Alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase in Alzheimer brains bearing the APP670/671 mutation.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with a striking reduction in the activity of the alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex (KGDHC). The deficiency occurs in brains from AD patients of undefined etiology, and in fibroblasts from both sporadic and familial AD cases. To further assess the nature of the abnormality of KGDHC in AD, KGDHC activities and immunoreactivities were analyzed in brains from AD patients bearing the Swedish APP670/671 mutation. This gene defect causes overproduction of the amyloid beta peptide. KGDHC activities were reduced by 55 to 57% compared with control values in the mutation-bearing AD cases in the medial temporal and superior frontal cortices. The immunochemical levels of KGDHC subunits Elk (-51%) and E2k (-76%) declined, whereas E3 concentrations were unchanged. The results suggest that mitochondrial dysfunction is a part of the pathophysiological process in AD even when the primary pathogenic cause is nonmitochondrial.
Burke Medical Research Institute, Cornell University Medical College, White Plains, NY 10605, USA.
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Gibson
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Zhang
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Sheu
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Bogdanovich
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Lindsay
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Lannfelt
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Vestling
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Cowburn
D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007655:Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase Complex / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014018:Tissue Distribution
D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor; D007655:Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase Complex; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase; D000217:Acyltransferases; C021515:dihydrolipoamide succinyltransferase