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Detrimental effects of proteasome inhibition activity in Drosophila melanogaster: implication of ER stress, autophagy, and apoptosis

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In eukaryotes, the ubiquitin–proteasome machinery regulates a number of fundamental cellular processes through accurate and tightly controlled protein degradation pathways. We have, herein, examined the effects of proteasome functional disruption in Dmp53 +/+ (wild-type) and Dmp53 −/− Drosophila melanogaster fly strains through utilization of Bortezomib, a proteasome-specific inhibitor. We report that proteasome inhibition drastically shortens fly life-span and impairs climbing performance, while it also causes larval lethality and activates developmentally irregular cell death programs during oogenesis. Interestingly, Dmp53 gene seems to play a role in fly longevity and climbing ability. Moreover, Bortezomib proved to induce endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress that was able to result in the engagement of unfolded protein response (UPR) signaling pathway, as respectively indicated by fly Xbp1 activation and Ref(2)P-containing protein aggregate formation. Larva salivary gland and adult brain both underwent strong ER stress in response to Bortezomib, thus underscoring the detrimental role of proteasome inhibition in larval development and brain function. We also propose that the observed upregulation of autophagy operates as a protective mechanism to “counterbalance” Bortezomib-induced systemic toxicity, which is tightly associated, besides ER stress, with activation of apoptosis, mainly mediated by functional Drice caspase and deregulated dAkt kinase. The reduced life-span of exposed to Bortezomib flies overexpressing Atg1_RNAi or Atg18_RNAi supports the protective nature of autophagy against proteasome inhibition-induced stress. Our data reveal the in vivo significance of proteasome functional integrity as a major defensive system against cellular toxicity likely occurring during critical biological processes and morphogenetic courses.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to Janssen-Cilag Pharmaceuticals, AEBE, Athens, Greece, for kindly and generously providing the chemotherapeutic drug Velcade (effective substance: Bortezomib). Moreover, they wish to express their thanks to the Assistant Professor Ioannis P. Trougakos (Department of Cell Biology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece) for his technical support and assistance regarding the fluorometry experiments. They also thank Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center (Indiana, USA) and Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center (VDRC) (Vienna, Austria) for providing fly stocks. They are grateful to Professor Hermann Steller and Dr. Travis Gorenc (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA) for kindly providing the UAS_Xbp1-EGFP transgenic fly strain, Dr. Andor Udvardy (Biological Center of the Hungarian Academy Sci., Szeged, Hungary) for kindly providing the Pros54/Rpn10 and IIG7 monoclonal antibodies, Dr. Ioannis Nezis (Department of Biochemistry, Center for Cancer Biomedicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway) for kindly providing the Ref(2)P polyclonal antibody and Associate Professor George Diallinas (Department of Botany, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece) for kindly providing the GFP monoclonal antibody. This research project (PENED) was co-financed by E.U.-European Social Fund (75 %) and the Greek Ministry of Development-GSRT (25 %).

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  1. Faculty of Biology, Department of Cell Biology and Biophysics, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zografou, 157 84, Athens, Greece

    Panagiotis D. Velentzas, Athanassios D. Velentzas, Vassiliki E. Mpakou, Marianna H. Antonelou, Lukas H. Margaritis, Issidora S. Papassideri & Dimitrios J. Stravopodis

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Velentzas, P.D., Velentzas, A.D., Mpakou, V.E. et al. Detrimental effects of proteasome inhibition activity in Drosophila melanogaster: implication of ER stress, autophagy, and apoptosis. Cell Biol Toxicol 29, 13–37 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10565-012-9235-9

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