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The role of mitophagy in the regulation of mitochondrial energetic status in neurons

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Han, Sinsuk, Zhang, Mingyang, Jeong, Yu Young, Margolis, David J., Cai, Qian·2021·Autophagy

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Mitochondria are the main cellular energy powerhouses and supply most of the energy in the form of ATP to fuel essential neuronal functions through oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). In Alzheimer disease (AD), metabolic and mitochondrial disruptions are an early feature preceding any histopathological and clinical manifestations. Mitochondrial malfunction is also linked to synaptic defects in early AD. Mitophagy serves as a key cellular quality control mechanism involving sequestration of damaged mitochondria within autophagosomes and their subsequent degradation in lysosomes. However, it remains largely unknown whether mitophagy is involved in the regulation of energy metabolism in neurons, and if so, whether metabolic deficiency in AD is attributed to mitophagy dysfunction. Here we reveal that mitophagy is broadly activated in metabolically enhanced neurons upon OXPHOS stimulation, which sustains high energetic activity by increasing mitochondrial turnover and hence facilitating mitochondrial maintenance. Unexpectedly, in AD-related mutant HsAPP Tg mouse brains, early stimulation of OXPHOS activity fails to correct energy deficits but exacerbates synapse loss as a consequence of mitophagy failure. Excitingly, lysosomal enhancement in AD neurons restores impaired metabolic function by promoting elimination of damaged mitochondria, protecting against synaptic damage in AD mouse brains. Taken together, we propose a new mechanism by which mitophagy controls bioenergetic status in neurons, furthering our understanding of the direct impact of mitophagy defects on AD-linked metabolic deficits and shedding light on the development of novel therapeutic strategies to treat AD by the early stimulation of mitochondrial metabolism combined with elevation of lysosomal proteolytic activity.Abbreviations: AD: Alzheimer disease; Aβ: amyloid-β; APP: amyloid beta precursor protein; AV: autophagic vacuole; CHX: cycloheximide; CYCS: cytochrome c, somatic; DIV: days in vitro; FRET: Förster resonance energy transfer; Gln, glutamine; LAMP1: lysosomal associated membrane protein 1; LE: late endosome; Mito: mitochondria; Δψm: mitochondrial membrane potential; OCR: oxygen consumption rate; OXPHOS: oxidative phosphorylation; SQSTM1/p62: sequestosome 1; RHEB: Ras homolog, mTORC1 binding; ROS: reactive oxygen species; STX1: syntaxin 1; SYP: synaptophysin; Tg: transgenic; TMRE: tetramethylrhodamine ethyl ester; TEM: transmission electron microscopy; WT: wild type

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  • Impaired brain energy metabolism is an early pathological manifestation of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease.

    “Impaired brain energy metabolism serves as an early pathological manifestation of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) [1, 2].”

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Han, S., Zhang, M., Jeong, Y. Y., Margolis, D. J., & Cai, Q.
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
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Autophagy
Published
2021-04-05
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17
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12
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4182-4201
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  • 1554-8627 (ISSN-L)
  • 1554-8635
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
Keywords
mitophagy, mitochondrial bioenergetics, neurons, Alzheimer's disease, oxidative phosphorylation, mitochondrial turnover, lysosomal degradation, synaptic loss, APP transgenic mice, lysosomal proteolysis, mitochondrial quality control
MeSH terms
Alzheimer Disease, Animals, Autophagy, Mitochondria, Neurons, Amyloid beta-Peptides, Mice, Mitophagy

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