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JOURNAL OF BIOENERGETICS AND BIOMEMBRANES
Volume 48, Issue 3, Pages 189-196Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10863-016-9645-0
Keywords
FOXO3a; A beta; Mitochondria; COX1
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81370395, 31160221]
- Guangdong Natural Science Foundation [2013010014468]
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Mitochondrial dysfunction is a hallmark of amyloid beta peptide (A beta)-induced neuronal toxicity in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the precise mechanism(s) of A beta-induced mitochondrial dysfunction has not been fully understood. There is evidence that Forkhead box O3a (FOXO3a) is normally present in neuronal mitochondria. Using HT22 murine hippocampal neuronal cells and primary hippocampal neurons, the present study investigated whether mitochondrial FOXO3a was involved in mitochondrial dysfunction induced by A beta. It was found that A beta induced dephosphorylation and mitochondrial translocation of FOXO3a. In addition, A beta enhanced association of FOXO3a with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), causing a decrease in the expression of cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COX1) and the activity of COX. In addition, A beta-induced mitochondrial dysfunction, indicated by the decrease in 3- (4,5-cimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) conversion, mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production and COX activity, could be suppressed by knockdown of FOXO3a (FOXO3a-KD). These results provide new insights into the mechanism underlying A beta-induced neurotoxicity and open up new therapeutic perspectives for AD.
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