PALB2 maintains redox and mitochondrial homeostasis in the brain and cooperates with ATG7 to suppress p53 dependent neurodegeneration
Huo, Y.; Sawant, A.; Tan, Y.; Mahdi, A. H.; Li, T.; Ma, H.; Bhatt, V.; Yan, R.; Coleman, J.; Dreyfus, C. F.; Guo, J. Y.; Mouradian, M. M.; White, E.; Xia, B.
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The PALB2 tumor suppressor plays key roles in DNA repair and has been implicated in redox homeostasis. Autophagy maintains mitochondrial quality, mitigates oxidative stress and suppresses neurodegeneration. Here we show that Palb2 deletion in the mouse brain leads to motor deficits and that co-deletion of Palb2 with the essential autophagy gene Atg7 accelerates and exacerbates neurodegeneration induced by ATG7 loss. Palb2 deletion leads to elevated DNA damage, oxidative stress and mitochondrial markers, especially in Purkinje cells, and co-deletion of Palb2 and Atg7 results in accelerated Purkinje cell loss. Further analyses suggest that the accelerated Purkinje cell loss and severe neurodegeneration in the double deletion mice are due to oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction, rather than DNA damage, and partially dependent on p53 activity. Our studies uncover a role of PALB2 in mitochondrial regulation and a cooperation between PALB2 and ATG7/autophagy in maintaining redox and mitochondrial homeostasis essential for neuronal survival.
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