14-3-3 protein augments the protein stability of phosphorylated spastin and promotes the recovery of spinal cord injury through its agonist intervention
eLife(2023)
Abstract
Axon regeneration is abortive in the central nervous system following injury. Orchestrating microtubule dynamics has emerged as a promising approach to improve axonal regeneration. The microtubule severing enzyme spastin is essential for axonal development and regeneration through remodeling of microtubule arrangement. To date, however, little is known regarding the mechanisms underlying spastin action in neural regeneration after spinal cord injury. Here, we use glutathione transferase pulldown and immunoprecipitation assays to demonstrate that 14-3-3 interacts with spastin, both in vivo and in vitro, via spastin Ser233 phosphorylation. Moreover, we show that 14-3-3 protects spastin from degradation by inhibiting the ubiquitination pathway and upregulates the spastin-dependent severing ability. Furthermore, the 14-3-3 agonist Fusicoccin (FC-A) promotes neurite outgrowth and regeneration in vitro which needs spastin activation. Western blot and immunofluorescence results revealed that 14-3-3 protein is upregulated in the neuronal compartment after spinal cord injury in vivo . In addition, administration of FC-A not only promotes locomotor recovery, but also nerve regeneration following spinal cord injury in both contusion and lateral hemisection models; however, application of spastin inhibitor spastazoline successfully reverses these phenomena. Taken together, these results indicate that 14-3-3 is a molecular switch that regulates spastin protein levels, and the small molecule 14-3-3 agonist FC-A effectively mediates the recovery of spinal cord injury in mice which requires spastin participation.
1. The formation of the 14-3-3 and spastin protein complex requires phosphorylation of spastin at the S233 site.
2. 14-3-3 is involved in the phosphorylation-ubiquitination crosstalk of spastin, thus impacting the protein stability.
3. 14-3-3 agonists Fusicoccin-A can facilitate the repair of spinal cord injury in mice.
4. Activation of spastin function is a prerequisite for nerve regeneration and recovery of spinal cord injury in mice.
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### Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
* 5-HT
: 5-hydroxytryptamine
Cdt2
: cell division cycle protein
CNS
: central neuronal system
DPI
: days post injury
ECL
: enhanced chemiluminescence
FOXO
: forkhead box transcription factors
GFAP
: glial fibrillary acidic protein
GFP
: green fluorescent protein
HIPK2
: homeodomain interacting protein kinase 2
HSP
: hereditary spastic paraplegia
IP
: Immunoprecipitation
MBP
: Myelin basic protein
MS
: mass spectrometry
MT
: microtubule
ROS
: reactive oxygen species
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