| Literature DB >> 17055784 |
Patrick Weydt1, Victor V Pineda, Anne E Torrence, Randell T Libby, Terrence F Satterfield, Eduardo R Lazarowski, Merle L Gilbert, Gregory J Morton, Theodor K Bammler, Andrew D Strand, Libin Cui, Richard P Beyer, Courtney N Easley, Annette C Smith, Dimitri Krainc, Serge Luquet, Ian R Sweet, Michael W Schwartz, Albert R La Spada.
Abstract
Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal, dominantly inherited disorder caused by polyglutamine repeat expansion in the huntingtin (htt) gene. Here, we observe that HD mice develop hypothermia associated with impaired activation of brown adipose tissue (BAT). Although sympathetic stimulation of PPARgamma coactivator 1alpha (PGC-1alpha) was intact in BAT of HD mice, uncoupling protein 1 (UCP-1) induction was blunted. In cultured cells, expression of mutant htt suppressed UCP-1 promoter activity; this was reversed by PGC-1alpha expression. HD mice showed reduced food intake and increased energy expenditure, with dysfunctional BAT mitochondria. PGC-1alpha is a known regulator of mitochondrial function; here, we document reduced expression of PGC-1alpha target genes in HD patient and mouse striatum. Mitochondria of HD mouse brain show reduced oxygen consumption rates. Finally, HD striatal neurons expressing exogenous PGC-1alpha were resistant to 3-nitropropionic acid treatment. Altered PGC-1alpha function may thus link transcription dysregulation and mitochondrial dysfunction in HD.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 17055784 DOI： 10.1016/j.cmet.2006.10.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Metab ISSN： 1550-4131 Impact factor: 27.287