BSN (bassoon) and PRKN/parkin in concert control presynaptic vesicle autophagy

Autor: Sheila Hoffmann-Conaway, Anil Annamneedi, Craig C. Garner, Eckart D. Gundelfinger, Carolina Montenegro-Venegas
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Autophagy
Autophagy 16(9), 1732-1733 (2020). doi:10.1080/15548627.2020.1801259
ISSN: 1554-8635
1554-8627
Popis: Maintaining the integrity and function of the presynaptic neurotransmitter release apparatus is a demanding process for a post-mitotic neuron; the mechanisms behind it are still unclear. BSN (bassoon), an active zone scaffolding protein, has been implicated in the control of presynaptic macroautophagy/autophagy, a process we recently showed depends on poly-ubiquitination of synaptic proteins. Moreover, loss of BSN was found to lead to smaller synaptic vesicle (SV) pools and younger pools of the SV protein SV2. Of note, the E3 ligase PRKN/parkin appears to be involved in BSN deficiency-related changes in autophagy levels, as shRNA-mediated knockdown of PRKN counteracts BSN-deficiency and rescues decreased SV protein levels as well as impaired SV recycling in primary cultured neurons. These data imply that BSN and PRKN act in concert to control presynaptic autophagy and maintain presynaptic proteostasis and SV turnover at the physiologically required levels.
Databáze: OpenAIRE