Huntington’s
disease
(HD)
is
caused
by
expansion
of
the
polyglutamine
stretch
in
huntingtin
protein
(HTT)
resulting
hallmark
aggresomes/inclusion
bodies
(IBs)
composed
mutant
(mHTT)
and
its
fragments.
Stimulating
autophagy
to
enhance
mHTT
clearance
considered
a
potential
therapeutic
strategy
for
HD.
Our
recent
evaluation
autophagic-lysosomal
pathway
(ALP)
human
HD
brain
reveals
upregulated
lysosomal
biogenesis
relatively
normal
flux
early
Vonsattel
grade
brains,
but
impaired
autolysosome
late
suggesting
that
stimulation
could
have
benefits
as
an
earlier
clinical
intervention.
Here,
we
tested
this
hypothesis
crossing
Q175
knock-in
model
with
our
reporter
mouse
TRGL
(
T
hy-1-
R
FP-
G
L
C3)
investigate
vivo
neuronal
ALP
dynamics.
In
and/or
TRGL/Q175
mice,
was
detected
autophagic
vacuoles
also
exhibited
high
level
colocalization
receptors
p62/SQSTM1
ubiquitin
IBs.
Compared
robust
pathology
late-stage
striatum,
alterations
models
are
late-onset
milder
included
lowered
phospho-p70S6K
level,
lysosome
depletion
elevation
including
more
poorly
acidified
autolysosomes
larger-sized
lipofuscin
granules,
reflecting
flux.
Administration
mTOR
inhibitor
6-mo-old
normalized
number,
ameliorated
aggresome
while
reducing
mHTT-,
p62-
ubiquitin-immunoreactivities,
beneficial
modulation
at
stages
progression.
Nature Neuroscience,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
25(6), P. 688 - 701
Published: June 1, 2022
Autophagy
is
markedly
impaired
in
Alzheimer's
disease
(AD).
Here
we
reveal
unique
autophagy
dysregulation
within
neurons
five
AD
mouse
models
vivo
and
identify
its
basis
using
a
neuron-specific
transgenic
mRFP-eGFP-LC3
probe
of
pH,
multiplex
confocal
imaging
correlative
light
electron
microscopy.
Autolysosome
acidification
declines
well
before
extracellular
amyloid
deposition,
associated
with
lowered
vATPase
activity
build-up
Aβ/APP-βCTF
selectively
enlarged
de-acidified
autolysosomes.
In
more
compromised
yet
still
intact
neurons,
profuse
Aβ-positive
autophagic
vacuoles
(AVs)
pack
into
large
membrane
blebs
forming
flower-like
perikaryal
rosettes.
This
pattern,
termed
PANTHOS
(poisonous
anthos
(flower)),
also
present
brains.
Additional
AVs
coalesce
peri-nuclear
networks
tubules
where
fibrillar
β-amyloid
accumulates
intraluminally.
Lysosomal
permeabilization,
cathepsin
release
lysosomal
cell
death
ensue,
accompanied
by
microglial
invasion.
Quantitative
analyses
confirm
that
individual
exhibiting
are
the
principal
source
senile
plaques
precursor
protein
models.
Nature Neuroscience,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
27(6), P. 1087 - 1102
Published: April 10, 2024
Abstract
In
neurons,
RNA
granules
are
transported
along
the
axon
for
local
translation
away
from
soma.
Recent
studies
indicate
that
some
of
this
transport
involves
hitchhiking
on
lysosome-related
vesicles.
present
study,
we
leveraged
ability
to
prevent
these
vesicles
into
by
knockout
lysosome–kinesin
adaptor
BLOC-one-related
complex
(BORC)
identify
a
subset
axonal
mRNAs
depend
transport.
We
found
BORC
causes
depletion
large
group
mainly
encoding
ribosomal
and
mitochondrial/oxidative
phosphorylation
proteins.
This
results
in
mitochondrial
defects
eventually
leads
degeneration
human
induced
pluripotent
stem
cell
(iPSC)-derived
mouse
neurons.
Pathway
analyses
depleted
revealed
mechanistic
connection
deficiency
with
common
neurodegenerative
disorders.
These
demonstrate
mRNA
is
critical
maintenance
homeostasis
its
failure
degeneration.
The Journal of Cell Biology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
221(3)
Published: Feb. 10, 2022
Lysosomes
serve
as
degradation
hubs
for
the
turnover
of
endocytic
and
autophagic
cargos,
which
is
essential
neuron
function
survival.
Deficits
in
lysosome
result
progressive
neurodegeneration
most
lysosomal
storage
disorders
contribute
to
pathogenesis
aging-related
neurodegenerative
diseases.
Given
their
size
highly
polarized
morphology,
neurons
face
exceptional
challenges
maintaining
cellular
homeostasis
regions
far
removed
from
cell
body
where
mature
lysosomes
are
enriched.
Neurons
therefore
require
coordinated
bidirectional
intracellular
transport
sustain
efficient
clearance
capacity
distal
axonal
regions.
Emerging
lines
evidence
have
started
uncover
mechanisms
signaling
pathways
regulating
endolysosome
maturation
maintain
homeostasis,
or
"axonostasis,"
that
relevant
a
range
neurologic
disorders.
In
this
review,
we
discuss
recent
advances
how
endolysosomal
trafficking,
distribution,
functionality
support
neuronal
health
become
disrupted
several
Science Advances,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
9(30)
Published: July 26, 2023
Lysosome
dysfunction
arises
early
and
propels
Alzheimer's
disease
(AD).
Herein,
we
show
that
amyloid
precursor
protein
(APP),
linked
to
early-onset
AD
in
Down
syndrome
(DS),
acts
directly
via
its
β-C-terminal
fragment
(βCTF)
disrupt
lysosomal
vacuolar
(H+)-adenosine
triphosphatase
(v-ATPase)
acidification.
In
human
DS
fibroblasts,
the
phosphorylated
682YENPTY
internalization
motif
of
APP-βCTF
binds
selectively
within
a
pocket
v-ATPase
V0a1
subunit
cytoplasmic
domain
competitively
inhibits
association
V1
subcomplex
v-ATPase,
thereby
reducing
activity.
Lowering
Tyr682
phosphorylation
restores
lysosome
function
fibroblasts
vivo
brains
model
mice.
Notably,
lowering
below
normal
constitutive
levels
boosts
assembly
activity,
suggesting
may
also
be
modulated
tonically
by
phospho-APP-βCTF.
Elevated
two
mouse
models
similarly
disrupts
function.
These
findings
offer
previously
unknown
insight
into
pathogenic
mechanism
underlying
faulty
lysosomes
all
forms
AD.
Journal of Cell Science,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
136(6)
Published: Feb. 24, 2023
ABSTRACT
Abnormalities
in
the
endosomal-autophagic-lysosomal
(EAL)
system
are
an
early
event
Alzheimer's
disease
(AD)
pathogenesis.
However,
mechanisms
underlying
these
abnormalities
unclear.
The
transient
receptor
potential
channel
mucolipin
1(TRPML1,
also
known
as
MCOLN1),
a
vital
endosomal-lysosomal
Ca2+
whose
loss
of
function
leads
to
neurodegeneration,
has
not
been
investigated
with
respect
EAL
pathogenesis
late-onset
AD
(LOAD).
Here,
we
identify
pathological
hallmarks
TRPML1
dysregulation
LOAD
neurons,
including
increased
perinuclear
clustering
and
vacuolation
endolysosomes.
We
reveal
that
induced
pluripotent
stem
cell
(iPSC)-derived
human
cortical
neurons
expressing
APOE
ε4,
strongest
genetic
risk
factor
for
LOAD,
have
significantly
diminished
TRPML1-induced
endolysosomal
release.
Furthermore,
found
blocking
primary
by
depleting
agonist
PI(3,5)P2
via
PIKfyve
inhibition,
recreated
multiple
features
neuropathology
evident
LOAD.
This
included
content,
enlargement
endolysosomes,
autophagic
vesicle
accumulation
endosomal
enlargement.
Strikingly,
AD-like
neuronal
defects
were
rescued
reactivation
using
its
synthetic
ML-SA1.
These
findings
implicate
present
therapeutic
target.
Science,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
382(6667), P. 223 - 230
Published: Oct. 12, 2023
Neurons
relay
information
via
specialized
presynaptic
compartments
for
neurotransmission.
Unlike
conventional
organelles,
the
apparatus
characterizing
neuronal
presynapse
must
form
de
novo.
How
components
neurotransmission
are
transported
and
assembled
is
poorly
understood.
Our
results
show
that
rare
late
endosomal
signaling
lipid
phosphatidylinositol
3,5-bisphosphate
[PI(3,5)P
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: May 30, 2024
Abstract
Accumulated
levels
of
mutant
huntingtin
protein
(mHTT)
and
its
fragments
are
considered
contributors
to
the
pathogenesis
Huntington’s
disease
(HD).
Although
lowering
mHTT
by
stimulating
autophagy
has
been
a
possible
therapeutic
strategy,
role
competence
autophagy-lysosomal
pathway
(ALP)
during
HD
progression
in
human
remains
largely
unknown.
Here,
we
used
multiplex
confocal
ultrastructural
immunocytochemical
analyses
ALP
functional
markers
relation
aggresome
pathology
striatum
less
affected
cortex
brains
staged
from
HD2
HD4
Vonsattel
neuropathological
criteria
compared
controls.
Immunolabeling
revealed
localization
HTT/mHTT
vesicular
compartments
labeled
autophagy-related
adaptor
proteins
p62/SQSTM1
ubiquitin,
cathepsin
D
(CTSD)
as
well
HTT-positive
inclusions.
comparatively
normal
at
HD2,
neurons
later
stages
exhibited
progressive
enlargement
clustering
CTSD-immunoreactive
autolysosomes/lysosomes
and,
ultrastructurally,
autophagic
vacuole/lipofuscin
granules
accumulated
progressively,
more
prominently
than
cortex.
These
changes
were
accompanied
rises
p62/SQSTM1,
particularly
their
fragments,
but
not
cortex,
increases
LAMP1
LAMP2
RNA
protein.
Importantly,
no
blockage
autophagosome
formation
autophagosome-lysosome
fusion
was
detected,
thus
pinpointing
substrate
clearance
deficits
basis
for
flux
declines.
The
findings
collectively
suggest
that
upregulated
lysosomal
biogenesis
preserved
proteolysis
maintain
early-stage
HD,
failure
advanced
contributes
HTT
build-up
potential
neurotoxicity.
support
prospect
stimulation
applied
early
stages,
when
machinery
is
fully
competent,
may
have
benefits
patients.