摘要
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common motor neuron disease, usually occurs in middle-aged people. However, the molecular basis of age-related cumulative stress in ALS pathogenesis remains elusive. Here, we found that mice deficient in NPGPx (GPx7), an oxidative stress sensor, develop ALS-like phenotypes, including paralysis, muscle denervation, and motor neurons loss. Unlike normal spinal motor neurons that exhibit elevated O-GlcNAcylation against age-dependent oxidative stress, NPGPx-deficient spinal motor neurons fail to boost O-GlcNAcylation and exacerbate ROS accumulation, leading to cell death. Mechanistically, stress-activated NPGPx inhibits O-GlcNAcase (OGA) through disulfide bonding to fine-tune global O-GlcNAcylation. Pharmacological inhibition of OGA rescues spinal motor neuron loss in aged NPGPx-deficient mice. Furthermore, expression of NPGPx in ALS patients is significantly lower than in unaffected adults. These results suggest that NPGPx modulates O-GlcNAcylation by inhibiting OGA to cope with age-dependent oxidative stress and protect motor neurons from degeneration, providing a potential therapeutic axis for ALS. Hsieh et al. uncover an adaptive mechanism mediated by NPGPx in modulating O-GlcNAcylation to cope with chronic oxidative stress in aging. Stress-activated NPGPx restrains OGA activity through disulfide bonding and elevates O-GlcNAcylation to protect motor neurons from degeneration.
原文 | 英語 |
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頁(從 - 到) | 2134-2143.e7 |
期刊 | Cell Reports |
卷 | 29 |
發行號 | 8 |
DOIs | |
出版狀態 | 已發佈 - 11月 19 2019 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- 一般生物化學,遺傳學和分子生物學