Exposure of a cryptic Hsp70 binding site determines the cytotoxicity of the ALS-associated SOD1-mutant A4V

Filip Claes; Stanislav Rudyak; Angela S. Laird; Nikolaos Louros; Jacinte Beerten; Maja Debulpaep; Emiel Michiels; Rob van der Kant; Joost Van Durme; Greet De Baets; Bert Houben; Meine Ramakers; Kristy Yuan; Serene S.L. Gwee; Sara Hernandez; Kerensa Broersen; Mikael Oliveberg; Barbara Moahamed; Janine Kirstein; Wim Robberecht; Frederic Rousseau; Joost Schymkowitz

doi:10.1093/protein/gzaa008

Exposure of a cryptic Hsp70 binding site determines the cytotoxicity of the ALS-associated SOD1-mutant A4V

Filip Claes, Stanislav Rudyak, Angela S. Laird, Nikolaos Louros, Jacinte Beerten, Maja Debulpaep, Emiel Michiels, Rob van der Kant, Joost Van Durme, Greet De Baets, Bert Houben, Meine Ramakers, Kristy Yuan, Serene S.L. Gwee, Sara Hernandez, Kerensa Broersen, Mikael Oliveberg, Barbara Moahamed, Janine Kirstein, Wim RobberechtFrederic Rousseau, Joost Schymkowitz

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Abstract

The accumulation of toxic protein aggregates is thought to play a key role in a range of degenerative pathologies, but it remains unclear why aggregation of polypeptides into non-native assemblies is toxic and why cellular clearance pathways offer ineffective protection. We here study the A4V mutant of SOD1, which forms toxic aggregates in motor neurons of patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). A comparison of the location of aggregation prone regions (APRs) and Hsp70 binding sites in the denatured state of SOD1 reveals that ALS-associated mutations promote exposure of the APRs more than the strongest Hsc/Hsp70 binding site that we could detect. Mutations designed to increase the exposure of this Hsp70 interaction site in the denatured state promote aggregation but also display an increased interaction with Hsp70 chaperones. Depending on the cell type, in vitro this resulted in cellular inclusion body formation or increased clearance, accompanied with a suppression of cytotoxicity. The latter was also observed in a zebrafish model in vivo. Our results suggest that the uncontrolled accumulation of toxic SOD1A4V aggregates results from insufficient detection by the cellular surveillance network.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	443-457
Number of pages	15
Journal	Protein Engineering, Design and Selection
Volume	32
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/protein/gzaa008
State	Published - Dec 31 2019
Externally published	Yes

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ALS
HSP70
SOD1
cytotoxicity

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General Medicine

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Claes, F., Rudyak, S., Laird, A. S., Louros, N., Beerten, J., Debulpaep, M., Michiels, E., van der Kant, R., Van Durme, J., De Baets, G., Houben, B., Ramakers, M., Yuan, K., Gwee, S. S. L., Hernandez, S., Broersen, K., Oliveberg, M., Moahamed, B., Kirstein, J., ... Schymkowitz, J. (2019). Exposure of a cryptic Hsp70 binding site determines the cytotoxicity of the ALS-associated SOD1-mutant A4V. Protein Engineering, Design and Selection, 32(10), 443-457. https://doi.org/10.1093/protein/gzaa008

Claes, F, Rudyak, S, Laird, AS, Louros, N, Beerten, J, Debulpaep, M, Michiels, E, van der Kant, R, Van Durme, J, De Baets, G, Houben, B, Ramakers, M, Yuan, K, Gwee, SSL, Hernandez, S, Broersen, K, Oliveberg, M, Moahamed, B, Kirstein, J, Robberecht, W, Rousseau, F & Schymkowitz, J 2019, 'Exposure of a cryptic Hsp70 binding site determines the cytotoxicity of the ALS-associated SOD1-mutant A4V', Protein Engineering, Design and Selection, vol. 32, no. 10, pp. 443-457. https://doi.org/10.1093/protein/gzaa008

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