title: Systemic mitochondrial dysfunction and the etiology of Alzheimer's disease and down syndrome dementia.
abstract: Increasing evidence is implicating mitochondrial dysfunction as a central factor in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The most significant risk factor in AD is advanced age and an important neuropathological correlate of AD is the deposition of amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta40 and Abeta42) in the brain. An AD-like dementia is also common in older individuals with Down syndrome (DS), though with a much earlier onset. We have shown that somatic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region (CR) mutations accumulate with age in post-mitotic tissues including the brain and that the level of mtDNA mutations is markedly elevated in the brains of AD patients. The elevated mtDNA CR mutations in AD brains are associated with a reduction in the mtDNA copy number and in the mtDNA L-strand transcript levels. We now show that mtDNA CR mutations increase with age in control brains; that they are markedly elevated in the brains of AD and DS and dementia (DSAD) patients; and that the increased mtDNA CR mutation rate in DSAD brains is associated with reduced mtDNA copy number and L-strand transcripts. The increased mtDNA CR mutation rate is also seen in peripheral blood DNA and in lymphoblastoid cell DNAs of AD and DSAD patients, and distinctive somatic mtDNA mutations, often at high heteroplasmy levels, are seen in AD and DSAD brain and blood cells DNA. In aging, DS, and DSAD, the mtDNA mutation level is positively correlated with beta-secretase activity and mtDNA copy number is inversely correlated with insoluble Abeta40 and Abeta42 levels. Therefore, mtDNA alterations may be responsible for both age-related dementia and the associated neuropathological changes observed in AD and DSAD.
authors.affiliation: Mitochondrial and Molecular Medicine and Genetics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Pinar E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Coskun
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wyrembak
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Derbereva
authors.forename: Goar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Melkonian
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Doran
authors.forename: Ira T
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Lott
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Head
authors.forename: Carl W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Cotman
authors.forename: Douglas C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000378:metabolism; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D028361:Mitochondrial Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D010446:Peptide Fragments; C078592:amyloid beta-protein (1-40); C075222:amyloid beta-protein (1-42)
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