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The bioenergetic and antioxidant status of neurons is controlled by continuous degradation of a key glycolytic enzyme by APC/C-Cdh1

Herrero-Mendez, Angel, Almeida, Angeles, Fernández, Emilio, Maestre, Carolina, Moncada, Salvador, Bolaños, Juan P.·2009·Nature Cell Biology

Abstract

Neurons are known to have a lower glycolytic rate than astrocytes and when stressed they are unable to upregulate glycolysis because of low Pfkfb3 (6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2, 6-bisphosphatase-3) activity. This enzyme generates fructose-2,6-bisphosphate (F2,6P(2)), the most potent activator of 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase (Pfk1; ref. 4), a master regulator of glycolysis. Here, we show that Pfkfb3 is absent from neurons in the brain cortex and that Pfkfb3 in neurons is constantly subject to proteasomal degradation by the action of the E3 ubiquitin ligase, anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C)-Cdh1. By contrast, astrocytes have low APC/C-Cdh1 activity and therefore Pfkfb3 is present in these cells. Upregulation of Pfkfb3 by either inhibition of Cdh1 or overexpression of Pfkfb3 in neurons resulted in the activation of glycolysis. This, however, was accompanied by a marked decrease in the oxidation of glucose through the pentose phosphate pathway (a metabolic route involved in the regeneration of reduced glutathione) resulting in oxidative stress and apoptotic death. Thus, by actively downregulating glycolysis by APC/C-Cdh1, neurons use glucose to maintain their antioxidant status at the expense of its utilization for bioenergetic purposes.

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Authors
Herrero-Mendez, A., Almeida, A., Fernández, E., Maestre, C., Moncada, S., & Bolaños, J. P.
Affiliations
  • Universidad de Salamanca (ES)
  • University College London (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Moncada, Salvador
  • Bolaños, Juan P.
Venue
Nature Cell Biology
Published
2009-05-17
Volume
11
Issue
6
Pages
747-752
ISSN
  • 1465-7392 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4679
OpenAlex
W2098685543
Cited by
844
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34
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FWCI
16.91
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Funders
Junta de Castilla y León
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
Keywords
PFKFB3, 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase, APC/C-Cdh1, proteasomal degradation, astrocytes, fructose-2,6-bisphosphate, 6-phosphofructokinase, pentose phosphate pathway, oxidative stress, glutathione regeneration, neuronal apoptosis, brain energy metabolism, E3 ubiquitin ligase
MeSH terms
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Antioxidants, Cerebral Cortex, Energy Metabolism, Glucose, Glycolysis, Humans, Isoenzymes, Molecular Sequence Data, Neurons, Nitric Oxide, Oxidation-Reduction, Pentose Phosphate Pathway, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Sequence Alignment, Rats, Wistar, Reactive Oxygen Species, Phosphofructokinase-2, RNA Interference, RNA, Small Interfering, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase Complexes, Rats, Anaphase-Promoting Complex-Cyclosome

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