PubMed: 19251756

Title
Amyloid-dependent triosephosphate isomerase nitrotyrosination induces glycation and tau fibrillation.
Journal
Brain : a journal of neurology
Volume
132
Issue
None
Pages
1335-45
Date
2009-05-01
Authors
Guix FX | Muñoz FJ | Bravo R | Coma M | Fernàndez-Busquets X | Ill-Raga G | Miscione GP | Nakaya T | Suzuki T | Valverde MA | Villà-Freixa J | de Fabritiis G | de Strooper B

Evidence d6210a82fd

Taupositive material was present in the immunoprecipitates indicating that tau becomes associated to nitroTPI in an Ab dose-dependent pattern (Fig. 5A).TPI and nitro-TPI were incubated with tau protein and samples were analysed by Atomic Force Microscopy (Fig. 7A–D) and TEM (Fig. 7F and G). Abundant paired helical filament-like structures were found in samples containing nitro-TPI plus tau

Evidence 1d555de3c0

In accordance with the decreased efficiency of nitro-TPI we found a significant increase in methylglyoxal production (P50.05), independent of whether DHAP or GAP was used as substrate (Fig. 2E). Thus, nitrotyrosination of TPI results in reduced catalytic activity and increased occupancy of the enzyme by the substrate, and consequently, a higher production of the toxic methylglyoxal.

Evidence d8f8ea74a0

Triosephosphate isomerase (TPI) is a key enzyme in cell metabolism that controls the glycolytic flow and energy production through the interconversion of dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) and D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (G3P) (Richard, 1993). Notably, TPI is the only glycolytic enzyme whose functional deficiency is associated to neurodegeneration (Eber et al., 1991; Ovadi et al., 2004). In particular, inefficient glycolysis (Hoyer et al., 1988) and ATP depletion (Keil et al., 2004) are characteristic in Alzheimer’s disease brains.

Evidence 0be8de226a

Ab induced nitro-oxidative stress on human neuroblastoma cells, resulting in nitrotyrosination of TPI. Moreover, higher levels of nitro-TPI were also detected in extracts from hippocampus (Fig. 1F) and frontal cortex (Fig. 1G) obtained from Alzheimer’s disease brains, compared with healthy subjects.

Evidence 6c14c2ac78

Nitration of Tyr164 and Tyr208 would destabilize the closed state of loop 6 because the interaction between Tyr208 and Ala176 through an H-bond would be compromised (Fig. 2A and B; Supplementary Fig. S2). Indeed, purified TPI after nitrotyrosination with a peroxynitrite donor (SIN-1) displayed a significant decrease in isomerase activity in both directions of the catalysis, i.e. using DHAP (Fig. 2C) or GAP (Fig. 2D) as substrate.

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