Journal: The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Article Title: α-synuclein buildup is alleviated via ESCRT-dependent endosomal degradation brought about by p38MAPK inhibition in cells expressing p25α
doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102531
Figure Lengend Snippet: Neither chaperone-mediated autophagy nor Nedd4/Ndfip-1 accounts for the SB203580 effect to increase αSyn turnover. A – D , NGF-differentiated PC12-αSyn/p25α cells were transduced with lentivectors expressing scrambled or LAMP2a shRNA, and after 2 days, lysates were analyzed for LAMP2a and actin, and the medium for secreted αSyn and LDH. B , quantitation of LAMP2a shRNA knockdown effect (one-way ANOVA, N = 5). C , conditioned medium from PC12-αSyn/p25α cells expressing scrambled or LAMP2a shRNA and treated with/without SB203580 was analyzed for αSyn by Western blotting (one-way ANOVA, N = 5). D , LDH content in conditioned medium (one-way ANOVA, N = 5). E , indirect immunofluorescence of αSyn (mAb LB509; in green ) and LAMP2a (in red ) in PC12-αSyn/p25α cells treated with 1 μM SB203580 and 10 μM E64 to inhibit lysosomal proteases. A representative image after analysis in ImageJ with a colocalization algorithm is shown, where colocalized pixels (if present) appear white . Note the peripheral localization of αSyn-positive vesicles, mostly separated from the perinuclear LAMP2a-positive lysosome pool ( inset ; pixel intensity scatter plot) yielding a Pearson coefficient of −0.08 ± 0.01 (n = 11 cells from two experiments). Bar represents 10 μm. F , conditioned medium from PC12-αSyn/p25α cells treated with/without SB203580 was either differentially centrifuged to obtain a washed exosomal pellet (Exo) or TCA-precipitated (TCA), and fractions were then analyzed by Western blotting for αSyn and Ndfip1. Note the presence of αSyn monomer (m) and oligomers (oli) in both exosome and concentrated supernatant (TCA) fractions, and that SB203580 increases Ndfip1 in exosomes, while decreasing αSyn. The shown blot is representative of two independent trials; all lanes are derived from the same membrane for αSyn and Ndfip1, respectively. Molecular weight markers are indicated. G , indirect immunofluorescence to show αSyn (mAb LB509) in relation to Ndfip1 and LAMP1 in PC12 cells expressing αSyn/p25α under basal conditions. Arrows indicate colocalization of αSyn, Ndfip1, and LAMP1. The shown images are representative of two independent experiments. The squared area in top right panel is depicted at higher magnification in the lower row of panels . Bar upper panels represent 10 μm; bar lower panels represent 2.5 μm. H , a representative image after analysis in the ImageJ colocalization algorithm is shown, where αSyn ( red ) and Ndfip1 ( green ) pixels appear white when colocalized ( arrows ). Analysis of αSyn/Ndfip1 colocalization yielded a Pearson coefficient of 0.13 ± 0.02 (n = 10 cells from a single representative experiment of two). Bar represents 10 μm. I – K , NGF-differentiated PC12-αSyn/p25α cells were transduced with lentivectors expressing scrambled or Ndfip1 shRNA and then treated with doxycycline for 2 days with/without SB203580 as indicated. I , representative Western blots are shown for Ndfip1 protein in the lysate and for secreted αSyn in the conditioned medium. J , quantitation of Ndfip1 knockdown (one-sample t test, N = 4). K , quantitation of αSyn release from PC12-αSyn/p25α cells that received scrambled or Ndfip1-shRNA treated or not with 1 or 2 μM SB203580 as indicated (one-way ANOVA, N = 4). All graphs show mean ± SEM. αSyn, α-synuclein; LAMP, lysosome-associated membrane protein; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; mAb, monoclonal antibody; NGF, nerve growth factor; TCA, trichloroacetic acid.
Article Snippet: Antibodies used included mouse total anti-αSyn monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) (catalog no.: 610787; BD Transduction Laboratories), 4B12 (catalog no.: MA1-90346; Invitrogen), LB509 (catalog no.: sc-58480; Santa Cruz), p-Ser129 αSyn (catalog no.: AB51253; Abcam), and rabbit anti-αSyn pAb (catalog no.: S3062; Sigma); rabbit anti-LC3B (catalog no.: L7543; Sigma or catalog no.: NB600-1364, Novus); anti-p62/SQSTM1 (catalog no.: P0067, Sigma; catalog no.: 51145, Cell Signaling); rabbit anti-LAMP2A pAb (catalog no.: ab18528, Abcam); rabbit anti-LAMP1 pAb (kind gift of Dr Sven Carlsson, Umeå University, Sweden); rat anti-hsc70 mAb (catalog no.: Ab19136, Abcam); rabbit anti-p38MAPKα (catalog no.: 9218, Cell Signaling Technology in A ; catalog no.: SMC-152D from StressMarq Biosciences in G ), and anti-p38MAPKγ (catalog no.: 2307, Cell Signaling) pAbs; p-p38MAPK was detected by mAb (catalog no.: 4511S, Cell Signaling Technology), and total p38MAPK was detected by rabbit pAb (catalog no.: 9212; Cell Signaling Technology); anti-mouse β-actin (catalog no.: A5441, Sigma), Map2 (catalog no.: M4403, Sigma), and ubiquitin (catalog no.: VU1, Synaptic Systems) mAbs were used.
Techniques: Transduction, Expressing, shRNA, Quantitation Assay, Knockdown, Western Blot, Immunofluorescence, Derivative Assay, Membrane, Molecular Weight