PMID- 30420907 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181213 LR - 20181213 IS - 1942-0994 (Electronic) IS - 1942-0900 (Print) IS - 1942-0994 (Linking) VI - 2018 DP - 2018 TI - Possible Clues for Brain Energy Translation via Endolysosomal Trafficking of APP-CTFs in Alzheimer's Disease. PG - 2764831 LID - 10.1155/2018/2764831 [doi] LID - 2764831 AB - Vascular dysfunctions, hypometabolism, and insulin resistance are high and early risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD), a leading neurological disease associated with memory decline and cognitive dysfunctions. Early defects in glucose transporters and glycolysis occur during the course of AD progression. Hypometabolism begins well before the onset of early AD symptoms; this timing implicates the vulnerability of hypometabolic brain regions to beta-secretase 1 (BACE-1) upregulation, oxidative stress, inflammation, synaptic failure, and cell death. Despite the fact that ketone bodies, astrocyte-neuron lactate shuttle, pentose phosphate pathway (PPP), and glycogenolysis compensate to provide energy to the starving AD brain, a considerable energy crisis still persists and increases during disease progression. Studies that track brain energy metabolism in humans, animal models of AD, and in vitro studies reveal striking upregulation of beta-amyloid precursor protein (beta-APP) and carboxy-terminal fragments (CTFs). Currently, the precise role of CTFs is unclear, but evidence supports increased endosomal-lysosomal trafficking of beta-APP and CTFs through autophagy through a vague mechanism. While intracellular accumulation of Abeta is attributed as both the cause and consequence of a defective endolysosomal-autophagic system, much remains to be explored about the other beta-APP cleavage products. Many recent works report altered amino acid catabolism and expression of several urea cycle enzymes in AD brains, but the precise cause for this dysregulation is not fully explained. In this paper, we try to connect the role of CTFs in the energy translation process in AD brain based on recent findings. FAU - Sivanesan, Senthilkumar AU - Sivanesan S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5133-7090 AD - Department of Research and Development, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai 602 105, India. FAU - Mundugaru, Ravi AU - Mundugaru R AD - Department of Research and Development, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai 602 105, India. FAU - Rajadas, Jayakumar AU - Rajadas J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6520-3923 AD - Biomaterials and Advanced Drug Delivery Laboratory, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. AD - Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20181021 PL - United States TA - Oxid Med Cell Longev JT - Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity JID - 101479826 RN - 0 (Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor) SB - IM MH - Alzheimer Disease/*metabolism MH - Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor/*chemistry/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Brain/*metabolism MH - Endosomes/*metabolism MH - *Energy Metabolism MH - Humans MH - Lysosomes/*metabolism PMC - PMC6215552 EDAT- 2018/11/14 06:00 MHDA- 2018/12/14 06:00 PMCR- 2018/10/21 CRDT- 2018/11/14 06:00 PHST- 2018/04/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/07/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/08/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/11/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/11/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/12/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/10/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1155/2018/2764831 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2018 Oct 21;2018:2764831. doi: 10.1155/2018/2764831. eCollection 2018.