NOX4 promotes ferroptosis of astrocytes by oxidative stress-induced lipid peroxidation via the impairment of mitochondrial metabolism in Alzheimer's diseases
Min Woo Park,
Hyeon Woo Cha,
Junhyung Kim,
Jung Han Kim,
Haesung Yang,
Sunmi Yoon,
Napissara Boonpraman,
Sun Shin Yi,
Ik Dong Yoo,
Jong-Seok Moon
Affiliations
Min Woo Park
Department of Integrated Biomedical Science, Soonchunhyang Institute of Medi-bio Science (SIMS), Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, 31151, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea
Hyeon Woo Cha
Department of Integrated Biomedical Science, Soonchunhyang Institute of Medi-bio Science (SIMS), Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, 31151, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea
Junhyung Kim
Department of Integrated Biomedical Science, Soonchunhyang Institute of Medi-bio Science (SIMS), Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, 31151, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea
Jung Han Kim
Department of Integrated Biomedical Science, Soonchunhyang Institute of Medi-bio Science (SIMS), Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, 31151, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea
Haesung Yang
Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Medical Sciences, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, 31538, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea; BK21 Four Project, Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, General Graduate School, College of Medical Sciences, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, 31538, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea
Sunmi Yoon
Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Medical Sciences, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, 31538, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea; BK21 Four Project, Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, General Graduate School, College of Medical Sciences, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, 31538, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea
Napissara Boonpraman
Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Medical Sciences, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, 31538, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea; BK21 Four Project, Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, General Graduate School, College of Medical Sciences, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, 31538, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea
Sun Shin Yi
Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Medical Sciences, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, 31538, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea; BK21 Four Project, Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, General Graduate School, College of Medical Sciences, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, 31538, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea
Ik Dong Yoo
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Cheonan, Cheonan, 31151, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea; Corresponding author.
Jong-Seok Moon
Department of Integrated Biomedical Science, Soonchunhyang Institute of Medi-bio Science (SIMS), Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, 31151, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea; Corresponding author.
Oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Mitochondrial dysfunction is linked to oxidative stress and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in neurotoxicity during AD. Impaired mitochondrial metabolism has been associated with mitochondrial dysfunction in brain damage of AD. While the role of NADPH oxidase 4 (NOX4), a major source of ROS, has been identified in brain damage, the mechanism by which NOX4 regulates ferroptosis of astrocytes in AD remains unclear. Here, we show that the protein levels of NOX4 were significantly elevated in impaired astrocytes of cerebral cortex from patients with AD and APP/PS1 double-transgenic mouse model of AD. The levels of 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) and malondialdehyde (MDA), a marker of oxidative stress-induced lipid peroxidation, were significantly also elevated in impaired astrocytes of patients with AD and mouse AD. We demonstrate that the over-expression of NOX4 significantly increases the impairment of mitochondrial metabolism by inhibition of mitochondrial respiration and ATP production via the reduction of five protein complexes in the mitochondrial ETC in human astrocytes. Moreover, the elevation of NOX4 induces oxidative stress by mitochondrial ROS (mtROS) production, mitochondrial fragmentation, and inhibition of cellular antioxidant process in human astrocytes. Furthermore, the elevation of NOX4 increased ferroptosis-dependent cytotoxicity by the activation of oxidative stress-induced lipid peroxidation in human astrocytes. These results suggest that NOX4 promotes ferroptosis of astrocytes by oxidative stress-induced lipid peroxidation via the impairment of mitochondrial metabolism in AD.
