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Subcellular Distribution of HDAC1 in Neurotoxic Conditions Is Dependent on Serine Phosphorylation.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience (2017-07-01)
Yunjiao Zhu, Oscar G Vidaurre, Kadidia P Adula, Nebojsa Kezunovic, Maureen Wentling, George W Huntley, Patrizia Casaccia
ABSTRACT

Calcium-dependent nuclear export of histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) was shown previously to precede axonal damage in culture, but the in vivo relevance of these findings and the potential posttranslational modifications of HDAC1 remained elusive. Using acute hippocampal slices from mice of either sex with genetic conditional ablation of Hdac1 in CA1 hippocampal neurons (i.e., Camk2a-cre;Hdac1fl/fl), we show significantly diminished axonal damage in response to neurotoxic stimuli. The protective effect of Hdac1 ablation was detected also in CA3 neurons in Grik4-cre;Hdac1fl/f mice, which were more resistant to the excitotoxic damage induced by intraventricular injection of kainic acid. The amino acid residues modulating HDAC1 subcellular localization were identified by site-directed mutagenesis, which identified serine residues 421 and 423 as critical for its nuclear localization. The physiological phosphorylation of HDAC1 was decreased by neurotoxic stimuli, which stimulated the phosphatase enzymatic activity of calcineurin. Treatment of neurons with the calcineurin inhibitors FK506 or cyclosporin A resulted in nuclear accumulation of phospho-HDAC1 and was neuroprotective. Together, our data identify HDAC1 and the phosphorylation of specific serine residues in the molecule as potential targets for neuroprotection.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT The importance of histone deacetylation in normal brain functions and pathological conditions is unquestionable, yet the molecular mechanisms responsible for the neurotoxic potential of histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) and its subcellular localization are not fully understood. Here, we use transgenic lines to define the in vivo relevance of HDAC1 and identify calcineurin-dependent serine dephosphorylation as the signal modulating the neurotoxic role of HDAC1 in response to neurotoxic stimuli.

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