includes the following. (1) Direct measurements of tissue acyl-CoAs in mammalian models of CAMDs have been related to clinical features. (2) Inborn errors of CoA biosynthesis were shown to cause clinical changes similar to those of inborn errors of acyl-CoA degradation. (3) CoA levels in cells can be influenced pharmacologically. (4) Roles for acetyl-CoA are increasingly identified in all cell compartments. (5) Nonenzymatic acyl-CoA-mediated acylation of intracellular proteins occurs in mammalian tissues and is increased in CAMDs.
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- Hao Yang
- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal, Canada
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal, Canada; College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, China
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal, Canada
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal, Canada
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal, Canada
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal, Canada.
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Alvarez-Cordoba M, Villanueva-Paz M, Villalón-García I, Povea-Cabello S, Suárez-Rivero JM, Talaverón-Rey M, Abril-Jaramillo J, Vintimilla-Tosi AB, Sánchez-Alcázar JA. Precision medicine in pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration. Neural Regen Res 2019; 14:1177-1185. [PMID: 30804242 PMCID: PMC6425824 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.251203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation is a broad term that describes a heterogeneous group of progressive and invalidating neurologic disorders in which iron deposits in certain brain areas, mainly the basal ganglia. The predominant clinical symptoms include spasticity, progressive dystonia, Parkinson’s disease-like symptoms, neuropsychiatric alterations, and retinal degeneration. Among the neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation disorders, the most frequent subtype is pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) caused by defects in the gene encoding the enzyme pantothenate kinase 2 (PANK2) which catalyzed the first reaction of the coenzyme A biosynthesis pathway. Currently there is no effective treatment to prevent the inexorable course of these disorders. The aim of this review is to open up a discussion on the utility of using cellular models derived from patients as a valuable tool for the development of precision medicine in PKAN. Recently, we have described that dermal fibroblasts obtained from PKAN patients can manifest the main pathological changes of the disease such as intracellular iron accumulation accompanied by large amounts of lipofuscin granules, mitochondrial dysfunction and a pronounced increase of markers of oxidative stress. In addition, PKAN fibroblasts showed a morphological senescence-like phenotype. Interestingly, pantothenate supplementation, the substrate of the PANK2 enzyme, corrected all pathophysiological alterations in responder PKAN fibroblasts with low/residual PANK2 enzyme expression. However, pantothenate treatment had no favourable effect on PKAN fibroblasts harbouring mutations associated with the expression of a truncated/incomplete protein. The correction of pathological alterations by pantothenate in individual mutations was also verified in induced neurons obtained by direct reprograming of PKAN fibroblasts. Our observations indicate that pantothenate supplementation can increase/stabilize the expression levels of PANK2 in specific mutations. Fibroblasts and induced neurons derived from patients can provide a useful tool for recognizing PKAN patients who can respond to pantothenate treatment. The presence of low but significant PANK2 expression which can be increased in particular mutations gives valuable information which can support the treatment with high dose of pantothenate. The evaluation of personalized treatments in vitro of fibroblasts and neuronal cells derived from PKAN patients with a wide range of pharmacological options currently available, and monitoring its effect on the pathophysiological changes, can help for a better therapeutic strategy. In addition, these cell models will be also useful for testing the efficacy of new therapeutic options developed in the future.
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- Mónica Alvarez-Cordoba
- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo (CABD-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide), and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red: Enfermedades Raras, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Sevilla, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo (CABD-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide), and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red: Enfermedades Raras, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Sevilla, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo (CABD-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide), and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red: Enfermedades Raras, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Sevilla, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo (CABD-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide), and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red: Enfermedades Raras, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Sevilla, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo (CABD-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide), and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red: Enfermedades Raras, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Sevilla, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo (CABD-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide), and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red: Enfermedades Raras, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Sevilla, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo (CABD-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide), and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red: Enfermedades Raras, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Sevilla, Spain
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Sharma LK, Subramanian C, Yun MK, Frank MW, White SW, Rock CO, Lee RE, Jackowski S. A therapeutic approach to pantothenate kinase associated neurodegeneration. Nat Commun 2018; 9:4399. [PMID: 30352999 PMCID: PMC6199309 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06703-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Pantothenate kinase (PANK) is a metabolic enzyme that regulates cellular coenzyme A (CoA) levels. There are three human PANK genes, and inactivating mutations in PANK2 lead to pantothenate kinase associated neurodegeneration (PKAN). Here we performed a library screen followed by chemical optimization to produce PZ-2891, an allosteric PANK activator that crosses the blood brain barrier. PZ-2891 occupies the pantothenate pocket and engages the dimer interface to form a PANK•ATP•Mg2+•PZ-2891 complex. The binding of PZ-2891 to one protomer locks the opposite protomer in a catalytically active conformation that is refractory to acetyl-CoA inhibition. Oral administration of PZ-2891 increases CoA levels in mouse liver and brain. A knockout mouse model of brain CoA deficiency exhibited weight loss, severe locomotor impairment and early death. Knockout mice on PZ-2891 therapy gain weight, and have improved locomotor activity and life span establishing pantazines as novel therapeutics for the treatment of PKAN.
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- Lalit Kumar Sharma
- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
- Nurix, Inc, 1700 Owens Street, Suite 205, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA.
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Pagani F, Trivedi A, Khatri D, Zizioli D, Garrafa E, Mitola S, Finazzi D. Silencing of pantothenate kinase 2 reduces endothelial cell angiogenesis. Mol Med Rep 2018; 18:4739-4746. [PMID: 30221726 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2018.9480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
Abstract
Coenzyme A (CoA) is an essential cofactor of cellular metabolism that is involved in ~4% of cellular reactions. Its de novo production relies on five subsequent enzymatic steps, starting with the phosphorylation of vitamin B5. Pantothenate kinase 2 (PANK2) and coenzyme A synthase (COASY) catalyze the first and last steps of this pathway. Mutations in these genes lead to severe and progressive movement disorders, with neurodegeneration and iron accumulation in the basal ganglia, known as PANK2‑ and COASY protein‑associated neurodegeneration, respectively. Given the ubiquitous role of CoA in cellular metabolism, it is still not clear why patients carrying PANK2 and COASY mutations develop almost exclusively neurological symptoms. Important clues are the energetic profile of neural cells as well as the high levels of PANK2 expression in the brain; however, other features may contribute to this selective tissue vulnerability. Notably, when pank2 or coasy expression was suppressed in zebrafish evident perturbation of neuronal development was observed, as well as severe defects in vasculature formation. Supplementation of CoA to fish water prevented the appearance of the phenotype, thereby confirming the specific connection with the availability of the metabolic cofactor. The present study investigated the associations between PANK2 defects and angiogenesis in a mammalian setting, and revealed that PANK2 expression was required for normal angiogenetic properties of human umbilical vein endothelial cells.
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- Francesca Pagani
- Section of Biotechnology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, I‑25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Section of Biotechnology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, I‑25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Section of Biotechnology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, I‑25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Section of Biotechnology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, I‑25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Section of Biotechnology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, I‑25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Section of Biotechnology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, I‑25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Section of Biotechnology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, I‑25123 Brescia, Italy
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Pantothenate Rescues Iron Accumulation in Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration Depending on the Type of Mutation. Mol Neurobiol 2018; 56:3638-3656. [PMID: 30173408 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-018-1333-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 08/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) is a group of inherited neurologic disorders in which iron accumulates in the basal ganglia resulting in progressive dystonia, spasticity, parkinsonism, neuropsychiatric abnormalities, and optic atrophy or retinal degeneration. The most prevalent form of NBIA is pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) associated with mutations in the gene of pantothenate kinase 2 (PANK2), which is essential for coenzyme A (CoA) synthesis. There is no cure for NBIA nor is there a standard course of treatment. In the current work, we describe that fibroblasts derived from patients harbouring PANK2 mutations can reproduce many of the cellular pathological alterations found in the disease, such as intracellular iron and lipofuscin accumulation, increased oxidative stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction. Furthermore, mutant fibroblasts showed a characteristic senescent morphology. Treatment with pantothenate, the PANK2 enzyme substrate, was able to correct all pathological alterations in responder mutant fibroblasts with residual PANK2 enzyme expression. However, pantothenate had no effect on mutant fibroblasts with truncated/incomplete protein expression. The positive effect of pantothenate in particular mutations was also confirmed in induced neurons obtained by direct reprograming of mutant fibroblasts. Our results suggest that pantothenate treatment can stabilize the expression levels of PANK2 in selected mutations. These results encourage us to propose our screening model as a quick and easy way to detect pantothenate-responder patients with PANK2 mutations. The existence of residual enzyme expression in some affected individuals raises the possibility of treatment using high dose of pantothenate.
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Overexpression of Human Mutant PANK2 Proteins Affects Development and Motor Behavior of Zebrafish Embryos. Neuromolecular Med 2018; 21:120-131. [PMID: 30141000 DOI: 10.1007/s12017-018-8508-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN) is a genetic and early-onset neurodegenerative disorder characterized by iron accumulation in the basal ganglia. It is due to mutations in Pantothenate Kinase 2 (PANK2), an enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of vitamin B5, first and essential step in coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthesis. Most likely, an unbalance of the neuronal levels of this important cofactor represents the initial trigger of the neurodegenerative process, yet a complete understanding of the connection between PANK2 malfunctioning and neuronal death is lacking. Most PKAN patients carry mutations in both alleles and a loss of function mechanism is proposed to explain the pathology. When PANK2 mutants were analyzed for stability, dimerization capacity, and enzymatic activity in vitro, many of them showed properties like the wild-type form. To further explore this aspect, we overexpressed the wild-type protein, two mutant forms with reduced kinase activity and two retaining the catalytic activity in zebrafish embryos and analyzed the morpho-functional consequences. While the wild-type protein had no effects, all mutant proteins generated phenotypes that partially resembled those observed in pank2 and coasy morphants and were rescued by CoA and vitamin B5 supplementation. The overexpression of PANK2 mutant forms appears to be associated with perturbation in CoA availability, irrespective of their catalytic activity.
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Arber C, Angelova PR, Wiethoff S, Tsuchiya Y, Mazzacuva F, Preza E, Bhatia KP, Mills K, Gout I, Abramov AY, Hardy J, Duce JA, Houlden H, Wray S. iPSC-derived neuronal models of PANK2-associated neurodegeneration reveal mitochondrial dysfunction contributing to early disease. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0184104. [PMID: 28863176 PMCID: PMC5581181 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Mutations in PANK2 lead to neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation. PANK2 has a role in the biosynthesis of coenzyme A (CoA) from dietary vitamin B5, but the neuropathological mechanism and reasons for iron accumulation remain unknown. In this study, atypical patient-derived fibroblasts were reprogrammed into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and subsequently differentiated into cortical neuronal cells for studying disease mechanisms in human neurons. We observed no changes in PANK2 expression between control and patient cells, but a reduction in protein levels was apparent in patient cells. CoA homeostasis and cellular iron handling were normal, mitochondrial function was affected; displaying activated NADH-related and inhibited FADH-related respiration, resulting in increased mitochondrial membrane potential. This led to increased reactive oxygen species generation and lipid peroxidation in patient-derived neurons. These data suggest that mitochondrial deficiency is an early feature of the disease process and can be explained by altered NADH/FADH substrate supply to oxidative phosphorylation. Intriguingly, iron chelation appeared to exacerbate the mitochondrial phenotype in both control and patient neuronal cells. This raises caution for the use iron chelation therapy in general when iron accumulation is absent.
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- Charles Arber
- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Translational Omics, Genetics and Genomic Medicine Programme, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Translational Omics, Genetics and Genomic Medicine Programme, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Angural A, Singh I, Mahajan A, Pandoh P, Dhar MK, Kaul S, Verma V, Rai E, Razdan S, Kishore Pandita K, Sharma S. A variation in PANK2 gene is causing Pantothenate kinase-associated Neurodegeneration in a family from Jammu and Kashmir - India. Sci Rep 2017; 7:4834. [PMID: 28680084 PMCID: PMC5498598 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-05388-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration is a rare hereditary neurodegenerative disorder associated with nucleotide variation(s) in mitochondrial human Pantothenate kinase 2 (hPanK2) protein encoding PANK2 gene, and is characterized by symptoms of extra-pyramidal dysfunction and accumulation of non-heme iron predominantly in the basal ganglia of the brain. In this study, we describe a familial case of PKAN from the State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), India based on the clinical findings and genetic screening of two affected siblings born to consanguineous normal parents. The patients present with early-onset, progressive extrapyramidal dysfunction, and brain Magnetic Resonance imaging (MRI) suggestive of symmetrical iron deposition in the globus pallidi. Screening the PANK2 gene in the patients as well as their unaffected family members revealed a functional single nucleotide variation, perfectly segregating in the patient’s family in an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. We also provide the results of in-silico analyses, predicting the functional consequence of the identified PANK2 variant.
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- Arshia Angural
- Human Genetics Research Group, Department of Biotechnology, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, 182320, India
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- Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility, Department of Biotechnology, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, 182320, India
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- School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, 180006, India
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- Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Sidra, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, 180017, India
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- School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, 180006, India
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- School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, 180006, India
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- Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility, Department of Biotechnology, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, 182320, India
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- Human Genetics Research Group, Department of Biotechnology, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, 182320, India
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- Neurology Clinic, 7 Bhagwati Nagar, Jammu, 180001, J&K, India
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- Human Genetics Research Group, Department of Biotechnology, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, 182320, India.
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Corbin DR, Rehg JE, Shepherd DL, Stoilov P, Percifield RJ, Horner L, Frase S, Zhang YM, Rock CO, Hollander JM, Jackowski S, Leonardi R. Excess coenzyme A reduces skeletal muscle performance and strength in mice overexpressing human PANK2. Mol Genet Metab 2017; 120:350-362. [PMID: 28189602 PMCID: PMC5382100 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2017.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Coenzyme A (CoA) is a cofactor that is central to energy metabolism and CoA synthesis is controlled by the enzyme pantothenate kinase (PanK). A transgenic mouse strain expressing human PANK2 was derived to determine the physiological impact of PANK overexpression and elevated CoA levels. The Tg(PANK2) mice expressed high levels of the transgene in skeletal muscle and heart; however, CoA was substantially elevated only in skeletal muscle, possibly associated with the comparatively low endogenous levels of acetyl-CoA, a potent feedback inhibitor of PANK2. Tg(PANK2) mice were smaller, had less skeletal muscle mass and displayed significantly impaired exercise tolerance and grip strength. Skeletal myofibers were characterized by centralized nuclei and aberrant mitochondria. Both the content of fully assembled complex I of the electron transport chain and ATP levels were reduced, while markers of oxidative stress were elevated in Tg(PANK2) skeletal muscle. These abnormalities were not detected in the Tg(PANK2) heart muscle, with the exception of spotty loss of cristae organization in the mitochondria. The data demonstrate that excessively high CoA may be detrimental to skeletal muscle function.
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- Deborah R Corbin
- Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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- Department Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Exercise Physiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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- Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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- Cell and Tissue Imaging-Electron Microscopy Shared Resource, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Cell and Tissue Imaging-Electron Microscopy Shared Resource, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Exercise Physiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.
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Subramanian C, Yun MK, Yao J, Sharma LK, Lee RE, White SW, Jackowski S, Rock CO. Allosteric Regulation of Mammalian Pantothenate Kinase. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:22302-22314. [PMID: 27555321 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.748061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Pantothenate kinase is the master regulator of CoA biosynthesis and is feedback-inhibited by acetyl-CoA. Comparison of the human PANK3·acetyl-CoA complex to the structures of PANK3 in four catalytically relevant complexes, 5'-adenylyl-β,γ-imidodiphosphate (AMPPNP)·Mg2+, AMPPNP·Mg2+·pantothenate, ADP·Mg2+·phosphopantothenate, and AMP phosphoramidate (AMPPN)·Mg2+, revealed a large conformational change in the dimeric enzyme. The amino-terminal nucleotide binding domain rotates to close the active site, and this allows the P-loop to engage ATP and facilitates required substrate/product interactions at the active site. Biochemical analyses showed that the transition between the inactive and active conformations, as assessed by the binding of either ATP·Mg2+ or acyl-CoA to PANK3, is highly cooperative indicating that both protomers move in concert. PANK3(G19V) cannot bind ATP, and biochemical analyses of an engineered PANK3/PANK3(G19V) heterodimer confirmed that the two active sites are functionally coupled. The communication between the two protomers is mediated by an α-helix that interacts with the ATP-binding site at its amino terminus and with the substrate/inhibitor-binding site of the opposite protomer at its carboxyl terminus. The two α-helices within the dimer together with the bound ligands create a ring that stabilizes the assembly in either the active closed conformation or the inactive open conformation. Thus, both active sites of the dimeric mammalian pantothenate kinases coordinately switch between the on and off states in response to intracellular concentrations of ATP and its key negative regulators, acetyl(acyl)-CoA.
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- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105
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- Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105
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Machado MV, Kruger L, Jewell ML, Michelotti GA, Pereira TDA, Xie G, Moylan CA, Diehl AM. Vitamin B5 and N-Acetylcysteine in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Preclinical Study in a Dietary Mouse Model. Dig Dis Sci 2016; 61:137-48. [PMID: 26403427 PMCID: PMC4703517 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-015-3871-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2015] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the number one cause of chronic liver disease and second indication for liver transplantation in the Western world. Effective therapy is still not available. Previously we showed a critical role for caspase-2 in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), the potentially progressive form of NAFLD. An imbalance between free coenzyme A (CoA) and acyl-CoA ratio is known to induce caspase-2 activation. OBJECTIVES We aimed to evaluate CoA metabolism and the effects of supplementation with CoA precursors, pantothenate and cysteine, in mouse models of NASH. METHODS CoA metabolism was evaluated in methionine-choline deficient (MCD) and Western diet mouse models of NASH. MCD diet-fed mice were treated with pantothenate and N-acetylcysteine or placebo to determine effects on NASH. RESULTS Liver free CoA content was reduced, pantothenate kinase (PANK), the rate-limiting enzyme in the CoA biosynthesis pathway, was down-regulated, and CoA degrading enzymes were increased in mice with NASH. Decreased hepatic free CoA content was associated with increased caspase-2 activity and correlated with worse liver cell apoptosis, inflammation, and fibrosis. Treatment with pantothenate and N-acetylcysteine did not inhibit caspase-2 activation, improve NASH, normalize PANK expression, or restore free CoA levels in MCD diet-fed mice. CONCLUSION In mice with NASH, hepatic CoA metabolism is impaired, leading to decreased free CoA content, activation of caspase-2, and increased liver cell apoptosis. Dietary supplementation with CoA precursors did not restore CoA levels or improve NASH, suggesting that alternative approaches are necessary to normalize free CoA during NASH.
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- Mariana Verdelho Machado
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 905 LaSalle Street, Snyderman Building, Suite 1073, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
- Gastroenterology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, CHLN, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 905 LaSalle Street, Snyderman Building, Suite 1073, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 905 LaSalle Street, Snyderman Building, Suite 1073, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 905 LaSalle Street, Snyderman Building, Suite 1073, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 905 LaSalle Street, Snyderman Building, Suite 1073, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 905 LaSalle Street, Snyderman Building, Suite 1073, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 905 LaSalle Street, Snyderman Building, Suite 1073, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 905 LaSalle Street, Snyderman Building, Suite 1073, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.
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Kubota Y, Goto T, Hagiya Y, Chohnan S, Toyoda A. Decreased hepatic contents of coenzyme A molecular species in mice after subchronic mild social defeat stress. Stress 2016; 19:192-7. [PMID: 26864137 DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2015.1137558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Social stress may precipitate psychiatric disorders such as depression, which is related to the occurrence of the metabolic syndrome, including obesity and type 2 diabetes. We have evaluated the effects of social stress on central and peripheral metabolism using a model of depression in mice. In the present study, we focused on coenzyme A (CoA) molecular species [i.e. non-esterified CoA (CoASH), acetyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA] which play important roles in numerous metabolic pathways, and we analyzed changes in expression of these molecules in the hypothalamus and liver of adult male mice (C57BL/6J) subjected to 10 days of subchronic mild social defeat stress (sCSDS) with ICR mice as aggressors. Mice (n = 12) exposed to showed hyperphagia- and polydipsia-like symptoms and increased body weight gain compared with control mice which were not affected by exposure to ICR mice (n = 12). To elucidate the underlying metabolic features in the sCSDS model, acetyl-CoA, malonyl-CoA and CoASH tissue levels were analyzed using the acyl-CoA cycling method. The levels of hypothalamic malonyl-CoA, which decreases feeding behavior, were not influenced by sCSDS. However, sCSDS reduced levels of acetyl-CoA, malonyl-CoA and total CoA (sum of the three CoA molecular species) in the liver. Hence, hyperphagia-like symptoms in sCSDS mice evidently occurred independently of hypothalamic malonyl-CoA, but might consequently lead to down-regulation of hepatic CoA via altered expression of nudix hydrolase 7. Future studies should investigate the molecular mechanism(s) underlying the down-regulation of liver CoA pools in sCSDS mice.
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- Yoshifumi Kubota
- a College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University , Ami , Ibaraki , Japan
- b National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations, Central Research Institute for Feed and Livestock, Swine Research Sec , Tsukuba , Ibaraki , Japan
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- a College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University , Ami , Ibaraki , Japan
- c Ibaraki University Cooperation between Agriculture and Medical Science (IUCAM) , Ami , Ibaraki , Japan , and
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- a College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University , Ami , Ibaraki , Japan
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- a College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University , Ami , Ibaraki , Japan
- c Ibaraki University Cooperation between Agriculture and Medical Science (IUCAM) , Ami , Ibaraki , Japan , and
- d United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , Fuchu-City, Tokyo , Japan
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- a College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University , Ami , Ibaraki , Japan
- c Ibaraki University Cooperation between Agriculture and Medical Science (IUCAM) , Ami , Ibaraki , Japan , and
- d United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , Fuchu-City, Tokyo , Japan
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Zano SP, Pate C, Frank M, Rock CO, Jackowski S. Correction of a genetic deficiency in pantothenate kinase 1 using phosphopantothenate replacement therapy. Mol Genet Metab 2015; 116:281-8. [PMID: 26549575 PMCID: PMC4764103 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2015.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 10/27/2015] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Coenzyme A (CoA) is a ubiquitous cofactor involved in numerous essential biochemical transformations, and along with its thioesters is a key regulator of intermediary metabolism. Pantothenate (vitamin B5) phosphorylation by pantothenate kinase (PanK) is thought to control the rate of CoA production. Pantothenate kinase associated neurodegeneration is a hereditary disease that arises from mutations that inactivate the human PANK2 gene. Aryl phosphoramidate phosphopantothenate derivatives were prepared to test the feasibility of using phosphopantothenate replacement therapy to bypass the genetic deficiency in the Pank1(-/-) mouse model. The efficacies of candidate compounds were first compared by measuring the ability to increase CoA levels in Pank1(-/-) mouse embryo fibroblasts. Administration of selected candidate compounds to Pank1(-/-) mice corrected their deficiency in hepatic CoA. The PanK bypass was confirmed by the incorporation of intact phosphopantothenate into CoA using triple-isotopically labeled compound. These results provide strong support for PanK as a master regulator of intracellular CoA and illustrate the feasibility of employing PanK bypass therapy to restore CoA levels in genetically deficient mice.
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- Stephen P Zano
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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Zizioli D, Tiso N, Guglielmi A, Saraceno C, Busolin G, Giuliani R, Khatri D, Monti E, Borsani G, Argenton F, Finazzi D. Knock-down of pantothenate kinase 2 severely affects the development of the nervous and vascular system in zebrafish, providing new insights into PKAN disease. Neurobiol Dis 2015; 85:35-48. [PMID: 26476142 PMCID: PMC4684146 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2015] [Revised: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 10/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Pantothenate Kinase Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN) is an autosomal recessive disorder with mutations in the pantothenate kinase 2 gene (PANK2), encoding an essential enzyme for Coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthesis. The molecular connection between defects in this enzyme and the neurodegenerative phenotype observed in PKAN patients is still poorly understood. We exploited the zebrafish model to study the role played by the pank2 gene during embryonic development and get new insight into PKAN pathogenesis. The zebrafish orthologue of hPANK2 lies on chromosome 13, is a maternal gene expressed in all development stages and, in adult animals, is highly abundant in CNS, dorsal aorta and caudal vein. The injection of a splice-inhibiting morpholino induced a clear phenotype with perturbed brain morphology and hydrocephalus; edema was present in the heart region and caudal plexus, where hemorrhages with reduction of blood circulation velocity were detected. We characterized the CNS phenotype by studying the expression pattern of wnt1 and neurog1 neural markers and by use of the Tg(neurod:EGFP/sox10:dsRed) transgenic line. The results evidenced that downregulation of pank2 severely impairs neuronal development, particularly in the anterior part of CNS (telencephalon). Whole-mount in situ hybridization analysis of the endothelial markers cadherin-5 and fli1a, and use of Tg(fli1a:EGFP/gata1a:dsRed) transgenic line, confirmed the essential role of pank2 in the formation of the vascular system. The specificity of the morpholino-induced phenotype was proved by the restoration of a normal development in a high percentage of embryos co-injected with pank2 mRNA. Also, addition of pantethine or CoA, but not of vitamin B5, to pank2 morpholino-injected embryos rescued the phenotype with high efficiency. The zebrafish model indicates the relevance of pank2 activity and CoA homeostasis for normal neuronal development and functioning and provides evidence of an unsuspected role for this enzyme and its product in vascular development. Zebrafish pank2 gene is highly expressed in the CNS and the main vascular structures. Pank2 down-regulation severely affects the development of the forebrain. Pank2 down-regulation affects the dorsal aorta, caudal vein and inter-somitic vessels. Pantethine and Coenzyme A restore the normal development in the absence of pank2 expression.
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- Daniela Zizioli
- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, viale Europa 11, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, via U. Bassi 58/B, 35121 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, viale Europa 11, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, viale Europa 11, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, via U. Bassi 58/B, 35121 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, viale Europa 11, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, viale Europa 11, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, viale Europa 11, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, viale Europa 11, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, via U. Bassi 58/B, 35121 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, viale Europa 11, 25123 Brescia, Italy; Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, Spedali Civili Hospital, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
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Shumar SA, Fagone P, Alfonso-Pecchio A, Gray JT, Rehg JE, Jackowski S, Leonardi R. Induction of Neuron-Specific Degradation of Coenzyme A Models Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration by Reducing Motor Coordination in Mice. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0130013. [PMID: 26052948 PMCID: PMC4460045 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 05/15/2015] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration, PKAN, is an inherited disorder characterized by progressive impairment in motor coordination and caused by mutations in PANK2, a human gene that encodes one of four pantothenate kinase (PanK) isoforms. PanK initiates the synthesis of coenzyme A (CoA), an essential cofactor that plays a key role in energy metabolism and lipid synthesis. Most of the mutations in PANK2 reduce or abolish the activity of the enzyme. This evidence has led to the hypothesis that lower CoA might be the underlying cause of the neurodegeneration in PKAN patients; however, no mouse model of the disease is currently available to investigate the connection between neuronal CoA levels and neurodegeneration. Indeed, genetic and/or dietary manipulations aimed at reducing whole-body CoA synthesis have not produced a desirable PKAN model, and this has greatly hindered the discovery of a treatment for the disease. OBJECTIVE, METHODS, RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Cellular CoA levels are tightly regulated by a balance between synthesis and degradation. CoA degradation is catalyzed by two peroxisomal nudix hydrolases, Nudt7 and Nudt19. In this study we sought to reduce neuronal CoA in mice through the alternative approach of increasing Nudt7-mediated CoA degradation. This was achieved by combining the use of an adeno-associated virus-based expression system with the synapsin (Syn) promoter. We show that mice with neuronal overexpression of a cytosolic version of Nudt7 (scAAV9-Syn-Nudt7cyt) exhibit a significant decrease in brain CoA levels in conjunction with a reduction in motor coordination. These results strongly support the existence of a link between CoA levels and neuronal function and show that scAAV9-Syn-Nudt7cyt mice can be used to model PKAN.
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- Stephanie A. Shumar
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
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Schiessl-Weyer J, Roa P, Laccone F, Kluge B, Tichy A, De Almeida Ribeiro E, Prohaska R, Stoeter P, Siegl C, Salzer U. Acanthocytosis and the c.680 A>G Mutation in the PANK2 Gene: A Study Enrolling a Cohort of PKAN Patients from the Dominican Republic. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0125861. [PMID: 25915509 PMCID: PMC4411072 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN) is a form of Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation (NBIA) associated with mutations in the pantothenate kinase 2 gene (PANK2). Pantothenate kinases catalyze the rate-limiting step of coenzyme A synthesis and Pank2 is the only pantothenate kinase isoform in humans that is localized to mitochondria. Acanthocytosis, the occurrence of spiculated erythrocytes, is observed in about 10% of the PKAN patients. Therefore PKAN is also classified together with other rare neurodegenerative diseases like Chorea Acanthocytosis (ChAc) and McLeod syndrome (MLS) into the Neuroacanthocytosis (NA) syndromes. It has not been investigated yet whether acanthocytosis in PKAN is associated with a specific subset of Pank2 mutations. In this study, we analyzed acanthocytosis of a cohort of 25 PKAN patients from the Dominican Republic that are homozygous for the c.680 A>G mutation in the PANK2 gene as compared to control donors that are heterozygous or wild-type with respect to this mutation. 3D modeling of this mutation indicated that the replacement of a tyrosine by a cysteine at position 227 in Pank2 disrupts a polar interaction within the A domain of the enzyme. Mean acanthocyte count was elevated in the cohort of patients, however, acanthocytosis varied among the patients with nearly half of them showing high (>20%) or elevated acanthocytosis and the rest showing mild (6-10%) or no (<6%) acanthocytosis. Heterozygous control donors revealed a tendency to mild acanthocytosis. Based on the insight that Pank2 is a normal constituent of red blood cells and de novo biosynthesis of coenzyme A is likely to take place in the erythrocyte cytosol we propose a hypothetical model that accounts for the variability in the occurrence of acanthocytic cells in PKAN.
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- Jasmin Schiessl-Weyer
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Centro de Diagnostico Medicina Avanzada, Laboratorio y Telemedicina, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Platform Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Centro de Diagnostico Medicina Avanzada, Laboratorio y Telemedicina, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Santambrogio P, Dusi S, Guaraldo M, Rotundo LI, Broccoli V, Garavaglia B, Tiranti V, Levi S. Mitochondrial iron and energetic dysfunction distinguish fibroblasts and induced neurons from pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration patients. Neurobiol Dis 2015; 81:144-53. [PMID: 25836419 PMCID: PMC4642744 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2014] [Revised: 02/11/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration is an early onset autosomal recessive movement disorder caused by mutation of the pantothenate kinase-2 gene, which encodes a mitochondrial enzyme involved in coenzyme A synthesis. The disorder is characterised by high iron levels in the brain, although the pathological mechanism leading to this accumulation is unknown. To address this question, we tested primary skin fibroblasts from three patients and three healthy subjects, as well as neurons induced by direct fibroblast reprogramming, for oxidative status, mitochondrial functionality and iron parameters. The patients' fibroblasts showed altered oxidative status, reduced antioxidant defence, and impaired cytosolic and mitochondrial aconitase activities compared to control cells. Mitochondrial iron homeostasis and functionality analysis of patient fibroblasts indicated increased labile iron pool content and reactive oxygen species development, altered mitochondrial shape, decreased membrane potential and reduced ATP levels. Furthermore, analysis of induced neurons, performed at a single cell level, confirmed some of the results obtained in fibroblasts, indicating an altered oxidative status and signs of mitochondrial dysfunction, possibly due to iron mishandling. Thus, for the first time, altered biological processes have been identified in vitro in live diseased neurons. Moreover, the obtained induced neurons can be considered a suitable human neuronal model for the identification of candidate therapeutic compounds for this disease.
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- Paolo Santambrogio
- San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Division of Neuroscience, 20132 Milano, Italy
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- Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Foundation IRCCS-Neurological Institute "Carlo Besta", 20126 Milano, Italy
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- San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Division of Neuroscience, 20132 Milano, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, 20132 Milano, Italy
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- San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Division of Neuroscience, 20132 Milano, Italy
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- San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Division of Neuroscience, 20132 Milano, Italy
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- Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Foundation IRCCS-Neurological Institute "Carlo Besta", 20126 Milano, Italy
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- Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Foundation IRCCS-Neurological Institute "Carlo Besta", 20126 Milano, Italy
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- San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Division of Neuroscience, 20132 Milano, Italy; University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, 20132 Milano, Italy.
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Sibon O, Hayflick S, Tiranti V. Modeling PKAN in Mice and Flies. Mov Disord 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-405195-9.00059-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Leonardi R, Rock CO, Jackowski S. Pank1 deletion in leptin-deficient mice reduces hyperglycaemia and hyperinsulinaemia and modifies global metabolism without affecting insulin resistance. Diabetologia 2014; 57:1466-75. [PMID: 24781151 PMCID: PMC4618598 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-014-3245-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2013] [Accepted: 03/28/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Pantothenate kinase (PANK) is the first enzyme in CoA biosynthesis. Pank1-deficient mice have 40% lower liver CoA and fasting hypoglycaemia, which results from reduced gluconeogenesis. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the human PANK1 gene are associated with insulin levels, suggesting a link between CoA and insulin homeostasis. We determined whether Pank1 deficiency (1) modified insulin levels, (2) ameliorated hyperglycaemia and hyperinsulinaemia, and (3) improved acute glucose and insulin tolerance of leptin (Lep)-deficient mice. METHODS Serum insulin and responses to glucose and insulin tolerance tests were determined in Pank1-deficient mice. Levels of CoA and regulating enzymes were measured in liver and skeletal muscle of Lep-deficient mice. Double Pank1/Lep-deficient mice were analysed for the diabetes-related phenotype and global metabolism. RESULTS Pank1-deficient mice had lower serum insulin and improved glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity compared with wild-type mice. Hepatic and muscle CoA was abnormally high in Lep-deficient mice. Pank1 deletion reduced hepatic CoA but not muscle CoA, reduced serum glucose and insulin, but did not normalise body weight or improve acute glucose tolerance or protein kinase B phosphorylation in Lep-deficient animals. Pank1/Lep double-deficient mice exhibited reduced whole-body metabolism of fatty acids and amino acids and had a greater reliance on carbohydrate use for energy production. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION The results indicate that Pank1 deficiency drives a whole-body metabolic adaptation that improves aspects of the diabetic phenotype and uncouples hyperglycaemia and hyperinsulinaemia from obesity in leptin-deficient mice.
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- Roberta Leonardi
- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105-3678; Phone: 901-595-3494; Fax: 901-595-3099;
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Levi S, Finazzi D. Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation: update on pathogenic mechanisms. Front Pharmacol 2014; 5:99. [PMID: 24847269 PMCID: PMC4019866 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2014.00099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Perturbation of iron distribution is observed in many neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, but the comprehension of the metal role in the development and progression of such disorders is still very limited. The combination of more powerful brain imaging techniques and faster genomic DNA sequencing procedures has allowed the description of a set of genetic disorders characterized by a constant and often early accumulation of iron in specific brain regions and the identification of the associated genes; these disorders are now collectively included in the category of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA). So far 10 different genetic forms have been described but this number is likely to increase in short time. Two forms are linked to mutations in genes directly involved in iron metabolism: neuroferritinopathy, associated to mutations in the FTL gene and aceruloplasminemia, where the ceruloplasmin gene product is defective. In the other forms the connection with iron metabolism is not evident at all and the genetic data let infer the involvement of other pathways: Pank2, Pla2G6, C19orf12, COASY, and FA2H genes seem to be related to lipid metabolism and to mitochondria functioning, WDR45 and ATP13A2 genes are implicated in lysosomal and autophagosome activity, while the C2orf37 gene encodes a nucleolar protein of unknown function. There is much hope in the scientific community that the study of the NBIA forms may provide important insight as to the link between brain iron metabolism and neurodegenerative mechanisms and eventually pave the way for new therapeutic avenues also for the more common neurodegenerative disorders. In this work, we will review the most recent findings in the molecular mechanisms underlining the most common forms of NBIA and analyze their possible link with brain iron metabolism.
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- Sonia Levi
- Proteomic of Iron Metabolism, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University Milano, Italy ; San Raffaele Scientific Institute Milano, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia Brescia, Italy ; Spedali Civili di Brescia Brescia, Italy
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Pandey V, Varun P, Turm H, Hagit T, Bekenstein U, Uriya B, Shifman S, Sagiv S, Kadener S, Sebastian K. A new in vivo model of pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration reveals a surprising role for transcriptional regulation in pathogenesis. Front Cell Neurosci 2013; 7:146. [PMID: 24058333 PMCID: PMC3766815 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2013.00146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2013] [Accepted: 08/21/2013] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN) is a neurodegenerative disorder with a poorly understood molecular mechanism. It is caused by mutations in Pantothenate Kinase, the first enzyme in the Coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthetic pathway. Here, we developed a Drosophila model of PKAN (tim-fbl flies) that allows us to continuously monitor the modeled disease in the brain. In tim-fbl flies, downregulation of fumble, the Drosophila PanK homologue in the cells containing a circadian clock results in characteristic features of PKAN such as developmental lethality, hypersensitivity to oxidative stress, and diminished life span. Despite quasi-normal circadian transcriptional rhythms, tim-fbl flies display brain-specific aberrant circadian locomotor rhythms, and a unique transcriptional signature. Comparison with expression data from flies exposed to paraquat demonstrates that, as previously suggested, pathways others than oxidative stress are affected by PANK downregulation. Surprisingly we found a significant decrease in the expression of key components of the photoreceptor recycling pathways, which could lead to retinal degeneration, a hallmark of PKAN. Importantly, these defects are not accompanied by changes in structural components in eye genes suggesting that changes in gene expression in the eye precede and may cause the retinal degeneration. Indeed tim-fbl flies have diminished response to light transitions, and their altered day/night patterns of activity demonstrates defects in light perception. This suggest that retinal lesions are not solely due to oxidative stress and demonstrates a role for the transcriptional response to CoA deficiency underlying the defects observed in dPanK deficient flies. Moreover, in the present study we developed a new fly model that can be applied to other diseases and that allows the assessment of neurodegeneration in the brains of living flies.
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- Varun Pandey
- Biological Chemistry Department, Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel
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- Biological Chemistry Department, Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel
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Tomita H, Imanaka T, Atomi H. Identification and characterization of an archaeal ketopantoate reductase and its involvement in regulation of coenzyme A biosynthesis. Mol Microbiol 2013; 90:307-21. [PMID: 23941541 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthesis in bacteria and eukaryotes is regulated primarily by feedback inhibition towards pantothenate kinase (PanK). As most archaea utilize a modified route for CoA biosynthesis and do not harbour PanK, the mechanisms governing regulation of CoA biosynthesis are unknown. Here we performed genetic and biochemical studies on the ketopantoate reductase (KPR) from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakarensis. KPR catalyses the second step in CoA biosynthesis, the reduction of 2-oxopantoate to pantoate. Gene disruption of TK1968, whose product was 20-29% identical to previously characterized KPRs from bacteria/eukaryotes, resulted in a strain with growth defects that were complemented by addition of pantoate. The TK1968 protein (Tk-KPR) displayed reductase activity specific for 2-oxopantoate and preferred NADH as the electron donor, distinct to the bacterial/eukaryotic NADPH-dependent enzymes. Tk-KPR activity decreased dramatically in the presence of CoA and KPR activity in cell-free extracts was also inhibited by CoA. Kinetic studies indicated that CoA inhibits KPR by competing with NADH. Inhibition of ketopantoate hydroxymethyltransferase, the first enzyme of the pathway, by CoA was not observed. Our results suggest that CoA biosynthesis in T. kodakarensis is regulated by feedback inhibition of KPR, providing a feasible regulation mechanism of CoA biosynthesis in archaea.
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- Hiroya Tomita
- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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Katoh H, Tamaki H, Tokutake Y, Hanada S, Chohnan S. Identification of pantoate kinase and phosphopantothenate synthetase from Methanospirillum hungatei. J Biosci Bioeng 2012. [PMID: 23200110 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2012.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Pantothenate synthetase (PanC) and pantothenate kinase which function in the canonical coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthetic pathway cannot be found in most archaea. COG1829 and COG1701 intrinsic to archaea were proposed as the candidate proteins for producing 4'-phosphopantothenate instead, and the COG1701 protein from Methanosarcina mazei was assigned as PanC. Meanwhile, the Thermococcus kodakarensis COG1829 and COG1701 proteins were biochemically identified as novel enzymes, i.e., pantoate kinase (PoK) and phosphopantothenate synthetase (PPS). In this study, the functions of Mhun_0831 (COG1829) and Mhun_0832 (COG1701) from Methanospirillum hungatei were identified, and the recombinant enzymes were partially characterized. Plasmids simultaneously possessing the two genes encoding Mhun_0831 and Mhun_0832 complemented the poor growth of the temperature-sensitive Escherichia coli pantothenate kinase mutant ts9. The recombinant Mhun_0831 and Mhun_0832 expressed in E. coli cells exhibited PoK and PPS activities, respectively, being in accord with the functions of T. kodakarensis proteins. The PoK activity was most active at pH 8.5 and 40°C, and accepted ATP and UTP as a phosphate donor. Although CoA did not affect the PoK activity, the end product considerably accelerated the PPS activity. The homologs of both proteins are widely conserved in most archaeal genomes. Taken together, our findings indicate that archaea can synthesize CoA through the unique pathway involving PoK and PPS, in addition to the canonical one that the order Thermoplasmatales employs.
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- Hiroki Katoh
- Department of Bioresource Science, Ibaraki University College of Agriculture, Ibaraki, Japan
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Alfonso-Pecchio A, Garcia M, Leonardi R, Jackowski S. Compartmentalization of mammalian pantothenate kinases. PLoS One 2012; 7:e49509. [PMID: 23152917 PMCID: PMC3496714 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2012] [Accepted: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The pantothenate kinases (PanK) catalyze the first and the rate-limiting step in coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthesis and regulate the amount of CoA in tissues by differential isoform expression and allosteric interaction with metabolic ligands. The four human and mouse PanK proteins share a homologous carboxy-terminal catalytic domain, but differ in their amino-termini. These unique termini direct the isoforms to different subcellular compartments. PanK1α isoforms were exclusively nuclear, with preferential association with the granular component of the nucleolus during interphase. PanK1α also associated with the perichromosomal region in condensing chromosomes during mitosis. The PanK1β and PanK3 isoforms were cytosolic, with a portion of PanK1β associated with clathrin-associated vesicles and recycling endosomes. Human PanK2, known to associate with mitochondria, was specifically localized to the intermembrane space. Human PanK2 was also detected in the nucleus, and functional nuclear localization and export signals were identified and experimentally confirmed. Nuclear PanK2 trafficked from the nucleus to the mitochondria, but not in the other direction, and was absent from the nucleus during G2 phase of the cell cycle. The localization of human PanK2 in these two compartments was in sharp contrast to mouse PanK2, which was exclusively cytosolic. These data demonstrate that PanK isoforms are differentially compartmentalized allowing them to sense CoA homeostasis in different cellular compartments and enable interaction with regulatory ligands produced in these same locations.
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- Adolfo Alfonso-Pecchio
- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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Brunetti D, Dusi S, Morbin M, Uggetti A, Moda F, D'Amato I, Giordano C, d'Amati G, Cozzi A, Levi S, Hayflick S, Tiranti V. Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration: altered mitochondria membrane potential and defective respiration in Pank2 knock-out mouse model. Hum Mol Genet 2012; 21:5294-305. [PMID: 22983956 PMCID: PMC3510755 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) comprises a group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by high brain content of iron and presence of axonal spheroids. Mutations in the PANK2 gene, which encodes pantothenate kinase 2, underlie an autosomal recessive inborn error of coenzyme A metabolism, called pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN). PKAN is characterized by dystonia, dysarthria, rigidity and pigmentary retinal degeneration. The pathogenesis of this disorder is poorly understood and, although PANK2 is a mitochondrial protein, perturbations in mitochondrial bioenergetics have not been reported. A knock-out (KO) mouse model of PKAN exhibits retinal degeneration and azoospermia, but lacks any neurological phenotype. The absence of a clinical phenotype has partially been explained by the different cellular localization of the human and murine PANK2 proteins. Here we demonstrate that the mouse Pank2 protein localizes to mitochondria, similar to its human orthologue. Moreover, we show that Pank2-defective neurons derived from KO mice have an altered mitochondrial membrane potential, a defect further corroborated by the observations of swollen mitochondria at the ultra-structural level and by the presence of defective respiration.
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- Dario Brunetti
- Unit of Molecular Neurogenetics, IRCCS Foundation Neurological Institute 'C. Besta', Milan, Italy
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Garcia M, Leonardi R, Zhang YM, Rehg JE, Jackowski S. Germline deletion of pantothenate kinases 1 and 2 reveals the key roles for CoA in postnatal metabolism. PLoS One 2012; 7:e40871. [PMID: 22815849 PMCID: PMC3398950 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2012] [Accepted: 06/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Pantothenate kinase (PanK) phosphorylates pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) and controls the overall rate of coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthesis. Pank1 gene deletion in mice results in a metabolic phenotype where fatty acid oxidation and gluconeogenesis are impaired in the fasted state, leading to mild hypoglycemia. Inactivating mutations in the human PANK2 gene lead to childhood neurodegeneration, but Pank2 gene inactivation in mice does not elicit a phenotype indicative of the neuromuscular symptoms or brain iron accumulation that accompany the human disease. Pank1/Pank2 double knockout (dKO) mice were derived to determine if the mild phenotypes of the single knockout mice are due to the ability of the two isoforms to compensate for each other in CoA biosynthesis. Postnatal development was severely affected in the dKO mice. The dKO pups developed progressively severe hypoglycemia and hyperketonemia by postnatal day 10 leading to death by day 17. Hyperketonemia arose from impaired whole-body ketone utilization illustrating the requirement for CoA in energy generation from ketones. dKO pups had reduced CoA and decreased fatty acid oxidation coupled with triglyceride accumulation in liver. dKO hepatocytes could not maintain the NADH levels compared to wild-type hepatocytes. These results revealed an important link between CoA and NADH levels, which was reflected by deficiencies in hepatic oleate synthesis and gluconeogenesis. The data indicate that PanK1 and PanK2 can compensate for each other to supply tissue CoA, but PanK1 is more important to CoA levels in liver whereas PanK2 contributes more to CoA synthesis in the brain.
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- Matthew Garcia
- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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Campanella A, Privitera D, Guaraldo M, Rovelli E, Barzaghi C, Garavaglia B, Santambrogio P, Cozzi A, Levi S. Skin fibroblasts from pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration patients show altered cellular oxidative status and have defective iron-handling properties. Hum Mol Genet 2012; 21:4049-59. [PMID: 22692681 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) is a neurodegenerative disease belonging to the group of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation disorders. It is characterized by progressive impairments in movement, speech and cognition. The disease is inherited in a recessive manner due to mutations in the Pantothenate Kinase-2 (PANK2) gene that encodes a mitochondrial protein involved in Coenzyme A synthesis. To investigate the link between a PANK2 gene defect and iron accumulation, we analyzed primary skin fibroblasts from three PKAN patients and three unaffected subjects. The oxidative status of the cells and their ability to respond to iron were analyzed in both basal and iron supplementation conditions. In basal conditions, PKAN fibroblasts show an increase in carbonylated proteins and altered expression of antioxidant enzymes with respect to the controls. After iron supplementation, the PKAN fibroblasts had a defective response to the additional iron. Under these conditions, ferritins were up-regulated and Transferrin Receptor 1 (TfR1) was down-regulated to a minor extent in patients compared with the controls. Analysis of iron regulatory proteins (IRPs) reveals that, with respect to the controls, PKAN fibroblasts have a reduced amount of membrane-associated mRNA-bound IRP1, which responds imperfectly to iron. This accounts for the defective expression of ferritin and TfR1 in patients' cells. The inaccurate quantity of these proteins produced a higher bioactive labile iron pool and consequently increased iron-dependent reactive oxygen species formation. Our results suggest that Pank2 deficiency promotes an increased oxidative status that is further enhanced by the addition of iron, potentially causing damage in cells.
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Prohaska R, Sibon OC, Rudnicki DD, Danek A, Hayflick SJ, Verhaag EM, Jan J V, Margolis RL, Walker RH. Brain, blood, and iron: perspectives on the roles of erythrocytes and iron in neurodegeneration. Neurobiol Dis 2012; 46:607-24. [PMID: 22426390 PMCID: PMC3352961 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2012.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2011] [Revised: 01/17/2012] [Accepted: 03/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The terms "neuroacanthocytosis" (NA) and "neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation" (NBIA) both refer to groups of genetically heterogeneous disorders, classified together due to similarities of their phenotypic or pathological findings. Even collectively, the disorders that comprise these sets are exceedingly rare and challenging to study. The NBIA disorders are defined by their appearance on brain magnetic resonance imaging, with iron deposition in the basal ganglia. Clinical features vary, but most include a movement disorder. New causative genes are being rapidly identified; however, the mechanisms by which mutations cause iron accumulation and neurodegeneration are not well understood. NA syndromes are also characterized by a progressive movement disorder, accompanied by cognitive and psychiatric features, resulting from mutations in a number of genes whose roles are also basically unknown. An overlapping feature of the two groups, NBIA and NA, is the occurrence of acanthocytes, spiky red cells with a poorly-understood membrane dysfunction. In this review we summarise recent developments in this field, specifically insights into cellular mechanisms and from animal models. Cell membrane research may shed light upon the significance of the erythrocyte abnormality, and upon possible connections between the two sets of disorders. Shared pathophysiologic mechanisms may lead to progress in the understanding of other types of neurodegeneration.
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- Rainer Prohaska
- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Section of Radiation & Stress Cell Biology, Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neurobiology, Laboratory of Genetic Neurobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
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- Departments of Molecular & Medical Genetics, Pediatrics and Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland OR USA
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- Section of Radiation & Stress Cell Biology, Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Section of Radiation & Stress Cell Biology, Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neurobiology, Laboratory of Genetic Neurobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Neurology and Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Departments of Neurology, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA and Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY USA
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Fyfe JC, Al-Tamimi RA, Liu J, Schäffer AA, Agarwala R, Henthorn PS. A novel mitofusin 2 mutation causes canine fetal-onset neuroaxonal dystrophy. Neurogenetics 2011; 12:223-32. [PMID: 21643798 PMCID: PMC3165057 DOI: 10.1007/s10048-011-0285-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2011] [Accepted: 05/09/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We recently reported autosomal recessive fetal-onset neuroaxonal dystrophy (FNAD) in a large family of dogs that is not caused by mutation in the PLA2G6 locus (Fyfe et al., J Comp Neurol 518:3771-3784, 2010). Here, we report a genome-wide linkage analysis using 333 microsatellite markers to map canine FNAD to the telomeric end of chromosome 2. The interval of zero recombination was refined by single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) haplotype analysis to ~200 kb, and the included genes were sequenced. We found a homozygous 3-nucleotide deletion in exon 14 of mitofusin 2 (MFN2), predicting loss of a glutamate residue at position 539 in the protein of affected dogs. RT-PCR demonstrated near normal expression of the mutant mRNA, but MFN2 expression was undetectable to very low on western blots of affected dog brainstem, cerebrum, kidney, and cultured fibroblasts and by immunohistochemistry on brainstem sections. MFN2 is a multifunctional, membrane-bound GTPase of mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum most commonly associated with human Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A2. The canine disorder extends the range of MFN2-associated phenotypes and suggests MFN2 as a candidate gene for rare cases of human FNAD.
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- John C Fyfe
- Laboratory of Comparative Medical Genetics, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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Leonardi R, Zhang YM, Yun MK, Zhou R, Zeng FY, Lin W, Cui J, Chen T, Rock CO, White SW, Jackowski S. Modulation of pantothenate kinase 3 activity by small molecules that interact with the substrate/allosteric regulatory domain. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 17:892-902. [PMID: 20797618 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2010.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2010] [Revised: 06/04/2010] [Accepted: 06/07/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Pantothenate kinase (PanK) catalyzes the rate-controlling step in coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthesis. PanK3 is stringently regulated by acetyl-CoA and uses an ordered kinetic mechanism with ATP as the leading substrate. Biochemical analysis of site-directed mutants indicates that pantothenate binds in a tunnel adjacent to the active site that is occupied by the pantothenate moiety of the acetyl-CoA regulator in the PanK3acetyl-CoA binary complex. A high-throughput screen for PanK3 inhibitors and activators was applied to a bioactive compound library. Thiazolidinediones, sulfonylureas and steroids were inhibitors, and fatty acyl-amides and tamoxifen were activators. The PanK3 activators and inhibitors either stimulated or repressed CoA biosynthesis in HepG2/C3A cells. The flexible allosteric acetyl-CoA regulatory domain of PanK3 also binds the substrates, pantothenate and pantetheine, and small molecule inhibitors and activators to modulate PanK3 activity.
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- Roberta Leonardi
- Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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Coenzyme A and its thioester pools in fasted and fed rat tissues. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010; 402:158-62. [PMID: 20933504 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2010] [Accepted: 10/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Levels of three coenzyme A (CoA) molecular species, i.e., nonesterified CoA (CoASH), acetyl-CoA, and malonyl-CoA, in fasted and fed rat tissues were analyzed by the acyl-CoA cycling method which makes detection possible at the pmol level. Malonyl-CoA in brain tissues readily increased with feeding, and inversely, acetyl-CoA decreased. This phenomenon occurred in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, cerebellum, and medulla oblongata, as well as in the hypothalamus which controls energy balance by monitoring malonyl-CoA. In the non-brain tissues, the sizes of the acetyl-CoA, malonyl-CoA, and CoASH pools depended on the tissues. The total CoA pools consisting of the above three CoA species in the liver, heart, and brown adipose tissue were larger and those of the perirenal, epididymal, and ovarian adipose tissues were much smaller, compared with those of other tissues including brain tissues. In addition, the response of each CoA pool to feeding was not uniform, suggesting that the tissue-specific metabolism individually functions in the non-brain tissues. Thus, a comprehensive analysis of thirteen types of rat tissue revealed that CoA pools have different sizes and showed a different response to fasting and feeding depending on the tissue.
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Polster BJ, Westaway SK, Nguyen TM, Yoon MY, Hayflick SJ. Discordant expression of miR-103/7 and pantothenate kinase host genes in mouse. Mol Genet Metab 2010; 101:292-5. [PMID: 20729113 PMCID: PMC2951883 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2010.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2010] [Accepted: 07/25/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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miR-103 and miR-107, microRNAs hosted by pantothenate kinase genes, are proposed to regulate cellular lipid metabolism. microRNA-mediated regulation is complex, potentially affecting expression of the host gene, related enzymes within the same pathway, or apparently distinct targets. Using qRT-PCR, we demonstrate that miR-103 and miR-107 expression does not correlate with expression of host pantothenate kinase genes in mouse tissues. The miR-103/7 family thus provides an intriguing model for dissecting microRNA transcription, processing and coordinated function within host genes.
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- Brenda J Polster
- Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland OR, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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Polster BJ, Yoon MY, Hayflick SJ. Characterization of the human PANK2 promoter. Gene 2010; 465:53-60. [PMID: 20603201 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2010.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2010] [Revised: 06/24/2010] [Accepted: 06/29/2010] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Pantothenate kinase 2 (PANK2) is an essential regulatory enzyme in coenzyme A biosynthesis. PANK2 mutations cause pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN), which leads to pigmentary retinopathy, progressive dystonia and other abnormalities. Two nearly identical PANK2 isoforms have been described: short PANK2 and mature PANK2, which are processed from a precursor isoform. Since the biological relevance of these isoforms remains unclear, we sought to explore their transcriptional regulation. Here we show that their regulation is distinct and describe a promoter for the short isoform of PANK2. Moreover, we identify potential regulators of PANK2 expression, including NF-Y, FOXN4 and the human heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A/B family. These findings validate expression of the short PANK2 isoform and enable predictions about potentially deleterious sequence variants in the regulatory region of this human disease gene.
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- Brenda J Polster
- Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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Nibe K, Nakayama H, Uchida K. Comparative study of cerebellar degeneration in canine neuroaxonal dystrophy, cerebellar cortical abiotrophy, and neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis. J Vet Med Sci 2010; 72:1495-9. [PMID: 20585192 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.10-0072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The cerebellar lesions of three dogs with canine neuroaxonal dystrophy (NAD), one dog with cerebellar cortical abiotrophy (CCA), and 4 dogs with neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis (NCL) were examined to understand their pathogeneses. Purkinje cell loss was most severe in the vermis of a dog with CCA, and granule cell loss was most prominent in the cerebellar hemisphere of dogs with NCL. Immunohistochemically, CD3-and HLA-DR-positive cells were most frequent in the dogs with NCL, and moderate in dogs with NAD, but not in a dog with CCA. The number of cleaved caspase 3-positive cells was prominent in a dog with CCA, but no significant in the dogs with NAD. The results indicate different pathway of neuronal loss of these canine neuronal disorders.
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- Kazumi Nibe
- Division of the Project for Zoonosis Education and Research, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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Leonardi R, Rehg JE, Rock CO, Jackowski S. Pantothenate kinase 1 is required to support the metabolic transition from the fed to the fasted state. PLoS One 2010; 5:e11107. [PMID: 20559429 PMCID: PMC2885419 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2010] [Accepted: 05/24/2010] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthesis is regulated by the pantothenate kinases (PanK), of which there are four active isoforms. The PanK1 isoform is selectively expressed in liver and accounted for 40% of the total PanK activity in this organ. CoA synthesis was limited using a Pank1(-/-) knockout mouse model to determine whether the regulation of CoA levels was critical to liver function. The elimination of PanK1 reduced hepatic CoA levels, and fasting triggered a substantial increase in total hepatic CoA in both Pank1(-/-) and wild-type mice. The increase in hepatic CoA during fasting was blunted in the Pank1(-/-) mouse, and resulted in reduced fatty acid oxidation as evidenced by abnormally high accumulation of long-chain acyl-CoAs, acyl-carnitines, and triglycerides in the form of lipid droplets. The Pank1(-/-) mice became hypoglycemic during a fast due to impaired gluconeogenesis, although ketogenesis was normal. These data illustrate the importance of PanK1 and elevated liver CoA levels during fasting to support the metabolic transition from glucose utilization and fatty acid synthesis to gluconeogenesis and fatty acid oxidation. The findings also suggest that PanK1 may be a suitable target for therapeutic intervention in metabolic disorders that feature hyperglycemia and hypertriglyceridemia.
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- Roberta Leonardi
- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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Gutiérrez L, Sabaratnam N, Aktar R, Bettedi L, Mandilaras K, Missirlis F. Zinc accumulation in heterozygous mutants of fumble, the pantothenate kinase homologue of Drosophila. FEBS Lett 2010; 584:2942-6. [PMID: 20493851 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2010] [Accepted: 05/14/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Coenzyme A (CoA) functions in the intracellular trafficking of acetyl groups. In humans, mutations in the pantothenate kinase-2 gene, which encodes a key enzyme in CoA biosynthesis, are associated with neurodegeneration and premature death. Diagnosis is based on iron accumulation in the globus pallidus observed by magnetic resonance imaging. We investigated the elemental composition of the fumble mutant, a model of the human disease. Surprisingly, flies carrying a fumble loss-of-function allele had a three-fold increase in total zinc levels per dry weight when compared to control strains, but no change in total iron, copper or manganese levels. Accordingly, zinc supplementation had an adverse impact on the development of fumble mutant larvae, but zinc chelation failed to protect.
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- Lucia Gutiérrez
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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Poli M, Derosas M, Luscieti S, Cavadini P, Campanella A, Verardi R, Finazzi D, Arosio P. Pantothenate kinase-2 (Pank2) silencing causes cell growth reduction, cell-specific ferroportin upregulation and iron deregulation. Neurobiol Dis 2010; 39:204-10. [PMID: 20399859 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2010.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2009] [Revised: 04/09/2010] [Accepted: 04/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Pantothenate kinase 2 (Pank2) is a mitochondrial enzyme that catalyses the first regulatory step of Coenzyme A synthesis and that is responsible for a genetic movement disorder named Pank-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN). This is characterized by abnormal iron accumulation in the brain, particularly in the globus pallidus. We downregulated Pank2 in some cell lines by using specific siRNAs to study its effect on iron homeostasis. In HeLa cells this caused a reduction of cell proliferation and of aconitase activity, signs of cytosolic iron deficiency without mitochondrial iron deposition, and a 12-fold induction of ferroportin mRNA. Pank2 silencing caused a strong induction of ferroportin mRNA also in hepatoma HepG2, a modest one in neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y and none in glioma U373 cells. A reduction of cell growth was observed in all these cell types. The strong Pank2-mediated alteration of ferroportin expression in some cell types might alter iron transfer to the brain and be connected with brain iron accumulation.
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- Maura Poli
- Dipartimento Materno Infantile e Tecnologie Biomediche, Università di Brescia, viale Europa 11, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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