The metal cofactor zinc and interacting membranes modulate SOD1 conformation-aggregation landscape in an in vitro ALS Model

  1. Achinta Sannigrahi
  2. Sourav Chowdhury
  3. Bidisha Das
  4. Amrita Banerjee
  5. Animesh Halder
  6. Mohammed Saleem
  7. Athi N Naganathan
  8. Sanat Karmakar
  9. Krishnananda Chattopadhyay  Is a corresponding author
  1. CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, India
  2. Harvard University, United States
  3. Jadavpur University, India
  4. National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), India
  5. Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

Abstract

Aggregation of Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) is implicated in the motor neuron disease, ALS. Although more than 140 disease mutations of SOD1 are available, their stability or aggregation behaviors in membrane environment are not correlated with disease pathophysiology. Here, we use multiple mutational variants of SOD1 to show that the absence of Zn, and not Cu, significantly impacts membrane attachment of SOD1 through two loop regions facilitating aggregation driven by lipid induced conformational changes. These loop regions influence both the primary (through Cu intake) and the gain of function (through aggregation) of SOD1 presumably through a shared conformational landscape. Combining experimental and theoretical frameworks using representative ALS disease mutants, we develop a 'co-factor derived membrane association model' wherein mutational stress closer to the Zn (but not to the Cu) pocket is responsible for membrane association mediated toxic aggregation and survival time scale after ALS diagnosis.

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  1. Achinta Sannigrahi

    Structural Biology and Bioinformatics, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India
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  2. Sourav Chowdhury

    Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States
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  3. Bidisha Das

    Structural Biology and Bioinformatics, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India
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  4. Amrita Banerjee

    Structural Biology and Bioinformatics, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India
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  5. Animesh Halder

    Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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  6. Mohammed Saleem

    School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneshwar, India
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  7. Athi N Naganathan

    Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
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  8. Sanat Karmakar

    Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
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  9. Krishnananda Chattopadhyay

    Structural Biology and Bioinformatics, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India
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Funding

University Grants Commission (Fellowship)

  • Achinta Sannigrahi

University Grants Commission (Fellowship)

  • Sourav Chowdhury

Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (BT/PR8475/BRB/10/1248/2013)

  • Sanat Karmakar

Science and Engineering Research Board (EMR/2016/000310)

  • Krishnananda Chattopadhyay

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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© 2021, Sannigrahi et al.

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  1. Achinta Sannigrahi
  2. Sourav Chowdhury
  3. Bidisha Das
  4. Amrita Banerjee
  5. Animesh Halder
  6. Mohammed Saleem
  7. Athi N Naganathan
  8. Sanat Karmakar
  9. Krishnananda Chattopadhyay
(2021)
The metal cofactor zinc and interacting membranes modulate SOD1 conformation-aggregation landscape in an in vitro ALS Model
eLife 10:e61453.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.61453

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