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ArticleScience advances2020

Neuronal metabolic rewiring promotes resilience to neurodegeneration caused by mitochondrial dysfunction.

E Motori, I Atanassov, S M V Kochan, K Folz-Donahue, V Sakthivelu, P Giavalisco, N Toni, J Puyal, N-G Larsson

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Article in Science advances, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 105 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

E MotoriDepartment of Mitochondrial Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, 50931 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5997-6866
I AtanassovProteomics Core Facility, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, 50931 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8259-2545
S M V KochanCologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), 50931 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3940-3483
K Folz-DonahueFACS & Imaging Core Facility, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, 50931 Cologne, Germany.
V SakthiveluCologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), 50931 Cologne, Germany.
P GiavaliscoMetabolomics Core Facility, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, 50931 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4636-1827
N ToniCenter for Psychiatric Neurosciences, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland.
J PuyalDepartment of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Lausanne, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8140-7026
N-G LarssonDepartment of Mitochondrial Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, 50931 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5100-996X
Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing · DECologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated Diseases · DEUniversity of Lausanne · CHKarolinska Institutet · SE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurodegeneration in mitochondrial disorders is considered irreversible because of limited metabolic plasticity in neurons, yet the cell-autonomous implications of mitochondrial dysfunction for neuronal metabolism in vivo are poorly understood. Here, we profiled the cell-specific proteome of Purkinje neurons undergoing progressive OXPHOS deficiency caused by disrupted mitochondrial fusion dynamics. We found that mitochondrial dysfunction triggers a profound rewiring of the proteomic landscape, culminating in the sequential activation of precise metabolic programs preceding cell death. Unexpectedly, we identified a marked induction of pyruvate carboxylase (PCx) and other anaplerotic enzymes involved in replenishing tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates. Suppression of PCx aggravated oxidative stress and neurodegeneration, showing that anaplerosis is protective in OXPHOS-deficient neurons. Restoration of mitochondrial fusion in end-stage degenerating neurons fully reversed these metabolic hallmarks, thereby preventing cell death. Our findings identify a previously unappreciated pathway conferring resilience to mitochondrial dysfunction and show that neurodegeneration can be reversed even at advanced disease stages.

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MitochondriaMitochondrial DiseasesCitric Acid CycleHumansNeuronsProteomics

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PMID32923630
PMCPMC7455195
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