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Parkinson's disease-related DJ-1 modulates the expression of uncoupling protein 4 against oxidative stress.

Loss of function mutations of DJ-1 (PARK7) have been linked to the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. Antioxidative stress is one of the multi-protective functions of DJ-1, and oxidation of cysteine 106 has been proposed to regulate the protective activity of DJ-1. Uncoupling protein 4 (UCP4) is located in the inner membrane of mitochondria and functions to protect against oxidative stress. In this study, we used neuronal (SH-SY5Y) cells and DJ-1 knockout mice to elucidate whether DJ-1 regulated oxidative stress via modulating the expression of UCP4, and the underlying mechanism. The downstream products of oxidative stress, mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm) and cell viability were also investigated. We found that UCP4 was up-regulated upon 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+ ) stimulation in SH-SY5Y cells, which was enhanced by wild type DJ-1 and alleviated by DJ-1 knockdown. Expression of UCP4 in DJ-1 knockout mice was lower compared with wild-type mice. In addition, up-regulation of UCP4 was alleviated by inhibition of oxidized DJ-1, and enhanced by increase in oxidized DJ-1 under conditions of oxidative stress using western blot analysis. Moreover, over-expression of UCP4 in DJ-1 knockdown cells partially reversed the decrease in cell viability, ΔΨm, as well as the increase in products of oxidative stress upon MPP+ stimulation. Furthermore analysis showed that DJ-1 regulated transcriptional activity of UCP4 partially via Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) pathway in the presence of MPP+ . Together, our results suggested DJ-1 might regulate the expression of UCP4 by oxidation of DJ-1 and partially via NF-κB pathway in its protective response to oxidative stress.

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