Journal
JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
Volume 213, Issue 2, Pages 200-209Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/path.2224
Keywords
amyloid; stress response; ubiquitin; parkin; proteosome; alpha-synuclein
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The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) has been associated with neurodegenerative disorders of intracellular protein aggregation. We have studied the UPS in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP), a neurodegenerative disorder caused by extracellular deposition of mutant transthyretin (TTR). The studies were conducted in TTR-synthesizing and non-synthesizing tissues from affected individuals, in transgenic mouse models for FAP, and in neuronal or Schwannoma cell lines cultured with TTR aggregates. In human FAP tissues presenting extracellular TTR aggregates, ubiquitin -protein conjugates were up-regulated, the proteasome levels were decreased and parkin and alpha-synuclein expression were both decreased. A similar response was detected in mouse models for TTR V30M or L55P. On the other hand, the liver, which normally synthesizes variant TTR V30M, did not show this response. Furthermore, transgenic mice immunized to decrease TTR deposition showed a significant reduction in ubiquitin levels and an increase in parkin and alpha-synuclein levels in comparison to control mice. Studies performed in cell lines with aggregates in the medium resulted in increased ubiquitin and decreased parkin levels. The overall results are indicative of TTR deposition as an external stimulus to an intracellular UPS response in FAP. Copyright (c) 2007 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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