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The Journal of Neuroscience, June 15, 1998, 18(12):4439-4450

Increased Sensitivity to Mitochondrial Toxin-Induced Apoptosis in Neural Cells Expressing Mutant Presenilin-1 Is Linked to Perturbed Calcium Homeostasis and Enhanced Oxyradical Production

Jeffrey N. Keller^{1, 2}, Qing Guo², F. W. Holtsberg¹, A. J. Bruce-Keller², and Mark P. Mattson²

¹ Molecular and Cellular Biology Group, Department of Biology, and ² Sanders Brown Research Center on Aging and Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536

Many cases of autosomal dominant early onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) result from mutations in the gene encoding presenilin-1 (PS-1). PS-1 is an integral membrane protein expressed ubiquitously in neurons throughout the brain in which it is located primarily in endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Although the pathogenic mechanism of PS-1 mutations is unknown, recent findings suggest that PS mutations render neurons vulnerable to apoptosis. Because increasing evidence indicates that mitochondrial alterations contribute to neuronal death in AD, we tested the hypothesis that PS-1 mutations sensitize neurons to mitochondrial failure. PC12 cell lines expressing a PS-1 mutation (L286V) exhibited increased sensitivity to apoptosis induced by 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP) and malonate, inhibitors of succinate dehydrogenase, compared with control cell lines and lines overexpressing wild-type PS-1. The apoptosis-enhancing action of mutant PS-1 was prevented by antioxidants (propyl gallate and glutathione), zVAD-fmk, and cyclosporin A, indicating requirements of reactive oxygen species (ROS), caspases, and mitochondrial permeability transition in the cell death process. 3-NP induced a rapid elevation of [Ca²⁺]_i, which was followed by caspase activation, accumulation of ROS, and decreases in mitochondrial reducing potential and transmembrane potential in cells expressing mutant PS-1. The calcium chelator BAPTA AM and agents that block calcium release from ER and influx through voltage-dependent channels prevented mitochondrial ROS accumulation and membrane depolarization and apoptosis. Our data suggest that by perturbing subcellular calcium homeostasis presenilin mutations sensitize neurons to mitochondria-based forms of apoptosis that involve oxidative stress.

Key words: Alzheimer's disease; amyloid; caspase; dantrolene; glutathione; malonate; membrane permeability transition; nifedipine; 3-nitropropionic acid; peroxynitrite

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