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The effects of oxidative stress on parkin and other E3 ligases
Author(s) -
LaVoie Matthew J.,
Cortese Giuseppe P.,
Ostaszewski Beth L.,
Schlossmacher Michael G.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of neurochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.75
H-Index - 229
eISSN - 1471-4159
pISSN - 0022-3042
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04911.x
Subject(s) - parkin , ubiquitin ligase , ubiquitin , proteasome , substantia nigra , parkinson's disease , oxidative stress , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , genetics , dopamine , biochemistry , endocrinology , dopaminergic , medicine , disease , gene
Autosomal recessive mutations within the Parkin gene are associated with degeneration of the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus and an inherited form of Parkinson’s disease (PD). As loss‐of‐function mutations in parkin are responsible for a familial variant of PD, conditions that affect wild‐type parkin are likely to be associated with increased risk of idiopathic disease. Previous studies uncovered a unique vulnerability of the parkin protein to dopamine (DA)‐induced aggregation and inactivation. In this study, we compared several proteins that share structural elements or ubiquitinating activity with parkin. We report that oxidative stress in several cell lines and primary neurons induces the aggregation of parkin into high molecular weight species, at least a portion of which are self‐associated homo‐multimers. While parkin was preferentially affected by excess DA, each of the E3 proteins tested were made more insoluble by oxidative stress, and they varied in degree of susceptibility (e.g. parkin > HHARI ≅ CHIP > c‐Cbl > E6AP). These conditions of oxidative stress were also associated with decreased parkin E3 ligase activity. Similar to recently conducted studies on α‐synuclein processing, both macroautophagy and the proteasome participate in parkin degradation, with the proteasome playing the predominant role for normal parkin turnover and macroautophagy being more important in the degradation of aggregated parkin. These data further highlight the selective vulnerability of parkin to DA‐induced modifications, demonstrating for the first time the ability of both endogenous and ectopically expressed parkin to transition into an insoluble state in part through self‐association and oligomer formation.

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