Plekhg5-regulated autophagy of synaptic vesicles reveals a pathogenic mechanism in motoneuron disease

Autophagy-mediated degradation of synaptic components maintains synaptic homeostasis but also constitutes a mechanism of neurodegeneration. It is unclear how autophagy of synaptic vesicles and components of presynaptic active zones is regulated. Here, we show that Pleckstrin homology containing family member 5 (Plekhg5) modulates autophagy of synaptic vesicles in axon terminals of motoneurons via its function as a guanine exchange factor for Rab26, a small GTPase that specifically directs synaptic vesicles to preautophagosomal structures. Plekhg5 gene inactivation in mice results in a late-onset motoneuron disease, characterized by degeneration of axon terminals. Plekhg5-depleted cultured motoneurons show defective axon growth and impaired autophagy of synaptic vesicles, which can be rescued by constitutively active Rab26. These findings define a mechanism for regulating autophagy in neurons that specifically targets synaptic vesicles. Disruption of this mechanism may contribute to the pathophysiology of several forms of motoneuron disease.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 8(2017), 1 vom: 30. Okt., Seite 678

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lüningschrör, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Binotti, Beyenech [VerfasserIn]
Dombert, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Heimann, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Perez-Lara, Angel [VerfasserIn]
Slotta, Carsten [VerfasserIn]
Thau-Habermann, Nadine [VerfasserIn]
R von Collenberg, Cora [VerfasserIn]
Karl, Franziska [VerfasserIn]
Damme, Markus [VerfasserIn]
Horowitz, Arie [VerfasserIn]
Maystadt, Isabelle [VerfasserIn]
Füchtbauer, Annette [VerfasserIn]
Füchtbauer, Ernst-Martin [VerfasserIn]
Jablonka, Sibylle [VerfasserIn]
Blum, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Üçeyler, Nurcan [VerfasserIn]
Petri, Susanne [VerfasserIn]
Kaltschmidt, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
Jahn, Reinhard [VerfasserIn]
Kaltschmidt, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Sendtner, Michael [VerfasserIn]

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EC 3.6.5.2
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
Journal Article
Rab GTP-Binding Proteins
Rab26 protein, mouse
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Syx protein, mouse

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Date Completed 29.01.2018

Date Revised 13.11.2018

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-017-00689-z

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM277524059