Journal
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 62, Issue -, Pages 90-101Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.11.014
Keywords
Alzheimer disease; Parkinson disease; Mitochondrial DNA; Mitochondrial dynamics; Mitochondrial dysfunction; Oxidative stress; Free radicals
Funding
- Dr. Robert M. Kohrman Memorial Fund
- National Institutes of Health [AG031852, NS071184]
- Alzheimer's Association [IIRG-10-173358]
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Alzheimer disease (AD) and Parkinson disease (PD) are the two most common age-related neurodegenerative diseases characterized by prominent neurodegeneration in selective neural systems. Although a small fraction of AD and PD cases exhibit evidence of heritability, among which many genes have been identified, the majority are sporadic without known causes. Molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration and pathogenesis of these diseases remain elusive. Convincing evidence demonstrates oxidative stress as a prominent feature in AD and PD and links oxidative stress to the development of neuronal death and neural dysfunction, which suggests a key pathogenic role for oxidative stress in both AD and PD. Notably, mitochondrial dysfunction is also a prominent feature in these diseases, which is likely to be of critical importance in the genesis and amplification of reactive oxygen species and the pathophysiology of these diseases. In this review, we focus on changes in mitochondria] DNA and mitochondrial dynamics, two aspects critical to the maintenance of mitochondria] homeostasis and function, in relationship with oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of AD and PD. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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