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Hayashi Y, Takatori S, Warsame WY, Tomita T, Fujisawa T, Ichijo H. TOLLIP acts as a cargo adaptor to promote lysosomal degradation of aberrant ER membrane proteins. EMBO J 2023; 42:e114272. [PMID: 37929762 PMCID: PMC10690474 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2023114272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) proteostasis is maintained by various catabolic pathways. Lysosomes clear entire ER portions by ER-phagy, while proteasomes selectively clear misfolded or surplus aberrant proteins by ER-associated degradation (ERAD). Recently, lysosomes have also been implicated in the selective clearance of aberrant ER proteins, but the molecular basis remains unclear. Here, we show that the phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate (PI3P)-binding protein TOLLIP promotes selective lysosomal degradation of aberrant membrane proteins, including an artificial substrate and motoneuron disease-causing mutants of VAPB and Seipin. These cargos are recognized by TOLLIP through its misfolding-sensing intrinsically disordered region (IDR) and ubiquitin-binding CUE domain. In contrast to ER-phagy receptors, which clear both native and aberrant proteins by ER-phagy, TOLLIP selectively clears aberrant cargos by coupling them with the PI3P-dependent lysosomal trafficking without promoting bulk ER turnover. Moreover, TOLLIP depletion augments ER stress after ERAD inhibition, indicating that TOLLIP and ERAD cooperatively safeguard ER proteostasis. Our study identifies TOLLIP as a unique type of cargo-specific adaptor dedicated to the clearance of aberrant ER cargos and provides insights into molecular mechanisms underlying lysosome-mediated quality control of membrane proteins.
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- Yuki Hayashi
- Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical SciencesThe University of TokyoTokyoJapan
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- Laboratory of Neuropathology and Neuroscience, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical SciencesThe University of TokyoTokyoJapan
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- Laboratory of Neuropathology and Neuroscience, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical SciencesThe University of TokyoTokyoJapan
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- Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical SciencesThe University of TokyoTokyoJapan
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- Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical SciencesThe University of TokyoTokyoJapan
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Nogueira V, Chang CK, Lan CY, Pereira C, Costa V, Teixeira V. Causative links between ER stress and oxidative damage in a yeast model of human N88S seipinopathy. Free Radic Biol Med 2022; 192:165-181. [PMID: 36126862 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2022.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Seipin is encoded by the gene Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy type 2 (BSCL2) and FLD1/SEI1 in yeast. The gain-of-function N88S mutation in the BSCL2 gene was identified in a cohort of autosomal dominant motor neuron diseases (MNDs) collectively known as seipinopathies. Previous work has shown that this mutation disrupts N-glycosylation, leading to the formation of inclusion bodies (IBs) and contributing to severe Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) stress and cell death. In this work, we established a humanized yeast model of N88S seipinopathy that recapitulated the formation of IBs and activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) observed in mammalian systems. Autophagy and the Hrd1-mediated endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) were fully functional in cells expressing mutant homomers and WT-mutant heteromers of seipin, discarding the possibility that mutant seipin accumulate due to impaired protein quality control systems. Importantly, the N88S seipin form IBs that appear to induce changes in ER morphology, in association with Kar2 chaperone and the Hsp104 disaggregase. For the first time, we have determined that N88S homo-oligomers expressing cells present reduced viability, decreased antioxidant activity and increased oxidative damage associated with loss of mitochondrial membrane potential, higher reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels and lipid peroxidation. This was correlated with the activation of oxidative stress sensor Yap1. Moreover, activation of ERAD and UPR quality control mechanisms were essential for proper cell growth, and crucial to prevent excessive accumulation of ROS in cells expressing N88S homomers solely. Overall, this study provides new insights into the molecular underpinnings of these rare diseases and offers novel targets for potential pharmacological intervention.
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- Verónica Nogueira
- Yeast Signalling Networks, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan; Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Yeast Signalling Networks, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Yeast Signalling Networks, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; ICBAS, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Yeast Signalling Networks, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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Kim S, Coukos R, Gao F, Krainc D. Dysregulation of organelle membrane contact sites in neurological diseases. Neuron 2022; 110:2386-2408. [PMID: 35561676 PMCID: PMC9357093 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2022.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
The defining evolutionary feature of eukaryotic cells is the emergence of membrane-bound organelles. Compartmentalization allows each organelle to maintain a spatially, physically, and chemically distinct environment, which greatly bolsters individual organelle function. However, the activities of each organelle must be balanced and are interdependent for cellular homeostasis. Therefore, properly regulated interactions between organelles, either physically or functionally, remain critical for overall cellular health and behavior. In particular, neuronal homeostasis depends heavily on the proper regulation of organelle function and cross talk, and deficits in these functions are frequently associated with diseases. In this review, we examine the emerging role of organelle contacts in neurological diseases and discuss how the disruption of contacts contributes to disease pathogenesis. Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying the formation and regulation of organelle contacts will broaden our knowledge of their role in health and disease, laying the groundwork for the development of new therapies targeting interorganelle cross talk and function.
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- Soojin Kim
- Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 303 E Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 303 E Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 303 E Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 303 E Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Li X, Li X, Fan B, Zhu C, Chen Z. Specialized endoplasmic reticulum-derived vesicles in plants: Functional diversity, evolution, and biotechnological exploitation. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 64:821-835. [PMID: 35142108 PMCID: PMC9314129 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A central role of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the synthesis, folding and quality control of secretory proteins. Secretory proteins usually exit the ER to enter the Golgi apparatus in coat protein complex II (COPII)-coated vesicles before transport to different subcellular destinations. However, in plants there are specialized ER-derived vesicles (ERDVs) that carry specific proteins but, unlike COPII vesicles, can exist as independent organelles or travel to the vacuole in a Golgi-independent manner. These specialized ERDVs include protein bodies and precursor-accumulating vesicles that accumulate storage proteins in the endosperm during seed development. Specialized ERDVs also include precursor protease vesicles that accumulate amino acid sequence KDEL-tailed cysteine proteases and ER bodies in Brassicales plants that accumulate myrosinases that hydrolyzes glucosinolates. These functionally specialized ERDVs act not only as storage organelles but also as platforms for signal-triggered processing, activation and deployment of specific proteins with important roles in plant growth, development and adaptive responses. Some specialized ERDVs have also been exploited to increase production of recombinant proteins and metabolites. Here we discuss our current understanding of the functional diversity, evolutionary mechanisms and biotechnological application of specialized ERDVs, which are associated with some of the highly remarkable characteristics important to plants.
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- Xie Li
- College of Life Science, Key Laboratory of Marine Food Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang ProvinceChina Jiliang UniversityHangzhou310018China
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- College of Life Science, Key Laboratory of Marine Food Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang ProvinceChina Jiliang UniversityHangzhou310018China
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Center for Plant BiologyPurdue UniversityWest Lafayette47907‐2054INUSA
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- College of Life Science, Key Laboratory of Marine Food Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang ProvinceChina Jiliang UniversityHangzhou310018China
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- College of Life Science, Key Laboratory of Marine Food Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang ProvinceChina Jiliang UniversityHangzhou310018China
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Center for Plant BiologyPurdue UniversityWest Lafayette47907‐2054INUSA
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Tadepalle N, Rugarli EI. Lipid Droplets in the Pathogenesis of Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:673977. [PMID: 34041268 PMCID: PMC8141572 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.673977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are genetically heterogeneous conditions caused by the progressive dying back of the longest axons in the central nervous system, the corticospinal axons. A wealth of data in the last decade has unraveled disturbances of lipid droplet (LD) biogenesis, maturation, turnover and contact sites in cellular and animal models with perturbed expression and function of HSP proteins. As ubiquitous organelles that segregate neutral lipid into a phospholipid monolayer, LDs are at the cross-road of several processes including lipid metabolism and trafficking, energy homeostasis, and stress signaling cascades. However, their role in brain cells, especially in neurons remains enigmatic. Here, we review experimental findings linking LD abnormalities to defective function of proteins encoded by HSP genes, and discuss arising questions in the context of the pathogenesis of HSP.
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- Nimesha Tadepalle
- Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute of Biological Sciences, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany.,Center for Molecular Medicine (CMMC),Cologne, Germany
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Wang F, Fu S, Lei J, Wu H, Shi S, Chen K, Hu J, Xu X. Identification of novel FUS and TARDBP gene mutations in Chinese amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients with HRM analysis. Aging (Albany NY) 2020; 12:22859-22868. [PMID: 33159016 PMCID: PMC7746354 DOI: 10.18632/aging.103967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive loss of motor neurons. More than 30 genes have been linked to ALS to date, including FUS and TARDBP, which exhibit similar roles in RNA metabolism. This study explored the use of high-resolution melting (HRM) analysis to screen for FUS and TARDBP mutation hotspot regions in 146 Chinese ALS patients, which achieved 100% detection. Two FUS mutations were observed in two different familial ALS probands, a missense mutation (p.R521H) and a novel splicing mutation (c.1541+1G>A). Five TARDBP mutations were identified in six ALS patients, including a novel 3'UTR mutation (c.*731A>G) and four missense mutations (p.G294V, p.M337V, p.G348V, and p.I383V). We found that FUS mutations were present in 1.4% of Chinese ALS patients, whereas TARDBP mutations were responsible for 4.1% of Chinese ALS cases. Here, we describe the accuracy of using highly sensitive HRM analysis to identify two novel FUS and TARDBP mutations in Chinese sporadic and familial ALS cases. Our study contributes to the further understanding of the genetic and phenotypic diversity of ALS.
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- Feng Wang
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shenzhen Baoan Women's and Children's Hospital, Jinan University, Shenzhen, China
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shenzhen Baoan Women's and Children's Hospital, Jinan University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Neurology, Chunking General Hospital, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Chunking General Hospital, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shenzhen Baoan Women's and Children's Hospital, Jinan University, Shenzhen, China
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Miyata T, Hagiwara D, Hodai Y, Miwata T, Kawaguchi Y, Kurimoto J, Ozaki H, Mitsumoto K, Takagi H, Suga H, Kobayashi T, Sugiyama M, Onoue T, Ito Y, Iwama S, Banno R, Matsumoto M, Kawakami N, Ohno N, Sakamoto H, Arima H. Degradation of Mutant Protein Aggregates within the Endoplasmic Reticulum of Vasopressin Neurons. iScience 2020; 23:101648. [PMID: 33103081 PMCID: PMC7578753 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Revised: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Misfolded or unfolded proteins in the ER are said to be degraded only after translocation or isolation from the ER. Here, we describe a mechanism by which mutant proteins are degraded within the ER. Aggregates of mutant arginine vasopressin (AVP) precursor were confined to ER-associated compartments (ERACs) connected to the ER in AVP neurons of a mouse model of familial neurohypophysial diabetes insipidus. The ERACs were enclosed by membranes, an ER chaperone and marker protein of phagophores and autophagosomes were expressed around the aggregates, and lysosomes fused with the ERACs. Moreover, lysosome-related molecules were present within the ERACs, and aggregate degradation within the ERACs was dependent on autophagic-lysosomal activity. Thus, we demonstrate that protein aggregates can be degraded by autophagic-lysosomal machinery within specialized compartments of the ER. Mutant AVP precursors are confined to ERACs connected to the ER of FNDI AVP neurons Lysosomes fuse with ERACs surrounded by phagophore-like membranes Lysosome-related molecules are localized within ERACs Rapamycin reduces and chloroquine increases protein aggregate accumulation in ERACs
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- Takashi Miyata
- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.,Research Center of Health, Physical Fitness and Sports, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Section of Electron Microscopy, Supportive Center for Brain Research, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan
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- Ushimado Marine Institute, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Setouchi 701-4303, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Division of Histology and Cell Biology, Jichi Medical University, School of Medicine, Shimotsuke 329-0498, Japan.,Division of Ultrastructural Research, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan
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- Ushimado Marine Institute, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Setouchi 701-4303, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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Ren Z, Xie P, Lv J, Hu Y, Guan Z, Chen L, Yu W. miR‑187‑3p inhibitor attenuates cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury by regulating Seipin‑mediated autophagic flux. Int J Mol Med 2020; 46:1051-1062. [PMID: 32705147 PMCID: PMC7387098 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2020.4642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNAs/miRs) have been reported to affect ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)-induced cerebral damage. miRNAs cause post-transcriptional gene silencing by binding to the protein-coding sequence (CDS) of mRNAs. Seipin has a potential role in regulating autophagic flux. The present study investigated the involvement of miR-187-3p in Seipin expression, autophagic flux and apoptosis in vitro, as well as the underlying mechanism, using PC12 cells exposed to oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation (OGD/R), which mimicked the process of I/R. In comparison with control PC12 cells, OGD/R caused an increase in the level of miR-187-3p and a decrease in Seipin protein levels without changes in the level of Seipin mRNA. Using bioinformatics analysis, it was identified that miR-187-3p could bind to the CDS of Seipin. miR-187-3p inhibitor attenuated the reduction in Seipin protein expression in OGD/R-treated PC12 cells. Following OGD/R, autophagic flux was reduced and apoptosis was enhanced, which were attenuated by inhibition of miR-187-3p. Compared with OGD/R-treated PC12 cells, Seipin knockdown further impaired autophagic flux and promoted neuronal apoptosis, which were insensitive to inhibition of miR-187-3p. Furthermore, treatment with miR-187-3p inhibitor could decrease the infarction volume in a rat model of middle cerebral artery occlusion/reperfusion. The present findings indicated that miR-187-3p inhibitor attenuated ischemia-induced cerebral damage by rescuing Seipin expression to improve autophagic flux.
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- Zhenkui Ren
- Key Laboratory of Endemic and Ethnic Diseases, Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Science, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Endemic and Ethnic Diseases, Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Science, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Endemic and Ethnic Diseases, Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Science, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Endemic and Ethnic Diseases, Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Science, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Endemic and Ethnic Diseases, Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Science, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Endemic and Ethnic Diseases, Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Science, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China
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Arcalis E, Ibl V, Hilscher J, Rademacher T, Avesani L, Morandini F, Bortesi L, Pezzotti M, Vitale A, Pum D, De Meyer T, Depicker A, Stoger E. Russell-Like Bodies in Plant Seeds Share Common Features With Prolamin Bodies and Occur Upon Recombinant Protein Production. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:777. [PMID: 31316529 PMCID: PMC6611407 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
Abstract
Although many recombinant proteins have been produced in seeds at high yields without adverse effects on the plant, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and aberrant localization of endogenous or recombinant proteins have also been reported. The production of murine interleukin-10 (mIL-10) in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds resulted in the de novo formation of ER-derived structures containing a large fraction of the recombinant protein in an insoluble form. These bodies containing mIL-10 were morphologically similar to Russell bodies found in mammalian cells. We confirmed that the compartment containing mIL-10 was enclosed by ER membranes, and 3D electron microscopy revealed that these structures have a spheroidal shape. Another feature shared with Russell bodies is the continued viability of the cells that generate these organelles. To investigate similarities in the formation of Russell-like bodies and the plant-specific protein bodies formed by prolamins in cereal seeds, we crossed plants containing ectopic ER-derived prolamin protein bodies with a line accumulating mIL-10 in Russell-like bodies. This resulted in seeds containing only one population of protein bodies in which mIL-10 inclusions formed a central core surrounded by the prolamin-containing matrix, suggesting that both types of protein aggregates are together removed from the secretory pathway by a common mechanism. We propose that, like mammalian cells, plant cells are able to form Russell-like bodies as a self-protection mechanism, when they are overloaded with a partially transport-incompetent protein, and we discuss the resulting challenges for recombinant protein production.
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- Elsa Arcalis
- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Institute of Agricultural Biology and Biotechnology, CNR, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nanobiotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
- *Correspondence: Eva Stoger, ;
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Hagiwara D, Grinevich V, Arima H. A novel mechanism of autophagy-associated cell death of vasopressin neurons in familial neurohypophysial diabetes insipidus. Cell Tissue Res 2018; 375:259-266. [PMID: 29961215 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-018-2872-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 06/09/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Familial neurohypophysial diabetes insipidus (FNDI), characterized by delayed-onset progressive polyuria and loss of arginine vasopressin (AVP) neuron, is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by AVP gene mutations. We previously generated a knock-in mouse model for FNDI, which recapitulated the phenotype of human FNDI. To address the mechanisms underlying AVP neuron loss, we subjected FNDI mice to intermittent water deprivation, which accelerated the phenotype and induced AVP neuron loss within a relative short period. Electron microscopic analyses revealed that aggregates were confined to a sub-compartment of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), ER-associated compartment (ERAC), in AVP neurons of FNDI mice under normal conditions. In contrast, aggregates scattered throughout the dilated ER lumen, and phagophores, autophagosome precursors, emerged and surrounded the ER containing scattered aggregates in FNDI mice subjected to water deprivation for 4 weeks, suggesting that failure of ERAC formation leads to autophagy induction for degradation of aggregates. Furthermore, the cytoplasm was entirely occupied with large vacuoles in AVP neurons of FNDI mice subjected to water deprivation for 12 weeks, at which stage 30-40% of AVP neurons were lost. Our data demonstrated that although autophagy should primarily be a protective mechanism, continuous autophagy leads to gradual loss of organelles including ER, resulting in autophagy-associated cell death of AVP neurons in FNDI mice.
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- Daisuke Hagiwara
- Schaller Research Group on Neuropeptides, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany. .,Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
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- Schaller Research Group on Neuropeptides, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.,CellNetworks Cluster of Excellence, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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Shirriff CS, Heikkila JJ. Characterization of cadmium chloride-induced BiP accumulation in Xenopus laevis A6 kidney epithelial cells. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2017; 191:117-128. [PMID: 27746171 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2016.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2016] [Revised: 10/05/2016] [Accepted: 10/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress can result in the accumulation of unfolded/misfolded protein in the ER lumen, which can trigger the unfolded protein response (UPR) resulting in the activation of various genes including immunoglobulin-binding protein (BiP; also known as glucose-regulated protein 78 or HSPA5). BiP, an ER heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) family member, binds to unfolded protein, inhibits their aggregation and re-folds them in an ATP-dependent manner. While cadmium, an environmental contaminant, was shown to induce the accumulation of HSP70 in vertebrate cells, less information is available regarding the effect of this metal on BiP accumulation or function. In this study, cadmium chloride treatment of Xenopus laevis A6 kidney epithelial cells induced a dose- and time-dependent increase in BiP, HSP70 and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) accumulation. Exposure of cells to a relatively low cadmium concentration at a mild heat shock temperature of 30°C greatly enhanced BiP and HSP70 accumulation compared to cadmium at 22°C. Treatment of cells with the glutathione synthesis inhibitor, buthionine sulfoximine, enhanced cadmium-induced BiP and HSP70 accumulation. Immunocytochemistry revealed that cadmium-induced BiP accumulation occurred in a punctate pattern in the perinuclear region. In some cells treated with cadmium chloride or the proteasomal inhibitor, MG132, large BiP complexes were observed that co-localized with aggregated protein or aggresome-like structures. These BiP/aggresome-like structures were also observed in cells treated simultaneously with cadmium at 30°C or in the presence of buthionine sulfoximine. In amphibians, the association of BiP with unfolded protein and its possible role in aggresome function may be vital in the maintenance of cellular proteostasis.
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- Cody S Shirriff
- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
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Opri R, Fabrizi GM, Cantalupo G, Ferrarini M, Simonati A, Dalla Bernardina B, Darra F. Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsy in Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy type 2: Report of 3 cases and literature review. Seizure 2016; 42:1-6. [PMID: 27632409 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2016.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2016] [Revised: 08/24/2016] [Accepted: 08/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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PURPOSE A small case series with a neurodegenerative disorder involving central nervous system and related to Seipin mutations was recently reported. Herein we describe clinical and EEG features of three patients presenting with Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsy (PME) and Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy type 2 (CGL2) related to novel Seipin mutations. METHODS The EEG-clinical picture was evaluated at epilepsy onset and in the follow-up period. The molecular analysis of BSCL2, Laforin and Malin genes was performed to patients and/or their parents by Denaturing High Performance Liquid Chromatography and automated nucleotide sequencing. Skin specimens collected from a patient were processed for histochemical and ultrastructural analysis. RESULTS The CGL2-PME syndrome co-segregated with two different BSCL2 genotypes: the homozygosity for c.782_783dupG involving exon 8 (two cases), or the compound heterozygosity for c.782_783dupG/c.828_829delAA (one case). Periodic-Acid Schiff positive osmiophilic material in the cytoplasm of fibrocytes and eccrine-gland cells were found in skin specimens. The lack of Lafora's bodies in skin specimens and the molecular analysis excluding mutations in Laforin and Malin genes ruled out Lafora disease. CONCLUSION The spectrum of CGL2 associated to BSCL2 gene mutations may include PMEs. Selected mutations in BSCL2 gene seem to be related to PMEs in patients with CGL2 phenotype.
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- Roberta Opri
- University Hospital of Verona, Department of Surgical Sciences, Gynecology and Pediatrics, Section of Child Neuropsychiatry, piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy.
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- University Hospital of Verona, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Neuropathology, piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy
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- University Hospital of Verona, Department of Surgical Sciences, Gynecology and Pediatrics, Section of Child Neuropsychiatry, piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy
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- University Hospital of Verona, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Neuropathology, piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy
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- University Hospital of Verona, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Neurology, Child Neurology and Psychiatry, piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy
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- University Hospital of Verona, Department of Surgical Sciences, Gynecology and Pediatrics, Section of Child Neuropsychiatry, piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy
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- University Hospital of Verona, Department of Surgical Sciences, Gynecology and Pediatrics, Section of Child Neuropsychiatry, piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy
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Shiihashi G, Ito D, Yagi T, Nihei Y, Ebine T, Suzuki N. Mislocated FUS is sufficient for gain-of-toxic-function amyotrophic lateral sclerosis phenotypes in mice. Brain 2016; 139:2380-94. [PMID: 27368346 DOI: 10.1093/brain/aww161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Mutations in RNA-binding proteins, including fused in sarcoma (FUS) and TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43, encoded by TARDBP), are associated with sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. A major question is whether neuronal loss is caused by toxic gain-of-function cytoplasmic aggregates or loss of nuclear RNA-binding protein function. We generated a transgenic mouse overexpressing exogenous FUS without a nuclear localization signal (ΔNLS-FUS), which developed progressive spastic motor deficits and neuronal loss in the motor cortex. The ΔNLS-FUS protein was restricted to the cytoplasm and formed ubiquitin/p62-positive aggregates. Endogenous FUS expression, nuclear localization, and splicing activity were not altered, indicating that mislocated FUS is sufficient for proteinopathy. Crossing ΔNLS-FUS with wild-type human TDP-43 transgenic mice exacerbated pathological and behavioural phenotypes, suggesting that both proteins are involved in a common cascade. RNA-sequence analysis revealed specific transcriptome alterations, including genes regulating dynein-associated molecules and endoplasmic reticulum stress. ΔNLS-FUS mice are promising tools for understanding amyotrophic lateral sclerosis pathogenesis and testing new therapeutic approaches.
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- Gen Shiihashi
- 1 Department of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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- 1 Department of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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- 1 Department of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo 160-8582, Japan 2 Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipid Research, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- 1 Department of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo 160-8582, Japan 3 Biomedical Research Center, Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Feodor-Lynen-Strasse 17, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- 1 Department of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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- 1 Department of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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Kortvely E, Hauck SM, Behler J, Ho N, Ueffing M. The unconventional secretion of ARMS2. Hum Mol Genet 2016; 25:3143-3151. [DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddw162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2016] [Revised: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Li H, Zhou B, Liu J, Li F, Li Y, Kang X, Sun H, Wu S. Administration of progranulin (PGRN) triggers ER stress and impairs insulin sensitivity via PERK-eIF2α-dependent manner. Cell Cycle 2016; 14:1893-907. [PMID: 26039714 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2015.1041686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Progranulin (PGRN) has recently emerged as an important regulator for glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity. However, the direct effects of PGRN in vivo and the underlying mechanisms between PGRN and impaired insulin sensitivity are not fully understood. In this study, mice treated with PGRN for 21 d exhibited the impaired glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity, remarkable ER stress as well as attenuated insulin signaling in liver and adipose tissue but not in skeletal muscle. Furthermore, treatment of mice with phenyl butyric acid (PBA), a chemical chaperone alleviating ER stress, resulted in a significant restoration of systemic insulin sensitivity and recovery of insulin signaling induced by PGRN. Consistent with these findings in vivo, we also observed that PGRN treatment induced ER stress, impaired insulin signaling in cultured hepatocytes and adipocytes, with such effects being partially nullified by blockade of PERK. Whereas PGRN-deficient hepatocytes and adipocytes were more refractory to palmitate-induced insulin resistance, indicating the causative role of the PERK-eIF2α axis of the ER stress response in action of PGRN. Collectively, our findings supported the notion that PGRN is a key regulator of insulin resistance and that PGRN may mediate its effects, at least in part, by inducing ER stress via the PERK-eIF2α dependent pathway.
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- Huixia Li
- a First Affiliated Hospital; Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases; Ministry of Education; Medical School of Xi'an Jiaotong University ; Xi'an , Shaanxi , China
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Ruiz-Riquelme A, Sánchez-Iglesias S, Rábano A, Guillén-Navarro E, Domingo-Jiménez R, Ramos A, Rosa I, Senra A, Nilsson P, García Á, Araújo-Vilar D, Requena JR. Larger aggregates of mutant seipin in Celia's Encephalopathy, a new protein misfolding neurodegenerative disease. Neurobiol Dis 2015; 83:44-53. [PMID: 26282322 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Revised: 07/18/2015] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Celia's Encephalopathy (MIM #615924) is a recently discovered fatal neurodegenerative syndrome associated with a new BSCL2 mutation (c.985C>T) that results in an aberrant isoform of seipin (Celia seipin). This mutation is lethal in both homozygosity and compounded heterozygosity with a lipodystrophic BSCL2 mutation, resulting in a progressive encephalopathy with fatal outcomes at ages 6-8. Strikingly, heterozygous carriers are asymptomatic, conflicting with the gain of toxic function attributed to this mutation. Here we report new key insights about the molecular pathogenic mechanism of this new syndrome. Intranuclear inclusions containing mutant seipin were found in brain tissue from a homozygous patient suggesting a pathogenic mechanism similar to other neurodegenerative diseases featuring brain accumulation of aggregated, misfolded proteins. Sucrose gradient distribution showed that mutant seipin forms much larger aggregates as compared with wild type (wt) seipin, indicating an impaired oligomerization. On the other hand, the interaction between wt and Celia seipin confirmed by coimmunoprecipitation (CoIP) assays, together with the identification of mixed oligomers in sucrose gradient fractionation experiments can explain the lack of symptoms in heterozygous carriers. We propose that the increased aggregation and subsequent impaired oligomerization of Celia seipin leads to cell death. In heterozygous carriers, wt seipin might prevent the damage caused by mutant seipin through its sequestration into harmless mixed oligomers.
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- Alejandro Ruiz-Riquelme
- CIMUS Biomedical Research Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela-IDIS, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- CIMUS Biomedical Research Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela-IDIS, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Neuropathology Department and Tissue Bank, Fundación CIEN, 28031 Madrid, Spain
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- Section of Medical Genetics Dysmorphology, Division of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, IMIB-Arrixaca, 30120 Murcia, Spain; UCAM-Catholic University of Murcia, CIBERER-ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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- Section of Neuropediatrics, Division of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, IMIB-Arrixaca, 30120 Murcia, Spain; CIBERER-ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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- CIMUS Biomedical Research Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela-IDIS, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- CIMUS Biomedical Research Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela-IDIS, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Department of Pharmacology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- CIMUS Biomedical Research Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela-IDIS, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Affinity Proteomics, SciLifeLab, School of Biotechnology, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, SE 171-21 Stockholm, Sweden
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- CIMUS Biomedical Research Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela-IDIS, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Department of Pharmacology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- CIMUS Biomedical Research Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela-IDIS, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Department of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- CIMUS Biomedical Research Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela-IDIS, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Department of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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Arginine vasopressin neuronal loss results from autophagy-associated cell death in a mouse model for familial neurohypophysial diabetes insipidus. Cell Death Dis 2014; 5:e1148. [PMID: 24675466 PMCID: PMC3973212 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2014.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2013] [Revised: 02/26/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Familial neurohypophysial diabetes insipidus (FNDI) characterized by progressive polyuria is mostly caused by mutations in the gene encoding neurophysin II (NPII), which is the carrier protein of the antidiuretic hormone, arginine vasopressin (AVP). Although accumulation of mutant NPII in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) could be toxic for AVP neurons, the precise mechanisms of cell death of AVP neurons, reported in autopsy studies, remain unclear. Here, we subjected FNDI model mice to intermittent water deprivation (WD) in order to promote the phenotypes. Electron microscopic analyses demonstrated that, while aggregates are confined to a certain compartment of the ER in the AVP neurons of FNDI mice with water access ad libitum, they were scattered throughout the dilated ER lumen in the FNDI mice subjected to WD for 4 weeks. It is also demonstrated that phagophores, the autophagosome precursors, emerged in the vicinity of aggregates and engulfed the ER containing scattered aggregates. Immunohistochemical analyses revealed that expression of p62, an adapter protein between ubiquitin and autophagosome, was elicited on autophagosomal membranes in the AVP neurons, suggesting selective autophagy induction at this time point. Treatment of hypothalamic explants of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3) transgenic mice with an ER stressor thapsigargin increased the number of GFP-LC3 puncta, suggesting that ER stress could induce autophagosome formation in the hypothalamus of wild-type mice as well. The cytoplasm of AVP neurons in FNDI mice was occupied with vacuoles in the mice subjected to WD for 12 weeks, when 30–40% of AVP neurons are lost. Our data thus demonstrated that autophagy was induced in the AVP neurons subjected to ER stress in FNDI mice. Although autophagy should primarily be protective for neurons, it is suggested that the organelles including ER were lost over time through autophagy, leading to autophagy-associated cell death of AVP neurons.
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Kuijpers M, van Dis V, Haasdijk ED, Harterink M, Vocking K, Post JA, Scheper W, Hoogenraad CC, Jaarsma D. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)-associated VAPB-P56S inclusions represent an ER quality control compartment. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2013; 1:24. [PMID: 24252306 PMCID: PMC3893532 DOI: 10.1186/2051-5960-1-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2013] [Accepted: 06/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Protein aggregation and the formation of intracellular inclusions are a central feature of many neurodegenerative disorders, but precise knowledge about their pathogenic role is lacking in most instances. Here we have characterized inclusions formed in transgenic mice carrying the P56S mutant form of VAPB that causes various motor neuron syndromes including ALS8. RESULTS Inclusions in motor neurons of VAPB-P56S transgenic mice are characterized by the presence of smooth ER-like tubular profiles, and are immunoreactive for factors that operate in the ER associated degradation (ERAD) pathway, including p97/VCP, Derlin-1, and the ER membrane chaperone BAP31. The presence of these inclusions does not correlate with signs of axonal and neuronal degeneration, and axotomy leads to their gradual disappearance, indicating that they represent reversible structures. Inhibition of the proteasome and knockdown of the ER membrane chaperone BAP31 increased the size of mutant VAPB inclusions in primary neuron cultures, while knockdown of TEB4, an ERAD ubiquitin-protein ligase, reduced their size. Mutant VAPB did not codistribute with mutant forms of seipin that are associated with an autosomal dominant motor neuron disease, and accumulate in a protective ER derived compartment termed ERPO (ER protective organelle) in neurons. CONCLUSIONS The data indicate that the VAPB-P56S inclusions represent a novel reversible ER quality control compartment that is formed when the amount of mutant VAPB exceeds the capacity of the ERAD pathway and that isolates misfolded and aggregated VAPB from the rest of the ER. The presence of this quality control compartment reveals an additional level of flexibility of neurons to cope with misfolded protein stress in the ER.
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Chaudhry R, Kidambi A, Brewer MH, Antonellis A, Mathews K, Nicholson G, Kennerson M. Re-analysis of an original CMTX3 family using exome sequencing identifies a known BSCL2 mutation. Muscle Nerve 2013; 47:922-4. [PMID: 23553728 DOI: 10.1002/mus.23743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2012] [Revised: 11/25/2012] [Accepted: 11/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is a group of peripheral neuropathies affecting both motor and sensory nerves. CMTX3 is an X-linked CMT locus, which maps to chromosome Xq26.3-q27.3. Initially, CMTX3 was mapped to a 31.2-Mb region in 2 American families. We have reexamined 1 of the original families (US-PED2) by next generation sequencing. METHODS Three members of the family underwent exome sequencing. Candidate variants were validated by PCR and Sanger sequencing analysis. CONCLUSION No pathogenic coding variants localizing to the CMTX3 region were identified. However, exome sequencing identified a known BSCL2 mutation (N88S). This study demonstrates the power of exome sequencing as a tool to identify gene mutations for a small family in the absence of statistically significant linkage data.
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- Rabia Chaudhry
- Northcott Neuroscience Laboratory, ANZAC Research Institute, Gate 3, Hospital Road, Concord, New South Wales, 2761, Australia.
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Hölttä-Vuori M, Salo VT, Ohsaki Y, Suster ML, Ikonen E. Alleviation of seipinopathy-related ER stress by triglyceride storage. Hum Mol Genet 2012; 22:1157-66. [PMID: 23250914 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Mutations affecting the N-glycosylation site in Berardinelli-Seip lipodystrophy (BSCL)-associated gene BSCL2/seipin lead to a dominantly inherited spastic paraplegia termed seipinopathy. While the loss of function of seipin leads to severe congenital lipodystrophy, the effects of seipin N-glycosylation mutations on lipid balance in the nervous system are unknown. In this study, we show that expression of seipin N-glycosylation mutant N88S led to decreased triglyceride (TG) content in astrocytoma and motor neuron cell lines. This was corrected by supplementation with exogenous oleic acid. Upon oleic acid loading, seipin N88S protein was relocated from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the surface of lipid droplets and this was paralleled by alleviation of ER stress induced by the mutant protein. This effect was not limited to seipin N88S, as oleic acid loading also reduced tunicamycin-induced ER stress in motor neuron cells. Furthermore, both seipin N88S and tunicamycin-induced ER stress were decreased by inhibiting lipolysis, suggesting that lipid droplets protected neuronal cells from ER stress. In developing zebrafish larvae, seipin N88S expression led to TG imbalance and reduced spontaneous free swimming. Importantly, supplementation with exogenous oleic acid reduced ER stress in the zebrafish head and increased fish motility. We propose that the decreased TG content contributes to the pathology induced by seipin N88S, and that rescuing TG levels may provide a novel therapeutic strategy in seipinopathy.
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- Maarit Hölttä-Vuori
- Institute of Biomedicine, Anatomy, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Cartwright BR, Goodman JM. Seipin: from human disease to molecular mechanism. J Lipid Res 2012; 53:1042-55. [PMID: 22474068 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.r023754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The most-severe form of congenital generalized lipodystrophy (CGL) is caused by mutations in BSCL2/seipin. Seipin is a homo-oligomeric integral membrane protein in the endoplasmic reticulum that concentrates at junctions with cytoplasmic lipid droplets (LDs). While null mutations in seipin are responsible for lipodystrophy, dominant mutations cause peripheral neuropathy and other nervous system pathologies. We first review the clinical aspects of CGL and the discovery of the responsible genetic loci. The structure of seipin, its normal isoforms, and mutations found in patients are then presented. While the function of seipin is not clear, seipin gene manipulation in yeast, flies, mice, and human cells has recently yielded a trove of information that suggests roles in lipid metabolism and LD assembly and maintenance. A model is presented that attempts to bridge these new data to understand the role of this fascinating protein.
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- Bethany R Cartwright
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9041, USA
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