Mitofusin 2 Regulates Axonal Transport of Calpastatin to Prevent Neuromuscular Synaptic Elimination in Skeletal Muscles

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Skeletal muscles undergo atrophy in response to diseases and aging. Here we report that mitofusin 2 (Mfn2) acts as a dominant suppressor of neuromuscular synaptic loss to preserve skeletal muscles. Mfn2 is reduced in spinal cords of transgenic SOD1G93A and aged mice. Through preserving neuromuscular synapses, increasing neuronal Mfn2 prevents skeletal muscle wasting in both SOD1G93A and aged mice, whereas deletion of neuronal Mfn2 produces neuromuscular synaptic dysfunction and skeletal muscle atrophy. Neuromuscular synaptic loss after sciatic nerve transection can also be alleviated by Mfn2. Mfn2 coexists with calpastatin largely in mitochondria-associated membranes (MAMs) to regulate its axonal transport. Genetic inactivation of calpastatin abolishes Mfn2-mediated protection of neuromuscular synapses. Our results suggest that, as a potential key component of a novel and heretofore unrecognized mechanism of cytoplasmic protein transport, Mfn2 may play a general role in preserving neuromuscular synapses and serve as a common therapeutic target for skeletal muscle atrophy.

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CommentIn: Cell Metab. 2018 Oct 2;28(4):536-538. - PMID 30282045

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Cell metabolism - 28(2018), 3 vom: 04. Sept., Seite 400-414.e8

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Luwen [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Ju [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jingyi [VerfasserIn]
Siedlak, Sandra L [VerfasserIn]
Torres, Sandy [VerfasserIn]
Fujioka, Hisashi [VerfasserIn]
Huntley, Mikayla L [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Yinfei [VerfasserIn]
Ji, Haiyan [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Tingxiang [VerfasserIn]
Harland, Micah [VerfasserIn]
Termsarasab, Pichet [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Sophia [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Jingjing [VerfasserIn]
Perry, George [VerfasserIn]
Hoppel, Charles [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hu [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xinglong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

79079-11-1
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Axonal transport
Calcium-Binding Proteins
Calpastatin
EC 3.6.1.-
GTP Phosphohydrolases
Journal Article
Membrane Proteins
Mfn2
Mfn2 protein, mouse
Mitochondria
Mitochondria-associated membranes
Mitochondrial Proteins
Nerve injury
Neuromuscular synapse
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sarcopenia
Skeletal muscle atrophy

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Date Completed 04.10.2019

Date Revised 09.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Cell Metab. 2018 Oct 2;28(4):536-538. - PMID 30282045

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cmet.2018.06.011

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM286581728