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NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 371, Issue -, Pages 455-468Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.12.033
Keywords
dystonia; ER stress; UPR; TorsinA; eif2 alpha
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Funding
- Stanley Fahn Award of the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
- US Department of Defense [W81XWH-14-1-0282]
- Collaborative Center for XDP
- National Institutes of Health [NS081282]
- Grant for International Mobility of the University of Malaga
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DYT1 dystonia is a neurological disease caused by dominant mutations in the TOR1A gene, encoding for the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident protein torsinA. Recent reports linked expression of the DYT1-causing protein with dysregulation of eIF2 alpha, a key component of the cellular response to ER stress known as the unfolded protein response (UPR). However, the response of the DYT1 mammalian brain to acute ER stress inducers has not been evaluated in vivo. We hypothesized that torsinA regulates the neuronal UPR and expression of its mutant form would alter this process. TorsinA was post-transcriptionally upregulated upon acute ER stress in different models, suggesting a role in this response. Moreover, increased basal phosphorylation of eIF2 alpha in DYT1 transgenic rats was associated with an abnormal response to acute ER stress. Finally, an unbiased RNA-Seq-based transcriptomic analysis of embryonic brain tissue in heterozygous and homozygous DYT1 knockin mice confirmed the presence of eIF2 alpha dysregulation in the DYT1 brain. In sum, these findings support previous reports linking torsinA function, eIF2 alpha signaling and the neuronal response to ER stress in vivo. Furthermore, we describe novel protocols to investigate neuronal ER stress in cultured neurons and in vivo. (C) 2018 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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