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Haase G, Rabouille C. Golgi Fragmentation in ALS Motor Neurons. New Mechanisms Targeting Microtubules, Tethers, and Transport Vesicles. Front Neurosci 2015; 9:448. [PMID: 26696811 PMCID: PMC4672084 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 11/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Pathological alterations of the Golgi apparatus, such as its fragmentation represent an early pre-clinical feature of many neurodegenerative diseases and have been widely studied in the motor neuron disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Yet, the underlying molecular mechanisms have remained cryptic. In principle, Golgi fragmentation may result from defects in three major classes of proteins: structural Golgi proteins, cytoskeletal proteins and molecular motors, as well as proteins mediating transport to and through the Golgi. Here, we present the different mechanisms that may underlie Golgi fragmentation in animal and cellular models of ALS linked to mutations in SOD1, TARDBP (TDP-43), VAPB, and C9Orf72 and we propose a novel one based on findings in progressive motor neuronopathy (pmn) mice. These mice are mutated in the TBCE gene encoding the cis-Golgi localized tubulin-binding cofactor E, one of five chaperones that assist in tubulin folding and microtubule polymerization. Loss of TBCE leads to alterations in Golgi microtubules, which in turn impedes on the maintenance of the Golgi architecture. This is due to down-regulation of COPI coat components, dispersion of Golgi tethers and strong accumulation of ER-Golgi SNAREs. These effects are partially rescued by the GTPase ARF1 through recruitment of TBCE to the Golgi. We hypothesize that defects in COPI vesicles, microtubules and their interaction may also underlie Golgi fragmentation in human ALS linked to other mutations, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), and related motor neuron diseases. We also discuss the functional relevance of pathological Golgi alterations, in particular their potential causative, contributory, or compensatory role in the degeneration of motor neuron cell bodies, axons and synapses.
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- Georg Haase
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Aix-Marseille Université UMR 7289, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone Marseille, France
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- The Department of Cell Biology, Hubrecht Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and University Medical Center Utrecht Utrecht, Netherlands
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Gallart-Palau X, Tarabal O, Casanovas A, Sábado J, Correa FJ, Hereu M, Piedrafita L, Calderó J, Esquerda JE. Neuregulin-1 is concentrated in the postsynaptic subsurface cistern of C-bouton inputs to α-motoneurons and altered during motoneuron diseases. FASEB J 2014; 28:3618-32. [PMID: 24803543 DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-248583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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C boutons are large, cholinergic, synaptic terminals that arise from local interneurons and specifically contact spinal α-motoneurons (MNs). C boutons characteristically display a postsynaptic specialization consisting of an endoplasmic reticulum-related subsurface cistern (SSC) of unknown function. In the present work, by using confocal microscopy and ultrastructural immunolabeling, we demonstrate that neuregulin-1 (NRG1) accumulates in the SSC of mouse spinal MNs. We also show that the NRG1 receptors erbB2 and erbB4 are presynaptically localized within C boutons, suggesting that NRG1-based retrograde signaling may occur in this type of synapse. In most of the cranial nuclei, MNs display the same pattern of NRG1 distribution as that observed in spinal cord MNs. Conversely, MNs in oculomotor nuclei, which are spared in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), lack both C boutons and SSC-associated NRG1. NRG1 in spinal MNs is developmentally regulated and depends on the maintenance of nerve-muscle interactions, as we show after nerve transection experiments. Changes in NRG1 in C boutons were also investigated in mouse models of MN diseases: i.e., spinal muscular atrophy (SMNΔ7) and ALS (SOD1(G93A)). In both models, a transient increase in NRG1 in C boutons occurs during disease progression. These data increase our understanding of the role of C boutons in MN physiology and pathology.
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- Xavier Gallart-Palau
- Unitat de Neurobiologia Cellular, Departament de Medicina Experimental, Facultat de Medicina, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida (IRBLLEIDA), Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
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- Unitat de Neurobiologia Cellular, Departament de Medicina Experimental, Facultat de Medicina, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida (IRBLLEIDA), Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
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- Unitat de Neurobiologia Cellular, Departament de Medicina Experimental, Facultat de Medicina, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida (IRBLLEIDA), Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
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- Unitat de Neurobiologia Cellular, Departament de Medicina Experimental, Facultat de Medicina, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida (IRBLLEIDA), Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
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- Unitat de Neurobiologia Cellular, Departament de Medicina Experimental, Facultat de Medicina, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida (IRBLLEIDA), Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
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- Unitat de Neurobiologia Cellular, Departament de Medicina Experimental, Facultat de Medicina, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida (IRBLLEIDA), Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
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- Unitat de Neurobiologia Cellular, Departament de Medicina Experimental, Facultat de Medicina, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida (IRBLLEIDA), Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
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- Unitat de Neurobiologia Cellular, Departament de Medicina Experimental, Facultat de Medicina, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida (IRBLLEIDA), Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
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- Unitat de Neurobiologia Cellular, Departament de Medicina Experimental, Facultat de Medicina, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida (IRBLLEIDA), Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
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Sepúlveda MR, Wuytack F, Mata AM. High levels of Mn²⁺ inhibit secretory pathway Ca²⁺/Mn²⁺-ATPase (SPCA) activity and cause Golgi fragmentation in neurons and glia. J Neurochem 2012; 123:824-36. [PMID: 22845487 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2012.07888.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2012] [Revised: 06/19/2012] [Accepted: 07/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Excess Mn(2+) in humans causes a neurological disorder known as manganism, which shares symptoms with Parkinson's disease. However, the cellular mechanisms underlying Mn(2+) -neurotoxicity and the involvement of Mn(2+) -transporters in cellular homeostasis and repair are poorly understood and require further investigation. In this work, we have analyzed the effect of Mn(2+) on neurons and glia from mice in primary cultures. Mn(2+) overload compromised survival of both cell types, specifically affecting cellular integrity and Golgi organization, where the secretory pathway Ca(2+) /Mn(2+) -ATPase is localized. This ATP-driven Mn(2+) transporter might take part in Mn(2+) accumulation/detoxification at low loads of Mn(2+) , but its ATPase activity is inhibited at high concentration of Mn(2+) . Glial cells appear to be significantly more resistant to this toxicity than neurons and their presence in cocultures provided some protection to neurons against degeneration induced by Mn(2+) . Interestingly, the Mn(2+) toxicity was partially reversed upon Mn(2+) removal by wash out or by the addition of EDTA as a chelating agent, in particular in glial cells. These studies provide data on Mn(2+) neurotoxicity and may contribute to explore new therapeutic approaches for reducing Mn(2+) poisoning.
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- M Rosario Sepúlveda
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
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