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Mitochondrial DNA Depletion in Respiratory Chain-Deficient Parkinson Disease Neurons

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Anne Grunewald, Dr Karolina Rygiel, Philippa Hepplewhite, Dr Christopher Morris, Dr Martin Picard, Emeritus Professor Doug Turnbull

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Abstract

Objective: To determine the extent of respiratory chain abnormalities and investigate the contribution of mtDNA to the loss of respiratory chain complexes (CI-IV) in the substantia nigra (SN) of idiopathic Parkinson disease (IPD) patients at the single-neuron level.Methods: Multiple-label immunofluorescence was applied to postmortem sections of 10 IPD patients and 10 controls to quantify the abundance of CI-IV subunits (NDUFB8 or NDUFA13, SDHA, UQCRC2, and COXI) and mitochondrial transcription factors (TFAM and TFB2M) relative to mitochondrial mass (porin and GRP75) in dopaminergic neurons. To assess the involvement of mtDNA in respiratory chain deficiency in IPD, SN neurons, isolated with laser-capture microdissection, were assayed for mtDNA deletions, copy number, and presence of transcription/replication-associated 7S DNA employing a triplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay.Results: Whereas mitochondrial mass was unchanged in single SN neurons from IPD patients, we observed a significant reduction in the abundances of CI and II subunits. At the single-cell level, CI and II deficiencies were correlated in patients. The CI deficiency concomitantly occurred with low abundances of the mtDNA transcription factors TFAM and TFB2M, which also initiate transcription-primed mtDNA replication. Consistent with this, real-time PCR analysis revealed fewer transcription/replication-associated mtDNA molecules and an overall reduction in mtDNA copy number in patients. This effect was more pronounced in single IPD neurons with severe CI deficiency.Interpretation: Respiratory chain dysfunction in IPD neurons not only involves CI, but also extends to CII. These deficiencies are possibly a consequence of the interplay between nDNA and mtDNA-encoded factors mechanistically connected via TFAM.


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Author(s): Grunewald A, Rygiel KA, Hepplewhite PD, Morris CM, Picard M, Turnbull DM

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Annals of Neurology

Year: 2016

Volume: 79

Issue: 3

Pages: 366-378

Print publication date: 01/03/2016

Online publication date: 28/01/2016

Acceptance date: 24/11/2015

Date deposited: 16/05/2016

ISSN (print): 0364-5134

ISSN (electronic): 1531-8249

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ana.24571

DOI: 10.1002/ana.24571


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Funding

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Alzheimer's Society and Alzheimer's Research Trust through the Brains for Dementia Research Initiative
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Luxembourg National Research Funds (ATTRACT fellowship)
Newcastle University Centre for Brain Ageing and Vitality
Economic and Social Research Council
NIHR Biomedical Research Centre Grant in Ageing and Health
NIHR Biomedical Research Unit in Lewy Body Dementia
UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre in Age and Age Related Diseases award
G0400074UK MRC
G0800674MRC Centre for Translational Research in Neuromuscular Disease Mitochondrial Disease Patient Cohort (UK)
G906919Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research
GR 3731/2-1German Research Foundation
G0700718Medical Research Council (MRC)
GR 3731/2-2German Research Foundation

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