Swedish Alzheimer mutation induces mitochondrial dysfunction mediated by HSP60 mislocalization of amyloid precursor protein (APP) and beta-amyloid

Ken Carlson Walls, Pinar Coskun, Jose Luis Gallegos-Perez, Nineli Zadourian, Karla Kristine Freude, Suhail Rasool, Mathew Blurton-Jones, Kim Nicholas Green, Frank Michael LaFerla

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Abstract

Alzheimer disease (AD) is a complex disorder that involves numerous cellular and subcellular alterations including impairments in mitochondrial homeostasis. To better understand the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of AD, we analyzed brains from clinically well-characterized human subjects and from the 3xTg-AD mouse model of AD. We find Aβ and critical components of the γ-secretase complex, presenilin-1, -2, and nicastrin, accumulate in the mitochondria. We used a proteomics approach to identify binding partners and show that heat shock protein 60 (HSP60), a molecular chaperone localized to mitochondria and the plasma membrane, specifically associates with APP. We next generated stable neural cell lines expressing human wild-type or Swedish APP, and provide corroborating in vitro evidence that HSP60 mediates translocation of APP to the mitochondria. Viral-mediated shRNA knockdown of HSP60 attenuates APP and Aβ mislocalization to the mitochondria. Our findings identify a novel interaction between APP and HSP60, which accounts for its translocation to the mitochondria.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume287
Issue number36
Pages (from-to)30317-30327
Number of pages11
ISSN0021-9258
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Aug 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Alzheimer Disease
  • Amyloid
  • Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases
  • Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
  • Animals
  • Brain
  • Cell Line
  • Chaperonin 60
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Mitochondria
  • Mitochondrial Proteins
  • Protein Transport

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