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Aerobic Glycolysis in the Human Brain Is Associated with Development and Neotenous Gene Expression

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Abstract

Aerobic glycolysis (AG; i.e., nonoxidative metabolism of glucose despite the presence of abundant oxygen) accounts for 10%-12% of glucose used by the adult human brain. AG varies regionally in the resting state. Brain AG may support synaptic growth and remodeling; however, data supporting this hypothesis are sparse. Here, we report on investigations on the role of AG in the human brain. Meta-analysis of prior brain glucose and oxygen metabolism studies demonstrates that AG increases during childhood, precisely when synaptic growth rates are highest. In resting adult humans, AG correlates with the persistence of gene expression typical of infancy (transcriptional neoteny). In brain regions with the highest AG, we find increased gene expression related to synapse formation and growth. In contrast, regions high in oxidative glucose metabolism express genes related to mitochondria and synaptic transmission. Our results suggest that brain AG supports developmental processes, particularly those required for synapse formation and growth.

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    Synaptic growth rates are highest during early childhood.

    “AG increases during childhood, precisely when synaptic growth rates are highest.”
    “Thus, the available data demonstrate that brain AG peaks (OGI is at a minimum) precisely when synaptic development peaks in the human brain, i.e., during early childhood.”
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    Metabolic data from different studies and age groups can be combined into a summary representation across the human lifespan despite different methods.

    “The meta-analysis of human brain AG (Figure 2) is based on incomplete data obtained using different methods across studies and age groups.”
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    Regional aerobic glycolysis values measured by PET in resting healthy young adults can be assigned to post-mortem gene expression regions to represent regional aerobic glycolysis.

    “we assigned each of the 16 regions an AG value using regional PET imaging data previously obtained by our laboratory in resting, healthy young adults”
    “We assigned an AG value to each of the ~900 brain regions sampled in the AHBA brain by measuring the glycolytic index in our PET data at the MNI coordinate provided for each of the AHBA regions.”
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    Gene expression levels are a valid proxy for regional functional and molecular processes such as synaptic growth.

    “Another caveat is that gene expression levels may only modestly correlate with protein and enzyme levels because of post-transcriptional modifications.”
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    A 6:1 stoichiometric relationship between oxygen and glucose consumption holds for the brain.

    “assuming a 6:1 stoichiometric relationship between oxygen and glucose consumption”
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    The single AHBA donor used is representative of adult human brain gene expression for the regional analyses.

    “Hence, data from only one of the AHBA donors was used, since only this brain met our stringent RNA integrity and post-mortem interval criteria.”
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Authors
Goyal, M. S., Hawrylycz, M., Miller, J. A., Snyder, A. Z., & Raichle, M. E.
Affiliations
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • Allen Institute for Brain Science (US)
Corresponding author
  • Goyal, Manu S.
  • Raichle, Marcus E.
Venue
Cell Metabolism
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-01
Volume
19
Issue
1
Pages
49-57
ISSN
1550-4131 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1974124405
Cited by
459
References
68
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2026: 39 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 40 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 39 · 2021: 52 · 2020: 36 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 48 · 2017: 29 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 29
FWCI
3.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell Metabolism (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (P01NS080675, P30NS048056, P50NS006833)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
Keywords
aerobic glycolysis, human brain, brain glucose metabolism, glucose oxidation, synaptic development, synaptogenesis, neoteny, developmental gene expression, child neurodevelopment, mitochondria, synaptic transmission
MeSH terms
Adult, Aerobiosis, Brain, Glucose, Glycolysis, Humans, Oxygen Consumption, Synapses, Transcription, Genetic, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Ontology

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