Molecular mechanisms of the juvenile form of Batten disease: important role of MAPK signaling pathways (ERK1/ERK2, JNK and p38) in pathogenesis of the malady
Abstract Background Mutations in the CLN3 gene lead to so far an incurable juvenile-onset neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL) or Batten disease that starts at the age of 4–6 years with a progressive retinopathy leading to blindness. Motor disturbances, epilepsy and dementia manifest during several...
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| author | Elena K. Shematorova Dmitry G. Shpakovski Anna D. Chernysheva George V. Shpakovski |
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| description | Abstract Background Mutations in the CLN3 gene lead to so far an incurable juvenile-onset neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL) or Batten disease that starts at the age of 4–6 years with a progressive retinopathy leading to blindness. Motor disturbances, epilepsy and dementia manifest during several following years. Most JNCL patients carry the same 1.02-kb deletion in the CLN3 gene, encoding an unusual transmembrane protein, CLN3 or battenin. Results Based on data of genome-wide expression profiling in CLN3 patients with different rate of the disease progression [Mol. Med., 2011, 17: 1253–1261] and our bioinformatic analysis of battenin protein-protein interactions in neurons we propose that CLN3 can function as a molecular chaperone for some plasma membrane proteins, being crucially important for their correct folding in endoplasmic reticulum. Changes in spatial structure of these membrane proteins lead to transactivation of the located nearby receptors. Particularly, CLN3 interacts with a subunit of Na/K ATPase ATP1A1 which changes its conformation and activates the adjacent epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). As a result, a large amount of erroneously activated EGFR generates MAPK signal cascades (ERK1/ERK2, JNKs and p38) from cell surface eventually causing neurons’ death. Conclusions Molecular mechanism of the juvenile form of Batten disease (JNCL), which is based on the excessive activation of signaling cascades in a time of the radical increase of neuronal membranes’ area in the growing brain, have been proposed and substantiated. The primary cause of this phenomenon is the defective function of the CLN3 protein that could not act properly as molecular chaperone for some plasma membrane proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum. The incorrect three-dimensional structure of at least one such protein, ATP1A1, leads to unregulated spontaneous and repetitive activation of the SRC kinase that transactivates EGFR with the subsequent uncontrolled launch of various MAPK cascades. Possible ways of treatment of patients with JNCL have been suggested. Reviewers This article was reviewed by Konstantinos Lefkimmiatis, Eugene Koonin and Vladimir Poroikov. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f78a10a255d44a4393fb15e8319a415d2022-12-21T22:47:30ZengBMCBiology Direct1745-61502018-09-011311910.1186/s13062-018-0212-yMolecular mechanisms of the juvenile form of Batten disease: important role of MAPK signaling pathways (ERK1/ERK2, JNK and p38) in pathogenesis of the maladyElena K. Shematorova0Dmitry G. Shpakovski1Anna D. Chernysheva2George V. Shpakovski3Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of SciencesShemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of SciencesShemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of SciencesShemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of SciencesAbstract Background Mutations in the CLN3 gene lead to so far an incurable juvenile-onset neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL) or Batten disease that starts at the age of 4–6 years with a progressive retinopathy leading to blindness. Motor disturbances, epilepsy and dementia manifest during several following years. Most JNCL patients carry the same 1.02-kb deletion in the CLN3 gene, encoding an unusual transmembrane protein, CLN3 or battenin. Results Based on data of genome-wide expression profiling in CLN3 patients with different rate of the disease progression [Mol. Med., 2011, 17: 1253–1261] and our bioinformatic analysis of battenin protein-protein interactions in neurons we propose that CLN3 can function as a molecular chaperone for some plasma membrane proteins, being crucially important for their correct folding in endoplasmic reticulum. Changes in spatial structure of these membrane proteins lead to transactivation of the located nearby receptors. Particularly, CLN3 interacts with a subunit of Na/K ATPase ATP1A1 which changes its conformation and activates the adjacent epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). As a result, a large amount of erroneously activated EGFR generates MAPK signal cascades (ERK1/ERK2, JNKs and p38) from cell surface eventually causing neurons’ death. Conclusions Molecular mechanism of the juvenile form of Batten disease (JNCL), which is based on the excessive activation of signaling cascades in a time of the radical increase of neuronal membranes’ area in the growing brain, have been proposed and substantiated. The primary cause of this phenomenon is the defective function of the CLN3 protein that could not act properly as molecular chaperone for some plasma membrane proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum. The incorrect three-dimensional structure of at least one such protein, ATP1A1, leads to unregulated spontaneous and repetitive activation of the SRC kinase that transactivates EGFR with the subsequent uncontrolled launch of various MAPK cascades. Possible ways of treatment of patients with JNCL have been suggested. Reviewers This article was reviewed by Konstantinos Lefkimmiatis, Eugene Koonin and Vladimir Poroikov.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13062-018-0212-yJuvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (Batten disease)CLN3Molecular chaperoneATP1A1SRCEGFR |
| spellingShingle | Elena K. Shematorova Dmitry G. Shpakovski Anna D. Chernysheva George V. Shpakovski Molecular mechanisms of the juvenile form of Batten disease: important role of MAPK signaling pathways (ERK1/ERK2, JNK and p38) in pathogenesis of the malady Biology Direct Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (Batten disease) CLN3 Molecular chaperone ATP1A1 SRC EGFR |
| title | Molecular mechanisms of the juvenile form of Batten disease: important role of MAPK signaling pathways (ERK1/ERK2, JNK and p38) in pathogenesis of the malady |
| title_full | Molecular mechanisms of the juvenile form of Batten disease: important role of MAPK signaling pathways (ERK1/ERK2, JNK and p38) in pathogenesis of the malady |
| title_fullStr | Molecular mechanisms of the juvenile form of Batten disease: important role of MAPK signaling pathways (ERK1/ERK2, JNK and p38) in pathogenesis of the malady |
| title_full_unstemmed | Molecular mechanisms of the juvenile form of Batten disease: important role of MAPK signaling pathways (ERK1/ERK2, JNK and p38) in pathogenesis of the malady |
| title_short | Molecular mechanisms of the juvenile form of Batten disease: important role of MAPK signaling pathways (ERK1/ERK2, JNK and p38) in pathogenesis of the malady |
| title_sort | molecular mechanisms of the juvenile form of batten disease important role of mapk signaling pathways erk1 erk2 jnk and p38 in pathogenesis of the malady |
| topic | Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (Batten disease) CLN3 Molecular chaperone ATP1A1 SRC EGFR |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13062-018-0212-y |
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