Exaggerated mitophagy: a weapon of striatal destruction in the brain?

Biochemical Society Transactions
Srinivasa Subramaniam

Abstract

Mechanisms responsible for neuronal vulnerability in the brain remain unclear. Striatal neurons are preferentially damaged by 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP), a mitochondrial complex-II inhibitor, causing striatal damage reminiscent of Huntington's disease (HD), but the mechanisms of the selectivity are not as well understood. We have discovered that Rhes, a protein enriched in the striatum, removes mitochondria via the mitophagy process. The process becomes intensified in the presence of 3-NP, thereby eliminating most of the mitochondria from the striatum. We put forward the hypothesis that Rhes acts as a 'mitophagy ligand' in the brain and promotes mitophagy via NIX, a mitophagy receptor. Since Rhes interacts and promotes toxicity in association with mutant huntingtin (mHTT), the genetic cause of HD, it is tempting to speculate on whether the exaggerated mitophagy may be a contributing factor to the striatal lesion found in HD. Thus, Rhes-mediated exaggerated mitophagy may act as a weapon of striatal destruction in the brain.

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