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Absence of retbindin blocks glycolytic flux, disrupts metabolic homeostasis, and leads to photoreceptor degeneration.

ABSTRACT: We previously reported a model of progressive retinal degeneration resulting from the knockout of the retina-specific riboflavin binding protein, retbindin (Rtbdn ^-/- ). We also demonstrated a reduction in neural retinal flavins as a result of the elimination of RTBDN. Given the role of flavins in metabolism, herein we investigated the underlying mechanism of this retinal degeneration by performing metabolomic analyses on predegeneration at postnatal day (P) 45 and at the onset of functional degeneration in the P120 retinas. Metabolomics of hydrophilic metabolites revealed that individual glycolytic products accumulated in the P45 Rtbdn ^-/- neural retinas along with the elevation of pentose phosphate pathway, while TCA cycle intermediates remained unchanged. This was confirmed by using ¹³C-labeled flux measurements and immunoblotting, revealing that the key regulatory step of phosphoenolpyruvate to pyruvate was inhibited via down-regulation of the tetrameric pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2). Separate metabolite assessments revealed that almost all intermediates of acylcarnitine fatty acid oxidation, ceramides, sphingomyelins, and multiple toxic metabolites were significantly elevated in the predegeneration Rtbdn ^-/- neural retina. Our data show that lack of RTBDN, and hence reduction in flavins, forced the neural retina into repurposing glucose for free-radical mitigation over ATP production. However, such sustained metabolic reprogramming resulted in an eventual metabolic collapse leading to neurodegeneration.

SUBMITTER: Sinha T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8017963 | biostudies-literature |

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