Loss of nuclear factor E2-related factor 1 in the brain leads to dysregulation of proteasome gene expression and neurodegeneration
- 2 May 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Vol. 108 (20), 8408-8413
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1019209108
Abstract
The ubiquitin–proteasome pathway plays an important role in the pathogenesis of neurodegeneration, but mechanisms controlling expression of components in this pathway remain poorly understood. Nuclear factor E2-related factor 1 (Nrf1) transcription factor has been shown to regulate expression of antioxidant and cytoprotective genes. To determine the function of Nrf1 in the brain, mice with a late-stage deletion of Nrf1 in neuronal cells were generated. Loss of Nrf1 leads to impaired proteasome function and neurodegeneration. Gene expression profiling and RT-PCR analysis revealed a coordinate down-regulation of various proteasomal genes including PsmB6, which encodes a catalytic subunit of the proteasome. Transcriptional analysis and chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments demonstrated that PsmB6 is an Nrf1 target gene. These findings reveal Nrf1 as a key transcriptional regulator required for the expression of proteasomal genes in neurons and suggest that perturbations of Nrf1 function may contribute to the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases.Keywords
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