Journal
JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE
Volume 126, Issue 9, Pages 2124-2133Publisher
COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.127340
Keywords
Parkinson's disease; DJ-1; Parkin; Mutations; p53; XBP-1; UPR
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- Association Monegasque pour la recherche contre la Maladie d'Alzheimer
- Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale
- Conseil General des Alpes Maritimes
- LABEX
- DISTALZ
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Parkin and DJ-1 are two multi-functional proteins linked to autosomal recessive early-onset Parkinson's disease (PD) that have been shown to functionally interact by as-yet-unknown mechanisms. We have delineated the mechanisms by which parkin controls DJ-1. Parkin modulates DJ-1 transcription and protein levels via a signaling cascade involving p53 and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-stress-induced active X-box-binding protein-1S (XBP-1S). Parkin triggers the transcriptional repression of p53 while p53 downregulates DJ-1 protein and mRNA expressions. We show that parkin-mediated control of DJ-1 is fully p53-dependent. Furthermore, we establish that p53 lowers the protein and mRNA levels of XBP-1S. Accordingly, we show that parkin ultimately upregulates XBP-1 levels. Subsequently, XBP-1S physically interacts with the DJ-1 promoter, thereby enhancing its promoter trans-activation, mRNA levels and protein expression. This data was corroborated by the examination of DJ-1 in both parkin- and p53-null mice brains. This transcriptional cascade is abolished by pathogenic parkin mutations and is independent of its ubiquitin-ligase activity. Our data establish a park-independent ER-stress-associated modulation of DJ-1 and identifies p53 and XBP-1 as two major actors acting downstream of parkin in this signaling cascade in cells and in vivo. This work provides a mechanistic explanation for the increase in the unfolded protein response observed in PD pathology, i.e. that it is due to a defect in parkin-associated control of DJ-1.
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