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JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 28, Issue 26, Pages 6691-6702Publisher
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1701-08.2008
Keywords
neurodegeneration; endocytosis; clathrin; raft; prion diseases; flotillin; ERK
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- FIC NIH HHS [R21 TW007800, R03 TW007025, R03 TW007025-01, R21 TW007800-01, R21 TW007800-02] Funding Source: Medline
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Funding Source: Medline
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The secreted cochaperone STI1 triggers activation of protein kinase A (PKA) and ERK1/2 signaling by interacting with the cellular prion (PrPC) at the cell surface, resulting in neuroprotection and increased neuritogenesis. Here, we investigated whether STI1 triggers PrPC trafficking and tested whether this process controls PrPC-dependent signaling. We found that STI1, but not a STI1 mutant unable to bind PrPC, induced PrPC endocytosis. STI1-induced signaling did not occur in cells devoid of endogenous PrPC; however, heterologous expression of PrPC reconstituted both PKA and ERK1/2 activation. In contrast, a PrPC mutant lacking endocytic activity was unable to promote ERK1/2 activation induced by STI1, whereas it reconstituted PKA activity in the same condition, suggesting a key role of endocytosis in the former process. The activation of ERK1/2 by STI1 was transient and appeared to depend on the interaction of the two proteins at the cell surface or shortly after internalization. Moreover, inhibition of dynamin activity by expression of a dominant-negative mutant caused the accumulation and colocalization of these proteins at the plasma membrane, suggesting that both proteins use a dynamin-dependent internalization pathway. These results show that PrPC endocytosis is a necessary step to modulate STI1-dependent ERK1/2 signaling involved in neuritogenesis.
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