The Activation of Reticulophagy by ER Stress through the ATF4-MAP1LC3A-CCPG1 Pathway in Ovarian Granulosa Cells Is Linked to Apoptosis and Necroptosis

Female infertility is caused by premature ovarian failure (POF), which is triggered by the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-mediated apoptosis of granulosa cells. The ER unfolded protein response (UPRer) is initiated to promote cell survival by alleviating excessive ER stress, but cellular apoptosis is induced by persistent or strong ER stress. Recent studies have reported that reticulophagy is initiated by ER stress. Whether reticulophagy is activated in the ER stress-mediated apoptosis of granulosa cells and which pathway is initiated to activate reticulophagy during the apoptosis of granulosa cells are unknown. Therefore, the role of reticulophagy in granulosa cell death and the relationship between ER stress and reticulophagy were investigated in this work. Our results suggest that the ER stress inducer tunicamycin causes POF in mice, which is attributed to the apoptosis of granulosa cells and is accompanied by the activation of UPRer and reticulophagy. Furthermore, granulosa cells were treated with tunicamycin, and granulosa cell apoptosis was triggered and increased the expression of UPRer and reticulophagy molecules. The expression of ATF4 was then downregulated by RNAi, which decreased the levels of autophagy and the reticulophagy receptor CCGP1. Furthermore, ATF4 targets MAP1LC3A, as revealed by the ChIP sequencing results, and co-IP results demonstrated that MAP1LC3A interacts with CCPG1. Therefore, reticulophagy was activated by ER stress through the ATF4-MAP1LC3A-CCPG1 pathway to mitigate ER stress. Additionally, the role of reticulophagy in granulosa cells was investigated by the knockdown of CCPG1 with RNAi. Interestingly, only a small number of granulosa cells died by apoptosis, whereas the death of most granulosa cells occurred by necroptosis triggered by STAT1 and STAT3 to impair ER proteostasis and the ER protein quality control system UPRer. Taken together, the results indicate that the necroptosis of granulosa cells is triggered by up- and downregulating the reticulophagy receptor CCPG1 through STAT1/STAT3-(p)RIPK1-(p)RIPK3-(p)MLKL and that reticulophagy is activated by ER stress through the ATF4-MAP1LC3A-CCPG1 pathway.

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