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The PINK1/Parkin-mediated mitophagy is compromised by PD-associated mutations

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Geisler, Sven, Holmström, Kira M., Treis, Angela, Skujat, Diana, Weber, Stephanie S., Fiesel, Fabienne C., Kahle, Philipp J., Springer, Wolfdieter·2010·Autophagy

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Mitochondrial dysfunction is an early sign of many neurodegenerative diseases. Very recently, two Parkinson disease (PD) associated genes, PINK1 and Parkin, were shown to mediate the degradation of damaged mitochondria via selective autophagy (mitophagy). PINK1 kinase activity is needed for prompt and efficient Parkin recruitment to impaired mitochondria. PD-associated Parkin mutations interfere with the process of mitophagy at distinct steps. Here we show that whole mitochondria are turned over via macroautophagy. Moreover, disease-associated PINK1 mutations also compromise the selective degradation of depolarized mitochondria. This may be due to the decreased physical binding activity of PD-linked PINK1 mutations to Parkin. Thus, PINK1 mutations abrogate autophagy of impaired mitochondria upstream of Parkin. In addition to compromised PINK1 kinase activity, reduced binding of PINK1 to Parkin leads to failure in Parkin mitochondrial translocation, resulting in the accumulation of damaged mitochondria, which may contribute to disease pathogenesis.

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    “A striking example of this overlap is Kufor-Rakeb syndrome, an autosomal recessive early-onset form of Parkinson’s disease caused by mutations in the lysosomal ATPase protein, ATP13A2.”

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Geisler, S., Holmström, K. M., Treis, A., Skujat, D., Weber, S. S., Fiesel, F. C., Kahle, P. J., & Springer, W.
Affiliations
  • Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (DE)
  • University of Tübingen (DE)
Corresponding author
  • Kahle, Philipp J.
  • Springer, Wolfdieter
Venue
Autophagy
Published
2010-10
Volume
6
Issue
7
Pages
871-878
ISSN
  • 1554-8627 (ISSN-L)
  • 1554-8635
OpenAlex
W2088002295
Cited by
311
References
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FWCI
11.26
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Autophagy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DZNE Pub (submittedVersion)
Funders
Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
Keywords
PINK1, Parkin, mitophagy, Parkinson's disease, PINK1 mutations, parkin mutations, mitochondrial dysfunction, selective autophagy, macroautophagy, mitochondrial depolarization, neurodegeneration
MeSH terms
PTEN-Induced Putative Kinase, Animals, Autophagy, HeLa Cells, Humans, Mitochondria, Mutation, Parkinson Disease, Protein Kinases, RNA, Small Interfering, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, HEK293 Cells

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