Dysregulation of Insulin Signaling, Glucose Transporters, O-GlcNAcylation, and Phosphorylation of Tau and Neurofilaments in the Brain : Implication for Alzheimer’s Disease
AUTOR(ES)
Deng, Yanqiu
FONTE
American Society for Investigative Pathology
RESUMO
Recent studies have suggested a possible role of insulin dysfunction in the pathogenesis of sporadic Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In AD, brain glucose metabolism is impaired, and this impairment appears to precede the pathology and clinical symptoms of the disease. However, the exact contribution of impaired insulin signaling to AD is not known. In this study, by using a nontransgenic rat model of sporadic AD generated by intracerebroventricular administration of streptozotocin, we investigated insulin signaling, glucose transporters, protein O-GlcNAcylation, and phosphorylation of tau and neurofilaments in the brain. We found impaired insulin signaling, overactivation of glycogen synthase kinase-3β, decreased levels of major brain glucose transporters, down- regulated protein O-GlcNAcylation, increased phosphorylation of tau and neurofilaments, and decreased microtubule-binding activity of tau in the brains of streptozotocin-treated rats. These results suggest that impaired brain insulin signaling may lead to overactivation of glycogen synthase kinase-3β and down-regulation of O-GlcNAcylation, which, in turn, facilitate abnormal hyperphosphorylation of tau and neurofilaments and, consequently, neurofibrillary degeneration.
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