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Cui Q, Liu Z, Bai G. Friend or foe: The role of stress granule in neurodegenerative disease. Neuron 2024; 112:2464-2485. [PMID: 38744273 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Revised: 03/12/2024] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
Abstract
Stress granules (SGs) are dynamic membraneless organelles that form in response to cellular stress. SGs are predominantly composed of RNA and RNA-binding proteins that assemble through liquid-liquid phase separation. Although the formation of SGs is considered a transient and protective response to cellular stress, their dysregulation or persistence may contribute to various neurodegenerative diseases. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of SG physiology and pathology. It covers the formation, composition, regulation, and functions of SGs, along with their crosstalk with other membrane-bound and membraneless organelles. Furthermore, this review discusses the dual roles of SGs as both friends and foes in neurodegenerative diseases and explores potential therapeutic approaches targeting SGs. The challenges and future perspectives in this field are also highlighted. A more profound comprehension of the intricate relationship between SGs and neurodegenerative diseases could inspire the development of innovative therapeutic interventions against these devastating diseases.
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- Qinqin Cui
- Department of Neurology of Second Affiliated Hospital and School of Brain Science and Brain Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, China; Nanhu Brain-Computer Interface Institute, Hangzhou 311100, China.
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- Department of Neurology of Second Affiliated Hospital and School of Brain Science and Brain Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Neurology of Second Affiliated Hospital and School of Brain Science and Brain Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, China; Nanhu Brain-Computer Interface Institute, Hangzhou 311100, China; Liangzhu Laboratory, MOE Frontier Science Center for Brain Science and Brain-Machine Integration, State Key Laboratory of Brain-Machine Intelligence, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 311121, China; NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Institute of Fundamental and Transdisciplinary Research, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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Glineburg MR, Yildirim E, Gomez N, Rodriguez G, Pak J, Li X, Altheim C, Waksmacki J, McInerney GM, Barmada SJ, Todd PK. Stress granule formation helps to mitigate neurodegeneration. Nucleic Acids Res 2024:gkae655. [PMID: 39106168 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Revised: 05/28/2024] [Accepted: 07/17/2024] [Indexed: 08/09/2024] Open
Abstract
Cellular stress pathways that inhibit translation initiation lead to transient formation of cytoplasmic RNA/protein complexes known as stress granules. Many of the proteins found within stress granules and the dynamics of stress granule formation and dissolution are implicated in neurodegenerative disease. Whether stress granule formation is protective or harmful in neurodegenerative conditions is not known. To address this, we took advantage of the alphavirus protein nsP3, which selectively binds dimers of the central stress granule nucleator protein G3BP and markedly reduces stress granule formation without directly impacting the protein translational inhibitory pathways that trigger stress granule formation. In Drosophila and rodent neurons, reducing stress granule formation with nsP3 had modest impacts on lifespan even in the setting of serial stress pathway induction. In contrast, reducing stress granule formation in models of ataxia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia largely exacerbated disease phenotypes. These data support a model whereby stress granules mitigate, rather than promote, neurodegenerative cascades.
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- M Rebecca Glineburg
- Biological Sciences, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, 1 University Drive, Orange, CA 92866, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, BSRB48109-2200, Ann Arbor, MI 4005, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, BSRB48109-2200, Ann Arbor, MI 4005, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, BSRB48109-2200, Ann Arbor, MI 4005, USA
- Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, BSRB48109-2200, Ann Arbor, MI 4005, USA
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Biological Sciences, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, 1 University Drive, Orange, CA 92866, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, BSRB48109-2200, Ann Arbor, MI 4005, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, BSRB48109-2200, Ann Arbor, MI 4005, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, BSRB48109-2200, Ann Arbor, MI 4005, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17165, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, BSRB48109-2200, Ann Arbor, MI 4005, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, BSRB48109-2200, Ann Arbor, MI 4005, USA
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Huang WP, Ellis BCS, Hodgson RE, Sanchez Avila A, Kumar V, Rayment J, Moll T, Shelkovnikova TA. Stress-induced TDP-43 nuclear condensation causes splicing loss of function and STMN2 depletion. Cell Rep 2024; 43:114421. [PMID: 38941189 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Revised: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 06/14/2024] [Indexed: 06/30/2024] Open
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TDP-43 protein is dysregulated in several neurodegenerative diseases, which often have a multifactorial nature and may have extrinsic stressors as a "second hit." TDP-43 undergoes reversible nuclear condensation in stressed cells including neurons. Here, we demonstrate that stress-inducible nuclear TDP-43 condensates are RNA-depleted, non-liquid assemblies distinct from the known nuclear bodies. Their formation requires TDP-43 oligomerization and ATP and is inhibited by RNA. Using a confocal nanoscanning assay, we find that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)-linked mutations alter stress-induced TDP-43 condensation by changing its affinity to liquid-like ribonucleoprotein assemblies. Stress-induced nuclear condensation transiently inactivates TDP-43, leading to loss of interaction with its protein binding partners and loss of function in splicing. Splicing changes are especially prominent and persisting for STMN2 RNA, and STMN2 protein becomes rapidly depleted early during stress. Our results point to early pathological changes to TDP-43 in the nucleus and support therapeutic modulation of stress response in ALS.
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- Wan-Ping Huang
- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience and Neuroscience Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience and Neuroscience Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience and Neuroscience Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience and Neuroscience Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience and Neuroscience Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience and Neuroscience Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience and Neuroscience Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience and Neuroscience Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
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Buchan JR. Stress granule and P-body clearance: Seeking coherence in acts of disappearance. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2024; 159-160:10-26. [PMID: 38278052 PMCID: PMC10939798 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2024.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 01/07/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
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Stress granules and P-bodies are conserved cytoplasmic biomolecular condensates whose assembly and composition are well documented, but whose clearance mechanisms remain controversial or poorly described. Such understanding could provide new insight into how cells regulate biomolecular condensate formation and function, and identify therapeutic strategies in disease states where aberrant persistence of stress granules in particular is implicated. Here, I review and compare the contributions of chaperones, the cytoskeleton, post-translational modifications, RNA helicases, granulophagy and the proteasome to stress granule and P-body clearance. Additionally, I highlight the potentially vital role of RNA regulation, cellular energy, and changes in the interaction networks of stress granules and P-bodies as means of eliciting clearance. Finally, I discuss evidence for interplay of distinct clearance mechanisms, suggest future experimental directions, and suggest a simple working model of stress granule clearance.
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- J Ross Buchan
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85716, United States.
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Wang Z, Xia Q, Wan W, Wang M, Zhang Z, Deng J, Jing B, Sun J, Lyu H, Jin H, Yan J, Shen D, Ge Y. Chemical sensors detect and resolve proteome aggregation in peripheral neuropathy cell model induced by chemotherapeutic agents. Bioorg Chem 2024; 148:107491. [PMID: 38788365 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2024.107491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2024] [Revised: 05/10/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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As a consequence of somatosensory nervous system injury or disease, neuropathic pain is commonly associated with chemotherapies, known as chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). However, the mechanisms underlying CIPN-induced proteome aggregation in neuronal cells remain elusive due to limited detection tools. Herein, we present series sensors for fluorescence imaging (AggStain) and proteomics analysis (AggLink) to visualize and capture aggregated proteome in CIPN neuronal cell model. The environment-sensitive AggStain imaging sensor selectively binds and detects protein aggregation with 12.3 fold fluorescence enhancement. Further, the covalent AggLink proteomic sensor captures cellular aggregated proteins and profiles their composition via LC-MS/MS analysis. This integrative sensor platform reveals the presence of proteome aggregation in CIPN cell model and highlights its potential for broader applications in assessing proteome stability under various cellular stress conditions.
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- Zhiming Wang
- The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116023, China; State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Chromatographic R. & A. Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Chromatographic R. & A. Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Chromatographic R. & A. Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Chromatographic R. & A. Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116023, China; State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Chromatographic R. & A. Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116023, China; State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Chromatographic R. & A. Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116023, China; State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Chromatographic R. & A. Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Chromatographic R. & A. Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Chromatographic R. & A. Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116023, China; State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Chromatographic R. & A. Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116023, China; State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Chromatographic R. & A. Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Chromatographic R. & A. Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China.
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- The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116023, China.
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Fang M, Liu Y, Huang C, Fan S. Targeting stress granules in neurodegenerative diseases: A focus on biological function and dynamics disorders. Biofactors 2024; 50:422-438. [PMID: 37966813 DOI: 10.1002/biof.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023]
Abstract
Stress granules (SGs) are membraneless organelles formed by eukaryotic cells in response to stress to promote cell survival through their pleiotropic cytoprotective effects. SGs recruit a variety of components to enhance their physiological function, and play a critical role in the propagation of pathological proteins, a key factor in neurodegeneration. Recent advances indicate that SG dynamic disorders exacerbate neuronal susceptibility to stress in neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) including Alzheimer's disease (AD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), Huntington's disease (HD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). Here, we outline the biological functions of SGs, highlight SG dynamic disorders in NDs, and emphasize therapeutic approaches for enhancing SG dynamics to provide new insights into ND intervention.
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- Minglv Fang
- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Owings KG, Chow CY. A Drosophila screen identifies a role for histone methylation in ER stress preconditioning. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2024; 14:jkad265. [PMID: 38098286 PMCID: PMC11021027 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
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Stress preconditioning occurs when transient, sublethal stress events impact an organism's ability to counter future stresses. Although preconditioning effects are often noted in the literature, very little is known about the underlying mechanisms. To model preconditioning, we exposed a panel of genetically diverse Drosophila melanogaster to a sublethal heat shock and measured how well the flies survived subsequent exposure to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. The impact of preconditioning varied with genetic background, ranging from dying half as fast to 4 and a half times faster with preconditioning compared to no preconditioning. Subsequent association and transcriptional analyses revealed that histone methylation, and transcriptional regulation are both candidate preconditioning modifier pathways. Strikingly, almost all subunits (7/8) in the Set1/COMPASS complex were identified as candidate modifiers of preconditioning. Functional analysis of Set1 knockdown flies demonstrated that loss of Set1 led to the transcriptional dysregulation of canonical ER stress genes during preconditioning. Based on these analyses, we propose a preconditioning model in which Set1 helps to establish an interim transcriptional "memory" of previous stress events, resulting in a preconditioned response to subsequent stress.
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- Katie G Owings
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, EIHG 5200, 15 North 2030 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, EIHG 5200, 15 North 2030 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Ugalde MV, Alecki C, Rizwan J, Le P, Jacob-Tomas S, Xu JM, Minotti S, Wu T, Durham H, Yeo G. Localized molecular chaperone synthesis maintains neuronal dendrite proteostasis. RESEARCH SQUARE 2023:rs.3.rs-3673702. [PMID: 38168440 PMCID: PMC10760236 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3673702/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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Proteostasis is maintained through regulated protein synthesis and degradation and chaperone-assisted protein folding. However, this is challenging in neuronal projections because of their polarized morphology and constant synaptic proteome remodeling. Using high-resolution fluorescence microscopy, we discovered that neurons localize a subset of chaperone mRNAs to their dendrites and use microtubule-based transport to increase this asymmetric localization following proteotoxic stress. The most abundant dendritic chaperone mRNA encodes a constitutive heat shock protein 70 family member (HSPA8). Proteotoxic stress also enhanced HSPA8 mRNA translation efficiency in dendrites. Stress-mediated HSPA8 mRNA localization to the dendrites was impaired by depleting fused in sarcoma-an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-related protein-in cultured mouse motor neurons and expressing a pathogenic variant of heterogenous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2/B1 in neurons derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells. These results reveal a crucial and unexpected neuronal stress response in which RNA-binding proteins increase the dendritic localization of HSPA8 mRNA to maintain proteostasis and prevent neurodegeneration.
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- University of California, San Diego
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He S, Gou H, Zhou Y, Wu C, Ren X, Wu X, Guan G, Jin B, Huang J, Jin Z, Zhao T. The SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein suppresses innate immunity by remodeling stress granules to atypical foci. FASEB J 2023; 37:e23269. [PMID: 37889852 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202201973rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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Viruses deploy multiple strategies to suppress the host innate immune response to facilitate viral replication and pathogenesis. Typical G3BP1+ stress granules (SGs) are usually formed in host cells after virus infection to restrain viral translation and to stimulate innate immunity. Thus, viruses have evolved various mechanisms to inhibit SGs or to repurpose SG components such as G3BP1. Previous studies showed that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection inhibited host immunity during the early stage of COVID-19. However, the precise mechanism is not yet well understood. Here we showed that the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (SARS2-N) protein suppressed the double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-induced innate immune response, concomitant with inhibition of SGs and the induction of atypical SARS2-N+ /G3BP1+ foci (N+ foci). The SARS2-N protein-induced formation of N+ foci was dependent on the ability of its ITFG motif to hijack G3BP1, which contributed to suppress the innate immune response. Importantly, SARS2-N protein facilitated viral replication by inducing the formation of N+ foci. Viral mutations within SARS2-N protein that impair the formation of N+ foci are associated with the inability of the SARS2-N protein to suppress the immune response. Taken together, our study has revealed a novel mechanism by which SARS-CoV-2 suppresses the innate immune response via induction of atypical N+ foci. We think that this is a critical strategy for viral pathogenesis and has potential therapeutic implications.
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- Su He
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
- School of Medicine, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
- School of Medicine, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
- School of Medicine, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
- School of Medicine, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
- School of Medicine, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Glineburg MR, Yildirim E, Gomez N, Li X, Pak J, Altheim C, Waksmacki J, McInerney G, Barmada SJ, Todd PK. Stress granule formation helps to mitigate neurodegeneration. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.11.07.566060. [PMID: 37986813 PMCID: PMC10659376 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.07.566060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
Abstract
Cellular stress pathways that inhibit translation initiation lead to transient formation of cytoplasmic RNA/protein complexes known as stress granules. Many of the proteins found within stress granules and the dynamics of stress granule formation and dissolution are implicated in neurodegenerative disease. Whether stress granule formation is protective or harmful in neurodegenerative conditions is not known. To address this, we took advantage of the alphavirus protein nsP3, which selectively binds dimers of the central stress granule nucleator protein G3BP ( rin in Drosophila ) and markedly reduces stress granule formation without directly impacting the protein translational inhibitory pathways that trigger stress granule formation. In Drosophila and rodent neurons, reducing stress granule formation with nsP3 had modest impacts on lifespan even in the setting of serial stress pathway induction. In contrast, reducing stress granule formation in models of ataxia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia largely exacerbated disease phenotypes. These data support a model whereby stress granules mitigate, rather than promote, neurodegenerative cascades.
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Alecki C, Rizwan J, Le P, Jacob-Tomas S, Xu S, Minotti S, Wu T, Durham H, Yeo GW, Vera M. Localized synthesis of molecular chaperones sustains neuronal proteostasis. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.10.03.560761. [PMID: 37873158 PMCID: PMC10592939 DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.03.560761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
Abstract
Neurons are challenged to maintain proteostasis in neuronal projections, particularly with the physiological stress at synapses to support intercellular communication underlying important functions such as memory and movement control. Proteostasis is maintained through regulated protein synthesis and degradation and chaperone-assisted protein folding. Using high-resolution fluorescent microscopy, we discovered that neurons localize a subset of chaperone mRNAs to their dendrites, particularly more proximal regions, and increase this asymmetric localization following proteotoxic stress through microtubule-based transport from the soma. The most abundant chaperone mRNA in dendrites encodes the constitutive heat shock protein 70, HSPA8. Proteotoxic stress in cultured neurons, induced by inhibiting proteasome activity or inducing oxidative stress, enhanced transport of Hspa8 mRNAs to dendrites and the percentage of mRNAs engaged in translation on mono and polyribosomes. Knocking down the ALS-related protein Fused in Sarcoma (FUS) and a dominant mutation in the heterogenous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2/B1 (HNRNPA2B1) impaired stress-mediated localization of Hspa8 mRNA to dendrites in cultured murine motor neurons and human iPSC-derived neurons, respectively, revealing the importance of these RNA-binding proteins in maintaining proteostasis. These results reveal the increased dendritic localization and translation of the constitutive HSP70 Hspa8 mRNA as a crucial neuronal stress response to uphold proteostasis and prevent neurodegeneration.
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- Celia Alecki
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery and Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery and Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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Abstract
Biomolecular condensates are reversible compartments that form through a process called phase separation. Post-translational modifications like ADP-ribosylation can nucleate the formation of these condensates by accelerating the self-association of proteins. Poly(ADP-ribose) (PAR) chains are remarkably transient modifications with turnover rates on the order of minutes, yet they can be required for the formation of granules in response to oxidative stress, DNA damage, and other stimuli. Moreover, accumulation of PAR is linked with adverse phase transitions in neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In this review, we provide a primer on how PAR is synthesized and regulated, the diverse structures and chemistries of ADP-ribosylation modifications, and protein-PAR interactions. We review substantial progress in recent efforts to determine the molecular mechanism of PAR-mediated phase separation, and we further delineate how inhibitors of PAR polymerases may be effective treatments for neurodegenerative pathologies. Finally, we highlight the need for rigorous biochemical interrogation of ADP-ribosylation in vivo and in vitro to clarify the exact pathway from PARylation to condensate formation.
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- Kevin Rhine
- Program in Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology, and Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Program in Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology, and Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
- Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
- Physics Frontier Center (Center for the Physics of Living Cells), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Wilkerson JR, Ifrim MF, Valdez-Sinon AN, Hahn P, Bowles JE, Molinaro G, Janusz-Kaminska A, Bassell GJ, Huber KM. FMRP phosphorylation and interactions with Cdh1 regulate association with dendritic RNA granules and MEF2-triggered synapse elimination. Neurobiol Dis 2023; 182:106136. [PMID: 37120096 PMCID: PMC10370323 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2023.106136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Fragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein (FMRP) is necessary for experience-dependent, developmental synapse elimination and the loss of this process may underlie the excess dendritic spines and hyperconnectivity of cortical neurons in Fragile X Syndrome, a common inherited form of intellectual disability and autism. Little is known of the signaling pathways that regulate synapse elimination and if or how FMRP is regulated during this process. We have characterized a model of synapse elimination in CA1 neurons of organotypic hippocampal slice cultures that is induced by expression of the active transcription factor Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2 (MEF2) and relies on postsynaptic FMRP. MEF2-induced synapse elimination is deficient in Fmr1 KO CA1 neurons, and is rescued by acute (24 h), postsynaptic and cell autonomous reexpression of FMRP in CA1 neurons. FMRP is an RNA binding protein that suppresses mRNA translation. Derepression is induced by posttranslational mechanisms downstream of metabotropic glutamate receptor signaling. Dephosphorylation of FMRP at S499 triggers ubiquitination and degradation of FMRP which then relieves translation suppression and promotes synthesis of proteins encoded by target mRNAs. Whether this mechanism functions in synapse elimination is not known. Here we demonstrate that phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of FMRP at S499 are both necessary for synapse elimination as well as interaction of FMRP with its E3 ligase for FMRP, APC/Cdh1. Using a bimolecular ubiquitin-mediated fluorescence complementation (UbFC) assay, we demonstrate that MEF2 promotes ubiquitination of FMRP in CA1 neurons that relies on activity and interaction with APC/Cdh1. Our results suggest a model where MEF2 regulates posttranslational modifications of FMRP via APC/Cdh1 to regulate translation of proteins necessary for synapse elimination.
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- Julia R Wilkerson
- Department of Neuroscience, O'Donnell Brain Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, O'Donnell Brain Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, O'Donnell Brain Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, O'Donnell Brain Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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- Department of Neuroscience, O'Donnell Brain Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
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Dubinski A, Gagné M, Peyrard S, Gordon D, Talbot K, Vande Velde C. Stress granule assembly in vivo is deficient in the CNS of mutant TDP-43 ALS mice. Hum Mol Genet 2023; 32:319-332. [PMID: 35994036 PMCID: PMC9840205 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddac206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2022] [Revised: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Responding effectively to external stress is crucial for neurons. Defective stress granule dynamics has been hypothesized as one of the pathways that renders motor neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) more prone to early death. Specifically, it is thought that stress granules seed the cytoplasmic TDP-43 inclusions that are observed in the neurons of most ALS patients, as well as ~50% of all frontotemporal dementia (FTD) patients. In this study, we tested this hypothesis in an intact mammalian nervous system. We established an in vivo heat stress paradigm in mice that effectively triggers the eIF2α pathway and the formation of stress granules in the CNS. In non-transgenic mice, we report an age-dependent decline in the formation of heat-induced stress granules, with 18-month-old animals showing a significant impairment. Furthermore, although neuronal stress granules were robustly observed in non-transgenic mice and SOD1G93A mice, they were largely absent in age-matched TDP-43M337V animals. The observed defect in stress granule formation in TDP-43M337V mice correlated with deficits in expression of key protein components typically required for phase separation. Lastly, while TDP-43 was not localized to stress granules, we observed complete nuclear depletion of TDP-43 in a subset of neurons, with the highest proportion being in the TDP-43M337V mice. Overall, our results indicate that mutant TDP-43 expression is associated with defective stress granule assembly and increased TDP-43 nuclear depletion in the mammalian nervous system, which could be relevant to ALS/FTD pathogenesis.
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- Alicia Dubinski
- Department of Neuroscience, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada
- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Québec H2X 0A9, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Québec H2X 0A9, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Québec H2X 0A9, Canada
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada
- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Québec H2X 0A9, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada
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An H, Elvers KT, Gillespie JA, Jones K, Atack JR, Grubisha O, Shelkovnikova TA. A toolkit for the identification of NEAT1_2/paraspeckle modulators. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:e119. [PMID: 36099417 PMCID: PMC9723620 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Paraspeckles are ribonucleoprotein granules assembled by NEAT1_2 lncRNA, an isoform of Nuclear Paraspeckle Assembly Transcript 1 (NEAT1). Dysregulation of NEAT1_2/paraspeckles has been linked to multiple human diseases making them an attractive drug target. However currently NEAT1_2/paraspeckle-focused translational research and drug discovery are hindered by a limited toolkit. To fill this gap, we developed and validated a set of tools for the identification of NEAT1_2 binders and modulators comprised of biochemical and cell-based assays. The NEAT1_2 triple helix stability element was utilized as the target in the biochemical assays, and the cellular assay ('ParaQuant') was based on high-content imaging of NEAT1_2 in fixed cells. As a proof of principle, these assays were used to screen a 1,200-compound FDA-approved drug library and a 170-compound kinase inhibitor library and to confirm the screening hits. The assays are simple to establish, use only commercially-available reagents and are scalable for higher throughput. In particular, ParaQuant is a cost-efficient assay suitable for any cells growing in adherent culture and amenable to multiplexing. Using ParaQuant, we identified dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitors as potent negative modulators of paraspeckles. The tools we describe herein should boost paraspeckle studies and help guide the search, validation and optimization of NEAT1_2/paraspeckle-targeted small molecules.
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- Haiyan An
- Medicines Discovery Institute, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK
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- Medicines Discovery Institute, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK
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- Medicines Discovery Institute, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK
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- Medicines Discovery Institute, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK
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- Medicines Discovery Institute, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK
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- Medicines Discovery Institute, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK
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- Medicines Discovery Institute, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK.,Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2HQ, UK
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Lizarazo S, Yook Y, Tsai N. Amyloid beta induces
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‐dependent translational suppression and hyposynchrony of neural activity via phosphorylation of eIF2α and eEF2. J Cell Physiol 2022; 237:2929-2942. [PMID: 35434801 PMCID: PMC9283232 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.30754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Revised: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia, with the accumulation of amyloid beta peptide (Aβ) being one of the main causes of the disease. Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP), encoded by fragile X mental retardation 1 (Fmr1), is an RNA‐binding protein that represses translation of its bound mRNAs or exerts other indirect mechanisms that result in translational suppression. Because the accumulation of Aβ has been shown to cause translational suppression resulting from the elevated cellular stress response, in this study we asked whether and how Fmr1 is involved in Aβ‐induced translational regulation. Our data first showed that the application of synthetic Aβ peptide induces the expression of Fmr1 in cultured primary neurons. We followed by showing that Fmr1 is required for Aβ‐induced translational suppression, hyposynchrony of neuronal firing activity, and loss of excitatory synapses. Mechanistically, we revealed that Fmr1 functions to repress the expression of phosphatases including protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) and protein phosphatase 1 (PP1), leading to elevated phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 2‐α (eIF2α) and eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF2), and subsequent translational suppression. Finally, our data suggest that such translational suppression is critical to Aβ‐induced hyposynchrony of firing activity, but not the loss of synapses. Altogether, our study uncovers a novel mechanism by which Aβ triggers translational suppression and we reveal the participation of Fmr1 in altered neural plasticity associated with Aβ pathology. Our study may also provide information for a better understanding of Aβ‐induced cellular stress responses in AD.
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- Simon Lizarazo
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA
- Neuroscience Program University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA
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An H, Litscher G, Watanabe N, Wei W, Hashimoto T, Iwatsubo T, Buchman VL, Shelkovnikova TA. ALS-linked cytoplasmic FUS assemblies are compositionally different from physiological stress granules and sequester hnRNPA3, a novel modifier of FUS toxicity. Neurobiol Dis 2021; 162:105585. [PMID: 34915152 PMCID: PMC8799889 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2021.105585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Revised: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Formation of cytoplasmic RNA-protein structures called stress granules (SGs) is a highly conserved cellular response to stress. Abnormal metabolism of SGs may contribute to the pathogenesis of (neuro)degenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Many SG proteins are affected by mutations causative of these conditions, including fused in sarcoma (FUS). Mutant FUS variants have high affinity to SGs and also spontaneously form de novo cytoplasmic RNA granules. Mutant FUS-containing assemblies (mFAs), often called “pathological SGs”, are proposed to play a role in ALS-FUS pathogenesis. However, structural differences between mFAs and physiological SGs remain largely unknown therefore it is unclear whether mFAs can functionally substitute for SGs and how they affect cellular stress responses. Here we used affinity purification to isolate mFAs and physiological SGs and compare their protein composition. We found that proteins within mFAs form significantly more physical interactions than those in SGs however mFAs fail to recruit many factors involved in signal transduction. Furthermore, we found that proteasome subunits and certain nucleocytoplasmic transport factors are depleted from mFAs, whereas translation elongation, mRNA surveillance and splicing factors as well as mitochondrial proteins are enriched in mFAs, as compared to SGs. Validation experiments for a mFA-specific protein, hnRNPA3, confirmed its RNA-dependent interaction with FUS and its sequestration into FUS inclusions in cultured cells and in a FUS transgenic mouse model. Silencing of the Drosophila hnRNPA3 ortholog was deleterious and potentiated human FUS toxicity in the retina of transgenic flies. In conclusion, we show that SG-like structures formed by mutant FUS are structurally distinct from SGs, prone to persistence, likely cannot functionally replace SGs, and affect a spectrum of cellular pathways in stressed cells. Results of our study support a pathogenic role for cytoplasmic FUS assemblies in ALS-FUS. Proteomes of stress granules and mutant FUS assemblies (mFAs) were compared. mFAs are depleted of signal transduction proteins and disassembly factors. mFAs sequester translation and splicing factors and mitochondrial proteins hnRNPA3 protein in sequestered into FUS inclusions in cells and in transgenic mice Silencing of the Drosophila hnRNPA3 ortholog enhances human FUS toxicity in flies.
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- Haiyan An
- Medicines Discovery Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom
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- Medicines Discovery Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AX, United Kingdom; Belgorod State National Research University, Belgorod 308015, Russian Federation
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Pesticides DEET, fipronil and maneb induce stress granule assembly and translation arrest in neuronal cells. Biochem Biophys Rep 2021; 28:101110. [PMID: 34485711 PMCID: PMC8405967 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2021.101110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2021] [Revised: 08/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Pesticides entering our body, either directly or indirectly, are known to increase the risk of developing neurodegenerative disorders. The pesticide-induced animal models of Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease recapitulates many of the pathologies seen in human patients and have become popular models for studying disease biology. However, the specific effect of pesticides at the cellular and molecular levels is yet to be fully established. Here we investigated the cellular effect of three commonly used pesticides: DEET, fipronil and maneb. Specifically, we looked at the effect of these pesticides in the formation of stress granules and the concomitant translational arrest in a neuronal cell line. Stress granules represent an ensemble of non-translating mRNAs and appear in cells under physiological stress. Growing evidence indicates that chronic stress may covert the transient stress granules into amyloids and may thus induce neurodegeneration. We demonstrate here that all three pesticides tested induce stress granules and translation arrest through the inactivation of the eukaryotic initiation factor, eIF2α. We also show that oxidative stress could be one of the major intermediary factors in the pesticide-induced stress granule formation and that it is a reversible process. Our results suggest that prolonged pesticide exposure may result in long-lived stress granules, thus compromising the neuronal stress response pathway and leading to neurodegeneration. Pesticides exposure increases the risk of developing neurodegenerative disorders. Cellular effect of three common pesticides (DEET, fipronil and maneb) were tested. All three induce stress granules and translation arrest via inactivation of eIF2α. Compromised stress response may result in pesticide-induced neurodegeneration.
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Fukushi D, Inaba M, Katoh K, Suzuki Y, Enokido Y, Nomura N, Tokita Y, Hayashi S, Mizuno S, Yamada K, Wakamatsu N. R3HDM1 haploinsufficiency is associated with mild intellectual disability. Am J Med Genet A 2021; 185:1776-1786. [PMID: 33750005 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
R3HDM1 (R3H domain containing 1) is an uncharacterized RNA-binding protein that is highly expressed in the human cerebral cortex. We report the first case of a 12-year-old Japanese male with haploinsufficiency of R3HDM1. He presented with mild intellectual disability (ID) and developmental delay. He had a pericentric inversion of 46,XY,inv(2)(p16.1q21.3)dn with breakpoints in intron 19 of R3HDM1 (2q21.3) and the intergenic region (2p16.1). The R3HDM1 levels in his lymphoblastoid cells were reduced to approximately half that of the healthy controls. However, the expression of MIR128-1, in intron 18 of R3HDM1, was not affected via the pericentric inversion. Knockdown of R3HDM1 in mouse embryonic hippocampal neurons suppressed dendritic growth and branching. Notably, the Database of Genomic Variants reported the case of a healthy control with a 488-kb deletion that included both R3HDM1 and MIR128-1. miR-128 has been reported to inhibit dendritic growth and branching in mouse brain neurons, which directly opposes the novel functions of R3HDM1. These findings suggest that deleting both R3HDM1 and MIR128-1 alleviates the symptoms of the disease caused by loss-of-function mutations in R3HDM1 only. Thus, haploinsufficiency of R3HDM1 in the patient may be the cause of the mild ID due to the genetic imbalance between R3HDM1 and MIR128-1.
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- Daisuke Fukushi
- Department of Genetics, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Developmental Disability Center, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Central Hospital, Aichi Developmental Disability Center, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Developmental Disability Center, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Developmental Disability Center, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Pathology, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Developmental Disability Center, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Developmental Disability Center, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Disease Model, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Developmental Disability Center, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Developmental Disability Center, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Central Hospital, Aichi Developmental Disability Center, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Developmental Disability Center, Kasugai, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Developmental Disability Center, Kasugai, Japan.,Department of Pathology and Host Defense, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki, Japan
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Jeon P, Lee JA. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Physiology and Pathology of Neuronal Stress Granules. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:609698. [PMID: 33718353 PMCID: PMC7947226 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.609698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Stress granules (SGs) are membraneless cytosolic granules containing dense aggregations of RNA-binding proteins and RNAs. They appear in the cytosol under stress conditions and inhibit the initiation of mRNA translation. SGs are dynamically assembled under stressful conditions and rapidly disassembled after stress removal. They are heterogeneous in their RNA and protein content and are cell type- and stress-specific. In post-mitotic neurons, which do not divide, the dynamics of neuronal SGs are tightly regulated, implying that their dysregulation leads to neurodegeneration. Mutations in RNA-binding proteins are associated with SGs. SG components accumulate in cytosolic inclusions in many neurodegenerative diseases, such as frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Although SGs primarily mediate a pro-survival adaptive response to cellular stress, abnormal persistent SGs might develop into aggregates and link to the pathogenesis of diseases. In this review, we present recent advances in the study of neuronal SGs in physiology and pathology, and discuss potential therapeutic approaches to remove abnormal, persistent SGs associated with neurodegeneration.
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- Pureum Jeon
- Department of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences, Hannam University, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences, Hannam University, Daejeon, South Korea
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Zhan Y, Wang H, Ning Y, Zheng H, Liu S, Yang Y, Zhou M, Fan S. Understanding the roles of stress granule during chemotherapy for patients with malignant tumors. Am J Cancer Res 2020; 10:2226-2241. [PMID: 32905441 PMCID: PMC7471355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023] Open
Abstract
The assembly of stress granules (SGs) is a conserved mechanism to regulate protein synthesis under cell stress, where the translation of global protein is silenced and selective protein synthesis for survival maintains. SG formation confers survival advantages and chemotherapeutic resistance to malignant cells. Targeting SG assembly may represent a potential treatment strategy to overcome the primary and acquired chemotherapeutic resistance and enhance curative effect. We conduct a comprehensive review of the published literatures focusing on the drugs that potentially induce SGs and the related mechanism, retrospect the relationship between SGs and drug resistance related proteins, illuminate the regulated pathways and potential targets for SG assembly, and discuss future directions of overcoming the resistance to chemotherapy.
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- Yuting Zhan
- Department of Pathology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangsha 410011, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangsha 410011, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangsha 410011, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangsha 410011, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangsha 410011, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangsha 410011, Hunan, China
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- Cancer Research Institute Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South UniversityChangsha 410078, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangsha 410011, Hunan, China
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Zakharova M. Modern approaches in gene therapy of motor neuron diseases. Med Res Rev 2020; 41:2634-2655. [PMID: 32638429 DOI: 10.1002/med.21705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Motor neuron disorders are a group of neurodegenerative diseases characterized by muscle weakness, loss of ambulation, respiratory insufficiency, leading to an early death. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are the most common and fatal motor neuron diseases. The last 3 years became very successful for novel gene therapy approaches in SMA in infants. Two innovative drugs-nusinersen (Spinraza) and onasemnogene abeparvovec (Zolgensma) have been approved by health authorities. The numerous molecular and genetic overlaps between different neurodegenerative diseases are of great importance in the development of innovative therapeutic strategies, including viral vector therapy and RNA modulating approaches.
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- Maria Zakharova
- Sixth Neurology Department (Department of Neuroinfectious Diseases), Research Center of Neurology, Moscow, Russia
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Kukharsky MS, Ninkina NN, An H, Telezhkin V, Wei W, Meritens CRD, Cooper-Knock J, Nakagawa S, Hirose T, Buchman VL, Shelkovnikova TA. Long non-coding RNA Neat1 regulates adaptive behavioural response to stress in mice. Transl Psychiatry 2020; 10:171. [PMID: 32467583 PMCID: PMC7256041 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-020-0854-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Revised: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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NEAT1 is a highly and ubiquitously expressed long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) which serves as an important regulator of cellular stress response. However, the physiological role of NEAT1 in the central nervous system (CNS) is still poorly understood. In the current study, we addressed this by characterising the CNS function of the Neat1 knockout mouse model (Neat1-/- mice), using a combination of behavioural phenotyping, electrophysiology and expression analysis. RNAscope® in situ hybridisation revealed that in wild-type mice, Neat1 is expressed across the CNS regions, with high expression in glial cells and low expression in neurons. Loss of Neat1 in mice results in an inadequate reaction to physiological stress manifested as hyperlocomotion and panic escape response. In addition, Neat1-/- mice display deficits in social interaction and rhythmic patterns of activity but retain normal motor function and memory. Neat1-/- mice do not present with neuronal loss, overt neuroinflammation or gross synaptic dysfunction in the brain. However, cultured Neat1-/- neurons are characterised by hyperexcitability and dysregulated calcium homoeostasis, and stress-induced neuronal activity is also augmented in Neat1-/- mice in vivo. Gene expression analysis showed that Neat1 may act as a weak positive regulator of multiple genes in the brain. Furthermore, loss of Neat1 affects alternative splicing of genes important for the CNS function and implicated in neurological diseases. Overall, our data suggest that Neat1 is involved in stress signalling in the brain and fine-tunes the CNS functions to enable adaptive behaviour in response to physiological stress.
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- Michail S Kukharsky
- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, UK
- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russian Federation
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, UK
- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russian Federation
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, UK
- Medicines Discovery Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
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- School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4BW, UK
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2HQ, UK
- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2HQ, UK
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan
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- Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, UK
- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russian Federation
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, UK.
- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russian Federation.
- Medicines Discovery Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK.
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Shelkovnikova TA, An H, Skelt L, Tregoning JS, Humphreys IR, Buchman VL. Antiviral Immune Response as a Trigger of FUS Proteinopathy in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Cell Rep 2019; 29:4496-4508.e4. [PMID: 31875556 PMCID: PMC6941233 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.11.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Revised: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Mutations in the FUS gene cause familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS-FUS). In ALS-FUS, FUS-positive inclusions are detected in the cytoplasm of neurons and glia, a condition known as FUS proteinopathy. Mutant FUS incorporates into stress granules (SGs) and can spontaneously form cytoplasmic RNA granules in cultured cells. However, it is unclear what can trigger the persistence of mutant FUS assemblies and lead to inclusion formation. Using CRISPR/Cas9 cell lines and patient fibroblasts, we find that the viral mimic dsRNA poly(I:C) or a SG-inducing virus causes the sustained presence of mutant FUS assemblies. These assemblies sequester the autophagy receptor optineurin and nucleocytoplasmic transport factors. Furthermore, an integral component of the antiviral immune response, type I interferon, promotes FUS protein accumulation by increasing FUS mRNA stability. Finally, mutant FUS-expressing cells are hypersensitive to dsRNA toxicity. Our data suggest that the antiviral immune response is a plausible second hit for FUS proteinopathy.
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- Tatyana A Shelkovnikova
- Biomedicine Division, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AX, UK; Medicines Discovery Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK.
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- Biomedicine Division, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AX, UK; Medicines Discovery Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK
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- Biomedicine Division, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AX, UK
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- Department of Infectious Disease, St Mary's Campus, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK
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- Systems Immunity Research Institute, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
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- Biomedicine Division, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AX, UK; Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds of RAS, Chernogolovka 142432, Russian Federation.
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An H, Tan JT, Shelkovnikova TA. Stress granules regulate stress-induced paraspeckle assembly. J Cell Biol 2019; 218:4127-4140. [PMID: 31636118 PMCID: PMC6891081 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201904098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Revised: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/06/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Stress granules and paraspeckles are prototypical RNP granules localized in the cytoplasm and nucleus, respectively. An et al. show that despite spatial separation, these two granules are interconnected, and stress granules act as key regulators of stress-induced paraspeckle hyperassembly. Eukaryotic cells contain a variety of RNA-protein macrocomplexes termed RNP granules. Different types of granules share multiple protein components; however, the crosstalk between spatially separated granules remains unaddressed. Paraspeckles and stress granules (SGs) are prototypical RNP granules localized exclusively in the nucleus and cytoplasm, respectively. Both granules are implicated in human diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. We characterized the composition of affinity-purified paraspeckle-like structures and found a significant overlap between the proteomes of paraspeckles and SGs. We further show that paraspeckle hyperassembly is typical for cells subjected to SG-inducing stresses. Using chemical and genetic disruption of SGs, we demonstrate that formation of microscopically visible SGs is required to trigger and maintain stress-induced paraspeckle assembly. Mechanistically, SGs may sequester negative regulators of paraspeckle formation, such as UBAP2L, alleviating their inhibitory effect on paraspeckles. Our study reveals a novel function for SGs as positive regulators of nuclear RNP granule assembly and suggests a role for disturbed SG-paraspeckle crosstalk in human disease.
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- Haiyan An
- Biomedicine Division, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.,Medicines Discovery Institute, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Biomedicine Division, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Biomedicine Division, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK .,Medicines Discovery Institute, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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Wang R, Zhang H, Du J, Xu J. Heat resilience in embryonic zebrafish revealed using an in vivo stress granule reporter. J Cell Sci 2019; 132:jcs.234807. [PMID: 31558681 PMCID: PMC6826007 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.234807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Although the regulation of stress granules has become an intensely studied topic, current investigations of stress granule assembly, disassembly and dynamics are mainly performed in cultured cells. Here, we report the establishment of a stress granule reporter to facilitate the real-time study of stress granules in vivo. Using CRISPR/Cas9, we fused a green fluorescence protein (GFP) to endogenous G3BP1 in zebrafish. The GFP–G3BP1 reporter faithfully and robustly responded to heat stress in zebrafish embryos and larvae. The induction of stress granules varied by brain regions under the same stress condition, with the midbrain cells showing the highest efficiency and dynamics. Furthermore, pre-conditioning using lower heat stress significantly limited stress granule formation during subsequent higher heat stress. More interestingly, stress granule formation was much more robust in zebrafish embryos than in larvae and coincided with significantly elevated levels of phosphorylated eIF2α and enhanced heat resilience. Therefore, these findings have generated new insights into stress response in zebrafish during early development and demonstrated that the GFP–G3BP1 knock-in zebrafish could be a valuable tool for the investigation of stress granule biology. This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper. Summary: Establishment of a new transgenic zebrafish line with knock-in GFP-G3BP1 to visualize stress granule dynamics in live animals in real time.
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- Ruiqi Wang
- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.,CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.,CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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Drug-induced Stress Granule Formation Protects Sensory Hair Cells in Mouse Cochlear Explants During Ototoxicity. Sci Rep 2019; 9:12501. [PMID: 31467369 PMCID: PMC6715625 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-48393-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Stress granules regulate RNA translation during cellular stress, a mechanism that is generally presumed to be protective, since stress granule dysregulation caused by mutation or ageing is associated with neurodegenerative disease. Here, we investigate whether pharmacological manipulation of the stress granule pathway in the auditory organ, the cochlea, affects the survival of sensory hair cells during aminoglycoside ototoxicity, a common cause of acquired hearing loss. We show that hydroxamate (-)-9, a silvestrol analogue that inhibits eIF4A, induces stress granule formation in both an auditory cell line and ex-vivo cochlear cultures and that it prevents ototoxin-induced hair-cell death. In contrast, preventing stress granule formation using the small molecule inhibitor ISRIB increases hair-cell death. Furthermore, we provide the first evidence of stress granule formation in mammalian hair cells in-vivo triggered by aminoglycoside treatment. Our results demonstrate that pharmacological induction of stress granules enhances cell survival in native-tissue, in a clinically-relevant context. This establishes stress granules as a viable therapeutic target not only for hearing loss but also other neurodegenerative diseases.
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ALS mutations of FUS suppress protein translation and disrupt the regulation of nonsense-mediated decay. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:E11904-E11913. [PMID: 30455313 PMCID: PMC6304956 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1810413115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an incurable neurodegenerative disease characterized by preferential motor neuron death. Approximately 15% of ALS cases are familial, and mutations in the fused in sarcoma (FUS) gene contribute to a subset of familial ALS cases. FUS is a multifunctional protein participating in many RNA metabolism pathways. ALS-linked mutations cause a liquid-liquid phase separation of FUS protein in vitro, inducing the formation of cytoplasmic granules and inclusions. However, it remains elusive what other proteins are sequestered into the inclusions and how such a process leads to neuronal dysfunction and degeneration. In this study, we developed a protocol to isolate the dynamic mutant FUS-positive cytoplasmic granules. Proteomic identification of the protein composition and subsequent pathway analysis led us to hypothesize that mutant FUS can interfere with protein translation. We demonstrated that the ALS mutations in FUS indeed suppressed protein translation in N2a cells expressing mutant FUS and fibroblast cells derived from FUS ALS cases. In addition, the nonsense-mediated decay (NMD) pathway, which is closely related to protein translation, was altered by mutant FUS. Specifically, NMD-promoting factors UPF1 and UPF3b increased, whereas a negative NMD regulator, UPF3a, decreased, leading to the disruption of NMD autoregulation and the hyperactivation of NMD. Alterations in NMD factors and elevated activity were also observed in the fibroblast cells of FUS ALS cases. We conclude that mutant FUS suppresses protein biosynthesis and disrupts NMD regulation, both of which likely contribute to motor neuron death.
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Timalsina S, Arimoto-Matsuzaki K, Kitamura M, Xu X, Wenzhe Q, Ishigami-Yuasa M, Kagechika H, Hata Y. Chemical compounds that suppress hypoxia-induced stress granule formation enhance cancer drug sensitivity of human cervical cancer HeLa cells. J Biochem 2018; 164:381-391. [PMID: 30020475 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvy062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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In eukaryotic cells, when exposed to certain types of stress including hypoxia, eIF2α is phosphorylated by several kinases including protein kinase R (PKR) and PKR-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK). Subsequently, protein translation is stopped and stress granules (SGs) are formed. Cancer cells form SGs under hypoxia. SGs accumulate apoptosis-related molecules and play anti-apoptotic roles. Thus, hypoxia-induced SG formation contributes to drug resistance in cancer cells. For this reason, inhibition of SG formation is expected to be beneficial in cancer therapy. To prove this concept, chemical reagents that inhibit SG formation are required as experimental tools. We searched for chemical compounds that suppress SG formation and identified that β-estradiol, progesterone, and stanolone (hereafter described as EPS) inhibit SG formation in human cervical cancer HeLa cells. As it turned out, EPS block PKR but not PERK, thus fail to suppress SG formation in most cancer cells, where SGs are formed via PERK. Nevertheless, in this study, we used HeLa cells as a model and demonstrated that EPS block hypoxia-induced SG formation in HeLa cells and consequently reduce drug resistance that HeLa cells acquire under hypoxia. Our findings support that inhibition of SG formation is a useful method to control cancers.
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- Shikshya Timalsina
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.,Diversity Diamond Unit Project Department, Student Support and Health Administration Organization, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.,China Department of Breast Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Chemical Biology Screening Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Chemical Biology Screening Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.,Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.,Center for Brain Integration Research, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Reineke LC, Neilson JR. Differences between acute and chronic stress granules, and how these differences may impact function in human disease. Biochem Pharmacol 2018; 162:123-131. [PMID: 30326201 PMCID: PMC6421087 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2018.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Stress granules are macromolecular aggregates of mRNA and proteins assembling in response to stresses that promote the repression of protein synthesis. Most of the work characterizing stress granules has been done under acute stress conditions or during viral infection. Comparatively less work has been done to understand stress granule assembly during chronic stress, specifically regarding the composition and function of stress granules in this alternative context. Here, we describe key aspects of stress granule biology under acute stress, and how these stress granule hallmarks differ in the context of chronic stress conditions. We will provide perspective for future work aimed at further uncovering the form and function of both acute and chronic stress granules and discuss aspects of stress granule biology that have the potential to be exploited in human disease.
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- Lucas C Reineke
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Houston, TX, USA; Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Houston, TX, USA; Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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Reineke LC, Cheema SA, Dubrulle J, Neilson JR. Chronic starvation induces noncanonical pro-death stress granules. J Cell Sci 2018; 131:jcs220244. [PMID: 30185525 PMCID: PMC6198455 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.220244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 08/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Stress granules (SGs) assemble under stress-induced conditions that inhibit protein synthesis, including phosphorylation of eIF2α, inhibition of the RNA helicase eIF4a proteins or inactivation of mTORC1. Classically defined SGs are composed of translation initiation factors, 40S ribosomes, RNA-binding proteins and poly(A)+ mRNAs. As such, they represent an important compartment for storage of mRNAs and regulation of their translation. Emerging work on SGs indicates that these structures might promote cellular survival in diverse disease states. Yet, much work on SG formation and function employs acute stress conditions, which might not accurately reflect the chronic stresses that manifest in human disease. Here, we used prolonged nutrient starvation to model and investigate SG formation and function during chronic stress in a human cell line and mouse embryonic fibroblasts. Surprisingly, we found that SGs that form under chronic nutrient starvation lack 40S ribosomes, do not actively exchange their constituent components with cytoplasmic pools and promote cell death. We named these SGs starvation-induced SGs (stSGs). Our results on stSGs imply that SG assembly and function in the context of prolonged nutrient starvation stress differ significantly from what has been described for acute stress conditions.
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- Lucas C Reineke
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Graduate Program in Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Integrated Microscopy Core, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Juźwik CA, Drake S, Lécuyer MA, Johnson RM, Morquette B, Zhang Y, Charabati M, Sagan SM, Bar-Or A, Prat A, Fournier AE. Neuronal microRNA regulation in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. Sci Rep 2018; 8:13437. [PMID: 30194392 PMCID: PMC6128870 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-31542-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune, neurodegenerative disease but the molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative aspects of the disease are poorly understood. microRNAs (miRNAs) are powerful regulators of gene expression that regulate numerous mRNAs simultaneously and can thus regulate programs of gene expression. Here, we describe miRNA expression in neurons captured from mice subjected to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a model of central nervous system (CNS) inflammation. Lumbar motor neurons and retinal neurons were laser captured from EAE mice and miRNA expression was assessed by next-generation sequencing and validated by qPCR. We describe 14 miRNAs that are differentially regulated in both neuronal subtypes and determine putative mRNA targets though in silico analysis. Several upregulated neuronal miRNAs are predicted to target pathways that could mediate repair and regeneration during EAE. This work identifies miRNAs that are affected by inflammation and suggests novel candidates that may be targeted to improve neuroprotection in the context of pathological inflammation.
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- Camille A Juźwik
- McGill University, Montréal Neurological Institute, Montréal, QC, H3A 2B4, Canada
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- McGill University, Montréal Neurological Institute, Montréal, QC, H3A 2B4, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, H2X 0A9, Canada
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- McGill University, Goodman Cancer Research Centre, Montréal, H3A 1A3, Canada
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- McGill University, Montréal Neurological Institute, Montréal, QC, H3A 2B4, Canada
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- McGill University, Montréal Neurological Institute, Montréal, QC, H3A 2B4, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, H2X 0A9, Canada
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- McGill University, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Biochemistry, Montréal, QC, H3G 0B1, Canada
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- McGill University, Montréal Neurological Institute, Montréal, QC, H3A 2B4, Canada
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, H2X 0A9, Canada
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- McGill University, Montréal Neurological Institute, Montréal, QC, H3A 2B4, Canada.
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Shelkovnikova TA, Kukharsky MS, An H, Dimasi P, Alexeeva S, Shabir O, Heath PR, Buchman VL. Protective paraspeckle hyper-assembly downstream of TDP-43 loss of function in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Mol Neurodegener 2018; 13:30. [PMID: 29859124 PMCID: PMC5984788 DOI: 10.1186/s13024-018-0263-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Paraspeckles are subnuclear bodies assembled on a long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) NEAT1. Their enhanced formation in spinal neurons of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients has been reported but underlying mechanisms are unknown. The majority of ALS cases are characterized by TDP-43 proteinopathy. In current study we aimed to establish whether and how TDP-43 pathology may augment paraspeckle assembly. METHODS Paraspeckle formation in human samples was analysed by RNA-FISH and laser capture microdissection followed by qRT-PCR. Mechanistic studies were performed in stable cell lines, mouse primary neurons and human embryonic stem cell-derived neurons. Loss and gain of function for TDP-43 and other microRNA pathway factors were modelled by siRNA-mediated knockdown and protein overexpression. RESULTS We show that de novo paraspeckle assembly in spinal neurons and glial cells is a hallmark of both sporadic and familial ALS with TDP-43 pathology. Mechanistically, loss of TDP-43 but not its cytoplasmic accumulation or aggregation augments paraspeckle assembly in cultured cells. TDP-43 is a component of the microRNA machinery, and recently, paraspeckles have been shown to regulate pri-miRNA processing. Consistently, downregulation of core protein components of the miRNA pathway also promotes paraspeckle assembly. In addition, depletion of these proteins or TDP-43 results in accumulation of endogenous dsRNA and activation of type I interferon response which also stimulates paraspeckle formation. We demonstrate that human or mouse neurons in vitro lack paraspeckles, but a synthetic dsRNA is able to trigger their de novo formation. Finally, paraspeckles are protective in cells with compromised microRNA/dsRNA metabolism, and their assembly can be promoted by a small-molecule microRNA enhancer. CONCLUSIONS Our study establishes possible mechanisms behind paraspeckle hyper-assembly in ALS and suggests their utility as therapeutic targets in ALS and other diseases with abnormal metabolism of microRNA and dsRNA.
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, UK.,Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Severniy proezd, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, Russian Federation, 142432
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, UK
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, UK
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, UK
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- The Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, 385A Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2HQ, UK
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- The Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, 385A Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2HQ, UK
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, UK.,Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Severniy proezd, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, Russian Federation, 142432
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Sotiropoulos I, Galas MC, Silva JM, Skoulakis E, Wegmann S, Maina MB, Blum D, Sayas CL, Mandelkow EM, Mandelkow E, Spillantini MG, Sousa N, Avila J, Medina M, Mudher A, Buee L. Atypical, non-standard functions of the microtubule associated Tau protein. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2017; 5:91. [PMID: 29187252 PMCID: PMC5707803 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-017-0489-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Since the discovery of the microtubule-associated protein Tau (MAPT) over 40 years ago, most studies have focused on Tau's role in microtubule stability and regulation, as well as on the neuropathological consequences of Tau hyperphosphorylation and aggregation in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains. In recent years, however, research efforts identified new interaction partners and different sub-cellular localizations for Tau suggesting additional roles beyond its standard function as microtubule regulating protein. Moreover, despite the increasing research focus on AD over the last decades, Tau was only recently considered as a promising therapeutic target for the treatment and prevention of AD as well as for neurological pathologies beyond AD e.g. epilepsy, excitotoxicity, and environmental stress. This review will focus on atypical, non-standard roles of Tau on neuronal function and dysfunction in AD and other neurological pathologies providing novel insights about neuroplastic and neuropathological implications of Tau in both the central and the peripheral nervous system.
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- Ioannis Sotiropoulos
- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), Medical School, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
- ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Guimarães, Braga, Portugal.
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), Medical School, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
- ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Guimarães, Braga, Portugal
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- Division of Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences Research Centre "Alexander Fleming", 16672, Vari, Greece
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- Alzheimer's Disease Research Laboratory, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, 02129, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 9QG, UK
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR-S 1172 - JPArc, 59000, Lille, France
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- Centre for Biomedical Research of the Canary Islands (CIBICAN), Institute for Biomedical Technologies (ITB), Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), Tenerife, Spain
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- DZNE, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn, Germany; CAESAR Research Institute, Bonn, Germany; Max-Planck-Institute for Metabolism Research, Köln, Germany
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- DZNE, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn, Germany; CAESAR Research Institute, Bonn, Germany; Max-Planck-Institute for Metabolism Research, Köln, Germany
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), Medical School, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
- ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Guimarães, Braga, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Valderrebollo 5, 28041, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" CSIC-UAM, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/ Nicolás Cabrera 1, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- CIBERNED, Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Madrid, Spain
- CIEN Foundation, Queen Sofia Foundation Alzheimer Center, Madrid, Spain
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- Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Southampton Highfield Campus, Center for Biological Sciences, Southampton, UK
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR-S 1172 - JPArc, 59000, Lille, France
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Goh CW, Lee IC, Sundaram JR, George SE, Yusoff P, Brush MH, Sze NSK, Shenolikar S. Chronic oxidative stress promotes GADD34-mediated phosphorylation of the TAR DNA-binding protein TDP-43, a modification linked to neurodegeneration. J Biol Chem 2017; 293:163-176. [PMID: 29109149 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.814111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Revised: 11/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stresses are hallmarks of the pathophysiology of ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases. In these stresses, different kinases phosphorylate eukaryotic initiation factor eIF2α, enabling the translation of stress response genes; among these is GADD34, the protein product of which recruits the α-isoform of protein phosphatase 1 catalytic subunit (PP1α) and eIF2α to assemble a phosphatase complex catalyzing eIF2α dephosphorylation and resumption of protein synthesis. Aberrations in this pathway underlie the aforementioned disorders. Previous observations indicating that GADD34 is induced by arsenite, a thiol-directed oxidative stressor, in the absence of eIF2α phosphorylation suggest other roles for GADD34. Here, we report that arsenite-induced oxidative stress differs from thapsigargin- or tunicamycin-induced ER stress in promoting GADD34 transcription and the preferential translation of its mRNA in the absence of eIF2α phosphorylation. Arsenite also stabilized GADD34 protein, slowing its degradation. In response to oxidative stress, but not ER stress, GADD34 recruited TDP-43, and enhanced cytoplasmic distribution and cysteine modifications of TDP-43 promoted its binding to GADD34. Arsenite also recruited a TDP-43 kinase, casein kinase-1ϵ (CK1ϵ), to GADD34. Concomitant with TDP-43 aggregation and proteolysis after prolonged arsenite exposure, GADD34-bound CK1ϵ catalyzed TDP-43 phosphorylations at serines 409/410, which were diminished or absent in GADD34-/- cells. Our findings highlight that the phosphatase regulator, GADD34, also functions as a kinase scaffold in response to chronic oxidative stress and recruits CK1ϵ and oxidized TDP-43 to facilitate its phosphorylation, as seen in TDP-43 proteinopathies.
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- Catherine Wenhui Goh
- Signature Research Programs in Neuroscience and Behavioural Disorders, Singapore 169857, Singapore
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- Signature Research Programs in Neuroscience and Behavioural Disorders, Singapore 169857, Singapore; Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore
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- Signature Research Programs in Neuroscience and Behavioural Disorders, Singapore 169857, Singapore; Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore
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- Signature Research Programs in Neuroscience and Behavioural Disorders, Singapore 169857, Singapore; Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore
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- Ontology Development group, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Signature Research Programs in Neuroscience and Behavioural Disorders, Singapore 169857, Singapore; Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
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Yadav V, Gao XH, Willard B, Hatzoglou M, Banerjee R, Kabil O. Hydrogen sulfide modulates eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α (eIF2α) phosphorylation status in the integrated stress-response pathway. J Biol Chem 2017. [PMID: 28637872 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.778654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) regulates various physiological processes, including neuronal activity, vascular tone, inflammation, and energy metabolism. Moreover, H2S elicits cytoprotective effects against stressors in various cellular models of injury. However, the mechanism of the signaling pathways mediating the cytoprotective functions of H2S is not well understood. We previously uncovered a heme-dependent metabolic switch for transient induction of H2S production in the trans-sulfuration pathway. Here, we demonstrate that increased endogenous H2S production or its exogenous administration modulates major components of the integrated stress response promoting a metabolic state primed for stress response. We show that H2S transiently increases phosphorylation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2α) resulting in inhibition of general protein synthesis. The H2S-induced increase in eIF2α phosphorylation was mediated at least in part by inhibition of protein phosphatase-1 (PP1c) via persulfidation at Cys-127. Overexpression of a PP1c cysteine mutant (C127S-PP1c) abrogated the H2S effect on eIF2α phosphorylation. Our data support a model in which H2S exerts its cytoprotective effect on ISR signaling by inducing a transient adaptive reprogramming of global mRNA translation. Although a transient increase in endogenous H2S production provides cytoprotection, its chronic increase such as in cystathionine β-synthase deficiency may pose a problem.
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- Vinita Yadav
- From the Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, and
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- the Proteomics and Metabolomics Laboratory, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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- the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, and
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- From the Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- From the Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109,
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