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Interferon-β-induced miR-1 alleviates toxic protein accumulation by controlling autophagy

  1. Camilla Nehammer
  2. Patrick Ejlerskov
  3. Sandeep Gopal
  4. Ava Handley
  5. Leelee Ng
  6. Pedro Moreira
  7. Huikyong Lee
  8. Shohreh Issazadeh-Navikas
  9. David C Rubinsztein
  10. Roger Pocock  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  2. Monash University, Australia
  3. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Cite this article as: eLife 2019;8:e49930 doi: 10.7554/eLife.49930

Abstract

Appropriate regulation of autophagy is crucial for clearing toxic proteins from cells. Defective autophagy results in accumulation of toxic protein aggregates that detrimentally affect cellular function and organismal survival. Here, we report that the microRNA miR-1 regulates the autophagy pathway through conserved targeting of the orthologous Tre-2/Bub2/CDC16 (TBC) Rab GTPase-activating proteins TBC-7 and TBC1D15 in Caenorhabditis elegans and mammalian cells, respectively. Loss of miR-1 causes TBC-7/TBC1D15 overexpression, leading to a block on autophagy. Further, we found that the cytokine interferon-b (IFN-b) can induce miR-1 expression in mammalian cells, reducing TBC1D15 levels, and safeguarding against proteotoxic challenges. Therefore, this work provides a potential therapeutic strategy for protein aggregation disorders.

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  1. Camilla Nehammer

    Biotech Research and Innovation Centre, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  2. Patrick Ejlerskov

    Biotech Research and Innovation Centre, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  3. Sandeep Gopal

    Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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  4. Ava Handley

    Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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  5. Leelee Ng

    Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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  6. Pedro Moreira

    Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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  7. Huikyong Lee

    Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  8. Shohreh Issazadeh-Navikas

    Biotech Research and Innovation Centre, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  9. David C Rubinsztein

    Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  10. Roger Pocock

    Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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    roger.pocock@monash.edu
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Funding

National Health and Medical Research Council (GNT1137645)

  • Roger Pocock

Lundbeckfonden (R223-2016-849)

  • Shohreh Issazadeh-Navikas

Lundbeckfonden (R210-2015-3372)

  • Patrick Ejlerskov

Wellcome (095317/Z/11/Z)

  • David C Rubinsztein

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Hitoshi Nakatogawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Publication history

  1. Received: July 4, 2019
  2. Accepted: December 3, 2019
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: December 4, 2019 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: December 16, 2019 (version 2)

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© 2019, Nehammer et al.

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