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Volume 17, Number 3, Issue of February 1, 1997 pp. 1046-1054
Copyright ©1997 Society for Neuroscience

Amyloid beta -Peptide Impairs Glucose Transport in Hippocampal and Cortical Neurons: Involvement of Membrane Lipid Peroxidation

Robert J. Mark1, Zhen Pang1, James W. Geddes1, Koji Uchida2, and Mark P. Mattson1

1 Sanders-Brown Research Center on Aging and Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536, and 2 Laboratory of Food and Biodynamics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-01 Japan

ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
MATERIALS AND METHODS
RESULTS
DISCUSSION
FOOTNOTES
REFERENCES

ABSTRACT

A deficit in glucose uptake and a deposition of amyloid beta -peptide (Abeta ) each occur in vulnerable brain regions in Alzheimer's disease (AD). It is not known whether mechanistic links exist between Abeta deposition and impaired glucose transport. We now report that Abeta impairs glucose transport in cultured rat hippocampal and cortical neurons by a mechanism involving membrane lipid peroxidation. Abeta impaired 3H-deoxy-glucose transport in a concentration-dependent manner and with a time course preceding neurodegeneration. The decrease in glucose transport was followed by a decrease in cellular ATP levels. Impairment of glucose transport, ATP depletion, and cell death were each prevented in cultures pretreated with antioxidants. Exposure to FeSO4, an established inducer of lipid peroxidation, also impaired glucose transport. Immunoprecipitation and Western blot analyses showed that exposure of cultures to Abeta induced conjugation of 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE), an aldehydic product of lipid peroxidation, to the neuronal glucose transport protein GLUT3. HNE induced a concentration-dependent impairment of glucose transport and subsequent ATP depletion. Impaired glucose transport was not caused by a decreased energy demand in the neurons, because ouabain, which inhibits Na+/K+-ATPase activity and thereby reduces neuronal ATP hydrolysis rate, had little or no effect on glucose transport. Collectively, the data demonstrate that lipid peroxidation mediates Abeta -induced impairment of glucose transport in neurons and suggest that this action of Abeta may contribute to decreased glucose uptake and neuronal degeneration in AD.

Key words: Alzheimer's disease; apoptosis; excitotoxicity; GLUT3; hydroxynonenal; mitochondrial ATP

INTRODUCTION

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by gradual impairment of memory function and accumulation of neurofibrillary tangles and neuritic plaques in brain regions subserving cognitive functions (for review, see Selkoe, 1993). A consistent feature of AD patients, detected by brain imaging methods, is impairment of glucose uptake in brain regions that exhibit neuritic plaques (Hoyer et al., 1988; Kalaria and Harik, 1989; Sims, 1990; Jagust et al., 1991). Studies of persons genetically at risk for AD suggest that reduced glucose uptake may occur early in the disease process before neuronal degeneration (Pettegrew et al., 1994; Kennedy et al., 1995; Reiman et al., 1996). Moreover, large decreases in the activities of two major mitochondrial enzyme systems, pyruvate dehydrogenase complex and ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex, have been reported (for review, see Blass, 1993). When glucose uptake into neurons is compromised, mitocondrial production of ATP is suppressed, resulting in increased vulnerability to excitotoxic calcium overload (Novelli et al., 1988; Cheng and Mattson, 1992a,b), a mechanism of cell injury implicated in the pathogenesis of AD (for reviews, see Greenamyre and Young, 1989; Mattson et al., 1993a). Glucose uptake in the brain is mediated by specific transport proteins: GLUT1 in endothelial cells and GLUT3 in neurons (Simpson et al., 1994a). Recent data suggest that levels of these transporters are decreased in AD brain (Simpson et al., 1994b; Harr et al., 1995).

The major component of neuritic plaques is amyloid beta -peptide (Abeta ), a 40-42 amino acid proteolytic fragment of the beta -amyloid precursor protein (beta APP) (Selkoe, 1993). Molecular genetic studies have causally linked beta APP mutations to some inherited forms of AD (for review, see Mullan and Crawford, 1993); the mutations may promote increased production of Abeta (Citron et al., 1992; Cai et al., 1993; Suzuki et al., 1994). Transgenic mice expressing a mutated form of human beta APP exhibit age-dependent and brain region-specific deposition of Abeta that is associated with neuronal degeneration (Games et al., 1995; Hsaio et al., 1996). Abeta , and an 11 amino acid fragment thereof (Abeta 25-35), can be neurotoxic by a mechanism linked to peptide fibril formation (for review, see Yankner, 1996). The mechanism of Abeta toxicity may involve membrane lipid peroxidation (Behl et al., 1994; Butterfield et al., 1994), disruption of ion homeostasis (Mattson et al., 1992, 1993b), and apoptosis (Loo et al., 1993). Lipid peroxidation induced by Abeta has been linked to impairment of membrane transport and signaling systems, including ion-motive ATPases (Mark et al., 1995a), glutamate transporters (Harris et al., 1996; Keller et al., 1997), and the muscarinic cholinergic acetylcholine receptor-GTP-binding protein system (Kelly et al., 1996).

Oxidative stress is prevalent in AD brain: levels of protein (Smith et al., 1991) and lipid (Lovell et al., 1995) oxidation are increased in vulnerable regions and advanced glycation end products are associated with neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (for review, see Smith et al., 1995). 4-Hydroxynonenal (HNE), an aldehydic product of lipid peroxidation, is neurotoxic (Montine et al., 1996; Mark et al., 1997) and can impair ion-motive ATPase activities and disrupt calcium homeostasis in cultured hippocampal neurons (Mark et al., 1997). We now report that Abeta impairs glucose uptake and depresses ATP levels in cultured rat hippocampal and cortical neurons, and provide evidence that this action of Abeta is mediated by membrane lipid peroxidation and conjugation of HNE to GLUT3.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Cell culture, experimental treatments, and quantification of neuron survival. Primary hippocampal and cortical cell cultures were established from embryonic rats (day 18 of gestation), as detailed elsewhere (Mattson et al., 1995). Cells were plated into polyethyleneimine-coated plastic culture dishes at a density of 70-120/mm2. The cultures were maintained in Eagle's minimum essential medium supplemented with 10% (v/v) heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum (Life Technologies, Gaithersburg, MD), 20 mM KCl, and 1 mM pyruvate. The atmosphere consisted of 6% CO2/94% room air and was maintained near saturation with water. Experiments were performed in cultures that had been maintained for 6-10 d. With these culture conditions, ~90% of the cells are neurons and the remaining cells are astrocytes, as judged by characteristic morphology and differential immunoreactivity with antibodies to neuron-specific (neurofilament, MAP2, and tau) and astrocyte-specific (glial fibrillary acidic protein and S-100beta ) proteins (Mattson et al., 1993b, 1995). In some experiments, cultures were prepared that contained only neurons or only astrocytes. Pure neuronal cultures were prepared by maintaining the embryonic cell cultures in serum-free medium (Neurobasal, Life Technologies). Pure astrocyte cultures were prepared by plating cells from postnatal rat cerebral cortex in uncoated plastic culture dishes and changing the serum-containing medium daily.

Immediately before experimental treatment, the culture maintenance medium was replaced with Locke's solution containing (in mM): 154 NaCl, 5.6 KCl, 2.3 CaCl2, 1.0 MgCl2, 3.6 NaHCO3, 10 glucose, 5 HEPES buffer, pH 7.2. Abeta 25-35 (lot ZM513) and Abeta 1-40 (lot ZK600) were purchased from Bachem. Peptides were stored lyophilized, and 1 mM stocks (in water) were prepared 2-4 hr before use. HNE was purchased from Caymen Chemical (Ann Arbor, MI). Ouabain, n-propyl gallate, phloretin, and protein A-acrylic beads were purchased from Sigma (St. Louis, MO). Neuron survival was quantified by counting the number of viable neurons in premarked microscope fields before and at indicated time points after exposure to experimental treatments, as described previously (Mattson et al., 1992, 1995).

Glucose transport assay. Uptake of [3H]-glucose was performed using a variation of the method of Horner et al. (1990). Before the addition of experimental treatments, the cultures were switched to Locke's solution. After treatments and just before the uptake assay, cultures were switched to glucose-free Locke's solution by first washing them three times with glucose-free Locke's. The assay was started by the addition of 1.5 µCi of [3H]-2-deoxy-glucose (New England Nuclear), and cultures were maintained at 37°C. The assay was stopped 5 min later by aspiration of the supernatant and rapid washing with PBS (three rinses, 5-7 sec/rinse). Cells were lysed in 200 µl of a 0.5N NaOH/0.05% SDS solution; 10 µl was used for protein determination (Pierce BCA kit; Pierce, Rockford, IL), and the remainder was counted in a Packard 2500TR liquid scintillation counter. Data are expressed as cpm [3H]-2-deoxy-glucose per milligram protein per minute.

Immunoprecipitation and Western blot analysis. Immunoprecipitations were performed as described (Barger and Mattson, 1996). Briefly, after treatment cultures were lysed in RIPA buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl, 10% glycerol, 1% Triton X-100, 150 mM NaCl, 100 mM NaF, 5 mM EDTA, 2 mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, 1 mM sodium orthovanadate, and 1 µg/ml leupeptin, pH 7.5). GLUT3 protein was immunoprecipitated from 400 µg of total cellular protein using a polyclonal antibody directed against a C-terminus peptide of GLUT3 (Chemicon, Temecula, CA). The antibody-lysate solution was left overnight at 4°C on a rotary shaker, and the antibody-antigen complex was then pelleted using protein A linked to acrylic beads. The pellet was washed three times with ice-cold RIPA buffer, and the final pellet was suspended in 2× Laemmli sample buffer. Samples were boiled for 3 min and centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 30 sec, and the supernatant was loaded on a 7.5% SDS-PAGE gel. Protein was transferred to nitrocellulose, and the blot was incubated with a rabbit polyclonal antibody generated against HNE-protein conjugates (Uchida et al., 1993). The blot was processed further using HRP-conjugated secondary antibody and a chemiluminescence detection method (Amersham, Arlington Heights, IL).

Immunocytochemistry. Cells were fixed for 30 min in PBS containing 4% paraformaldehyde (4°C). Membranes were permeabilized by exposing the fixed cells to PBS containing 0.2% Triton X-100. Cells were then incubated sequentially in PBS solutions containing blocking serum (1% normal goat serum), primary anti-GLUT3 antibody (1:500; 4 hr), biotinylated anti-rabbit secondary antibody (Vector Labs, Burlingame, CA; 1 hr), avidin-peroxidase complex (Vector Labs; 30 min), and diaminobenzidine-tetrahydrochloride (Sigma; 5 min).

Quantification of cellular ATP levels. ATP levels were quantified using a luciferin/luciferase-based assay. Cells were exposed to experimental treatments in Locke's solution. To begin the assay, cells were rinsed with PBS and lysed with 0.2 ml of ATP-releasing buffer (Sigma); 10 µl of the lysate was taken for protein determination. ATP concentrations in lysates were quantified using an ATP Bioluminescence Assay Kit CH II (Boehringer Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany) and a luminometer (Optocomp I, MGM Instruments) according to the manufacturers' protocols. A standard curve was generated using solutions of known ATP concentrations; samples were diluted so that readings fell within the linear range. ATP levels were expressed as nanomole ATP per microgram protein.

RESULTS

Abeta impairs glucose transport in hippocampal and cortical neurons

Preliminary studies showed that, as expected from previous studies (Horner et al., 1990), >90% of the [3H]-glucose uptake in both hippocampal and cortical cells was blocked by phloretin, indicating mediation by a specific glucose transporter. Levels of [3H]-glucose uptake were (cpm · mg-1 · min-1): untreated control hippocampal cultures, 35,400 ± 580; hippocampal cultures exposed to 100 µM phloretin, 1908 ± 144; control cortical cultures, 16,500 ± 1300; cortical cultures exposed to 100 µM phloretin, 1372 ± 179; n = 6. The basal rate of glucose uptake in hippocampal cells was greater than twofold the rate of uptake in cortical cells (p < 0.001; paired t test; Fig. 1A). Exposure of cultures to increasing concentrations of Abeta 25-35 for 2 hr resulted in concentration-dependent decreases in the rate of uptake of [3H]-deoxy-glucose in both hippocampal and cortical cells (Fig. 1A). The minimum concentration of Abeta 25-35 required to induce a significant decrease in glucose transport was 5 µM in hippocampal cells and 10 µM in cortical cells. The extent of inhibition of glucose transport in cultures exposed to 50 µM Abeta 25-35 was ~65% in hippocampal cells and 50% in cortical cells. The time courses of impairment of glucose transport in hippocampal and cortical cultures exposed to 10 µM Abeta 25-35 were similar, with the first significant decrease occurring within 2 hr of exposure and a further decline to ~50% inhibition by 3 hr (Fig. 1B). Between 4 and 10 hr of exposure to Abeta 25-35, the rate of decrease in glucose transport slowed considerably. Impairment of glucose transport in cultures exposed to Abeta 25-35 preceded cell degeneration; there was no significant cell loss during a 6 hr exposure to 10 µM Abeta 25-35, and ~20% reduction in survival during a 12 hr exposure (Fig. 1C). Previous studies have shown that Abeta 25-35 and Abeta 1-40 exhibit similar neurotoxic profiles with similar, if not identical, mechanisms of action (Yankner et al., 1990; Mattson et al., 1992; Pike et al., 1993; Mark et al., 1995a). In the present study we found that, as expected, Abeta 1-40 also significantly decreased glucose uptake in a concentration-dependent manner during a 6 hr exposure period (Fig. 1D). Exposure of hippocampal cultures to 50 µM of inactive (nontoxic) "overaged" Abeta 25-35 (Mattson, 1995) for time periods of up to 10 hr had no significant effect on glucose transport (data not shown), further suggesting a link between impairment of glucose transport and neurotoxicity of the peptide.
Fig. 1. Abeta induces a concentration-dependent decrease in glucose uptake in hippocampal and cortical cell cultures with a time course that precedes cell death. A, Neocortical and hippocampal cell cultures were exposed for 2 hr to vehicle or the indicated concentrations of Abeta 25-35, and cellular uptake of [3H]-glucose uptake was quantified. Values are the mean and SD of determinations made in six separate cultures. *p < 0.01, **p < 0.001 for hippocampal cultures; #p < 0.01 for cortical cultures, compared to cultures exposed to vehicle (0 [Abeta ]). B, Cortical and hippocampal cultures were exposed to 10 µM Abeta 25-35 for the indicated time periods, and [3H]-glucose uptake was quantified. Values represent the mean and SD of determinations made in four to seven separate cultures. The decrease in glucose uptake was significant for both cortical and hippocampal cultures at the 2 hr (p < 0.05), and 4, 6, and 10 hr (p < 0.01) time points. ANOVA with Scheffe's post hoc tests. C, Hippocampal cultures were exposed to vehicle or 10 µM Abeta 25-35 for the indicated time periods, and neuronal survival was quantified (see Materials and Methods). Values represent the mean and SD of five separate cultures. *p < 0.005 (ANOVA with Scheffe's post hoc test). D, Hippocampal cultures were exposed for 6 hr to Abeta 1-40 at the indicated concentrations, and [3H]-glucose uptake was quantified. Values represent the mean and SD of determinations made in four separate cultures. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001 compared to control (0 Abeta ) value. ANOVA with Scheffe's post hoc analysis.
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Evidence that oxidative stress mediates Abeta -induced inhibition of glucose transport

Previous studies showed that Abeta can induce membrane lipid peroxidation in cultured neurons and that antioxidants can protect neurons against Abeta toxicity (Behl et al., 1994; Butterfield et al., 1994; Goodman and Mattson, 1994; Goodman et al., 1996) and Abeta -induced impairment of ion-motive ATPase activity (Mark et al., 1995a). When hippocampal and cortical cultures were exposed to 50 µM FeSO4 (2 hr), an agent that induces hydroxyl radical production and lipid peroxidation (Zhang et al., 1993; Goodman et al., 1996), a highly significant 50-60% decrease in glucose transport occurred (Fig. 2). Pretreatment of cultures with 10 µM of the antioxidant n-propyl gallate or 50 µg/ml vitamin E resulted in complete prevention of Abeta 25-35-induced impairment of glucose transport (Fig. 2), indicating the involvement of free radicals in this action of Abeta 25-35. Because Abeta can impair Na+/K+-ATPase activity (Mark et al., 1995a), the major utilizer of cellular ATP (Sweadner, 1989), it was conceivable that reduced glucose transport after exposure to Abeta resulted from a reduced demand of the cells for ATP. We therefore examined the effects of ouabain, a specific inhibitor of the Na+/K+-ATPase, on glucose transport rate. We exposed cultures to a concentration of ouabain (10 µM) that resulted, as we showed previously, in a 50% reduction in Na+/K+-ATPase activity in hippocampal cell cultures, a level of inhibition equivalent to that induced by 10 µM Abeta 25-35 (Mark et al., 1995a). A 2 hr exposure to ouabain had no significant effect on glucose transport in either hippocampal or cortical cells (Fig. 2).
Fig. 2. Evidence for the involvement of reactive oxygen species in Abeta -induced impairment of glucose uptake. Hippocampal and cortical cultures were pretreated for 16 hr with vehicle or 50 µg/ml vitamin E (Vit E), or for 2 hr with 10 µM n-propyl gallate (nPG). Cultures were then exposed for 2 hr to water (Control), 50 µM Abeta 25-35, 10 µM ouabain, or 50 µM FeSO4. The levels of [3H]-glucose uptake were quantified, and values (expressed as percentage of control) represent the mean and SD of determinations made in at least eight separate cultures. *p < 0.01 compared to control cultures; **p < 0.001 compared to Abeta -treated cultures. ANOVA with Scheffe's post hoc analysis.
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Abeta decreases cellular ATP levels

To determine whether the level of impairment of glucose transport induced by Abeta was sufficient to cause a decrease in intracellular ATP levels, we quantified ATP levels in cultured cortical cells at different time points after exposure to 10 µM Abeta 25-35. Abeta 25-35 induced a time-dependent decrease in ATP levels, with the first significant (20%) decrease occurring at the 4 hr time point (Fig. 3A). ATP levels thereafter declined at a very slow rate through 10 hr of exposure to Abeta 25-35, with levels being reduced by 25-30% at that time point. Thus, impairment of glucose transport (Fig. 1B) precedes depletion of cellular ATP. If Abeta -induced impairment of glucose transport is mechanistically relevant to Abeta -induced neurotoxicity, then partial inhibition of glucose uptake by phloretin should cause toxicity. Phloretin induced a concentration-dependent neurotoxicity in hippocampal cell cultures (Fig. 3B).
Fig. 3. A, Abeta induces a decrease in cellular ATP levels with a time course that follows impairment of glucose uptake. Neocortical cultures were exposed to 10 µM Abeta 25-35 for the indicated time periods and intracellular ATP levels were quantified (see Materials and Methods). Additional cultures were exposed to 5 µM phloretin for 2 hr. Values are expressed as percentage of the value in untreated control cultures and represent the mean and SD of determinations made in 5-15 separate cultures. *p < 0.05 compared to control cultures; ANOVA with Fischer's post hoc analysis. The level of ATP in untreated control cultures was 29.2 ± 0.98 nmol ATP/mg protein. B, Phloretin induces a time- and concentration-dependent decrease in neuronal survival. Hippocampal cultures were exposed to the indicated concentrations of phloretin, and neuronal survival was determined 3 and 20 hr later. Values represent the mean and SD from five separate cultures. *p < 0.01, **p < 0.001 as compared to control cultures. ANOVA with Scheffe's post hoc analysis.
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Involvement of the lipid peroxidation product HNE in Abeta -induced impairment of glucose transport

We reported previously that Abeta induces the production of HNE, a cytotoxic product of lipid peroxidation (Esterbauer et al., 1991), in cultured rat hippocampal neurons (Mark et al., 1997). In the latter study we also showed that HNE impairs Na+/K+-ATPase activity and is neurotoxic. To determine whether HNE plays a role in impairment of glucose transport induced by Abeta , we determined whether HNE would impair glucose transport. Exposure of cultures to increasing concentrations of HNE for 3 hr resulted in a concentration-dependent inhibition of glucose transport (Fig. 4A). One micromolar HNE had no significant effect on glucose transport, whereas 10 and 100 µM HNE reduced glucose transport by 70% and 90%, respectively. Impairment of glucose transport occurred more rapidly in cells exposed to HNE than in cells exposed to Abeta such that a maximal decrease was observed within 3 hr of exposure to HNE, whereas it took 6-12 hr to observe maximal decreases in cells exposed to Abeta 25-35 (Figs. 1B, 4A; and data not shown). The impairment of glucose transport activity was specific to HNE, because other aldehydic by-products of lipid peroxidation (pentanal, hexanal, heptanal, octanal, and nonanal) had little or no effect even at the very high concentration of 250 µM (Fig. 4B). Trans-2-nonenal (250 µM) did cause a significant decrease in glucose transport, although 10 µM of this aldehyde did not impair glucose transport (data not shown).
Fig. 4. HNE impairs glucose uptake in hippocampal cell cultures. A, Cultures were exposed for 3 hr to the indicated concentrations of HNE, and [3H]-glucose uptake was quantified. Values represent the mean and SD of determinations made in five separate cultures. *p < 0.005. B, Other aldehydic products of lipid peroxidation have no effect on the rate of glucose uptake. Cortical cultures were treated with 10 µM HNE or 250 µM of the indicated aldehydes for 3 hr, and [3H]-glucose uptake was quantified. Values are the mean and SD of determinations made in six separate cultures. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001 compared to control cultures. ANOVA with Scheffe's post hoc analysis.
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HNE is known to conjugate to lysine, histidine, and cysteine residues of proteins, and this interaction can impair the functions of those proteins (Uchida and Stadtman, 1992; Uchida et al., 1993; Siems et al., 1996; Mark et al., 1997). In preliminary studies we found that, consistent with previous in situ hybridization and immunocytochemical studies in adult rodent brain and cerebellar cell cultures (Maher and Simpson, 1994a,b; Simpson et al., 1994a; Maher et al., 1996), GLUT3 is expressed at high levels in cultured hippocampal neurons (Figs. 5, 6). GLUT1 immunoreactivity was not detectable in Western blot analysis of protein from our hippocampal or cortical cultures (data not shown). GLUT3 immunoreactivity was not present in astrocytes (Fig. 5), consistent with GLUT2 mediating glucose uptake in astrocytes (Simpson et al., 1994a). To determine whether HNE can conjugate directly to GLUT3, and whether Abeta can induce such conjugation, we used immunoprecipitation and Western blot analyses using antibodies to GLUT3 and HNE. Cultures were exposed for 4 hr to vehicle, 10 µM Abeta 25-35, or 10 µM HNE. Cell proteins were then immunoprecipitated with a GLUT3 antibody and then Western-blotted using an anti-HNE antibody. A single HNE immunoreactive band at the molecular weight of GLUT3 (45 kDa) was observed in the cultures exposed to HNE and Abeta but not in control cultures (Fig. 6).

Fig. 5. GLUT3 is expressed at high levels in cultured hippocampal neurons. Shown are phase-contrast (left) and bright-field (right) micrographs of cultured hippocampal neurons (top) and cortical astrocytes (bottom) immunostained with an antibody to GLUT3. Note that neurons exhibit considerable GLUT3 immunoreactivity, whereas astrocytes do not. Arrowheads point to neuron cell bodies (top panels).
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Fig. 6. Abeta induces HNE production and conjugation to the glucose transporter. Neocortical cultures were exposed for 4 hr to 10 µM Abeta 25-35 (A), 10 µM HNE (H), or vehicle (V). Solubilized total cell protein was immunoprecipitated with an antibody against the glucose transporter, and the antibody-bound proteins were separated by SDS-PAGE, transferred to nitrocellulose, and immunoreacted with an HNE antibody (see Materials and Methods).
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DISCUSSION

The present data demonstrate that Abeta can impair glucose uptake in cultured hippocampal and cortical neurons by a mechanism involving HNE, an aldehydic product of membrane lipid peroxidation. Abeta decreased the rate of glucose transport in a concentration-dependent manner; effective concentrations were in the range shown to be neurotoxic in the present study and previous studies (Yankner et al., 1990; Mattson et al., 1993b; Pike et al., 1993). The decrease in glucose transport after exposure to Abeta was relatively rapid, occurring within 1-2 hr of exposure, and preceded neurotoxicity, which did not become evident until after 6 hr of exposure. This time frame of impairment of glucose transport is consistent with a post-translational effect on function of the transporter, rather than an effect on expression of the transport protein. Our Western blot analysis of GLUT3 protein after Abeta treatment showed no change in GLUT3 protein levels, even after 6 hr of treatment (data not shown). FeSO4 and HNE also reduced glucose transport within 2 hr of exposure, and the antioxidants n-propyl gallate and vitamin E blocked impairment of glucose transport by Abeta , suggesting the involvement of oxyradical-mediated damage to the transporter. The observations that Abeta induced HNE production and conjugation to GLUT3, and HNE impaired glucose transport, further suggest a major role for lipid peroxidation in compromise of glucose transporter function. The concentrations of HNE produced in cultured hippocampal cells exposed to Abeta are in the range of 1-10 µM (Mark et al., 1997), concentrations that in the present study impaired glucose transport.

Abeta -induced impairment of glucose transport preceded the decrease in cellular ATP levels, suggesting the possibility that the reduced glucose uptake was causally linked to ATP depletion. With the same hippocampal culture system used in the present study, we showed previously that cellular ATP levels decrease by >30% within 1 hr after glucose withdrawal (Mattson et al., 1993c). In the present study we showed that phloretin, a specific inhibitor of glucose transport (Yokota et al., 1983), caused a decrease in cellular ATP levels. Thus, inhibition of glucose transport is sufficient to account for the suppressive effects of Abeta and HNE on cellular ATP levels. Previous studies have shown that Abeta impairs mitochondrial activity, as indicated by a decreased ability of neurons and synaptosomes exposed to Abeta to reduce the compound 3-(4:5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2:5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) (Shearman et al., 1994; Keller et al., 1997). Although not established in the present study, it is conceivable that reduced glucose availability to mitochondria may contribute to the observed decrease in MTT reduction. Metabolic impairment is known to increase neuronal vulnerability to excitotoxicity (Novelli et al., 1988; Bowling and Beal, 1995). Neuronal death induced by glucose deprivation involves activation of NMDA receptors and calcium overload (Cheng and Mattson, 1992a). Impairment of glucose transport may therefore provide an explanation for the fact that exposure of cultured neurons to Abeta increases their vulnerability to excitotoxicity (Koh et al., 1990; Mattson et al., 1992). Zhang et al. (1996) recently reported that Abeta 1-40 induced a relatively slow decrease in ATP levels in cultured primary neurons that did not occur until after 6 hr of exposure; the rate of glucose utilization fell only slightly during the first 18 hr of exposure to Abeta 1-40. 3H-glucose transport was not examined in the latter study. In the present study we found that the time course of impairment of glucose transport in neurons exposed to Abeta 1-40 was slower than in neurons exposed to Abeta 25-35, and in general we find that Abeta 25-35 is more potent than Abeta 1-40 in various cytotoxicity assays (e.g., Mark et al., 1995a). Differences in time course and concentration-dependence of the neurotoxic actions of Abeta , however, have previously been related to lot-to-lot variability in the aggregation kinetics of different batches of Abeta (May et al., 1992), which may explain the quantitative differences between our data and those of Zhang et al. (1996).

Taken together with previous findings (Behl et al., 1994; Butterfield et al., 1994; Mark et al., 1995a, 1997; Goodman et al., 1996; Harris et al., 1996), the present data suggest a scenario in which Abeta induces membrane lipid peroxidation and generation of HNE. HNE then binds to membrane proteins involved in transport of ions (Na+/K+-ATPase and Ca2+-ATPase) (Mark et al., 1995a, 1997), glutamate (Keller et al., 1997), and glucose and impairs their function. Impairment of the Na+/K+-ATPase results in membrane depolarization and promotes Ca2+ influx through NMDA receptors and voltage-dependent channels. Impairment of glutamate transport results in excessive accumulation of extracellular glutamate, with consequent overstimulation of glutamate receptors. Impairment of glucose transport results in ATP depletion, compromise of ion-motive ATPase function, and increased vulnerability to excitotoxic and oxidative insults. Previous studies have shown that Abeta (Koh et al., 1990; Mattson et al., 1992), HNE (Mark et al., 1997), and ouabain (Brines et al., 1995; Calabresi et al., 1995) increase neuronal vulnerability to excitotoxicity. Abeta (Loo et al., 1993), HNE (Kruman et al., 1996), and ouabain (Mark et al., 1995a) each also induce apoptosis in cultured neurons, and such cell death can be suppressed by agents that suppress lipid peroxidation (Behl et al., 1994; Goodman and Mattson, 1994; Goodman et al., 1996), detoxify HNE (Mark et al., 1997), or stabilize ion homeostasis (Mark et al., 1995a,b). These data suggest pivotal roles for lipid peroxidation, HNE production, and disruption of ion homeostasis in neuronal apoptosis induced by Abeta .

By inducing ATP depletion, Abeta might also alter protein phosphorylation reactions mediated by various kinases that could contribute to certain aspects of the neurodegenerative process. For example, both Abeta and metabolic/excitotoxic insults have been shown to alter the phosphorylation of various cytoskeletal proteins, including the microtubule-associated protein tau, a key component of neurofibrillary tangles in AD (Ko et al., 1990; Mattson, 1990; Cheng and Mattson, 1992b; Busciglio et al., 1995; Smith-Swintosky et al., 1996).

Although studies of neurons in dissociated cell cultures cannot provide conclusive evidence for mechanisms operative in AD patients, the present data suggest that lipid peroxidation induced by Abeta may underlie the well documented impairment of glucose transport in AD brain. Evidence linking Abeta to increased oxidative stress in AD brain is accumulating and includes data that show the following: increased levels of lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation in brain regions where fibrillar Abeta accumulates (Smith et al., 1991; Lovell et al., 1995); the presence of advanced glycation end-products, markers of oxidative stress, in neuritic plaques (Smith et al., 1994; Vitek et al., 1994); and genetic and biochemical data suggesting impaired mitochondrial function in AD brain cells (for reviews, see Luft, 1994; Benzi and Moretti, 1995). Associations between Abeta deposition and impaired glucose transport in AD have not been established; however, brain imaging data indicate that deficits in glucose uptake are greatest in brain regions such as the temporal (entorhinal cortex and hippocampus) and parietal cortex (Piert et al., 1996), where there is the greatest amyloid burden (Cummings and Cotman, 1995). Studies of the inter-relationships of Abeta deposition, oxidative stress, glucose transport, and neuron degeneration in transgenic mice expressing human beta APP mutations (Games et al., 1995; Hsaio et al., 1996) may prove useful in establishing sequences of events and cause-effect relationships in the neurodegenerative process in AD.

FOOTNOTES

Received Sept. 25, 1996; revised Nov. 12, 1996; accepted Nov. 14, 1996.

  

This work was supported by grants to M.P.M. from National Institutes of Health (NS30583 and AG10836), the Alzheimer's Association (Zenith Award), and the Metropolitan Life Foundation; to J.W.G. from National Institutes of Health (AG05144); and a National Institute on Aging training grant fellowship to R.J.M. We thank S. Bose, W. Fu, R. Pelphrey, and J. G. Begley for technical assistance.

Correspondence should be addressed to Mark P. Mattson, 211 Sanders-Brown Building, University of Kentucky, 800 South Limestone, Lexington, KY 40536-0230.


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