期刊
FLY
卷 5, 期 4, 页码 356-368出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/fly.5.4.17809
关键词
Drosophila; autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa; rhodopsin; arrestin; rhabdomeres; vision; phospholipase C beta; unfolded protein response; apoptosis; autophagy
资金
- NIH
Inherited retinal degeneration in Drosophila has been explored for insights into similar processes in humans. Based on the mechanisms, I divide these mutations in Drosophila into three classes. The first consists of genes that control the specialization of photoreceptor cells including the morphogenesis of visual organelles (rhabdomeres) that house the visual signaling proteins. The second class contains genes that regulate the activity or level of the major rhodopsin, Rh1, which is the light sensor and also provides a structural role for the maintenance of rhabdomeres. Some mutations in Rh1 (NinaE) are dominant due to constitutive activity or folding defects, like autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (ADRP) in humans. The third class consists of genes that control the Ca2+ influx directly or indirectly by promoting the turnover of the second messenger and regeneration of PIP2, or mediate the Ca2+-dependent regulation of the visual response. These gene products are critical for the increase in cytosolic Ca2+ following light stimulation to initiate negative regulatory events. Here I will focus on the signaling mechanisms underlying the degeneration in norpA, and in ADRP-type NinaE mutants that produce misfolded Rh1. Accumulation of misfolded Rh1 in the ER triggers the unfolded protein response (UPR), while endosomal accumulation of activated Rh1 may initiate autophagy in norpA. Both autophagy and the UPR are beneficial for relieving defective endosomal trafficking and the ER stress, respectively. However, when photoreceptors fail to cope with the persistence of these stresses, a cell death program is activated leading to retinal degeneration.
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