VAPB and VAPA are ubiquitously expressed ER membrane proteins that play key roles in lipid exchange at membrane contact sites. A mutant, aggregation-prone, form of VAPB (P56S) is linked to a dominantly inherited form of ALS, however, it has been unclear whether its pathogenicity is due to toxic gain of function, to negative dominance, or simply to insufficient levels of the wild-type protein produced from a single allele (haploinsufficiency). To investigate whether reduced levels of functional VAPB, independently from the presence of the mutant form, affect the physiology of mammalian motoneuron-like cells, we generated NSC34 clones, from which VAPB was partially or nearly completely depleted. VAPA levels, determined to be four fold higher than those of VAPB in untransfected cells, were unaffected. Nonetheless, cells with even partially depleted VAPB showed an increase in Golgi- and acidic vesicle-localized phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate (PI4P) and reduced neurite extension when induced to differentiate. Conversely, the PI4 kinase inhibitors, PIK93 and IN-10, increased neurite elongation. Thus, for long-term survival, motoneurons may require the full dose of functional VAPB, which may have unique function(s) that VAPA cannot perform.

VAPB depletion alters neuritogenesis and phosphoinositide balance in motoneuron-like cells: relevance to VAPB-linked ALS / Genevini, Paola; Colombo, Maria Nicol; Venditti, Rossella; Marcuzzo, Stefania; Colombo, Sara Francesca; Bernasconi, Pia; De Matteis, Maria Antonietta; Borgese, Nica; Navone, Francesca. - In: JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE. - ISSN 0021-9533. - 132:7(2019). [10.1242/jcs.220061]

VAPB depletion alters neuritogenesis and phosphoinositide balance in motoneuron-like cells: relevance to VAPB-linked ALS

VENDITTI, ROSSELLA;De Matteis, Maria Antonietta;
2019

Abstract

VAPB and VAPA are ubiquitously expressed ER membrane proteins that play key roles in lipid exchange at membrane contact sites. A mutant, aggregation-prone, form of VAPB (P56S) is linked to a dominantly inherited form of ALS, however, it has been unclear whether its pathogenicity is due to toxic gain of function, to negative dominance, or simply to insufficient levels of the wild-type protein produced from a single allele (haploinsufficiency). To investigate whether reduced levels of functional VAPB, independently from the presence of the mutant form, affect the physiology of mammalian motoneuron-like cells, we generated NSC34 clones, from which VAPB was partially or nearly completely depleted. VAPA levels, determined to be four fold higher than those of VAPB in untransfected cells, were unaffected. Nonetheless, cells with even partially depleted VAPB showed an increase in Golgi- and acidic vesicle-localized phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate (PI4P) and reduced neurite extension when induced to differentiate. Conversely, the PI4 kinase inhibitors, PIK93 and IN-10, increased neurite elongation. Thus, for long-term survival, motoneurons may require the full dose of functional VAPB, which may have unique function(s) that VAPA cannot perform.
2019
VAPB depletion alters neuritogenesis and phosphoinositide balance in motoneuron-like cells: relevance to VAPB-linked ALS / Genevini, Paola; Colombo, Maria Nicol; Venditti, Rossella; Marcuzzo, Stefania; Colombo, Sara Francesca; Bernasconi, Pia; De Matteis, Maria Antonietta; Borgese, Nica; Navone, Francesca. - In: JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE. - ISSN 0021-9533. - 132:7(2019). [10.1242/jcs.220061]
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