Nigro, Ilaria;
Miglionico, Rocchina;
Carmosino, Monica;
Gerbino, Andrea;
Masato, Anna;
Sandre, Michele;
Bubacco, Luigi;
... Armentano, Maria Francesca; + view all
(2023)
Neuroprotective Effect of Antiapoptotic URG7 Protein on Human Neuroblastoma Cell Line SH-SY5Y.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
, 25
(1)
, Article 481. 10.3390/ijms25010481.
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Abstract
Up-regulated Gene clone 7 (URG7) is a protein localized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and overexpressed in liver cells upon hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Its activity has been related to the attenuation of ER stress resulting from HBV infection, promoting protein folding and ubiquitination and reducing cell apoptosis overall. While the antiapoptotic activity of URG7 in HBV-infected cells may have negative implications, this effect could be exploited positively in the field of proteinopathies, such as neurodegenerative diseases. In this work, we aimed to verify the possible contribution of URG7 as a reliever of cellular proteostasis alterations in a neuronal in vitro system. Following tunicamycin-induced ER stress, URG7 was shown to modulate different markers of the unfolded protein response (UPR) in favor of cell survival, mitigating ER stress and activating autophagy. Furthermore, URG7 promoted ubiquitination, and determined a reduction in protein aggregation, calcium release from the ER and intracellular ROS content, confirming its pro-survival activity. Therefore, in light of the results reported in this work, we hypothesize that URG7 offers activity as an ER stress reliever in a neuronal in vitro model, and we paved the way for a new approach in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Neuroprotective Effect of Antiapoptotic URG7 Protein on Human Neuroblastoma Cell Line SH-SY5Y |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijms25010481 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms25010481 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress; unfolded protein response (UPR); protein misfolding; PI3K/AKT pathway; autophagy; tunicamycin; apoptosis; neurodegeneration |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > UK Dementia Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10185335 |
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