Synaptonuclear messenger PRR7 inhibits c-Jun ubiquitination and regulates NMDA-mediated excitotoxicity

Dana O. Kravchick; Anna Karpova; Matous Hrdinka; Jeffrey Lopez-Rojas; Sanda Iacobas; Abigail U. Carbonell; Dumitru A. Iacobas; Michael R. Kreutz; Bryen A. Jordan

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Synaptonuclear messenger PRR7 inhibits c-Jun ubiquitination and regulates NMDA-mediated excitotoxicity

Dana O. Kravchick, Anna Karpova, Matous Hrdinka, Jeffrey Lopez-Rojas, Sanda Iacobas, Abigail U. Carbonell, Dumitru A. Iacobas, Michael R. Kreutz, Bryen A. Jordan

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Abstract

Elevated c-Jun levels result in apoptosis and are evident in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and dementia and after global cerebral insults including stroke and epilepsy. NMDA receptor (NMDAR) antagonists block c-Jun upregulation and prevent neuronal cell death following excitotoxic insults. However, the molecular mechanisms regulating c-Jun abundance in neurons are poorly understood. Here, we show that the synaptic component Proline rich 7 (PRR7) accumulates in the nucleus of hippocampal neurons following NMDAR activity. We find that PRR7 inhibits the ubiquitination of c-Jun by E3 ligase SCF^FBW ⁷ (FBW7), increases c-Jun-dependent transcriptional activity, and promotes neuronal death. Microarray assays show that PRR7 abundance is directly correlated with transcripts associated with cellular viability. Moreover, PRR7 knockdown attenuates NMDAR-mediated excitotoxicity in neuronal cultures in a c-Jun-dependent manner. Our results show that PRR7 links NMDAR activity to c-Jun function and provide new insights into the molecular processes that underlie NMDAR-dependent excitotoxicity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1923-1934
Number of pages	12
Journal	EMBO Journal
Volume	35
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.201593070
State	Published - Sep 1 2016

Keywords

FBW7
immediate early gene
ischemia
photoactivation
synapse to nucleus

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Neuroscience(all)
Molecular Biology
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Immunology and Microbiology(all)

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