PMID- 38063257 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240518 LR - 20240518 IS - 1471-4159 (Electronic) IS - 0022-3042 (Linking) VI - 168 IP - 5 DP - 2024 May TI - Increased glucose metabolism and impaired glutamate transport in human astrocytes are potential early triggers of abnormal extracellular glutamate accumulation in hiPSC-derived models of Alzheimer's disease. PG - 822-840 LID - 10.1111/jnc.16014 [doi] AB - Glutamate recycling between neurons and astrocytes is essential to maintain neurotransmitter homeostasis. Disturbances in glutamate homeostasis, resulting in excitotoxicity and neuronal death, have been described as a potential mechanism in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathophysiology. However, glutamate neurotransmitter metabolism in different human brain cells, particularly astrocytes, has been poorly investigated at the early stages of AD. We sought to investigate glucose and glutamate metabolism in AD by employing human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived astrocytes and neurons carrying mutations in the amyloid precursor protein (APP) or presenilin-1 (PSEN-1) gene as found in familial types of AD (fAD). Methods such as live-cell bioenergetics and metabolic mapping using [(13)C]-enriched substrates were used to examine metabolism in the early stages of AD. Our results revealed greater glycolysis and glucose oxidative metabolism in astrocytes and neurons with APP or PSEN-1 mutations, accompanied by an elevated glutamate synthesis compared to control WT cells. Astrocytes with APP or PSEN-1 mutations exhibited reduced expression of the excitatory amino acid transporter 2 (EAAT2), and glutamine uptake increased in mutated neurons, with enhanced glutamate release specifically in neurons with a PSEN-1 mutation. These results demonstrate a hypermetabolic phenotype in astrocytes with fAD mutations possibly linked to toxic glutamate accumulation. Our findings further identify metabolic imbalances that may occur in the early phases of AD pathophysiology. CI - (c) 2023 International Society for Neurochemistry. FAU - Salcedo, Claudia AU - Salcedo C AD - Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. FAU - Pozo Garcia, Victoria AU - Pozo Garcia V AD - Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. FAU - Garcia-Adan, Bernat AU - Garcia-Adan B AD - Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. FAU - Ameen, Aishat O AU - Ameen AO AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8235-9807 AD - Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. FAU - Gegelashvili, Georgi AU - Gegelashvili G AD - Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. AD - Institute of Chemical Biology, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia. FAU - Waagepetersen, Helle S AU - Waagepetersen HS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4583-8379 AD - Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. FAU - Freude, Kristine K AU - Freude KK AD - Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark. FAU - Aldana, Blanca I AU - Aldana BI AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5027-1218 AD - Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. LA - eng GR - Arvid Nilssons Fond/ GR - PhD Grant No: 2018-000009-01EXTF-00121/Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia/ GR - Eva og Henry Fraenkels Mindefond/ GR - Grant No: 4108-00008B/Innovationsfonden/ GR - Oda og Hans Svenningsens Fond/ GR - Eva og Henry Fraenkels Mindefond/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231208 PL - England TA - J Neurochem JT - Journal of neurochemistry JID - 2985190R RN - 0 (PSEN1 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Astrocytes/metabolism MH - *Alzheimer Disease/metabolism/pathology/genetics MH - *Glutamic Acid/metabolism MH - *Glucose/metabolism MH - *Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/metabolism MH - *Presenilin-1/genetics/metabolism MH - Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor/metabolism/genetics MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Neurons/metabolism MH - Mutation OTO - NOTNLM OT - APP OT - PSEN-1 OT - energy metabolism OT - excitotoxicity OT - hiPSC astrocytes OT - hiPSC neurons EDAT- 2023/12/08 12:42 MHDA- 2024/05/18 19:45 CRDT- 2023/12/08 07:48 PHST- 2023/10/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/02/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/11/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/05/18 19:45 [medline] PHST- 2023/12/08 12:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/12/08 07:48 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/jnc.16014 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurochem. 2024 May;168(5):822-840. doi: 10.1111/jnc.16014. Epub 2023 Dec 8.