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Impaired Mitochondrial Dynamics and Nrf2 Signaling Contribute to Compromised Responses to Oxidative Stress in Striatal Cells Expressing Full-Length Mutant Huntingtin

Huntington disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease resulting from an abnormal expansion of polyglutamine in huntingtin (Htt). Compromised oxidative stress defense systems have emerged as a contributing factor to the pathogenesis of HD. Indeed activation of the Nrf2 pathway, which play...

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Autores principales: Jin, Youngnam N., Yu, Yanxun V., Gundemir, Soner, Jo, Chulman, Cui, Mei, Tieu, Kim, Johnson, Gail V. W.
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3585875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23469253
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057932
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author Jin, Youngnam N.
Yu, Yanxun V.
Gundemir, Soner
Jo, Chulman
Cui, Mei
Tieu, Kim
Johnson, Gail V. W.
author_facet Jin, Youngnam N.
Yu, Yanxun V.
Gundemir, Soner
Jo, Chulman
Cui, Mei
Tieu, Kim
Johnson, Gail V. W.
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description Huntington disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease resulting from an abnormal expansion of polyglutamine in huntingtin (Htt). Compromised oxidative stress defense systems have emerged as a contributing factor to the pathogenesis of HD. Indeed activation of the Nrf2 pathway, which plays a prominent role in mediating antioxidant responses, has been considered as a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of HD. Given the fact that there is an interrelationship between impairments in mitochondrial dynamics and increased oxidative stress, in this present study we examined the effect of mutant Htt (mHtt) on these two parameters. STHdh(Q111/Q111) cells, striatal cells expressing mHtt, display more fragmented mitochondria compared to STHdh(Q7/Q7) cells, striatal cells expressing wild type Htt, concurrent with alterations in the expression levels of Drp1 and Opa1, key regulators of mitochondrial fission and fusion, respectively. Studies of mitochondrial dynamics using cell fusion and mitochondrial targeted photo-switchable Dendra revealed that mitochondrial fusion is significantly decreased in STHdh(Q111/Q111) cells. Oxidative stress leads to dramatic increases in the number of STHdh(Q111/Q111) cells containing swollen mitochondria, while STHdh(Q7/Q7) cells just show increases in the number of fragmented mitochondria. mHtt expression results in reduced activity of Nrf2, and activation of the Nrf2 pathway by the oxidant tBHQ is significantly impaired in STHdh(Q111/Q111) cells. Nrf2 expression does not differ between the two cell types, but STHdh(Q111/Q111) cells show reduced expression of Keap1 and p62, key modulators of Nrf2 signaling. In addition, STHdh(Q111/Q111) cells exhibit increases in autophagy, whereas the basal level of autophagy activation is low in STHdh(Q7/Q7) cells. These results suggest that mHtt disrupts Nrf2 signaling which contributes to impaired mitochondrial dynamics and may enhance susceptibility to oxidative stress in STHdh(Q111/Q111) cells.
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spelling pubmed-35858752013-03-06 Impaired Mitochondrial Dynamics and Nrf2 Signaling Contribute to Compromised Responses to Oxidative Stress in Striatal Cells Expressing Full-Length Mutant Huntingtin Jin, Youngnam N. Yu, Yanxun V. Gundemir, Soner Jo, Chulman Cui, Mei Tieu, Kim Johnson, Gail V. W. PLoS One Research Article Huntington disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease resulting from an abnormal expansion of polyglutamine in huntingtin (Htt). Compromised oxidative stress defense systems have emerged as a contributing factor to the pathogenesis of HD. Indeed activation of the Nrf2 pathway, which plays a prominent role in mediating antioxidant responses, has been considered as a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of HD. Given the fact that there is an interrelationship between impairments in mitochondrial dynamics and increased oxidative stress, in this present study we examined the effect of mutant Htt (mHtt) on these two parameters. STHdh(Q111/Q111) cells, striatal cells expressing mHtt, display more fragmented mitochondria compared to STHdh(Q7/Q7) cells, striatal cells expressing wild type Htt, concurrent with alterations in the expression levels of Drp1 and Opa1, key regulators of mitochondrial fission and fusion, respectively. Studies of mitochondrial dynamics using cell fusion and mitochondrial targeted photo-switchable Dendra revealed that mitochondrial fusion is significantly decreased in STHdh(Q111/Q111) cells. Oxidative stress leads to dramatic increases in the number of STHdh(Q111/Q111) cells containing swollen mitochondria, while STHdh(Q7/Q7) cells just show increases in the number of fragmented mitochondria. mHtt expression results in reduced activity of Nrf2, and activation of the Nrf2 pathway by the oxidant tBHQ is significantly impaired in STHdh(Q111/Q111) cells. Nrf2 expression does not differ between the two cell types, but STHdh(Q111/Q111) cells show reduced expression of Keap1 and p62, key modulators of Nrf2 signaling. In addition, STHdh(Q111/Q111) cells exhibit increases in autophagy, whereas the basal level of autophagy activation is low in STHdh(Q7/Q7) cells. These results suggest that mHtt disrupts Nrf2 signaling which contributes to impaired mitochondrial dynamics and may enhance susceptibility to oxidative stress in STHdh(Q111/Q111) cells. Public Library of Science 2013-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3585875/ /pubmed/23469253 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057932 Text en © 2013 Jin et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Jin, Youngnam N.
Yu, Yanxun V.
Gundemir, Soner
Jo, Chulman
Cui, Mei
Tieu, Kim
Johnson, Gail V. W.
Impaired Mitochondrial Dynamics and Nrf2 Signaling Contribute to Compromised Responses to Oxidative Stress in Striatal Cells Expressing Full-Length Mutant Huntingtin
title Impaired Mitochondrial Dynamics and Nrf2 Signaling Contribute to Compromised Responses to Oxidative Stress in Striatal Cells Expressing Full-Length Mutant Huntingtin
title_full Impaired Mitochondrial Dynamics and Nrf2 Signaling Contribute to Compromised Responses to Oxidative Stress in Striatal Cells Expressing Full-Length Mutant Huntingtin
title_fullStr Impaired Mitochondrial Dynamics and Nrf2 Signaling Contribute to Compromised Responses to Oxidative Stress in Striatal Cells Expressing Full-Length Mutant Huntingtin
title_full_unstemmed Impaired Mitochondrial Dynamics and Nrf2 Signaling Contribute to Compromised Responses to Oxidative Stress in Striatal Cells Expressing Full-Length Mutant Huntingtin
title_short Impaired Mitochondrial Dynamics and Nrf2 Signaling Contribute to Compromised Responses to Oxidative Stress in Striatal Cells Expressing Full-Length Mutant Huntingtin
title_sort impaired mitochondrial dynamics and nrf2 signaling contribute to compromised responses to oxidative stress in striatal cells expressing full-length mutant huntingtin
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3585875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23469253
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057932
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