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NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE
Volume 170, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2022.105753
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease; Astrocytes; Mitochondria; Mitophagy; Transmitophagy
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- Academy of Finland
- Sigrid Juselius Foundation
- University of Eastern Finland
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This study found that the internalization and degradation of neuronal mitochondria by astrocytes is increased in Alzheimer's disease (AD), and this phenomenon has been confirmed in AD mice and human neurons. This indicates that the neuronal supporting functions of AD astrocytes are altered, and provides a starting point for further studying the molecular mechanisms of transmitophagy in AD.
Under physiological conditions in vivo astrocytes internalize and degrade neuronal mitochondria in a process called transmitophagy. Mitophagy is widely reported to be impaired in neurodegeneration but it is unknown whether and how transmitophagy is altered in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here we report that the internalization of neuronal mitochondria is significantly increased in astrocytes isolated from AD mouse brains. We also demonstrate that the degradation of neuronal mitochondria by astrocytes is increased in AD mice at the age of 6 months onwards. Furthermore, we demonstrate for the first time a similar phenomenon between human neurons and AD astrocytes, and in murine hippocampi in vivo. The results suggest the involvement of S100a4 in impaired mitochondrial transfer between neurons and AD astrocytes together with significant increases in the mitophagy regulator and reactive oxygen species in aged AD astrocytes. These findings demonstrate altered neuronsupporting functions of AD astrocytes and provide a starting point for studying the molecular mechanisms of transmitophagy in AD.
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