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Glycosaminoglycans from Alzheimer's disease hippocampus have altered capacities to bind and regulate growth factors activities and to bind tau. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0209573. [PMID: 30608949 PMCID: PMC6319808 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), including heparan sulfates and chondroitin sulfates, are major components of the extracellular matrix. Upon interacting with heparin binding growth factors (HBGF), GAGs participate to the maintaintenance of tissue homeostasis and contribute to self-healing. Although several processes regulated by HBGF are altered in Alzheimer’s disease, it is unknown whether the brain GAG capacities to bind and regulate the function of HBGF or of other heparin binding proteins, as tau, are modified in this disease. Here, we show that total sulfated GAGs from hippocampus of Alzheimer’s disease have altered capacities to bind and potentiate the activities of growth factors including FGF-2, VEGF, and BDNF while their capacity to bind to tau is remarkable increased. Alterations of GAG structures and capacities to interact with and regulate the activity of heparin binding proteins might contribute to impaired tissue homeostasis in the Alzheimer’s disease brain.
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Lehri-Boufala S, Ouidja MO, Barbier-Chassefière V, Hénault E, Raisman-Vozari R, Garrigue-Antar L, Papy-Garcia D, Morin C. New roles of glycosaminoglycans in α-synuclein aggregation in a cellular model of Parkinson disease. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0116641. [PMID: 25617759 PMCID: PMC4305359 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2014] [Accepted: 12/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The causes of Parkinson disease (PD) remain mysterious, although some evidence supports mitochondrial dysfunctions and α-synuclein accumulation in Lewy bodies as major events. The abnormal accumulation of α-synuclein has been associated with a deficiency in the ubiquitin-proteasome system and the autophagy-lysosomal pathway. Cathepsin D (cathD), the major lysosomal protease responsible of α-synuclein degradation was described to be up-regulated in PD model. As glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) regulate cathD activity, and have been recently suggested to participate in PD physiopathology, we investigated their role in α-synuclein accumulation by their intracellular regulation of cathD activity. In a classical neuroblastoma cell model of PD induced by MPP+, the genetic expression of GAGs-biosynthetic enzymes was modified, leading to an increase of GAGs amounts whereas intracellular level of α-synuclein increased. The absence of sulfated GAGs increased intracellular cathD activity and limited α-synuclein accumulation. GAGs effects on cathD further suggested that specific sequences or sulfation patterns could be responsible for this regulation. The present study identifies, for the first time, GAGs as new regulators of the lysosome degradation pathway, regulating cathD activity and affecting two main biological processes, α-synuclein aggregation and apoptosis. Finally, this opens new insights into intracellular GAGs functions and new fields of investigation for glycobiological approaches in PD and neurobiology.
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- Sonia Lehri-Boufala
- Université Paris-Est Créteil, Laboratoire CRRET-EAC CNRS 7149, 61 Avenue de Général de Gaulle, 94010, Créteil, France
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- Université Paris-Est Créteil, Laboratoire CRRET-EAC CNRS 7149, 61 Avenue de Général de Gaulle, 94010, Créteil, France
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- Université Paris-Est Créteil, Laboratoire CRRET-EAC CNRS 7149, 61 Avenue de Général de Gaulle, 94010, Créteil, France
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- Université Paris-Est Créteil, Laboratoire CRRET-EAC CNRS 7149, 61 Avenue de Général de Gaulle, 94010, Créteil, France
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- CNRS UMR 7225, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière-Bâtiment, ICM (Centre de Recherche de l’Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière), CRICM, Thérapeutique Expérimentale de la Neurodégénérescence, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, UPMC, 75651, Paris, France
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- Université Paris-Est Créteil, Laboratoire CRRET-EAC CNRS 7149, 61 Avenue de Général de Gaulle, 94010, Créteil, France
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- Université Paris-Est Créteil, Laboratoire CRRET-EAC CNRS 7149, 61 Avenue de Général de Gaulle, 94010, Créteil, France
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- Université Paris-Est Créteil, Laboratoire CRRET-EAC CNRS 7149, 61 Avenue de Général de Gaulle, 94010, Créteil, France
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Martin R, Chantepie S, Chapuis J, Le-Duc A, Maftah A, Papy-Garcia D, Laude H, Petit JM, Gallet PF. Variation in Chst8 gene expression level affects PrPC to PrPSc conversion efficiency in prion-infected Mov cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2011; 414:587-91. [PMID: 21982770 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.09.126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2011] [Accepted: 09/24/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The conversion of the endogenous cellular prion protein to an abnormally folded isoform is a hallmark of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. It occurs when a misfolded prion protein contacts the cellular PrP. Among the molecular partners suggested to be involved in the misfolding process, the glycosaminoglycans seem to be good candidates. The present study was aimed to examine a possible link between PrP conversion efficiency and transcript level of Chst8 gene that encodes the carbohydrate N-acetylgalactosamine 4-O-sulfotransferase 8. Mov cells expressing ovine PrP were transfected with shRNA directed against Chst8 transcripts. Resulting clones were characterized for their Chst8 and Prnp transcript levels, and for their content in sulfated glycosaminoglycans, more particularly sulfated chondroitins. Unexpectedly, the decreased amount of Chst8 transcript induced an increase of the chondroitin sulfate percentage among total GAGs, with an increased amount of 4-O-sulfation of GalNAc residues. Upon to infection by a sheep prion, a slight amount of PrP(Sc) was observed, which rapidly disappeared upon subpassaging. Together, these findings indicate that the Chst8 transcript level affects the glycosaminoglycan environment of the cellular prion protein, and as a consequence its ability for conversion into PrP(Sc).
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- Renaud Martin
- INRA, UMR1061 Génétique Moléculaire Animale - Université de Limoges, 87060 Limoges, France
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Heydel JM, Holsztynska EJ, Legendre A, Thiebaud N, Artur Y, Le Bon AM. UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) in neuro-olfactory tissues: expression, regulation, and function. Drug Metab Rev 2010; 42:74-97. [PMID: 20067364 DOI: 10.3109/03602530903208363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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This work aims to review uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) expression and activities along different neuronal structures involved in the common physiological process of olfaction: olfactory epithelium, olfactory bulb, and olfactory cortex. For the first time, using high-throughput in situ hybridization data generated by the Allen Brain Atlas (ABA), we present quantitative analysis of spatial distribution of UGT genes in the mouse brain. The olfactory area is a central nervous system site with the highest expression of UGTs, including UGT isoforms not previously identified in the brain. Since there is evidence of the transfer of xenobiotics to the brain through the nasal pathway, circumventing the blood-brain barrier, olfactory UGTs doubtlessly share the common function of detoxification, but they are also involved in the metabolism and turnover of exogenous or endogenous compounds critical for physiological olfactory processing in these tissues. The function of olfactory UGTs will be discussed with a special focus on their participation in the perireceptor events involved in the modulation of olfactory perception.
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Morina R, Knorr C, Haase B, Leeb T, Seuberlich T, Zurbriggen A, Brem G, Schütz E, Brenig B. Molecular analysis of carbohydrate N-acetylgalactosamine 4-O sulfotransferase 8 (CHST8) as a candidate gene for bovine spongiform encephalopathy susceptibility. Anim Genet 2010; 41:85-8. [PMID: 19744145 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2009.01951.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Endogenous prion proteins (PrP) play the central role in the pathogenesis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. The carbohydrate N-acetylgalactosamine 4-O sulfotransferase 8 (CHST8) promotes the conversion of the cellular PrP(C) into the pathogenic PrP(d). Six sequence variants within the CHST8 gene were identified by comparative sequencing and genotyped for a sample of 623 animals comprising bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)-affected and healthy control cows representing German Fleckvieh (German Simmental), German Holstein (Holstein-Friesian) and Brown Swiss. Significant differences in the allele, genotype and haplotype frequencies between BSE-affected and healthy cows indicate an association of sequence variant g.37254017G>T with the development of the disease in Brown Swiss cattle.
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- R Morina
- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany
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Benetti F, Gasperini L, Zampieri M, Legname G. Gene expression profiling to identify druggable targets in prion diseases. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2010; 5:177-202. [PMID: 22822917 DOI: 10.1517/17460440903544449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD Despite many recent advances in prion research, the molecular mechanisms by which prions cause neurodegeneration have not been established. In fact, the complexity and the novelty characterizing this class of disorders pose a huge challenge to drug discovery. Pharmacogenomics has recently adopted high-throughput transcriptome analyses to predict potential drug target candidates, with promising results in various fields of medicine. AREAS COVERED IN THIS REVIEW The present work offers an overview of the transcriptional alterations induced by prion infection in different biological systems. Hereafter, therapeutic approaches are discussed in light of the identified altered processes. WHAT THE READER WILL GAIN This review offers readers a detailed overview on microarray analyses, taking into account their advantages and limitations. Our work can help readers, from many research areas, to design a suitable microarray experiment. TAKE HOME MESSAGE So far, drugs acting on the pathways identified by microarray analysis have not been found to be effective in prion diseases therapy. An integration of gene expression profiling, proteomics and physiology should be applied to pursue this aim.
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- Federico Benetti
- Laboratory of Prion Biology, Neurobiology Sector, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati-International School of Advanced Studies (SISSA-ISAS), Edificio Q1, Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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Xanthopoulos K, Polymenidou M, Bellworthy SJ, Benestad SL, Sklaviadis T. Species and strain glycosylation patterns of PrPSc. PLoS One 2009; 4:e5633. [PMID: 19461968 PMCID: PMC2680983 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2008] [Accepted: 04/01/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background A key event in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) is the conversion of the soluble, protease-sensitive glycosylated prion protein (PrPC) to an abnormally structured, aggregated and partially protease-resistant isoform (PrPSc). Both PrP isoforms bear two potential glycosylation sites and thus in a typical western blot with an anti-PrP antibody three distinct bands appear, corresponding to the di-, mono- or unglycosylated forms of the protein. The relative intensity and electrophoretic mobility of the three bands are characteristic of each TSE strain and have been used to discriminate between them. Methodology/Principal Findings In the present study we used lectin-based western blotting to evaluate possible variations in composition within sugar chains carried by PrPSc purified from subjects affected with different TSEs. Our findings indicate that in addition to the already well-documented differences in electrophoretic mobility and amounts of the glycosylated PrPSc forms, TSE strains also vary in the abundance of specific N-linked sugars of the PrPSc protein. Conclusions/Significance These results imply that PrP glycosylation might fine-tune the conversion of PrPC to PrPSc and could play an accessory role in the appearance of some of the characteristic features of TSE strains. The differences in sugar composition could also be used as an additional tool for discrimination between the various TSEs.
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- Konstantinos Xanthopoulos
- Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Guillerme-Bosselut F, Forestier L, Jayat-Vignoles C, Vilotte JL, Popa I, Portoukalian J, Le Dur A, Laude H, Julien R, Gallet PF. Glycosylation-related gene expression profiling in the brain and spleen of scrapie-affected mouse. Glycobiology 2009; 19:879-89. [PMID: 19386898 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwp062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A central event in the formation of infectious prions is the conformational change of a host-encoded glycoprotein, PrP(C), into a pathogenic isoform, PrP(Sc). The molecular requirements for efficient PrP conversion remain unknown. Altered glycosylation has been linked to various pathologies and the N-glycans harbored by two prion protein isoforms are different. In order to search for glycosylation-related genes that could mark prion infection, we used a glycosylation-dedicated microarray that allowed the simultaneous analysis of the expression of 165 glycosylation-related genes encoding proteins of the glycosyltransferase, glycosidase, lectin, and sulfotransferase families to compare the gene expression profiles of normal and scrapie-infected mouse brain and spleen. Eight genes were found upregulated in "scrapie brain" at the final state of the disease. In the spleen, five genes presented a modified expression. Three genes were also upregulated in the spleen of infected mice, and two (Pigq and St3gal5) downregulated. All changes were confirmed by qPCR and biochemical analyses applied to Pigq and St3gal5 proteins.
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Ermonval M, Petit D, Le Duc A, Kellermann O, Gallet PF. Glycosylation-related genes are variably expressed depending on the differentiation state of a bioaminergic neuronal cell line: implication for the cellular prion protein. Glycoconj J 2008; 26:477-93. [PMID: 18937066 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-008-9198-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2008] [Revised: 09/17/2008] [Accepted: 10/01/2008] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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A striking feature of the cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) is the heterogeneity of its glycoforms, whose contribution to PrP(C) function has yet to be defined. Using the 1C11 neuronal bioaminergic differentiation model and a glycomics approach, we show here a correlation between differential PrP(C) N-glycosylations in 1C11(5-HT) serotonergic and 1C11(NE) noradrenergic cells compared to their 1C11 precursor cells and a variation of the glycogenome expression status in these cells. In particular, expression of genes involved in N-glycan synthesis or in the modeling of chondroitin and heparan sulfate proteoglycans appeared to be modulated. Our results highlight that, the expression of glycosylation-related genes is regulated during bioaminergic neuronal differentiation, consistent with a participation of glycoconjugates in neuronal development and plasticity. A neuronal regulation of glycosylation processes may have direct implications on some neurospecific functions of PrP(C) and may participate in specific brain targeting of prion strains.
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- Myriam Ermonval
- Différenciation Cellulaire et Prions, Département de Biologie Cellulaire et Infections, Institut Pasteur, 75015, Paris, France.
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Chasseigneaux S, Pastore M, Britton-Davidian J, Manié E, Stern MH, Callebert J, Catalan J, Casanova D, Belondrade M, Provansal M, Zhang Y, Bürkle A, Laplanche JL, Sévenet N, Lehmann S. Genetic heterogeneity versus molecular analysis of prion susceptibility in neuroblasma N2a sublines. Arch Virol 2008; 153:1693-702. [PMID: 18696008 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-008-0177-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2008] [Accepted: 07/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The neuroblastoma-derived cell line N2a is permissive to certain prion strains but resistant sublines unable to accumulate the pathological proteinase-K resistant form of the prion protein can be isolated. We compared for gene expression and phenotypes different N2a sublines that were susceptible or resistant to the 22L prion strain. Karyotypes and comparative genomic hybridization arrays revealed chromosomal imbalances but did not demonstrate a characteristic profile of genomic alterations linked to prion susceptibility. Likewise, we showed that this phenotype was not dependent on the binding of PrPres, the expression of the prion protein gene, or on its primary sequence. We completed this analysis by looking using real-time quantitative PCR at the expression of a set of genes encoding proteins linked to prion biology. None of the candidates could account by itself for the infection phenotype, nevertheless sublines had distinct transcriptional profiles. Taken together, our results do not support a role for specific genomic abnormalities and possible candidate proteins in N2a prion susceptibility. They also reveal genetic heterogeneity among the sublines and serve as a guidance for further investigation into the molecular mechanisms of prion infection.
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- Stéphanie Chasseigneaux
- EA 3621, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris 5, 4 avenue de l'Observatoire, 75270 Paris cedex 06, France
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The normal cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) is a glycoprotein with two highly conserved potential N-linked glycosylation sites. All prion diseases, whether inherited, infectious or sporadic, are believed to share the same pathogenic mechanism that is based on the conversion of the normal cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) to the pathogenic scrapie prion protein (PrP(Sc)). However, the clinical and histopathological presentations of prion diseases are heterogeneous, depending not only on the strains of PrP(Sc) but also on the mechanism of diseases, such as age-related sporadic vs. infectious prion diseases. Accumulated evidence suggests that N-linked glycans on PrP(C) are important in disease phenotype. A better understanding of the nature of the N-linked glycans on PrP(C) during the normal aging process may provide new insights into the roles that N-linked glycans play in the pathogenesis of prion diseases. By using a panel of 19 lectins in an antibody-lectin enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), we found that the lectin binding profiles of PrP(C) alter significantly during aging. There is an increasing prevalence of complex oligosaccharides on the aging PrP(C), which are features of PrP(Sc). Taken together, this study suggests a link between the glycosylation patterns on PrP(C) during aging and PrP(Sc).
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- Angeline Xi-Hua Goh
- National University Medical Institutes, Departments of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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