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Glutamine promotes Hsp70 and inhibits α-Synuclein accumulation in pheochromocytoma PC12 cells.


ABSTRACT: Hsp70 regulates α-Synuclein (α-Syn) degeneration in Parkinson's disease (PD), indicating that Hsp70 promotion may be able to prevent or reverse α-Syn-induced toxicity in PD. Additionally, it has been demonstrated that glutamine (Gln) enhances Hsp70 expression. In the present study, Gln-induced Hsp70 promotion in pheochromocytoma was investigated with reverse transcription- quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blotting methods. Then it was observed whether heat shock factor (HSF)-1 was required for this phenomenon with an RNA interference strategy. The regulatory role of Gln on α-Syn degeneration was also determined in the α-Syn-overexpressed PC12 [PC12 (α-Syn+)] cells, which were treated with or without the proteasomal inhibitor lactacystin (Lac). The results demonstrated that treatment with ≥10 mM Gln significantly increased Hsp70 mRNA and protein levels (P<0.05) and that this promotion was HSF-1-dependent, as HSF-1 knockout with HSF-1-specific small interfering RNA abrogated Hsp70 promotion in PC12 (α-Syn+) cells. Furthermore, Gln treatment markedly upregulated α-Syn degeneration in PC12 (α-Syn+) cells, which was significantly reduced (P<0.05) in the presence of Lac. Therefore, the present study suggests that Gln is able to induce the promotion of Hsp70 expression in PC12 cells in an HSF-1-dependent manner and that Gln-mediated Hsp70 promotion may increase α-Syn degradation even in the presence of proteasomal inhibitor. Thus, glutamine may be a potential therapeutic agent to prevent α-Syn aggregation in PD.

SUBMITTER: Wang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5525590 | biostudies-other | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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