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Paradoxical neuronal hyperexcitability in a mouse model of mitochondrial pyruvate import deficiency

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De La Rossa, Andres, Laporte, Marine H, Astori, Simone, Marissal, Thomas, Montessuit, Sylvie, Sheshadri, Preethi, Ramos-Fernández, Eva, Mendez, Pablo +9 more·2022·eLife

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Neuronal excitation imposes a high demand of ATP in neurons. Most of the ATP derives primarily from pyruvate-mediated oxidative phosphorylation, a process that relies on import of pyruvate into mitochondria occuring exclusively via the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC). To investigate whether deficient oxidative phosphorylation impacts neuron excitability, we generated a mouse strain carrying a conditional deletion of MPC1, an essential subunit of the MPC, specifically in adult glutamatergic neurons. We found that, despite decreased levels of oxidative phosphorylation and decreased mitochondrial membrane potential in these excitatory neurons, mice were normal at rest. Surprisingly, in response to mild inhibition of GABA mediated synaptic activity, they rapidly developed severe seizures and died, whereas under similar conditions the behavior of control mice remained unchanged. We report that neurons with a deficient MPC were intrinsically hyperexcitable as a consequence of impaired calcium homeostasis, which reduced M-type potassium channel activity. Provision of ketone bodies restored energy status, calcium homeostasis and M-channel activity and attenuated seizures in animals fed a ketogenic diet. Our results provide an explanation for the seizures that frequently accompany a large number of neuropathologies, including cerebral ischemia and diverse mitochondriopathies, in which neurons experience an energy deficit.

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De La Rossa, A., Laporte, M. H., Astori, S., Marissal, T., Montessuit, S., Sheshadri, P., Ramos-Fernández, E., Mendez, P., Khani, A., Quairiaux, C., Taylor, E. B., Rutter, J., Nunes, J. M., Carleton, A., Duchen, M. R., Sandi, C., & Martinou, J.-C.
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  • Department of Cell Biology, University of Geneva
  • University of Geneva (CH)
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
  • University College London (GB)
  • Laboratory of Behavioral Genetics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  • Cajal Institute
  • University of Iowa (US)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
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  • Martinou, Jean-Claude
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  • Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Gobierno de España (BFU2017-84490-P)
  • Swiss National Science Foundation (31003A_179421/1 /1)
  • Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Foundation
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  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Diet and metabolism studies
Keywords
mitochondrial pyruvate carrier, neuronal hyperexcitability, seizures, oxidative phosphorylation, glutamatergic neurons, calcium homeostasis, M-type potassium channels, ketone bodies, ketogenic diet, mitochondrial membrane potential, mitochondrial disease, cerebral ischemia
MeSH terms
Animals, Biological Transport, Calcium, Gene Expression Regulation, Homeostasis, Ketone Bodies, Mitochondria, Neurons, Oxidation-Reduction, Pentylenetetrazole, Phosphorylation, Seizures, Tamoxifen, Mice, Knockout, Pyruvic Acid, 3-Hydroxybutyric Acid, Anion Transport Proteins, Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters, Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins, Mice

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