Intercellular propagated misfolding of wild-type Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase occurs via exosome-dependent and -independent mechanisms

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Grad, Leslie I, Yerbury, Justin J, Turner, Bradley J ORCID: 0000-0001-6580-7655, Guest, William C, Pokrishevsky, Edward, O'Neill, Megan A, Yanai, Anat, Silverman, Judith M, Zeineddine, Rafaa, Corcoran, Lisa, Kumita, Janet R, Luheshi, Leila M, Yousefi, Masoud, Coleman, Bradley M, Hill, Andrew F ORCID: 0000-0001-5581-2354, Plotkin, Steven S, Mackenzie, Ian R and Cashman, Neil R (2014) Intercellular propagated misfolding of wild-type Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase occurs via exosome-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111 (9). pp. 3620-3625. ISSN 0027-8424

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is predominantly sporadic, but associated with heritable genetic mutations in 5-10% of cases, including those in Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1). We previously showed that misfolding of SOD1 can be transmitted to endogenous human wild-type SOD1 (HuWtSOD1) in an intracellular compartment. Using NSC-34 motor neuron-like cells, we now demonstrate that misfolded mutant and HuWtSOD1 can traverse between cells via two nonexclusive mechanisms: protein aggregates released from dying cells and taken up by macropinocytosis, and exosomes secreted from living cells. Furthermore, once HuWt- SOD1 propagation has been established, misfolding of HuWt- SOD1 can be efficiently and repeatedly propagated between HEK293 cell cultures via conditioned media over multiple passages, and to cultured mouse primary spinal cord cells transgenically expressing HuWtSOD1, but not to cells derived from nontransgenic littermates. Conditioned media transmission of HuWtSOD1 misfolding in HEK293 cells is blocked by HuWtSOD1 siRNA knockdown, consistent with human SOD1 being a substrate for conversion, and attenuated by ultracentrifugation or incubation with SOD1 misfolding- specific antibodies, indicating a relatively massive transmission particle which possesses antibody-accessible SOD1. Finally, misfolded and protease-sensitive HuWtSOD1 comprises up to 4% of total SOD1 in spinal cords of patients with sporadic ALS (SALS). Propagation of HuWtSOD1 misfolding, and its subsequent cell-tocell transmission, is thus a candidate process for the molecular pathogenesis of SALS, which may provide novel treatment and biomarker targets for this devastating disease.

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Item type Article
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/45727
DOI 10.1073/pnas.1312245111
Official URL https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1312245...
Subjects Current > FOR (2020) Classification > 3207 Medical microbiology
Current > Division/Research > Chancellery
Keywords misfolded protein, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, motor neuron disease
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