PMID- 32973490 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200928 IS - 1663-4365 (Print) IS - 1663-4365 (Electronic) IS - 1663-4365 (Linking) VI - 12 DP - 2020 TI - alpha-Lipoic Acid Maintains Brain Glucose Metabolism via BDNF/TrkB/HIF-1alpha Signaling Pathway in P301S Mice. PG - 262 LID - 10.3389/fnagi.2020.00262 [doi] LID - 262 AB - The microtubule-associated protein tau is closely correlated with hypometabolism in Alzheimer's disease (AD). alpha-lipoic acid (LA), which is a naturally occurring cofactor in mitochondrial, has been shown to have properties that can inhibit the tau pathology and neuronal damage in our previous research. However, if LA affects glucose metabolism when it reverses tau pathology remains unclear, especially concerning the potential mechanism. Therefore, we make a further study using the P301S mouse model (a tauopathy and AD mouse model which overexpressing fibrillary tau) to gain a clear idea of the aforementioned problems. Here, we found chronic LA administration significantly increased glucose availability by elevating glucose transporter 3 (GLUT3), GLUT4, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) protein and mRNA level, and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) protein level in P301S mouse brains. Meanwhile, we found that LA also promoted glycolysis by directly upregulating hexokinase (HK) activity, indirectly by increasing proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1alpha) and DNA repair enzymes (OGG1/2 and MTH1). Further, we found the underlying mechanism of restored glucose metabolism might involve in the activation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)/tyrosine Kinase receptor B (TrkB)/hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) signaling pathway by LA treatment. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Zhang, Yan, Xu, Pang, Li, Yang, Fan, Wang, Yu, Guo and Ao. FAU - Zhang, Yan-Hui AU - Zhang YH AD - School of Fundamental Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Yan, Xin-Zhu AU - Yan XZ AD - School of Fundamental Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Xu, Shuang-Feng AU - Xu SF AD - College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Pang, Zhong-Qiu AU - Pang ZQ AD - College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Li, Lin-Bo AU - Li LB AD - College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Yang, Yang AU - Yang Y AD - College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Fan, Yong-Gang AU - Fan YG AD - Institute of Health Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Wang, Zhuo AU - Wang Z AD - Institute of Health Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Yu, Xin AU - Yu X AD - Institute of Health Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Guo, Chuang AU - Guo C AD - College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Ao, Qiang AU - Ao Q AD - School of Fundamental Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200821 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Aging Neurosci JT - Frontiers in aging neuroscience JID - 101525824 PMC - PMC7471806 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Alzheimer's disease OT - glucose metabolism OT - hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha OT - tau phosphorylation OT - alpha-lipoic acid EDAT- 2020/09/26 06:00 MHDA- 2020/09/26 06:01 PMCR- 2020/01/01 CRDT- 2020/09/25 06:00 PHST- 2020/03/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/07/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/09/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/09/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/09/26 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fnagi.2020.00262 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Aging Neurosci. 2020 Aug 21;12:262. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2020.00262. eCollection 2020.