Disturbed glucose and pyruvate metabolism in glaucoma with neuroprotection by pyruvate or rapamycin.
Disturbed glucose and pyruvate metabolism in glaucoma with neuroprotection by pyruvate or rapamycin.
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.2014213117
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发表时间:
2020-12-29
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
John SWM
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作者:
Harder JM;Guymer C;Wood JPM;Daskalaki E;Chidlow G;Zhang C;Balasubramanian R;Cardozo BH;Foxworth NE;Deering KE;Ouellette TB;Montgomery C;Wheelock CE;Casson RJ;Williams PA;John SWM
Age-related bioenergetic insufficiency increases the vulnerability of retinal ganglion cells to intraocular pressure during glaucoma pathogenesis. This paper addresses these relationships and provides a deeper understanding of this common neurodegeneration. We demonstrate an intraocular pressure-dependent decline in retinal pyruvate levels coupled to dysregulated glucose metabolism, and detected mTOR activation at the mechanistic nexus of neurodegeneration and metabolism. Supporting this, oral supplementation of pyruvate or mTOR inhibition by rapamycin strongly protects from neurodegeneration. Bioenergetic enhancement thus provides a readily clinically translatable strategy for neurodegenerative disease. This study provides important avenues for neuroprotection against glaucoma by targeting key metabolic pathways that may be mirrored in other neurodegenerative diseases in which metabolic dysregulation may play a key role. Intraocular pressure-sensitive retinal ganglion cell degeneration is a hallmark of glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness. Here, we used RNA-sequencing and metabolomics to examine early glaucoma in DBA/2J mice. We demonstrate gene expression changes that significantly impact pathways mediating the metabolism and transport of glucose and pyruvate. Subsequent metabolic studies characterized an intraocular pressure (IOP)-dependent decline in retinal pyruvate levels coupled to dysregulated glucose metabolism prior to detectable optic nerve degeneration. Remarkably, retinal glucose levels were elevated 50-fold, consistent with decreased glycolysis but possibly including glycogen mobilization and other metabolic changes. Oral supplementation of the glycolytic product pyruvate strongly protected from neurodegeneration in both rat and mouse models of glaucoma. Investigating further, we detected mTOR activation at the mechanistic nexus of neurodegeneration and metabolism. Rapamycin-induced inhibition of mTOR robustly prevented glaucomatous neurodegeneration, supporting a damaging role for IOP-induced mTOR activation in perturbing metabolism and promoting glaucoma. Together, these findings support the use of treatments that limit metabolic disturbances and provide bioenergetic support. Such treatments provide a readily translatable strategy that warrants investigation in clinical trials.
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