Trending with Impact: Knockdown of Disease Specific Proteins APP, Tau, SOD1 G93A and TDP-43

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August 19, 2021

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  • Aging-US published this trending editorial on July 12, 2021, entitled, “Inhibition of heat shock proteins increases autophagosome formation, and reduces the expression of APP, Tau, SOD1 G93A and TDP-43” by researchers from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Richmond, VA; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Richmond, VA; Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGEN), Phoenix, AZ; Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, Phoenix, AZ. Abstract Aberrant expression and denaturation of Tau, amyloid-beta and TDP-43 can lead to cell death and is a major component of pathologies such as Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). AD neurons exhibit a reduced ability to form autophagosomes and degrade proteins via autophagy. Using genetically manipulated colon cancer cells we determined whether drugs that directly inhibit the chaperone ATPase activity or cause chaperone degradation and endoplasmic reticulum stress signaling leading to macroautophagy could reduce the levels of these proteins. The antiviral chaperone ATPase inhibitor AR12 reduced the ATPase activities and total expression of GRP78, HSP90, and HSP70, and of Tau, Tau 301L, APP, APP692, APP715, SOD1 G93A and TDP-43. In parallel, it increased the phosphorylation of ATG13 S318 and eIF2A S51 and caused eIF2A-dependent autophagosome formation and autophagic flux. Knock down of Beclin1 or ATG5 prevented chaperone, APP and Tau degradation. Neratinib, used to treat HER2+ breast cancer, reduced chaperone levels and expression of Tau and APP via macroautophagy, and neratinib interacted with AR12 to cause further reductions in protein levels. The autophagy-regulatory protein ATG16L1 is expressed as two isoforms, T300 or A300: Africans trend to express T300 and Europeans A300. We observed higher basal expression of Tau in T300 cells when compared to isogenic A300 cells. ATG16L1 isoform expression did not alter basal levels of HSP90, HSP70 or HSP27, however, basal levels of GRP78 were reduced in A300 cells. The abilities of both AR12 and neratinib to stimulate ATG13 S318 and eIF2A S51 phosphorylation and autophagic flux was also reduced in A300 cells. Our data support further evaluation of AR12 and neratinib in neuronal cells as repurposed treatments for AD. Sign up for free Altmetric alerts about this article - https://oncotarget.altmetric.com/details/email_updates?id=10.18632%2Foncotarget.203297 DOI - https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.203297 Full text - https://www.aging-us.com/article/203297/text Correspondence to: Paul Dent email: paul.dent@vcuhealth.org Keywords: Alzheimer's, chaperone, GRP78, autophagy, neratinib About Aging-US Launched in 2009, Aging-US publishes papers of general interest and biological significance in all fields of aging research and age-related diseases, including cancer—and now, with a special focus on COVID-19 vulnerability as an age-dependent syndrome. Topics in Aging-US go beyond traditional gerontology, including, but not limited to, cellular and molecular biology, human age-related diseases, pathology in model organisms, signal transduction pathways (e.g., p53, sirtuins, and PI-3K/AKT/mTOR, among others), and approaches to modulating these signaling pathways. Please visit our website at http://www.Aging-US.com​​ or connect with us on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/AgingJrnl​ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AgingUS/​ SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/aging-us​ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/agingus​ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/aging​ Aging-US is published by Impact Journals, LLC please visit http://www.ImpactJournals.com​​ or connect with @ImpactJrnls Media Contact 18009220957 MEDIA@IMPACTJOURNALS.COM

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