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Coiled-coil structure-dependent interactions between polyQ proteins and Foxo lead to dendrite pathology and behavioral defects

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Title
Coiled-coil structure-dependent interactions between polyQ proteins and Foxo lead to dendrite pathology and behavioral defects
Author(s)
Min Jee Kwon; Myeong Hoon Han; Joshua A. Bagley; Do Young Hyeon; Byung Su Ko; Yun Mi Lee; In Jun Cha; Seung Yeol Kim; Dong Young Kim; Ho Min Kim; Daehee Hwang; Sung Bae Lee; Yuh Nung Jan
Subject
; Foxo, ; coiled coil, ; dendrites, ; neurodegenerative diseases, ; polyQ
Publication Date
2018-11
Journal
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v.115, no.45, pp.e10748 - e10757
Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
Abstract
Neurodegenerative disorders, such as Huntington’s diseases and spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs), are driven by proteins with expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) tracts. Recently, coiled-coil structures in polyQ regions of such proteins were shown to facilitate aggregate formation and ultimately lead to cell death. However, the molecular mechanism linking these structural domains to neuronal toxicity of polyQ proteins remains elusive. Here, we demonstrate that coiled-coil structures in the Q repeat region of SCA type 3 (SCA3) polyQ proteins confer protein toxicity in Drosophila neurons. To functionally characterize coiled-coil structures in the Q repeat regions, we generated three structural variants of SCA3 polyQ proteins: (i) MJDtr-76Q, containing both α-helical coiled-coil and β-sheet hairpin structures in the Q repeat region; (ii) MJDtr- 70Q_cc0, possessing only α-helical coiled-coil structures due to the incorporation of β-sheet–breaking residues (Q-to-N or Q-to-E mutations); and (iii) MJDtr-70Q_pQp, with no secondary structure due to the introduced proline residues (Q-to-P mutations). Through comparative analysis of these variants, we found that coiled-coil structures facilitated nuclear localization of SCA3 polyQ proteins and induced dendrite defects in Drosophila dendritic arborization neurons. Furthermore, genetic and functional screening identified the transcription factor Foxo as a target of polyQ proteins, and coiled-coil–mediated interactions of Foxo and polyQ proteins in the nucleus resulted in the observed dendrite and behavioral defects in Drosophila. These results demonstrate that coiled-coil structures of polyQ proteins are crucial for their neuronal toxicity, which is conferred through coiled-coil to coiled-coil interactions with the nuclear targets of these proteins.
URI
https://pr.ibs.re.kr/handle/8788114/5092
DOI
10.1073/pnas.1807206115
ISSN
0027-8424
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