Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Bioessays. 2022 Nov;44(11):e2200110. doi: 10.1002/bies.202200110. Epub 2022 Sep 22.
Neurological diseases (NDs), featured by progressive dysfunctions of the nervous system, have become a growing burden for the aging populations. N-Deacetylase and N-sulfotransferase 3 (NDST3) is known to catalyze deacetylation and N-sulfation on disaccharide substrates. Recently, NDST3 is identified as a novel deacetylase for tubulin, and its newly recognized role in modulating microtubule acetylation and lysosomal acidification provides fresh insights into ND therapeutic approaches using NDST3 as a target. Microtubule acetylation and lysosomal acidification have been reported to be critical for activities in neurons, implying that the regulators of these two biological processes, such as the previously known microtubule deacetylases, histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) and sirtuin 2 (SIRT2), could play important roles in various NDs. Aberrant NDST3 expression or tubulin acetylation has been observed in an increasing number of NDs, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia (ALS/FTD), schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, Alzheimer's disease (AD), and Parkinson's disease (PD), suggesting that NDST3 is a key player in the pathogenesis of NDs and may serve as a target for development of new treatment of NDs.
神经疾病(NDs)以神经系统进行性功能障碍为特征,已成为老龄化人口日益加重的负担。N-脱乙酰基酶和 N-磺基转移酶 3(NDST3)已知能催化二糖底物的脱乙酰基和 N-磺化。最近,NDST3 被鉴定为微管的一种新型脱乙酰酶,其在调节微管乙酰化和溶酶体酸化方面的新作用为使用 NDST3 作为靶点的 ND 治疗方法提供了新的见解。微管乙酰化和溶酶体酸化对神经元的活性至关重要,这意味着这两个生物过程的调节剂,如先前已知的微管脱乙酰酶、组蛋白脱乙酰酶 6(HDAC6)和 SIRT2,可能在各种 ND 中发挥重要作用。越来越多的 ND 中观察到异常的 NDST3 表达或微管乙酰化,包括肌萎缩侧索硬化症和额颞叶痴呆(ALS/FTD)、精神分裂症和双相情感障碍、阿尔茨海默病(AD)和帕金森病(PD),这表明 NDST3 是 ND 发病机制中的关键因素,可能成为开发新的 ND 治疗方法的靶点。