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α-Synuclein activation of protein phosphatase 2A reduces tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylation in dopaminergic cells
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α-Synuclein is an abundant presynaptic protein implicated in neuronal plasticity and neurodegenerative diseases. Although the function of α-synuclein is not thoroughly elucidated, we found that α-synuclein regulates dopamine synthesis by binding to and inhibiting tyrosine hydroxylase, the rate limiting enzyme in dopamine synthesis. Understanding α-synuclein function in dopaminergic cells should add to our knowledge of this key protein, which is implicated in Parkinson's disease and other disorders. Herein, we report a mechanism by which α-synuclein diminishes tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylation and activity in stably transfected dopaminergic cells. Short-term regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase depends on the phosphorylation of key seryl residues in the amino-terminal regulatory domain of the protein. Of these, Ser40 contributes significantly to tyrosine hydroxylase activation and dopamine synthesis. We observed that α-synuclein overexpression caused reduced Ser40 phosphorylation in MN9D cells and inducible PC12 cells. Ser40 is phosphorylated chiefly by the cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase PKA and dephosphorylated almost exclusively by the protein phosphatase, PP2A. Therefore, we measured the impact of α-synuclein overexpression on levels and activity of PKA and PP2A in our cells. PKA was unaffected by α-synuclein. PP2A protein levels also were unchanged, however, the activity of PP2A increased in parallel with α-synuclein expression. Inhibition of PP2A dramatically increased Ser40 phosphorylation only in α-synuclein overexpressors in which α-synuclein was also found to co-immunoprecipitate with PP2A. Together the data reveal a functional interaction between α-synuclein and PP2A that leads to PP2A activation and underscores a key role for α-synuclein in protein phosphorylation.
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“α-synuclein in the soluble form physically interacts with TH and maintains the level of phosphorylated TH in a PP2A-dependent manner [114,115,116]”
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“Therefore, in the dopaminergic system, the physical and functional association between PKC , TH, and PP2A could be facilitated and/or regulated by chaperone proteins such as -synuclein (Kaul et al., 2005; Peng et al., 2005) and 14-3-3 (Ostrerova et al.”
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“Previously, we noted that α-Syn acts to inhibit TH phosphorylation and dopamine synthesis in vitro [31,33].”
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“It is known to interact with a variety of proteins [13, 14] and also with lipid vesicles [15], and it may be involved in lipid metabolism [16, 17].”
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“All steps were carried out at 4°C as previously described (46, 47), with minor modifications.”
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“The decreases in TH phosphorylation at Ser40 are not because of decreases in PKA activity, but rather to increases in PP2A activity (Peng et al. 2005).”
BackgroundInfluentialDynamic structural flexibility of α-synuclein
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α-Synuclein transgenic mice exhibit reduced anxiety-like behaviour
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Alpha-synuclein modulates dopamine neurotransmission
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“, 2010), which was modulated by the activity of protein phosphatase 2A (Peng et al., 2005).”
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“Additionally, normalization of PP2A function has been hypothesized to be relevant in relation to modulation of tyrosine hydroxylase function [37, 38].”
Background14-3-3ζ Contributes to Tyrosine Hydroxylase Activity in MN9D Cells
Wang, J., Lou, H., Pedersen, C. J., Smith, A. D., & Perez, R. G. (2009) · Journal of Biological Chemistry · doi:10.1074/jbc.m901310200 · Cited by 75
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Involvement of ERK1/2 signaling pathway in DJ-1-induced neuroprotection against oxidative stress
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“a-Synuclein was found to co-immunoprecipitate with PP2A [22] and we found that the expression of PP2A was modulated by a-synuclein (data not shown).”
BackgroundThe role of lipids in α-synuclein misfolding and neurotoxicity
Ugalde, C. L., Lawson, V., Finkelstein, D. I., & Hill, A. F. (2019) · Journal of Biological Chemistry · doi:10.1074/jbc.rev119.007500 · Cited by 77
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FTY720/Fingolimod Reduces Synucleinopathy and Improves Gut Motility in A53T Mice
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Alpha-Synuclein Contribution to Neuronal and Glial Damage in Parkinson’s Disease
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“In vitro studies have shown that α Syn overexpression leads to downregulation of crucial enzymes involved in DA biosynthesis (tyrosine hydroxylase and aromatic amino acid decarboxylase), as well as an impairment of dopamine transporter (DAT) reuptake activity [125–127].”
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“Given that a-Syn associates with PP2A,(115) perhaps the phosphorylation status of both proteins is mediated in a reciprocal way, via PP2A, a possibility proposed by others.(58,115,117,119) What connection might there be among the phosphorylation of a-Syn, TH activity, PP2A activity, and MAM? First, we propose that the…”
BackgroundLue, L., Walker, D. G., Adler, C., Shill, H. A., Tran, H., Akiyama, H., Sue, L., Caviness, J., Sabbagh, M. N., & Beach, T. G. (2012) · Brain Pathology · doi:10.1111/j.1750-3639.2012.00585.x · Cited by 65
“By inhibition of the enzyme that dephosphorylates TH, called phosphor-protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), asyn promotes the activity of the TH (47).”
BackgroundLRRK2 Phosphorylation, More Than an Epiphenomenon
Marchand, A., Drouyer, M., Sarchione, A., Chartier‐Harlin, M., & Taymans, J. (2020) · Frontiers in Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnins.2020.00527 · Cited by 70
“…| www.frontiersin.org 13 June 2020 | Volume 14 | Article 527 (Reynolds et al., 2014) without affecting the protein level of PP2A in cell lines (Peng et al., 2005), but on the other hand, increased oligomerization and phosphorylation of α-syn reduced the activity of PP2A (Lou et al., 2010;…”
BackgroundAkt as a Victim, Villain and Potential Hero in Parkinson’s Disease Pathophysiology and Treatment
Greene, L. A., Levy, O., & Malagelada, C. (2011) · Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology · doi:10.1007/s10571-011-9671-8 · Cited by 69
“Of relevance to this, the activity/level of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), for which phospho-Akt is a substrate, is elevated by alpha synuclein (Peng et al. 2005) and in response to 6-OHDA (Ryu et al. 2005; Chung et al. 2007) in cultured cells.”
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Intrinsically disordered proteins may escape unwanted interactions via functional misfolding
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“Inhibitors for specificity included: 50 nM protein-phosphataseinhibitor 2 (PP1-specific), 3 nM fostriecin (PP2A/PP4-specific), 50 nM cantharidin (PP4-specific), and 10 nM okadaic acid as previously described (Peng et al. 2005; Lou et al. 2010; Wu et al. 2012).”
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“Thus, pharmacological agents such as antipsychotics [12,33] or neuropathological events [27,34–37]”
Silencing α-Synuclein Gene Expression Enhances Tyrosine Hydroxylase Activity in MN9D Cells
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The interaction of α-synuclein and Tau: A molecular conspiracy in neurodegeneration?
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Lewy-like aggregation of α-synuclein reduces protein phosphatase 2A activity in vitro and in vivo
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“While α-Syn and the catalytic subunit of PP2A are known to interact (Peng et al., 2005), no one knows if α-Syn might also bind B subunits of PP2A to in some manner contribute to holoenzyme assembly or localization.”
BackgroundInfluentialSelf-citationDysregulated dopamine storage increases the vulnerability to α-synuclein in nigral neurons
Ulusoy, A., Björklund, T., Buck, K., & Kirik, D. (2012) · Neurobiology of Disease · doi:10.1016/j.nbd.2012.05.012 · Cited by 57
“…hydroxylase (TH), DA transporter (DAT) and vesicular monoamine transporter-2 (VMAT2) function, aromatic amino acid decarboxylase and tetrahydrobiopterin (co-factor essential for TH function) (Baptista et al., 2003; Lee et al., 2001; Peng et al., 2005; Perez et al., 2002; Tehranian et al., 2006).”
BackgroundVecchio, L. M., Sullivan, P., Dunn, A. R., Bermejo, M. K., Fu, R., Masoud, S. T., Gregersen, E., Urs, N. M., Nazari, R., Jensen, P. H., et al. (2021) · Journal of Neurochemistry · doi:10.1111/jnc.15432 · Cited by 56
“Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is the main phosphatase responsible for dephosphorylating TH and regulating its activity (Haavik et al. 1989; Peng et al. 2005).”
BackgroundInfluentialRole of Apolipoproteins and α-Synuclein in Parkinson’s Disease
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“leading to deactivation of TH and reduction of dopamine levels (Peng et al. 2005; Lou et al. 2010).”
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“and alpha-synuclein aggregation; both critical to the neuropathology of Parkinson’s disease [106–109].”
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“α-Syn Disrupts Tyrosine Hydroxylase and/or Tyrosinase Activity The prevailing hypothesis(26,32-34,37,39) to describe the inverse correlation between α-syn expression and melanin production states that α-syn disrupts the activities of catalytic enzymes involved in melanin biosynthesis, namely, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)…”
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Neurons and Glia Interplay in α-Synucleinopathies
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“5 in the midbrain/hindbrain junction, suggesting that a-SYN may play a yet undefined role in early brain development. a-SYN is reported to regulate DA synthesis by binding to and inhibiting tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) (Peng et al. 2005; Alerte et al. 2008).”
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“In addition to its role in synaptic transmission, α-syn is also involved in the suppression of apoptosis [39], antioxidation [40] and even regulation of dopamine biosynthesis [41, 42].”
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Expression of α-synuclein is increased in the hippocampus of rats with high levels of innate anxiety
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“…often contain Lewy Bodies, inclusions with abundant aSyn, a presynaptic protein that broadly contributes to dopamine regulation (Perez et al., 2002; Perez and Hastings, 2004; Peng et al., 2005; Tehranian et al., 2006; Porras and Perez, 2014; Benskey et al., 2016; Mor and Ischiropoulos, 2018).”
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“…detection of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH; 1:500 mouse anti-TH; MAB318, RRID:AB 2201528; MilliporeSigma; Charalampopoulos et al. 2005; Peng et al. 2005; 1:250 Alexa Fluor 488 donkey anti-mouse IgG; 715-545-152, RRID: AB 2313584; Jackson Immunoresearch) and expression was quantified,…”
BackgroundLack of involvement of alpha-synuclein in unconditioned anxiety in mice
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“Alpha-synuclein down-regulates dopamine transmission by inhibiting the activity of tyrosine hydroxylase, decreasing dopamine synthesis and acting as a negative regulator of DA release (Peng et al., 2005; Perez et al., 2002).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Peng, X. M., Tehranian, R., Dietrich, P., Stefanis, L., & Perez, R. G.
- Affiliations
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Cell Science
- Publisher
- The Company of Biologists
- Published
- 2005-08-01
- Volume
- 118
- Issue
- 15
- Pages
- 3523-3530
- ISSN
- 0021-9533 (ISSN-L)
- 1477-9137
- OpenAlex
- W2077584190
- Cited by
- 249
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Cell Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS42094, R01NS042094)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Deep Brain Stimulation and Movement Disorders
- Keywords
- alpha-synuclein, protein phosphatase 2A, tyrosine hydroxylase, tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylation, dopamine synthesis, dopaminergic neurons, protein kinase A, protein dephosphorylation, Parkinson's disease, protein-protein interaction
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cell Line, Dopamine, Gene Expression Regulation, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Phosphoprotein Phosphatases, Phosphorylation, Serine, Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase, PC12 Cells, Okadaic Acid, Mice, Rats, Protein Phosphatase 2
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