L-Fucose is a candidate monosaccharide neuromodulator and mitigates Alzheimer's synaptic deficits
Di Lucente, J.; Tena, J.; Mendiola, U. R.; Chen, X.; Lebrilla, C. B.; Maezawa, I.; Jin, L.-W.
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We identified a novel signaling function of L-fucose, a structurally unique monosaccharide. We showed that L-fucose enhanced excitatory neurotransmission and long-term potentiation (LTP) in Schaffer-collateral-CA1 synapses. L-fucose was released by neurons in an activity- and store-dependent manner, and induced rapid signaling changes to enhance presynaptic release. Such effects required L-fucose metabolism through the salvage pathway driven by fucokinase (FUK). Thus, L-fucose could be the first described monosaccharide neuromodulator affecting a metabolic-signaling mechanism. Human Alzheimers disease (AD) and 5xFAD mouse brains showed signs of fucose hypometabolism with impaired L-fucose signaling. Such abnormalities could be corrected by exogenous L-fucose, exemplified by rectification of LTPdeficits in 5xFAD hippocampus. Dietary L-fucose supplement, which increased cerebral free L-fucose levels and upregulated FUK to drive the salvage pathway, mitigated synaptic and behavioral deficits of 5xFAD mice. Our data reveals a therapeutic potential of oral L-fucose for AD, which is safe and easy to comply with.
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