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The Ubiquitin Proteasome System in Neuromuscular Disorders: Moving Beyond Movement. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21176429. [PMID: 32899400 PMCID: PMC7503226 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21176429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 08/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Neuromuscular disorders (NMDs) affect 1 in 3000 people worldwide. There are more than 150 different types of NMDs, where the common feature is the loss of muscle strength. These disorders are classified according to their neuroanatomical location, as motor neuron diseases, peripheral nerve diseases, neuromuscular junction diseases, and muscle diseases. Over the years, numerous studies have pointed to protein homeostasis as a crucial factor in the development of these fatal diseases. The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) plays a fundamental role in maintaining protein homeostasis, being involved in protein degradation, among other cellular functions. Through a cascade of enzymatic reactions, proteins are ubiquitinated, tagged, and translocated to the proteasome to be degraded. Within the ubiquitin system, we can find three main groups of enzymes: E1 (ubiquitin-activating enzymes), E2 (ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes), and E3 (ubiquitin-protein ligases). Only the ubiquitinated proteins with specific chain linkages (such as K48) will be degraded by the UPS. In this review, we describe the relevance of this system in NMDs, summarizing the UPS proteins that have been involved in pathological conditions and neuromuscular disorders, such as Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), or Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), among others. A better knowledge of the processes involved in the maintenance of proteostasis may pave the way for future progress in neuromuscular disorder studies and treatments.
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Wasserman SS, Shteiman-Kotler A, Harris K, Iliadi KG, Persaud A, Zhong Y, Zhang Y, Fang X, Boulianne GL, Stewart B, Rotin D. Regulation of SH3PX1 by dNedd4-long at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. J Biol Chem 2018; 294:1739-1752. [PMID: 30518551 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.005161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Revised: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Drosophila Nedd4 (dNedd4) is a HECT E3 ubiquitin ligase present in two major isoforms: short (dNedd4S) and long (dNedd4Lo), with the latter containing two unique regions (N terminus and Middle). Although dNedd4S promotes neuromuscular synaptogenesis (NMS), dNedd4Lo inhibits it and impairs larval locomotion. To explain how dNedd4Lo inhibits NMS, MS analysis was performed to find its binding partners and identified SH3PX1, which binds dNedd4Lo unique Middle region. SH3PX1 contains SH3, PX, and BAR domains and is present at neuromuscular junctions, where it regulates active zone ultrastructure and presynaptic neurotransmitter release. Here, we demonstrate direct binding of SH3PX1 to the dNedd4Lo Middle region (which contains a Pro-rich sequence) in vitro and in cells, via the SH3PX1-SH3 domain. In Drosophila S2 cells, dNedd4Lo overexpression reduces SH3PX1 levels at the cell periphery. In vivo overexpression of dNedd4Lo post-synaptically, but not pre-synaptically, reduces SH3PX1 levels at the subsynaptic reticulum and impairs neurotransmitter release. Unexpectedly, larvae that overexpress dNedd4Lo post-synaptically and are heterozygous for a null mutation in SH3PX1 display increased neurotransmission compared with dNedd4Lo or SH3PX1 mutant larvae alone, suggesting a compensatory effect from the remaining SH3PX1 allele. These results suggest a post-synaptic-specific regulation of SH3PX1 by dNedd4Lo.
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- Samantha S Wasserman
- Hospital for Sick Children, Cell Biology and Developmental and Stem Cell Biology programs, University of Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4, Canada; Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4, Canada
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- Hospital for Sick Children, Cell Biology and Developmental and Stem Cell Biology programs, University of Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4, Canada; Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4, Canada
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- Department of Cell and System Biology, University of Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4, Canada
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- Hospital for Sick Children, Cell Biology and Developmental and Stem Cell Biology programs, University of Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4, Canada
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- Hospital for Sick Children, Cell Biology and Developmental and Stem Cell Biology programs, University of Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4, Canada
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- Hospital for Sick Children, Cell Biology and Developmental and Stem Cell Biology programs, University of Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4, Canada; Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4, Canada
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Jilin University, Changchun 130033, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Jilin University, Changchun 130033, China
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- Hospital for Sick Children, Cell Biology and Developmental and Stem Cell Biology programs, University of Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4, Canada; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4, Canada
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- Department of Cell and System Biology, University of Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4, Canada
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- Hospital for Sick Children, Cell Biology and Developmental and Stem Cell Biology programs, University of Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4, Canada; Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4, Canada.
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Justice ED, Barnum SJ, Kidd T. The WAGR syndrome gene PRRG4 is a functional homologue of the commissureless axon guidance gene. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1006865. [PMID: 28859078 PMCID: PMC5578492 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 06/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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WAGR syndrome is characterized by Wilm's tumor, aniridia, genitourinary abnormalities and intellectual disabilities. WAGR is caused by a chromosomal deletion that includes the PAX6, WT1 and PRRG4 genes. PRRG4 is proposed to contribute to the autistic symptoms of WAGR syndrome, but the molecular function of PRRG4 genes remains unknown. The Drosophila commissureless (comm) gene encodes a short transmembrane protein characterized by PY motifs, features that are shared by the PRRG4 protein. Comm intercepts the Robo axon guidance receptor in the ER/Golgi and targets Robo for degradation, allowing commissural axons to cross the CNS midline. Expression of human Robo1 in the fly CNS increases midline crossing and this was enhanced by co-expression of PRRG4, but not CYYR, Shisa or the yeast Rcr genes. In cell culture experiments, PRRG4 could re-localize hRobo1 from the cell surface, suggesting that PRRG4 is a functional homologue of Comm. Comm is required for axon guidance and synapse formation in the fly, so PRRG4 could contribute to the autistic symptoms of WAGR by disturbing either of these processes in the developing human brain.
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- Elizabeth D. Justice
- Department of Biology/ms 314, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America
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- Department of Biology/ms 314, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America
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- Department of Biology/ms 314, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America
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Taciano PF, Iohanna GPK, Paulo HT, Alex SC, Jaqueline CMB, Wellington DSM, Raimundo WDSA. Influence of seasonality on the yield and composition of the essential oil of Siparuna guianensis Aublet. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.5897/ajb2017.16109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Hu L, Wang P, Zhao R, Li S, Wang F, Li C, Cao L, Wu S. The Drosophila F-box protein Slimb controls dSmurf protein turnover to regulate the Hippo pathway. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2016; 482:317-322. [PMID: 27856247 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.11.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2016] [Accepted: 11/11/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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SMAD ubiquitination regulatory factors 1 and 2 (Smurf1/2) are members of the HECT domain E3 ligase family which play crucial roles in the regulation of cell cycle progression, planar cell polarity, cancer metastasis and cell apoptosis. We recently showed that the Drosophila homolog dSmurf controls the stability of Warts kinase to regulate the Hippo pathway. In the current study, we found that the F-box protein Slimb controls dSmurf protein level to regulate the Hippo pathway. Slimb physically associates with dSmurf as revealed by co-immunoprecipitation assay in S2 cells. The C-terminal WD40 repeats of Slimb (188-510 amino acid) and the C-terminal HECT domain of dSmurf (723-1061 amino acid) are necessary for their binding. Interaction with Slimb leads to the ubiquitination and degradation of dSmurf, resulting in negative regulation of dSmurf-mediated Yki phosphorylation and activity in the Hippo pathway. Thus our study revealed a new regulatory mechanism of the Hippo pathway which may provide implications for developing tumor treatment.
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- Liangchang Hu
- The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology and College of Life Science; Nankai University; Tianjin, PR China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology and College of Life Science; Nankai University; Tianjin, PR China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology and College of Life Science; Nankai University; Tianjin, PR China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology and College of Life Science; Nankai University; Tianjin, PR China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology and College of Life Science; Nankai University; Tianjin, PR China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology and College of Life Science; Nankai University; Tianjin, PR China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology and College of Life Science; Nankai University; Tianjin, PR China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology and College of Life Science; Nankai University; Tianjin, PR China.
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Safi F, Shteiman-Kotler A, Zhong Y, Iliadi KG, Boulianne GL, Rotin D. Drosophila Nedd4-long reduces Amphiphysin levels in muscles and leads to impaired T-tubule formation. Mol Biol Cell 2016; 27:907-18. [PMID: 26823013 PMCID: PMC4791135 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e15-06-0420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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An isoform of the fly ubiquitin ligase Nedd4 binds and degrades Amphiphysin, a postsynaptic and transverse tubule (T-tubule) protein in flies, thus impairing T-tubule formation and muscle function. Drosophila Nedd4 (dNedd4) is a HECT ubiquitin ligase with two main splice isoforms: dNedd4-short (dNedd4S) and -long (dNedd4Lo). DNedd4Lo has a unique N-terminus containing a Pro-rich region. We previously showed that whereas dNedd4S promotes neuromuscular synaptogenesis, dNedd4Lo inhibits it and impairs larval locomotion. To delineate the cause of the impaired locomotion, we searched for binding partners to the N-terminal unique region of dNedd4Lo in larval lysates using mass spectrometry and identified Amphiphysin (dAmph). dAmph is a postsynaptic protein containing SH3-BAR domains and regulates muscle transverse tubule (T-tubule) formation in flies. We validated the interaction by coimmunoprecipitation and showed direct binding between dAmph-SH3 domain and dNedd4Lo N-terminus. Accordingly, dNedd4Lo was colocalized with dAmph postsynaptically and at muscle T-tubules. Moreover, expression of dNedd4Lo in muscle during embryonic development led to disappearance of dAmph and impaired T-tubule formation, phenocopying amph-null mutants. This effect was not seen in muscles expressing dNedd4S or a catalytically-inactive dNedd4Lo(C→A). We propose that dNedd4Lo destabilizes dAmph in muscles, leading to impaired T-tubule formation and muscle function.
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- Frozan Safi
- Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada Biochemistry Department, University of Toronto, Toronto ON M5S 1A1, Canada
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- Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada Biochemistry Department, University of Toronto, Toronto ON M5S 1A1, Canada
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- Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada Biochemistry Department, University of Toronto, Toronto ON M5S 1A1, Canada
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- Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada Molecular Genetics Department, University of Toronto, Toronto ON M5S 1A1, Canada
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- Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada Biochemistry Department, University of Toronto, Toronto ON M5S 1A1, Canada
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Davies SE, Hallett PJ, Moens T, Smith G, Mangano E, Kim HT, Goldberg AL, Liu JL, Isacson O, Tofaris GK. Enhanced ubiquitin-dependent degradation by Nedd4 protects against α-synuclein accumulation and toxicity in animal models of Parkinson's disease. Neurobiol Dis 2014; 64:79-87. [PMID: 24388974 PMCID: PMC3988924 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2013.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2013] [Revised: 12/19/2013] [Accepted: 12/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by accumulation and misfolding of α-synuclein. Although the level of α-synuclein in neurons is fundamentally linked to the onset of neurodegeneration, multiple pathways have been implicated in its degradation, and it remains unclear which are the critical ubiquitination enzymes that protect against α-synuclein accumulation in vivo. The ubiquitin ligase Nedd4 targets α-synuclein to the endosomal-lysosomal pathway in cultured cells. Here we asked whether Nedd4-mediated degradation protects against α-synuclein-induced toxicity in the Drosophila and rodent models of Parkinson's disease. We show that overexpression of Nedd4 can rescue the degenerative phenotype from ectopic expression of α-synuclein in the Drosophila eye. Overexpressed Nedd4 in the Drosophila brain prevented the α-synuclein-induced locomotor defect whereas reduction in endogenous Nedd4 by RNAi led to worsening motor function and increased loss of dopaminergic neurons. Accordingly, AAV-mediated expression of wild-type but not the catalytically inactive Nedd4 decreased the α-synuclein-induced dopaminergic cell loss in the rat substantia nigra and reduced α-synuclein accumulation. Collectively, our data in two evolutionarily distant model organisms strongly suggest that Nedd4 is a modifier of α-synuclein pathobiology and thus a potential target for neuroprotective therapies.
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- Sian E Davies
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK; Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre, University of Oxford, UK; MRC Functional Genomics Unit, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, UK
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- Neuroregeneration Research Institute, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK; Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre, University of Oxford, UK
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- Neuroregeneration Research Institute, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA
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- Neuroregeneration Research Institute, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA
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- MRC Functional Genomics Unit, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, UK
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- Neuroregeneration Research Institute, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK; Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre, University of Oxford, UK.
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Tian X, Wu C. The role of ubiquitin-mediated pathways in regulating synaptic development, axonal degeneration and regeneration: insights from fly and worm. J Physiol 2013; 591:3133-43. [PMID: 23613532 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.247940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The covalent attachment of the 76 amino acid peptide ubiquitin to target proteins is a rapid and reversible modification that regulates protein stability, activity and localization. As such, it is a potent mechanism for sculpting the synapse. Recent studies from two genetic model organisms, Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila, have provided mounting evidence that ubiquitin-mediated pathways play important roles in controlling the presynaptic size, synaptic elimination and stabilization, synaptic transmission, postsynaptic receptor abundance, axonal degeneration and regeneration. While the data supporting the requirement of ubiquitination/deubiquitination for normal synaptic development and repair are compelling, detailed analyses of signalling events up- and downstream of these ubiquitin modifications are often challenging. This article summarizes the related research conducted in worms and flies and provides insight into the fundamental questions facing this field.
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- Xiaolin Tian
- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Muñoz-Soriano V, Nieto-Arellano R, Paricio N. Septin 4, the drosophila ortholog of human CDCrel-1, accumulates in parkin mutant brains and is functionally related to the Nedd4 E3 ubiquitin ligase. J Mol Neurosci 2012; 48:136-43. [PMID: 22562816 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-012-9788-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2012] [Accepted: 04/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder. Although most PD cases are sporadic, several loci have been involved in the disease. parkin (PARK) is causative of autosomal recessive juvenile Parkinsonism (ARJP) and encodes an E3 ubiquitin ligase associated with proteasomal degradation. It was proposed that loss of PARK function may lead to the toxic accumulation of its substrates in the brain, thus causing dopaminergic (DA) neuron death. Indeed, the first identified PARK substrate was CDCrel-1, a protein of the Septin family that accumulates in ARPJ brains. Drosophila has been used as a successful model organism to study PD broadly contributing to the understanding of the disease. Consistently, park mutant flies recapitulate some key features of ARJP patients. In this scenario, we previously reported that overexpression of Septin 4 (Sep4), the Drosophila ortholog of CDCrel-1, is toxic for DA neurons and interacts physically with Park, thus suggesting that Sep4 could be a Park substrate in Drosophila. Confirming this hypothesis, we show that Sep4 accumulates in park mutant brains as its human counterpart. Furthermore, we demonstrate that Nedd4, another E3 ubiquitin ligase that may have a role in PD, is functionally related to Sep4 and could be involved in regulating Sep4 subcellular localization/trafficking.
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- Verónica Muñoz-Soriano
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de CC Biológicas, Universidad de Valencia, Dr. Moliner 50, Burjassot, 46100, Valencia, Spain
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