A ketogenic diet accelerates neurodegeneration in mice with induced mitochondrial DNA toxicity in the forebrain

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• 作者：Knut H. Lauritzen^a ; ^b ; ¹ ; Md Mahdi Hasan-Olive^a ; ^b ; ¹ ; Christine E. Regnell^a ; ^b ; ^c ; Liv Kleppa^a ; ^b ; Morten Scheibye-Knudsen^d ; Albert Gjedde^c ; Arne Klungland^e ; ^f ; Vilhelm A. Bohr^d ; Jon Storm-Mathisen^a ; Linda H. Bergersen^a ; ^b ; ^c ; ^{l.h.bergersen@odont.uio.no" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：MtDNA damage ; Ketogenic diet ; Biogenesis ; Neurodegeneration
• 刊名：Neurobiology of Aging
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：48
• 期：Complete
• 页码：34-47
• 全文大小：4573 K

文摘

Mitochondrial genome maintenance plays a central role in preserving brain health. We previously demonstrated accumulation of mitochondrial DNA damage and severe neurodegeneration in transgenic mice inducibly expressing a mutated mitochondrial DNA repair enzyme (mutUNG1) selectively in forebrain neurons. Here, we examine whether severe neurodegeneration in mutUNG1-expressing mice could be rescued by feeding the mice a ketogenic diet, which is known to have beneficial effects in several neurological disorders. The diet increased the levels of superoxide dismutase 2, and mitochondrial mass, enzymes, and regulators such as SIRT1 and FIS1, and appeared to downregulate N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptor subunits NR2A/B and upregulate γ-aminobutyric acid A (GABA_A) receptor subunits α₁. However, unexpectedly, the ketogenic diet aggravated neurodegeneration and mitochondrial deterioration. Electron microscopy showed structurally impaired mitochondria accumulating in neuronal perikarya. We propose that aggravation is caused by increased mitochondrial biogenesis of generally dysfunctional mitochondria. This study thereby questions the dogma that a ketogenic diet is unambiguously beneficial in mitochondrial disorders.