title: Proteomic and functional analyses reveal a mitochondrial dysfunction in P301L tau transgenic mice.
abstract: Transgenic mice overexpressing the P301L mutant human tau protein exhibit an accumulation of hyperphosphorylated tau and develop neurofibrillary tangles. The consequences of tau pathology were investigated here by proteomics followed by functional analysis. Mainly metabolism-related proteins including mitochondrial respiratory chain complex components, antioxidant enzymes, and synaptic proteins were identified as modified in the proteome pattern of P301L tau mice. Significantly, the reduction in mitochondrial complex V levels in the P301L tau mice revealed using proteomics was also confirmed as decreased in human P301L FTDP-17 (frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17) brains. Functional analysis demonstrated a mitochondrial dysfunction in P301L tau mice together with reduced NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase activity and, with age, impaired mitochondrial respiration and ATP synthesis. Mitochondrial dys-function was associated with higher levels of reactive oxygen species in aged transgenic mice. Increased tau pathology as in aged homozygous P301L tau mice revealed modified lipid peroxidation levels and the up-regulation of antioxidant enzymes in response to oxidative stress. Furthermore, P301L tau mitochondria displayed increased vulnerability toward beta-amyloid (Abeta) peptide insult, suggesting a synergistic action of tau and Abeta pathology on the mitochondria. Taken together, we conclude that tau pathology involves a mitochondrial and oxidative stress disorder possibly distinct from that caused by Abeta.
authors.affiliation: Division of Psychiatry Research, University of Zurich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Della C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hauptmann
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Scherping
authors.forename: Katrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schuessel
authors.forename: Uta
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Keil
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rizzu
authors.forename: Rivka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ravid
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dröse
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Brandt
authors.forename: Walter E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eckert
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Götz
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology*; D015854:Up-Regulation; D016875:tau Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D016875:tau Proteins