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Monday, August 7, 2017

A new view for protein turnover in the brain

August 7, 2017

Lysosomes were identified in dendrites and dendritic spines using various techniques. Cultured neurons show lysosomes throughout neurons and in dendritic spines indicated in yellow (left and upper right); brain slices show a lysosome in the head of the spine highlighted in green (middle right); and transmission electron microscopy reveals a lysosome (black circle) near the base of a spine (bottom right). Credit: Marisa Goo, Gentry Patrick/UC San Diego


Keeping the human brain in a healthy state requires a delicate balance between the generation of new cellular material and the destruction of old. Specialized structures known as lysosomes, found in nearly every cell in your body, help carry out this continuous turnover by digesting material that is too old or no longer useful.

Scientists have a strong interest in this degradation process since it must be tightly regulated to ensure healthy brain functioning for learning and memory. When lysosomes fail to do their job, brain-related disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's are possible.
Scientists at the University of California San Diego, led by graduate student Marisa Goo under the guidance of Professor Gentry Patrick, have provided the first evidence that lysosomes can travel to distant parts of neurons to branch-like areas known as dendrites. Surprisingly, they also found that lysosomes can be recruited to dendritic spines, specific areas where neurons communicate with each other. The researchers also revealed that direct activation of a single dendritic spine can directly recruit lysosomes to these specialized locations. The results are published in the Aug. 7 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology.
"Previously there was no reason to think that lysosomes could travel out to the ends of dendrites at synapses," said Patrick a professor of neurobiology in UC San Diego's Division of Biological Sciences. "We are showing neuronal activity is delivering them to the synapse and they are playing an integral and instructive role in remodeling and plasticity, which are so important for learning and memory."

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The researchers used genetically encoded fluorescent markers to label lysosomes and follow their movements, sometimes tens and even hundreds of microns away from the cell body. Confocal, two-photon, and electron microscopy were used to reveal that lysosomes move in dendrites and are present in spines, something previously unseen.
"We've shown that lysosomes can be recruited to a single synapse... until now we had no idea that lysosomes could receive such instructive cues," said Patrick, "For many neurodegenerative diseases,  disfunction seems to play a role. So now we can look at the distribution and trafficking of lysosomes-which we now know are controlled by neurons—and ask: Is that altered in disease?"
More information: Marisa S. Goo et al, Activity-dependent trafficking of lysosomes in dendrites and dendritic spines, The Journal of Cell Biology (2017).  DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201704068 
Journal reference: Journal of Cell Biology 
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-08-view-protein-turnover-brain.html

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