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2. Defects in translation-dependent quality control pathways lead to convergent molecular and neurodevelopmental pathology
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Markus Terrey, Scott I Adamson, Jeffrey H Chuang, and Susan L Ackerman
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cerebellum ,neurogenesis ,translation ,ribosome ,n-Tr20 ,Medicine ,Science ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 - Abstract
Translation-dependent quality control pathways such as no-go decay (NGD), non-stop decay (NSD), and nonsense-mediated decay (NMD) govern protein synthesis and proteostasis by resolving non-translating ribosomes and preventing the production of potentially toxic peptides derived from faulty and aberrant mRNAs. However, how translation is altered and the in vivo defects that arise in the absence of these pathways are poorly understood. Here, we show that the NGD/NSD factors Pelo and Hbs1l are critical in mice for cerebellar neurogenesis but expendable for survival of these neurons after development. Analysis of mutant mouse embryonic fibroblasts revealed translational pauses, alteration of signaling pathways, and translational reprogramming. Similar effects on signaling pathways, including mTOR activation, the translatome and mouse cerebellar development were observed upon deletion of the NMD factor Upf2. Our data reveal that these quality control pathways that function to mitigate errors at distinct steps in translation can evoke similar cellular responses.
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- 2021
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3. GTPBP1 resolves paused ribosomes to maintain neuronal homeostasis
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Markus Terrey, Scott I Adamson, Alana L Gibson, Tianda Deng, Ryuta Ishimura, Jeffrey H Chuang, and Susan L Ackerman
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tRNA-Arg-TCT-4-1 ,ribosome stalling ,cerebellum ,granule cells ,hippocampus ,retina ,Medicine ,Science ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 - Abstract
Ribosome-associated quality control pathways respond to defects in translational elongation to recycle arrested ribosomes and degrade aberrant polypeptides and mRNAs. Loss of a tRNA gene leads to ribosomal pausing that is resolved by the translational GTPase GTPBP2, and in its absence causes neuron death. Here, we show that loss of the homologous protein GTPBP1 during tRNA deficiency in the mouse brain also leads to codon-specific ribosome pausing and neurodegeneration, suggesting that these non-redundant GTPases function in the same pathway to mitigate ribosome pausing. As observed in Gtpbp2-/- mice (Ishimura et al., 2016), GCN2-mediated activation of the integrated stress response (ISR) was apparent in the Gtpbp1-/- brain. We observed decreased mTORC1 signaling which increased neuronal death, whereas ISR activation was neuroprotective. Our data demonstrate that GTPBP1 functions as an important quality control mechanism during translation elongation and suggest that translational signaling pathways intricately interact to regulate neuronal homeostasis during defective elongation.
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- 2020
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4. Notch signaling regulates UNC5B to suppress endothelial proliferation, migration, junction activity, and retinal plexus branching
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Qanber Raza, Taliha Nadeem, Seock-Won Youn, Bhairavi Swaminathan, Ahana Gupta, Timothy Sargis, Jing Du, Henar Cuervo, Anne Eichmann, Susan L. Ackerman, L. A. Naiche, and Jan Kitajewski
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Retinal angiogenesis ,Notch effectors ,UNC5B ,Endothelial proliferation ,Endothelial migration ,Cell–cell adhesion ,Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Abstract Notch signaling guides vascular development and function by regulating diverse endothelial cell behaviors, including migration, proliferation, vascular density, endothelial junctions, and polarization in response to flow. Notch proteins form transcriptional activation complexes that regulate endothelial gene expression, but few of the downstream effectors that enable these phenotypic changes have been characterized in endothelial cells, limiting our understanding of vascular Notch activities. Using an unbiased screen of translated mRNA rapidly regulated by Notch signaling, we identified novel in vivo targets of Notch signaling in neonatal mouse brain endothelium, including UNC5B, a member of the netrin family of angiogenic-regulatory receptors. Endothelial Notch signaling rapidly upregulates UNC5B in multiple endothelial cell types. Loss or gain of UNC5B recapitulated specific Notch-regulated phenotypes. UNC5B expression inhibited endothelial migration and proliferation and was required for stabilization of endothelial junctions in response to shear stress. Loss of UNC5B partially or wholly blocked the ability of Notch activation to regulate these endothelial cell behaviors. In the developing mouse retina, endothelial-specific loss of UNC5B led to excessive vascularization, including increased vascular outgrowth, density, and branchpoint count. These data indicate that Notch signaling upregulates UNC5B as an effector protein to control specific endothelial cell behaviors and inhibit angiogenic growth.
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- 2024
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5. Activation of GCN2 kinase by ribosome stalling links translation elongation with translation initiation
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Ryuta Ishimura, Gabor Nagy, Ivan Dotu, Jeffrey H Chuang, and Susan L Ackerman
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translation elongation ,neurodegeneration ,translation initiation ,Medicine ,Science ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 - Abstract
Ribosome stalling during translation has recently been shown to cause neurodegeneration, yet the signaling pathways triggered by stalled elongation complexes are unknown. To investigate these pathways we analyzed the brain of C57BL/6J-Gtpbp2nmf205-/- mice in which neuronal elongation complexes are stalled at AGA codons due to deficiencies in a tRNAArgUCU tRNA and GTPBP2, a mammalian ribosome rescue factor. Increased levels of phosphorylation of eIF2α (Ser51) were detected prior to neurodegeneration in these mice and transcriptome analysis demonstrated activation of ATF4, a key transcription factor in the integrated stress response (ISR) pathway. Genetic experiments showed that this pathway was activated by the eIF2α kinase, GCN2, in an apparent deacylated tRNA-independent fashion. Further we found that the ISR attenuates neurodegeneration in C57BL/6J-Gtpbp2nmf205-/- mice, underscoring the importance of cellular and stress context on the outcome of activation of this pathway. These results demonstrate the critical interplay between translation elongation and initiation in regulating neuron survival during cellular stress.
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- 2016
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6. Synergistic integration of Netrin and ephrin axon guidance signals by spinal motor neurons
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Sebastian Poliak, Daniel Morales, Louis-Philippe Croteau, Dayana Krawchuk, Elena Palmesino, Susan Morton, Jean-François Cloutier, Frederic Charron, Matthew B Dalva, Susan L Ackerman, Tzu-Jen Kao, and Artur Kania
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axon guidance ,motor neurons ,Netrin ,ephrin ,synergy ,Medicine ,Science ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 - Abstract
During neural circuit assembly, axonal growth cones are exposed to multiple guidance signals at trajectory choice points. While axonal responses to individual guidance cues have been extensively studied, less is known about responses to combination of signals and underlying molecular mechanisms. Here, we studied the convergence of signals directing trajectory selection of spinal motor axons entering the limb. We first demonstrate that Netrin-1 attracts and repels distinct motor axon populations, according to their expression of Netrin receptors. Quantitative in vitro assays demonstrate that motor axons synergistically integrate both attractive or repulsive Netrin-1 signals together with repulsive ephrin signals. Our investigations of the mechanism of ephrin-B2 and Netrin-1 integration demonstrate that the Netrin receptor Unc5c and the ephrin receptor EphB2 can form a complex in a ligand-dependent manner and that Netrin–ephrin synergistic growth cones responses involve the potentiation of Src family kinase signaling, a common effector of both pathways.
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- 2015
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7. A deficiency of ceramide biosynthesis causes cerebellar purkinje cell neurodegeneration and lipofuscin accumulation.
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Lihong Zhao, Stefka D Spassieva, Thomas J Jucius, Leonard D Shultz, H Elizabeth Shick, Wendy B Macklin, Yusuf A Hannun, Lina M Obeid, and Susan L Ackerman
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Genetics ,QH426-470 - Abstract
Sphingolipids, lipids with a common sphingoid base (also termed long chain base) backbone, play essential cellular structural and signaling functions. Alterations of sphingolipid levels have been implicated in many diseases, including neurodegenerative disorders. However, it remains largely unclear whether sphingolipid changes in these diseases are pathological events or homeostatic responses. Furthermore, how changes in sphingolipid homeostasis shape the progression of aging and neurodegeneration remains to be clarified. We identified two mouse strains, flincher (fln) and toppler (to), with spontaneous recessive mutations that cause cerebellar ataxia and Purkinje cell degeneration. Positional cloning demonstrated that these mutations reside in the Lass1 gene. Lass1 encodes (dihydro)ceramide synthase 1 (CerS1), which is highly expressed in neurons. Both fln and to mutations caused complete loss of CerS1 catalytic activity, which resulted in a reduction in sphingolipid biosynthesis in the brain and dramatic changes in steady-state levels of sphingolipids and sphingoid bases. In addition to Purkinje cell death, deficiency of CerS1 function also induced accumulation of lipofuscin with ubiquitylated proteins in many brain regions. Our results demonstrate clearly that ceramide biosynthesis deficiency can cause neurodegeneration and suggest a novel mechanism of lipofuscin formation, a common phenomenon that occurs during normal aging and in some neurodegenerative diseases.
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- 2011
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8. Supplementary Figure 6 from Notch1-Induced Brain Tumor Models the Sonic Hedgehog Subgroup of Human Medulloblastoma
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Kyuson Yun, Jeong K. Yoon, Susan L. Ackerman, Roderick T. Bronson, Timothy M. Stearns, Michael D. Taylor, David J. Shih, Emily E. Miller, Yaochen Li, and Sivaraman Natarajan
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PDF file - 65K, Supplementary Figure 6. A schematic drawing of full length N1ICD in mouse, N1ICD allele analyzed in this study, and the ACTB-Notch1 allele previously published (Yang et al., 2004) and analyzed in Supplementary Figure 6.
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- 2023
9. Supplementary Figure 3 from Notch1-Induced Brain Tumor Models the Sonic Hedgehog Subgroup of Human Medulloblastoma
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Kyuson Yun, Jeong K. Yoon, Susan L. Ackerman, Roderick T. Bronson, Timothy M. Stearns, Michael D. Taylor, David J. Shih, Emily E. Miller, Yaochen Li, and Sivaraman Natarajan
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PDF file - 133K, Supplementary Figure 3. Reduced p53 dose rescues precocious GFAP expression in the N1ICD;hGFAP-cre brains.
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- 2023
10. Supplementary Figure 2 from Notch1-Induced Brain Tumor Models the Sonic Hedgehog Subgroup of Human Medulloblastoma
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Kyuson Yun, Jeong K. Yoon, Susan L. Ackerman, Roderick T. Bronson, Timothy M. Stearns, Michael D. Taylor, David J. Shih, Emily E. Miller, Yaochen Li, and Sivaraman Natarajan
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PDF file - 84K, Supplementary Figure 2. Reduced p53 dose rescues brain sizes in N1ICD;hGFAP-cre transgenic mice.
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- 2023
11. Data from Notch1-Induced Brain Tumor Models the Sonic Hedgehog Subgroup of Human Medulloblastoma
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Kyuson Yun, Jeong K. Yoon, Susan L. Ackerman, Roderick T. Bronson, Timothy M. Stearns, Michael D. Taylor, David J. Shih, Emily E. Miller, Yaochen Li, and Sivaraman Natarajan
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While activation of the Notch pathway is observed in many human cancers, it is unknown whether elevated Notch1 expression is sufficient to initiate tumorigenesis in most tissues. To test the oncogenic potential of Notch1 in solid tumors, we expressed an activated form of Notch1 (N1ICD) in the developing mouse brain. N1ICD;hGFAP-cre mice were viable but developed severe ataxia and seizures, and died by weaning age. Analysis of transgenic embryo brains revealed that N1ICD expression induced p53-dependent apoptosis. When apoptosis was blocked by genetic deletion of p53, 30% to 40% of N1ICD;GFAP-cre;p53+/− and N1ICD;GFAP-cre;p53−/− mice developed spontaneous medulloblastomas. Interestingly, N1ICD-induced medulloblastomas most closely resembled the sonic hedgehog subgroup of human medulloblastoma at the molecular level. Surprisingly, N1ICD-induced tumors do not maintain high levels of the Notch pathway gene expression, except for Notch2, showing that initiating oncogenic events may not be decipherable by analyzing growing tumors in some cases. In summary, this study shows that Notch1 has an oncogenic potential in the brain when combined with other oncogenic hits, such as p53 loss, and provides a novel mouse model of medulloblastoma. Cancer Res; 73(17); 5381–90. ©2013 AACR.
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- 2023
12. Supplementary Methods from Notch1-Induced Brain Tumor Models the Sonic Hedgehog Subgroup of Human Medulloblastoma
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Kyuson Yun, Jeong K. Yoon, Susan L. Ackerman, Roderick T. Bronson, Timothy M. Stearns, Michael D. Taylor, David J. Shih, Emily E. Miller, Yaochen Li, and Sivaraman Natarajan
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13. Supplementary Figure Legend from Notch1-Induced Brain Tumor Models the Sonic Hedgehog Subgroup of Human Medulloblastoma
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Kyuson Yun, Jeong K. Yoon, Susan L. Ackerman, Roderick T. Bronson, Timothy M. Stearns, Michael D. Taylor, David J. Shih, Emily E. Miller, Yaochen Li, and Sivaraman Natarajan
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14. Supplementary Figure 1 from Notch1-Induced Brain Tumor Models the Sonic Hedgehog Subgroup of Human Medulloblastoma
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Kyuson Yun, Jeong K. Yoon, Susan L. Ackerman, Roderick T. Bronson, Timothy M. Stearns, Michael D. Taylor, David J. Shih, Emily E. Miller, Yaochen Li, and Sivaraman Natarajan
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PDF file - 158K, Supplementary Figure 1. Reduced p53 dose rescues apoptosis in N1ICD;hGFAP-cre brains.
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15. Supplementary Figure 5 from Notch1-Induced Brain Tumor Models the Sonic Hedgehog Subgroup of Human Medulloblastoma
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Kyuson Yun, Jeong K. Yoon, Susan L. Ackerman, Roderick T. Bronson, Timothy M. Stearns, Michael D. Taylor, David J. Shih, Emily E. Miller, Yaochen Li, and Sivaraman Natarajan
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PDF file - 199K, Supplementary Figure 5. Increased apoptosis and reduced proliferation of neural precursor cells in ACTB-N1ICD brains.
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- 2023
16. Supplementary Figure 4 from Notch1-Induced Brain Tumor Models the Sonic Hedgehog Subgroup of Human Medulloblastoma
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Kyuson Yun, Jeong K. Yoon, Susan L. Ackerman, Roderick T. Bronson, Timothy M. Stearns, Michael D. Taylor, David J. Shih, Emily E. Miller, Yaochen Li, and Sivaraman Natarajan
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PDF file - 84K, Supplementary Figure 4. N1ICD induced medulloblastomas.
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- 2023
17. Endothelial Unc5B controls blood-brain barrier integrity
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Kevin Boyé, Luiz Henrique Geraldo, Jessica Furtado, Laurence Pibouin-Fragner, Mathilde Poulet, Doyeun Kim, Bryce Nelson, Yunling Xu, Laurent Jacob, Nawal Maissa, Dritan Agalliu, Lena Claesson-Welsh, Susan L. Ackerman, and Anne Eichmann
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Multidisciplinary ,Cell- och molekylärbiologi ,Endothelial Cells ,General Physics and Astronomy ,General Chemistry ,Netrin-1 ,Ligands ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Mice ,nervous system ,Blood-Brain Barrier ,cardiovascular system ,Animals ,Netrin Receptors ,Wnt Signaling Pathway ,Cell and Molecular Biology ,beta Catenin - Abstract
The authors show that Netrin-1-Unc5B signaling controls blood-brain barrier integrity by maintaining Wnt/b-catenin signaling and that delivery of antibodies blocking Netrin-1 binding to Unc5B causes transient and size-selective BBB breakdown. Blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity is critical for proper function of the central nervous system (CNS). Here, we show that the endothelial Unc5B receptor controls BBB integrity by maintaining Wnt/beta-catenin signaling. Inducible endothelial-specific deletion of Unc5B in adult mice leads to BBB leak from brain capillaries that convert to a barrier-incompetent state with reduced Claudin-5 and increased PLVAP expression. Loss of Unc5B decreases BBB Wnt/beta-catenin signaling, and beta-catenin overexpression rescues Unc5B mutant BBB defects. Mechanistically, the Unc5B ligand Netrin-1 enhances Unc5B interaction with the Wnt co-receptor LRP6, induces its phosphorylation and activates Wnt/beta-catenin downstream signaling. Intravenous delivery of antibodies blocking Netrin-1 binding to Unc5B causes a transient BBB breakdown and disruption of Wnt signaling, followed by neurovascular barrier resealing. These data identify Netrin-1-Unc5B signaling as a ligand-receptor pathway that regulates BBB integrity, with implications for CNS diseases.
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- 2022
18. Structural basis for impaired 5' processing of a mutant tRNA associated with defects in neuronal homeostasis
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Lien B. Lai, Stella M. Lai, Eric S. Szymanski, Mridu Kapur, Edric K. Choi, Hashim M. Al-Hashimi, Susan L. Ackerman, and Venkat Gopalan
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Models, Molecular ,conformational toggling ,tRNA-Arg-TCT-4-1 ,Ribonuclease P ,Substrate Specificity ,Mice ,RNA, Transfer ,Models ,Genetics ,2.1 Biological and endogenous factors ,Animals ,Homeostasis ,Point Mutation ,Magnesium ,Aetiology ,Base Pairing ,Protein Processing ,Cerebral Cortex ,Neurons ,Multidisciplinary ,Post-Translational ,neurodegeneration ,Neurosciences ,Molecular ,Transfer ,Neurological ,tRNA processing ,RNA ,Nucleic Acid Conformation ,Protein Processing, Post-Translational - Abstract
Significance Understanding and treating neurological disorders are global priorities. Some of these diseases are engendered by mutations that cause defects in the cellular synthesis of transfer RNAs (tRNAs), which function as adapter molecules that translate messenger RNAs into proteins. During tRNA biogenesis, ribonuclease P catalyzes removal of the transcribed sequence upstream of the mature tRNA. Here, we focus on a cytoplasmic tRNA Arg UCU that is expressed specifically in neurons and, when harboring a particular point mutation, contributes to neurodegeneration in mice. Our results suggest that this mutation favors stable alternative structures that are not cleaved by mouse ribonuclease P and motivate a paradigm that may help to understand the molecular basis for disease-associated mutations in other tRNAs.
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- 2022
19. The Clp1 R140H mutation alters tRNA metabolism and mRNA 3′ processing in mouse models of pontocerebellar hypoplasia
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Jeffrey H. Chuang, Scott I Adamson, Caitlin E. Monaghan, Mridu Kapur, and Susan L. Ackerman
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Male ,Polyadenylation ,motor neuron degeneration ,Messenger ,Post-Transcriptional ,Inbred C57BL ,Mice ,RNA, Transfer ,Gene expression ,RNA Precursors ,2.1 Biological and endogenous factors ,Aetiology ,RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional ,Mice, Knockout ,Multidisciplinary ,deep cerebellar nuclei ,alternative polyadenylation ,RNA-Binding Proteins ,Neurodegenerative Diseases ,Biological Sciences ,Null allele ,Cell biology ,clevage factor II ,RNA splicing ,Transfer RNA ,Neurological ,tRNA splicing ,Female ,RNA Processing ,Knockout ,Biology ,Cerebellar Diseases ,Genetics ,Animals ,RNA, Messenger ,Messenger RNA ,Animal ,Intron ,Neurosciences ,RNA ,cleavage factor II ,Transfer ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Disease Models, Animal ,Gene Expression Regulation ,Disease Models ,Mutation ,Neuroscience ,Transcription Factors - Abstract
Significance Mutation of CLP1 causes pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 10 (PCH10), a neurodegenerative disorder associated with intellectual and motor disability. We made two mouse models of PCH10: one homozygous for the mutation found in patients and one heterozygous for this mutation and a null allele. Mutant mice had motor impairments and neurodegeneration in the spinal cord and cerebellum. Mutants also had altered tRNA metabolism; however, it is not clear whether these alterations contribute to pathogenesis. In addition, mutation of Clp1 resulted in altered poly(A) site selection and gene expression, suggesting that the role of CLP1 in mRNA 3′ end processing could be a promising avenue for future research into the pathogenesis of PCH10., Homozygous mutation of the RNA kinase CLP1 (cleavage factor polyribonucleotide kinase subunit 1) causes pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 10 (PCH10), a pediatric neurodegenerative disease. CLP1 is associated with the transfer RNA (tRNA) splicing endonuclease complex and the cleavage and polyadenylation machinery, but its function remains unclear. We generated two mouse models of PCH10: one homozygous for the disease-associated Clp1 mutation, R140H, and one heterozygous for this mutation and a null allele. Both models exhibit loss of lower motor neurons and neurons of the deep cerebellar nuclei. To explore whether Clp1 mutation impacts tRNA splicing, we profiled the products of intron-containing tRNA genes. While mature tRNAs were expressed at normal levels in mutant mice, numerous other products of intron-containing tRNA genes were dysregulated, with pre-tRNAs, introns, and certain tRNA fragments up-regulated, and other fragments down-regulated. However, the spatiotemporal patterns of dysregulation do not correlate with pathogenicity for most altered tRNA products. To elucidate the effect of Clp1 mutation on precursor messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) cleavage, we analyzed poly(A) site (PAS) usage and gene expression in Clp1R140H/− spinal cord. PAS usage was shifted from proximal to distal sites in the mutant mouse, particularly in short and closely spaced genes. Many such genes were also expressed at lower levels in the Clp1R140H/− mouse, possibly as a result of impaired transcript maturation. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that select genes are particularly dependent upon CLP1 for proper pre-mRNA cleavage, suggesting that impaired mRNA 3′ processing may contribute to pathogenesis in PCH10.
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- 2021
20. Correction: GTPBP1 resolves paused ribosomes to maintain neuronal homeostasis
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Jeffrey H. Chuang, Susan L. Ackerman, Alana L Gibson, Scott I Adamson, Tianda Deng, Markus Terrey, and Ryuta Ishimura
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QH301-705.5 ,Science ,Biology ,Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 ,Ribosome ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Mice ,RNA, Transfer ,Gene expression ,Animals ,Biology (General) ,Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins ,Mice, Knockout ,Neurons ,Sirolimus ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,General Neuroscience ,Correction ,Neurodegenerative Diseases ,General Medicine ,Chromosomes and Gene Expression ,Cell biology ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Neuronal homeostasis ,Gene Expression Regulation ,Medicine ,Ribosomes ,Neuroscience ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
Ribosome-associated quality control pathways respond to defects in translational elongation to recycle arrested ribosomes and degrade aberrant polypeptides and mRNAs. Loss of a tRNA gene leads to ribosomal pausing that is resolved by the translational GTPase GTPBP2, and in its absence causes neuron death. Here, we show that loss of the homologous protein GTPBP1 during tRNA deficiency in the mouse brain also leads to codon-specific ribosome pausing and neurodegeneration, suggesting that these non-redundant GTPases function in the same pathway to mitigate ribosome pausing. As observed in
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- 2021
21. Endothelial Unc5B controls blood-brain barrier integrity
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Doyeun Kim, Jessica Furtado, Laurent Jacob, Laurence Pibouin-Fragner, Lena Claesson-Welsh, Nawal Maïssa, Dritan Agalliu, Y. Xu, Anne Eichmann, Kevin Boyé, Mathilde Poulet, Geraldo Lh, Bertrand Tavitian, Susan L. Ackerman, and Nelson B
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Chemistry ,Mutant ,Central nervous system ,Regulator ,Wnt signaling pathway ,LRP6 ,Blood–brain barrier ,Cell biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,nervous system ,cardiovascular system ,medicine ,Phosphorylation ,Receptor - Abstract
Blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity is critical for proper function of the central nervous system (CNS). Here, we showed that the endothelial Netrin1 receptor Unc5B controls BBB integrity by maintaining Wnt/β–catenin signaling. Inducible endothelial-specific deletion of Unc5B in adult mice led to region and size-selective BBB opening. Loss of Unc5B decreased BBB Wnt/β–catenin signaling, and β–catenin overexpression rescued Unc5B mutant BBB defects. Mechanistically, Netrin1 enhanced Unc5B interaction with the Wnt co-receptor LRP6, induced its phosphorylation and activated Wnt/β–catenin downstream signaling. Intravenous delivery of antibodies blocking Netrin1 binding to Unc5B caused a transient disruption of Wnt signaling and BBB breakdown, followed by neurovascular barrier resealing. These data identify Netrin-Unc5B signaling as a novel regulator of BBB integrity with potential therapeutic utility for CNS diseases.
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- 2021
22. Lipid Metabolism and Axon Degeneration: An ACOX1 Balancing Act
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Susan L. Ackerman and Emily N. Griffin
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0301 basic medicine ,Biology ,medicine.disease_cause ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Gene ,Oxidase test ,Mutation ,General Neuroscience ,Neurodegeneration ,Lipid metabolism ,Peroxisome ,Lipid Metabolism ,medicine.disease ,Axons ,Cell biology ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,nervous system ,Gain of Function Mutation ,ACOX1 ,Acyl-CoA Oxidase ,Neuron ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
ACOX1 (acyl-CoA oxidase 1) encodes the first and rate-limiting enzyme of the very-long-chain fatty acid (VLCFA) β-oxidation pathway in peroxisomes and leads to H(2)O(2) production. Unexpectedly, dACOX1 is mostly expressed and required in glia, and loss of dACOX1 leads to developmental delay, pupal death, reduced lifespan, impaired synaptic transmission, and glial and axonal loss. Patients who carry a previously unidentified, de novo, dominant variant in ACOX1 (p.N237S) also exhibit glial loss. However, this mutation causes increased levels of ACOX1 protein and function resulting in elevated levels of reactive oxygen species in glia in flies and murine Schwann cells. ACOX1 (p.N237S) patients exhibit a severe loss of Schwann cells and neurons. However, treatment of flies and primary Schwann cells with an anti-oxidant suppressed the p.N237S induced neurodegeneration. In summary, both loss and gain of ACOX1 leads to glial and neuronal loss, but different mechanisms are at play and require different treatments.
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- 2020
23. Defects in translation-dependent quality control pathways lead to convergent molecular and neurodevelopmental pathology
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Jeffrey H. Chuang, Markus Terrey, Scott I Adamson, and Susan L. Ackerman
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Male ,Cerebellum ,Mouse ,translation ,Cell Cycle Proteins ,Mice ,Protein biosynthesis ,2.1 Biological and endogenous factors ,Aetiology ,Biology (General) ,Mice, Knockout ,Neurons ,General Neuroscience ,Translational ,Neurogenesis ,Translation (biology) ,General Medicine ,Chromosomes and Gene Expression ,Cell biology ,neurogenesis ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,ribosome ,Neurological ,Medicine ,Female ,Signal transduction ,Reprogramming ,Research Article ,chromosomes ,Peptide Chain Termination ,cerebellum ,QH301-705.5 ,Knockout ,Science ,n-Tr20 ,Biology ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,GTP-Binding Proteins ,Genetics ,medicine ,Animals ,PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway ,mouse ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,Neurosciences ,Peptide Chain Termination, Translational ,Endonucleases ,Proteostasis ,gene expression ,Biochemistry and Cell Biology - Abstract
Translation-dependent quality control pathways such as no-go decay (NGD), non-stop decay (NSD), and nonsense-mediated decay (NMD) govern protein synthesis and proteostasis by resolving non-translating ribosomes and preventing the production of potentially toxic peptides derived from faulty and aberrant mRNAs. However, how translation is altered and the in vivo defects that arise in the absence of these pathways are poorly understood. Here, we show that the NGD/NSD factorsPeloandHbs1lare critical in mice for cerebellar neurogenesis but expendable for survival of these neurons after development. Analysis of mutant mouse embryonic fibroblasts revealed translational pauses, alteration of signaling pathways, and translational reprogramming. Similar effects on signaling pathways, including mTOR activation, the translatome and mouse cerebellar development were observed upon deletion of the NMD factorUpf2. Our data reveal that these quality control pathways that function to mitigate errors at distinct steps in translation can evoke similar cellular responses.
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24. Author response: Defects in translation-dependent quality control pathways lead to convergent molecular and neurodevelopmental pathology
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Markus Terrey, Scott I Adamson, Jeffrey H Chuang, and Susan L Ackerman
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25. Defects in translation-dependent quality control pathways lead to convergent molecular and neurodevelopmental pathology
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Scott I Adamson, Susan L. Ackerman, Jeffrey H. Chuang, and Markus Terrey
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Proteostasis ,Neurogenesis ,Protein biosynthesis ,Translation (biology) ,Biology ,Signal transduction ,Reprogramming ,Embryonic stem cell ,Function (biology) ,Cell biology - Abstract
Translation-dependent quality control pathways such as no-go decay (NGD), non-stop decay (NSD) and nonsense-mediated decay (NMD) govern protein synthesis and proteostasis by resolving non-translating ribosomes and preventing the production of potentially toxic peptides derived from faulty and aberrant mRNAs. However, how translation is altered and thein vivodefects that arise in the absence of these pathways are poorly understood. Here, we show that the NGD/NSD factorsPeloandHbs1lare critical for cerebellar neurogenesis but expendable for survival of these neurons after development. Analysis of mutant embryonic fibroblasts revealed translational pauses, alteration of signaling pathways, and translational reprogramming. Similar effects on signaling pathways, the translatome and cerebellar development were observed upon deletion of the NMD factorUpf2.These data reveal that these quality control pathways that function to mitigate errors at distinct steps in translation can evoke similar cellular responses.
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- 2021
26. GTPBP1 resolves paused ribosomes to maintain neuronal homeostasis
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Tianda Deng, Jeffrey H. Chuang, Markus Terrey, Alana L Gibson, Ryuta Ishimura, Susan L. Ackerman, and Scott I Adamson
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0301 basic medicine ,retina ,Mouse ,hippocampus ,GTPase ,Ribosome ,neuroscience ,Mice ,0302 clinical medicine ,Biology (General) ,Neurons ,Chemistry ,General Neuroscience ,Neurodegeneration ,Neurodegenerative Diseases ,General Medicine ,Chromosomes and Gene Expression ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Cell biology ,Neurological ,Transfer RNA ,Medicine ,Neuron death ,Signal Transduction ,chromosomes ,ribosome stalling ,cerebellum ,QH301-705.5 ,Knockout ,1.1 Normal biological development and functioning ,Science ,tRNA-Arg-TCT-4-1 ,Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 ,Neuroprotection ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Underpinning research ,Genetics ,medicine ,Animals ,Integrated stress response ,mouse ,Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins ,Sirolimus ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,Neurosciences ,medicine.disease ,Transfer ,030104 developmental biology ,Gene Expression Regulation ,gene expression ,RNA ,Translational elongation ,Biochemistry and Cell Biology ,Research Advance ,Ribosomes ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,granule cells ,Neuroscience - Abstract
Ribosome-associated quality control pathways respond to defects in translational elongation to recycle arrested ribosomes and degrade aberrant polypeptides and mRNAs. Loss of a tRNA gene leads to ribosomal pausing that is resolved by the translational GTPase GTPBP2, and in its absence causes neuron death. Here, we show that loss of the homologous protein GTPBP1 during tRNA deficiency in the mouse brain also leads to codon-specific ribosome pausing and neurodegeneration, suggesting that these non-redundant GTPases function in the same pathway to mitigate ribosome pausing. As observed in Gtpbp2-/- mice (Ishimura et al., 2016), GCN2-mediated activation of the integrated stress response (ISR) was apparent in the Gtpbp1-/- brain. We observed decreased mTORC1 signaling which increased neuronal death, whereas ISR activation was neuroprotective. Our data demonstrate that GTPBP1 functions as an important quality control mechanism during translation elongation and suggest that translational signaling pathways intricately interact to regulate neuronal homeostasis during defective elongation.
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- 2020
27. Author response: GTPBP1 resolves paused ribosomes to maintain neuronal homeostasis
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Susan L. Ackerman, Markus Terrey, Tianda Deng, Ryuta Ishimura, Jeffrey H. Chuang, Scott I Adamson, and Alana L Gibson
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Neuronal homeostasis ,Biology ,Ribosome ,Cell biology - Published
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28. GTPBP1 resolves paused ribosomes to maintain neuronal homeostasis
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Susan L. Ackerman, Alana L Gibson, Scott I Adamson, Tianda Deng, Ryuta Ishimura, Jeffrey H. Chuang, and Markus Terrey
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Chemistry ,Transfer RNA ,Neurodegeneration ,medicine ,Integrated stress response ,GTPase ,Translational elongation ,Signal transduction ,Neuron death ,medicine.disease ,Ribosome ,Cell biology - Abstract
Ribosome-associated quality control pathways respond to defects in translational elongation to recycle arrested ribosomes and degrade aberrant polypeptides and mRNAs. Loss of an individual tRNA gene leads to ribosomal pausing that is resolved by the translational GTPase GTPBP2, and in its absence causes neuron death. Here we show that loss of the homologous protein GTPBP1 during tRNA deficiency in the mouse brain also leads to codon-specific ribosome pausing and neurodegeneration, suggesting that these non-redundant translational GTPases function in the same pathway to mitigate ribosome pausing. Ribosome stalling in the mutant brain led to activation of the integrated stress response (ISR) mediated by GCN2 and decreased mTORC1 signaling. However, in contrast to the ISR, which enhanced neuron survival, reduced mTORC1 signaling increased neuronal death. Our data demonstrate that GTPBP1 functions as an important quality control mechanism during translation elongation and suggest that translational signaling pathways intricately interact to regulate neuronal homeostasis during defective translation elongation.
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- 2020
29. Paranode stability requires UNC5B expression by oligodendrocytes
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Doyeun Kim, Samuel Clemot, Abbas F. Sadikot, Susan L. Ackerman, Edwin W. Wong, Omar de Faria, Diane S. Nakamura, Roland Pilgram, Timothy E. Kennedy, Mihai Victor Mocanu, Jenea M. Bin, and Amir Shmuel
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Myelin ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,nervous system ,Compact myelin ,Axon extension ,Netrin ,medicine ,Cell migration ,Biology ,Axon ,Neural development ,Gene knockout ,Cell biology - Abstract
Netrins are secreted proteins that direct cell migration and axon extension in the developing CNS and are essential for normal neural development. In the mature CNS, netrin-1 is expressed by neurons and oligodendrocytes and implicated in the stability of axo-oligodendroglial paranodal junctions. Here we report that the netrin receptor UNC5B is highly expressed by mature oligodendrocytes and enriched at paranodes. We demonstrate that paranodes become disorganized following conditional deletion of UNC5B in oligodendrocytes, with disruption of the interface between glial loops and detachment of glial loops from the axon. Examining axoglial domain segregation, Caspr1 and Kv1.1 disperse along the axon, internodes shorten, and the periodicity of compact myelin is reduced, indicating significant breakdown of myelin organization in UNC5B cKOs. Paranodal disruption and axoglial domain disorganization progressively worsen with age and a delay in motor learning develops specifically in aged animals that lack oligodendroglial UNC5B. We detect reduced amounts of oligodendroglial Claudin-11 and JAM-C proteins in UNC5B knockouts, suggesting that disruption of the specialized autotypic junctions between glial loops may underlie paranodal disorganization. Our findings reveal an essential contribution of oligodendroglial UNC5B at axoglial junctions that is required for the stability of mature myelin.
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- 2020
30. ANKRD16 prevents neuron loss caused by an editing-defective tRNA synthetase
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Thomas Weber, Susan L. Ackerman, Litao Sun, Bappaditya Roy, Qi Liu, Paul Schimmel, Markus Terrey, My-Nuong Vo, Hongjun Fu, John R. Yates, Jeong Woong Lee, Kurt Fredrick, and James J. Moresco
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0301 basic medicine ,Mutation ,Multidisciplinary ,Positional cloning ,Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase ,Mutant ,Protein aggregation ,medicine.disease_cause ,Cell biology ,Serine ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,030104 developmental biology ,chemistry ,Transfer RNA ,medicine ,Ankyrin repeat - Abstract
Editing domains of aminoacyl tRNA synthetases correct tRNA charging errors to maintain translational fidelity. A mutation in the editing domain of alanyl tRNA synthetase (AlaRS) in Aars sti mutant mice results in an increase in the production of serine-mischarged tRNAAla and the degeneration of cerebellar Purkinje cells. Here, using positional cloning, we identified Ankrd16, a gene that acts epistatically with the Aars sti mutation to attenuate neurodegeneration. ANKRD16, a vertebrate-specific protein that contains ankyrin repeats, binds directly to the catalytic domain of AlaRS. Serine that is misactivated by AlaRS is captured by the lysine side chains of ANKRD16, which prevents the charging of serine adenylates to tRNAAla and precludes serine misincorporation in nascent peptides. The deletion of Ankrd16 in the brains of Aarssti/sti mice causes widespread protein aggregation and neuron loss. These results identify an amino-acid-accepting co-regulator of tRNA synthetase editing as a new layer of the machinery that is essential to the prevention of severe pathologies that arise from defects in editing.
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- 2018
31. mRNA Translation Gone Awry: Translation Fidelity and Neurological Disease
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Susan L. Ackerman and Mridu Kapur
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0301 basic medicine ,Models, Genetic ,Translation (biology) ,Saccharomyces cerevisiae ,Computational biology ,Biology ,Ribosome ,Article ,Elongation factor ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,Protein Biosynthesis ,Mutation ,Genetic model ,Transfer RNA ,Genetics ,Animals ,Humans ,TRNA aminoacylation ,RNA, Messenger ,Transfer RNA Aminoacylation ,Ribosome profiling ,Nervous System Diseases ,Gene - Abstract
Errors during mRNA translation can lead to a reduction in the levels of functional proteins and an increase in deleterious molecules. Advances in next-generation sequencing have led to the discovery of rare genetic disorders, many caused by mutations in genes encoding the mRNA translation machinery, as well as to a better understanding of translational dynamics through ribosome profiling. We discuss here multiple neurological disorders that are linked to errors in tRNA aminoacylation and ribosome decoding. We draw on studies from genetic models, including yeast and mice, to enhance our understanding of the translational defects observed in these diseases. Finally, we emphasize the importance of tRNA, their associated enzymes, and the inextricable link between accuracy and efficiency in the maintenance of translational fidelity.
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- 2018
32. Regulation of mRNA Translation in Neurons—A Matter of Life and Death
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Susan L. Ackerman, Caitlin E. Monaghan, and Mridu Kapur
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0301 basic medicine ,Cytoplasm ,Biology ,Ribosome ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,Eukaryotic translation ,Translational regulation ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Integrated stress response ,Initiation factor ,RNA, Messenger ,Neurons ,Genetics ,Cell Death ,General Neuroscience ,Neurodegeneration ,Neurodegenerative Diseases ,medicine.disease ,Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4 gamma ,Cell biology ,030104 developmental biology ,Protein Biosynthesis ,Neuron death - Abstract
Dynamic regulation of mRNA translation initiation and elongation is essential for the survival and function of neural cells. Global reductions in translation initiation resulting from mutations in the translational machinery or inappropriate activation of the integrated stress response may contribute to pathogenesis in a subset of neurodegenerative disorders. Aberrant proteins generated by non-canonical translation initiation may be a factor in the neuron death observed in the nucleotide repeat expansion diseases. Dysfunction of central components of the elongation machinery, such as the tRNAs and their associated enzymes, can cause translational infidelity and ribosome stalling, resulting in neurodegeneration. Taken together, dysregulation of mRNA translation is emerging as a unifying mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of many neurodegenerative disorders.
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33. Intraperitoneal Calcitriol for Treatment of Severe Hyperparathyroidism in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Therapy Forgotten
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Elizabeth Piva, Elizabeth Harvey, Rahul Chanchlani, and Susan L. Ackerman
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Calcitriol ,medicine.medical_treatment ,030232 urology & nephrology ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Severity of Illness Index ,Gastroenterology ,Drug Administration Schedule ,Sampling Studies ,Peritoneal dialysis ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Short Reports ,Refractory ,Internal medicine ,polycyclic compounds ,medicine ,Humans ,Child ,Hyperparathyroidism ,Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ,business.industry ,Infant ,Alfacalcidol ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Kidney Transplantation ,Treatment Outcome ,Endocrinology ,chemistry ,Parathyroid Hormone ,Nephrology ,Kidney Failure, Chronic ,Female ,Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary ,lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins) ,Secondary hyperparathyroidism ,business ,Peritoneal Dialysis ,Injections, Intraperitoneal ,Mineral bone disease ,Follow-Up Studies ,medicine.drug ,Kidney disease - Abstract
Active Vitamin D sterols such as calcitriol and alfacalcidol are quite effective in the treatment of mineral bone disease secondary to chronic kidney disease. However, some children on peritoneal dialysis (PD) are resistant to oral formulations of active Vitamin D, and use of an intravenous formulation in such patients is inconvenient. In these children, intraperitoneal (IP) calcitriol has been shown to be effective in the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism. However, its use has declined. We report 2 children, aged 1 and 9.5 years, on chronic cycler PD with severe secondary hyperparathyroidism refractory to oral active Vitamin D who were successfully treated with IP calcitriol for a period of 12 and 4 months, respectively. We also discuss the published literature on the efficacy of IP calcitriol for treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism and specific considerations for its use in PD patients.
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34. Publisher Correction: ANKRD16 prevents neuron loss caused by an editing-defective tRNA synthetase
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Markus Terrey, My-Nuong Vo, Kurt Fredrick, Hongjun Fu, James J. Moresco, Thomas Weber, John R. Yates, Jeong Woong Lee, Bappaditya Roy, Susan L. Ackerman, Paul Schimmel, Litao Sun, and Qi Liu
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Multidisciplinary ,Molecular mass ,Stereochemistry ,Transfer RNA ,Biology ,Article ,Neuron loss - Abstract
Editing domains of aminoacyl tRNA synthetases correct tRNA charging errors to maintain translational fidelity. A mutation in the editing domain of alanyl tRNA synthetase (AlaRS) in Aarssti mutant mice resulted in an increased production of serine-mischarged tRNAAla and degeneration of cerebellar Purkinje cells. By positional cloning, we identified Ankrd16, which acts epistatically with the Aarssti mutation to attenuate neurodegeneration. ANKRD16, a vertebrate-specific, ankyrin repeat-containing protein, binds directly to the catalytic domain of AlaRS. Serine misactivated by AlaRS is captured by lysine side chains of ANKRD16, preventing the charging of serine adenylates to tRNAAla and precluding serine misincorporation in nascent peptides. Deletion of Ankrd16 in the Aarssti/sti brain causes widespread protein aggregation and neuron loss. These results identify a novel amino acid-accepting co-regulator of tRNA synthetase editing as a new layer of the machinery essential for preventing severe pathologies that arise from defects in editing.
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- 2018
35. Loss ofClcc1Results in ER Stress, Misfolded Protein Accumulation, and Neurodegeneration
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Thomas J. Jucius, Susan A. Cook, Susan L. Ackerman, and Yichang Jia
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Protein Folding ,Positional cloning ,Mice, Transgenic ,Transfection ,Mice ,Chloride Channels ,Cerebellum ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,RNA, Messenger ,Muscle, Skeletal ,Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP ,Heat-Shock Proteins ,CLCC1 ,Neurons ,Mice, Inbred C3H ,biology ,General Neuroscience ,Endoplasmic reticulum ,Neurodegeneration ,Peripheral Nervous System Diseases ,Neurodegenerative Diseases ,Articles ,Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress ,medicine.disease ,Molecular biology ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Disease Models, Animal ,HEK293 Cells ,Secretory protein ,Mutation ,Unfolded protein response ,biology.protein ,Signal transduction ,Neuron death - Abstract
Folding of transmembrane and secretory proteins occurs in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) before transportation to the cell surface and is monitored by the unfolded protein response (UPR) signaling pathway. The accumulation of unfolded proteins in the ER activates the UPR that restores ER homeostasis by regulating gene expression that leads to an increase in the protein-folding capacity of the ER and a decrease in the ER protein-folding load. However, prolonged UPR activity has been associated with cell death in multiple pathological conditions, including neurodegeneration. Here, we report a spontaneous recessive mouse mutation that causes progressive cerebellar granule cell death and peripheral motor axon degeneration. By positional cloning, we identify the mutation in this strain as a retrotransposon insertion in theClcc1gene, which encodes a putative chloride channel localized to the ER. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the C3H/HeSnJ inbred strain has late onset cerebellar degeneration due to this mutation. Interestingly, acute knockdown ofClcc1expression in cultured cells increases sensitivity to ER stress. In agreement, GRP78, the major HSP70 family chaperone in the ER, is upregulated inClcc1-deficient granule cellsin vivo, and ubiquitinated proteins accumulate in these neurons before their degeneration. These data suggest that disruption of chloride homeostasis in the ER disrupts the protein-folding capacity of the ER, leading to eventual neuron death.
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- 2015
36. Deficiencies in tRNA synthetase editing activity cause cardioproteinopathy
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Leslie A. Nangle, My-Nuong Vo, Susan L. Ackerman, Ye Liu, Paul Schimmel, and Jakob S. Satz
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Models, Molecular ,Protein Folding ,Heart Diseases ,Plasma protein binding ,Protein aggregation ,medicine.disease_cause ,Mice ,JUNQ and IPOD ,Bacterial Proteins ,Ubiquitin ,medicine ,Animals ,Homeostasis ,Humans ,Myocytes, Cardiac ,Proteostasis Deficiencies ,Alleles ,Genetics ,Mutation ,Multidisciplinary ,biology ,Hydrolysis ,Alanine-tRNA Ligase ,Biological Sciences ,Protein Structure, Tertiary ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Microscopy, Fluorescence ,Echocardiography ,Paraffin ,RNA editing ,Transfer RNA ,biology.protein ,Desmin ,RNA Editing ,Protein Binding - Abstract
Misfolded proteins are an emerging hallmark of cardiac diseases. Although some misfolded proteins, such as desmin, are associated with mutations in the genes encoding these disease-associated proteins, little is known regarding more general mechanisms that contribute to the generation of misfolded proteins in the heart. Reduced translational fidelity, caused by a hypomorphic mutation in the editing domain of alanyl-tRNA synthetase (AlaRS), resulted in accumulation of misfolded proteins in specific mouse neurons. By further genetic modulation of the editing activity of AlaRS, we generated mouse models with broader phenotypes, the severity of which was directly related to the degree of compromised editing. Severe disruption of the editing activity of AlaRS caused embryonic lethality, whereas an intermediate reduction in AlaRS editing efficacy resulted in ubiquitinated protein aggregates and mitochondrial defects in cardiomyocytes that were accompanied by progressive cardiac fibrosis and dysfunction. In addition, autophagic vacuoles accumulated in mutant cardiomyocytes, suggesting that autophagy is insufficient to eliminate misfolded proteins. These findings demonstrate that the pathological consequences of diminished tRNA synthetase editing activity, and thus translational infidelity, are dependent on the cell type and the extent of editing disruption, and provide a previously unidentified mechanism underlying cardiac proteinopathy.
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37. ANKRD16 prevents neuron loss caused by an editing-defective tRNA synthetase
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My-Nuong, Vo, Markus, Terrey, Jeong Woong, Lee, Bappaditya, Roy, James J, Moresco, Litao, Sun, Hongjun, Fu, Qi, Liu, Thomas G, Weber, John R, Yates, Kurt, Fredrick, Paul, Schimmel, and Susan L, Ackerman
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Male ,Alanine ,Cell Death ,Lysine ,Alanine-tRNA Ligase ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Mice ,Purkinje Cells ,Catalytic Domain ,Protein Biosynthesis ,Mutation ,Serine ,Animals ,Female ,Protein Binding - Abstract
Editing domains of aminoacyl tRNA synthetases correct tRNA charging errors to maintain translational fidelity. A mutation in the editing domain of alanyl tRNA synthetase (AlaRS) in Aars
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38. Ribosome stalling induced by mutation of a CNS-specific tRNA causes neurodegeneration
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Xiang-Lei Yang, Gabor Nagy, Susan L. Ackerman, Paul Schimmel, Ryuta Ishimura, Jeffrey H. Chuang, Yasuharu Nishimura, Huihao Zhou, Ivan Dotu, and Satoru Senju
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Genetics ,Mutation ,Multidisciplinary ,Point mutation ,Transfer RNA ,medicine ,Protein biosynthesis ,RNA ,Cellular homeostasis ,Translation (biology) ,Biology ,medicine.disease_cause ,Ribosome - Abstract
Problems making proteins kills nerve cells Neurodegeneration is associated with a variety of different diseases, but its cellular roots are often obscure. Ishimura et al. find that mutant mice whose brain cells start to die rapidly soon after birth have lost the function of two vital cellular components (see the Perspective by Darnell). The first is a protein that releases stalled ribosomes stuck on messenger RNA (mRNA); the second is a transfer RNA (tRNA), which reads the code for arginine in the mRNA. This tRNA is expressed predominantly in the central nervous system. The lack of the tRNA leads to increased ribosomal stalling at arginine codons, which, when left uncorrected, blocks protein synthesis and proves fatal. Science , this issue p. 455 ; see also p. 378
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39. Author response: Activation of GCN2 kinase by ribosome stalling links translation elongation with translation initiation
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Jeffrey H. Chuang, Gabor Nagy, Ivan Dotu, Ryuta Ishimura, and Susan L. Ackerman
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Eukaryotic translation ,Chemistry ,Kinase ,Translation elongation ,Ribosome ,Cell biology - Published
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40. Activation of GCN2 kinase by ribosome stalling links translation elongation with translation initiation
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Ivan Dotu, Ryuta Ishimura, Jeffrey H. Chuang, Susan L. Ackerman, and Gabor Nagy
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0301 basic medicine ,Mouse ,Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2 ,Peptide Chain Elongation, Translational ,Inbred C57BL ,neuroscience ,Mice ,Biology (General) ,Phosphorylation ,Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational ,genes ,Neurons ,General Neuroscience ,EIF4E ,Translational ,neurodegeneration ,Translation (biology) ,Arg ,General Medicine ,Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases ,Cell biology ,Peptide Chain Initiation ,Genes and Chromosomes ,Neurological ,Medicine ,T arm ,EF-Tu ,Research Article ,chromosomes ,QH301-705.5 ,Science ,RNA, Transfer, Arg ,Biology ,Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases ,translation initiation ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,GTP-Binding Proteins ,Prokaryotic translation ,Genetics ,Integrated stress response ,Initiation factor ,Animals ,Protein Processing ,mouse ,Peptide Chain Elongation ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,Gene Expression Profiling ,Post-Translational ,Neurosciences ,Molecular biology ,Activating Transcription Factor 4 ,translation elongation ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Transfer ,Internal ribosome entry site ,030104 developmental biology ,RNA ,Biochemistry and Cell Biology ,Protein Processing, Post-Translational ,Ribosomes ,Neuroscience - Abstract
Ribosome stalling during translation has recently been shown to cause neurodegeneration, yet the signaling pathways triggered by stalled elongation complexes are unknown. To investigate these pathways we analyzed the brain of C57BL/6J-Gtpbp2nmf205-/- mice in which neuronal elongation complexes are stalled at AGA codons due to deficiencies in a tRNAArgUCU tRNA and GTPBP2, a mammalian ribosome rescue factor. Increased levels of phosphorylation of eIF2α (Ser51) were detected prior to neurodegeneration in these mice and transcriptome analysis demonstrated activation of ATF4, a key transcription factor in the integrated stress response (ISR) pathway. Genetic experiments showed that this pathway was activated by the eIF2α kinase, GCN2, in an apparent deacylated tRNA-independent fashion. Further we found that the ISR attenuates neurodegeneration in C57BL/6J-Gtpbp2nmf205-/- mice, underscoring the importance of cellular and stress context on the outcome of activation of this pathway. These results demonstrate the critical interplay between translation elongation and initiation in regulating neuron survival during cellular stress. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.14295.001, eLife digest Information stored in DNA is used to make proteins in a two-step process. First, the DNA is copied to make molecules of messenger ribonucleic acid (or messenger RNA for short). Next, machines called ribosomes use the messenger RNAs as templates to assemble chains of amino acids – the building blocks of proteins – in a process called translation. Another type of RNA molecule called transfer RNA carries each amino acid to the ribosomes. If a specific transfer RNA is not available for translation at the right time, the ribosome might stall as it moves along the messenger RNA. At this point, the ribosome needs to be restarted or it will fall off the mRNA without finishing the protein. In 2014, a group of researchers reported that certain types of brain cells are very sensitive to ribosome stalling, and tend to die if translation does not continue. A protein called GTPBP2 was shown to play an important role in restarting stalled ribosomes in these cells. Here, Ishimura, Nagy et al. – including some of the researchers from the earlier work – investigated the molecular pathways that ribosome stalling triggers in brain cells using mutant mice that lacked the GTPBP2 protein. The experiments show that ribosome stalling activates an enzyme known as GCN2, which was already known to sense other types of malfunctions in cellular processes. Ishimura, Nagy et al. also show that GCN2 triggers stress responses in the cells by activating a communication system called the ATF4 pathway. This pathway protects the cells from damage, and its absence results in more rapid cell deterioration and death. The next challenges are to understand the exact mechanism by which GCN2 senses stalled ribosomes, and to find out how ribosome stalling causes the death of brain cells. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.14295.002
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- 2016
41. Analysis of Expression Pattern and Genetic Deletion of Netrin5 in the Developing Mouse
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Andrew M Garrett, Thomas J Jucius, Liam P.R. Sigaud, Fu-Lei eTang, Wen-Cheng eXiong, Susan L. Ackerman, and Robert W. Burgess
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0301 basic medicine ,animal structures ,chemorepulsion ,Biology ,lcsh:RC321-571 ,03 medical and health sciences ,Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience ,Netrin Receptor DCC ,Netrin ,medicine ,Molecular Biology ,lcsh:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ,Original Research ,axon guidance ,fungi ,Neural crest ,motor exit point ,Motor neuron ,Spinal cord ,dorsal root entry zone ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,nervous system ,Neural Crest ,Peripheral nervous system ,Axon guidance ,Motor neuron migration ,Neuroscience - Abstract
Boundary cap cells are a transient, neural-crest-derived population found at the motor exit point and dorsal root entry zone of the embryonic spinal cord. These cells contribute to the central/peripheral nervous system boundary, and in their absence neurons and glia from the CNS migrate into the PNS. We found Netrin5 (Ntn5), a previously unstudied member of the netrin gene family, to be robustly expressed in boundary cap cells. We generated Ntn5 knockout mice and examined neurodevelopmental and boundary-cap-cell-related phenotypes. No abnormalities in cranial nerve guidance, dorsal root organization, or sensory projections were found. However, Ntn5 mutant embryos did have ectopic motor neurons that migrated out of the ventral horn and into the motor roots. Previous studies have implicated semaphorin6A (Sema6A) in boundary cap cells signaling to plexinA2 (PlxnA2)/neuropilin2 (Nrp2) in motor neurons in restricting motor neuron cell bodies to the ventral horn, particularly in the caudal spinal cord. In Ntn5 mutants, ectopic motor neurons are likely to be a different population, as more ectopias were found rostrally. Furthermore, ectopic motor neurons in Ntn5 mutants were not immunoreactive for NRP2. The netrin receptor DCC is a potential receptor for NTN5 in motor neurons, as similar ectopic neurons were found in Dcc mutant mice, but not in mice deficient for other netrin receptors. Thus, Ntn5 is a novel netrin family member that is expressed in boundary cap cells, functioning to prevent motor neuron migration out of the CNS.
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42. Synergistic integration of Netrin and ephrin axon guidance signals by spinal motor neurons
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Louis-Philippe Croteau, Dayana Krawchuk, Frédéric Charron, Daniel Morales, Jean-François Cloutier, Artur Kania, Sebastian Poliak, Susan L. Ackerman, Matthew B. Dalva, Elena Palmesino, Susan Morton, and Tzu-Jen Kao
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animal structures ,Mouse ,QH301-705.5 ,Receptor, EphB2 ,Science ,Growth Cones ,synergy ,Ephrin-B2 ,Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor ,Biology ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Mice ,Netrin ,medicine ,Animals ,Ephrin ,Nerve Growth Factors ,Biology (General) ,Axon ,Growth cone ,Motor Neurons ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,axon guidance ,Tumor Suppressor Proteins ,General Neuroscience ,fungi ,Erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular (Eph) receptor ,General Medicine ,Anatomy ,Netrin-1 ,Motor neuron ,Spinal cord ,Chicken ,ephrin ,Developmental Biology and Stem Cells ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,nervous system ,embryonic structures ,Medicine ,Axon guidance ,Netrin Receptors ,Neuroscience ,Signal Transduction ,Research Article - Abstract
During neural circuit assembly, axonal growth cones are exposed to multiple guidance signals at trajectory choice points. While axonal responses to individual guidance cues have been extensively studied, less is known about responses to combination of signals and underlying molecular mechanisms. Here, we studied the convergence of signals directing trajectory selection of spinal motor axons entering the limb. We first demonstrate that Netrin-1 attracts and repels distinct motor axon populations, according to their expression of Netrin receptors. Quantitative in vitro assays demonstrate that motor axons synergistically integrate both attractive or repulsive Netrin-1 signals together with repulsive ephrin signals. Our investigations of the mechanism of ephrin-B2 and Netrin-1 integration demonstrate that the Netrin receptor Unc5c and the ephrin receptor EphB2 can form a complex in a ligand-dependent manner and that Netrin–ephrin synergistic growth cones responses involve the potentiation of Src family kinase signaling, a common effector of both pathways. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.10841.001, eLife digest The ability of animals to walk and perform skilled movements depends on particular groups of muscles contracting in a coordinated manner. Muscles are activated by nerve cells called motor neurons found in the spinal cord. The connections between the motor neurons and muscles are established in the developing embryo. Each motor neuron produces a long projection called an axon whose growth is guided towards the target muscle by signal proteins. The motor neurons are exposed to many such signal proteins at the same time and it is not clear how they integrate all this information so that their axons target the correct muscles. Poliak, Morales et al. used a variety of genetic and biochemical approaches to study the formation of motor neuron and muscle connections in the limbs of mice and chicks. The experiments show that a signal protein called Netrin-1 is produced in the limbs of developing embryos and attracts the axons of some types of motor neurons and repels others. This is due to the motor neurons producing different types of receptor proteins to detect Netrin-1. Further experiments show that individual axons can combine information from attractive or repulsive Netrin-1 signals together with repulsive signals from another family of proteins called ephrins in a 'synergistic' manner. That is, the combined effect of both cues is stronger than their individual effects added together. This synergy involves ligand-dependent interactions between the Netrin-1 and ephrin receptor proteins, and the activation of a common enzyme. Poliak, Morales et al.’s findings reveal a new role for Netrin-1 in guiding the development of motor neurons in the limb. Future work will focus on further understanding the mechanism of synergy between Netrin-1 and ephrins. Netrin-1 and ephrins are also involved in the formation of blood vessels and many other developmental processes, so understanding how they work together would have a wide-reaching impact on research into human health and disease. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.10841.002
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- 2015
43. The UNC5C Netrin Receptor Regulates Dorsal Guidance of Mouse Hindbrain Axons
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Doyeun Kim and Susan L. Ackerman
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ATOH1 ,Dorsum ,Cerebellum ,Green Fluorescent Proteins ,Cell Count ,Hindbrain ,Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor ,UNC5C ,Article ,Mice ,Cell Movement ,Neural Pathways ,Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors ,Inferior olivary nucleus ,medicine ,Animals ,Amino Acids ,Mice, Knockout ,Neurons ,biology ,General Neuroscience ,Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ,Embryo, Mammalian ,Axons ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Rhombencephalon ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Animals, Newborn ,nervous system ,biology.protein ,Axon guidance ,Brainstem ,Netrin Receptors ,Neuroscience - Abstract
The cerebellum receives its input from multiple precerebellar nuclei located in the brainstem and sends processed information to other brain structures via the deep cerebellar neurons. Guidance molecules that regulate the complex migrations of precerebellar neurons and the initial guidance of their leading processes have been identified. However, the molecules necessary for dorsal guidance of precerebellar axons to the developing cerebellum or for guidance of decussating axons of the deep nuclei are not known. To determine whetherUnc5cplays a role in the dorsal guidance of precerebellar and deep cerebellar axons, we studied axonal trajectories of these neurons inUnc5c−/−mice. Our results show thatUnc5cis expressed broadly in the precerebellar and deep cerebellar neurons.Unc5cdeletion disrupted long-range dorsal guidance of inferior olivary and pontine axons after crossing the midline. In addition, dorsal guidance of the axons from the medial deep cerebellar and external cuneate neurons was affected inUnc5c−/−mice, as were anterior migrations of pontine neurons. Coincident with the guidance defects of their axons, degeneration of neurons in the external cuneate nucleus and subdivisions of the inferior olivary nucleus was observed inUnc5c−/−mice. Lastly, transgenic expression ofUnc5cin deep neurons and pontine neurons by theAtoh1promoter rescued defects of the medial deep cerebellar and pontine axons observed inUnc5c−/−embryos, demonstrating thatUnc5cacts cell autonomously in the guidance of these axons. Our results suggest thatUnc5cplays a broad role in dorsal guidance of axons in the developing hindbrain.
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- 2011
44. Editing-defective tRNA synthetase causes protein misfolding and neurodegeneration
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Susan A. Cook, Muriel T. Davisson, Chantal M. Longo-Guess, John P. Sundberg, Paul Schimmel, Jeong Woong Lee, Jaeseon Jang, Kirk Beebe, Susan L. Ackerman, and Leslie A. Nangle
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Models, Molecular ,Protein Folding ,Molecular Sequence Data ,RNA, Transfer, Ala ,Cerebellar Purkinje cell ,Biology ,medicine.disease_cause ,Catalysis ,Mice ,Purkinje Cells ,JUNQ and IPOD ,Escherichia coli ,Serine ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Mutation ,Alanine ,Multidisciplinary ,Alanine-tRNA Ligase ,Neurodegeneration ,Acetylation ,Neurodegenerative Diseases ,Fibroblasts ,medicine.disease ,Mice, Mutant Strains ,Protein Structure, Tertiary ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Phenotype ,Aggresome ,Biochemistry ,Transfer RNA ,Unfolded protein response ,Protein folding - Abstract
Misfolded proteins are associated with several pathological conditions including neurodegeneration. Although some of these abnormally folded proteins result from mutations in genes encoding disease-associated proteins (for example, repeat-expansion diseases), more general mechanisms that lead to misfolded proteins in neurons remain largely unknown. Here we demonstrate that low levels of mischarged transfer RNAs (tRNAs) can lead to an intracellular accumulation of misfolded proteins in neurons. These accumulations are accompanied by upregulation of cytoplasmic protein chaperones and by induction of the unfolded protein response. We report that the mouse sticky mutation, which causes cerebellar Purkinje cell loss and ataxia, is a missense mutation in the editing domain of the alanyl-tRNA synthetase gene that compromises the proofreading activity of this enzyme during aminoacylation of tRNAs. These findings demonstrate that disruption of translational fidelity in terminally differentiated neurons leads to the accumulation of misfolded proteins and cell death, and provide a novel mechanism underlying neurodegeneration.
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- 2006
45. In VivoMagnetic Resonance Imaging and Semiautomated Image Analysis Extend the Brain Phenotype forcdf/cdfMice
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Tatiana V. Lipina, John C. Roder, Susan L. Ackerman, R. Mark Henkelman, Natasa Kovacevic, and Nicholas A. Bock
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Male ,Inferior colliculus ,Cerebellum ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Mutant ,Contrast Media ,Mice, Transgenic ,Biology ,Mice ,Mice, Neurologic Mutants ,Imaging, Three-Dimensional ,Chlorides ,In vivo ,Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted ,medicine ,Animals ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,General Neuroscience ,Brain ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,Articles ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Phenotype ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Manganese Compounds ,Cytoarchitecture ,Female ,Neuroscience ,Neuroanatomy - Abstract
Magnetic resonance imaging and computer image analysis in human clinical studies effectively identify abnormal neuroanatomy in disease populations. As more mouse models of neurological disorders are discovered, such an approach may prove useful for translational studies. Here, we demonstrate the effectiveness of a similar strategy for mouse neuroscience studies by phenotyping mice with the cerebellar deficient folia (cdf) mutation. Usingin vivomultiple-mouse magnetic resonance imaging for increased throughput, we imaged groups ofcdfmutant, heterozygous, and wild-type mice and made an atlas-based segmentation of the structures in 15 individual brains. We then performed computer automated volume measurements on the structures. We found a reduced cerebellar volume in thecdfmutants, which was expected, but we also found a new phenotype in the inferior colliculus and the olfactory bulbs. Subsequent local histology revealed additional cytoarchitectural abnormalities in the olfactory bulbs. This demonstrates the utility of anatomical magnetic resonance imaging and semiautomated image analysis for detecting abnormal neuroarchitecture in mutant mice.
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46. Dorsally derived netrin 1 provides an inhibitory cue and elaborates the'waiting period' for primary sensory axons in the developing spinal cord
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Keisuke Watanabe, Susan L. Ackerman, Takahiro Furuta, Kazuhiro Ikenaka, Nobuaki Tamamaki, and Katsuhiko Ono
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Indoles ,animal structures ,Sensory system ,Biology ,UNC5C ,Models, Biological ,Cell Line ,Mice ,Organ Culture Techniques ,Dorsal root ganglion ,Pregnancy ,Cricetinae ,Ganglia, Spinal ,Netrin ,medicine ,Animals ,Nerve Growth Factors ,Neurons, Afferent ,Mantle (mollusc) ,Molecular Biology ,In Situ Hybridization ,Floor plate ,Mice, Inbred ICR ,Epidermal Growth Factor ,Tumor Suppressor Proteins ,fungi ,Neural tube ,Galactosides ,Anatomy ,Netrin-1 ,Spinal cord ,Immunohistochemistry ,Axons ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Spinal Cord ,nervous system ,Mutation ,embryonic structures ,Female ,Neuroscience ,Developmental Biology - Abstract
Dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons extend axons to specific targets in the gray matter of the spinal cord. During development, DRG axons grow into the dorsolateral margin of the spinal cord and projection into the dorsal mantle layer occurs after a `waiting period' of a few days. Netrin 1 is a long-range diffusible factor expressed in the ventral midline of the developing neural tube, and has chemoattractive and chemorepulsive effects on growing axons. Netrin 1 is also expressed in the dorsal spinal cord. However, the roles of dorsally derived netrin 1 remain totally unknown. Here, we show that dorsal netrin 1 controls the correct guidance of primary sensory axons. During the waiting period, netrin 1 is transiently expressed or upregulated in the dorsal spinal cord, and the absence of netrin 1 results in the aberrant projection of sensory axons, including both cutaneous and proprioceptive afferents, into the dorsal mantle layer. Netrin 1 derived from the dorsal spinal cord, but not the floor plate, is involved in the correct projection of DRG axons. Furthermore,netrin 1 suppresses axon outgrowth from DRG in vitro. Unc5crcm mutant shows abnormal invasion of DRG axons as observed in netrin 1 mutants. These results are the first direct evidence that netrin 1 in the dorsal spinal cord acts as an inhibitory cue for primary sensory axons and is a crucial signal for the formation of sensory afferent neural networks.
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- 2006
47. DCC-dependent Phospholipase C Signaling in Netrin-1-induced Neurite Elongation
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Wen Cheng Xiong, Susan L. Ackerman, Yi Xie, Xiu Rong Ren, Yan Hong, Xiao Yue Ma, and Lin Mei
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animal structures ,Deleted in Colorectal Cancer ,Neurite ,Receptors, Cell Surface ,Biology ,Biochemistry ,Rats, Sprague-Dawley ,Mice ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates ,Netrin ,Neurites ,Animals ,Humans ,Nerve Growth Factors ,Phosphatidylinositol ,Molecular Biology ,Cells, Cultured ,Cerebral Cortex ,Neurons ,Phospholipase C ,Tumor Suppressor Proteins ,fungi ,Tyrosine phosphorylation ,Cell Biology ,Netrin-1 ,DCC Receptor ,Rats ,Cell biology ,nervous system ,chemistry ,Type C Phospholipases ,embryonic structures ,Axon guidance ,Signal transduction ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
Netrins, a family of secreted molecules, play important roles in axon pathfinding during nervous system development. Although phosphatidylinositol signaling has been implicated in this event, how netrin-1 regulates phosphatidylinositol signaling remains poorly understood. Here we provide evidence that netrin-1 stimulates phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate hydrolysis in cortical neurons. This event appears to be mediated by DCC (deleted in colorectal cancer), but not neogenin or Unc5h2. Netrin-1 induces phospholipase Cgamma (PLCgamma) tyrosine phosphorylation. Inhibition of PLC activity attenuates netrin-1-induced cortical neurite outgrowth. These results suggest that netrin-1 regulates phosphatidylinositol turnover and demonstrate a crucial role of PLC signaling in netrin-1-induced neurite elongation.
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- 2006
48. Oxidative stress, cell cycle, and neurodegeneration
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Jeffrey A, Klein and Susan L, Ackerman
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Neurons ,Oxidative Stress ,Cell Death ,Superoxides ,Cell Cycle ,Perspective ,Animals ,Humans ,Neurodegenerative Diseases ,General Medicine ,Reactive Oxygen Species - Published
- 2003
49. The harlequin mouse mutation downregulates apoptosis-inducing factor
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Susan L. Ackerman, Chantal M. Longo-Guess, Kevin L. Seburn, Ronald E. Hurd, Jeff Klein, Roderick T. Bronson, Marlies P. Rossmann, and Wayne N. Frankel
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Aging ,Cerebellum ,Programmed cell death ,AIFM1 ,Cell Survival ,Down-Regulation ,Apoptosis ,Biology ,medicine.disease_cause ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Retina ,Mice ,Purkinje Cells ,Genetic model ,medicine ,Animals ,cardiovascular diseases ,Cells, Cultured ,Neurons ,Genetics ,Multidisciplinary ,Flavoproteins ,Cell Cycle ,Neurodegeneration ,Apoptosis Inducing Factor ,Membrane Proteins ,Free Radical Scavengers ,Hydrogen Peroxide ,Catalase ,Free radical scavenger ,medicine.disease ,Glutathione ,Mice, Mutant Strains ,Cell biology ,Microscopy, Electron ,Oxidative Stress ,Phenotype ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Mutation ,Apoptosis-inducing factor ,Lipid Peroxidation ,biological phenomena, cell phenomena, and immunity ,Oxidative stress - Abstract
Harlequin (Hq) mutant mice have progressive degeneration of terminally differentiated cerebellar and retinal neurons. We have identified the Hq mutation as a proviral insertion in the apoptosis-inducing factor (Aif) gene, causing about an 80% reduction in AIF expression. Mutant cerebellar granule cells are susceptible to exogenous and endogenous peroxide-mediated apoptosis, but can be rescued by AIF expression. Overexpression of AIF in wild-type granule cells further decreases peroxide-mediated cell death, suggesting that AIF serves as a free radical scavenger. In agreement, dying neurons in aged Hq mutant mice show oxidative stress. In addition, neurons damaged by oxidative stress in both the cerebellum and retina of Hq mutant mice re-enter the cell cycle before undergoing apoptosis. Our results provide a genetic model of oxidative stress-mediated neurodegeneration and demonstrate a direct connection between cell cycle re-entry and oxidative stress in the ageing central nervous system.
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- 2002
50. Abstract IA13: Ribosome stalling and disease
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Susan L. Ackerman
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Cancer Research ,Nuclear gene ,Cancer ,Translation (biology) ,Biology ,medicine.disease ,Ribosome ,Amino acid ,Cell biology ,Oncology ,chemistry ,Transfer RNA ,medicine ,Protein biosynthesis ,Gene - Abstract
La Jolla, CA. Protein synthesis is vital for cell function and disturbances in translation are associated with cancer, neurological disorders and other diseases. Although regulation of translation is thought to largely occur at initiation, elongation, the reiterative addition of amino acids by the ribosome, is emerging as a translational phase that is also highly regulated. Transfer RNAs, the adaptor molecules essential for elongation are encoded by several hundreds of nuclear genes in higher eukaryotes suggesting great functional redundancy. Our work has defined epistatic interactions between mutations in a mammalian tRNA gene and a novel ribosome rescue factor, defining the importance of individual tRNA genes in translation and the pathologies that can arise from disruptions in this process. Citation Format: Susan L. Ackerman. Ribosome stalling and disease. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Special Conference on Translational Control of Cancer: A New Frontier in Cancer Biology and Therapy; 2016 Oct 27-30; San Francisco, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(6 Suppl):Abstract nr IA13.
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- 2017
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