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Thulasidharan A, Garg L, Tendulkar S, Ratnaparkhi GS. Age-dependent dynamics of neuronal VAPB ALS inclusions in the adult brain. Neurobiol Dis 2024; 196:106517. [PMID: 38679111 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2024.106517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2024] [Revised: 04/01/2024] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024] Open
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a relentlessly progressive and fatal disease, caused by the degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons within the brain and spinal cord in the ageing human. The dying neurons contain cytoplasmic inclusions linked to the onset and progression of the disease. Here, we use a Drosophila model of ALS8 (VAPP58S) to understand the modulation of these inclusions in the ageing adult brain. The adult VAPP58S fly shows progressive deterioration in motor function till its demise 25 days post-eclosion. The density of VAPP58S-positive brain inclusions is stable for 5-15 days of age. In contrast, adding a single copy of VAPWT to the VAPP58S animal leads to a large decrease in inclusion density with concomitant rescue of motor function and lifespan. ER stress, a contributing factor in disease, shows reduction with ageing for the disease model. Autophagy, rather than the Ubiquitin Proteasome system, is the dominant mechanism for aggregate clearance. We explored the ability of Drosophila Valosin-containing protein (VCP/TER94), the ALS14 locus, which is involved in cellular protein clearance, to regulate age-dependent aggregation. Contrary to expectation, TER94 overexpression increased VAPP58S punctae density, while its knockdown led to enhanced clearance. Expression of a dominant positive allele, TER94R152H, further stabilised VAPP58S puncta, cementing roles for an ALS8-ALS14 axis. Our results are explained by a mechanism where autophagy is modulated by TER94 knockdown. Our study sheds light on the complex regulatory events involved in the neuronal maintenance of ALS8 aggregates, suggesting a context-dependent switch between proteasomal and autophagy-based mechanisms as the larvae develop into an adult. A deeper understanding of the nucleation and clearance of the inclusions, which affect cellular stress and function, is essential for understanding the initiation and progression of ALS.
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- Aparna Thulasidharan
- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Pune 411008, India
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- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Pune 411008, India
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- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Pune 411008, India
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- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Pune 411008, India.
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Parolek J, Burd CG. Bridge-like lipid transfer protein family member 2 suppresses ciliogenesis. Mol Biol Cell 2024; 35:br11. [PMID: 38536441 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e24-02-0065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Bridge-like lipid transfer protein family member 2 (BLTP2) is an evolutionary conserved protein with unknown function(s). The absence of BLTP2 in Drosophila melanogaster results in impaired cellular secretion and larval death, while in mice (Mus musculus), it causes preweaning lethality. Structural predictions propose that BLTP2 belongs to the repeating β-groove domain-containing (also called the VPS13) protein family, forming a long tube with a hydrophobic core, suggesting that it operates as a lipid transfer protein (LTP). We establish BLTP2 as a negative regulator of ciliogenesis in RPE-1 cells based on a strong genetic interaction with WDR44, a gene that also suppresses ciliogenesis. Like WDR44, BLTP2 localizes to membrane contact sites involving the endoplasmic reticulum and the tubular endosome network in HeLa cells and that BLTP2 depletion enhanced ciliogenesis in RPE-1 cells grown in serum-containing medium, a condition where ciliogenesis is normally suppressed. This study establishes human BLTP2 as a putative LTP acting between tubular endosomes and ER that regulates primary cilium biogenesis.
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- Jan Parolek
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520
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Raj D, Podraza-Farhanieh A, Gallego P, Kao G, Naredi P. Identification of C. elegans ASNA-1 domains and tissue requirements that differentially influence platinum sensitivity and growth control. PLoS Genet 2022; 18:e1010538. [PMID: 36480541 PMCID: PMC9803280 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Revised: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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ASNA1 plays an essential role in cisplatin chemotherapy response, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease. It is also an important biomarker in the treatment response of many diseases. Biochemically, ASNA1 has two mutually exclusive redox-modulated roles: a tail-anchored protein (TAP) targeting function in the reduced state and a holdase/chaperone function in the oxidized state. Assigning biochemical roles of mammalian ASNA1 to biomedical functions is crucial for successful therapy development. Our previous work showed the relevance of the C. elegans ASNA-1 homolog in modeling cisplatin response and insulin secretion. Here we analyzed two-point mutants in highly conserved residues in C. elegans ASNA-1 and determined their importance in separating the cisplatin response function from its roles in insulin secretion. asna-1(ΔHis164) and asna-1(A63V) point mutants, which both preferentially exist in the oxidized state, displayed cisplatin sensitivity phenotype as well as TAP insertion defect but not an insulin secretion defect. Further, using targeted depletion we analyzed the tissue requirements of asna-1 for C. elegans growth and development. Somatic depletion of ASNA-1 as well as simultaneous depletion of ASNA-1 in neurons and intestines resulted in an L1 arrest. We concluded that, targeting single residues in ASNA-1 affecting Switch I/Switch II domain function, in comparison to complete knockdown counteracted cisplatin resistance without jeopardizing other important biological functions. Taken together, our study shows that effects on health caused by ASNA1 mutations can have different biochemical bases.
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- Dorota Raj
- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- * E-mail: (GK); (PN)
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
- * E-mail: (GK); (PN)
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Tendulkar S, Hegde S, Garg L, Thulasidharan A, Kaduskar B, Ratnaparkhi A, Ratnaparkhi GS. Caspar, an adapter for VAPB and TER94, modulates the progression of ALS8 by regulating IMD/NFκB mediated glial inflammation in a drosophila model of human disease. Hum Mol Genet 2022; 31:2857-2875. [PMID: 35377453 PMCID: PMC9433731 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddac076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal, late-onset, progressive motor neurodegenerative disorder. A key pathological feature of the disease is the presence of heavily ubiquitinated protein inclusions. Both the unfolded protein response and the ubiquitin–proteasome system appear significantly impaired in patients and animal models of ALS. We have studied cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in ALS using a vesicle-associated membrane protein-associated protein B (VAPB/ALS8) Drosophila model [Moustaqim-Barrette, A., Lin, Y.Q., Pradhan, S., Neely, G.G., Bellen, H.J. and Tsuda, H. (2014) The ALS 8 protein, VAP, is required for ER protein quality control. Hum. Mol. Genet., 23, 1975–1989], which mimics many systemic aspects of the human disease. Here, we show that VAPB, located on the cytoplasmic face of the endoplasmic reticulum membrane, interacts with Caspar, an orthologue of human fas associated factor 1 (FAF1). Caspar, in turn, interacts with transitional endoplasmic reticulum ATPase (TER94), a fly orthologue of ALS14 (VCP/p97, valosin-containing protein). Caspar overexpression in the glia extends lifespan and also slows the progression of motor dysfunction in the ALS8 disease model, a phenomenon that we ascribe to its ability to restrain age-dependent inflammation, which is modulated by Relish/NFκB signalling. Caspar binds to VAPB via an FFAT motif, and we find that Caspar’s ability to negatively regulate NFκB signalling is not dependent on the VAPB:Caspar interaction. We hypothesize that Caspar is a key molecule in the pathogenesis of ALS. The VAPB:Caspar:TER94 complex appears to be a candidate for regulating both protein homeostasis and NFκB signalling, with our study highlighting a role for Caspar in glial inflammation. We project human FAF1 as an important protein target to alleviate the progression of motor neuron disease.
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- Shweta Tendulkar
- Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER) Pune 411008, India
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- Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER) Pune 411008, India
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- Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER) Pune 411008, India
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Kors S, Costello JL, Schrader M. VAP Proteins - From Organelle Tethers to Pathogenic Host Interactors and Their Role in Neuronal Disease. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:895856. [PMID: 35756994 PMCID: PMC9213790 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.895856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP)-associated proteins (VAPs) are ubiquitous ER-resident tail-anchored membrane proteins in eukaryotic cells. Their N-terminal major sperm protein (MSP) domain faces the cytosol and allows them to interact with a wide variety of cellular proteins. Therefore, VAP proteins are vital to many cellular processes, including organelle membrane tethering, lipid transfer, autophagy, ion homeostasis and viral defence. Here, we provide a timely overview of the increasing number of VAPA/B binding partners and discuss the role of VAPA/B in maintaining organelle-ER interactions and cooperation. Furthermore, we address how viruses and intracellular bacteria hijack VAPs and their binding partners to induce interactions between the host ER and pathogen-containing compartments and support pathogen replication. Finally, we focus on the role of VAP in human disease and discuss how mutated VAPB leads to the disruption of cellular homeostasis and causes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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- Suzan Kors
- *Correspondence: Suzan Kors, ; Michael Schrader,
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Borgese N, Iacomino N, Colombo SF, Navone F. The Link between VAPB Loss of Function and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Cells 2021; 10:1865. [PMID: 34440634 PMCID: PMC8392409 DOI: 10.3390/cells10081865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The VAP proteins are integral adaptor proteins of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane that recruit a myriad of interacting partners to the ER surface. Through these interactions, the VAPs mediate a large number of processes, notably the generation of membrane contact sites between the ER and essentially all other cellular membranes. In 2004, it was discovered that a mutation (p.P56S) in the VAPB paralogue causes a rare form of dominantly inherited familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS8). The mutant protein is aggregation-prone, non-functional and unstable, and its expression from a single allele appears to be insufficient to support toxic gain-of-function effects within motor neurons. Instead, loss-of-function of the single wild-type allele is required for pathological effects, and VAPB haploinsufficiency may be the main driver of the disease. In this article, we review the studies on the effects of VAPB deficit in cellular and animal models. Several basic cell physiological processes are affected by downregulation or complete depletion of VAPB, impinging on phosphoinositide homeostasis, Ca2+ signalling, ion transport, neurite extension, and ER stress. In the future, the distinction between the roles of the two VAP paralogues (A and B), as well as studies on motor neurons generated from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) of ALS8 patients will further elucidate the pathogenic basis of p.P56S familial ALS, as well as of other more common forms of the disease.
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- Nica Borgese
- CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Via Follereau 3, Bldg U28, 20854 Vedano al Lambro, Italy; (N.I.); (S.F.C.)
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- CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Via Follereau 3, Bldg U28, 20854 Vedano al Lambro, Italy; (N.I.); (S.F.C.)
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James C, Kehlenbach RH. The Interactome of the VAP Family of Proteins: An Overview. Cells 2021; 10:cells10071780. [PMID: 34359948 PMCID: PMC8306308 DOI: 10.3390/cells10071780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Membrane contact sites (MCS) are sites of close apposition of two organelles that help in lipid transport and synthesis, calcium homeostasis and several other biological processes. The VAMP-associated proteins (VAPs) VAPA, VAPB, MOSPD2 and the recently described MOSPD1 and MOSPD3 are tether proteins of MCSs that are mainly found at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). VAPs interact with various proteins with a motif called FFAT (two phenylalanines in an acidic tract), recruiting the associated organelle to the ER. In addition to the conventional FFAT motif, the recently described FFNT (two phenylalanines in a neutral tract) and phospho-FFAT motifs contribute to the interaction with VAPs. In this review, we summarize and compare the recent interactome studies described for VAPs, including in silico and proximity labeling methods. Collectively, the interaction repertoire of VAPs is very diverse and highlights the complexity of interactions mediated by the different FFAT motifs to the VAPs.
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Du Y, Wang J, Xiong J, Fang N, Ji WK. VPS13D interacts with VCP/p97 and negatively regulates endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria interactions. Mol Biol Cell 2021; 32:1474-1486. [PMID: 34133214 PMCID: PMC8351740 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e21-03-0097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Membrane contact sites (MCSs) between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondria are emerging as critical hubs for diverse cellular events, and alterations in the extent of these contacts are linked to neurodegenerative diseases. However, the mechanisms that control ER–mitochondria interactions are so far elusive. Here, we demonstrate a key role of vacuolar protein sorting–associated protein 13D (VPS13D) in the negative regulation of ER–mitochondria MCSs. VPS13D suppression results in extensive ER–mitochondria tethering, a phenotype that can be substantially rescued by suppression of the tethering proteins VAPB and PTPIP51. VPS13D interacts with valosin-containing protein (VCP/p97) to control the level of ER-resident VAPB at contacts. VPS13D is required for the stability of p97. Functionally, VPS13D suppression leads to severe defects in mitochondrial morphology, mitochondrial cellular distribution, and mitochondrial DNA synthesis. Together, our results suggest that VPS13D negatively regulates the ER–mitochondria MCSs, partially through its interactions with VCP/p97.
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- Yuanjiao Du
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medicine
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medicine
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medicine
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medicine.,Cell Architecture Research Institute, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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Neefjes J, Cabukusta B. What the VAP: The Expanded VAP Family of Proteins Interacting With FFAT and FFAT-Related Motifs for Interorganellar Contact. CONTACT (THOUSAND OAKS (VENTURA COUNTY, CALIF.)) 2021; 4:25152564211012246. [PMID: 34036242 PMCID: PMC7610837 DOI: 10.1177/25152564211012246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Membrane contact sites are formed by tether proteins that have the ability to bring two organellar membranes together. VAP proteins are a family of endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident tether proteins specialized in interacting with FFAT (two phenylalanines in an acidic tract) peptide motifs in other proteins. If the FFAT-motif-containing proteins reside on other organelles, VAP proteins form contact sites between these organelles and the ER. The role of VAPA and VAPB, the two founding members of the VAP family in recruiting proteins to the ER and forming membrane contact sites is well appreciated as numerous interaction partners of VAPA and VAPB at different intracellular contact sites have been characterized. Recently, three new proteins -MOSPD1, MOSPD2 and MOSPD3-have been added to the VAP family. While MOSPD2 has a motif preference similar to VAPA and VAPB, MOSPD1 and MOSPD3 prefer to interact with proteins containing FFNT (two phenylalanines in a neutral tract) motifs. In this review, we discuss the recent advances in motif binding by VAP proteins along with the other biological processes VAP proteins are involved in.
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- Jacques Neefjes
- Cell and Chemical Biology, Oncode Institute, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Cell and Chemical Biology, Oncode Institute, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Raj D, Billing O, Podraza-Farhanieh A, Kraish B, Hemmingsson O, Kao G, Naredi P. Alternative redox forms of ASNA-1 separate insulin signaling from tail-anchored protein targeting and cisplatin resistance in C. elegans. Sci Rep 2021; 11:8678. [PMID: 33883621 PMCID: PMC8060345 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-88085-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Cisplatin is a frontline cancer therapeutic, but intrinsic or acquired resistance is common. We previously showed that cisplatin sensitivity can be achieved by inactivation of ASNA-1/TRC40 in mammalian cancer cells and in Caenorhabditis elegans. ASNA-1 has two more conserved functions: in promoting tail-anchored protein (TAP) targeting to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane and in promoting insulin secretion. However, the relation between its different functions has remained unknown. Here, we show that ASNA-1 exists in two redox states that promote TAP-targeting and insulin secretion separately. The reduced state is the one required for cisplatin resistance: an ASNA-1 point mutant, in which the protein preferentially was found in the oxidized state, was sensitive to cisplatin and defective for TAP targeting but had no insulin secretion defect. The same was true for mutants in wrb-1, which we identify as the C. elegans homolog of WRB, the ASNA1/TRC40 receptor. Finally, we uncover a previously unknown action of cisplatin induced reactive oxygen species: cisplatin induced ROS drives ASNA-1 into the oxidized form, and selectively prevents an ASNA-1-dependent TAP substrate from reaching the endoplasmic reticulum. Our work suggests that ASNA-1 acts as a redox-sensitive target for cisplatin cytotoxicity and that cisplatin resistance is likely mediated by ASNA-1-dependent TAP substrates. Treatments that promote an oxidizing tumor environment should be explored as possible means to combat cisplatin resistance.
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- Dorota Raj
- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Surgery, Umeå University, 901 85, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Surgery, Umeå University, 901 85, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Department of Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Dudás EF, Huynen MA, Lesk AM, Pastore A. Invisible leashes: The tethering VAPs from infectious diseases to neurodegeneration. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100421. [PMID: 33609524 PMCID: PMC8005810 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Intracellular organelles do not, as thought for a long time, act in isolation but are dynamically tethered together by entire machines responsible for interorganelle trafficking and positioning. Among the proteins responsible for tethering is the family of VAMP-associated proteins (VAPs) that appear in all eukaryotes and are localized primarily in the endoplasmic reticulum. The major functional role of VAPs is to tether the endoplasmic reticulum with different organelles and regulate lipid metabolism and transport. VAPs have gained increasing attention because of their role in human pathology where they contribute to infections by viruses and bacteria and participate in neurodegeneration. In this review, we discuss the structure, evolution, and functions of VAPs, focusing more specifically on VAP-B for its relationship with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Erika F Dudás
- UK Dementia Research Institute at King's College London, The Maurice Wohl Institute, London, UK
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- Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics (CMBI), Radboud University Medical Centre, GA Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- UK Dementia Research Institute at King's College London, The Maurice Wohl Institute, London, UK.
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Oliveira D, Verjovski-Almeida S, Zatz M. Phenotypic heterogeneity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis type 8 and modifying mechanisms of neurodegeneration. Neural Regen Res 2021; 16:1776-1778. [PMID: 33510073 PMCID: PMC8328791 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.303030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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- Danyllo Oliveira
- Human Genome and Stem Cell Research Center, Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Expressão Gênica em Eucariotos, Instituto Butantan; Departmento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Human Genome and Stem Cell Research Center, Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Borgese N, Navone F, Nukina N, Yamanaka T. Mutant VAPB: Culprit or Innocent Bystander of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis? CONTACT (THOUSAND OAKS (VENTURA COUNTY, CALIF.)) 2021; 4:25152564211022515. [PMID: 37366377 PMCID: PMC10243577 DOI: 10.1177/25152564211022515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 05/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
Abstract
Nearly twenty years ago a mutation in the VAPB gene, resulting in a proline to serine substitution (p.P56S), was identified as the cause of a rare, slowly progressing, familial form of the motor neuron degenerative disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Since then, progress in unravelling the mechanistic basis of this mutation has proceeded in parallel with research on the VAP proteins and on their role in establishing membrane contact sites between the ER and other organelles. Analysis of the literature on cellular and animal models reviewed here supports the conclusion that P56S-VAPB, which is aggregation-prone, non-functional and unstable, is expressed at levels that are insufficient to support toxic gain-of-function or dominant negative effects within motor neurons. Instead, insufficient levels of the product of the single wild-type allele appear to be required for pathological effects, and may be the main driver of the disease. In light of the multiple interactions of the VAP proteins, we address the consequences of specific VAPB depletion and highlight various affected processes that could contribute to motor neuron degeneration. In the future, distinction of specific roles of each of the two VAP paralogues should help to further elucidate the basis of p.P56S familial ALS, as well as of other more common forms of the disease.
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- Nica Borgese
- CNR Institute of
Neuroscience, Vedano al Lambro (MB), Italy
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- Laboratory of Structural
Neuropathology, Doshisha University Graduate School of Brain Science,
Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Structural
Neuropathology, Doshisha University Graduate School of Brain Science,
Kyoto, Japan
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Yamanaka T, Nishiyama R, Shimogori T, Nukina N. Proteomics-Based Approach Identifies Altered ER Domain Properties by ALS-Linked VAPB Mutation. Sci Rep 2020; 10:7610. [PMID: 32376919 PMCID: PMC7203144 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64517-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
An ER transmembrane protein, vesicle-associated membrane protein-associated protein B (VAPB), binds to several organelle-resident membrane proteins to mediate ER-organelle tethering. Mutation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) induces protein misfolding and aggregation, leading to ER disorganization. Gain or loss of function is suggested for VAPB mutation, however comprehensive study focusing on VAPB-ER domain has yet been performed. We here conducted proteomic characterization of the ER containing VAPB and its ALS-linked P56S mutant. For this purpose, we first optimized the proteomics of different ER domains immuno-isolated from cultured cells, and identified ER sheet- and tubule-specific proteomes. By using these as references, we found that VAPB-ER proteome had intermediate ER domain properties but its tubular property was specifically decreased by its mutation. Biochemical, immunofluorescence and proximity ligation assays suggested this was mediated by delocalization of VAPB from ER tubules. The VAPB-ER proteomics further suggested reduced incorporation of multiple proteins located in different organelles, which was confirmed by proximity ligation assay. Taken together, our proteomics-based approach indicates altered ER domain properties and impaired ER-organelle tethering by VAPB mutation.
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- Tomoyuki Yamanaka
- Laboratory of Structural Neuropathology, Doshisha University Graduate School of Brain Science, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Structural Neuropathology, Doshisha University Graduate School of Brain Science, Kyoto, Japan
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- Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Development, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Laboratory of Structural Neuropathology, Doshisha University Graduate School of Brain Science, Kyoto, Japan.
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Slee JA, Levine TP. Systematic prediction of FFAT motifs across eukaryote proteomes identifies nucleolar and eisosome proteins with the predicted capacity to form bridges to the endoplasmic reticulum. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 2:1-21. [PMID: 31777772 DOI: 10.1177/2515256419883136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the most pervasive organelle, exchanges information and material with many other organelles, but the extent of its inter-organelle connections and the proteins that form bridges are not well known. The integral ER membrane protein VAMP-associated protein (VAP) is found in multiple bridges, interacting with many proteins that contain a short linear motif consisting of "two phenylalanines in an acidic tract" (FFAT). The VAP-FFAT interaction is the most common mechanism by which cytoplasmic proteins, particularly inter-organelle bridges, target the ER. Therefore, predicting new FFAT motifs may both find new individual peripheral ER proteins and identify new routes of communication involving the ER. Here we searched for FFAT motifs across whole proteomes. The excess of eukaryotic proteins with FFAT motifs over background was ≥0.8%, suggesting this is the minimum number of peripheral ER proteins. In yeast, where VAP was previously known to bind 4 proteins with FFAT motifs, a detailed analysis of a subset of proteins predicted 20 FFAT motifs. Extrapolating these findings to the whole proteome estimated the number of FFAT motifs in yeast at approximately 50-55 (0.9% of proteome). Among these previously unstudied FFAT motifs, most have known functions outside the ER, so could be involved in inter-organelle communication. Many of these can target well-characterised membrane contact sites, however some are in nucleoli and eisosomes, organelles previously unknown to have molecular bridges to the ER. We speculate that the nucleolar and eisosomal proteins with predicted motifs may function while bridging to the ER, indicating novel ER-nucleolus and ER-eisosome routes of inter-organelle communication.
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- UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK
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James C, Müller M, Goldberg MW, Lenz C, Urlaub H, Kehlenbach RH. Proteomic mapping by rapamycin-dependent targeting of APEX2 identifies binding partners of VAPB at the inner nuclear membrane. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:16241-16254. [PMID: 31519755 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.007283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2018] [Revised: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Vesicle-associated membrane protein-associated protein B (VAPB) is a tail-anchored protein that is present at several contact sites of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). We now show by immunoelectron microscopy that VAPB also localizes to the inner nuclear membrane (INM). Using a modified enhanced ascorbate peroxidase 2 (APEX2) approach with rapamycin-dependent targeting of the peroxidase to a protein of interest, we searched for proteins that are in close proximity to VAPB, particularly at the INM. In combination with stable isotope labeling with amino acids in cell culture (SILAC), we confirmed many well-known interaction partners at the level of the ER with a clear distinction between specific and nonspecific hits. Furthermore, we identified emerin, TMEM43, and ELYS as potential interaction partners of VAPB at the INM and the nuclear pore complex, respectively.
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- Christina James
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Georg August University Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Georg August University Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- Bioanalytics Group, Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.,Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Bioanalytics Group, Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.,Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Georg August University Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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Johnston KJA, Adams MJ, Nicholl BI, Ward J, Strawbridge RJ, Ferguson A, McIntosh AM, Bailey MES, Smith DJ. Genome-wide association study of multisite chronic pain in UK Biobank. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008164. [PMID: 31194737 PMCID: PMC6592570 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Revised: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Chronic pain is highly prevalent worldwide and represents a significant socioeconomic and public health burden. Several aspects of chronic pain, for example back pain and a severity-related phenotype ‘chronic pain grade’, have been shown previously to be complex heritable traits with a polygenic component. Additional pain-related phenotypes capturing aspects of an individual’s overall sensitivity to experiencing and reporting chronic pain have also been suggested as a focus for investigation. We made use of a measure of the number of sites of chronic pain in individuals within the UK general population. This measure, termed Multisite Chronic Pain (MCP), is a complex trait and its genetic architecture has not previously been investigated. To address this, we carried out a large-scale genome-wide association study (GWAS) of MCP in ~380,000 UK Biobank participants. Our findings were consistent with MCP having a significant polygenic component, with a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) heritability of 10.2%. In total 76 independent lead SNPs at 39 risk loci were associated with MCP. Additional gene-level association analyses identified neurogenesis, synaptic plasticity, nervous system development, cell-cycle progression and apoptosis genes as enriched for genetic association with MCP. Genetic correlations were observed between MCP and a range of psychiatric, autoimmune and anthropometric traits, including major depressive disorder (MDD), asthma and Body Mass Index (BMI). Furthermore, in Mendelian randomisation (MR) analyses a causal effect of MCP on MDD was observed. Additionally, a polygenic risk score (PRS) for MCP was found to significantly predict chronic widespread pain (pain all over the body), indicating the existence of genetic variants contributing to both of these pain phenotypes. Overall, our findings support the proposition that chronic pain involves a strong nervous system component with implications for our understanding of the physiology of chronic pain. These discoveries may also inform the future development of novel treatment approaches. Chronic pain is common worldwide and imposes a significant burden from a public health and socioeconomic perspective. The reasons why some individuals develop chronic pain and others do not are not fully understood. In this study we searched for genetic variants associated with chronic pain in a large general-population cohort. We also assessed how this genetic variation was correlated with a range of other diseases and traits, such as depression and BMI, and we tested for causal relationships between depression and chronic pain. We found that chronic pain was associated with several genes involved in brain function and development and was correlated with mental health and autoimmune traits (including depression, PTSD and asthma). We also found evidence for causal relationships between chronic pain and major depressive disorder. This work provides new insights into the genetics and underlying biology of chronic pain and may help to inform new treatment strategies.
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- Keira J. A. Johnston
- Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- School of Life Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Kamemura K, Chihara T. Multiple functions of the ER-resident VAP and its extracellular role in neural development and disease. J Biochem 2019; 165:391-400. [PMID: 30726905 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvz011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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VAP (VAMP-associated protein) is a type II integral membrane protein of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and its N-terminal major sperm protein (MSP) domain faces the cytoplasmic side. VAP functions as a tethering molecule at the membrane contact sites between the ER and intracellular organelles and regulates a wide variety of cellular functions, including lipid transport, membrane trafficking, microtubule reorganization and unfolded protein response. VAP-point mutations in human vapb are strongly associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Importantly, the MSP domain of VAP is cleaved, secreted and interacts with the axon growth cone guidance receptors (Eph, Robo, Lar), suggesting that VAP could function as a circulating hormone similar to the Caenorhabditis elegans MSP protein. In this review, we discuss not only the intracellular functions of VAP but also the recently discovered extracellular functions and their implications for neurodegenerative disease.
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- Kosuke Kamemura
- Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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Genevini P, Colombo MN, Venditti R, Marcuzzo S, Colombo SF, Bernasconi P, De Matteis MA, Borgese N, Navone F. VAPB depletion alters neuritogenesis and phosphoinositide balance in motoneuron-like cells: relevance to VAPB-linked amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Cell Sci 2019; 132:jcs.220061. [PMID: 30745341 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.220061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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VAPB and VAPA are ubiquitously expressed endoplasmic reticulum membrane proteins that play key roles in lipid exchange at membrane contact sites. A mutant, aggregation-prone, form of VAPB (P56S) is linked to a dominantly inherited form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; however, it has been unclear whether its pathogenicity is due to toxic gain of function, to negative dominance, or simply to insufficient levels of the wild-type protein produced from a single allele (haploinsufficiency). To investigate whether reduced levels of functional VAPB, independently from the presence of the mutant form, affect the physiology of mammalian motoneuron-like cells, we generated NSC34 clones, from which VAPB was partially or nearly completely depleted. VAPA levels, determined to be over fourfold higher than those of VAPB in untransfected cells, were unaffected. Nonetheless, cells with even partially depleted VAPB showed an increase in Golgi- and acidic vesicle-localized phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate (PI4P) and reduced neurite extension when induced to differentiate. Conversely, the PI4 kinase inhibitors PIK93 and IN-10 increased neurite elongation. Thus, for long-term survival, motoneurons might require the full dose of functional VAPB, which may have unique function(s) that VAPA cannot perform.
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- Paola Genevini
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Neuroscience Institute and BIOMETRA Department, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan 20129, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Neuroscience Institute and BIOMETRA Department, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan 20129, Italy
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- Neurology IV - Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico 'Carlo Besta', Milan 20133, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Neuroscience Institute and BIOMETRA Department, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan 20129, Italy
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- Neurology IV - Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico 'Carlo Besta', Milan 20133, Italy
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli 80078, Italy.,Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples 80133, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Neuroscience Institute and BIOMETRA Department, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan 20129, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Neuroscience Institute and BIOMETRA Department, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan 20129, Italy
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Regulation of targeting determinants in interorganelle communication. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2019; 57:106-114. [PMID: 30807956 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2018.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2018] [Revised: 12/27/2018] [Accepted: 12/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The field of interorganelle communication is now established as a major aspect of intracellular organisation, with a profusion of material and signals exchanged between organelles. One way to address interorganelle communication is to study the interactions of the proteins involved, particularly targeting interactions, which are a key way to regulate activity. While most peripheral membrane proteins have single determinants for membrane targeting, proteins involved in interorganelle communication have more than one such determinant, sometimes as many as four, as in Vps13. Here we review the targeting determinants, showing how they can be relatively hard to find, how they are regulated, and how proteins integrate information from multiple targeting determinants.
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Chaplot K, Pimpale L, Ramalingam B, Deivasigamani S, Kamat SS, Ratnaparkhi GS. SOD1 activity threshold and TOR signalling modulate VAP(P58S) aggregation via reactive oxygen species-induced proteasomal degradation in a Drosophila model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Dis Model Mech 2019; 12:dmm.033803. [PMID: 30635270 PMCID: PMC6398501 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.033803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an incurable, late-onset motor neuron disease, linked strongly to various causative genetic loci. ALS8 codes for a missense mutation, P56S, in VAMP-associated protein B (VAPB) that causes the protein to misfold and form cellular aggregates. Uncovering genes and mechanisms that affect aggregation dynamics would greatly help increase our understanding of the disease and lead to potential therapeutics. We developed a quantitative high-throughput Drosophila S2R+ cell-based kinetic assay coupled with fluorescent microscopy to score for genes involved in the modulation of aggregates of the fly orthologue, VAP(P58S), fused with GFP. A targeted RNA interference screen against 900 genes identified 150 hits that modify aggregation, including the ALS loci Sod1 and TDP43 (also known as TBPH), as well as genes belonging to the mTOR pathway. Further, a system to measure the extent of VAP(P58S) aggregation in the Drosophila larval brain was developed in order to validate the hits from the cell-based screen. In the larval brain, we find that reduction of SOD1 levels or decreased mTOR signalling reduces aggregation, presumably by increasing the levels of cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). The mechanism of aggregate clearance is, primarily, proteasomal degradation, which appears to be triggered by an increase in ROS. We have thus uncovered an interesting interplay between SOD1, ROS and mTOR signalling that regulates the dynamics of VAP aggregation. Mechanistic processes underlying such cellular regulatory networks will lead to better understanding of the initiation and progression of ALS.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
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- Kriti Chaplot
- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune 411008, India
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- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune 411008, India
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- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune 411008, India
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- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune 411008, India
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Portela M, Yang L, Paul S, Li X, Veraksa A, Parsons LM, Richardson HE. Lgl reduces endosomal vesicle acidification and Notch signaling by promoting the interaction between Vap33 and the V-ATPase complex. Sci Signal 2018; 11:11/533/eaar1976. [PMID: 29871910 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aar1976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Epithelial cell polarity is linked to the control of tissue growth and tumorigenesis. The tumor suppressor and cell polarity protein lethal-2-giant larvae (Lgl) promotes Hippo signaling and inhibits Notch signaling to restrict tissue growth in Drosophila melanogaster Notch signaling is greater in lgl mutant tissue than in wild-type tissue because of increased acidification of endosomal vesicles, which promotes the proteolytic processing and activation of Notch by γ-secretase. We showed that the increased Notch signaling and tissue growth defects of lgl mutant tissue depended on endosomal vesicle acidification mediated by the vacuolar adenosine triphosphatase (V-ATPase). Lgl promoted the activity of the V-ATPase by interacting with Vap33 (VAMP-associated protein of 33 kDa). Vap33 physically and genetically interacted with Lgl and V-ATPase subunits and repressed V-ATPase-mediated endosomal vesicle acidification and Notch signaling. Vap33 overexpression reduced the abundance of the V-ATPase component Vha44, whereas Lgl knockdown reduced the binding of Vap33 to the V-ATPase component Vha68-3. Our data indicate that Lgl promotes the binding of Vap33 to the V-ATPase, thus inhibiting V-ATPase-mediated endosomal vesicle acidification and thereby reducing γ-secretase activity, Notch signaling, and tissue growth. Our findings implicate the deregulation of Vap33 and V-ATPase activity in polarity-impaired epithelial cancers.
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- Marta Portela
- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia.,Cell Cycle and Development Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia.,Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Neurobiology, Cajal Institute, Avenida Doctor Arce, 37, Madrid 28002, Spain
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- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02125, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02125, USA
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia
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- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02125, USA
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- Cell Cycle and Development Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia.,Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia. .,Cell Cycle and Development Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia.,Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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VAP, a Versatile Access Point for the Endoplasmic Reticulum: Review and analysis of FFAT-like motifs in the VAPome. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2016; 1861:952-961. [PMID: 26898182 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2016.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2015] [Revised: 02/12/2016] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Dysfunction of VAMP-associated protein (VAP) is associated with neurodegeneration, both Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. Here we summarize what is known about the intracellular interactions of VAP in humans and model organisms. VAP is a simple, small and highly conserved protein on the cytoplasmic face of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). It is the sole protein on that large organelle that acts as a receptor for cytoplasmic proteins. This may explain the extremely wide range of interacting partners of VAP, with components of many cellular pathways binding it to access the ER. Many proteins that bind VAP also target other intracellular membranes, so VAP is a component of multiple molecular bridges at membrane contact sites between the ER and other organelles. So far approximately 100 proteins have been identified in the VAP interactome (VAPome), of which a small minority have a "two phenylalanines in an acidic tract" (FFAT) motif as it was originally defined. We have analyzed the entire VAPome in humans and yeast using a simple algorithm that identifies many more FFAT-like motifs. We show that approximately 50% of the VAPome binds directly or indirectly via the VAP-FFAT interaction. We also review evidence on pathogenesis in genetic disorders of VAP, which appear to arise from reduced overall VAP levels, leading to ER stress. It is not possible to identify one single interaction that underlies disease. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: The cellular lipid landscape edited by Tim P. Levine and Anant K. Menon.
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Ernst WL, Shome K, Wu CC, Gong X, Frizzell RA, Aridor M. VAMP-associated Proteins (VAP) as Receptors That Couple Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) Proteostasis with Lipid Homeostasis. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:5206-20. [PMID: 26740627 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.692749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Unesterified cholesterol accumulates in late endosomes in cells expressing the misfolded cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). CFTR misfolding in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) or general activation of ER stress led to dynein-mediated clustering of cholesterol-loaded late endosomes at the Golgi region, a process regulated by ER-localized VAMP-associated proteins (VAPs). We hypothesized that VAPs serve as intracellular receptors that couple lipid homeostasis through interactions with two phenylalanines in an acidic track (FFAT) binding signals (found in lipid sorting and sensing proteins, LSS) with proteostasis regulation. VAPB inhibited the degradation of ΔF508-CFTR. The activity was mapped to the ligand-binding major sperm protein (MSP) domain, which was sufficient in regulating CFTR biogenesis. We identified mutations in an unstructured loop within the MSP that uncoupled VAPB-regulated CFTR biogenesis from basic interactions with FFAT. Using this information, we defined functional and physical interactions between VAPB and proteostasis regulators (ligands), including the unfolded protein response sensor ATF6 and the ER degradation cluster that included FAF1, VCP, BAP31, and Derlin-1. VAPB inhibited the degradation of ΔF508-CFTR in the ER through interactions with the RMA1-Derlin-BAP31-VCP pathway. Analysis of pseudoligands containing tandem FFAT signals supports a competitive model for VAP interactions that direct CFTR biogenesis. The results suggest a model in which VAP-ligand binding couples proteostasis and lipid homeostasis leading to observed phenotypes of lipid abnormalities in protein folding diseases.
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- Wayne L Ernst
- From the Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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- From the Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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- From the Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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- From the Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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- From the Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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- From the Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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Huttlin EL, Ting L, Bruckner RJ, Gebreab F, Gygi MP, Szpyt J, Tam S, Zarraga G, Colby G, Baltier K, Dong R, Guarani V, Vaites LP, Ordureau A, Rad R, Erickson BK, Wühr M, Chick J, Zhai B, Kolippakkam D, Mintseris J, Obar RA, Harris T, Artavanis-Tsakonas S, Sowa ME, De Camilli P, Paulo JA, Harper JW, Gygi SP. The BioPlex Network: A Systematic Exploration of the Human Interactome. Cell 2015; 162:425-440. [PMID: 26186194 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.06.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 963] [Impact Index Per Article: 107.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2014] [Revised: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 06/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Protein interactions form a network whose structure drives cellular function and whose organization informs biological inquiry. Using high-throughput affinity-purification mass spectrometry, we identify interacting partners for 2,594 human proteins in HEK293T cells. The resulting network (BioPlex) contains 23,744 interactions among 7,668 proteins with 86% previously undocumented. BioPlex accurately depicts known complexes, attaining 80%-100% coverage for most CORUM complexes. The network readily subdivides into communities that correspond to complexes or clusters of functionally related proteins. More generally, network architecture reflects cellular localization, biological process, and molecular function, enabling functional characterization of thousands of proteins. Network structure also reveals associations among thousands of protein domains, suggesting a basis for examining structurally related proteins. Finally, BioPlex, in combination with other approaches, can be used to reveal interactions of biological or clinical significance. For example, mutations in the membrane protein VAPB implicated in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis perturb a defined community of interactors.
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- Edward L Huttlin
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Biogen, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Kun-Rodrigues C, Ganos C, Guerreiro R, Schneider SA, Schulte C, Lesage S, Darwent L, Holmans P, Singleton A, Bhatia K, Bras J. A systematic screening to identify de novo mutations causing sporadic early-onset Parkinson's disease. Hum Mol Genet 2015; 24:6711-20. [PMID: 26362251 PMCID: PMC4634375 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddv376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite the many advances in our understanding of the genetic basis of Mendelian forms of Parkinson's disease (PD), a large number of early-onset cases still remain to be explained. Many of these cases, present with a form of disease that is identical to that underlined by genetic causes, but do not have mutations in any of the currently known disease-causing genes. Here, we hypothesized that de novo mutations may account for a proportion of these early-onset, sporadic cases. We performed exome sequencing in full parent–child trios where the proband presents with typical PD to unequivocally identify de novo mutations. This approach allows us to test all genes in the genome in an unbiased manner. We have identified and confirmed 20 coding de novo mutations in 21 trios. We have used publicly available population genetic data to compare variant frequencies and our independent in-house dataset of exome sequencing in PD (with over 1200 cases) to identify additional variants in the same genes. Of the genes identified to carry de novo mutations, PTEN, VAPB and ASNA1 are supported by various sources of data to be involved in PD. We show that these genes are reported to be within a protein–protein interaction network with PD genes and that they contain additional rare, case-specific, mutations in our independent cohort of PD cases. Our results support the involvement of these three genes in PD and suggest that testing for de novo mutations in sporadic disease may aid in the identification of novel disease-causing genes.
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- Celia Kun-Rodrigues
- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3AR, UK
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg 20246, Germany, Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3AR, UK
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel 24105, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Tübingen, Germany, Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany
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- INSERM U M27, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Brain and Spinal Cord Institute (ICM), Paris 75013, France
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3AR, UK
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- Medical Research Council Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 4HQ, UK and
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institutes on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3AR, UK,
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Autophagy and Neurodegeneration: Insights from a Cultured Cell Model of ALS. Cells 2015; 4:354-86. [PMID: 26287246 PMCID: PMC4588041 DOI: 10.3390/cells4030354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2015] [Revised: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Autophagy plays a major role in the elimination of cellular waste components, the renewal of intracellular proteins and the prevention of the build-up of redundant or defective material. It is fundamental for the maintenance of homeostasis and especially important in post-mitotic neuronal cells, which, without competent autophagy, accumulate protein aggregates and degenerate. Many neurodegenerative diseases are associated with defective autophagy; however, whether altered protein turnover or accumulation of misfolded, aggregate-prone proteins is the primary insult in neurodegeneration has long been a matter of debate. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease characterized by selective degeneration of motor neurons. Most of the ALS cases occur in sporadic forms (SALS), while 10%–15% of the cases have a positive familial history (FALS). The accumulation in the cell of misfolded/abnormal proteins is a hallmark of both SALS and FALS, and altered protein degradation due to autophagy dysregulation has been proposed to contribute to ALS pathogenesis. In this review, we focus on the main molecular features of autophagy to provide a framework for discussion of our recent findings about the role in disease pathogenesis of the ALS-linked form of the VAPB gene product, a mutant protein that drives the generation of unusual cytoplasmic inclusions.
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