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Mputhia Z, Hone E, Tripathi T, Sargeant T, Martins R, Bharadwaj P. Autophagy Modulation as a Treatment of Amyloid Diseases. Molecules 2019; 24:E3372. [PMID: 31527516 PMCID: PMC6766836 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24183372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2019] [Revised: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Amyloids are fibrous proteins aggregated into toxic forms that are implicated in several chronic disorders. More than 30 diseases show deposition of fibrous amyloid proteins associated with cell loss and degeneration in the affected tissues. Evidence demonstrates that amyloid diseases result from protein aggregation or impaired amyloid clearance, but the connection between amyloid accumulation and tissue degeneration is not clear. Common examples of amyloid diseases are Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD) and tauopathies, which are the most common forms of neurodegenerative diseases, as well as polyglutamine disorders and certain peripheral metabolic diseases. In these diseases, increased accumulation of toxic amyloid proteins is suspected to be one of the main causative factors in the disease pathogenesis. It is therefore important to more clearly understand how these toxic amyloid proteins accumulate as this will aide in the development of more effective preventive and therapeutic strategies. Protein homeostasis, or proteostasis, is maintained by multiple cellular pathways-including protein synthesis, quality control, and clearance-which are collectively responsible for preventing protein misfolding or aggregation. Modulating protein degradation is a very complex but attractive treatment strategy used to remove amyloid and improve cell survival. This review will focus on autophagy, an important clearance pathway of amyloid proteins, and strategies for using it as a potential therapeutic target for amyloid diseases. The physiological role of autophagy in cells, pathways for its modulation, its connection with apoptosis, cell models and caveats in developing autophagy as a treatment and as a biomarker is discussed.
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- Zoe Mputhia
- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia.
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia.
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- Department of Biochemistry, North-Eastern Hill University, Meghalaya 793022, India.
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- Hopwood Centre for Neurobiology, SAHMRI, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia.
- School of Biomedical Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia.
- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health and Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI), Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia.
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Dysregulation of autophagy as a common mechanism in lysosomal storage diseases. Essays Biochem 2017; 61:733-749. [PMID: 29233882 PMCID: PMC5869865 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20170055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2017] [Revised: 10/08/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The lysosome plays a pivotal role between catabolic and anabolic processes as the nexus for signalling pathways responsive to a variety of factors, such as growth, nutrient availability, energetic status and cellular stressors. Lysosomes are also the terminal degradative organelles for autophagy through which macromolecules and damaged cellular components and organelles are degraded. Autophagy acts as a cellular homeostatic pathway that is essential for organismal physiology. Decline in autophagy during ageing or in many diseases, including late-onset forms of neurodegeneration is considered a major contributing factor to the pathology. Multiple lines of evidence indicate that impairment in autophagy is also a central mechanism underlying several lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs). LSDs are a class of rare, inherited disorders whose histopathological hallmark is the accumulation of undegraded materials in the lysosomes due to abnormal lysosomal function. Inefficient degradative capability of the lysosomes has negative impact on the flux through the autophagic pathway, and therefore dysregulated autophagy in LSDs is emerging as a relevant disease mechanism. Pathology in the LSDs is generally early-onset, severe and life-limiting but current therapies are limited or absent; recognizing common autophagy defects in the LSDs raises new possibilities for therapy. In this review, we describe the mechanisms by which LSDs occur, focusing on perturbations in the autophagy pathway and present the latest data supporting the development of novel therapeutic approaches related to the modulation of autophagy.
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Kinarivala N, Trippier PC. Progress in the Development of Small Molecule Therapeutics for the Treatment of Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses (NCLs). J Med Chem 2015; 59:4415-27. [PMID: 26565590 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are a group of inherited and incurable neurodegenerative disorders primarily afflicting the pediatric population. Current treatment regimens offer only symptomatic relief and do not target the underlying cause of the disease. Although the underlying pathophysiology that drives disease progression is unknown, several small molecules have been identified with diverse mechanisms of action that provide promise for the treatment of this devastating disease. This review aims to summarize the current cellular and animal models available for the identification of potential therapeutics and presents the current state of knowledge on small molecule compounds that demonstrate in vitro and/or in vivo efficacy across the NCLs with an emphasis on targets of action.
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- Nihar Kinarivala
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center , Amarillo, Texas 79106, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center , Amarillo, Texas 79106, United States.,Center for Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University , Lubbock, Texas 79409, United States
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Grimm S, Hoehn A, Davies KJ, Grune T. Protein oxidative modifications in the ageing brain: consequence for the onset of neurodegenerative disease. Free Radic Res 2010; 45:73-88. [PMID: 20815785 DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2010.512040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The free radical theory of ageing proposes the accumulation of altered, less active and toxic molecules of DNA, RNA, proteins and lipids caused by reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species. Neurodegenerative disorders are characterized by an abnormal accumulation of oxidatively damaged macromolecules inside cells and in the extracellular space. Proteins involved in the formation of aggregates are β-amyloid, tau, α-synuclein, parkin, prion proteins and proteins containing polyglutamine. These abnormal aggregated proteins influence normal cellular metabolism. Additionally, deposition of abnormal proteins induces oxidative stress and proteasomal as well as mitochondrial dysfunction that ultimately lead to neuronal cell death. This review focuses on the impact of oxidative and nitrative stress in the ageing brain and, consequently, on the generation of modified proteins, as these post-translational modifications are assumed to play an important role in the development of neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Stefanie Grimm
- Institute of Nutrition, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Dornburger Straße 24, 07743 Jena, Germany
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Bozorg S, Ramirez-Montealegre D, Chung M, Pearce DA. Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL) and the eye. Surv Ophthalmol 2009; 54:463-71. [PMID: 19539834 DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2009.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses, or Batten disease, is the most common type of NCL in the United States and Europe. This devastating disorder presents with vision failure and progresses to include seizures, motor dysfunction, and dementia. Death usually occurs in the third decade, but some patients die before age twenty. Though the mechanism of visual failure remains poorly understood, recent advances in molecular genetics have improved diagnostic testing and suggested possible therapeutic strategies. The ophthalmologist plays a crucial role in both early diagnosis and documentation of progression of juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses. We update Batten disease research, particularly as it relates to the eye, and present various theories on the pathophysiology of retinal degeneration.
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- Sara Bozorg
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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Jung T, Grune T. The proteasome and its role in the degradation of oxidized proteins. IUBMB Life 2009; 60:743-52. [PMID: 18636510 DOI: 10.1002/iub.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The generation of free radicals and the resulting oxidative modification of cell structures are omnipresent in mammalian cells. This includes the permanent oxidation of proteins leading to the disruption of the protein structure and an impaired functionality. In consequence, these oxidized proteins have to be removed in order to prevent serious metabolic disturbances. The most important cellular proteolytic system responsible for the removal of oxidized proteins is the proteasomal system. For normal functioning, the proteasomal system needs the coordinated interaction of numerous components. This review describes the fundamental functions of the 20S "core" proteasome, its regulators, and the roles of the proteasomal system beyond the removal of oxidized proteins in mammalian cells.
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- Tobias Jung
- Institute for Biological Chemistry and Nutrition, Biofunctionality and Food Safety (140f), University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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Bonilla JA, Bonilla TD, Yowell CA, Fujioka H, Dame JB. Critical roles for the digestive vacuole plasmepsins ofPlasmodium falciparumin vacuolar function. Mol Microbiol 2007; 65:64-75. [PMID: 17581121 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05768.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Knockout mutants of Plasmodium falciparum lacking pfpm1, pfpm2 and pfhap (triple-PM KO), and mutants lacking all four digestive vacuole (DV) plasmepsins (pfpm4, pfpm1, pfpm2 and pfhap; quadruple-PM KO), were prepared by double cross-over integration effecting chromosomal deletions of up to 14.6 kb. The triple-PM KO was similar to the parental line (3D7) in growth rate, morphology and sensitivity to proteinase inhibitors. The quadruple-PM KO showed a significantly slower rate of growth in standard medium, which manifested as delayed schizont maturation accompanied by reduced formation of haemozoin. In amino acid-limited medium, the reduction in growth rate of the quadruple-PM KO was pronounced. The sensitivity of both the triple- and quadruple-PM KOs to six different HIV aspartic proteinase inhibitors was comparable to that of 3D7, thus establishing that the DV plasmepsins were not the primary targets of the antimalarial activity of these clinically important compounds. Electron microscopic analysis revealed the presence of multilamellar bodies resembling ceroid in the DV of the quadruple-PM KO, and intermediates of the autophagic pathway accumulated as determined by Western blot analysis. Thus, the DV plasmepsins, although not essential, contribute significantly to the fitness of the parasite and are required for efficient degradation of endosomal vesicles delivered to the DV.
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- J Alfredo Bonilla
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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Shacka JJ, Klocke BJ, Young C, Shibata M, Olney JW, Uchiyama Y, Saftig P, Roth KA. Cathepsin D deficiency induces persistent neurodegeneration in the absence of Bax-dependent apoptosis. J Neurosci 2007; 27:2081-90. [PMID: 17314303 PMCID: PMC6673541 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5577-06.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosces/Batten disease (NCL) is a devastating group of neurodegenerative diseases caused by genetic disruptions in lysosomal function. Cathepsin D (CD) is a major lysosomal protease, and mutations in CD that render it enzymatically defective have been reported recently in subsets of NCL patients. The targeted deletion of CD in mice results in extensive neuropathology, including biochemical and morphological evidence of apoptosis and autophagic stress (aberrant autophagosome accumulation), effects that are similar to those observed in NCL. To determine the contribution of Bax-dependent apoptosis in this mouse model of NCL, combined Bax- and CD-deficient mice were generated. Morphological analysis of CD-deficient mouse brains indicated large numbers of pyknotic neurons and neurons with marked cytoplasmic swellings containing undigested lipofuscin. Cell death and apoptosis were evidenced by increases in terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated biotinylated UTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) reactivity and activation of caspase-3, respectively. DeOlmos silver-positive neurons were abundant in CD-deficient brain and correlated with neuron loss, as indicated by significant decreases in NeuN (neuronal nuclear antigen)-positive neurons. Lysosome dysfunction and autophagic stress were apparent in CD-deficient brain as indicated by the accumulation of autofluorescent storage material and by increased levels of LC3-II (light chain 3-II, a selective autophagosome marker), respectively. Bax deletion significantly inhibited caspase-3 activation and hippocampal TUNEL reactivity but did not prevent the majority of CD deficiency-induced neuropathology, including the persistence of pyknotic neurons, elevated cortical TUNEL reactivity, lysosome dysfunction and autophagic stress, neurodegeneration, and neuron loss. Together, these results suggest that CD deficiency-induced neuropathology does not require Bax-dependent apoptosis and highlights the importance of caspase-independent neuron death and neurodegeneration resulting from the genetic disruption of lysosome function.
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- John J. Shacka
- Department of Pathology, Neuropathology Division, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Department of Pathology, Neuropathology Division, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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- Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan, and
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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- Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan, and
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- Department of Biochemistry, University Kiel, D-24098 Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Neuropathology Division, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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