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Human Molecular Genetics, 2001, Vol. 10, No. 10 1049-1059
© 2001 Oxford University Press

Altered proteasomal function due to the expression of polyglutamine-expanded truncated N-terminal huntingtin induces apoptosis by caspase activation through mitochondrial cytochrome c release

Nihar Ranjan Jana, Evgueni A. Zemskov, Guang-hui Wang and Nobuyuki Nukina+

Laboratory for CAG Repeat Diseases, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan

Expansion of CAG repeats within the coding region of target genes is the cause of several autosomal dominant neurodegenerative diseases including Huntington’s disease (HD). A hallmark of HD is the proteolytic production of N-terminal fragments of huntingtin containing polyglutamine repeats that form ubiquitinated aggregates in the nucleus and cytoplasm of the affected neurons. In this study, we used an ecdysone-inducible stable mouse neuro2a cell line that expresses truncated N-terminal huntingtin (tNhtt) with different polyglutamine length, along with mice transgenic for HD exon 1, to demonstrate that the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway is involved in the pathogenesis of HD. Proteasomal 20S core catalytic component was redistributed to the polyglutamine aggregates in both the cellular and transgenic mouse models. Proteasome inhibitor dramatically increased the rate of aggregate formation caused by tNhtt protein with 60 glutamine (60Q) repeats, but had very little influence on aggregate formation by tNhtt protein with 150Q repeats. Both normal and polyglutamine-expanded tNhtt proteins were degraded by proteasome, but the rate of degradation was inversely proportional to the repeat length. The shift of the proteasomal components from the total cellular environment to the aggregates, as well as the comparatively slower degradation of tNhtt with longer polyglutamine, decreased the proteasome’s availability for degrading other key target proteins, such as p53. This altered proteasomal function was associated with disrupted mitochondrial membrane potential, released cytochrome c from mitochondria into the cytosol and activated caspase-9- and caspase-3-like proteases. These results suggest that the impaired proteasomal function plays an important role in polyglutamine protein-induced cell death.

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Tauroursodeoxycholic acid, a bile acid, is neuroprotective in a transgenic animal model of Huntington's disease
PNAS, August 6, 2002; 99(16): 10671 - 10676.
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Physiol. Rev.Home page
M. P. Mattson, S. L. Chan, and W. Duan
Modification of Brain Aging and Neurodegenerative Disorders by Genes, Diet, and Behavior
Physiol Rev, July 1, 2002; 82(3): 637 - 672.
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Genes Dev.Home page
H. Nishitoh, A. Matsuzawa, K. Tobiume, K. Saegusa, K. Takeda, K. Inoue, S. Hori, A. Kakizuka, and H. Ichijo
ASK1 is essential for endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced neuronal cell death triggered by expanded polyglutamine repeats
Genes & Dev., June 1, 2002; 16(11): 1345 - 1355.
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B. Ravikumar, R. Duden, and D. C. Rubinsztein
Aggregate-prone proteins with polyglutamine and polyalanine expansions are degraded by autophagy
Hum. Mol. Genet., May 1, 2002; 11(9): 1107 - 1117.
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K. Lindsten, F. M.S. de Vrij, L. G.G.C. Verhoef, D. F. Fischer, F. W. van Leeuwen, E. M. Hol, M. G. Masucci, and N. P. Dantuma
Mutant ubiquitin found in neurodegenerative disorders is a ubiquitin fusion degradation substrate that blocks proteasomal degradation
J. Cell Biol., April 29, 2002; 157(3): 417 - 427.
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S Davies and D B Ramsden
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Mol. Pathol., December 1, 2001; 54(6): 409 - 413.
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E. Martin-Aparicio, A. Yamamoto, F. Hernandez, R. Hen, J. Avila, and J. J. Lucas
Proteasomal-Dependent Aggregate Reversal and Absence of Cell Death in a Conditional Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease
J. Neurosci., November 15, 2001; 21(22): 8772 - 8781.
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Hum Mol GenetHome page
C. Zander, J. Takahashi, K. H. El Hachimi, H. Fujigasaki, V. Albanese, A. S. Lebre, G. Stevanin, C. Duyckaerts, and A. Brice
Similarities between spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7) cell models and human brain: proteins recruited in inclusions and activation of caspase-3
Hum. Mol. Genet., October 1, 2001; 10(22): 2569 - 2579.
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C. J. Cummings, Y. Sun, P. Opal, B. Antalffy, R. Mestril, H. T. Orr, W. H. Dillmann, and H. Y. Zoghbi
Over-expression of inducible HSP70 chaperone suppresses neuropathology and improves motor function in SCA1 mice
Hum. Mol. Genet., July 1, 2001; 10(14): 1511 - 1518.
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JCBHome page
K. Lindsten, F. M.S. de Vrij, L. G.G.C. Verhoef, D. F. Fischer, F. W. van Leeuwen, E. M. Hol, M. G. Masucci, and N. P. Dantuma
Mutant ubiquitin found in neurodegenerative disorders is a ubiquitin fusion degradation substrate that blocks proteasomal degradation
J. Cell Biol., April 29, 2002; 157(3): 417 - 427.
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