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KMID : 0620920220540020115
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Experimental & Molecular Medicine
2022 Volume.54 No. 2 p.115 ~ p.128
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Senescence and impaired DNA damage responses in alpha-synucleinopathy models
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Yoon Ye-Seul
You Jueng-Soo
Kim Tae-Kyung
Ahn Woo-Jung
Kim Myoung-Jun
Son Keun-Hong
Ricarte Diadem
Ortiz Darlene
Lee Seung-Jae
Lee He-Jin
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Abstract
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α-Synuclein is a crucial element in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and related neurological diseases. Although numerous studies have presented potential mechanisms underlying its pathogenesis, the understanding of α-synuclein-mediated neurodegeneration remains far from complete. Here, we show that overexpression of α-synuclein leads to impaired DNA repair and cellular senescence. Transcriptome analysis showed that α-synuclein overexpression led to cellular senescence with activation of the p53 pathway and DNA damage responses (DDRs). Chromatin immunoprecipitation analyses using p53 and γH2AX, chromosomal markers of DNA damage, revealed that these proteins bind to promoters and regulate the expression of DDR and cellular senescence genes. Cellular marker analyses confirmed cellular senescence and the accumulation of DNA double-strand breaks. The non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) DNA repair pathway was activated in α-synuclein-overexpressing cells. However, the expression of MRE11, a key component of the DSB repair system, was reduced, suggesting that the repair pathway induction was incomplete. Neuropathological examination of α-synuclein transgenic mice showed increased levels of phospho-α-synuclein and DNA double-strand breaks, as well as markers of cellular senescence, at an early, presymptomatic stage. These results suggest that the accumulation of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) and cellular senescence are intermediaries of α-synuclein-induced pathogenesis in PD.
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KEYWORD
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Neurodegeneration, Parkinson's disease
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