2. 2
Private funding
Novartis, Biogen, Merck KGaA
Public funding
MINECO, CIBERNED, Gobierno Vasco
Faculty disclosure
Universidad del País Vasco /
Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
Carlos Matute
e-mail: carlos.matute@ehu.es
3. Mitochondrial alterations in Multiple Sclerosis
Outline:
• An introduction to mitochondria, the cell powerhouse
• Oligodendrocytes supply lactate to myelinated axons
• Excitotoxicity in oligodendrocytes damages mitochondria
• Mitochondrial defects in MS: neurons, axons and oligodendrocytes
5. Mitochondrial function relevance in white matter
• In white matter: axons & oligodendrocytes rely on mitochondrial function to
support neurotransmission
• In oligodendrocytes, mitochondrial function is essential for viability and
myelin synthesis (Acetyl-CoA)
• In astrocytes, ATP is critical for the control of glutamate metabolism
• Axons → High energy demand (primarily ATP)
• N-acetylaspartate (NAA)
– Neuronal integrity marker
– Synthesized in neuronal mitochondria
– Converted to acetate by oligodendrocytes for myelin synthesis
6. Three main mitochondrial homeostatic disruptions
1. Energy failure: [ATP]↓↓
2. Oxidative Stress: ROS > antioxidant systems
3. Ca2+ overload
Central features of all neurodegenerative disorders
Physiologycal
Pathological
7. Saab et al (2013) Curr Op Neurobiol
Myelin supplies energy substrates to axons
9. Models of Disease Pathogenesis in Multiple Sclerosis
Hauser and Oksenberg 2006 Neuron
ATP
Demyelination, oligodendrocyte death, axonal damage, neuronal loss, atrophy
10. Glutamate and ATP in excess is toxic to oligodendrocytes and myelin
MBP TUNEL
CNPase CNPase
Matute 1998 PNAS USA
11. Glutamate levels are elevated in multiple sclerosis
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 3 T astrogliosis
Srinivasan et al 2005 Brain
12. Glutamate and ATP toxicity in oligodendrocytes
PI – dead cells
KAINATE or ATPCONTROL
FDA – live cells
Matute et al 1997 PNAS USA
13. CELL DEATH
ROS AIF
Nucleus
DNA fragmentation
PARP-1
Procaspase 8
t-Bid
Caspase 3,6,7
Caspase 8
FADD
Bid
AMPA-RVGCC
Na+
Ca2+
m
Bcl-2
Cyt c
Apaf-1
Caspase 9
CdP
P P P
Bad Bad
14-3-
3
Bcl-xl
KAINATE-R
[Ca2+]i
Ca2+
VGCC
Calpain
Bax
Sánchez-Gómez et al. J Neurosci 2003
Sánchez-Gómez et al., J Neurosci, 2011
Mitochondria at the crossroads of excitotoxicity in oligodendrocytes
14. Butt, Fern, Matute (2014 ) Glia
Glutamate and ATP signaling are central to MS pathophysiology
Neuroinflammation favors excitotoxic-mediated mitochondrial damage
15. • Altered glutamate homeostasis induces mitochondrial damage
• Presence of high NO: oxidative stress
• Myelin loss-induced trophic imbalance
• Expression of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I, II and III is
reduced in MS active lesions and motor cortex
• mtDNA defects associated with MS
• Abnormal intra-axonal mitochondria prior to axon disruption
• Low N-acetyl aspartate levels in acute and chronic lesions and in normal
appearing WM
Mitochondrial dysfunctions in MS
16. Franklin y Ffrench-Constant 2008 Nat Rev Neurosci
Persistent demyelination leads to axonal damage
Atrophy: loss of axons and neurons
17. Axons transiently adapt to demyelination
Early response to
demyelination
Waxman 2006, Nat Rev Neurosci
18. Demyelinated axons are more vulnerable to energy failure and therefore to
mitochondrial dysfunction → Axonal degeneration in MS
Mitochondrial dysfunction → Energy failure → Na+ / K + ATPase↓ → Depolarization
→ sustained Na+ influx → Reverse activity of the Na+ / Ca2+ exchanger → Ca2+
overload → Axonal damage
Non-remyelinated axons ultimately degenerate
Late response to
demyelination
Waxman 2006, Nat Rev Neurosci
19. Mechanisms of axonal damage during inflammation and demyelination
Waxman 2006, Nat Rev Neurosci
20. Ca2+ overload in mitochondria initiates axonal failure in MS
Abou-Sleiman et al. 2006 Nat Rev Neurosci
21. Ca2+ overload and mPTP opening in MS
• Cyclophilin D is a key regulator of the permeability transition pore (mPTP)
opening.
• CyPD KO neurons were resistant to oxidative stress and NO, and tolerated
higher levels of mitochondrial Ca2+
• CyPD KO-EAE mice partially recovered and preserved axonal integrity.
Forte et al. 2007, PNAS
22. Conclusions
1. White matter is highly dependent on mitochondrial ATP to propagate
electric signals, maintain ionic gradients and facilitate axonal transport
2. Inflammation, oxidative stress and Ca2+ homeostasis disruption lead to
mitochondrial dysfunction and energy failure in MS
3. Demyelinated axons in MS lesions are more vulnerable to energy
failure and mitochondrial dysfunction
4. ROS and Ca2+ damage axons by inducing mitochondrial mPTP opening.
23. María Domercq
Alberto Pérez Samartín
Fernando Pérez Cerdá
Fabio Cavaliere
Elena Alberdi
Vicky Sánchez
Olatz Pampliega
Olatz Oyanguren
Estibaliz Etxeberria
Nuria Vázquez
Estibaliz Gonzalez
Juan Carlos Chara
Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao
Alfredo Rodríguez-Antigüedad
MPI, Göttingen
Frank Kirchhoff
AECOM, New York
Eliana Scemes
Universidad del País Vasco, Leioa, Spain
Acknowledgments