PMID- 24603074 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150112 LR - 20220309 IS - 1460-2083 (Electronic) IS - 0964-6906 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 11 DP - 2014 Jun 1 TI - Parkinson's disease-linked human PARK9/ATP13A2 maintains zinc homeostasis and promotes alpha-Synuclein externalization via exosomes. PG - 2816-33 LID - 10.1093/hmg/ddu099 [doi] AB - alpha-Synuclein plays a central causative role in Parkinson's disease (PD). Increased expression of the P-type ATPase ion pump PARK9/ATP13A2 suppresses alpha-Synuclein toxicity in primary neurons. Our data indicate that ATP13A2 encodes a zinc pump; neurospheres from a compound heterozygous ATP13A2(-/-) patient and ATP13A2 knockdown cells are sensitive to zinc, whereas ATP13A2 over-expression in primary neurons confers zinc resistance. Reduced ATP13A2 expression significantly decreased vesicular zinc levels, indicating ATP13A2 facilitates transport of zinc into membrane-bound compartments or vesicles. Endogenous ATP13A2 localized to multi-vesicular bodies (MVBs), a late endosomal compartment located at the convergence point of the endosomal and autophagic pathways. Dysfunction in MVBs can cause a range of detrimental effects including lysosomal dysfunction and impaired delivery of endocytosed proteins/autophagy cargo to the lysosome, both of which have been observed in cells with reduced ATP13A2 function. MVBs also serve as the source of intra-luminal nanovesicles released extracellularly as exosomes that can contain a range of cargoes including alpha-Synuclein. Elevated ATP13A2 expression reduced intracellular alpha-Synuclein levels and increased alpha-Synuclein externalization in exosomes >3-fold whereas ATP13A2 knockdown decreased alpha-Synuclein externalization. An increased export of exosome-associated alpha-Synuclein may explain why surviving neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta in sporadic PD patients were observed to over-express ATP13A2. We propose ATP13A2's modulation of zinc levels in MVBs can regulate the biogenesis of exosomes capable of containing alpha-Synuclein. Our data indicate that ATP13A2 is the first PD-associated gene involved in exosome biogenesis and indicates a potential neuroprotective role of exosomes in PD. FAU - Kong, Stephanie M Y AU - Kong SM AD - Diabetes and Obesity Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia. FAU - Chan, Brian K K AU - Chan BK FAU - Park, Jin-Sung AU - Park JS FAU - Hill, Kathryn J AU - Hill KJ FAU - Aitken, Jade B AU - Aitken JB FAU - Cottle, Louise AU - Cottle L FAU - Farghaian, Hovik AU - Farghaian H FAU - Cole, Adam R AU - Cole AR FAU - Lay, Peter A AU - Lay PA FAU - Sue, Carolyn M AU - Sue CM FAU - Cooper, Antony A AU - Cooper AA LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140306 PL - England TA - Hum Mol Genet JT - Human molecular genetics JID - 9208958 RN - 0 (ATP13A2 protein, human) RN - 0 (alpha-Synuclein) RN - EC 3.6.3.14 (Proton-Translocating ATPases) RN - J41CSQ7QDS (Zinc) SB - IM MH - Autophagy MH - Exosomes/genetics/*metabolism MH - Homeostasis MH - Humans MH - Neurons/enzymology/metabolism MH - Parkinson Disease/*enzymology/genetics/metabolism MH - Proton-Translocating ATPases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Zinc/*metabolism MH - alpha-Synuclein/genetics/*metabolism EDAT- 2014/03/08 06:00 MHDA- 2015/01/13 06:00 CRDT- 2014/03/08 06:00 PHST- 2014/03/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/03/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/01/13 06:00 [medline] AID - ddu099 [pii] AID - 10.1093/hmg/ddu099 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Jun 1;23(11):2816-33. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddu099. Epub 2014 Mar 6.