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Beamish SB, Gross KS, Anderson MM, Helmstetter FJ, Frick KM. Sex differences in training-induced activity of the ubiquitin proteasome system in the dorsal hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex of male and female mice. Learn Mem 2022; 29:302-311. [PMID: 36206392 PMCID: PMC9488027 DOI: 10.1101/lm.053492.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) is a primary mechanism through which proteins are degraded in cells. UPS activity in the dorsal hippocampus (DH) is necessary for multiple types of memory, including object memory, in male rodents. However, sex differences in DH UPS activation after fear conditioning suggest that other forms of learning may also differentially regulate DH UPS activity in males and females. Here, we examined markers of UPS activity in the synaptic and cytoplasmic fractions of DH and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) tissue collected 1 h following object training. In males, training increased phosphorylation of proteasomal subunit Rpt6, 20S proteasome activity, and the amount of PSD-95 in the DH synaptic fraction, as well as proteasome activity in the mPFC synaptic fraction. In females, training did not affect measures of UPS or synaptic activity in the DH synaptic fraction or in either mPFC fraction but increased Rpt6 phosphorylation in the DH cytoplasmic fraction. Overall, training-induced UPS activity was greater in males than in females, greater in the DH than in the mPFC, and greater in synaptic fractions than in cytosol. These data suggest that object training drives sex-specific alterations in UPS activity across brain regions and subcellular compartments important for memory.
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- Sarah B Beamish
- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, USA
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Beamish SB, Frick KM. A Putative Role for Ubiquitin-Proteasome Signaling in Estrogenic Memory Regulation. Front Behav Neurosci 2022; 15:807215. [PMID: 35145382 PMCID: PMC8821141 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2021.807215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Sex steroid hormones such as 17β-estradiol (E2) are critical neuromodulators of hippocampal synaptic plasticity and hippocampus-dependent memory in both males and females. However, the mechanisms through which E2 regulates memory formation in both sexes remain unclear. Research to date suggests that E2 regulates hippocampus-dependent memory by activating numerous cell-signaling cascades to promote the synthesis of proteins that support structural changes at hippocampal synapses. However, this work has largely overlooked the equally important contributions of protein degradation mediated by the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) in remodeling the synapse. Despite being critically implicated in synaptic plasticity and successful formation of long-term memories, it remains unclear whether protein degradation mediated by the UPS is necessary for E2 to exert its beneficial effects on hippocampal plasticity and memory formation. The present article provides an overview of the receptor and signaling mechanisms so far identified as critical for regulating hippocampal E2 and UPS function in males and females, with a particular emphasis on the ways in which these mechanisms overlap to support structural integrity and protein composition of hippocampal synapses. We argue that the high degree of correspondence between E2 and UPS activity warrants additional study to examine the contributions of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation in regulating the effects of sex steroid hormones on cognition.
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Herbst WA, Deng W, Wohlschlegel JA, Achiro JM, Martin KC. Neuronal activity regulates the nuclear proteome to promote activity-dependent transcription. J Cell Biol 2021; 220:e202103087. [PMID: 34617965 PMCID: PMC8504181 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202103087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The formation and plasticity of neuronal circuits relies on dynamic activity-dependent gene expression. Although recent work has revealed the identity of important transcriptional regulators and of genes that are transcribed and translated in response to activity, relatively little is known about the cell biological mechanisms by which activity alters the nuclear proteome of neurons to link neuronal stimulation to transcription. Using nucleus-specific proteomic mapping in silenced and stimulated neurons, we uncovered an understudied mechanism of nuclear proteome regulation: activity-dependent proteasome-mediated degradation. We found that the tumor suppressor protein PDCD4 undergoes rapid stimulus-induced degradation in the nucleus of neurons. We demonstrate that degradation of PDCD4 is required for normal activity-dependent transcription and that PDCD4 target genes include those encoding proteins critical for synapse formation, remodeling, and transmission. Our findings highlight the importance of the nuclear proteasome in regulating the activity-dependent nuclear proteome and point to a specific role for PDCD4 as a regulator of activity-dependent transcription in neurons.
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- Wendy A. Herbst
- Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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Krishna-K K, Baby N, Raghuraman R, Navakkode S, Behnisch T, Sajikumar S. Regulation of aberrant proteasome activity re-establishes plasticity and long-term memory in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease. FASEB J 2020; 34:9466-9479. [PMID: 32459037 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201902844rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2019] [Revised: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Reduced retrograde memory performance at the cognitive level and aggregation/deposition of amyloid beta (Aβ) in the brain at the cellular level are some of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's Disease (AD). A molecular system that participates in the removal of proteins with an altered conformation is the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System (UPS). Impairments of the UPS in wild-type (WT) mice lead to defective clearance of Aβ and prevent long-term plasticity of synaptic transmission. Here we show data whereby in contrast to WT mice, the inhibition of proteasome-mediated protein degradation in an animal model of AD by MG132 or lactacystin restores impaired activity-dependent synaptic plasticity and its associative interaction, synaptic tagging and capture (STC) in vitro, as well as associative long-term memory in vivo. This augmentation of synaptic plasticity and memory is mediated by the mTOR pathway and protein synthesis. Our data offer novel insights into the rebalancing of proteins relevant for synaptic plasticity which are regulated by UPS in AD-like animal models. In addition, the data provide evidence that proteasome inhibitors might be effective in reinstating synaptic plasticity and memory performance in AD, and therefore offer a new potential therapeutic option for AD treatment.
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- Kumar Krishna-K
- Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.,Life Sciences Institute Neurobiology Programme, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.,Life Sciences Institute Neurobiology Programme, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.,Life Sciences Institute Neurobiology Programme, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.,Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Institutes of Brain Science, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.,Life Sciences Institute Neurobiology Programme, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Devulapalli RK, Nelsen JL, Orsi SA, McFadden T, Navabpour S, Jones N, Martin K, O'Donnell M, McCoig EL, Jarome TJ. Males and Females Differ in the Subcellular and Brain Region Dependent Regulation of Proteasome Activity by CaMKII and Protein Kinase A. Neuroscience 2019; 418:1-14. [PMID: 31449987 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Revised: 08/06/2019] [Accepted: 08/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) controls the degradation of ~90% of short-lived proteins in cells and is involved in activity- and learning-dependent synaptic plasticity in the brain. Calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) and Protein Kinase A (PKA) can regulate activity of the proteasome. However, there have been a number of conflicting reports regarding under what conditions CaMKII and PKA regulate proteasome activity in the brain. Furthermore, this work has been done exclusively in males, leaving questions about whether these kinases also regulate the proteasome in females. Here, using subcellular fractionation protocols in combination with in vitro pharmacology and proteasome activity assays, we investigated the conditions under which CaMKII and PKA regulate proteasome activity in the brains of male and female rats. In males, nuclear proteasome chymotrypsin activity was regulated by PKA in the amygdala but CaMKII in the hippocampus. Conversely, in females CaMKII regulated nuclear chymotrypsin activity in the amygdala, but not hippocampus. Additionally, in males CaMKII and PKA regulated proteasome trypsin activity in the cytoplasm of hippocampal, but not amygdala cells, while in females both CaMKII and PKA could regulate this activity in the nucleus of cells in both regions. Proteasome peptidylglutamyl activity was regulated by CaMKII and PKA activity in the nuclei of amygdala and hippocampus cells in males. However, in females PKA regulated nuclear peptidylglutamyl activity in the amygdala, but not hippocampus. Collectively, these results suggest that CaMKII- and PKA-dependent regulation of proteasome activity in the brain varies significantly across subcellular compartments and between males and females.
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- Rishi K Devulapalli
- School of Neuroscience, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- School of Neuroscience, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health, Roanoke, VA, USA
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- School of Neuroscience, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- School of Neuroscience, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- School of Neuroscience, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- School of Neuroscience, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- School of Neuroscience, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA; Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA; Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health, Roanoke, VA, USA.
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Latina V, Caioli S, Zona C, Ciotti MT, Borreca A, Calissano P, Amadoro G. NGF-Dependent Changes in Ubiquitin Homeostasis Trigger Early Cholinergic Degeneration in Cellular and Animal AD-Model. Front Cell Neurosci 2018; 12:487. [PMID: 30618634 PMCID: PMC6300588 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Basal forebrain cholinergic neurons (BFCNs) depend on nerve growth factor (NGF) for their survival/differentiation and innervate cortical and hippocampal regions involved in memory/learning processes. Cholinergic hypofunction and/or degeneration early occurs at prodromal stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathology in correlation with synaptic damages, cognitive decline and behavioral disability. Alteration(s) in ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is also a pivotal AD hallmark but whether it plays a causative, or only a secondary role, in early synaptic failure associated with disease onset remains unclear. We previously reported that impairment of NGF/TrkA signaling pathway in cholinergic-enriched septo-hippocampal primary neurons triggers "dying-back" degenerative processes which occur prior to cell death in concomitance with loss of specific vesicle trafficking proteins, including synapsin I, SNAP-25 and α-synuclein, and with deficit in presynaptic excitatory neurotransmission. Here, we show that in this in vitro neuronal model: (i) UPS stimulation early occurs following neurotrophin starvation (-1 h up to -6 h); (ii) NGF controls the steady-state levels of these three presynaptic proteins by acting on coordinate mechanism(s) of dynamic ubiquitin-C-terminal hydrolase 1 (UCHL-1)-dependent (mono)ubiquitin turnover and UPS-mediated protein degradation. Importantly, changes in miniature excitatory post-synaptic currents (mEPSCs) frequency detected in -6 h NGF-deprived primary neurons are strongly reverted by acute inhibition of UPS and UCHL-1, indicating that NGF tightly controls in vitro the presynaptic efficacy via ubiquitination-mediated pathway(s). Finally, changes in synaptic ubiquitin and selective reduction of presynaptic markers are also found in vivo in cholinergic nerve terminals from hippocampi of transgenic Tg2576 AD mice, even from presymptomatic stages of neuropathology (1-month-old). By demonstrating a crucial role of UPS in the dysregulation of NGF/TrkA signaling on properties of cholinergic synapses, these findings from two well-established cellular and animal AD models provide novel therapeutic targets to contrast early cognitive and synaptic dysfunction associated to selective degeneration of BFCNs occurring in incipient early/middle-stage of disease.
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- IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Cellular Biology and Neurobiology – National Research Council, Rome, Italy
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- European Brain Research Institute, Rome, Italy
- Institute of Translational Pharmacology – National Research Council, Rome, Italy
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Orsi SA, Devulapalli RK, Nelsen JL, McFadden T, Surineni R, Jarome TJ. Distinct subcellular changes in proteasome activity and linkage-specific protein polyubiquitination in the amygdala during the consolidation and reconsolidation of a fear memory. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2018; 157:1-11. [PMID: 30458285 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2018.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2018] [Revised: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Numerous studies have supported a critical role for the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) in the memory consolidation and reconsolidation processes. The protein targets and functional role of ubiquitin-proteasome activity can vary widely across cellular compartments, however, it is unknown how UPS activity changes within the nuclear, cytoplasmic, and synaptic regions in response to learning or memory retrieval. Additionally, while previous studies have focused on degradation-specific protein polyubiquitination, it is unknown how learning alters other polyubiquitin tags that are not targeted by the proteasome. Using cellular fractionation protocols in combination with linkage-specific polyubiquitin antibodies, we examined subcellular changes in ubiquitin-proteasome activity in the amygdala during memory consolidation and reconsolidation. Following memory acquisition, overall protein ubiquitination and proteasome activity simultaneously increased in the nucleus and decreased in the synaptic and cytoplasmic regions. The nuclear increases were associated with upregulation of degradation-specific (K48) and degradation-independent (K63, M1) polyubiquitin tags, suggesting multiple functions for ubiquitin signaling within this region. Interestingly, retrieval induced a very different pattern of ubiquitin-proteasome activity in the amygdala, consisting of increases in overall protein ubiquitination and proteasome activity and K48-, K63-, and M1-polyubiquitin tags in the synaptic, but not nuclear or cytoplasmic regions. Collectively, learning and memory retrieval dynamically and differentially alter degradation-dependent and degradation-independent ubiquitin-proteasome activity across different cellular compartments, suggesting that the UPS may serve unique functions during memory consolidation and reconsolidation.
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- Sabrina A Orsi
- Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA; Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA; School of Neuroscience, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- School of Neuroscience, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- School of Neuroscience, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- School of Neuroscience, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA; School of Neuroscience, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
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Memory is an adaptation to particular temporal properties of past events, such as the frequency of occurrence of a stimulus or the coincidence of multiple stimuli. In neurons, this adaptation can be understood in terms of a hierarchical system of molecular and cellular time windows, which collectively retain information from the past. We propose that this system makes various timescales of past experience simultaneously available for future adjustment of behavior. More generally, we propose that the ability to detect and respond to temporally structured information underlies the nervous system's capacity to encode and store a memory at molecular, cellular, synaptic, and circuit levels.
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- Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003, USA.
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Hegde AN. Proteolysis, synaptic plasticity and memory. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2016; 138:98-110. [PMID: 27614141 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2016.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Revised: 08/25/2016] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Protein degradation has many critical functions in the nervous system such as refinement of synaptic connections during development and synaptic plasticity and memory in the adult organisms. A major cellular machinery of proteolysis is the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPP). The UPP precisely regulates proteolysis by covalently attaching ubiquitin, a small protein, to substrates through sequential enzymatic reactions and the proteins marked with the ubiquitin tag are degraded by complex containing many subunits called the proteasome. Research over the years has shown a role for the UPP in regulating presynaptic and postsynaptic proteins critical for neurotransmission and synaptic plasticity. Studies have also revealed a role for the UPP in various forms of memory. Mechanistic investigations suggest that the function of the UPP in neurons is not homogenous and is subject to local regulation in different neuronal sub-compartments. In both invertebrate and vertebrate model systems, local roles have been found for enzymes that attach ubiquitin to substrate proteins as well as for enzymes that remove ubiquitin from substrates. The proteasome also has disparate functions in different parts of the neuron. In addition to the UPP, proteolysis by the lysosome and autophagy play a role in synaptic plasticity and memory. This review details the functions of proteolysis in synaptic plasticity and summarizes the findings on the connection between proteolysis and memory mainly focusing on the UPP including its local roles.
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- Ashok N Hegde
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA 31061, USA.
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Pinto MJ, Alves PL, Martins L, Pedro JR, Ryu HR, Jeon NL, Taylor AM, Almeida RD. The proteasome controls presynaptic differentiation through modulation of an on-site pool of polyubiquitinated conjugates. J Cell Biol 2016; 212:789-801. [PMID: 27022091 PMCID: PMC4810304 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201509039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2015] [Accepted: 02/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The intra-axonal events governing formation of presynaptic terminals are still poorly understood. Pinto et al. reveal a mechanism by which a localized decrease in proteasome degradation and resultant accumulation of polyubiquitinated proteins at nascent sites signal assembly of presynaptic terminals. Differentiation of the presynaptic terminal is a complex and rapid event that normally occurs in spatially specific axonal regions distant from the soma; thus, it is believed to be dependent on intra-axonal mechanisms. However, the full nature of the local events governing presynaptic assembly remains unknown. Herein, we investigated the involvement of the ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS), the major degradative pathway, in the local modulation of presynaptic differentiation. We found that proteasome inhibition has a synaptogenic effect on isolated axons. In addition, formation of a stable cluster of synaptic vesicles onto a postsynaptic partner occurs in parallel to an on-site decrease in proteasome degradation. Accumulation of ubiquitinated proteins at nascent sites is a local trigger for presynaptic clustering. Finally, proteasome-related ubiquitin chains (K11 and K48) function as signals for the assembly of presynaptic terminals. Collectively, we propose a new axon-intrinsic mechanism for presynaptic assembly through local UPS inhibition. Subsequent on-site accumulation of proteins in their polyubiquitinated state triggers formation of presynapses.
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- Maria J Pinto
- CNC - Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal PhD Program in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Instituto de Educação e Cidadania, 3770-033 Mamarrosa, Portugal
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- CNC - Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal
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- CNC - Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Institute of Advanced Machinery and Design, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-744, Korea
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- Institute of Advanced Machinery and Design, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-744, Korea Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-744, Korea
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- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- CNC - Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal School of Allied Health Technologies, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, 4400-330 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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Bal’ NV, Balaban PM. Ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation is necessary for long-term plasticity and memory. NEUROCHEM J+ 2015. [DOI: 10.1134/s1819712415040042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Hegde AN, Haynes KA, Bach SV, Beckelman BC. Local ubiquitin-proteasome-mediated proteolysis and long-term synaptic plasticity. Front Mol Neurosci 2014; 7:96. [PMID: 25520617 PMCID: PMC4248836 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2014.00096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2014] [Accepted: 11/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPP) of protein degradation has many roles in synaptic plasticity that underlies memory. Work on both invertebrate and vertebrate model systems has shown that the UPP regulates numerous substrates critical for synaptic plasticity. Initial research took a global view of ubiquitin-protein degradation in neurons. Subsequently, the idea of local protein degradation was proposed a decade ago. In this review, we focus on the functions of the UPP in long-term synaptic plasticity and discuss the accumulated evidence in support of the idea that the components of the UPP often have disparate local roles in different neuronal compartments rather than a single cell-wide function.
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- Ashok N Hegde
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University Health Sciences Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University Health Sciences Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University Health Sciences Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University Health Sciences Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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Jarome TJ, Helmstetter FJ. Protein degradation and protein synthesis in long-term memory formation. Front Mol Neurosci 2014; 7:61. [PMID: 25018696 PMCID: PMC4072070 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2014.00061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Long-term memory (LTM) formation requires transient changes in the activity of intracellular signaling cascades that are thought to regulate new gene transcription and de novo protein synthesis in the brain. Consistent with this, protein synthesis inhibitors impair LTM for a variety of behavioral tasks when infused into the brain around the time of training or following memory retrieval, suggesting that protein synthesis is a critical step in LTM storage in the brain. However, evidence suggests that protein degradation mediated by the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) may also be a critical regulator of LTM formation and stability following retrieval. This requirement for increased protein degradation has been shown in the same brain regions in which protein synthesis is required for LTM storage. Additionally, increases in the phosphorylation of proteins involved in translational control parallel increases in protein polyubiquitination and the increased demand for protein degradation is regulated by intracellular signaling molecules thought to regulate protein synthesis during LTM formation. In some cases inhibiting proteasome activity can rescue memory impairments that result from pharmacological blockade of protein synthesis, suggesting that protein degradation may control the requirement for protein synthesis during the memory storage process. Results such as these suggest that protein degradation and synthesis are both critical for LTM formation and may interact to properly “consolidate” and store memories in the brain. Here, we review the evidence implicating protein synthesis and degradation in LTM storage and highlight the areas of overlap between these two opposing processes. We also discuss evidence suggesting these two processes may interact to properly form and store memories. LTM storage likely requires a coordinated regulation between protein degradation and synthesis at multiple sites in the mammalian brain.
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- Timothy J Jarome
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL, USA ; Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Persistent long-term facilitation at an identified synapse becomes labile with activation of short-term heterosynaptic plasticity. J Neurosci 2014; 34:4776-85. [PMID: 24695698 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0098-14.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Short-term and long-term synaptic plasticity are cellular correlates of learning and memory of different durations. Little is known, however, how these two forms of plasticity interact at the same synaptic connection. We examined the reciprocal impact of short-term heterosynaptic or homosynaptic plasticity at sensorimotor synapses of Aplysia in cell culture when expressing persistent long-term facilitation (P-LTF) evoked by serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)]. Short-term heterosynaptic plasticity induced by 5-HT (facilitation) or the neuropeptide FMRFa (depression) and short-term homosynaptic plasticity induced by tetanus [post-tetanic potentiation (PTP)] or low-frequency stimulation [homosynaptic depression (HSD)] of the sensory neuron were expressed in both control synapses and synapses expressing P-LTF in the absence or presence of protein synthesis inhibitors. All forms of short-term plasticity failed to significantly affect ongoing P-LTF in the absence of protein synthesis inhibitors. However, P-LTF reversed to control levels when either 5-HT or FMRFa was applied in the presence of rapamycin. In contrast, P-LTF was unaffected when either PTP or HSD was evoked in the presence of either rapamycin or anisomycin. These results indicate that synapses expressing persistent plasticity acquire a "new" baseline and functionally express short-term changes as naive synapses, but the new baseline becomes labile following selective activations-heterosynaptic stimuli that evoke opposite forms of plasticity-such that when presented in the presence of protein synthesis inhibitors produce a rapid reversal of the persistent plasticity. Activity-selective induction of a labile state at synapses expressing persistent plasticity may facilitate the development of therapies for reversing inappropriate memories.
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Kudryashova IV. Molecular mechanisms of short-term plasticity as a basis of frequency coding: The role of proteolytic systems. NEUROCHEM J+ 2014. [DOI: 10.1134/s1819712414010097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Otero MG, Alloatti M, Cromberg LE, Almenar-Queralt A, Encalada SE, Pozo Devoto VM, Bruno L, Goldstein LSB, Falzone TL. Fast axonal transport of the proteasome complex depends on membrane interaction and molecular motor function. J Cell Sci 2014; 127:1537-49. [PMID: 24522182 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.140780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Protein degradation by the ubiquitin-proteasome system in neurons depends on the correct delivery of the proteasome complex. In neurodegenerative diseases, aggregation and accumulation of proteins in axons link transport defects with degradation impairments; however, the transport properties of proteasomes remain unknown. Here, using in vivo experiments, we reveal the fast anterograde transport of assembled and functional 26S proteasome complexes. A high-resolution tracking system to follow fluorescent proteasomes revealed three types of motion: actively driven proteasome axonal transport, diffusive behavior in a viscoelastic axonema and proteasome-confined motion. We show that active proteasome transport depends on motor function because knockdown of the KIF5B motor subunit resulted in impairment of the anterograde proteasome flux and the density of segmental velocities. Finally, we reveal that neuronal proteasomes interact with intracellular membranes and identify the coordinated transport of fluorescent proteasomes with synaptic precursor vesicles, Golgi-derived vesicles, lysosomes and mitochondria. Taken together, our results reveal fast axonal transport as a new mechanism of proteasome delivery that depends on membrane cargo 'hitch-hiking' and the function of molecular motors. We further hypothesize that defects in proteasome transport could promote abnormal protein clearance in neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Maria G Otero
- Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias (UBA-CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires CP 1121, Argentina
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Jarome TJ, Kwapis JL, Ruenzel WL, Helmstetter FJ. CaMKII, but not protein kinase A, regulates Rpt6 phosphorylation and proteasome activity during the formation of long-term memories. Front Behav Neurosci 2013; 7:115. [PMID: 24009566 PMCID: PMC3757295 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2013] [Accepted: 08/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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CaMKII and Protein Kinase A (PKA) are thought to be critical for synaptic plasticity and memory formation through their regulation of protein synthesis. Consistent with this, numerous studies have reported that CaMKII, PKA and protein synthesis are critical for long-term memory formation. Recently, we found that protein degradation through the ubiquitin-proteasome system is also critical for long-term memory formation in the amygdala. However, the mechanism by which ubiquitin-proteasome activity is regulated during memory formation and how protein degradation interacts with known intracellular signaling pathways important for learning remain unknown. Recently, evidence has emerged suggesting that both CaMKII and PKA are capable of regulating proteasome activity in vitro through the phosphorylation of proteasome regulatory subunit Rpt6 at Serine-120, though whether they regulate Rpt6 phosphorylation and proteasome function in vivo remains unknown. In the present study we demonstrate for the first time that fear conditioning transiently modifies a proteasome regulatory subunit and proteasome catalytic activity in the mammalian brain in a CaMKII-dependent manner. We found increases in the phosphorylation of proteasome ATPase subunit Rpt6 at Serine-120 and an enhancement in proteasome activity in the amygdala following fear conditioning. Pharmacological manipulation of CaMKII, but not PKA, in vivo significantly reduced both the learning-induced increase in Rpt6 Serine-120 phosphorylation and the increase in proteasome activity without directly affecting protein polyubiquitination levels. These results indicate a novel role for CaMKII in memory formation through its regulation of protein degradation and suggest that CaMKII regulates Rpt6 phosphorylation and proteasome function both in vitro and in vivo.
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- Timothy J Jarome
- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Fernández-Busnadiego R, Asano S, Oprisoreanu AM, Sakata E, Doengi M, Kochovski Z, Zürner M, Stein V, Schoch S, Baumeister W, Lucić V. Cryo-electron tomography reveals a critical role of RIM1α in synaptic vesicle tethering. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 201:725-40. [PMID: 23712261 PMCID: PMC3664715 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201206063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Synaptic vesicles are embedded in a complex filamentous network at the presynaptic terminal. Before fusion, vesicles are linked to the active zone (AZ) by short filaments (tethers). The identity of the molecules that form and regulate tethers remains unknown, but Rab3-interacting molecule (RIM) is a prominent candidate, given its central role in AZ organization. In this paper, we analyzed presynaptic architecture of RIM1α knockout (KO) mice by cryo-electron tomography. In stark contrast to previous work on dehydrated, chemically fixed samples, our data show significant alterations in vesicle distribution and AZ tethering that could provide a structural basis for the functional deficits of RIM1α KO synapses. Proteasome inhibition reversed these structural defects, suggesting a functional recovery confirmed by electrophysiological recordings. Altogether, our results not only point to the ubiquitin-proteasome system as an important regulator of presynaptic architecture and function but also show that the tethering machinery plays a critical role in exocytosis, converging into a structural model of synaptic vesicle priming by RIM1α.
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- Rubén Fernández-Busnadiego
- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Chadwick L, Gentle L, Strachan J, Layfield R. Review: unchained maladie - a reassessment of the role of Ubb(+1) -capped polyubiquitin chains in Alzheimer's disease. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2012; 38:118-31. [PMID: 22082077 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2011.01236.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Molecular misreading allows the formation of mutant proteins in the absence of gene mutations. A mechanism has been proposed by which a frameshift mutant of the ubiquitin protein, Ubb(+1) , which accumulates in an age-dependent manner as a result of molecular misreading, contributes to neuropathology in Alzheimer's disease (Lam et al. 2000). Specifically, in the Ubb(+1) -mediated proteasome inhibition hypothesis Ubb(+1) 'caps' unanchored (that is, nonsubstrate linked) polyubiquitin chains, which then act as dominant inhibitors of the 26S proteasome. A review of subsequent literature indicates that this original hypothesis is broadly supported, and offers new insights into the mechanisms accounting for the age-dependent accumulation of Ubb(+1) , and how Ubb(+1) -mediated proteasome inhibition may contribute to Alzheimer's disease. Further, recent studies have highlighted a physiological role for free endogenous unanchored polyubiquitin chains in the direct activation of certain protein kinases. This raises the possibility that Ubb(+1) -capped unanchored polyubiquitin chains could also exert harmful effects through the aberrant activation of tau or other ubiquitin-dependent kinases, neuronal NF-κB activity or NF-κB-mediated neuroinflammatory processes.
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- L Chadwick
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK
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Kumar P, Pradhan K, Karunya R, Ambasta RK, Querfurth HW. Cross-functional E3 ligases Parkin and C-terminus Hsp70-interacting protein in neurodegenerative disorders. J Neurochem 2011; 120:350-70. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07588.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Proteolysis by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPP) has emerged as a new molecular mechanism that controls wide-ranging functions in the nervous system, including fine-tuning of synaptic connections during development and synaptic plasticity in the adult organism. In the UPP, attachment of a small protein, ubiquitin, tags the substrates for degradation by a multisubunit complex called the proteasome. Linkage of ubiquitin to protein substrates is highly specific and occurs through a series of well-orchestrated enzymatic steps. The UPP regulates neurotransmitter receptors, protein kinases, synaptic proteins, transcription factors, and other molecules critical for synaptic plasticity. Accumulating evidence indicates that the operation of the UPP in neurons is not homogeneous and is subject to tightly managed local regulation in different neuronal subcompartments. Investigations on both invertebrate and vertebrate model systems have revealed local roles for enzymes that attach ubiquitin to substrate proteins, as well as for enzymes that remove ubiquitin from substrates. The proteasome also has been shown to possess disparate functions in different parts of the neuron. Here I give a broad overview of the role of the UPP in synaptic plasticity and highlight the local roles and regulation of the proteolytic pathway in neurons.
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- Ashok N Hegde
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
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Chronic changes in electrical excitability profoundly affect synaptic transmission throughout the lifetime of a neuron. We have previously explored persistent presynaptic silencing, a form of synaptic depression at glutamate synapses produced by ongoing neuronal activity and by strong depolarization. Here we investigate the involvement of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) in the modulation of presynaptic function. We found that proteasome inhibition prevented the induction of persistent presynaptic silencing. Specifically, application of the proteasome inhibitor MG-132 (carbobenzoxy-L-leucyl-L-leucyl-L-leucinal) prevented decreases in the size of the readily releasable pool of vesicles and in the percentage of active synapses. Presynaptic silencing was accompanied by decreases in levels of the priming proteins Munc13-1 and Rim1. Importantly, overexpression of Rim1alpha prevented the induction of persistent presynaptic silencing. Furthermore, strong depolarization itself increased proteasome enzymatic activity measured in cell lysates. These results suggest that modulation of the UPS by electrical activity contributes to persistent presynaptic silencing by promoting the degradation of key presynaptic proteins.
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Crow T, Xue-Bian JJ. Proteomic analysis of post-translational modifications in conditioned Hermissenda. Neuroscience 2009; 165:1182-90. [PMID: 19961907 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.11.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2009] [Revised: 11/20/2009] [Accepted: 11/25/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Post-translational modifications of proteins are a major determinant of biological function. Phosphorylation of proteins involved in signal transduction contributes to the induction and maintenance of several examples of cellular and synaptic plasticity. In this study we have identified phosphoproteins regulated by Pavlovian conditioning in lysates of Hermissenda nervous systems using two-dimensional electrophoresis (2DE) in conjunction with (32)P labeling, fluorescence based phosphoprotein in-gel staining, and mass spectrometry. Modification of protein phosphorylation regulated by conditioning was first assessed by densitometric analysis of (32)P labeled proteins resolved by 2DE from lysates of conditioned and pseudorandom control nervous systems. An independent assessment of phosphorylation regulated by conditioning was obtained from an examination of 2D gels stained with Pro-Q Diamond phosphoprotein dye. Mass spectrometric analysis of protein digests from phosphoprotein stained analytical gels or Coomassie Blue stained preparative gels provided for the identification of phosphoproteins that exhibited statistically significant increased phosphorylation in conditioned groups as compared to pseudorandom controls. A previously identified cytoskeletal related protein, Csp24 (24 kDa conditioned stimulus pathway phosphoprotein), involved in intermediate-term memory exhibited significantly increased phosphorylation detected 24 h post-conditioning. Our results show that proteins involved in diverse cellular functions such as transcriptional regulation, cell signaling, cytoskeletal regulation, metabolic activity, and protein degradation contribute to long-term post-translational modifications associated with Pavlovian conditioning.
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- T Crow
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have reported that increased coffee consumption is associated with a slower progression of fibrogenesis in patients with chronic and particularly alcoholic liver disease and a reduced incidence of heptocellular carcinoma. However, a causal mechanistic explanation was pending. New results indicate that the methylxanthine caffeine--a major component of coffee and the most widely consumed pharmacologically active substance in the world--might be responsible for this phenomenon, because it inhibits the synthesis of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) in liver parenchymal and nonparenchymal cells, primarily by inducing degradation of Smad2 (and to a much lesser extent Smad3) and thus impairment of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) signaling. CTGF and TGF-beta play crucial roles in the fibrotic remodeling of various organs, and, ultimately, carcinogenesis. This article summarizes the clinical-epidemiological observations as well as the pathophysiological background and provides suggestions for the therapeutic use of (methyl)xanthine derivatives in the management of fibro-/carcinogenic (liver) diseases.
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- Olav A Gressner
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Central Laboratory, RWTH University Hospital, Aachen, Germany.
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Think locally: control of ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation in neurons. EMBO Rep 2008; 10:44-50. [PMID: 19079132 DOI: 10.1038/embor.2008.229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2008] [Accepted: 11/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The nervous system coordinates many aspects of body function such as learning, memory, behaviour and locomotion. Therefore, it must develop and maintain an intricate network of differentiated neuronal cells, which communicate efficiently with each other and with non-neuronal target cells. Unlike most somatic cells, differentiated neurons are post-mitotic and characterized by a highly polarized morphology that determines the flow of information. Among other post-translational modifications, the ubiquitination of specific protein substrates was recently shown to have a crucial role in the regulation of neuronal development and differentiation. Here, we review recent findings that illustrate the mechanisms that mediate the temporal and spatial control of neuronal protein turnover by the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS), which is crucial for the development and function of the nervous system.
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Fioravante D, Liu RY, Byrne JH. The ubiquitin-proteasome system is necessary for long-term synaptic depression in Aplysia. J Neurosci 2008; 28:10245-56. [PMID: 18842884 PMCID: PMC2571080 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2139-08.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2008] [Revised: 07/20/2008] [Accepted: 08/05/2008] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The neuropeptide Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-NH(2) (FMRFa) can induce transcription-dependent long-term synaptic depression (LTD) in Aplysia sensorimotor synapses. We investigated the role of the ubiquitin-proteasome system and the regulation of one of its components, ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase (ap-uch), in LTD. LTD was sensitive to presynaptic inhibition of the proteasome and was associated with upregulation of ap-uch mRNA and protein. This upregulation appeared to be mediated by CREB2, which is generally regarded as a transcription repressor. Binding of CREB2 to the promoter region of ap-uch was accompanied by histone hyperacetylation, suggesting that CREB2 cannot only inhibit but also promote gene expression. CREB2 was phosphorylated after FMRFa, and blocking phospho-CREB2 blocked LTD. In addition to changes in the expression of ap-uch, the synaptic vesicle-associated protein synapsin was downregulated in LTD in a proteasome-dependent manner. These results suggest that proteasome-mediated protein degradation is engaged in LTD and that CREB2 may act as a transcription activator under certain conditions.
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- Diasinou Fioravante
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, W. M. Keck Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, W. M. Keck Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, W. M. Keck Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030
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Dong C, Upadhya SC, Ding L, Smith TK, Hegde AN. Proteasome inhibition enhances the induction and impairs the maintenance of late-phase long-term potentiation. Learn Mem 2008; 15:335-47. [PMID: 18441292 PMCID: PMC2364605 DOI: 10.1101/lm.984508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2008] [Accepted: 03/20/2008] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Protein degradation by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway plays important roles in synaptic plasticity, but the molecular mechanisms by which proteolysis regulates synaptic strength are not well understood. We investigated the role of the proteasome in hippocampal late-phase long-term potentiation (L-LTP), a model for enduring synaptic plasticity. We show here that inhibition of the proteasome enhances the induction of L-LTP, but inhibits its maintenance. Proteasome inhibitor-mediated enhancement of the early part of L-LTP requires activation of NMDA receptors and the cAMP-dependent protein kinase. Augmentation of L-LTP induction by proteasome inhibition is blocked by a protein synthesis inhibitor anisomycin and is sensitive to the drug rapamycin. Our findings indicate that proteasome inhibition increases the induction of L-LTP by stabilizing locally translated proteins in dendrites. In addition, our data show that inhibition of the proteasome blocks transcription of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which is a cAMP-responsive element-binding protein (CREB)-inducible gene. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that the proteasome inhibitors block degradation of ATF4, a CREB repressor. Thus, proteasome inhibition appears to hinder CREB-mediated transcription. Our results indicate that blockade of proteasome activity obstructs the maintenance of L-LTP by interfering with transcription as well as translation required to sustain L-LTP. Thus, proteasome-mediated proteolysis has different roles during the induction and the maintenance of L-LTP.
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- Chenghai Dong
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
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Upadhya SC, Hegde AN. Role of the ubiquitin proteasome system in Alzheimer's disease. BMC BIOCHEMISTRY 2007; 8 Suppl 1:S12. [PMID: 18047736 PMCID: PMC2106363 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-8-s1-s12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Though Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a syndrome with well-defined clinical and neuropathological manifestations, an array of molecular defects underlies its pathology. A role for the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) was suspected in the pathogenesis of AD since the presence of ubiquitin immunoreactivity in AD-related neuronal inclusions, such as neurofibrillary tangles, is seen in all AD cases. Recent studies have indicated that components of the UPS could be linked to the early phase of AD, which is marked by synaptic dysfunction, as well as to the late stages of the disease, characterized by neurodegeneration. Insoluble protein aggregates in the brain of AD patients could result from malfunction or overload of the UPS, or from structural changes in the protein substrates, which prevent their recognition and degradation by the UPS. Defective proteolysis could cause the synaptic dysfunction observed early in AD since the UPS is known to play a role in the normal functioning of synapses. In this review, we discuss recent observations on possible links between the UPS and AD, and the potential for utilizing UPS components as targets for treatment of this disease. Publication history: Republished from Current BioData's Targeted Proteins database (TPdb; ).
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- Sudarshan C Upadhya
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University Health Sciences Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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The ubiquitin–proteasome pathway in health and disease of the nervous system. Trends Neurosci 2007; 30:587-95. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2007.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2007] [Revised: 08/19/2007] [Accepted: 08/20/2007] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Merlo E, Romano A. Long-term memory consolidation depends on proteasome activity in the crab Chasmagnathus. Neuroscience 2007; 147:46-52. [PMID: 17521826 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2006] [Revised: 04/11/2007] [Accepted: 04/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Long-term memory formation depends on protein and mRNA synthesis that subserves synaptic reorganization. The removal of pre-existing inhibitory proteins by the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is proposed as a crucial step to support these modifications. The activation of the constitutive transcription factor nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) depends on the degradation of the inhibitor of NF-kappaB (IkappaB) by the UPS. Here we study the effect of a UPS inhibitor, MG132, on long-term memory consolidation and NF-kappaB activation in the learning paradigm of the crab Chasmagnathus, a model in which this transcription factor plays a key role. Here we found that administration of MG132 interferes with long-term memory but not with short-term memory, and no facilitatory effects were found. Then we studied the effect of the UPS inhibitor on NF-kappaB pathway, finding that MG132 blocks the activation of NF-kappaB induced by training. These results suggest that the UPS is necessary for long-term memory consolidation, allowing for the activation of NF-kappaB as one of the target molecular pathways.
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- E Merlo
- Laboratorio de Neurobiología de la Memoria, Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular,Universidad de Buenos Aires, IFIByNE, CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria, PAb. II, 2do piso (1428EHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Wishart TM, Paterson JM, Short DM, Meredith S, Robertson KA, Sutherland C, Cousin MA, Dutia MB, Gillingwater TH. Differential proteomics analysis of synaptic proteins identifies potential cellular targets and protein mediators of synaptic neuroprotection conferred by the slow Wallerian degeneration (Wlds) gene. Mol Cell Proteomics 2007; 6:1318-30. [PMID: 17470424 PMCID: PMC2225590 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m600457-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Non-somatic synaptic and axonal compartments of neurons are primary pathological targets in many neurodegenerative conditions, ranging from Alzheimer disease through to motor neuron disease. Axons and synapses are protected from degeneration by the slow Wallerian degeneration (Wld(s)) gene. Significantly the molecular mechanisms through which this spontaneous genetic mutation delays degeneration remain controversial, and the downstream protein targets of Wld(s) resident in non-somatic compartments remain unknown. In this study we used differential proteomics analysis to identify proteins whose expression levels were significantly altered in isolated synaptic preparations from the striatum of Wld(s) mice. Eight of the 16 proteins we identified as having modified expression levels in Wld(s) synapses are known regulators of mitochondrial stability and degeneration (including VDAC1, Aralar1, and mitofilin). Subsequent analyses demonstrated that other key mitochondrial proteins, not identified in our initial screen, are also modified in Wld(s) synapses. Of the non-mitochondrial proteins identified, several have been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases where synapses and axons are primary pathological targets (including DRP-2 and Rab GDP dissociation inhibitor beta). In addition, we show that downstream protein changes can be identified in pathways corresponding to both Ube4b (including UBE1) and Nmnat1 (including VDAC1 and Aralar1) components of the chimeric Wld(s) gene, suggesting that full-length Wld(s) protein is required to elicit maximal changes in synaptic proteins. We conclude that altered mitochondrial responses to degenerative stimuli are likely to play an important role in the neuroprotective Wld(s) phenotype and that targeting proteins identified in the current study may lead to novel therapies for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases in humans.
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- Thomas M. Wishart
- Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK
- Centre for Neuroscience Research, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK
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- Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK
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- Astellas CNS Research in Edinburgh, The Chancellor's Building, New Royal Infirmary, Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK
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- Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK
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- Division of Pathway Medicine, University of Edinburgh, The Chancellor's Building, New Royal Infirmary, Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK
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- Pathology and Neurosciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
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- Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK
- Centre for Neuroscience Research, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK
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- Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK
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- Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK
- Centre for Neuroscience Research, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK
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Diaz ES, Kong M, Morales P. Effect of fibronectin on proteasome activity, acrosome reaction, tyrosine phosphorylation and intracellular calcium concentrations of human sperm. Hum Reprod 2007; 22:1420-30. [PMID: 17347169 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Previously we showed that the human sperm proteasome plays significant roles during mammalian fertilization. Here we studied the effect of fibronectin (Fn), an extracellular matrix protein present in the cumulus oophorus of the oocyte, on proteasome activity, acrosome reaction, intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) and protein tyrosine phosphorylation of human sperm. METHODS Aliquots of motile sperm were incubated for 15 min (T0), 5 h (T5) and 18 h (T18), at 37 degrees C, 5% CO(2) and 95% air with Fn (0-100 microg/ml). The chymotrypsin- and trypsin-like activity of the proteasome was measured using the fluorogenic substrates, Suc-Leu-Leu-Val-Tyr-AMC and Boc-Gln-Ala-Arg-AMC, respectively. At T18, sperm aliquots were incubated for 15 min with Fn and/or progesterone in the presence or absence of epoxomicin (a proteasome inhibitor). The percentage of viable acrosome reacted sperm was evaluated using the Fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labeled Pisum sativum agglutinin. Tyrosine phosphorylation was evaluated by western blot and [Ca(2+)](i) using fura 2. RESULTS Fn stimulated both enzymatic activities of the proteasome and the acrosome reaction of human sperm. Progesterone enhanced and epoxomicin drastically inhibited the effect of Fn. Fn treatment also increased the [Ca(2+)](i). Western blot analysis revealed that Fn increased tyrosine protein phosphorylation and that some proteasome subunits became tyrosine phosphorylated upon Fn treatment. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that Fn activates the proteasome and induces the acrosome reaction in human sperm. This effect may involve binding with specific receptors (integrins) on the sperm surface and the activation of tyrosine kinases.
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- Emilce S Diaz
- Department of Biomedicine, University of Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile
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Ding Q, Cecarini V, Keller JN. Interplay between protein synthesis and degradation in the CNS: physiological and pathological implications. Trends Neurosci 2007; 30:31-6. [PMID: 17126920 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2006.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2006] [Revised: 09/28/2006] [Accepted: 11/16/2006] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Compromise of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is a potential basis for multiple physiological abnormalities and pathologies in the CNS. This could be because reduced protein turnover leads to bulk intracellular protein accumulation. However, conditions associated with compromised UPS function are also associated with impairments in protein synthesis, and impairment of UPS function is sufficient to inhibit protein synthesis. These data suggest that the toxicity of UPS inhibition need not depend on gross intracellular protein accumulation, and indicate the potential for crosstalk between the UPS and protein-synthesis pathways. In this review, we discuss evidence for interplay between the UPS and protein-synthesis machinery, and outline the implications of this crosstalk for physiological and pathological processes in the CNS.
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- Qunxing Ding
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, and Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0230, USA
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Willeumier K, Pulst SM, Schweizer FE. Proteasome inhibition triggers activity-dependent increase in the size of the recycling vesicle pool in cultured hippocampal neurons. J Neurosci 2006; 26:11333-41. [PMID: 17079661 PMCID: PMC2665188 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1684-06.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The ubiquitin proteasome system, generally known for its function in protein degradation, also appears to play an important role in regulating membrane trafficking. A role for the proteasome in regulating presynaptic release and vesicle trafficking has been proposed for invertebrates, but it remains to be tested in mammalian presynaptic terminals. We used the fluorescent styrylpyridinium dye FM4-64 to visualize changes in the recycling pool of vesicles in hippocampal culture under pharmacological inhibition of the proteasome. We found that a 2 h inhibition increases the recycling pool of vesicles by 76%, with no change in the rate or total amount of dye release. Interestingly, enhancement did not depend on protein synthesis but did depend on synaptic activity; blocking action potentials during proteasome inhibition abolished the effect whereas increasing neuronal activity accelerated the effect with an increased recycling pool evident after 15 min. We propose that the proteasome acts as a negative-feedback regulator of synaptic transmission, possibly serving a homeostatic role.
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- Kristen Willeumier
- Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Jennische E, Johansson E, Hansson HA, Jonson I. Immunohistochemical staining patterns using epitope-specific antibodies indicate conformation variants of antisecretory factor/S5a in the CNS. APMIS 2006; 114:529-38. [PMID: 16907859 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2006.apm_464.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Antisecretory factor (AF/S5a/Rpn10) was originally identified through its ability to counteract pathological secretion. AF is also a potent anti-inflammatory agent, a neuromodulator, and an important component of the proteasome. Human AF has a calculated molecular mass of 41 kDa and a pI of 4.7. No family of AF-like proteins has been identified. AF has multiple functions in the cell, and different functional forms could exist as a result of post-translational modifications. Epitope-specific antibodies covering the entire length of AF were used to investigate whether modified forms of AF could be detected in the porcine spinal cord by Western blots, 2D gels, and immunohistochemistry (IHC). Western blot and 2D gels showed that all antisera detected a single protein with very similar molecular mass and pI. However, IHC resulted in an epitope-specific subcellular staining pattern. Antisera recognizing epitopes in the N-terminal part of AF, containing the antisecretory activity, showed a more restricted localisation than antisera directed at the C-terminal part, containing the ubiquitin-binding sites. We suggest that AF can exist in several conformational variants, perhaps due to differences in redox state and/or pH in the various cellular compartments. Such conformational changes could be of functional importance.
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- Eva Jennische
- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden.
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