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Disease
CISD2_HUMAN Defects in CISD2 are the cause of Wolfram syndrome type 2 (WFS2) [MIM:604928. A rare disorder characterized by juvenile-onset insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus with optic atrophy. Other manifestations include diabetes insipidus, sensorineural deafness, dementia, psychiatric illnesses. WFS2 patients additionally show a strong bleeding tendency and gastrointestinal ulceration. Diabetes insipidus may be absent.[1]
Function
CISD2_HUMAN Regulator of autophagy that contributes to antagonize BECN1-mediated cellular autophagy at the endoplasmic reticulum. Participates in the interaction of BCL2 with BECN1 and is required for BCL2-mediated depression of endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) stores during autophagy. Contributes to BIK-initiated autophagy, while it is not involved in BIK-dependent activation of caspases. Involved in life span control, probably via its function as regulator of autophagy.[2] [3]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Elevated levels of mitochondrial iron and reactive oxygen species (ROS) accompany the progression of diabetes, negatively impacting insulin production and secretion from pancreatic cells. In search for a tool to reduce mitochondrial iron and ROS levels, we arrived at a molecule that destabilizes the [2Fe-2S] clusters of NEET proteins (M1). Treatment of db/db diabetic mice with M1 improved hyperglycemia, without the weight gain observed with alternative treatments such as rosiglitazone. The molecular interactions of M1 with the NEET proteins mNT and NAF-1 were determined by X-crystallography. The possibility of controlling diabetes by molecules that destabilize the [2Fe-2S] clusters of NEET proteins, thereby reducing iron-mediated oxidative stress, opens a new route for managing metabolic aberration such as in diabetes.
An anti-diabetic drug targets NEET (CISD) proteins through destabilization of their [2Fe-2S] clusters.,Marjault HB, Karmi O, Zuo K, Michaeli D, Eisenberg-Domovich Y, Rossetti G, de Chassey B, Vonderscher J, Cabantchik I, Carloni P, Mittler R, Livnah O, Meldrum E, Nechushtai R Commun Biol. 2022 May 10;5(1):437. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03393-x. PMID:35538231[4]
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References
- ↑ Amr S, Heisey C, Zhang M, Xia XJ, Shows KH, Ajlouni K, Pandya A, Satin LS, El-Shanti H, Shiang R. A homozygous mutation in a novel zinc-finger protein, ERIS, is responsible for Wolfram syndrome 2. Am J Hum Genet. 2007 Oct;81(4):673-83. Epub 2007 Aug 20. PMID:17846994 doi:10.1086/520961
- ↑ Amr S, Heisey C, Zhang M, Xia XJ, Shows KH, Ajlouni K, Pandya A, Satin LS, El-Shanti H, Shiang R. A homozygous mutation in a novel zinc-finger protein, ERIS, is responsible for Wolfram syndrome 2. Am J Hum Genet. 2007 Oct;81(4):673-83. Epub 2007 Aug 20. PMID:17846994 doi:10.1086/520961
- ↑ Chang NC, Nguyen M, Germain M, Shore GC. Antagonism of Beclin 1-dependent autophagy by BCL-2 at the endoplasmic reticulum requires NAF-1. EMBO J. 2010 Feb 3;29(3):606-18. doi: 10.1038/emboj.2009.369. Epub 2009 Dec 10. PMID:20010695 doi:10.1038/emboj.2009.369
- ↑ Marjault HB, Karmi O, Zuo K, Michaeli D, Eisenberg-Domovich Y, Rossetti G, de Chassey B, Vonderscher J, Cabantchik I, Carloni P, Mittler R, Livnah O, Meldrum E, Nechushtai R. An anti-diabetic drug targets NEET (CISD) proteins through destabilization of their [2Fe-2S] clusters. Commun Biol. 2022 May 10;5(1):437. PMID:35538231 doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03393-x
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