Lisann Pelzl1, Bhaeldin Elsir1, Itishri Sahu1, Rosi Bissinger1, Yogesh Singh1, Basma Sukkar1, Sabina Honisch1, Ludger Schoels2,3, Mohamed Jemaà4, Elisabeth Lang5, Alexander Storch6,7, Andreas Hermann8,9, Christos Stournaras1,10, Florian Lang11,12. 1. Department of Medicine III, Tuebingen, Germany. 2. Department of Neurology and Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Tuebingen, Germany. 3. German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Research site Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany. 4. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Translational Cancer Research, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. 5. Department of Psychiatry, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. 6. Department of Neurology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany. 7. German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Rostock/Greifswald, Rostock, Germany. 8. Department of Neurology and Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany. 9. German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Research Site Dresden, Dresden, Germany. 10. Department of Biochemistry, University of Crete Medical School, Heraklion, Greece. 11. Department of Molecular Medicine II, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany. 12. Department of Physiology I, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The widely expressed protein chorein fosters activation of the phosphoinositide 3 kinase (PI3K) pathway thus supporting cell survival. Loss of function mutations of the chorein encoding gene VPS13A (vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 13A) causes chorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc), a neurodegenerative disorder paralleled by deformations of erythrocytes. In mice, genetic knockout of chorein leads to enhanced neuronal apoptosis. PI3K dependent signalling upregulates Orai1, a pore forming channel protein accomplishing store operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE). Increased Orai1 expression and SOCE have been shown to confer survival of tumor cells. SOCE could be up-regulated by lithium. The present study explored, whether SOCE and/or apoptosis are altered in ChAc fibroblasts and could be modified by lithium treatment. METHODS: Fibroblasts were isolated from ChAc patients and age-matched healthy volunteers. Cytosolic Ca2+ activity ([Ca2+]i) was estimated from Fura-2-fluorescence, SOCE from increase of [Ca2+]i following Ca2+ re-addition after Ca2+-store depletion with sarcoendoplasmatic Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) inhibitor thapsigargin (1 µM), and apoptosis from annexin-V/propidium iodide staining quantified in flow cytometry. RESULTS: SOCE was significantly smaller in ChAc fibroblasts than in control fibroblasts. Lithium (2 mM, 24 hours) significantly increased and Orai1 blocker 2-Aminoethoxydiphenyl Borate (2-APB, 50 µM, 24 hours) significantly decreased SOCE. Annexin-V-binding and propidium iodide staining were significantly higher in ChAc fibroblasts than in control fibroblasts. In ChAc fibroblasts annexin-V-binding and propidium iodide staining were significantly decreased by lithium treatment, significantly increased by 2-APB and virtually lithium insensitive in the presence of 2-APB. CONCLUSIONS: In ChAc fibroblasts, downregulation of SOCE contributes to enhanced susceptibility to apoptosis. Both, decreased SOCE and enhanced apoptosis of ChAc fibroblasts can be reversed by lithium treatment.
BACKGROUND: The widely expressed protein chorein fosters activation of the phosphoinositide 3 kinase (PI3K) pathway thus supporting cell survival. Loss of function mutations of the chorein encoding gene VPS13A (vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 13A) causes chorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc), a neurodegenerative disorder paralleled by deformations of erythrocytes. In mice, genetic knockout of chorein leads to enhanced neuronal apoptosis. PI3K dependent signalling upregulates Orai1, a pore forming channel protein accomplishing store operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE). Increased Orai1 expression and SOCE have been shown to confer survival of tumor cells. SOCE could be up-regulated by lithium. The present study explored, whether SOCE and/or apoptosis are altered in ChAc fibroblasts and could be modified by lithium treatment. METHODS: Fibroblasts were isolated from ChAcpatients and age-matched healthy volunteers. Cytosolic Ca2+ activity ([Ca2+]i) was estimated from Fura-2-fluorescence, SOCE from increase of [Ca2+]i following Ca2+ re-addition after Ca2+-store depletion with sarcoendoplasmatic Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) inhibitor thapsigargin (1 µM), and apoptosis from annexin-V/propidium iodide staining quantified in flow cytometry. RESULTS: SOCE was significantly smaller in ChAc fibroblasts than in control fibroblasts. Lithium (2 mM, 24 hours) significantly increased and Orai1 blocker 2-Aminoethoxydiphenyl Borate (2-APB, 50 µM, 24 hours) significantly decreased SOCE. Annexin-V-binding and propidium iodide staining were significantly higher in ChAc fibroblasts than in control fibroblasts. In ChAc fibroblasts annexin-V-binding and propidium iodide staining were significantly decreased by lithium treatment, significantly increased by 2-APB and virtually lithium insensitive in the presence of 2-APB. CONCLUSIONS: In ChAc fibroblasts, downregulation of SOCE contributes to enhanced susceptibility to apoptosis. Both, decreased SOCE and enhanced apoptosis of ChAc fibroblasts can be reversed by lithium treatment.
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