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SUBMITTER: Weir HJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3491018 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Weir Heather J M HJ Murray Tracey K TK Kehoe Patrick G PG Love Seth S Verdin Eric M EM O'Neill Michael J MJ Lane Jon D JD Balthasar Nina N
PloS one 20121106 11
Progressive mitochondrial dysfunction contributes to neuronal degeneration in age-mediated disease. An essential regulator of mitochondrial function is the deacetylase, sirtuin 3 (SIRT3). Here we investigate a role for CNS Sirt3 in mitochondrial responses to reactive oxygen species (ROS)- and Alzheimer's disease (AD)-mediated stress. Pharmacological augmentation of mitochondrial ROS increases Sirt3 expression in primary hippocampal culture with SIRT3 over-expression being neuroprotective. Furthe ...[more]