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@ARTICLE{Pollmanns:164948,
author = {Pollmanns, Maike R and Beer, Judith and Rosignol, Ines and
Rodriguez-Muela, Natalia and Falkenburger, Björn H and
Dinter, Elisabeth},
title = {{A}ctivated {E}ndolysosomal {C}ation {C}hannel {TRPML}1
{F}acilitates {M}aturation of α-{S}ynuclein-{C}ontaining
{A}utophagosomes.},
journal = {Frontiers in cellular neuroscience},
volume = {16},
issn = {1662-5102},
address = {Lausanne},
publisher = {Frontiers Research Foundation},
reportid = {DZNE-2022-01352},
pages = {861202},
year = {2022},
abstract = {Background: Protein aggregates are degraded via the
autophagy-lysosome pathway and alterations in the lysosomal
system leading to the accumulation of pathogenic proteins,
including aggregates of α-synuclein in Parkinson's disease
(PD). The importance of the endolysosomal transient receptor
potential cation channel, mucolipin subfamily 1 (TRPML1) for
the lysosomal function is highlighted by the fact that
TRPML1 mutations cause the lysosomal storage disease
mucolipidosis type IV. In this study, we investigated the
mechanism by which activation of TRPML1 affects the
degradation of α-synuclein. Methods: As a model of
α-synuclein pathology, we expressed the pathogenic
A53Tα-synuclein mutant in HEK293T cells. These cells were
treated with the synthetic TRPML1 agonist ML-SA1. The amount
of α-synuclein protein was determined by immunoblots. The
abundance of aggregates and autolysosomal vesicles was
determined by fluorescence microscopy and
immunocytochemistry. Findings were confirmed by life-cell
imaging and by application of ML-SA1 and the TRPML1
antagonist ML-SI3 to human dopaminergic neurons and human
stem cell-derived neurons. Results: ML-SA1 reduced the
percentage of HEK293T cells with α-synuclein aggregates and
the amount of α-synuclein protein. The effect of ML-SA1 was
blocked by pharmacological and genetic inhibition of
autophagy. Consistent with TRPML function, it required the
membrane lipid PI(3,5)P2, and cytosolic calcium. ML-SA1
shifted the composition of autophagosomes towards a higher
fraction of mature autolysosomes, also in presence of
α-synuclein. In neurons, inhibition of TRPML1 by its
antagonist ML-SI3 blocked autophagosomal clearance, whereas
the agonist ML-SA1 shifted the composition of a-synuclein
particles towards a higher fraction of acidified particles.
ML-SA1 was able to override the effect of Bafilomycin A1,
which blocks the fusion of the autophagosome and lysosome
and its acidification. Conclusion: These findings suggest,
that activating TRPML1 with ML-SA1 facilitates clearance of
α-synuclein aggregates primarily by affecting the late
steps of the autophagy, i.e., by promoting autophagosome
maturation. In agreement with recent work by others, our
findings indicate that TRPML1 might constitute a plausible
therapeutic target for PD, that warrants further validation
in rodent models of α-synuclein pathology.},
keywords = {ML-SA1 (Other) / Parkinson’s disease (Other) / TRPML1
(Other) / acidification (Other) / autolysosome maturation
(Other) / autophagy (Other) / mucolipin-1 (Other) /
synuclein (Other)},
cin = {AG Falkenburger / AG Rodriguez-Muela},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1710012 / I:(DE-2719)1713001},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353) / 352 -
Disease Mechanisms (POF4-352)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-352},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:35875350},
pmc = {pmc:PMC9296810},
doi = {10.3389/fncel.2022.861202},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/164948},
}