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Marked Changes in Mitochondrial DNA Deletion Levels in Alzheimer Brains
Abstract
Levels of the common 4977 nucleotide pair (np) mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletion (mtDNA4977) were quantitated in the cortex, putamen, and cerebellum of patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) and compared to age-matched controls. Although cerebellum deletion levels were comparably low in AD patients and controls of all ages, cortical deletion levels were clearly different. The levels of mtDNA deletions in control brains started low, but rose markedly after age 75, while those of AD patients started high and declined to low levels by age 80. Choosing age 75 to arbitrarily delineate between younger and older subjects, younger patients had 15 times more mtDNA deletions than younger controls, while older patients had one-fifth the deletion level of older controls. Younger AD patients also had fourfold more deletions than older AD patients. These results support the hypothesis that OXPHOS defects resulting from somatic mtDNA mutations may play a role in AD pathophysiology.
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“which has been described in an AD brain [169,170] in which base deletions correlate with complex IV deficiency in an AD hippocampus [171].”
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- Authors
- Corral-Debrinski, M., Horton, T., Lott, M. T., Shoffner, J. M., McKee, A. C., Beal, M. F., Graham, B. H., & Wallace, D. C.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Venue
- Genomics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1994-09
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 471-476
- ISSN
- 0888-7543 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2060626022
- Cited by
- 309
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 10
- FWCI
- 2.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Genomics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5f32ca009329-02)
- National Institute on Aging (P30AG010130, 1P30AG10130)
- National Cancer Institute (CA09329)
- National Center for Research Resources (M01-RR00039, M01RR000039)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Keywords
- mitochondrial DNA deletions, Alzheimer's disease, somatic mtDNA mutations, brain aging, cortical mitochondria, putamen, cerebellum
- MeSH terms
- Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alzheimer Disease, Cerebellum, Cerebral Cortex, DNA Damage, DNA, Mitochondrial, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Oxidative Phosphorylation, Putamen, Tissue Distribution, Sequence Deletion
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