The UPR preserves mature oligodendrocyte viability and function in adults by regulating autophagy of PLP
Sarrabeth Stone, Shuangchan Wu, Klaus-Armin Nave, Wensheng Lin
Sarrabeth Stone, Shuangchan Wu, Klaus-Armin Nave, Wensheng Lin
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The UPR preserves mature oligodendrocyte viability and function in adults by regulating autophagy of PLP

Abstract

Maintaining cellular proteostasis is essential for oligodendrocyte viability and function; however, its underlying mechanisms remain unexplored. Unfolded protein response (UPR), which comprises 3 parallel branches, inositol requiring enzyme 1 (IRE1), pancreatic ER kinase (PERK), and activating transcription factor 6α (ATF6α), is a major mechanism that maintains cellular proteostasis by facilitating protein folding, attenuating protein translation, and enhancing autophagy and ER-associated degradation. Here we report that impaired UPR in oligodendrocytes via deletion of PERK and ATF6α did not affect developmental myelination but caused late-onset mature oligodendrocyte dysfunction and death in young adult mice. The detrimental effects of the impaired UPR on mature oligodendrocytes were accompanied by autophagy impairment and intracellular proteolipid protein (PLP) accumulation and were rescued by PLP deletion. Data indicate that PLP was degraded by autophagy and that intracellular PLP accumulation was cytotoxic to oligodendrocytes. Thus, these findings imply that the UPR is required for maintaining cellular proteostasis and the viability and function of mature oligodendrocytes in adults by regulating autophagy of PLP.

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Sarrabeth Stone, Shuangchan Wu, Klaus-Armin Nave, Wensheng Lin

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Inactivation of PERK and ATF6α led to soma retention of PLP in mature oligodendrocytes at P45.

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(A) ASPA and PLP double immunostaining showed that PLP immunoreactivity was undetectable in the soma of oligodendrocytes in the spinal cord of WT mice, PERK mice-KO, ATF6α-KO mice, and double-KO mice at P21. (B and C) ASPA and PLP double immunostaining showed that PLP immunoreactivity was undetectable in the soma of the majority of oligodendrocytes in the spinal cord of WT mice, PERK-KO mice, and ATF6α-KO mice at P45 but became detectable in the soma of the majority of oligodendrocytes (arrowheads) in double-KO mice. (D) PLP and p62 double labeling revealed colocalization of PLP and p62 in oligodendrocytes (arrowhead) of double-KO mice at P45. (E) PLP and ubiquitin double labeling revealed colocalization of PLP and ubiquitin in oligodendrocytes (arrowhead) of double-KO mice at P45. (F) PLP and LAMP1 double labeling revealed colocalization of PLP and LAMP1 in oligodendrocytes (arrowhead) of double-KO mice at P45. Scale bars: 20 μm. N = 4 animals. Error bars represent mean ± SD. Statistical analyses were done with a 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s posttest; *P < 0.05.