PINK1/Parkin介导的线粒体自噬

线粒体自噬（mitochondrial autophagy, or mitophagy）指的是细胞通过自吞噬作用,降解与清除受损线粒体或者多余线粒体,其对整个线粒体网络的功能完整性和细胞存活具有重要作用。线粒体自噬过程受多种途径调控,PINK1/Parkin通路是其中的一条,其异常与多种疾病的发生密切相关,如心血管疾病、肿瘤和帕金森病等。在去极化线粒体中,磷酸酶及张力蛋白同源物(PTEN)诱导的激酶1（PTEN-induced kinase 1,PINK1）作为受损线粒体的分子传感器,触发线粒体自噬的起始信号,并将Parkin募集至线粒体;Parkin作为线粒体自噬信号的“增强子”,通过对线粒体蛋白质进一步泛素化介导自噬信号的扩大;去泛素化酶和PTEN-long蛋白参与调控该过程,并对维持线粒体稳态具有重要作用。本文主要对PINK1与Parkin蛋白质的分子结构和其介导线粒体自噬发生的分子机制,以及参与调控该途径的关键蛋白质进行综述,为进一步研究以线粒体自噬缺陷为特征的疾病治疗提供理论基础。     

Pink1/Parkin信号通路调控线粒体自噬的研究进展

线粒体自噬是指为了维持细胞内环境稳定而通过选择性自噬来降解功能失调或过剩的线粒体。在众多线粒体自噬相关通路研究中,对Pink1/Parkin信号通路的探索较为详细。在哺乳动物细胞中,Ser/Thr蛋白激酶Pink1和E3泛素连接酶Parkin协同作用,感知线粒体功能状态并对受损的线粒体进行标记,以促进其通过自噬途径进行降解。同时,泛素化和去泛素化在调节Parkin和线粒体自噬活性中起着重要的作用。本文就Pink1/Parkin信号通路以及去泛素化酶在线粒体自噬中的作用进行综述。     

PINK1/parkin通路调控线粒体自噬机制的研究进展

线粒体自噬指细胞通过自噬机制选择性除去损伤或多余的线粒体。真核生物通过线粒体自噬调控线粒体质量,维持供能细胞器的功能。大量研究表明,帕金森病相关基因PINK1和parkin可通过线粒体自噬参与并维持线粒体功能。PINK1与parkin能协同特异性识别损伤的线粒体,PINK1作为线粒体质量调控的探测器被活化,此过程中泛素化酶和去泛素化酶对维持parkin活性及线粒体自噬的效率有重要作用。本文主要总结PINK1/parkin通路在线粒体自噬中的功能与作用。     

Parkin功能丧失增强细胞自噬

Parkin(PARK2)基因的突变与家族性帕金森综合症的发生密切相关,其蛋白Parkin是细胞内的E3泛素连接酶。当线粒体受到损伤时,Parkin会募集到线粒体上,介导线粒体自噬,在生理条件下,Parkin及Parkin突变体是否会引起细胞自噬还不清楚。本文研究了病理性Parkin突变体对细胞自噬的影响。通过构建一系列Parkin功能缺失的突变体,并转染到HeLa以及ATG5-/-MEF细胞中,利用免疫荧光技术和Western-blot分析这些突变体对细胞自噬的影响。结果表明,Parkin突变体的表达促进细胞自噬的标志分子LC3由LC3-Ⅰ型变为LC3-Ⅱ型。突变体R275W在细胞内形成蛋白聚集体,并与LC3共定位。当细胞自噬的关键基因ATG5被敲除后,Parkin突变体引起的细胞自噬受到显著抑制。我们的初步结果提示Parkin突变体通过Atg5影响细胞自噬,并可能与帕金森症的发生有一定的相关性。     

线粒体自噬

细胞自噬(autophagy)是细胞依赖溶酶体对蛋白和细胞器进行降解的一条重要途径.目前,将通过细胞自噬降解线粒体的途径称为线粒体自噬(mitophagy).最近几年的证据表明,线粒体自噬是一个特异性的选择过程,并受到各种因子的精密调节,是细胞清除体内损伤线粒体和维持自身稳态的一种重要调节机制.自噬相关分子,如“核心”Atg 复合物,酵母线粒体外膜分子Atg32、Atg33、Uth1和Aup1,哺乳细胞线粒体外膜蛋白PINK1、NIX和胞质的Parkin等,在线粒体自噬中起关键的作用. 线粒体自噬异常与神经退行性疾病如帕金森氏病（Parkinson’s disease,PD）的发生密切相关. 本文就线粒体自噬的研究进展做简要的介绍.     

Parkin介导的线粒体自噬对1型糖尿病急性心肌梗塞早期损伤的保护作用

目的:观察线粒体自噬在急性心梗(MI)早期的变化及对1型糖尿病(DM)小鼠心肌急性缺血损伤的影响。方法:将100只健康雄性C57BL/6小鼠随机分为5组,对照+假手术组(CS组);1型糖尿病+假手术组(DS组);对照+心肌梗死组(CMI组);1型糖尿病+心肌梗死组(DMI组);1型糖尿病+心肌梗死组+Parkin腺病毒过表达组(DMIPO组),每组20只。检测和比较各组小鼠的心脏功能,心肌梗死面积,心肌细胞凋亡,自噬小体含量以及心肌组织中Parkin和LC3的表达量变化。结果:与CS组相比,CMI组自噬小体含量增多,LC3II的表达量上调,Parkin的表达量明显上调(P0.05)。与CMI组比,DMI组小鼠心功能下降加剧,心梗面积增大,心肌细胞凋亡数量明显增加(P0.05),自噬水平未见明显升高。DMIPO组较DMI组自噬水平升高,心肌梗死面积减小(P0.05),心肌细胞凋亡数量减少(P0.05),心功能改善。结论:1型糖尿病通过抑制Parkin介导的心肌线粒体自噬增加心肌急性缺血损伤易感性,上调Parkin的表达可以减轻1型糖尿病时急性缺血性心肌损伤。     

线粒体动力学及线粒体自噬调控机制的研究进展

线粒体形态和功能的异常与多种疾病的发生密切相关。线粒体通过不断的分裂和融合,维持线粒体网络的动态平衡,该过程称为线粒体动力学,是维持线粒体形态、分布和数量,保证细胞稳态的重要基础。此外,机体还通过线粒体自噬过程降解胞内功能异常的线粒体,维持线粒体稳态。线粒体动力学与线粒体自噬二者之间可相互调控,共同维持线粒体质量平衡。探讨线粒体动力学和线粒体自噬的调控机制对揭示多种疾病发生的分子机制、开发新的靶向线粒体动力学蛋白或线粒体自噬调控蛋白的药物具有重要意义。本文从线粒体动力学与线粒体自噬出发,对线粒体动力学调控机制、线粒体自噬及其发生机制以及二者的相互作用关系、线粒体动力学及线粒体自噬与人类相关疾病等方面作一综述。     

线粒体自噬的研究进展

线粒体自噬（mitophagy）是指细胞通过自噬的机制选择性地清除线粒体的过程。选择性清除受损伤或功能不完整的线粒体对于整个线粒体网络的功能完整性和细胞生存来说十分关键。线粒体自噬的异常和很多疾病密切相关,因此对于线粒体自噬的具体分子机制以及生理意义研究有很重要的生物学意义。线粒体自噬的研究是目前生物学领域的研究热点,该文主要综述了近年来在线粒体自噬领域取得的研究进展,旨在为相关领域的研究提供参考。     

线粒体自噬的研究进展

线粒体自噬(mitophagy)是指细胞通过自噬机制选择性清除多余或损伤线粒体的过程,对于线粒体质量控制以及细胞生存具有重要作用。在线粒体自噬的过程中,线粒体自噬受体FUNDCl、Nix、BNIP3,接头蛋白OPTN、NDP52以及去泛素化酶UPS30、UPS8等发挥了重要的调控作用。近年来,研究发现线粒体自噬与神经退行性疾病、脑损伤以及胶质瘤相关。因此,研究线粒体自噬的分子机制具有重要意义。本文就与哺乳动物相关的线粒体自噬分子机制及最新研究进展做一综述。     

线粒体自噬的研究进展

由于线粒体在生物氧化和能量转换过程中会产生活性氧,线粒体DNA又比核DNA更容易发生突变,因此线粒体是一种比较容易受到损伤的细胞器.及时清除细胞内受损的线粒体对细胞维持正常的状态具有重要的作用.细胞主要通过自噬来清除损伤线粒体,维持细胞稳态.越来越多的研究表明,线粒体自噬是一种特异性的过程,线粒体通透性孔道通透性的改变在这个过程中起着重要的作用.线粒体自噬在维持细胞内线粒体的正常功能和基因组稳定性上起着重要作用,但是线粒体发生自噬的信号通路及其调控机制还有待进一步深入研究.     

ER-mitochondria signaling regulates autophagy

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondria form tight functional contacts that regulate several key cellular processes. The formation of these contacts involves “tethering proteins” that function to recruit regions of ER to mitochondria. The integral ER protein VAPB (VAMP associated protein B and C) binds to the outer mitochondrial membrane protein, RMDN3/PTPIP51 (regulator of microtubule dynamics 3) to form one such set of tethers. Recently, we showed that the VAPB-RMDN3 tethers regulate macroautophagy/autophagy. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) knockdown of VAPB or RMDN3 to loosen ER-mitochondria contacts stimulates autophagosome formation, whereas overexpression of VAPB or RMDN3 to tighten contacts inhibit their formation. Artificial tethering of ER and mitochondria via expression of a synthetic linker protein also reduces autophagy and this artificial tether rescues the effects of VAPB- or RMDN3-targeted siRNA loss on autophagosome formation. Finally, our studies revealed that the modulatory effects of ER-mitochondria contacts on autophagy involve their role in mediating ITPR (inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor) delivery of Ca²⁺ from ER stores to mitochondria.     

Identification of PTEN at the ER and MAMs and its regulation of Ca2+ signaling and apoptosis in a protein phosphatase-dependent manner

The tumor suppressor activity of PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10) is thought to be largely attributable to its lipid phosphatase activity. PTEN dephosphorylates the lipid second messenger phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate to directly antagonize the phosphoinositide 3-kinase-Akt pathway and prevent the activating phosphorylation of Akt. PTEN has also other proposed mechanisms of action, including a poorly characterized protein phosphatase activity, protein–protein interactions, as well as emerging functions in different compartment of the cells such as nucleus and mitochondria. We show here that a fraction of PTEN protein localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondria-associated membranes (MAMs), signaling domains involved in calcium (²⁺) transfer from the ER to mitochondria and apoptosis induction. We demonstrate that PTEN silencing impairs ER Ca²⁺ release, lowers cytosolic and mitochondrial Ca²⁺ transients and decreases cellular sensitivity to Ca²⁺-mediated apoptotic stimulation. Specific targeting of PTEN to the ER is sufficient to enhance ER-to-mitochondria Ca²⁺ transfer and sensitivity to apoptosis. PTEN localization at the ER is further increased during Ca²⁺-dependent apoptosis induction. Importantly, PTEN interacts with the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) and this correlates with the reduction in their phosphorylation and increased Ca²⁺ release. We propose that ER-localized PTEN regulates Ca²⁺ release from the ER in a protein phosphatase-dependent manner that counteracts Akt-mediated reduction in Ca²⁺ release via IP3Rs. These findings provide new insights into the mechanisms and the extent of PTEN tumor-suppressive functions, highlighting new potential strategies for therapeutic intervention.     

Prohibitin 2 Is an Inner Mitochondrial Membrane Mitophagy Receptor

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Mitophagy in cells with mtDNA mutations

Despite the emergence of autophagy as a key process for mitochondrial quality control, the existence and persistence of pathogenic mtDNA mutations in human disease suggests that the degradation of dysfunctional mitochondria does not occur widely in vivo. During macroautophagy, a double-membraned cup-shaped structure engulfs cytosolic content. This autophagic vesicle then fuses with lysosomes, allowing hydrolytic enzymes to degrade the contents. Mitochondrial autophagy, or mitophagy, is thought to degrade damaged or nonfunctioning mitochondria specifically. The Parkinson disease-related proteins PINK1 (a mitochondrially localized kinase) and PARK2 (PARKIN, a cytosolically-localized E3 ubiquitin ligase) are essential for targeting mitochondria for mitophagy. Upon chemical uncoupling of the mitochondrial transmembrane potential (Δψ_m), PINK1 located in the mitochondrial outer membrane recruits PARK2 from the cytosol to the mitochondria, followed by delivery of the organelle to the autophagic machinery for degradation.     

Degradation of the endoplasmic reticulum by autophagy in plants

Eukaryotic cells have developed sophisticated strategies to contend with environmental stresses faced in their lifetime. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress occurs when the accumulation of unfolded proteins within the ER exceeds the folding capacity of ER chaperones. ER stress responses have been well characterized in animals and yeast, and autophagy has been suggested to play an important role in recovery from ER stress. In plants, the unfolded protein response signaling pathways have been studied, but changes in ER morphology and ER homeostasis during ER stress have not been analyzed previously. Autophagy has been reported to function in tolerance of several stress conditions in plants, including nutrient deprivation, salt and drought stresses, oxidative stress, and pathogen infection. However, whether autophagy also functions during ER stress has not been investigated. The goal of our study was to elucidate the role and regulation of autophagy during ER stress in Arabidopsis thaliana.     

Mitochondria-associated endoplasmic reticulum membrane: Overview and inextricable link with cancer

The mitochondrial-associated membrane (MAM) is a physical platform that facilitates communication between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondria. It is enriched with many proteins and enzymes and plays an important role in the regulation of several fundamental physiological processes, such as calcium (Ca²⁺) transfer, lipid synthesis, cellular autophagy and ER stress. Accumulating evidence suggests that oncogenes and suppressor genes are present at the ER-mitochondrial contact site, and their alterations can affect Ca²⁺ flux, lipid homeostasis, and the dysregulation of mitochondrial dynamics, thereby influencing the fate of cancer cells. Understanding the fundamental role of MAM-resident proteins in tumorigenesis could support the search for novel therapeutic targets in cancer. In this review, we summarize the basic structure of MAM and the core functions of MAM-resident proteins in tumorigenesis. In addition, we discuss the mechanisms by which natural compounds promote cancer cell apoptosis from the perspective of ER stress.