Tamoxifen-induced knockdown of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter in Thy1-expressing neurons protects mice from hypoxic/ischemic brain injury article

Matthew Nichols; Evgeny V. Pavlov; George S. Robertson

doi:10.1038/s41419-018-0607-9

Tamoxifen-induced knockdown of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter in Thy1-expressing neurons protects mice from hypoxic/ischemic brain injury article

Matthew Nichols, Evgeny V. Pavlov, George S. Robertson

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The mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU) mediates high-capacity mitochondrial calcium uptake that stimulates energy production. However, excessive MCU activity can cause ischemic heart injury. To examine if the MCU is also involved in hypoxic/ischemic (HI) brain injury, we have generated conditional MCU knockout mice by tamoxifen (TMX) administration to adult MCU-floxed (MCU^fl/fl) mice expressing a construct encoding Thy1-cre/ERT2-eYFP. Relative to TMX/Thy1-cre/ERT2-eYFP controls, HI-induced sensorimotor deficits, forebrain neuron loss and mitochondrial damage were decreased for conditional MCU knockout mice. MCU knockdown by siRNA-induced silencing in cortical neuron cultures also reduced cell death and mitochondrial respiratory deficits following oxygen-glucose deprivation. Furthermore, MCU silencing did not produce metabolic abnormalities in cortical neurons observed previously for global MCU nulls that increased reliance on glycolysis for energy production. Based on these findings, we propose that brain-penetrant MCU inhibitors have strong potential to be well-tolerated and highly-efficacious neuroprotectants for the acute management of ischemic stroke.

Langue d'origine	English
Numéro d'article	607
Journal	Cell Death and Disease
Volume	9
Numéro de publication	6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-018-0607-9
Statut de publication	Published - juin 1 2018

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This work was supported by funding from the American Heart Association (EVP; 16GRNT27260229), National Institute of Health (EVP; GM115570-01A1), Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and Brain Canada (GSR; G-18-0021605), and the MS Society of Canada (GSR; EGID, 2983).

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