Abstract
Eight-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) is increased in the brain in late-stage Alzheimer's disease (LAD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). To determine if decreased base-excision repair contributes to these elevations, we measured oxoguanine glycosylase 1 (OGG1) protein and incision activities in nuclear and mitochondrial fractions from frontal (FL), temporal (TL), and parietal (PL) lobes from 8 MCI and 7 LAD patients, and 6 age-matched normal control (NC) subjects. OGG1 activity was significantly (P < 0.05) decreased in nuclear specimens of FL, TL, and PL in MCI and LAD and in mitochondria from LAD FL and TL and MCI TL. Nuclear OGG1 protein was significantly decreased in LAD FL and MCI and LAD PL. No differences in mitochondrial OGG1 protein levels were found. Overall, our results suggest that decreased OGG1 activity occurs early in the progression of AD, possibly mediated by 4-hydroxynonenal inactivation and may contribute to elevated 8-OHdG in the brain in MCI and LAD.
Original language | English |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 813-819 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Free Radical Biology and Medicine |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 15 2008 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Supported by NIH Grants 5-P01-AG05119 and 5-P30-AG028383, and by a grant from the Abercrombie Foundation. The authors thank Ms. Paula Thomason for technical and editorial assistance, and Ms. Sonya Anderson for subject demographic data.
Keywords
- 4-Hydroxynonenal
- Alzheimer's disease
- Lipid peroxidation
- Mild cognitive impairment
- Oxoguanine glycosylase
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Physiology (medical)