Axon guidance pathways modulate neurotoxicity of ALS-associated UBQLN2

Author:

Kim Sang HwaORCID,Nichols Kye D.,Anderson Eric N.,Liu Yining,Ramesh Nandini,Jia Weiyan,Kuerbis Connor J.,Scalf Mark,Smith Lloyd M.,Pandey Udai Bhan,Tibbetts Randal S.ORCID

Abstract

AbstractMutations in the ubiquitin (Ub) chaperoneUbiquilin 2 (UBQLN2)cause X-linked forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) through unknown mechanisms. Here we show that aggregation-prone, ALS-associated mutants of UBQLN2 (UBQLN2ALS) trigger heat stress-dependent neurodegeneration in Drosophila. A genetic modifier screen implicated endolysosomal and axon guidance genes, including the netrin receptor, Unc-5, as key modulators of UBQLN2 toxicity. Reduced gene dosage ofUnc-5or its coreceptorDcc/frazzleddiminished neurodegenerative phenotypes, including motor dysfunction, neuromuscular junction defects, and shortened lifespan, in flies expressing UBQLN2ALSalleles. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) harboring UBQLN2ALSknockin mutations exhibited lysosomal defects while inducible motor neurons (iMNs) expressing UBQLN2ALSalleles exhibited cytosolic UBQLN2 inclusions, reduced neurite complexity, and growth cone defects that were partially reversed by silencing of UNC5B and DCC. The combined findings suggest that altered growth cone dynamics are a conserved pathomechanism in UBQLN2-associated ALS/FTD.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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