Li Xiao-Jiang, Orr Adam L, Li Shihua
Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 2010 Jan;1802(1):62-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2009.06.008. Epub 2009 Jul 8.
Impaired mitochondrial function has been well documented in Huntington's disease. Mutant huntingtin is found to affect mitochondria via various mechanisms including the dysregulation of gene transcription and impairment of mitochondrial function or trafficking. The lengthy and highly branched neuronal processes constitute complex neural networks in which there is a large demand for mitochondria-generated energy. Thus, the impaired mitochondrial trafficking in neuronal cells may play an important role in the selective neuropathology of Huntington's disease. Here we discuss the evidence for the effect of the Huntington's disease protein huntingtin on the intracellular trafficking of mitochondria and the involvement of this defective trafficking in the pathogenesis of Huntington's disease.
线粒体功能受损在亨廷顿舞蹈病中已有充分记载。已发现突变的亨廷顿蛋白通过多种机制影响线粒体,包括基因转录失调以及线粒体功能或运输受损。冗长且高度分支的神经元突起构成了复杂的神经网络,其中对线粒体产生的能量有大量需求。因此,神经元细胞中线粒体运输受损可能在亨廷顿舞蹈病的选择性神经病理学中起重要作用。在此,我们讨论亨廷顿舞蹈病蛋白亨廷顿对线粒体细胞内运输影响的证据,以及这种有缺陷的运输在亨廷顿舞蹈病发病机制中的作用。