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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
35
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-29
pubmed:abstractText
There is significant evidence that energy production impairment and mitochondrial dysfunction play a role in the pathogenesis of Huntington disease. Nonetheless, the specific mitochondrial defects due to the presence of mutant huntingtin have not been fully elucidated. To determine the effects of mutant huntingtin on mitochondrial energy production, a thorough analysis of respiration, ATP production, and functioning of the respiratory complexes was carried out in clonal striatal cells established from Hdh(Q7) (wild-type) and Hdh(Q111) (mutant huntingtin knock-in) mouse embryos. Mitochondrial respiration and ATP production were significantly reduced in the mutant striatal cells compared with the wild-type cells when either glutamate/malate or succinate was used as the substrate. However, mitochondrial respiration was similar in the two cell lines when the artificial electron donor TMPD/ascorbate, which feeds into complex IV, was used as the substrate. The attenuation of mitochondrial respiration and ATP production when either glutamate/malate or succinate was used as the substrate was not due to impairment of the respiratory complexes, because their activities were equivalent in both cell lines. Intriguingly, in the striatum of presymptomatic and pathological grade 1 Huntington disease cases there is also no impairment of mitochondrial complexes I-IV (Guidetti, P., Charles, V., Chen, E. Y., Reddy, P. H., Kordower, J. H., Whetsell, W. O., Jr., Schwarcz, R., and Tagle, D. A. (2001) Exp. Neurol. 169, 340-350). To our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive analysis of the effects of physiological levels of mutant huntingtin on mitochondrial respiratory function within an appropriate cellular context. These findings demonstrate that the presence of mutant huntingtin impairs mitochondrial ATP production through one or more mechanisms that do not directly affect the function of the respiration complexes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adenosine Triphosphate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antimycin A, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Electron Transport Complex I, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Electron Transport Complex II, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/HD protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hdh protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitochondrial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nerve Tissue Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nuclear Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Potassium Cyanide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Subunits, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Rotenone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Uncoupling Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/antimycin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/respiratory complex II
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
280
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
30773-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15983033-Adenosine Triphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:15983033-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15983033-Antimycin A, pubmed-meshheading:15983033-Cell Respiration, pubmed-meshheading:15983033-Corpus Striatum, pubmed-meshheading:15983033-Electron Transport Complex I, pubmed-meshheading:15983033-Electron Transport Complex II, pubmed-meshheading:15983033-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:15983033-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15983033-Huntington Disease, pubmed-meshheading:15983033-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15983033-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:15983033-Mitochondrial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15983033-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15983033-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15983033-Potassium Cyanide, pubmed-meshheading:15983033-Protein Subunits, pubmed-meshheading:15983033-Rotenone, pubmed-meshheading:15983033-Uncoupling Agents
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Mitochondrial respiration and ATP production are significantly impaired in striatal cells expressing mutant huntingtin.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0017, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural