PMID- 28440222 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180105 LR - 20181113 IS - 2050-084X (Electronic) IS - 2050-084X (Linking) VI - 6 DP - 2017 Apr 25 TI - Dual leucine zipper kinase-dependent PERK activation contributes to neuronal degeneration following insult. LID - e20725 [pii] LID - 10.7554/eLife.20725 [doi] AB - The PKR-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK) arm of the Integrated Stress Response (ISR) is implicated in neurodegenerative disease, although the regulators and consequences of PERK activation following neuronal injury are poorly understood. Here we show that PERK signaling is a component of the mouse MAP kinase neuronal stress response controlled by the Dual Leucine Zipper Kinase (DLK) and contributes to DLK-mediated neurodegeneration. We find that DLK-activating insults ranging from nerve injury to neurotrophin deprivation result in both c-Jun N-terminal Kinase (JNK) signaling and the PERK- and ISR-dependent upregulation of the Activating Transcription Factor 4 (ATF4). Disruption of PERK signaling delays neurodegeneration without reducing JNK signaling. Furthermore, DLK is both sufficient for PERK activation and necessary for engaging the ISR subsequent to JNK-mediated retrograde injury signaling. These findings identify DLK as a central regulator of not only JNK but also PERK stress signaling in neurons, with both pathways contributing to neurodegeneration. FAU - Larhammar, Martin AU - Larhammar M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1547-6760 AD - Department of Neuroscience, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, United States. FAU - Huntwork-Rodriguez, Sarah AU - Huntwork-Rodriguez S AD - Department of Neuroscience, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, United States. FAU - Jiang, Zhiyu AU - Jiang Z AD - Department of Neuroscience, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, United States. FAU - Solanoy, Hilda AU - Solanoy H AD - Department of Neuroscience, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, United States. FAU - Sengupta Ghosh, Arundhati AU - Sengupta Ghosh A AD - Department of Neuroscience, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, United States. FAU - Wang, Bei AU - Wang B AD - Department of Neuroscience, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, United States. FAU - Kaminker, Joshua S AU - Kaminker JS AD - Bioinformatics, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, United States. FAU - Huang, Kevin AU - Huang K AD - Bioinformatics, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, United States. FAU - Eastham-Anderson, Jeffrey AU - Eastham-Anderson J AD - Pathology, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, United States. FAU - Siu, Michael AU - Siu M AD - Discovery Chemistry, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, United States. FAU - Modrusan, Zora AU - Modrusan Z AD - Molecular Biology, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, United States. FAU - Farley, Madeline M AU - Farley MM AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. FAU - Tessier-Lavigne, Marc AU - Tessier-Lavigne M AD - Department of Neuroscience, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, United States. AD - Laboratory of Brain Development and Repair, The Rockefeller University, New York, United States. FAU - Lewcock, Joseph W AU - Lewcock JW AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3012-7881 AD - Department of Neuroscience, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, United States. FAU - Watkins, Trent A AU - Watkins TA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6723-3712 AD - Department of Neuroscience, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, United States. AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. AD - OMNI Biomarkers Development, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, United States. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20170425 PL - England TA - Elife JT - eLife JID - 101579614 RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (PERK kinase) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (eIF-2 Kinase) RN - EC 2.7.11.25 (MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.25 (mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 12) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases/*metabolism MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System MH - Mice MH - *Nerve Degeneration MH - Neurons/*enzymology/metabolism MH - eIF-2 Kinase/*metabolism PMC - PMC5404924 OTO - NOTNLM OT - apoptosis OT - axonal injury OT - cell biology OT - mouse OT - neurodegeneration OT - neuroscience OT - optic nerve OT - stress response OT - unfolded protein response COIS- ML: Employed by Genentech. SH-R: Employed by Genentech at time of study and own shares. ZJ: Employed by Genentech and own shares. HS: Employed by Genentech at time of study and own shares. JSK: Employed by Genentech and own shares. KH: Employed by Genentech at the time of the study. JE-A: Employed by Genentech and own shares. MS: Employed by Genentech and own shares. ZM: Employed by Genentech and own shares. MT-L: Employed by Genentech at time of study. TAW: Employed by Genentech at time of study. The other authors declare that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2017/04/26 06:00 MHDA- 2018/01/06 06:00 PMCR- 2017/04/26 CRDT- 2017/04/26 06:00 PHST- 2016/08/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/03/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/04/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/04/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/01/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/04/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - e20725 [pii] AID - 20725 [pii] AID - 10.7554/eLife.20725 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Elife. 2017 Apr 25;6:e20725. doi: 10.7554/eLife.20725.