Estrogen amelioration of Aβ-induced defects in mitochondria is mediated by mitochondrial signaling pathway involving ERβ, AKAP and Drp1

• Published in: Brain research Vol. 1616; pp. 101 - 111
• Main Authors: Sarkar, Saumyendra, Jun, Sujung, Simpkins, James W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 07-08-2015
• Subjects: A Kinase Anchor Proteins - genetics; A Kinase Anchor Proteins - metabolism; AKAP1; Alzheimer׳s disease; Amyloid beta-Peptides - pharmacology; Animals; Brain - cytology; Cells, Cultured; Dendrites - drug effects; Dendrites - ultrastructure; Dynamins - metabolism; Embryo, Mammalian; Estrogen Receptor beta - genetics; Estrogen Receptor beta - metabolism; Estrogen receptor β; Estrogens - pharmacology; Humans; Mitochondria - drug effects; Mitochondrial Fission And Fusion; Mitochondrial Movement; Mitochondrial Proteins - metabolism; Neurology; Neurons - ultrastructure; Peptide Fragments - pharmacology; PKA; Rats; Signal Transduction - drug effects; Transfection; AD; DPN; ERβ; amyloid β; PKA; dynamine-related protein 1; Mitochondrial Fission And Fusion; Drp1; AKAP1; Aβ; Mitochondrial Movement; Diarylpropionitrile (2,3-bis(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-propionitrile); Alzheimer׳s Disease; PKA/AKAP1; protein kinase A/A kinase anchoring protein 1; estrogen receptor β; Estrogen receptor β; Alzheimer׳s disease
• ISSN: 0006-8993; 1872-6240
• DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2015.04.059

Abstract Perturbations in dynamic properties of mitochondria including fission, fusion, and movement lead to disruption of energy supply to synapses contributing to neuropathology and cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer׳s disease (AD). The molecular mechanisms underlying these defects are still unclear. Previously, we have shown that ERβ is localized in the mitochondria and ERβ knock down disrupts mitochondrial functions. Because a selective ERβ modulator (DPN) can activate PKA, and localized PKA signaling in the mitochondrial membrane regulates mitochondrial structure and functions, we reasoned that ERβ signaling in the mitochondrial membrane rescues many of the mitochondrial defects caused by soluble Aβ oligomer. We now report that DPN treatment in primary hippocampal neurons attenuates soluble Aβ-oligomer induced dendritic mitochondrial fission and reduced mobility. Additionally, Aβ treatment reduced the respiratory reserve capacity of hippocampal neuron and inhibited phosphorylation of Drp1 at its PKA site, which induces excessive mitochondrial fission, and DPN treatment ameliorates these inhibitions. Finally, we discovered a direct interaction of ERβ with a mitochondrial resident protein AKAP1, which induces the PKA-mediated local signaling pathway involved in increased oxidative phosphorylation and inhibition of mitochondrial fission. Taken together, our findings highlight the possibility that ERβ signaling pathway may be a useful mitochondria-directed therapeutic target for AD.