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MGI Accession ID: MGI:3765179
J Number: J:127883
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Title: Mitochondrial Abeta: a potential focal point for neuronal metabolic dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease.
Authors: Caspersen C; Wang N; Yao J; Sosunov A; Chen X; Lustbader JW; Xu HW; Stern D; McKhann G; Yan SD
Journal: FASEB J
Volume: 19
Issue: 14
Date: 2005 Dec
Year: 2005
Pages: 2040-1
Review Status: Peer Reviewed
Abstract:
Although amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta) is the neurotoxic species implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), mechanisms through which intracellular Abeta impairs cellular properties, resulting in neuronal dysfunction, remain to be clarified. Here we demonstrate that intracellular Abeta is present in mitochondria from brains of transgenic mice with targeted neuronal overexpression of mutant human amyloid precursor protein and AD patients. Abeta progressively accumulates in mitochondria and is associated with diminished enzymatic activity of respiratory chain complexes (III and IV) and a reduction in the rate of oxygen consumption. Importantly, mitochondria-associated Abeta, principally Abeta42, was detected as early as 4 months, before extensive extracellular Abeta deposits. Our studies delineate a new means through which Abeta potentially impairs neuronal energetics, contributing to cellular dysfunction in AD.
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