期刊
MITOCHONDRION
卷 13, 期 4, 页码 298-311出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2013.03.008
关键词
beta-Amyloid; Mitochondria; Respiratory chain complexes; ROS; Cerebellar granule cells
资金
- PRIN
- [FIRB-MERIT - RBNE08HWLZ_012]
Here we investigate the effect of beta-amyloid on mitochondrial respiratory function, i.e. mitochondrial oxygen consumption and membrane potential generation as well as the individual activities of both the mitochondrial Complexes I-IV, that compose mitochondrial electron transport chain, and the ATP synthase, by using homogenate from cerebellar granule cells, treated with low concentrations of beta-amyloid, and Alzheimer synaptic-enriched brain samples. We found that beta-amyloid caused both a selective defect in Complex I activity associated with an increase (5 fold) of intracellular reactive oxygen species and an impairment of Complex IV likely due to membrane lipid peroxidation. In addition, a 130% increase of the GSSG/GSH ratio was measured in Alzheimer brains with respect to age-matched controls. Knowing the mechanisms of action of beta-amyloid could allow to mitigate or even to interrupt the toxic cascade that leads a cell to death. The results of this study represent an important innovation because they offer the possibility to act at mitochondrial level and on specific sites to protect cells, for example by preventing the interaction of beta-amyloid with the identified targets, by stabilizing or by restoring mitochondrial function or by interfering with the energy metabolism. (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. and Mitochondria Research Society. All rights reserved.
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