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. 2021 Nov;99(11):2932-2947.
doi: 10.1002/jnr.24952. Epub 2021 Sep 12.

Overexpression of α-synuclein inhibits mitochondrial Ca2+ trafficking between the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria through MAMs by altering the GRP75-IP3R interaction

Adolfo Garcia Erustes  1 , Manuela D'Eletto  2 , Gabriel Cicolin Guarache  1 , Rodrigo Portes Ureshino  3   4 , Claudia Bincoletto  1 , Gustavo José da Silva Pereira  1 , Mauro Piacentini  2 , Soraya Soubhi Smaili  1
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Overexpression of α-synuclein inhibits mitochondrial Ca2+ trafficking between the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria through MAMs by altering the GRP75-IP3R interaction

Adolfo Garcia Erustes et al. J Neurosci Res. 2021 Nov.

Abstract

Mitochondria-associated ER membranes (MAMs) are formed by close and specific components in the contact sites between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondria, which participate in several cell functions, including lipid metabolism, autophagy, and Ca2+ signaling. Particularly, the presence of α-synuclein (α-syn) in MAMs was previously demonstrated, indicating a physical interaction among some proteins in this region and a potential involvement in cell dysfunctions. MAMs alterations are associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease (PD) and contribute to the pathogenesis features. Here, we investigated the effects of α-syn on MAMs and Ca2+ transfer from the ER to mitochondria in WT- and A30P α-syn-overexpressing SH-SY5Y or HEK293 cells. We observed that α-syn potentiates the mitochondrial membrane potential (Δψm ) loss induced by rotenone, increases mitophagy and mitochondrial Ca2+ overload. Additionally, in α-syn-overexpressing cells, we found a reduction in ER-mitochondria contact sites through the impairment of the GRP75-IP3R interaction, however, with no alteration in VDAC1-GRP75 interaction. Consequently, after Ca2+ release from the ER, α-syn-overexpressing cells demonstrated a reduction in Ca2+ buffering by mitochondria, suggesting a deregulation in MAM activity. Taken together, our data highlight the importance of the α-syn/MAMs/Ca2+ axis that potentially affects cell functions in PD.

Keywords: MAMs; Parkinson's disease; RRID:AB_10200697; RRID:AB_1078991; RRID:AB_11179069; RRID:AB_1118910; RRID:AB_1279301; RRID:AB_141607; RRID:AB_141637; RRID:AB_143165; RRID:AB_2085424; RRID:AB_2120468; RRID:AB_216026; RRID:AB_228341; RRID:AB_2536527; RRID:AB_2637028; RRID:AB_2714190; RRID:AB_2750920; RRID:AB_398108; RRID:AB_477593; RRID:AB_570711; RRID:AB_915950; RRID:Addgene_73209; RRID:CVCL_0019; RRID:CVCL_0045; RRID:SCR_002798; RRID:SCR_013672; calcium; mitochondria; α-synuclein.

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