Aluminum (Al) has been implicated in several neurological diseases including dialysis dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD). One possible mechanism of Al neurotoxicity could involve alteration of mitochondrial gene expression. We exposed PC12 cells to 0.1-100 microM AlCl3 for 6h at pH 7.4. Internalized Al, measured by atomic absorption spectrometry, was linearly proportional to the extracellular Al concentration. Northern blot analyses showed that cytochrome c oxidase subunit III (COX III) mRNA was significantly reduced by 70% after addition of 1 microM AlCl3. Higher concentrations of AlCl3 did not show a significant further effect. These results suggest that Al neurotoxicity involves a specific impairment of cytochrome c oxidase.
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