Sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum ATPase is a molecular partner of Wolfram syndrome 1 protein, which negatively regulates its expression
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Wolfram syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by neurodegeneration and diabetes mellitus. The gene responsible for the syndrome (WFS1) encodes an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident transmembrane protein that is involved in the regulation of the unfolded protein response (UPR), intracellular ion homeostasis, cyclic adenosine monophosphate production and regulation of insulin biosynthesis and secretion. In this study, single cell Ca2+ imaging with fura-2 and direct measurements of free cytosolic ATP concentration ([ATP]CYT) with adenovirally expressed luciferase confirmed a reduced and delayed rise in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]CYT), and additionally, diminished [ATP]CYT rises in response to elevated glucose concentrations in WFS1-depleted MIN6 cells. We also observed that sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum ATPase (SERCA) expression was elevated in several WFS1-depleted cell models and primary islets. We demonstrated a novel interaction between WFS1 and SERCA by co-immunoprecipitation in Cos7 cells and with endogenous proteins in human neuroblastoma cells. This interaction was reduced when cells were treated with the ER stress inducer dithiothreitol. Treatment of WFS1-depleted neuroblastoma cells with the proteasome inhibitor MG132 resulted in reduced accumulation of SERCA levels compared with wild-type cells. Together these results reveal a role for WFS1 in the negative regulation of SERCA and provide further insights into the function of WFS1 in calcium homeostasis.
Date Issued
2014-09-30
Date Acceptance
2014-09-26
Citation
Human Molecular Genetics, 2014, 24 (3), pp.814-827
ISSN
1460-2083
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Start Page
814
End Page
827
Journal / Book Title
Human Molecular Genetics
Volume
24
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Human Molecular Genetics following peer review. The version of record Hum. Mol. Genet. (2015) 24 (3): 814-827. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddu499 is available online at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddu499
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Genetics & Heredity
ISLET BETA-CELLS
FREE CA2+ CONCENTRATION
SMOOTH-MUSCLE-CELLS
ENDOPLASMIC-RETICULUM
INSULIN-SECRETION
PLASMA-MEMBRANE
PANCREATIC-ISLETS
INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM
DIABETES-MELLITUS
CYTOPLASMIC CA2+
Publication Status
Published