Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 2 Regulates Retinal Pigment Epithelium Metabolism by Enhancing Autophagy

Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) serves critical functions in maintaining retinal homeostasis. An important function of RPE is to degrade the photoreceptor outer segment fragments daily to maintain photoreceptor function and longevity throughout life. An impairment of RPE functions such as metabolic...

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Autores principales: Xi-Yuan Liu, Rui Lu, Jing Chen, Jie Wang, Hong-Mei Qian, Gang Chen, Rong-Han Wu, Zai-Long Chi
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:14b84c31c08247c19efd035be8e087bf2021-11-08T05:50:42ZSuppressor of Cytokine Signaling 2 Regulates Retinal Pigment Epithelium Metabolism by Enhancing Autophagy1662-453X10.3389/fnins.2021.738022https://doaj.org/article/14b84c31c08247c19efd035be8e087bf2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2021.738022/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1662-453XRetinal pigment epithelium (RPE) serves critical functions in maintaining retinal homeostasis. An important function of RPE is to degrade the photoreceptor outer segment fragments daily to maintain photoreceptor function and longevity throughout life. An impairment of RPE functions such as metabolic regulation leads to the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and inherited retinal degenerative diseases. As substrate recognition subunit of a ubiquitin ligase complex, suppressor of cytokine signaling 2 (SOCS2) specifically binds to the substrates for ubiquitination and negatively regulates growth hormone signaling. Herein, we explore the role of SOCS2 in the metabolic regulation of autophagy in the RPE cells. SOCS2 knockout mice exhibited the irregular morphological deposits between the RPE and Bruch’s membrane. Both in vivo and in vitro experiments showed that RPE cells lacking SOCS2 displayed impaired autophagy, which could be recovered by re-expressing SOCS2. SOCS2 recognizes the ubiquitylated proteins and participates in the formation of autolysosome by binding with autophagy receptors and lysosome-associated membrane protein2 (LAMP-2), thereby regulating the phosphorylation of glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β) and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) during the autophagy process. Our results imply that SOCS2 participates in ubiquitin-autophagy-lysosomal pathway and enhances autophagy by regulating GSK3β and mTOR. This study provides a potential therapeutic target for AMD.Xi-Yuan LiuRui LuJing ChenJie WangHong-Mei QianGang ChenRong-Han WuZai-Long ChiFrontiers Media S.A.articlesuppressor of cytokine signaling 2retinal pigment epitheliumautophagyubiquitinglycogen synthase kinase (GSK)-3βmammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571ENFrontiers in Neuroscience, Vol 15 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic suppressor of cytokine signaling 2
retinal pigment epithelium
autophagy
ubiquitin
glycogen synthase kinase (GSK)-3β
mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
spellingShingle suppressor of cytokine signaling 2
retinal pigment epithelium
autophagy
ubiquitin
glycogen synthase kinase (GSK)-3β
mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Xi-Yuan Liu
Rui Lu
Jing Chen
Jie Wang
Hong-Mei Qian
Gang Chen
Rong-Han Wu
Zai-Long Chi
Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 2 Regulates Retinal Pigment Epithelium Metabolism by Enhancing Autophagy
description Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) serves critical functions in maintaining retinal homeostasis. An important function of RPE is to degrade the photoreceptor outer segment fragments daily to maintain photoreceptor function and longevity throughout life. An impairment of RPE functions such as metabolic regulation leads to the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and inherited retinal degenerative diseases. As substrate recognition subunit of a ubiquitin ligase complex, suppressor of cytokine signaling 2 (SOCS2) specifically binds to the substrates for ubiquitination and negatively regulates growth hormone signaling. Herein, we explore the role of SOCS2 in the metabolic regulation of autophagy in the RPE cells. SOCS2 knockout mice exhibited the irregular morphological deposits between the RPE and Bruch’s membrane. Both in vivo and in vitro experiments showed that RPE cells lacking SOCS2 displayed impaired autophagy, which could be recovered by re-expressing SOCS2. SOCS2 recognizes the ubiquitylated proteins and participates in the formation of autolysosome by binding with autophagy receptors and lysosome-associated membrane protein2 (LAMP-2), thereby regulating the phosphorylation of glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β) and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) during the autophagy process. Our results imply that SOCS2 participates in ubiquitin-autophagy-lysosomal pathway and enhances autophagy by regulating GSK3β and mTOR. This study provides a potential therapeutic target for AMD.
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author Xi-Yuan Liu
Rui Lu
Jing Chen
Jie Wang
Hong-Mei Qian
Gang Chen
Rong-Han Wu
Zai-Long Chi
author_facet Xi-Yuan Liu
Rui Lu
Jing Chen
Jie Wang
Hong-Mei Qian
Gang Chen
Rong-Han Wu
Zai-Long Chi
author_sort Xi-Yuan Liu
title Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 2 Regulates Retinal Pigment Epithelium Metabolism by Enhancing Autophagy
title_short Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 2 Regulates Retinal Pigment Epithelium Metabolism by Enhancing Autophagy
title_full Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 2 Regulates Retinal Pigment Epithelium Metabolism by Enhancing Autophagy
title_fullStr Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 2 Regulates Retinal Pigment Epithelium Metabolism by Enhancing Autophagy
title_full_unstemmed Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 2 Regulates Retinal Pigment Epithelium Metabolism by Enhancing Autophagy
title_sort suppressor of cytokine signaling 2 regulates retinal pigment epithelium metabolism by enhancing autophagy
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/14b84c31c08247c19efd035be8e087bf
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