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The molecular chaperone heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is a pivotal cellular regulator involved in the folding, activation and assembly of a wide range of proteins. Hsp90 has multiple roles in the retina and the use of different Hsp90 inhibitors has been shown to prevent retinal degeneration in models of retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration. Hsp90 is also a potential target in uveal melanoma. Mechanistically, Hsp90 inhibition can evoke a dual response in the retina; stimulating a stress response with molecular chaperone expression. Thereby leading to an improvement in visual function and photoreceptor survival; however, prolonged inhibition can also stimulate the degradation of Hsp90 client proteins potentially deleteriously affect vision. Here, we review the multiple roles of Hsp90 in the retina and the therapeutic potential of Hsp90 as a target.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mònica Aguilà
- Department of Ocular Biology and Therapeutics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, EC1V 9EL, London, UK.
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- Department of Ocular Biology and Therapeutics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, EC1V 9EL, London, UK.
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Ramon E, Cordomí A, Aguilà M, Srinivasan S, Dong X, Moore AT, Webster AR, Cheetham ME, Garriga P. Differential light-induced responses in sectorial inherited retinal degeneration. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:35918-28. [PMID: 25359768 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.609958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a group of genetically and clinically heterogeneous inherited degenerative retinopathies caused by abnormalities of photoreceptors or retinal pigment epithelium in the retina leading to progressive sight loss. Rhodopsin is the prototypical G-protein-coupled receptor located in the vertebrate retina and is responsible for dim light vision. Here, novel M39R and N55K variants were identified as causing an intriguing sector phenotype of RP in affected patients, with selective degeneration in the inferior retina. To gain insights into the molecular aspects associated with this sector RP phenotype, whose molecular mechanism remains elusive, the mutations were constructed by site-directed mutagenesis, expressed in heterologous systems, and studied by biochemical, spectroscopic, and functional assays. M39R and N55K opsins had variable degrees of chromophore regeneration when compared with WT opsin but showed no gross structural misfolding or altered trafficking. M39R showed a faster rate for transducin activation than WT rhodopsin with a faster metarhodopsinII decay, whereas N55K presented a reduced activation rate and an altered photobleaching pattern. N55K also showed an altered retinal release from the opsin binding pocket upon light exposure, affecting its optimal functional response. Our data suggest that these sector RP mutations cause different protein phenotypes that may be related to their different clinical progression. Overall, these findings illuminate the molecular mechanisms of sector RP associated with rhodopsin mutations.
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- Eva Ramon
- From the Centre de Biotecnologia Molecular, Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Rambla de Sant Nebridi 22, 08222 Terrassa, Spain
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- the Laboratori de Medicina Computacional, Unitat de Bioestadística, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- the University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, United Kingdom, and
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- From the Centre de Biotecnologia Molecular, Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Rambla de Sant Nebridi 22, 08222 Terrassa, Spain
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- From the Centre de Biotecnologia Molecular, Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Rambla de Sant Nebridi 22, 08222 Terrassa, Spain
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- the University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, United Kingdom, and the Moorfields Eye Hospital, London EC1V 2PD, United Kingdom
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- the University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, United Kingdom, and the Moorfields Eye Hospital, London EC1V 2PD, United Kingdom
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- the University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, United Kingdom, and
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- From the Centre de Biotecnologia Molecular, Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Rambla de Sant Nebridi 22, 08222 Terrassa, Spain,
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Schwarz N, Carr AJ, Lane A, Moeller F, Chen LL, Aguilà M, Nommiste B, Muthiah MN, Kanuga N, Wolfrum U, Nagel-Wolfrum K, da Cruz L, Coffey PJ, Cheetham ME, Hardcastle AJ. Translational read-through of the RP2 Arg120stop mutation in patient iPSC-derived retinal pigment epithelium cells. Hum Mol Genet 2014; 24:972-86. [PMID: 25292197 PMCID: PMC4986549 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddu509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Mutations in the RP2 gene lead to a severe form of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa. RP2 patients frequently present with nonsense mutations and no treatments are currently available to restore RP2 function. In this study, we reprogrammed fibroblasts from an RP2 patient carrying the nonsense mutation c.519C>T (p.R120X) into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC), and differentiated these cells into retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE) to study the mechanisms of disease and test potential therapies. RP2 protein was undetectable in the RP2 R120X patient cells, suggesting a disease mechanism caused by complete lack of RP2 protein. The RP2 patient fibroblasts and iPSC-derived RPE cells showed phenotypic defects in IFT20 localization, Golgi cohesion and Gβ1 trafficking. These phenotypes were corrected by over-expressing GFP-tagged RP2. Using the translational read-through inducing drugs (TRIDs) G418 and PTC124 (Ataluren), we were able to restore up to 20% of endogenous, full-length RP2 protein in R120X cells. This level of restored RP2 was sufficient to reverse the cellular phenotypic defects observed in both the R120X patient fibroblasts and iPSC-RPE cells. This is the first proof-of-concept study to demonstrate successful read-through and restoration of RP2 function for the R120X nonsense mutation. The ability of the restored RP2 protein level to reverse the observed cellular phenotypes in cells lacking RP2 indicates that translational read-through could be clinically beneficial for patients.
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- Nele Schwarz
- UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK
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- UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK
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- UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK
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- Johannes Gutenberg-University Muellerweg 6, 55099 Mainz, Germany and
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- UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK
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- UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK
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- UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK
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- UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK, Moorfields Eye Hospital, 162 City Road, London EC1V 2PD, UK
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- UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK
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- Johannes Gutenberg-University Muellerweg 6, 55099 Mainz, Germany and
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- UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK, Moorfields Eye Hospital, 162 City Road, London EC1V 2PD, UK
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- UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK
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Aguilà M, Bevilacqua D, McCulley C, Schwarz N, Athanasiou D, Kanuga N, Novoselov SS, Lange CAK, Ali RR, Bainbridge JW, Gias C, Coffey PJ, Garriga P, Cheetham ME. Hsp90 inhibition protects against inherited retinal degeneration. Hum Mol Genet 2013; 23:2164-75. [PMID: 24301679 PMCID: PMC3959821 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The molecular chaperone Hsp90 is important for the functional maturation of many client proteins, and inhibitors are in clinical trials for multiple indications in cancer. Hsp90 inhibition activates the heat shock response and can improve viability in a cell model of the P23H misfolding mutation in rhodopsin that causes autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP). Here, we show that a single low dose of the Hsp90 inhibitor HSP990 enhanced visual function and delayed photoreceptor degeneration in a P23H transgenic rat model. This was associated with the induction of heat shock protein expression and reduced rhodopsin aggregation. We then investigated the effect of Hsp90 inhibition on a different type of rod opsin mutant, R135L, which is hyperphosphorylated, binds arrestin and disrupts vesicular traffic. Hsp90 inhibition with 17-AAG reduced the intracellular accumulation of R135L and abolished arrestin binding in cells. Hsf-1(-/-) cells revealed that the effect of 17-AAG on P23H aggregation was dependent on HSF-1, whereas the effect on R135L was HSF-1 independent. Instead, the effect on R135L was mediated by a requirement of Hsp90 for rhodopsin kinase (GRK1) maturation and function. Importantly, Hsp90 inhibition restored R135L rod opsin localization to wild-type (WT) phenotype in vivo in rat retina. Prolonged Hsp90 inhibition with HSP990 in vivo led to a posttranslational reduction in GRK1 and phosphodiesterase (PDE6) protein levels, identifying them as Hsp90 clients. These data suggest that Hsp90 represents a potential therapeutic target for different types of rhodopsin adRP through distinct mechanisms, but also indicate that sustained Hsp90 inhibition might adversely affect visual function.
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Toledo D, Ramon E, Aguilà M, Cordomí A, Pérez JJ, Mendes HF, Cheetham ME, Garriga P. Molecular mechanisms of disease for mutations at Gly-90 in rhodopsin. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:39993-40001. [PMID: 21940625 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.201517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Two different mutations at Gly-90 in the second transmembrane helix of the photoreceptor protein rhodopsin have been proposed to lead to different phenotypes. G90D has been classically associated with congenital night blindness, whereas the newly reported G90V substitution was linked to a retinitis pigmentosa phenotype. Here, we used Val/Asp replacements of the native Gly at position 90 to unravel the structure/function divergences caused by these mutations and the potential molecular mechanisms of inherited retinal disease. The G90V and G90D mutants have a similar conformation around the Schiff base linkage region in the dark state and same regeneration kinetics with 11-cis-retinal, but G90V has dramatically reduced thermal stability when compared with the G90D mutant rhodopsin. The G90V mutant also shows, like G90D, an altered photobleaching pattern and capacity to activate Gt in the opsin state. Furthermore, the regeneration of the G90V mutant with 9-cis-retinal was improved, achieving the same A(280)/A(500) as wild type isorhodopsin. Hydroxylamine resistance was also recovered, indicating a compact structure around the Schiff base linkage, and the thermal stability was substantially improved when compared with the 11-cis-regenerated mutant. These results support the role of thermal instability and/or abnormal photoproduct formation in eliciting a retinitis pigmentosa phenotype. The improved stability and more compact structure of the G90V mutant when it was regenerated with 9-cis-retinal brings about the possibility that this isomer or other modified retinoid analogues might be used in potential treatment strategies for mutants showing the same structural features.
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- Darwin Toledo
- Centre de Biotecnologia Molecular, Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08222 Terrassa, Spain
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Bosch-Presegué L, Iarriccio L, Aguilà M, Toledo D, Ramon E, Cordomí A, Garriga P. Hydrophobic amino acids at the cytoplasmic ends of helices 3 and 6 of rhodopsin conjointly modulate transducin activation. Arch Biochem Biophys 2011; 506:142-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2010.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2010] [Revised: 11/22/2010] [Accepted: 11/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Komolov KE, Aguilà M, Toledo D, Manyosa J, Garriga P, Koch KW. On-chip photoactivation of heterologously expressed rhodopsin allows kinetic analysis of G-protein signaling by surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy. Anal Bioanal Chem 2010; 397:2967-76. [PMID: 20544180 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-010-3876-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2010] [Revised: 05/07/2010] [Accepted: 05/24/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy allows the study of protein interaction dynamics in real-time. Application of this technique to G-protein coupled receptors, the largest family of receptors involved in signal transduction, has been complicated by their low level of expression and the critical dependence of their native conformation on the hydrophobic transmembrane lipid environment. Here, we investigate and compare three different strategies to immobilize rhodopsin, a prototypical G-protein coupled receptor on a sensor chip surface using antibodies and a lectin for receptor capturing. By further probing of different experimental conditions (pH, detergent type) we identified the optimal factors to maintain rhodopsin in a functional conformation and extended this approach to recombinant rhodopsin that was heterologously expressed in COS cells. Functional operation of rhodopsin on the sensor chip surface was proven by its activation and subsequent light-stimulated G-protein coupling. The influence of these experimental parameters on the association and dissociation kinetics of G-protein receptor coupling was determined. Thereby, we found that the kinetics of G(t) interaction were not changed by the strategy of immobilization or the type of detergent. Regeneration of opsin directly on a chip allowed recycling of the immobilized native and recombinant receptor. Thus, the approach provides an experimental framework for choosing the most suitable conditions for the solubilization, immobilization, and for functional tests of rhodopsin on a biosensor surface.
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- Konstantin E Komolov
- Biochemistry group, Faculty V, IBU, University of Oldenburg, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany
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Mutations in rod opsin, the archetypal G-protein-coupled receptor, cause retinitis pigmentosa. The majority of mutations, e.g. P23H, cause protein misfolding, resulting in ER retention, induction of the unfolded protein response and degradation by ERAD. If misfolded rod opsin escapes degradation, it aggregates and forms intracellular inclusions. Therefore, it is important to identify the chaperones that mediate the folding or degradation of rod opsin. ER degradation enhancing alpha-mannosidase-like 1 (EDEM1) can enhance the release of terminally misfolded glycoproteins from the calnexin chaperone system. Here, we identify EDEM1 as a novel chaperone of rod opsin. EDEM1 expression promoted the degradation of P23H rod opsin and decreased its aggregation. By contrast, shRNA-mediated knockdown of EDEM1 increased both the amount of P23H rod opsin and its aggregation into inclusions. EDEM1 was detected in rod photoreceptor inner segments and EndoH-sensitive rod opsin co-immunoprecipitated with EDEM1 from retina, suggesting that rod opsin is a physiological EDEM1 client. Unexpectedly, EDEM1 binding to rod opsin was independent of mannose trimming and EDEM1 promoted the cell-surface expression of mutant rod opsin. Collectively, the data suggest that EDEM1 is a chaperone for rod opsin and that expression of EDEM1 can be used to promote correct folding, as well as enhanced degradation, of mutant proteins in the ER to combat protein-misfolding disease.
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Aguilà M, Toledo D, Morillo M, Dominguez M, Vaz B, Alvarez R, de Lera AR, Garriga P. Structural coupling of 11-cis-7-methyl-retinal and amino acids at the ligand binding pocket of rhodopsin. Photochem Photobiol 2009; 85:485-93. [PMID: 19267873 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2009.00535.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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It was previously shown that opsin can be regenerated with the newly synthesized 11-cis-7-methyl-retinal forming an artificial visual pigment. We now extend this study to include mutants at positions close to the retinal to further dissect the interactions of native and artificial chromophores with opsin. Several mutants at M207, W265 and Y268 have been obtained and regenerated with 11-cis-retinal and the 7-methyl analog. M207 is the site of the point mutation M207R associated with the retinal degenerative disease retinitis pigmentosa. All the studied mutants regenerated with 11-cis-retinal except for M207C which proved to be completely misfolded. The naturally occurring M207R mutant formed a pigment with an unprotonated Schiff base linkage, altered photobleaching and low MetarhodopsinII stability. Mutants regenerated with the 7-methyl analog showed altered photobleaching reflecting a structural perturbation in the vicinity of M207. The newly obtained mutants at M207 also showed reduced levels of transducin activation with M207R showing essentially no transducin activation. Our results highlight the tight coupling of the vicinity of C7 of retinal and M207 and support the involvement of this amino acid residue in the conformational changes associated with rhodopsin photoactivation.
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- Mònica Aguilà
- Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Centre de Biotecnologia Molecular, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Colom 1, Terrassa, Spain
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