SERCA2 dysfunction in Darier disease causes endoplasmic reticulum stress and impaired cell-to-cell adhesion strength: rescue by Miglustat.

Abstract

Darier disease (DD) is a severe dominant genetic skin disorder characterized by the loss of cell-to-cell adhesion and abnormal keratinization. The defective gene, ATP2A2, encodes sarco/endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+ -ATPase isoform 2 (SERCA2), a Ca2+ -ATPase pump of the ER. Here we show that Darier keratinocytes (DKs) display biochemical and morphological hallmarks of constitutive ER stress with increased sensitivity to ER stressors. Desmosome and adherens junctions (AJs) displayed features of immature adhesion complexes: expression of desmosomal cadherins (desmoglein 3 (Dsg3) and desmocollin 3 (Dsc3)) and desmoplakin was impaired at the plasma membrane, as well as E-cadherin, β-, α-, and p120-catenin staining. Dsg3, Dsc3, and E-cadherin showed perinuclear staining and co-immunostaining with ER markers, indicative of ER retention. Consistent with these abnormalities, intercellular adhesion strength was reduced as shown by a dispase mechanical dissociation assay. Exposure of normal keratinocytes to the SERCA2 inhibitor thapsigargin recapitulated these abnormalities, supporting the role of loss of SERCA2 function in impaired desmosome and AJ formation. Remarkably, treatment of DKs with the orphan drug Miglustat, a pharmacological chaperone, restored mature AJ and desmosome formation, and improved adhesion strength. These results point to an important contribution of ER stress in DD pathogenesis and provide the basis for future clinical evaluation of Miglustat in Darier patients.

• Authors: Magali Savignac, Marina Simon, Anissa Edir, Laure Guibbal, Alain Hovnanian
• Journal: The Journal of investigative dermatology (J Invest Dermatol) Vol. 134 Issue 7 Pg. 1961-1970 (Jul 2014) ISSN: 1523-1747 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 24390139 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• CTNNB1 protein, human
• Cadherins
• Enzyme Inhibitors
• beta Catenin
• 1-Deoxynojirimycin
• Thapsigargin
• miglustat
• Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases
• ATP2A2 protein, human
• Calcium

Topics

• 1-Deoxynojirimycin (analogs & derivatives, pharmacology)
• Adherens Junctions (drug effects, metabolism)
• Cadherins (metabolism)
• Calcium (metabolism)
• Cell Adhesion (drug effects, physiology)
• Cells, Cultured
• Darier Disease (drug therapy, metabolism, pathology)
• Desmosomes (drug effects, metabolism)
• Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress (drug effects, physiology)
• Enzyme Inhibitors (pharmacology)
• Female
• Humans
• Keratinocytes (cytology, metabolism, pathology)
• Male
• Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases (metabolism)
• Thapsigargin (pharmacology)
• beta Catenin (metabolism)