Partial inhibition of mitochondrial complex I ameliorates Alzheimer’s disease pathology and cognition in APP/PS1 female mice

Andrea Stojakovic; Sergey Trushin; Anthony Sheu; Layla Khalili; Su Youne Chang; Xing Li; Trace Christensen; Jeffrey L. Salisbury; Rachel E. Geroux; Benjamin Gateno; Padraig J. Flannery; Mrunal Dehankar; Cory C. Funk; Jordan Wilkins; Anna Stepanova; Tara O’Hagan; Alexander Galkin; Jarred Nesbitt; Xiujuan Zhu; Utkarsh Tripathi; Slobodan Macura; Tamar Tchkonia; Tamar Pirtskhalava; James L. Kirkland; Rachel A. Kudgus; Renee A. Schoon; Joel M. Reid; Yu Yamazaki; Takahisa Kanekiyo; Song Zhang; Emirhan Nemutlu; Petras Dzeja; Adam Jaspersen; Ye In Christopher Kwon; Michael K. Lee; Eugenia Trushina

doi:10.1038/s42003-020-01584-y

Partial inhibition of mitochondrial complex I ameliorates Alzheimer’s disease pathology and cognition in APP/PS1 female mice

Andrea Stojakovic, Sergey Trushin, Anthony Sheu, Layla Khalili, Su Youne Chang, Xing Li, Trace Christensen, Jeffrey L. Salisbury, Rachel E. Geroux, Benjamin Gateno, Padraig J. Flannery, Mrunal Dehankar, Cory C. Funk, Jordan Wilkins, Anna Stepanova, Tara O’Hagan, Alexander Galkin, Jarred Nesbitt, Xiujuan Zhu, Utkarsh TripathiSlobodan Macura, Tamar Tchkonia, Tamar Pirtskhalava, James L. Kirkland, Rachel A. Kudgus, Renee A. Schoon, Joel M. Reid, Yu Yamazaki, Takahisa Kanekiyo, Song Zhang, Emirhan Nemutlu, Petras Dzeja, Adam Jaspersen, Ye In Christopher Kwon, Michael K. Lee, Eugenia Trushina

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Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder without a cure. Here we show that mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I is an important small molecule druggable target in AD. Partial inhibition of complex I triggers the AMP-activated protein kinase-dependent signaling network leading to neuroprotection in symptomatic APP/PS1 female mice, a translational model of AD. Treatment of symptomatic APP/PS1 mice with complex I inhibitor improved energy homeostasis, synaptic activity, long-term potentiation, dendritic spine maturation, cognitive function and proteostasis, and reduced oxidative stress and inflammation in brain and periphery, ultimately blocking the ongoing neurodegeneration. Therapeutic efficacy in vivo was monitored using translational biomarkers FDG-PET, ³¹P NMR, and metabolomics. Cross-validation of the mouse and the human transcriptomic data from the NIH Accelerating Medicines Partnership–AD database demonstrated that pathways improved by the treatment in APP/PS1 mice, including the immune system response and neurotransmission, represent mechanisms essential for therapeutic efficacy in AD patients.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	61
Journal	Communications Biology
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01584-y
State	Published - Dec 2021

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Stojakovic, A., Trushin, S., Sheu, A., Khalili, L., Chang, S. Y., Li, X., Christensen, T., Salisbury, J. L., Geroux, R. E., Gateno, B., Flannery, P. J., Dehankar, M., Funk, C. C., Wilkins, J., Stepanova, A., O’Hagan, T., Galkin, A., Nesbitt, J., Zhu, X., ... Trushina, E. (2021). Partial inhibition of mitochondrial complex I ameliorates Alzheimer’s disease pathology and cognition in APP/PS1 female mice. Communications Biology, 4(1), Article 61. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01584-y

Stojakovic, A, Trushin, S, Sheu, A, Khalili, L, Chang, SY, Li, X, Christensen, T, Salisbury, JL, Geroux, RE, Gateno, B, Flannery, PJ, Dehankar, M, Funk, CC, Wilkins, J, Stepanova, A, O’Hagan, T, Galkin, A, Nesbitt, J, Zhu, X, Tripathi, U, Macura, S , Tchkonia, T, Pirtskhalava, T, Kirkland, JL, Kudgus, RA, Schoon, RA, Reid, JM, Yamazaki, Y, Kanekiyo, T, Zhang, S, Nemutlu, E, Dzeja, P, Jaspersen, A, Kwon, YIC, Lee, MK & Trushina, E 2021, 'Partial inhibition of mitochondrial complex I ameliorates Alzheimer’s disease pathology and cognition in APP/PS1 female mice', Communications Biology, vol. 4, no. 1, 61. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01584-y

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