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Brain insulin resistance accelerates Aβ fibrillogenesis by inducing GM1 ganglioside clustering in the presynaptic membranes
Author(s) -
Yamamoto Naoki,
Matsubara Teruhiko,
Sobue Kazuya,
Tanida Mamoru,
Kasahara Rika,
Naruse Kaori,
Taniura Hideo,
Sato Toshinori,
Suzuki Kenji
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of neurochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.75
H-Index - 229
eISSN - 1471-4159
pISSN - 0022-3042
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2012.07668.x
Subject(s) - insulin resistance , insulin receptor , gene knockdown , microbiology and biotechnology , endocrinology , protein kinase b , biology , medicine , pi3k/akt/mtor pathway , ly294002 , insulin , kinase , phosphatidylinositol , chemistry , signal transduction , biochemistry , apoptosis
J. Neurochem. (2012) 121 , 619–628. Abstract Type 2 diabetes mellitus is thought to be a significant risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. Insulin resistance also affects the central nervous system by regulating key processes, such as neuronal survival and longevity, learning and memory. However, the mechanisms underlying these effects remain uncertain. To investigate whether insulin resistance is associated with the assembly of amyloid β‐protein (Aβ) at the cell surface of neurons, we inhibited insulin‐signalling pathways of primary neurons. The treatments of insulin receptor (IR)‐knockdown and a phosphatidylinositol 3‐kinase inhibitor (LY294002), but not an extracellular signal‐regulated kinase inhibitor, induced an increase in GM1 ganglioside (GM1) levels in detergent‐resistant membrane microdomains of the neurons. The aged db/db mouse brain exhibited reduction in IR expression and phosphorylation of Akt, which later induced an increase in the high‐density GM1‐clusters on synaptosomes. Neurons treated with IR knockdown or LY294002, and synaptosomes of the aged db/db mouse brains markedly accelerated an assembly of Aβs. These results suggest that ageing and peripheral insulin resistance induce brain insulin resistance, which accelerates the assembly of Aβs by increasing and clustering of GM1 in detergent‐resistant membrane microdomains of neuronal membranes.