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PINK1-induced mitophagy promotes neuroprotection in Huntington s disease
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Khalil B
; El Fissi N
; Aouane A
; Cabirol-Pol MJ
; Rival T
; Liévens JC
Cell Death Dis
2015[Jan]; 6
(1
): e1617
PMID25611391
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Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by
aberrant expansion of CAG repeat in the huntingtin gene. Mutant Huntingtin (mHtt)
alters multiple cellular processes, leading to neuronal dysfunction and death.
Among those alterations, impaired mitochondrial metabolism seems to have a major
role in HD pathogenesis. In this study, we used the Drosophila model system to
further investigate the role of mitochondrial damages in HD. We first analyzed
the impact of mHtt on mitochondrial morphology, and surprisingly, we revealed the
formation of abnormal ring-shaped mitochondria in photoreceptor neurons. Because
such mitochondrial spheroids were previously detected in cells where mitophagy is
blocked, we analyzed the effect of PTEN-induced putative kinase 1 (PINK1), which
controls Parkin-mediated mitophagy. Consistently, we found that PINK1
overexpression alleviated mitochondrial spheroid formation in HD flies. More
importantly, PINK1 ameliorated ATP levels, neuronal integrity and adult fly
survival, demonstrating that PINK1 counteracts the neurotoxicity of mHtt. This
neuroprotection was Parkin-dependent and required mitochondrial outer membrane
proteins, mitofusin and the voltage-dependent anion channel. Consistent with our
observations in flies, we demonstrated that the removal of defective mitochondria
was impaired in HD striatal cells derived from HdhQ111 knock-in mice, and that
overexpressing PINK1 in these cells partially restored mitophagy. The presence of
mHtt did not affect Parkin-mediated mitochondrial ubiquitination but decreased
the targeting of mitochondria to autophagosomes. Altogether, our findings suggest
that mitophagy is altered in the presence of mHtt and that increasing
PINK1/Parkin mitochondrial quality control pathway may improve mitochondrial
integrity and neuroprotection in HD.