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Glycolysis upregulation is neuroprotective as a compensatory mechanism in ALS.

ABSTRACT: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder, with TDP-43 inclusions as a major pathological hallmark. Using a Drosophila model of TDP-43 proteinopathy we found significant alterations in glucose metabolism including increased pyruvate, suggesting that modulating glycolysis may be neuroprotective. Indeed, a high sugar diet improves locomotor and lifespan defects caused by TDP-43 proteinopathy in motor neurons or glia, but not muscle, suggesting that metabolic dysregulation occurs in the nervous system. Overexpressing human glucose transporter GLUT-3 in motor neurons mitigates TDP-43 dependent defects in synaptic vesicle recycling and improves locomotion. Furthermore, PFK mRNA, a key indicator of glycolysis, is upregulated in flies and patient derived iPSC motor neurons with TDP-43 pathology. Surprisingly, PFK overexpression rescues TDP-43 induced locomotor deficits. These findings from multiple ALS models show that mechanistically, glycolysis is upregulated in degenerating motor neurons as a compensatory mechanism and suggest that increased glucose availability is protective.

SUBMITTER: Manzo E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6557627 | biostudies-other | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Glycolysis upregulation is neuroprotective as a compensatory mechanism in ALS.

Manzo Ernesto E Lorenzini Ileana I Barrameda Dianne D O'Conner Abigail G AG Barrows Jordan M JM Starr Alexander A Kovalik Tina T Rabichow Benjamin E BE Lehmkuhl Erik M EM Shreiner Dakotah D DD Joardar Archi A Liévens Jean-Charles JC Bowser Robert R Sattler Rita R Zarnescu Daniela C DC

eLife 20190610

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder, with TDP-43 inclusions as a major pathological hallmark. Using a <i>Drosophila</i> model of TDP-43 proteinopathy we found significant alterations in glucose metabolism including increased pyruvate, suggesting that modulating glycolysis may be neuroprotective. Indeed, a high sugar diet improves locomotor and lifespan defects caused by TDP-43 proteinopathy in motor neurons or glia, but not muscle, suggesting that metabolic ...[more]

PMID: 31180318

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Glycolysis upregulation is neuroprotective as a compensatory mechanism in ALS.

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