Journal
MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
Volume 55, Issue 9, Pages 7132-7152Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-018-0882-6
Keywords
Apoptosis; Mitochondrial; Dysfunctions; Neurodegeneration; Oxidative stress; Parkinson's disease
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Funding
- Veterans Affairs Merit Award [I01BX002477]
- National Institutes of Health [NS073670, AG048205]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE [R01NS073670] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [R01AG048205] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- Veterans Affairs [I01BX002477] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting over five million individuals worldwide. The exact molecular events underlying PD pathogenesis are still not clearly known. Glia maturation factor (GMF), a neuroinflammatory protein in the brain plays an important role in the pathogenesis of PD. Mitochondrial dysfunctions and oxidative stress trigger apoptosis leading to dopaminergic neuronal degeneration in PD. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator-1 alpha (PGC-1 alpha or PPARGC-alpha) acts as a transcriptional co-regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis and energy metabolism by controlling oxidative phosphorylation, antioxidant activity, and autophagy. In this study, we found that incubation of immortalized rat dopaminergic (N27) neurons with GMF influences the expression of peroxisome PGC-1 alpha and increases oxidative stress, mitochondria! dysfunction, and apoptotic cell death. We show that incubation with GMF reduces the expression of PGC-1 alpha with concomitant decreases in the mitochondrial complexes. Besides, there is increased oxidative stress and depolarization of mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) in these cells. Further, GMF reduces tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) expression and shifts Bax/ BcI-2 expression resulting in release of cytochrome-c and increased activations of effector caspase expressions. Transmission electron microscopy analyses revealed alteration in the mitochondrial architecture. Our results show that GMF acts as an important upstream regulator of PGC-1 alpha in promoting dopaminergic neuronal death through its effect on oxidative stress-mediated apoptosis. Our current data suggest that GMF is a critical risk factor for PD and suggest that it could be explored as a potential therapeutic target to inhibit PD progression.
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