Dysregulation of stathmin, a microtubule-destabilizing protein, and up-regulation of Hsp25, Hsp27, and the antioxidant peroxiredoxin 6 in a mouse model of familial …

CW Strey, D Spellman, A Stieber, JO Gonatas… - The American journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
CW Strey, D Spellman, A Stieber, JO Gonatas, X Wang, JD Lambris, NK Gonatas
The American journal of pathology, 2004Elsevier
Gain-of-function mutations of the Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) gene cause
dominantly inherited familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The identification of differentially
regulated proteins in spinal cords of paralyzed mice expressing SOD1G93A may contribute
to understanding mechanisms of toxicity by mutant SOD1. Protein profiling showed
dysregulation of Stathmin with a marked decrease of its most acidic and phosphorylated
isoform, and up-regulation of heat shock proteins 25 and 27, peroxiredoxin 6 …
Gain-of-function mutations of the Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) gene cause dominantly inherited familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The identification of differentially regulated proteins in spinal cords of paralyzed mice expressing SOD1G93A may contribute to understanding mechanisms of toxicity by mutant SOD1. Protein profiling showed dysregulation of Stathmin with a marked decrease of its most acidic and phosphorylated isoform, and up-regulation of heat shock proteins 25 and 27, peroxiredoxin 6, phosphatidylinositol transfer protein-α, apolipoprotein E, and ferritin heavy chain. Stathmin accumulated in the cytoplasm of 30% of spinal cord motor neurons with fragmented Golgi apparatus. Overexpression of Stathmin in HeLa cells was associated with collapse of microtubule networks and Golgi fragmentation. These results, together with the decrease of one Stathmin isoform, suggest a role of the protein in Golgi fragmentation. Mutant SOD1 co-precipitated and co-localized with Hsp25 in neurons and astrocytes. Mutant SOD1 may thus deprive cells of the anti-apoptotic and other protective activities of Hsp25. Astrocytes contained peroxiredoxin 6, a unique nonredundant antioxidant. The up-regulation of peroxiredoxin 6 probably constitutes a defense to oxidative stress induced by SOD1G93A. Direct effects of SOD1G93A or sequential reactions triggered by the mutant may cause the protein changes.
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