PMID- 35406792 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221213 LR - 20221213 IS - 2073-4409 (Electronic) IS - 2073-4409 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 7 DP - 2022 Apr 5 TI - D-Cysteine Activates Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy in Cerebellar Purkinje Cells via the Generation of Hydrogen Sulfide and Nrf2 Activation. LID - 10.3390/cells11071230 [doi] LID - 1230 AB - Chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) is a pathway in the autophagy-lysosome protein degradation system. CMA impairment has been implicated to play a role in spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) pathogenesis. D-cysteine is metabolized by D-amino acid oxidase (DAO), leading to hydrogen sulfide generation in the cerebellum. Although D-cysteine alleviates the disease phenotypes in SCA-model mice, it remains unknown how hydrogen sulfide derived from D-cysteine exerts this effect. In the present study, we investigated the effects of D-cysteine and hydrogen sulfide on CMA activity using a CMA activity marker that we have established. D-cysteine activated CMA in Purkinje cells (PCs) of primary cerebellar cultures where DAO was expressed, while it failed to activate CMA in DAO-deficient AD293 cells. In contrast, Na(2)S, a hydrogen sulfide donor, activated CMA in both PCs and AD293 cells. Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is known to be activated by hydrogen sulfide and regulate CMA activity. An Nrf2 inhibitor, ML385, prevented CMA activation triggered by D-cysteine and Na(2)S. Additionally, long-term treatment with D-cysteine increased the amounts of Nrf2 and LAMP2A, a CMA-related protein, in the mouse cerebellum. These findings suggest that hydrogen sulfide derived from D-cysteine enhances CMA activity via Nrf2 activation. FAU - Ueda, Erika AU - Ueda E AD - Department of Chemico-Pharmacological Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan. FAU - Ohta, Tomoko AU - Ohta T AD - Department of Chemico-Pharmacological Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan. FAU - Konno, Ayumu AU - Konno A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9382-396X AD - Department of Neurophysiology & Neural Repair, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan. FAU - Hirai, Hirokazu AU - Hirai H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0721-4293 AD - Department of Neurophysiology & Neural Repair, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan. FAU - Kurauchi, Yuki AU - Kurauchi Y AD - Department of Chemico-Pharmacological Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan. FAU - Katsuki, Hiroshi AU - Katsuki H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7595-3154 AD - Department of Chemico-Pharmacological Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan. FAU - Seki, Takahiro AU - Seki T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9894-4768 AD - Department of Chemico-Pharmacological Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220405 PL - Switzerland TA - Cells JT - Cells JID - 101600052 RN - K848JZ4886 (Cysteine) RN - YY9FVM7NSN (Hydrogen Sulfide) RN - 0 (NF-E2-Related Factor 2) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Mice MH - *Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy MH - Cysteine/metabolism/pharmacology MH - *Hydrogen Sulfide/metabolism/pharmacology MH - NF-E2-Related Factor 2/metabolism MH - Purkinje Cells PMC - PMC8997644 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Nrf2 OT - aromatic-turmerone OT - dopaminergic neurons OT - microglia COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/04/13 06:00 MHDA- 2022/04/14 06:00 PMCR- 2022/04/05 CRDT- 2022/04/12 01:05 PHST- 2022/03/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/04/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/04/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/04/12 01:05 [entrez] PHST- 2022/04/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/04/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/04/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cells11071230 [pii] AID - cells-11-01230 [pii] AID - 10.3390/cells11071230 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cells. 2022 Apr 5;11(7):1230. doi: 10.3390/cells11071230.