Journal
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 40, Issue 3, Pages 694-709Publisher
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1446-19.2019
Keywords
Alzheimer disease; GABAergic; hyperexcitability; mitochondria; seizure; telemetry
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- National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [ZIAAG000394, ZIAAG000518] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM [ZIAAA000110] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Impaired mitochondrial function and aberrant neuronal network activity are believed to be early events in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), but how mitochondrial alterations contribute to aberrant activity in neuronal circuits is unknown. In this study, we examined the function of mitochondrial protein deacetylase sirtuin 3 (SIRT3) in the pathogenesis of AD. Compared with AppPs1 mice, Sirt3-haploinsufficient AppPs1 mice (Sirt3(+/-)AppPs1) exhibit early epileptiform EEG activity and seizure. Both male and female Sirt3(+/-)AppPs1 mice were observed to die prematurely before 5 months of age. When comparing male mice among different genotypes, Sirt3 haploinsufficiency renders GABAergic interneurons in the cerebral cortex vulnerable to degeneration and associated neuronal network hyperexcitability. Feeding Sirt3(+/-)AppPs1 AD mice with a ketone ester-rich diet increases SIRT3 expression and prevents seizure-related death and the degeneration of GABAergic neurons, indicating that the aggravated GABAergic neuron loss and neuronal network hyperexcitability in Sirt3(+/-)AppPs1 mice are caused by SIRT3 reduction and can be rescued by increase of SIRT3 expression. Consistent with a protective role in AD, SIRT3 levels are reduced in association with cerebral cortical A beta pathology in AD patients. In summary, SIRT3 preserves GABAergic interneurons and protects cerebral circuits against hyperexcitability, and this neuroprotective mechanism can be bolstered by dietary ketone esters.
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