PLPP/CIN-mediated NEDD4-2 S448 dephosphorylation regulates neuronal excitability via GluA1 ubiquitination

Cell Death Dis. 2019 Jul 18;10(8):545. doi: 10.1038/s41419-019-1781-0.

Abstract

Neuronal precursor cell expressed developmentally downregulated 4-2 (NEDD4-2) is an E3 ubiquitin ligase to regulate ion transport by controlling cellular trafficking/endocytosis and lysosomal degradation of ion channels and transporters. Thus, NEDD4-2 is relevant to neuronal excitability and epileptic encephalopathies in human patients. However, the regulatory molecules for NEDD4-2 dephosphorylation have been still elusive. Here, we demonstrate that pyridoxal-5'-phosphate phosphatase/chronophin (PLPP/CIN) specifically dephosphorylated NEDD4-2 serine (S) 448 site. PLPP/CIN deletion inhibited NEDD4-2 ubiquitination, and diminished the responsiveness of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor (AMPAR) by facilitating NEDD4-2-mediated ubiquitination of GluA1 subunit under physiological condition. PLPP/CIN overexpression reversed these effects. These PLPP/CIN-mediated processes were required for the increased seizure severity and its progression in response to kainic acid (KA). Therefore, we suggest the novel function of PLPP/CIN as a NEDD4-2 phosphatase, which may be a potential therapeutic target for NEDD4-2-associated diseases as well as various neurological and psychiatric disorders, including epilepsy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Humans
  • KCNQ Potassium Channels / genetics
  • KCNQ Potassium Channels / metabolism
  • Kainic Acid / toxicity
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Nedd4 Ubiquitin Protein Ligases / chemistry
  • Nedd4 Ubiquitin Protein Ligases / genetics
  • Nedd4 Ubiquitin Protein Ligases / metabolism*
  • Neurons / drug effects
  • Neurons / metabolism*
  • Phosphates / metabolism
  • Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / genetics
  • Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / metabolism*
  • Receptors, AMPA / chemistry
  • Receptors, AMPA / genetics
  • Receptors, AMPA / metabolism*
  • Seizures / genetics
  • Seizures / metabolism*
  • Ubiquitination / drug effects
  • Ubiquitination / genetics*
  • Up-Regulation

Substances

  • KCNQ Potassium Channels
  • Phosphates
  • Receptors, AMPA
  • Nedd4 Ubiquitin Protein Ligases
  • Nedd4l protein, mouse
  • pyridoxal-5-phosphatase
  • Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases
  • Kainic Acid
  • glutamate receptor ionotropic, AMPA 1