Impairment of chaperone‐mediated autophagy leads to selective lysosomal degradation defects in the lysosomal storage disease cystinosis

Abstract Metabolite accumulation in lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) results in impaired cell function and multi‐systemic disease. Although substrate reduction and lysosomal overload‐decreasing therapies can ameliorate disease progression, the significance of lysosomal overload‐independent mechani...

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Main Authors: Gennaro Napolitano, Jennifer L Johnson, Jing He, Celine J Rocca, Jlenia Monfregola, Kersi Pestonjamasp, Stephanie Cherqui, Sergio D Catz
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Published: Springer Nature 2015-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201404223
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author Gennaro Napolitano
Jennifer L Johnson
Jing He
Celine J Rocca
Jlenia Monfregola
Kersi Pestonjamasp
Stephanie Cherqui
Sergio D Catz
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Jing He
Celine J Rocca
Jlenia Monfregola
Kersi Pestonjamasp
Stephanie Cherqui
Sergio D Catz
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description Abstract Metabolite accumulation in lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) results in impaired cell function and multi‐systemic disease. Although substrate reduction and lysosomal overload‐decreasing therapies can ameliorate disease progression, the significance of lysosomal overload‐independent mechanisms in the development of cellular dysfunction is unknown for most LSDs. Here, we identify a mechanism of impaired chaperone‐mediated autophagy (CMA) in cystinosis, a LSD caused by defects in the cystine transporter cystinosin (CTNS) and characterized by cystine lysosomal accumulation. We show that, different from other LSDs, autophagosome number is increased, but macroautophagic flux is not impaired in cystinosis while mTOR activity is not affected. Conversely, the expression and localization of the CMA receptor LAMP2A are abnormal in CTNS‐deficient cells and degradation of the CMA substrate GAPDH is defective in Ctns−/− mice. Importantly, cysteamine treatment, despite decreasing lysosomal overload, did not correct defective CMA in Ctns−/− mice or LAMP2A mislocalization in cystinotic cells, which was rescued by CTNS expression instead, suggesting that cystinosin is important for CMA activity. In conclusion, CMA impairment contributes to cell malfunction in cystinosis, highlighting the need for treatments complementary to current therapies that are based on decreasing lysosomal overload.
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spelling doaj-art-df59719d2a204dc38c232652c20f5d272025-08-20T03:06:01ZengSpringer NatureEMBO Molecular Medicine1757-46761757-46842015-01-017215817410.15252/emmm.201404223Impairment of chaperone‐mediated autophagy leads to selective lysosomal degradation defects in the lysosomal storage disease cystinosisGennaro Napolitano0Jennifer L Johnson1Jing He2Celine J Rocca3Jlenia Monfregola4Kersi Pestonjamasp5Stephanie Cherqui6Sergio D Catz7Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research InstituteDepartment of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research InstituteDepartment of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research InstituteDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California San DiegoDepartment of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research InstituteCancer Center Microscopy Shared Resource, University of California, San DiegoDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California San DiegoDepartment of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research InstituteAbstract Metabolite accumulation in lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) results in impaired cell function and multi‐systemic disease. Although substrate reduction and lysosomal overload‐decreasing therapies can ameliorate disease progression, the significance of lysosomal overload‐independent mechanisms in the development of cellular dysfunction is unknown for most LSDs. Here, we identify a mechanism of impaired chaperone‐mediated autophagy (CMA) in cystinosis, a LSD caused by defects in the cystine transporter cystinosin (CTNS) and characterized by cystine lysosomal accumulation. We show that, different from other LSDs, autophagosome number is increased, but macroautophagic flux is not impaired in cystinosis while mTOR activity is not affected. Conversely, the expression and localization of the CMA receptor LAMP2A are abnormal in CTNS‐deficient cells and degradation of the CMA substrate GAPDH is defective in Ctns−/− mice. Importantly, cysteamine treatment, despite decreasing lysosomal overload, did not correct defective CMA in Ctns−/− mice or LAMP2A mislocalization in cystinotic cells, which was rescued by CTNS expression instead, suggesting that cystinosin is important for CMA activity. In conclusion, CMA impairment contributes to cell malfunction in cystinosis, highlighting the need for treatments complementary to current therapies that are based on decreasing lysosomal overload.https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201404223autophagyCTNScystinosislysosomal storage disorderlysosomal trafficking
spellingShingle Gennaro Napolitano
Jennifer L Johnson
Jing He
Celine J Rocca
Jlenia Monfregola
Kersi Pestonjamasp
Stephanie Cherqui
Sergio D Catz
Impairment of chaperone‐mediated autophagy leads to selective lysosomal degradation defects in the lysosomal storage disease cystinosis
EMBO Molecular Medicine
autophagy
CTNS
cystinosis
lysosomal storage disorder
lysosomal trafficking
title Impairment of chaperone‐mediated autophagy leads to selective lysosomal degradation defects in the lysosomal storage disease cystinosis
title_full Impairment of chaperone‐mediated autophagy leads to selective lysosomal degradation defects in the lysosomal storage disease cystinosis
title_fullStr Impairment of chaperone‐mediated autophagy leads to selective lysosomal degradation defects in the lysosomal storage disease cystinosis
title_full_unstemmed Impairment of chaperone‐mediated autophagy leads to selective lysosomal degradation defects in the lysosomal storage disease cystinosis
title_short Impairment of chaperone‐mediated autophagy leads to selective lysosomal degradation defects in the lysosomal storage disease cystinosis
title_sort impairment of chaperone mediated autophagy leads to selective lysosomal degradation defects in the lysosomal storage disease cystinosis
topic autophagy
CTNS
cystinosis
lysosomal storage disorder
lysosomal trafficking
url https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201404223
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