The Role of Co-chaperones in Synaptic Proteostasis and Neurodegenerative Disease
Synapses must be preserved throughout an organism's lifespan to allow for normal brain function and behavior. Synapse maintenance is challenging given the long distances between the termini and the cell body, reliance on axonal transport for delivery of newly synthesized presynaptic proteins, a...
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| author | Erica L. Gorenberg Sreeganga S. Chandra Sreeganga S. Chandra |
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| description | Synapses must be preserved throughout an organism's lifespan to allow for normal brain function and behavior. Synapse maintenance is challenging given the long distances between the termini and the cell body, reliance on axonal transport for delivery of newly synthesized presynaptic proteins, and high rates of synaptic vesicle exo- and endocytosis. Hence, synapses rely on efficient proteostasis mechanisms to preserve their structure and function. To this end, the synaptic compartment has specific chaperones to support its functions. Without proper synaptic chaperone activity, local proteostasis imbalances lead to neurotransmission deficits, dismantling of synapses, and neurodegeneration. In this review, we address the roles of four synaptic chaperones in the maintenance of the nerve terminal, as well as their genetic links to neurodegenerative disease. Three of these are Hsp40 co-chaperones (DNAJs): Cysteine String Protein alpha (CSPα; DNAJC5), auxilin (DNAJC6), and Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis 8 (RME-8; DNAJC13). These co-chaperones contain a conserved J domain through which they form a complex with heat shock cognate 70 (Hsc70), enhancing the chaperone's ATPase activity. CSPα is a synaptic vesicle protein known to chaperone the t-SNARE SNAP-25 and the endocytic GTPase dynamin-1, thereby regulating synaptic vesicle exocytosis and endocytosis. Auxilin binds assembled clathrin cages, and through its interactions with Hsc70 leads to the uncoating of clathrin-coated vesicles, a process necessary for the regeneration of synaptic vesicles. RME-8 is a co-chaperone on endosomes and may have a role in clathrin-coated vesicle endocytosis on this organelle. These three co-chaperones maintain client function by preserving folding and assembly to prevent client aggregation, but they do not break down aggregates that have already formed. The fourth synaptic chaperone we will discuss is Heat shock protein 110 (Hsp110), which interacts with Hsc70, DNAJAs, and DNAJBs to constitute a disaggregase. Hsp110-related disaggregase activity is present at the synapse and is known to protect against aggregation of proteins such as α-synuclein. Congruent with their importance in the nervous system, mutations of these co-chaperones lead to familial neurodegenerative disease. CSPα mutations cause adult neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, while auxilin mutations result in early-onset Parkinson's disease, demonstrating their significance in preservation of the nervous system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0793895226ee409ebe2b1dfe5762b6092022-12-21T23:06:44ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neuroscience1662-453X2017-05-011110.3389/fnins.2017.00248260253The Role of Co-chaperones in Synaptic Proteostasis and Neurodegenerative DiseaseErica L. Gorenberg0Sreeganga S. Chandra1Sreeganga S. Chandra2Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT, United StatesDepartment of Neurology, Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT, United StatesDepartment of Neuroscience, Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT, United StatesSynapses must be preserved throughout an organism's lifespan to allow for normal brain function and behavior. Synapse maintenance is challenging given the long distances between the termini and the cell body, reliance on axonal transport for delivery of newly synthesized presynaptic proteins, and high rates of synaptic vesicle exo- and endocytosis. Hence, synapses rely on efficient proteostasis mechanisms to preserve their structure and function. To this end, the synaptic compartment has specific chaperones to support its functions. Without proper synaptic chaperone activity, local proteostasis imbalances lead to neurotransmission deficits, dismantling of synapses, and neurodegeneration. In this review, we address the roles of four synaptic chaperones in the maintenance of the nerve terminal, as well as their genetic links to neurodegenerative disease. Three of these are Hsp40 co-chaperones (DNAJs): Cysteine String Protein alpha (CSPα; DNAJC5), auxilin (DNAJC6), and Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis 8 (RME-8; DNAJC13). These co-chaperones contain a conserved J domain through which they form a complex with heat shock cognate 70 (Hsc70), enhancing the chaperone's ATPase activity. CSPα is a synaptic vesicle protein known to chaperone the t-SNARE SNAP-25 and the endocytic GTPase dynamin-1, thereby regulating synaptic vesicle exocytosis and endocytosis. Auxilin binds assembled clathrin cages, and through its interactions with Hsc70 leads to the uncoating of clathrin-coated vesicles, a process necessary for the regeneration of synaptic vesicles. RME-8 is a co-chaperone on endosomes and may have a role in clathrin-coated vesicle endocytosis on this organelle. These three co-chaperones maintain client function by preserving folding and assembly to prevent client aggregation, but they do not break down aggregates that have already formed. The fourth synaptic chaperone we will discuss is Heat shock protein 110 (Hsp110), which interacts with Hsc70, DNAJAs, and DNAJBs to constitute a disaggregase. Hsp110-related disaggregase activity is present at the synapse and is known to protect against aggregation of proteins such as α-synuclein. Congruent with their importance in the nervous system, mutations of these co-chaperones lead to familial neurodegenerative disease. CSPα mutations cause adult neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, while auxilin mutations result in early-onset Parkinson's disease, demonstrating their significance in preservation of the nervous system.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2017.00248/fullHsp110HSP70neurodegenerationproteostasissynapse maintenanceendocytosis |
| spellingShingle | Erica L. Gorenberg Sreeganga S. Chandra Sreeganga S. Chandra The Role of Co-chaperones in Synaptic Proteostasis and Neurodegenerative Disease Frontiers in Neuroscience Hsp110 HSP70 neurodegeneration proteostasis synapse maintenance endocytosis |
| title | The Role of Co-chaperones in Synaptic Proteostasis and Neurodegenerative Disease |
| title_full | The Role of Co-chaperones in Synaptic Proteostasis and Neurodegenerative Disease |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Co-chaperones in Synaptic Proteostasis and Neurodegenerative Disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Co-chaperones in Synaptic Proteostasis and Neurodegenerative Disease |
| title_short | The Role of Co-chaperones in Synaptic Proteostasis and Neurodegenerative Disease |
| title_sort | role of co chaperones in synaptic proteostasis and neurodegenerative disease |
| topic | Hsp110 HSP70 neurodegeneration proteostasis synapse maintenance endocytosis |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2017.00248/full |
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