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On the role of v-ATPase V0a1-dependent degradation in Alzheimer disease.

Williamson, W.R. and Hiesinger, P.R. – 2010

Defective autophagy and lysosomal degradation are hallmarks of numerous neurodegenerative disorders. Vesicular ATPases are intracellular proton pumps that acidify autophagosomes and lysosomes. V0a1 is a key component of the v-ATPase that is only required in neurons in Drosophila melanogaster. We have recently shown that loss of V0a1 in Drosophila photoreceptor neurons leads to slow, adult-onset degeneration.1 Concurrently, Lee et al.2 reported that V0a1 fails to localize to lysosomal compartments in cells from Presenilin 1 knock-out cells. Together these two reports suggest that a neuronal V0a1-dependent degradation mechanism may be causally linked to Alzheimer pathology. Indeed, we now show that loss of V0a1 makes Drosophila neurons more susceptible to insult with human Alzheimer-related neurotoxic Aβ and tau proteins. Furthermore, we discuss the potential significance of the discovery of the neuron-specific degradation mechanism in Drosophila for intracellular degradation defects in Alzheimer Disease.

Title
On the role of v-ATPase V0a1-dependent degradation in Alzheimer disease.
Author
Williamson, W.R. and Hiesinger, P.R.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Keywords
Neurodegeneration, Autophagy, degradation, acidification, vesicular ATPase, Alzheimer
Date
2010-11-01
Identifier
doi: 10.4161/cib.3.6.13364
Appeared in
Commun Integr Biol 3(6): 604-7
Language
eng
Type
Text
Rights
© 2010 Landes Bioscience