Journal
AUTOPHAGY
Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages 52-69Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2019.1596488
Keywords
A beta; Alzheimer disease; autophagy; gemfibrozil; PPARA; Wy14643
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31730037, 31601039]
- Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of CAS [XDB32020200]
- Project for International Collaboration of the Bureau of International Collaboration, CAS [GJHZ1846]
- Bureau of Frontier Sciences and Education, CAS [QYZDJ-SSW-SMC 005]
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Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease. An imbalance between the production and clearance of A beta (amyloid beta) is considered to be actively involved in AD pathogenesis. Macroautophagy/autophagy is a major cellular pathway leading to the removal of aggregated proteins, and upregulation of autophagy represents a plausible therapeutic strategy to combat overproduction of neurotoxic A beta. PPARA/PPAR alpha (peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha) is a transcription factor that regulates genes involved in fatty acid metabolism and activates hepatic autophagy. We hypothesized that PPARA regulates autophagy in the nervous system and PPARA-mediated autophagy affects AD. We found that pharmacological activation of PPARA by the PPARA agonists gemfibrozil and Wy14643 induces autophagy in human microglia (HM) cells and U251 human glioma cells stably expressing the human APP (amyloid beta precursor protein) mutant (APP-p.M671L) and this effect is PPARA-dependent. Administration of PPARA agonists decreases amyloid pathology and reverses memory deficits and anxiety symptoms in APP-PSEN1 Delta E9 mice. There is a reduced level of soluble A beta and insoluble A beta in hippocampus and cortex tissues from APP-PSEN1 Delta E9 mice after treatment with either gemfibrozil or Wy14643, which promoted the recruitment of microglia and astrocytes to the vicinity of A beta plaques and enhanced autophagosome biogenesis. These results indicated that PPARA is an important factor regulating autophagy in the clearance of A beta and suggested gemfibrozil be assessed as a possible treatment for AD.
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