title: Mitochondrial iron metabolism and its role in neurodegeneration.
abstract: In addition to their well-established role in providing the cell with ATP, mitochondria are the source of iron-sulfur clusters (ISCs) and heme - prosthetic groups that are utilized by proteins throughout the cell in various critical processes. The post-transcriptional system that mammalian cells use to regulate intracellular iron homeostasis depends, in part, upon the synthesis of ISCs in mitochondria. Thus, proper mitochondrial function is crucial to cellular iron homeostasis. Many neurodegenerative diseases are marked by mitochondrial impairment, brain iron accumulation, and oxidative stress - pathologies that are inter-related. This review discusses the physiological role that mitochondria play in cellular iron homeostasis and, in so doing, attempts to clarify how mitochondrial dysfunction may initiate and/or contribute to iron dysregulation in the context of neurodegenerative disease. We review what is currently known about the entry of iron into mitochondria, the ways in which iron is utilized therein, and how mitochondria are integrated into the system of iron homeostasis in mammalian cells. Lastly, we turn to recent advances in our understanding of iron dysregulation in two neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease), and discuss the use of iron chelation as a potential therapeutic approach to neurodegenerative disease.
authors.affiliation: Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Maxx P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Horowitz
authors.forename: J Timothy
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Greenamyre
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D035925:Iron-Regulatory Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D035925:Iron-Regulatory Proteins; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D007501:Iron
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