Title
The homocysteine-inducible endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress protein Herp counteracts mutant -synuclein-induced ER stress via the homeostatic regulation of ER-resident calcium release channel proteins
Abbreviated Journal Title
Hum. Mol. Genet.
Keywords
ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; PARKINSONS-DISEASE; DOPAMINERGIC-NEURONS; RYANODINE; RECEPTOR; SUBSTANTIA-NIGRA; CORTICAL-NEURONS; NEUROTOXIN MODEL; DEGRADATION; APOPTOSIS; DEATH; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Genetics & Heredity
Abstract
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been implicated as an initiator or contributing factor in neurodegenerative diseases. The mechanisms that lead to ER stress and whereby ER stress contributes to the degenerative cascades remain unclear but their understanding is critical to devising effective therapies. Here we show that knockdown of Herp (Homocysteine-inducible ER stress protein), an ER stress-inducible protein with an ubiquitin-like (UBL) domain, aggravates ER stress-mediated cell death induced by mutant -synuclein (Syn) that causes an inherited form of Parkinsons disease (PD). Functionally, Herp plays a role in maintaining ER homeostasis by facilitating proteasome-mediated degradation of ER-resident Ca-2 release channels. Deletion of the UBL domain or pharmacological inhibition of proteasomes abolishes the Herp-mediated stabilization of ER Ca-2 homeostasis. Furthermore, knockdown or pharmacological inhibition of ER Ca-2 release channels ameliorates ER stress, suggesting that impaired homeostatic regulation of Ca-2 channels promotes a protracted ER stress with the consequent activation of ER stress-associated apoptotic pathways. Interestingly, sustained upregulation of ER stress markers and aberrant accumulation of ER Ca-2 release channels were detected in transgenic mutant A53T-Syn mice. Collectively, these data establish a causative link between impaired ER Ca-2 homeostasis and chronic ER stress in the degenerative cascades induced by mutant Syn and suggest that Herp is essential for the resolution of ER stress through maintenance of ER Ca-2 homeostasis. Our findings suggest a therapeutic potential in PD for agents that increase Herp levels or its ER Ca-2-stabilizing action.
Journal Title
Human Molecular Genetics
Volume
21
Issue/Number
5
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Document Type
Article
DOI Link
Language
English
First Page
963
Last Page
977
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0964-6906
Recommended Citation
"The homocysteine-inducible endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress protein Herp counteracts mutant -synuclein-induced ER stress via the homeostatic regulation of ER-resident calcium release channel proteins" (2012). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 2283.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/2283
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