1
|
Watermann P, Arend C, Dringen R. G6PDi-1 is a Potent Inhibitor of G6PDH and of Pentose Phosphate pathway-dependent Metabolic Processes in Cultured Primary Astrocytes. Neurochem Res 2023; 48:3177-3189. [PMID: 37394677 PMCID: PMC10471714 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-023-03964-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
Abstract
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) catalyses the rate limiting first step of the oxidative part of the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP), which has a crucial function in providing NADPH for antioxidative defence and reductive biosyntheses. To explore the potential of the new G6PDH inhibitor G6PDi-1 to affect astrocytic metabolism, we investigated the consequences of an application of G6PDi-1 to cultured primary rat astrocytes. G6PDi-1 efficiently inhibited G6PDH activity in lysates of astrocyte cultures. Half-maximal inhibition was observed for 100 nM G6PDi-1, while presence of almost 10 µM of the frequently used G6PDH inhibitor dehydroepiandrosterone was needed to inhibit G6PDH in cell lysates by 50%. Application of G6PDi-1 in concentrations of up to 100 µM to astrocytes in culture for up to 6 h did not affect cell viability nor cellular glucose consumption, lactate production, basal glutathione (GSH) export or the high basal cellular ratio of GSH to glutathione disulfide (GSSG). In contrast, G6PDi-1 drastically affected astrocytic pathways that depend on the PPP-mediated supply of NADPH, such as the NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1)-mediated WST1 reduction and the glutathione reductase-mediated regeneration of GSH from GSSG. These metabolic pathways were lowered by G6PDi-1 in a concentration-dependent manner in viable astrocytes with half-maximal effects observed for concentrations between 3 and 6 µM. The data presented demonstrate that G6PDi-1 efficiently inhibits the activity of astrocytic G6PDH and impairs specifically those metabolic processes that depend on the PPP-mediated regeneration of NADPH in cultured astrocytes.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Patrick Watermann
- Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Faculty 2 (Biology/Chemistry), University of Bremen, 330440, 28334, Bremen, Germany
- Centre for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technologies, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
| | - Christian Arend
- Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Faculty 2 (Biology/Chemistry), University of Bremen, 330440, 28334, Bremen, Germany
- Centre for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technologies, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
| | - Ralf Dringen
- Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Faculty 2 (Biology/Chemistry), University of Bremen, 330440, 28334, Bremen, Germany.
- Centre for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technologies, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Esteras N, Blacker TS, Zherebtsov EA, Stelmashuk OA, Zhang Y, Wigley WC, Duchen MR, Dinkova-Kostova AT, Abramov AY. Nrf2 regulates glucose uptake and metabolism in neurons and astrocytes. Redox Biol 2023; 62:102672. [PMID: 36940606 PMCID: PMC10034142 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2023.102672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/15/2023] Open
Abstract
The transcription factor Nrf2 and its repressor Keap1 mediate cell stress adaptation by inducing expression of genes regulating cellular detoxification, antioxidant defence and energy metabolism. Energy production and antioxidant defence employ NADH and NADPH respectively as essential metabolic cofactors; both are generated in distinct pathways of glucose metabolism, and both pathways are enhanced by Nrf2 activation. Here, we examined the role of Nrf2 on glucose distribution and the interrelation between NADH production in energy metabolism and NADPH homeostasis using glio-neuronal cultures isolated from wild-type, Nrf2-knockout and Keap1-knockdown mice. Employing advanced microscopy imaging of single live cells, including multiphoton fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) to discriminate between NADH and NADPH, we found that Nrf2 activation increases glucose uptake into neurons and astrocytes. Glucose consumption is prioritized in brain cells for mitochondrial NADH and energy production, with a smaller contribution to NADPH synthesis in the pentose phosphate pathway for redox reactions. As Nrf2 is suppressed during neuronal development, this strategy leaves neurons reliant on astrocytic Nrf2 to maintain redox balance and energy homeostasis.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Noemí Esteras
- Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK.
| | - Thomas S Blacker
- Research Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
| | - Evgeny A Zherebtsov
- Optoelectronics and Measurement Techniques, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
| | - Olga A Stelmashuk
- Laboratory of Cell Physiology and Pathology, Orel State University, Orel, Russia
| | - Ying Zhang
- Jacqui Wood Cancer, Division of Cellular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY, Scotland, UK
| | - W Christian Wigley
- Reata Pharmaceuticals, 2801 Gateway Dr, Suite 150, Irving, TX, 75063, USA
| | - Michael R Duchen
- Research Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
| | - Albena T Dinkova-Kostova
- Jacqui Wood Cancer, Division of Cellular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY, Scotland, UK; Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
| | - Andrey Y Abramov
- Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK.
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Rose J, Brian C, Pappa A, Panayiotidis MI, Franco R. Mitochondrial Metabolism in Astrocytes Regulates Brain Bioenergetics, Neurotransmission and Redox Balance. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:536682. [PMID: 33224019 PMCID: PMC7674659 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.536682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Abstract
In the brain, mitochondrial metabolism has been largely associated with energy production, and its dysfunction is linked to neuronal cell loss. However, the functional role of mitochondria in glial cells has been poorly studied. Recent reports have demonstrated unequivocally that astrocytes do not require mitochondria to meet their bioenergetics demands. Then, the question remaining is, what is the functional role of mitochondria in astrocytes? In this work, we review current evidence demonstrating that mitochondrial central carbon metabolism in astrocytes regulates overall brain bioenergetics, neurotransmitter homeostasis and redox balance. Emphasis is placed in detailing carbon source utilization (glucose and fatty acids), anaplerotic inputs and cataplerotic outputs, as well as carbon shuttles to neurons, which highlight the metabolic specialization of astrocytic mitochondria and its relevance to brain function.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Jordan Rose
- Redox Biology Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.,School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
| | - Christian Brian
- Redox Biology Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.,School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
| | - Aglaia Pappa
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
| | - Mihalis I Panayiotidis
- Department of Electron Microscopy & Molecular Pathology, Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus
| | - Rodrigo Franco
- Redox Biology Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.,School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
| |
Collapse
|
4
|
Teimouri E, Rainey-Smith SR, Bharadwaj P, Verdile G, Martins RN. Amla Therapy as a Potential Modulator of Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Factors and Physiological Change. J Alzheimers Dis 2020; 74:713-733. [DOI: 10.3233/jad-191033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Elham Teimouri
- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
| | - Stephanie R. Rainey-Smith
- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
- Sir James McCusker Alzheimer’s Disease Research Unit (Hollywood Private Hospital), Perth, Western Australia, Australia
| | - Prashant Bharadwaj
- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
| | - Giuseppe Verdile
- Sir James McCusker Alzheimer’s Disease Research Unit (Hollywood Private Hospital), Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
| | - Ralph N. Martins
- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
- Sir James McCusker Alzheimer’s Disease Research Unit (Hollywood Private Hospital), Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
| |
Collapse
|
5
|
Cerdán S. Twenty-seven Years of Cerebral Pyruvate Recycling. Neurochem Res 2017; 42:1621-1628. [PMID: 28101749 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-017-2173-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2016] [Revised: 01/02/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
Cerebral pyruvate recycling is a metabolic pathway deriving carbon skeletons and reducing equivalents from mitochondrial oxaloacetate and malate, to the synthesis of mitochondrial and cytosolic pyruvate, lactate and alanine. The pathway allows both, to provide the tricarboxylic acid cycle with pyruvate molecules produced from alternative substrates to glucose and, to generate reducing equivalents necessary for the operation of NADPH requiring processes. At the cellular level, pyruvate recycling involves the activity of malic enzyme, or the combined activities of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and pyruvate kinase, as well as of those transporters of the inner mitochondrial membrane exchanging the corresponding intermediates. Its cellular localization between the neuronal or astrocytic compartments of the in vivo brain has been controversial, with evidences favoring either a primarily neuronal or glial localizations, more recently accepted to occur in both environments. This review provides a brief history on the detection and characterization of the pathway, its relations with the early developments of cerebral high resolution 13C NMR, and its potential neuroprotective functions under hypoglycemic conditions or ischemic redox stress.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Sebastián Cerdán
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas "Alberto Sols" CSIC/UAM, c/ Arturo Duperier 4, 28029, Madrid, Spain.
| |
Collapse
|
6
|
DiNuzzo M. Astrocyte-Neuron Interactions during Learning May Occur by Lactate Signaling Rather than Metabolism. Front Integr Neurosci 2016; 10:2. [PMID: 26858613 PMCID: PMC4731513 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2016.00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 01/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Mauro DiNuzzo
- Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche "Enrico Fermi,"Rome, Italy; Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di RomaRome, Italy
| |
Collapse
|
7
|
Brekke E, Morken TS, Walls AB, Waagepetersen H, Schousboe A, Sonnewald U. Anaplerosis for Glutamate Synthesis in the Neonate and in Adulthood. ADVANCES IN NEUROBIOLOGY 2016; 13:43-58. [PMID: 27885626 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-45096-4_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
A central task of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA, Krebs, citric acid) cycle in brain is to provide precursors for biosynthesis of glutamate, GABA, aspartate and glutamine. Three of these amino acids are the partners in the intricate interaction between astrocytes and neurons and form the so-called glutamine-glutamate (GABA) cycle. The ketoacids α-ketoglutarate and oxaloacetate are removed from the cycle for this process. When something is removed from the TCA cycle it must be replaced to permit the continued function of this essential pathway, a process termed anaplerosis. This anaplerotic process in the brain is mainly carried out by pyruvate carboxylation performed by pyruvate carboxylase. The present book chapter gives an introduction and overview into this carboxylation and additionally anaplerosis mediated by propionyl-CoA carboxylase under physiological conditions in the adult and in the developing rodent brain. Furthermore, examples are given about pathological conditions in which anaplerosis is disturbed.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Eva Brekke
- Department of Pediatrics, Nordland Hospital Trust, Bodo, Norway
| | - Tora Sund Morken
- Department of Ophthalmology, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, 7006, Norway.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, 7489, Norway
| | - Anne B Walls
- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
| | - Helle Waagepetersen
- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
| | - Arne Schousboe
- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
| | - Ursula Sonnewald
- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark. .,Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Postboks 8905, Trondheim, 7489, Norway.
| |
Collapse
|
8
|
Inflammation and Oxidative Stress: The Molecular Connectivity between Insulin Resistance, Obesity, and Alzheimer's Disease. Mediators Inflamm 2015; 2015:105828. [PMID: 26693205 PMCID: PMC4674598 DOI: 10.1155/2015/105828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 305] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Accepted: 09/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Type 2 diabetes (T2DM), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and insulin resistance are age-related conditions and increased prevalence is of public concern. Recent research has provided evidence that insulin resistance and impaired insulin signalling may be a contributory factor to the progression of diabetes, dementia, and other neurological disorders. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common subtype of dementia. Reduced release (for T2DM) and decreased action of insulin are central to the development and progression of both T2DM and AD. A literature search was conducted to identify molecular commonalities between obesity, diabetes, and AD. Insulin resistance affects many tissues and organs, either through impaired insulin signalling or through aberrant changes in both glucose and lipid (cholesterol and triacylglycerol) metabolism and concentrations in the blood. Although epidemiological and biological evidence has highlighted an increased incidence of cognitive decline and AD in patients with T2DM, the common molecular basis of cell and tissue dysfunction is rapidly gaining recognition. As a cause or consequence, the chronic inflammatory response and oxidative stress associated with T2DM, amyloid-β (Aβ) protein accumulation, and mitochondrial dysfunction link T2DM and AD.
Collapse
|
9
|
Diabetes and Alzheimer disease, two overlapping pathologies with the same background: oxidative stress. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2015; 2015:985845. [PMID: 25815110 PMCID: PMC4357132 DOI: 10.1155/2015/985845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
There are several oxidative stress-related pathways interconnecting Alzheimer's disease and type II diabetes, two public health problems worldwide. Coincidences are so compelling that it is attractive to speculate they are the same disorder. However, some pathological mechanisms as observed in diabetes are not necessarily the same mechanisms related to Alzheimer's or the only ones related to Alzheimer's pathology. Oxidative stress is inherent to Alzheimer's and feeds a vicious cycle with other key pathological features, such as inflammation and Ca2+ dysregulation. Alzheimer's pathology by itself may lead to insulin resistance in brain, insulin resistance being an intervening variable in the neurodegenerative disorder. Hyperglycemia and insulin resistance from diabetes, overlapping with the Alzheimer's pathology, aggravate the progression of the neurodegenerative processes, indeed. But the same pathophysiological background is behind the consequences, oxidative stress. We emphasize oxidative stress and its detrimental role in some key regulatory enzymes.
Collapse
|
10
|
Lama S, Auer RN, Tyson R, Gallagher CN, Tomanek B, Sutherland GR. Lactate storm marks cerebral metabolism following brain trauma. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:20200-8. [PMID: 24849602 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.570978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Brain metabolism is thought to be maintained by neuronal-glial metabolic coupling. Glia take up glutamate from the synaptic cleft for conversion into glutamine, triggering glial glycolysis and lactate production. This lactate is shuttled into neurons and further metabolized. The origin and role of lactate in severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains controversial. Using a modified weight drop model of severe TBI and magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy with infusion of (13)C-labeled glucose, lactate, and acetate, the present study investigated the possibility that neuronal-glial metabolism is uncoupled following severe TBI. Histopathology of the model showed severe brain injury with subarachnoid and hemorrhage together with glial cell activation and positive staining for Tau at 90 min post-trauma. High resolution MR spectroscopy of brain metabolites revealed significant labeling of lactate at C-3 and C-2 irrespective of the infused substrates. Increased (13)C-labeled lactate in all study groups in the absence of ischemia implied activated astrocytic glycolysis and production of lactate with failure of neuronal uptake (i.e. a loss of glial sensing for glutamate). The early increase in extracellular lactate in severe TBI with the injured neurons rendered unable to pick it up probably contributes to a rapid progression toward irreversible injury and pan-necrosis. Hence, a method to detect and scavenge the excess extracellular lactate on site or early following severe TBI may be a potential primary therapeutic measure.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Sanju Lama
- From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 2T9, Canada and
| | - Roland N Auer
- the Hôpital Ste-Justine, Département de Pathologie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec H3T 1C5, Canada
| | - Randy Tyson
- From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 2T9, Canada and
| | - Clare N Gallagher
- From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 2T9, Canada and
| | - Boguslaw Tomanek
- From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 2T9, Canada and
| | - Garnette R Sutherland
- From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 2T9, Canada and
| |
Collapse
|
11
|
Peng L, Guo C, Wang T, Li B, Gu L, Wang Z. Methodological limitations in determining astrocytic gene expression. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2013; 4:176. [PMID: 24324456 PMCID: PMC3839565 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2013.00176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2013] [Accepted: 10/31/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Traditionally, astrocytic mRNA and protein expression are studied by in situ hybridization (ISH) and immunohistochemically. This led to the concept that astrocytes lack aralar, a component of the malate-aspartate-shuttle. At least similar aralar mRNA and protein expression in astrocytes and neurons isolated by fluorescence-assisted cell sorting (FACS) reversed this opinion. Demonstration of expression of other astrocytic genes may also be erroneous. Literature data based on morphological methods were therefore compared with mRNA expression in cells obtained by recently developed methods for determination of cell-specific gene expression. All Na,K-ATPase-α subunits were demonstrated by immunohistochemistry (IHC), but there are problems with the cotransporter NKCC1. Glutamate and GABA transporter gene expression was well determined immunohistochemically. The same applies to expression of many genes of glucose metabolism, whereas a single study based on findings in bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) transgenic animals showed very low astrocytic expression of hexokinase. Gene expression of the equilibrative nucleoside transporters ENT1 and ENT2 was recognized by ISH, but ENT3 was not. The same applies to the concentrative transporters CNT2 and CNT3. All were clearly expressed in FACS-isolated cells, followed by biochemical analysis. ENT3 was enriched in astrocytes. Expression of many nucleoside transporter genes were shown by microarray analysis, whereas other important genes were not. Results in cultured astrocytes resembled those obtained by FACS. These findings call for reappraisal of cellular nucleoside transporter expression. FACS cell yield is small. Further development of cell separation methods to render methods more easily available and less animal and cost consuming and parallel studies of astrocytic mRNA and protein expression by ISH/IHC and other methods are necessary, but new methods also need to be thoroughly checked.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Liang Peng
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- *Correspondence: Liang Peng, College of Basic Medical Sciences, China Medical University, No. 92 Beier Road, Heping District, Shenyang 110001, China e-mail:
| | - Chuang Guo
- Institute of Neuroscience, College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
| | - Tao Wang
- Institute of Neuroscience, College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
| | - Baoman Li
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
| | - Li Gu
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
| | - Zhanyou Wang
- Institute of Neuroscience, College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
| |
Collapse
|
12
|
Hertz L. The Glutamate-Glutamine (GABA) Cycle: Importance of Late Postnatal Development and Potential Reciprocal Interactions between Biosynthesis and Degradation. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2013; 4:59. [PMID: 23750153 PMCID: PMC3664331 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2013.00059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2013] [Accepted: 05/02/2013] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
The gold standard for studies of glutamate-glutamine (GABA) cycling and its connections to brain biosynthesis from glucose of glutamate and GABA and their subsequent metabolism are the elegant in vivo studies by (13)C magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), showing the large fluxes in the cycle. However, simpler experiments in intact brain tissue (e.g., immunohistochemistry), brain slices, cultured brain cells, and mitochondria have also made important contributions to the understanding of details, mechanisms, and functional consequences of glutamate/GABA biosynthesis and degradation. The purpose of this review is to attempt to integrate evidence from different sources regarding (i) the enzyme(s) responsible for the initial conversion of α-ketoglutarate to glutamate; (ii) the possibility that especially glutamate oxidation is essentially confined to astrocytes; and (iii) the ontogenetically very late onset and maturation of glutamine-glutamate (GABA) cycle function. Pathway models based on the functional importance of aspartate for glutamate synthesis suggest the possibility of interacting pathways for biosynthesis and degradation of glutamate and GABA and the use of transamination as the default mechanism for initiation of glutamate oxidation. The late development and maturation are related to the late cortical gliogenesis and convert brain cortical function from being purely neuronal to becoming neuronal-astrocytic. This conversion is associated with huge increases in energy demand and production, and the character of potentially incurred gains of function are discussed. These may include alterations in learning mechanisms, in mice indicated by lack of pairing of odor learning with aversive stimuli in newborn animals but the development of such an association 10-12 days later. The possibility is suggested that analogous maturational changes may contribute to differences in the way learning is accomplished in the newborn human brain and during later development.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Leif Hertz
- Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of ChinaShenyang, China
| |
Collapse
|
13
|
Chinopoulos C. Which way does the citric acid cycle turn during hypoxia? The critical role of α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex. J Neurosci Res 2013; 91:1030-43. [PMID: 23378250 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2012] [Revised: 11/19/2012] [Accepted: 11/28/2012] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
Abstract
The citric acid cycle forms a major metabolic hub and as such it is involved in many disease states involving energetic imbalance. In spite of the fact that it is being branded as a "cycle", during hypoxia, when the electron transport chain does not oxidize reducing equivalents, segments of this metabolic pathway remain operational but exhibit opposing directionalities. This serves the purpose of harnessing high-energy phosphates through matrix substrate-level phosphorylation in the absence of oxidative phosphorylation. In this Mini-Review, these segments are appraised, pointing to the critical importance of the α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex dictating their directionalities.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Christos Chinopoulos
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Semmelweis University, Budapest 1094, Hungary.
| |
Collapse
|
14
|
Amaral AI, Meisingset TW, Kotter MR, Sonnewald U. Metabolic aspects of neuron-oligodendrocyte-astrocyte interactions. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2013; 4:54. [PMID: 23717302 PMCID: PMC3651962 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2013.00054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2013] [Accepted: 04/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Whereas astrocytes have been in the limelight of scientific interest in brain energy metabolism for a while, oligodendrocytes are still waiting for a place on the metabolic stage. We propose to term the interaction of oligodendrocytes with astrocytes and neurons: NOA (neuron-oligodendrocyte-astrocyte) interactions. One of the reasons to find out more about metabolic interactions between oligodendrocytes, neurons, and astrocytes is to establish markers of healthy oligodendrocyte metabolism that could be used for the diagnosis and assessment of white matter disease. The vesicular release of glutamate in the white matter has received considerable attention in the past. Oligodendrocyte lineage cells express glutamate receptors and glutamate toxicity has been implicated in diseases affecting oligodendrocytes such as hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, inflammatory diseases and trauma. As oligodendrocyte precursor cells vividly react to injury it is also important to establish whether cells recruited into damaged areas are able to regenerate lost myelin sheaths or whether astrocytic scarring occurs. It is therefore important to consider metabolic aspects of astrocytes and oligodendrocytes separately. The present review summarizes the limited evidence available on metabolic cycles in oligodendrocytes and so hopes to stimulate further research interests in this important field.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Ana I. Amaral
- Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Wellcome Trust and Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of CambridgeCambridge, UK
| | - Tore W. Meisingset
- Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyTrondheim, Norway
| | - Mark R. Kotter
- Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Wellcome Trust and Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of CambridgeCambridge, UK
| | - Ursula Sonnewald
- Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyTrondheim, Norway
- *Correspondence: Ursula Sonnewald, Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, PO Box 8905, MTFS, 7491 Trondheim, Norway. e-mail:
| |
Collapse
|
15
|
|
16
|
Merle M, Franconi JM. Brain Metabolic Compartmentalization, Metabolism Modeling, and Cerebral Activity-Metabolism Relationship. NEURAL METABOLISM IN VIVO 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1788-0_33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
|
17
|
Williams AL, Watson RE, DeSesso JM. Developmental and reproductive outcomes in humans and animals after glyphosate exposure: a critical analysis. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART B, CRITICAL REVIEWS 2012; 15:39-96. [PMID: 22202229 DOI: 10.1080/10937404.2012.632361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
Abstract
Glyphosate is the active ingredient of several widely used herbicide formulations. Glyphosate targets the shikimate metabolic pathway, which is found in plants but not in animals. Despite the relative safety of glyphosate, various adverse developmental and reproductive problems have been alleged as a result of exposure in humans and animals. To assess the developmental and reproductive safety of glyphosate, an analysis of the available literature was conducted. Epidemiological and animal reports, as well as studies on mechanisms of action related to possible developmental and reproductive effects of glyphosate, were reviewed. An evaluation of this database found no consistent effects of glyphosate exposure on reproductive health or the developing offspring. Furthermore, no plausible mechanisms of action for such effects were elucidated. Although toxicity was observed in studies that used glyphosate-based formulations, the data strongly suggest that such effects were due to surfactants present in the formulations and not the direct result of glyphosate exposure. To estimate potential human exposure concentrations to glyphosate as a result of working directly with the herbicide, available biomonitoring data were examined. These data demonstrated extremely low human exposures as a result of normal application practices. Furthermore, the estimated exposure concentrations in humans are >500-fold less than the oral reference dose for glyphosate of 2 mg/kg/d set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA 1993). In conclusion, the available literature shows no solid evidence linking glyphosate exposure to adverse developmental or reproductive effects at environmentally realistic exposure concentrations.
Collapse
|
18
|
Gowda K, Zinnanti WJ, LaNoue KF. The influence of diabetes on glutamate metabolism in retinas. J Neurochem 2011; 117:309-20. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07206.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
|
19
|
Sonnewald U, Rae C. Pyruvate carboxylation in different model systems studied by (13)C MRS. Neurochem Res 2010; 35:1916-21. [PMID: 20842423 PMCID: PMC3002159 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-010-0257-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Pyruvate carboxylation is of great importance in the brain since it is responsible for adding net carbons to the tricarboxylic acid cycle following removal of carbon backbone for synthesis of the two most abundant neurotransmitters, glutamate and GABA. Despite having such a pivotal role, there is still much uncertainty in the exact metabolic details about where and how this carbon is returned. Pyruvate carboxylation has been studied in various model systems of the brain and 13C magnetic resonance spectroscopy is an excellent tool for doing this. This review will focus on results dealing with the extent and cellular location of pyruvate carboxylation and its role in pathophysiology and concludes that pyruvate carboxylation is an extraordinarily important predominantly astrocytic pathway which plays a pivotal part in a number of diseases.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Ursula Sonnewald
- Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7489 Trondheim, Norway.
| | | |
Collapse
|
20
|
Cakir T, Alsan S, Saybaşili H, Akin A, Ulgen KO. Reconstruction and flux analysis of coupling between metabolic pathways of astrocytes and neurons: application to cerebral hypoxia. Theor Biol Med Model 2007; 4:48. [PMID: 18070347 PMCID: PMC2246127 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-4-48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2007] [Accepted: 12/10/2007] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND It is a daunting task to identify all the metabolic pathways of brain energy metabolism and develop a dynamic simulation environment that will cover a time scale ranging from seconds to hours. To simplify this task and make it more practicable, we undertook stoichiometric modeling of brain energy metabolism with the major aim of including the main interacting pathways in and between astrocytes and neurons. MODEL The constructed model includes central metabolism (glycolysis, pentose phosphate pathway, TCA cycle), lipid metabolism, reactive oxygen species (ROS) detoxification, amino acid metabolism (synthesis and catabolism), the well-known glutamate-glutamine cycle, other coupling reactions between astrocytes and neurons, and neurotransmitter metabolism. This is, to our knowledge, the most comprehensive attempt at stoichiometric modeling of brain metabolism to date in terms of its coverage of a wide range of metabolic pathways. We then attempted to model the basal physiological behaviour and hypoxic behaviour of the brain cells where astrocytes and neurons are tightly coupled. RESULTS The reconstructed stoichiometric reaction model included 217 reactions (184 internal, 33 exchange) and 216 metabolites (183 internal, 33 external) distributed in and between astrocytes and neurons. Flux balance analysis (FBA) techniques were applied to the reconstructed model to elucidate the underlying cellular principles of neuron-astrocyte coupling. Simulation of resting conditions under the constraints of maximization of glutamate/glutamine/GABA cycle fluxes between the two cell types with subsequent minimization of Euclidean norm of fluxes resulted in a flux distribution in accordance with literature-based findings. As a further validation of our model, the effect of oxygen deprivation (hypoxia) on fluxes was simulated using an FBA-derivative approach, known as minimization of metabolic adjustment (MOMA). The results show the power of the constructed model to simulate disease behaviour on the flux level, and its potential to analyze cellular metabolic behaviour in silico. CONCLUSION The predictive power of the constructed model for the key flux distributions, especially central carbon metabolism and glutamate-glutamine cycle fluxes, and its application to hypoxia is promising. The resultant acceptable predictions strengthen the power of such stoichiometric models in the analysis of mammalian cell metabolism.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Tunahan Cakir
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Boğaziçi University, 34342, Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey.
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
21
|
Minich T, Yokota S, Dringen R. Cytosolic and mitochondrial isoforms of NADP+-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenases are expressed in cultured rat neurons, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and microglial cells. J Neurochem 2003; 86:605-14. [PMID: 12859674 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01871.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
NADP+-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenases (ICDHs) are enzymes that reduce NADP+ to NADPH using isocitrate as electron donor. Cytosolic and mitochondrial isoforms of ICDH have been described. Little is known on the expression of ICDHs in brain cells. We have cloned the rat mitochondrial ICDH (mICDH) in order to obtain the sequence information necessary to study the expression of ICDHs in brain cells by RT-PCR. The cDNA sequence of rat mICDH was highly homologous to that of mICDH cDNAs from other species. By RT-PCR the presence of mRNAs for both the cytosolic and the mitochondrial ICDHs was demonstrated for cultured rat neurons, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and microglia. The expression of both ICDH isoenzymes was confirmed by western blot analysis using ICDH-isoenzyme specific antibodies as well as by determination of ICDH activities in cytosolic and mitochondrial fractions of the neural cell cultures. In astroglial and microglial cultures, the total ICDH activity was almost equally distributed between cytosolic and mitochondrial fractions. In contrast, in cultures of neurons and oligodendrocytes about 75% of total ICDH activity was present in the cytosolic fractions. Putative functions of ICDHs in cytosol and mitochondria of brain cells are discussed.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Tobias Minich
- Physiologisch-chemisches Institut der Universität, Tübingen, Germany
| | | | | |
Collapse
|
22
|
McKenna MC, Stevenson JH, Huang X, Tildon JT, Zielke CL, Hopkins IB. Mitochondrial malic enzyme activity is much higher in mitochondria from cortical synaptic terminals compared with mitochondria from primary cultures of cortical neurons or cerebellar granule cells. Neurochem Int 2000; 36:451-9. [PMID: 10733013 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(99)00148-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Most of the malic enzyme activity in the brain is found in the mitochondria. This isozyme may have a key role in the pyruvate recycling pathway which utilizes dicarboxylic acids and substrates such as glutamine to provide pyruvate to maintain TCA cycle activity when glucose and lactate are low. In the present study we determined the activity and kinetics of malic enzyme in two subfractions of mitochondria isolated from cortical synaptic terminals, as well as the activity and kinetics in mitochondria isolated from primary cultures of cortical neurons and cerebellar granule cells. The synaptic mitochondrial fractions had very high mitochondrial malic enzyme (mME) activity with a Km and a Vmax of 0.37 mM and 32.6 nmol/min/mg protein and 0.29 mM and 22.4 nmol/min mg protein, for the SM2 and SM1 fractions, respectively. The Km and Vmax for malic enzyme activity in mitochondria isolated from cortical neurons was 0.10 mM and 1.4 nmol/min/mg protein and from cerebellar granule cells was 0.16 mM and 5.2 nmol/min/mg protein. These data show that mME activity is highly enriched in cortical synaptic mitochondria compared to mitochondria from cultured cortical neurons. The activity of mME in cerebellar granule cells is of the same magnitude as astrocyte mitochondria. The extremely high activity of mME in synaptic mitochondria is consistent with a role for mME in the pyruvate recycling pathway, and a function in maintaining the intramitochondrial reduced glutathione in synaptic terminals.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- M C McKenna
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, USA.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
23
|
|
24
|
Kussmaul L, Hamprecht B, Dringen R. The detoxification of cumene hydroperoxide by the glutathione system of cultured astroglial cells hinges on hexose availability for the regeneration of NADPH. J Neurochem 1999; 73:1246-53. [PMID: 10461918 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0731246.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
The ability of astroglia-rich primary cultures derived from the brains of newborn rats to detoxify exogenously applied cumene hydroperoxide (CHP) was analyzed as a model to study glutathione-mediated peroxide detoxification by astrocytes. Under the conditions used, 200 microM CHP disappeared from the incubation buffer with a half-time of approximately 10 min. The half-time of CHP in the incubation buffer was found strongly elevated (a) in cultures depleted of glutathione by a preincubation with buthionine sulfoximine, an inhibitor of glutathione synthesis, (b) in the presence of mercaptosuccinate, an inhibitor of glutathione peroxidase, and (c) in the absence of glucose, a precursor for the regeneration of NADPH. The involvement of glutathione peroxidase in the clearance of CHP was confirmed by the rapid increase in the level of GSSG after application of CHP. The restoration of the initial high ratio of GSH to GSSG depended on the presence of glucose during the incubation. The high capacity of astroglial cells to clear CHP and to restore the initial ratio of GSH to GSSG was fully maintained when glucose was replaced by mannose. In addition, fructose and galactose at least partially substituted for glucose, whereas exogenous isocitrate and malate were at best marginally able to replace glucose during peroxide detoxification and regeneration of GSH. These results demonstrate that CHP is detoxified rapidly by astroglial cells via the glutathione system. This metabolic process strongly depends on the availability of glucose or mannose as hydride donors for the regeneration of the NADPH that is required for the reduction of GSSG by glutathione reductase.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- L Kussmaul
- Physiologisch-chemisches Institut der Universität, Tübingen, Germany
| | | | | |
Collapse
|