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Cui Y, Ma X, Wei J, Chen C, Shakir N, Guirram H, Dai Z, Anderson T, Ferguson D, Qiu S. MET receptor tyrosine kinase promotes the generation of functional synapses in adult cortical circuits. Neural Regen Res 2025; 20:1431-1444. [PMID: 39075910 DOI: 10.4103/nrr.nrr-d-23-01471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2024] [Indexed: 07/31/2024] Open
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JOURNAL/nrgr/04.03/01300535-202505000-00026/figure1/v/2024-07-28T173839Z/r/image-tiff Loss of synapse and functional connectivity in brain circuits is associated with aging and neurodegeneration, however, few molecular mechanisms are known to intrinsically promote synaptogenesis or enhance synapse function. We have previously shown that MET receptor tyrosine kinase in the developing cortical circuits promotes dendritic growth and dendritic spine morphogenesis. To investigate whether enhancing MET in adult cortex has synapse regenerating potential, we created a knockin mouse line, in which the human MET gene expression and signaling can be turned on in adult (10-12 months) cortical neurons through doxycycline-containing chow. We found that similar to the developing brain, turning on MET signaling in the adult cortex activates small GTPases and increases spine density in prefrontal projection neurons. These findings are further corroborated by increased synaptic activity and transient generation of immature silent synapses. Prolonged MET signaling resulted in an increased α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid/N-methyl-D-aspartate (AMPA/NMDA) receptor current ratio, indicative of enhanced synaptic function and connectivity. Our data reveal that enhancing MET signaling could be an interventional approach to promote synaptogenesis and preserve functional connectivity in the adult brain. These findings may have implications for regenerative therapy in aging and neurodegeneration conditions.
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- Yuehua Cui
- Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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Bhale AS, Meilhac O, d'Hellencourt CL, Vijayalakshmi MA, Venkataraman K. Cholesterol transport and beyond: Illuminating the versatile functions of HDL apolipoproteins through structural insights and functional implications. Biofactors 2024. [PMID: 38661230 DOI: 10.1002/biof.2057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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High-density lipoproteins (HDLs) play a vital role in lipid metabolism and cardiovascular health, as they are intricately involved in cholesterol transport and inflammation modulation. The proteome of HDL particles is indeed complex and distinct from other components in the bloodstream. Proteomics studies have identified nearly 285 different proteins associated with HDL; however, this review focuses more on the 15 or so traditionally named "apo" lipoproteins. Important lipid metabolizing enzymes closely working with the apolipoproteins are also discussed. Apolipoproteins stand out for their integral role in HDL stability, structure, function, and metabolism. The unique structure and functions of each apolipoprotein influence important processes such as inflammation regulation and lipid metabolism. These interactions also shape the stability and performance of HDL particles. HDLs apolipoproteins have multifaceted roles beyond cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and are involved in various physiological processes and disease states. Therefore, a detailed exploration of these apolipoproteins can offer valuable insights into potential diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets. This comprehensive review article aims to provide an in-depth understanding of HDL apolipoproteins, highlighting their distinct structures, functions, and contributions to various physiological processes. Exploiting this knowledge holds great potential for improving HDL function, enhancing cholesterol efflux, and modulating inflammatory processes, ultimately benefiting individuals by limiting the risks associated with CVDs and other inflammation-based pathologies. Understanding the nature of all 15 apolipoproteins expands our knowledge of HDL metabolism, sheds light on their pathological implications, and paves the way for advancements in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of lipid and inflammatory-related disorders.
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- Aishwarya Sudam Bhale
- Centre for Bio-Separation Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Inserm, UMR 1188 Diabète Athérothrombose Thérapies Réunion Océan Indien (DéTROI), Université de La Réunion, Saint-Pierre, France
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- Inserm, UMR 1188 Diabète Athérothrombose Thérapies Réunion Océan Indien (DéTROI), Université de La Réunion, Saint-Pierre, France
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- Centre for Bio-Separation Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Delaby C, Lehmann S. [On the road to biological blood diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease?]. Med Sci (Paris) 2024; 40:351-360. [PMID: 38651960 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2024037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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The growing number of people suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents a major public health problem. The diagnosis of AD is multidisciplinary and involves the use of amyloid and tau biomarkers measured in cerebrospinal fluid. Recent advances in analytical techniques now allow us to measure these biomarkers in blood. Blood biomarkers offer particularly promising potential for early, minimally invasive detection of AD, as well as for differential diagnosis of dementia and patient follow-up. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of current and candidate blood biomarkers for AD, their informative value, and their potential to be integrated into clinical practice in the near future.
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- Constance Delaby
- LBPC-PPC, Université Montpellier, CHU Montpellier, INM Inserm U1298, Montpellier, France - Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau - Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelone, Espagne
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- LBPC-PPC, Université Montpellier, CHU Montpellier, INM Inserm U1298, Montpellier, France
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Safieh M, Liraz O, Ovadia M, Michaelson D. The Role of Impaired Receptor Trafficking in Mediating the Pathological Effects of APOE4 in Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2024; 97:753-775. [PMID: 38217595 PMCID: PMC10894586 DOI: 10.3233/jad-230514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
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BACKGROUND Apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4) is the most prevalent genetic risk factor of Alzheimer's disease. Several studies suggest that APOE4 binding to its receptors is associated with their internalization and accumulation in intracellular compartments. Importantly, this phenomenon also occurs with other, non-ApoE receptors. Based on these observations, we hypothesized that APOE4 pathological effects are mediated by impairment in the life cycle of distinct receptors (APOER2, LRP1, IR, VEGFR). OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of APOE genotype on receptors protein levels and compartmentalization. METHODS Primary mouse neurons were prepared from APOE3 or APOE4 targeted replacement mice, or APOE-KO mice. Specific receptors protein levels were evaluated in these neurons, utilizing immunofluorescent staining. Additionally, surface membrane protein levels of those receptors were assessed by cell surface biotinylation assay and ELISA. Receptors' colocalization with intracellular compartments was assessed by double staining and confocal microscopy, followed by colocalization analysis. Finally, LRP1 or APOER2 were knocked-down with CRISPR/Cas9 system to examine their role in mediating APOE4 effects on the receptors. RESULTS Our results revealed lower receptors' levels in APOE4, specifically on the membrane surface. Additionally, APOE4 affects the compartmentation of these receptors in two patterns: the first was observed with LRP1 and was associated with decreased receptor levels in numerous intracellular compartments. The second was obtained with the other receptors and was associated with their accumulation in early endosomes and their decrease in the late endosomes. CONCLUSIONS These results provide a unifying mechanism, in which APOE4 drives the down regulation of various receptors, which plays important roles in distinct APOE4 related pathological processes.
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- Mirna Safieh
- Department of Neurobiology, Sagol School of Neurosciences, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Neurobiology, Sagol School of Neurosciences, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Neurobiology, Sagol School of Neurosciences, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Neurobiology, Sagol School of Neurosciences, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Stapleton MC, Koch SP, Cortes DRE, Wyman S, Schwab KE, Mueller S, McKennan CG, Boehm-Sturm P, Wu YL. Apolipoprotein-E deficiency leads to brain network alteration characterized by diffusion MRI and graph theory. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1183312. [PMID: 38075287 PMCID: PMC10702609 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1183312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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Late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) is a major health concern for senior citizens, characterized by memory loss, confusion, and impaired cognitive abilities. Apolipoprotein-E (ApoE) is a well-known risk factor for LOAD, though exactly how ApoE affects LOAD risks is unknown. We hypothesize that ApoE attenuation of LOAD resiliency or vulnerability has a neurodevelopmental origin via changing brain network architecture. We investigated the brain network structure in adult ApoE knock out (ApoE KO) and wild-type (WT) mice with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) followed by graph theory to delineate brain network topology. Left and right hemisphere connectivity revealed significant differences in number of connections between the hippocampus, amygdala, caudate putamen and other brain regions. Network topology based on the graph theory of ApoE KO demonstrated decreased functional integration, network efficiency, and network segregation between the hippocampus and amygdala and the rest of the brain, compared to those in WT counterparts. Our data show that brain network developed differently in ApoE KO and WT mice at 5 months of age, especially in the network reflected in the hippocampus, amygdala, and caudate putamen. This indicates that ApoE is involved in brain network development which might modulate LOAD risks via changing brain network structures.
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- Margaret Caroline Stapleton
- Department of Developmental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Rangos Research Center Animal Imaging Core, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Charité 3R | Replace, Reduce, Refine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Experimental Neurology and Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence and Charité Core Facility 7T Experimental MRIs, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Rangos Research Center Animal Imaging Core, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Developmental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Rangos Research Center Animal Imaging Core, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Developmental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Rangos Research Center Animal Imaging Core, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Charité 3R | Replace, Reduce, Refine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Experimental Neurology and Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence and Charité Core Facility 7T Experimental MRIs, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité 3R | Replace, Reduce, Refine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Experimental Neurology and Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence and Charité Core Facility 7T Experimental MRIs, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Rangos Research Center Animal Imaging Core, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Sun YY, Wang Z, Huang HC. Roles of ApoE4 on the Pathogenesis in Alzheimer's Disease and the Potential Therapeutic Approaches. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2023; 43:3115-3136. [PMID: 37227619 PMCID: PMC10211310 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-023-01365-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The Apolipoprotein E ε4 (ApoE ε4) allele, encoding ApoE4, is the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD). Emerging epidemiological evidence indicated that ApoE4 contributes to AD through influencing β-amyloid (Aβ) deposition and clearance. However, the molecular mechanisms of ApoE4 involved in AD pathogenesis remains unclear. Here, we introduced the structure and functions of ApoE isoforms, and then we reviewed the potential mechanisms of ApoE4 in the AD pathogenesis, including the effect of ApoE4 on Aβ pathology, and tau phosphorylation, oxidative stress; synaptic function, cholesterol transport, and mitochondrial dysfunction; sleep disturbances and cerebrovascular integrity in the AD brains. Furthermore, we discussed the available strategies for AD treatments that target to ApoE4. In general, this review overviews the potential roles of ApoE4 in the AD development and suggests some therapeutic approaches for AD. ApoE4 is genetic risk of AD. ApoE4 is involved in the AD pathogenesis. Aβ deposition, NFT, oxidative stress, abnormal cholesterol, mitochondrial dysfunction and neuroinflammation could be observed in the brains with ApoE4. Targeting the interaction of ApoE4 with the AD pathology is available strategy for AD treatments.
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- Yu-Ying Sun
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functional Foods, Beijing Union University, Beijing, 100191 China
- Key Laboratory of Natural Products Development and Innovative Drug Research, Beijing Union University, Beijing, 100023 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functional Foods, Beijing Union University, Beijing, 100191 China
- Key Laboratory of Natural Products Development and Innovative Drug Research, Beijing Union University, Beijing, 100023 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functional Foods, Beijing Union University, Beijing, 100191 China
- Key Laboratory of Natural Products Development and Innovative Drug Research, Beijing Union University, Beijing, 100023 China
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Abyadeh M, Gupta V, Paulo JA, Sheriff S, Shadfar S, Fitzhenry M, Amirkhani A, Gupta V, Salekdeh GH, Haynes PA, Graham SL, Mirzaei M. Apolipoprotein ε in Brain and Retinal Neurodegenerative Diseases. Aging Dis 2023; 14:1311-1330. [PMID: 37199411 PMCID: PMC10389820 DOI: 10.14336/ad.2023.0312-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia that remains incurable and has become a major medical, social, and economic challenge worldwide. AD is characterized by pathological hallmarks of senile plaques (SP) and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) that damage the brain up to twenty years before a clinical diagnosis is made. Interestingly these pathological features have also been observed in retinal neurodegenerative diseases including age related macular degeneration (ARMD), glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy (DR). An association of AD with these diseases has been suggested in epidemiological studies and several common pathological events and risk factors have been identified between these diseases. The E4 allele of Apolipoprotein E (APOE) is a well-established genetic risk factor for late onset AD. The ApoE ε4 allele is also associated with retinal neurodegenerative diseases however in contrast to AD, it is considered protective in AMD, likewise ApoE E2 allele, which is a protective factor for AD, has been implicated as a risk factor for AMD and glaucoma. This review summarizes the evidence on the effects of ApoE in retinal neurodegenerative diseases and discusses the overlapping molecular pathways in AD. The involvement of ApoE in regulating amyloid beta (Aβ) and tau pathology, inflammation, vascular integrity, glucose metabolism and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling is also discussed.
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie Medical School, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, North Ryde, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie Medical School, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, North Ryde, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie Medical School, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, North Ryde, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
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- Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, NSW 2113, Australia.
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- Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, NSW 2113, Australia.
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- School of Medicine, Deakin University, VIC, Australia.
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- School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, NSW 2109, Australia.
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- School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, NSW 2109, Australia.
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie Medical School, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, North Ryde, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie Medical School, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, North Ryde, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
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Martens N, Zhan N, Voortman G, Leijten FPJ, van Rheenen C, van Leerdam S, Geng X, Huybrechts M, Liu H, Jonker JW, Kuipers F, Lütjohann D, Vanmierlo T, Mulder MT. Activation of Liver X Receptors and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors by Lipid Extracts of Brown Seaweeds: A Potential Application in Alzheimer's Disease? Nutrients 2023; 15:3004. [PMID: 37447330 DOI: 10.3390/nu15133004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 06/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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The nuclear liver X receptors (LXRα/β) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARα/γ) are involved in the regulation of multiple biological processes, including lipid metabolism and inflammation. The activation of these receptors has been found to have neuroprotective effects, making them interesting therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease (AD). The Asian brown seaweed Sargassum fusiforme contains both LXR-activating (oxy)phytosterols and PPAR-activating fatty acids. We have previously shown that dietary supplementation with lipid extracts of Sargassum fusiforme prevents disease progression in a mouse model of AD, without inducing adverse effects associated with synthetic pan-LXR agonists. We now determined the LXRα/β- and PPARα/γ-activating capacity of lipid extracts of six European brown seaweed species (Alaria esculenta, Ascophyllum nodosum, Fucus vesiculosus, Himanthalia elongata, Saccharina latissima, and Sargassum muticum) and the Asian seaweed Sargassum fusiforme using a dual luciferase reporter assay. We analyzed the sterol and fatty acid profiles of the extracts by GC-MS and UPLC MS/MS, respectively, and determined their effects on the expression of LXR and PPAR target genes in several cell lines using quantitative PCR. All extracts were found to activate LXRs, with the Himanthalia elongata extract showing the most pronounced efficacy, comparable to Sargassum fusiforme, for LXR activation and transcriptional regulation of LXR-target genes. Extracts of Alaria esculenta, Fucus vesiculosus, and Saccharina latissima showed the highest capacity to activate PPARα, while extracts of Alaria esculenta, Ascophyllum nodosum, Fucus vesiculosus, and Sargassum muticum showed the highest capacity to activate PPARγ, comparable to Sargassum fusiforme extract. In CCF-STTG1 astrocytoma cells, all extracts induced expression of cholesterol efflux genes (ABCG1, ABCA1, and APOE) and suppressed expression of cholesterol and fatty acid synthesis genes (DHCR7, DHCR24, HMGCR and SREBF2, and SREBF1, ACACA, SCD1 and FASN, respectively). Our data show that lipophilic fractions of European brown seaweeds activate LXRs and PPARs and thereby modulate lipid metabolism. These results support the potential of brown seaweeds in the prevention and/or treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and possibly cardiometabolic and inflammatory diseases via concurrent activation of LXRs and PPARs.
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- Nikita Martens
- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Pharmacology and Vascular Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Neuroscience, Biomedical Research Institute, European Graduate School of Neuroscience, Hasselt University, B-3590 Hasselt, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Pharmacology and Vascular Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Pharmacology and Vascular Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Pharmacology and Vascular Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Pharmacology and Vascular Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Pharmacology and Vascular Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Center for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, D-53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Pharmacology and Vascular Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Neuroscience, Biomedical Research Institute, European Graduate School of Neuroscience, Hasselt University, B-3590 Hasselt, Belgium
- Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neurosciences, Division Translational Neuroscience, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Pharmacology and Vascular Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Delaby C, Hirtz C, Lehmann S. Overview of the blood biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease: Promises and challenges. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2023; 179:161-172. [PMID: 36371265 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2022.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
The increasing number of people with advanced Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents a significant psychological and financial cost to the world population. Accurate detection of the earliest phase of preclinical AD is of major importance for the success of preventive and therapeutic strategies (Cullen et al., 2021). Advances in analytical techniques have been essential for the development of sensitive, specific and reliable diagnostic tests for AD biomarkers in biological fluids (cerebrospinal fluid and blood). Blood biomarkers hold promising potential for early and minimally invasive detection of AD, but also for differential diagnosis of dementia and for monitoring the course of the disease. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of current blood biomarkers of AD, from tau proteins and amyloid peptides to biomarkers of neuronal degeneration and inflammation, reactive and metabolic factors. We thus discuss the informative value of currently candidate blood biomarkers and their potential to be integrated into clinical practice for the management of AD in the near future.
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- C Delaby
- LBPC-PPC, Université Montpellier, CHU Montpellier, INM Inserm, Montpellier, France; Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau - Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- LBPC-PPC, Université Montpellier, CHU Montpellier, INM Inserm, Montpellier, France
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- LBPC-PPC, Université Montpellier, CHU Montpellier, INM Inserm, Montpellier, France.
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Fernández-Calle R, Konings SC, Frontiñán-Rubio J, García-Revilla J, Camprubí-Ferrer L, Svensson M, Martinson I, Boza-Serrano A, Venero JL, Nielsen HM, Gouras GK, Deierborg T. APOE in the bullseye of neurodegenerative diseases: impact of the APOE genotype in Alzheimer’s disease pathology and brain diseases. Mol Neurodegener 2022; 17:62. [PMID: 36153580 PMCID: PMC9509584 DOI: 10.1186/s13024-022-00566-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
ApoE is the major lipid and cholesterol carrier in the CNS. There are three major human polymorphisms, apoE2, apoE3, and apoE4, and the genetic expression of APOE4 is one of the most influential risk factors for the development of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). Neuroinflammation has become the third hallmark of AD, together with Amyloid-β plaques and neurofibrillary tangles of hyperphosphorylated aggregated tau protein. This review aims to broadly and extensively describe the differential aspects concerning apoE. Starting from the evolution of apoE to how APOE's single-nucleotide polymorphisms affect its structure, function, and involvement during health and disease. This review reflects on how APOE's polymorphisms impact critical aspects of AD pathology, such as the neuroinflammatory response, particularly the effect of APOE on astrocytic and microglial function and microglial dynamics, synaptic function, amyloid-β load, tau pathology, autophagy, and cell–cell communication. We discuss influential factors affecting AD pathology combined with the APOE genotype, such as sex, age, diet, physical exercise, current therapies and clinical trials in the AD field. The impact of the APOE genotype in other neurodegenerative diseases characterized by overt inflammation, e.g., alpha- synucleinopathies and Parkinson's disease, traumatic brain injury, stroke, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and multiple sclerosis, is also addressed. Therefore, this review gathers the most relevant findings related to the APOE genotype up to date and its implications on AD and CNS pathologies to provide a deeper understanding of the knowledge in the APOE field.
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Relationship between Nutrition, Lifestyle, and Neurodegenerative Disease: Lessons from ADH1B, CYP1A2 and MTHFR. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13081498. [PMID: 36011409 PMCID: PMC9408177 DOI: 10.3390/genes13081498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In the present review, the main features involved in the susceptibility and progression of neurodegenerative disorders (NDDs) have been discussed, with the purpose of highlighting their potential application for promoting the management and treatment of patients with NDDs. In particular, the impact of genetic and epigenetic factors, nutrients, and lifestyle will be presented, with particular emphasis on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD). Metabolism, dietary habits, physical exercise and microbiota are part of a complex network that is crucial for brain function and preservation. This complex equilibrium can be disrupted by genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors causing perturbations in central nervous system homeostasis, contributing thereby to neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration. Diet and physical activity can directly act on epigenetic modifications, which, in turn, alter the expression of specific genes involved in NDDs onset and progression. On this subject, the introduction of nutrigenomics shed light on the main molecular players involved in the modulation of health and disease status. In particular, the review presents data concerning the impact of ADH1B, CYP1A2, and MTHFR on the susceptibility and progression of NDDs (especially AD and PD) and how they may be exploited for developing precision medicine strategies for the disease treatment and management.
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Passarella D, Ronci M, Di Liberto V, Zuccarini M, Mudò G, Porcile C, Frinchi M, Di Iorio P, Ulrich H, Russo C. Bidirectional Control between Cholesterol Shuttle and Purine Signal at the Central Nervous System. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23158683. [PMID: 35955821 PMCID: PMC9369131 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23158683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Revised: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
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Recent studies have highlighted the mechanisms controlling the formation of cerebral cholesterol, which is synthesized in situ primarily by astrocytes, where it is loaded onto apolipoproteins and delivered to neurons and oligodendrocytes through interactions with specific lipoprotein receptors. The “cholesterol shuttle” is influenced by numerous proteins or carbohydrates, which mainly modulate the lipoprotein receptor activity, function and signaling. These molecules, provided with enzymatic/proteolytic activity leading to the formation of peptide fragments of different sizes and specific sequences, could be also responsible for machinery malfunctions, which are associated with neurological, neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders. In this context, we have pointed out that purines, ancestral molecules acting as signal molecules and neuromodulators at the central nervous system, can influence the homeostatic machinery of the cerebral cholesterol turnover and vice versa. Evidence gathered so far indicates that purine receptors, mainly the subtypes P2Y2, P2X7 and A2A, are involved in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Niemann–Pick C diseases, by controlling the brain cholesterol homeostasis; in addition, alterations in cholesterol turnover can hinder the purine receptor function. Although the precise mechanisms of these interactions are currently poorly understood, the results here collected on cholesterol–purine reciprocal control could hopefully promote further research.
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- Daniela Passarella
- Department of Medicine and Health Sciences “V. Tiberio”, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Health Sciences “V. Tiberio”, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-060, Brazil
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- Department of Medicine and Health Sciences “V. Tiberio”, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-087-440-4897
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Ponomareva NV, Andreeva TV, Protasova M, Konovalov RN, Krotenkova MV, Kolesnikova EP, Malina DD, Kanavets EV, Mitrofanov AA, Fokin VF, Illarioshkin SN, Rogaev EI. Genetic association of apolipoprotein E genotype with EEG alpha rhythm slowing and functional brain network alterations during normal aging. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:931173. [PMID: 35979332 PMCID: PMC9376365 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.931173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The ε4 allele of the apolipoprotein E (APOE4+) genotype is a major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but the mechanisms underlying its influence remain incompletely understood. The study aimed to investigate the possible effect of the APOE genotype on spontaneous electroencephalogram (EEG) alpha characteristics, resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) connectivity (rsFC) in large brain networks and the interrelation of alpha rhythm and rsFC characteristics in non-demented adults during aging. We examined the EEG alpha subband’s relative power, individual alpha peak frequency (IAPF), and fMRI rsFC in non-demented volunteers (age range 26–79 years) stratified by the APOE genotype. The presence of the APOE4+ genotype was associated with lower IAPF and lower relative power of the 11–13 Hz alpha subbands. The age related decrease in EEG IAPF was more pronounced in the APOE4+ carriers than in the APOE4+ non-carriers (APOE4-). The APOE4+ carriers had a stronger fMRI positive rsFC of the interhemispheric regions of the frontoparietal, lateral visual and salience networks than the APOE4– individuals. In contrast, the negative rsFC in the network between the left hippocampus and the right posterior parietal cortex was reduced in the APOE4+ carriers compared to the non-carriers. Alpha rhythm slowing was associated with the dysfunction of hippocampal networks. Our results show that in adults without dementia APOE4+ genotype is associated with alpha rhythm slowing and that this slowing is age-dependent. Our data suggest predominant alterations of inhibitory processes in large-scale brain network of non-demented APOE4+ carriers. Moreover, dysfunction of large-scale hippocampal network can influence APOE-related alpha rhythm vulnerability.
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- Natalya V. Ponomareva
- Research Center of Neurology, Moscow, Russia
- Center for Genetics and Life Science, Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sochi, Russia
- *Correspondence: Natalya V. Ponomareva,
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- Center for Genetics and Life Science, Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sochi, Russia
- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow, Russia
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- Center for Genetics and Life Science, Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sochi, Russia
- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow, Russia
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- Center for Genetics and Life Science, Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sochi, Russia
- Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow, Russia
- Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute (BNRI), University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States
- Evgeny I. Rogaev,
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Giannisis A, Patra K, Edlund AK, Nieto LA, Benedicto-Gras J, Moussaud S, de la Rosa A, Twohig D, Bengtsson T, Fu Y, Bu G, Bial G, Foquet L, Hammarstedt C, Strom S, Kannisto K, Raber J, Ellis E, Nielsen HM. Brain integrity is altered by hepatic APOE ε4 in humanized-liver mice. Mol Psychiatry 2022; 27:3533-3543. [PMID: 35418601 PMCID: PMC9708568 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01548-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Liver-generated plasma apolipoprotein E (apoE) does not enter the brain but nonetheless correlates with Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk and AD biomarker levels. Carriers of APOEε4, the strongest genetic AD risk factor, exhibit lower plasma apoE and altered brain integrity already at mid-life versus non-APOEε4 carriers. Whether altered plasma liver-derived apoE or specifically an APOEε4 liver phenotype promotes neurodegeneration is unknown. Here we investigated the brains of Fah-/-, Rag2-/-, Il2rg-/- mice on the Non-Obese Diabetic (NOD) background (FRGN) with humanized-livers of an AD risk-associated APOE ε4/ε4 versus an APOE ε2/ε3 genotype. Reduced endogenous mouse apoE levels in the brains of APOE ε4/ε4 liver mice were accompanied by various changes in markers of synaptic integrity, neuroinflammation and insulin signaling. Plasma apoE4 levels were associated with unfavorable changes in several of the assessed markers. These results propose a previously unexplored role of the liver in the APOEε4-associated risk of neurodegenerative disease.
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- Andreas Giannisis
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA
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- Yecuris Corporation, Tualatin, OR, 97062, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine (LABMED), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 17177, Sweden
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine (LABMED), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 17177, Sweden
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine (LABMED), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 17177, Sweden
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- Departments of Behavioral Neuroscience, Neurology, and Radiation Medicine, and Division of Neuroscience, ONPPRC, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 97239, USA
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- Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, (CLINTEC), Division of Transplantation surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, 14152, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden.
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Wei J, Ma X, Nehme A, Cui Y, Zhang L, Qiu S. Reduced HGF/MET Signaling May Contribute to the Synaptic Pathology in an Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model. Front Aging Neurosci 2022; 14:954266. [PMID: 35903536 PMCID: PMC9314739 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.954266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder strongly associates with aging. While amyloid plagues and neurofibrillary tangles are pathological hallmarks of AD, recent evidence suggests synaptic dysfunction and physical loss may be the key mechanisms that determine the clinical syndrome and dementia onset. Currently, no effective therapy prevents neuropathological changes and cognitive decline. Neurotrophic factors and their receptors represent novel therapeutic targets to treat AD and dementia. Recent clinical literature revealed that MET receptor tyrosine kinase protein is reduced in AD patient's brain. Activation of MET by its ligand hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) initiates pleiotropic signaling in the developing brain that promotes neurogenesis, survival, synaptogenesis, and plasticity. We hypothesize that if reduced MET signaling plays a role in AD pathogenesis, this might be reflected in the AD mouse models and as such provides opportunities for mechanistic studies on the role of HGF/MET in AD. Examining the 5XFAD mouse model revealed that MET protein exhibits age-dependent progressive reduction prior to overt neuronal pathology, which cannot be explained by indiscriminate loss of total synaptic proteins. In addition, genetic ablation of MET protein in cortical excitatory neurons exacerbates amyloid-related neuropathology in 5XFAD mice. We further found that HGF enhances prefrontal layer 5 neuron synaptic plasticity measured by long-term potentiation (LTP). However, the degree of LTP enhancement is significantly reduced in 5XFAD mice brain slices. Taken together, our study revealed that early reduction of HGF/MET signaling may contribute to the synaptic pathology observed in AD.
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Kawabata S. Excessive/Aberrant and Maladaptive Synaptic Plasticity: A Hypothesis for the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease. Front Aging Neurosci 2022; 14:913693. [PMID: 35865745 PMCID: PMC9294348 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.913693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The amyloid hypothesis for the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is widely accepted. Last year, the US Food and Drug Administration considered amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) as a surrogate biomarker and approved an anti-Aβ antibody, aducanumab, although its effectiveness in slowing the progression of AD is still uncertain. This approval has caused a great deal of controversy. Opinions are divided about whether there is enough evidence to definitely consider Aβ as a causative substance of AD. To develop this discussion constructively and to discover the most suitable therapeutic interventions in the end, an alternative persuasive hypothesis needs to emerge to better explain the facts. In this paper, I propose a hypothesis that excessive/aberrant and maladaptive synaptic plasticity is the pathophysiological basis for AD.
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Diaz JR, Martá-Ariza M, Khodadadi-Jamayran A, Heguy A, Tsirigos A, Pankiewicz JE, Sullivan PM, Sadowski MJ. Apolipoprotein E4 Effects a Distinct Transcriptomic Profile and Dendritic Arbor Characteristics in Hippocampal Neurons Cultured in vitro. Front Aging Neurosci 2022; 14:845291. [PMID: 35572125 PMCID: PMC9099260 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.845291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The APOE gene is diversified by three alleles ε2, ε3, and ε4 encoding corresponding apolipoprotein (apo) E isoforms. Possession of the ε4 allele is signified by increased risks of age-related cognitive decline, Alzheimer's disease (AD), and the rate of AD dementia progression. ApoE is secreted by astrocytes as high-density lipoprotein-like particles and these are internalized by neurons upon binding to neuron-expressed apoE receptors. ApoE isoforms differentially engage neuronal plasticity through poorly understood mechanisms. We examined here the effects of native apoE lipoproteins produced by immortalized astrocytes homozygous for ε2, ε3, and ε4 alleles on the maturation and the transcriptomic profile of primary hippocampal neurons. Control neurons were grown in the presence of conditioned media from Apoe -/- astrocytes. ApoE2 and apoE3 significantly increase the dendritic arbor branching, the combined neurite length, and the total arbor surface of the hippocampal neurons, while apoE4 fails to produce similar effects and even significantly reduces the combined neurite length compared to the control. ApoE lipoproteins show no systemic effect on dendritic spine density, yet apoE2 and apoE3 increase the mature spines fraction, while apoE4 increases the immature spine fraction. This is associated with opposing effects of apoE2 or apoE3 and apoE4 on the expression of NR1 NMDA receptor subunit and PSD95. There are 1,062 genes differentially expressed across neurons cultured in the presence of apoE lipoproteins compared to the control. KEGG enrichment and gene ontology analyses show apoE2 and apoE3 commonly activate expression of genes involved in neurite branching, and synaptic signaling. In contrast, apoE4 cultured neurons show upregulation of genes related to the glycolipid metabolism, which are involved in dendritic spine turnover, and those which are usually silent in neurons and are related to cell cycle and DNA repair. In conclusion, our work reveals that lipoprotein particles comprised of various apoE isoforms differentially regulate various neuronal arbor characteristics through interaction with neuronal transcriptome. ApoE4 produces a functionally distinct transcriptomic profile, which is associated with attenuated neuronal development. Differential regulation of neuronal transcriptome by apoE isoforms is a newly identified biological mechanism, which has both implication in the development and aging of the CNS.
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- Jenny R. Diaz
- Department of Neurology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Neurology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Pathology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Pathology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Neurology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Medicine (Geriatrics), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States
- Durham VA Medical Center’s, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Neurology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
- Department of Psychiatry, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States
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Khonacha SE, Mirbehbahani SH, Rahdar M, Davoudi S, Borjkhani M, Khodaghli F, Motamedi F, Janahmadia M. Kisspeptin-13 prevented the electrophysiological alterations induced by Amyloid-Beta pathology in rat: Possible involvement of stromal interaction molecules and pCREB. Brain Res Bull 2022; 184:13-23. [PMID: 35272006 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2022.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Revised: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurological disease that slowly causing memory impairments with no effective treatment. We have recently reported that kisspeptin-13 (KP-13) ameliorates Aβ toxicity-induced memory deficit in rats. Here, the possible cellular impact of kisspeptin receptor activation in a rat model of the early stage AD was assessed using whole-cell patch-clamp recording from CA1 pyramidal neurons and molecular approaches. Compared to neurons from the control group, cells from the Aβ-treated group displayed spontaneous and evoked hyperexcitability with lower spike frequency adaptation. These cells had also a lower sag ratio in response to hyperpolarizing prepulse current delivered before a depolarizing current injection. Neurons from the Aβ-treated group exhibited short spike onset latency, lower rheobase and short utilization time compared with those in the control group. Furthermore, phase plot analysis of action potential showed that Aβ treatment affected the action potential features. These electrophysiological changes induced by Aβ were associated with increased expression of stromal interaction molecules (STIMs), particularly (STIM2) and decreased pCREB/CREB ratio. Treatment with KP-13 following Aβ injection into the entorhinal cortex, however, prevented the excitatory effect of Aβ on spontaneous and evoked neuronal activity, increased the latency of onset, enhanced the sag ratio, increased the rheobase and utilization time, and prevented the changes induced Aβ on spike parameters. In addition, the KP-13 application after Aβ treatment reduced the expression of STIMs and increased the pCREB/CREB ratio compared to those receiving Aβ treatment alone. In summary, these results provide evidence that activation of kisspeptin receptor may be effective against pathology of Aβ.
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- Shima Ebrahimi Khonacha
- Neuroscience Research Center, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Fang Z, Zhong M, Zhou L, Le Y, Wang H, Fang Z. Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 8 facilitates the proliferation and invasion of non-small cell lung cancer cells by regulating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Bioengineered 2022; 13:6807-6818. [PMID: 35246020 PMCID: PMC8974054 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2022.2036917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 8 (LRP8) is involved in the development of multiple tumors, including lung cancer. However, the exact mechanism by which LRP8 exerts its oncogenic role in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains elusive. Hence, in this study, we aimed to unravel the expression and role of LRP8 in the progression of NSCLC. We used online bioinformatics databases to identify the expression of LRP8 in multiple types of lung cancer. We validated LRP8 expression in NSCLC cell lines and tissues by Western blotting and immunohistochemistry. The functions of LRP8 in NSCLC carcinogenesis and progression were determined using in vitro and in vivo systems. The Wnt pathway activator LiCl was further used to validate the regulatory role of LRP8 in Wnt/β-catenin signaling. We demonstrated that LRP8 was markedly overexpressed in NSCLC tissues and cell lines, and its overexpression significantly correlated with poor clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis. Moreover, LRP8 depletion suppressed cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in vitro and impeded tumor growth in vivo. Mechanistically, LPR8 knockdown elicited tumor-suppressive functions by suppressing the Wnt/β-catenin pathway, which was partially reversed by LiCl. Hence, our study revealed that LRP8 facilitates NSCLC cell proliferation and invasion via the Wnt/β-catenin pathway, and thus LRP8 could be a novel therapeutic target for NSCLC.
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- Zhi Fang
- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People's Republic of China.,Department of Abdominal Oncology, Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Individualized Cancer Therapy, Nanchang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People's Republic of China.,Department of Abdominal Oncology, Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Individualized Cancer Therapy, Nanchang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People's Republic of China.,Department of Abdominal Oncology, Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Individualized Cancer Therapy, Nanchang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People's Republic of China.,Department of Abdominal Oncology, Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Individualized Cancer Therapy, Nanchang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People's Republic of China.,Department of Abdominal Oncology, Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Individualized Cancer Therapy, Nanchang, People's Republic of China
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Jeremic D, Jiménez-Díaz L, Navarro-López JD. Past, present and future of therapeutic strategies against amyloid-β peptides in Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review. Ageing Res Rev 2021; 72:101496. [PMID: 34687956 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2021.101496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease in ageing, affecting around 46 million people worldwide but few treatments are currently available. The etiology of AD is still puzzling, and new drugs development and clinical trials have high failure rates. Urgent outline of an integral (multi-target) and effective treatment of AD is needed. Accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides is considered one of the fundamental neuropathological pillars of the disease, and its dyshomeostasis has shown a crucial role in AD onset. Therefore, many amyloid-targeted therapies have been investigated. Here, we will systematically review recent (from 2014) investigational, follow-up and review studies focused on anti-amyloid strategies to summarize and analyze their current clinical potential. Combination of anti-Aβ therapies with new developing early detection biomarkers and other therapeutic agents acting on early functional AD changes will be highlighted in this review. Near-term approval seems likely for several drugs acting against Aβ, with recent FDA approval of a monoclonal anti-Aβ oligomers antibody -aducanumab- raising hopes and controversies. We conclude that, development of oligomer-epitope specific Aβ treatment and implementation of multiple improved biomarkers and risk prediction methods allowing early detection, together with therapies acting on other factors such as hyperexcitability in early AD, could be the key to slowing this global pandemic.
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Antolini L, DiFrancesco JC, Zedde M, Basso G, Arighi A, Shima A, Cagnin A, Caulo M, Carare RO, Charidimou A, Cirillo M, Di Lazzaro V, Ferrarese C, Giossi A, Inzitari D, Marcon M, Marconi R, Ihara M, Nitrini R, Orlandi B, Padovani A, Pascarella R, Perini F, Perini G, Sessa M, Scarpini E, Tagliavini F, Valenti R, Vázquez-Costa JF, Villarejo-Galende A, Hagiwara Y, Ziliotto N, Piazza F. Spontaneous ARIA-like Events in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-Related Inflammation: A Multicenter Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study. Neurology 2021; 97:e1809-e1822. [PMID: 34531298 PMCID: PMC8610623 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000012778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The goal of this work was to investigate the natural history and outcomes after treatment for spontaneous amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA)-like in cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related inflammation (CAA-ri). METHODS This was a multicenter, hospital-based, longitudinal, prospective observational study of inpatients meeting CAA-ri diagnostic criteria recruited through the Inflammatory Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and Alzheimer's Disease βiomarkers International Network from January 2013 to March 2017. A protocol for systematic data collection at first-ever presentation and at subsequent in-person visits, including T1-weighted, gradient recalled echo-T2*, fluid-suppressed T2-weighted (fluid-attenuated inversion recovery), and T1 postgadolinium contrast-enhanced images acquired on 1.5T MRI, was used at the 3-, 6-, 12-, and 24-month follow-up. Centralized reads of MRIs were performed by investigators blinded to clinical, therapeutic, and time-point information. Main outcomes were survival, clinical and radiologic recovery, intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and recurrence of CAA-ri. RESULTS The study enrolled 113 participants (10.6% definite, 71.7% probable, and 17.7% possible CAA-ri). Their mean age was 72.9 years; 43.4% were female; 37.1% were APOEε4 carriers; 36.3% had a history of Alzheimer disease; and 33.6% had a history of ICH. A history of ICH and the occurrence of new ICH at follow-up were more common in patients with cortical superficial siderosis at baseline (52.6% vs 14.3%, p < 0.0001 and 19.3% vs 3.6%, p < 0.009, respectively). After the first-ever presentation of CAA-ri, 70.3% (95% confidence interval [CI] 61.6%-78.5%) and 84.1% (95% CI 76.2%-90.6%) clinically recovered within 3 and 12 months, followed by radiologic recovery in 45.1% (95% CI 36.4%-54.8%) and 77.4% (95% CI 67.7%-85.9%), respectively. After clinicoradiologic resolution of the first-ever episode, 38.3% (95% CI 22.9%-59.2%) had at least 1 recurrence within the following 24 months. Recurrence was more likely if IV high-dose corticosteroid pulse therapy was suddenly stopped compared to slow oral tapering off (hazard ratio 4.68, 95% CI 1.57-13.93; p = 0.006). DISCUSSION These results from the largest longitudinal cohort registry of patients with CAA-ri support the transient and potentially relapsing inflammatory nature of the clinical-radiologic acute manifestations of the disease and the effectiveness of slow oral tapering off after IV corticosteroid pulse therapy in preventing recurrences. Our results highlight the importance of differential diagnosis for spontaneous ARIA-like events in β-amyloid-driven diseases, including treatment-related ARIA in patients with Alzheimer disease exposed to immunotherapy drugs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Laura Antolini
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Jacopo C DiFrancesco
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Marialuisa Zedde
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Gianpaolo Basso
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Andrea Arighi
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Atsushi Shima
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Annachiara Cagnin
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Massimo Caulo
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Roxana O Carare
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Andreas Charidimou
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Mario Cirillo
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Vincenzo Di Lazzaro
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Carlo Ferrarese
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Alessia Giossi
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Domenico Inzitari
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Michela Marcon
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Roberto Marconi
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Masafumi Ihara
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Ricardo Nitrini
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Berardino Orlandi
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Alessandro Padovani
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Rosario Pascarella
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Francesco Perini
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Giulia Perini
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Elio Scarpini
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
| | - Fabrizio Tagliavini
- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- From the School of Medicine and Surgery (L.A., J.C.D., G.B., C.F., N.Z., F. Piazza), University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza; Neurology Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano and University of Milan (A.A., E.S.), Italy; Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (A.S.), Japan; University of Padova (A.C.); University of Chieti (M. Caulo), Italy; University of Southampton (R.O.C.), UK; Department of Neurology (A.C.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University, MA; University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (M. Cirillo), Napoli; Università Campus Biomedico (V.D.L.), Rome; Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Cremona (A.G.); Italian National Research Council (D.I.), University of Florence; Neuroscience Institute (D.I.), Pisa; S. Bortolo Hospital (M.M., F. Perini), Vicenza; Azienda USL Toscana sud est (R.M.), Grosseto, Italy; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (M.I.), Osaka, Japan; University of São Paulo Medical School (R.N.), Brazil; S.S. Filippo and Nicola Hospital (B.O.), Avezzano; University of Brescia (A.P.); Neuroradiology Unit (R.P.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia; IRCCS Mondino Foundation and University of Pavia (G.P.); Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII (M.S.), Bergamo; Fondazione IRCCS "Carlo Besta" National Neurological Institute (F.T.), Milan, Italy; Azienda USL Toscana Centro (R.V.), Prato, Italy; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (J.F.V.-C.), Valencia; Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (A.V.-G.), Madrid, Spain; St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Y.H.), Kawasaki, Japan; and CAA and AD Translational Research and Biomarkers Laboratory (F. Piazza), PhD Program in Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
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Konings SC, Torres-Garcia L, Martinsson I, Gouras GK. Astrocytic and Neuronal Apolipoprotein E Isoforms Differentially Affect Neuronal Excitability. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:734001. [PMID: 34621153 PMCID: PMC8490647 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.734001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Synaptic changes and neuronal network dysfunction are among the earliest changes in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Apolipoprotein E4 (ApoE4), the major genetic risk factor in AD, has been shown to be present at synapses and to induce hyperexcitability in mouse knock-in brain regions vulnerable to AD. ApoE in the brain is mainly generated by astrocytes, however, neurons can also produce ApoE under stress conditions such as aging. The potential synaptic function(s) of ApoE and whether the cellular source of ApoE might affect neuronal excitability remain poorly understood. Therefore, the aim of this study was to elucidate the synaptic localization and effects on neuronal activity of the two main human ApoE isoforms from different cellular sources in control and AD-like in vitro cultured neuron models. In this study ApoE is seen to localize at or near to synaptic terminals. Additionally, we detected a cellular source-specific effect of ApoE isoforms on neuronal activity measured by live cell Ca2+ imaging. Neuronal activity increases after acute but not long-term administration of ApoE4 astrocyte medium. In contrast, ApoE expressed by neurons appears to induce the highest neuronal firing rate in the presence of ApoE3, rather than ApoE4. Moreover, increased neuronal activity in APP/PS1 AD transgenic compared to wild-type neurons is seen in the absence of astrocytic ApoE and the presence of astrocytic ApoE4, but not ApoE3. In summary, ApoE can target synapses and differentially induce changes in neuronal activity depending on whether ApoE is produced by astrocytes or neurons. Astrocytic ApoE induces the strongest neuronal firing with ApoE4, while the most active and efficient neuronal activity induced by neuronal ApoE is caused by ApoE3. ApoE isoforms also differentially affect neuronal activity in AD transgenic compared to wild-type neurons.
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- Sabine C Konings
- Experimental Dementia Research Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Experimental Dementia Research Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Experimental Dementia Research Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Experimental Dementia Research Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Caruso G, Torrisi SA, Mogavero MP, Currenti W, Castellano S, Godos J, Ferri R, Galvano F, Leggio GM, Grosso G, Caraci F. Polyphenols and neuroprotection: Therapeutic implications for cognitive decline. Pharmacol Ther 2021; 232:108013. [PMID: 34624428 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2021.108013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
Abstract
Dietary polyphenols have been the focus of major interest for their potential benefits on human health. Several preclinical studies have been conducted to provide a rationale for their potential use as therapeutic agents in preventing or ameliorating cognitive decline. However, results from human studies are scarce and poorly documented. The aim of this review was to discuss the potential mechanisms involved in age-related cognitive decline or early stage cognitive impairment and current evidence from clinical human studies conducted on polyphenols and the aforementioned outcomes. The evidence published so far is encouraging but contrasting findings are to be taken into account. Most studies on anthocyanins showed a consistent positive effect on various cognitive aspects related to aging or early stages of cognitive impairment. Studies on cocoa flavanols, resveratrol, and isoflavones provided substantial contrasting results and further research is needed to clarify the therapeutic potential of these compounds. Results from other studies on quercetin, green tea flavanols, hydroxycinnamic acids (such as chlorogenic acid), curcumin, and olive oil tyrosol and derivatives are rather promising but still too few to provide any real conclusions. Future translational studies are needed to address issues related to dosage, optimal formulations to improve bioavailability, as well as better control for the overall diet, and correct target population.
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- Giuseppe Caruso
- Department of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Scientific Institute of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
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- Department of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy; Oasi Research Institute - IRCCS, Troina, Italy
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Pontifex MG, Martinsen A, Saleh RNM, Harden G, Tejera N, Müller M, Fox C, Vauzour D, Minihane AM. APOE4 genotype exacerbates the impact of menopause on cognition and synaptic plasticity in APOE-TR mice. FASEB J 2021; 35:e21583. [PMID: 33891334 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202002621rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Revised: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The impact of sex and menopausal status in Alzheimer's disease remains understudied despite increasing evidence of greater female risk, particularly in APOE4 carriers. Utilizing female APOE-TR mice maintained on a high-fat diet background we induced ovarian failure through repeated VCD injections, to mimic human menopause. At 12 months of age, recognition memory and spatial memory were assessed using object recognition, Y-maze spontaneous alternation, and Barnes maze. A VCD*genotype interaction reduced the recognition memory (P < .05), with APOE4 VCD-treated animals unable to distinguish between novel and familiar objects. APOE4 mice displayed an additional 37% and 12% reduction in Barnes (P < .01) and Y-maze (P < .01) performance, indicative of genotype-specific spatial memory impairment. Molecular analysis indicated both VCD and genotype-related deficits in synaptic plasticity with BDNF, Akt, mTOR, and ERK signaling compromised. Subsequent reductions in the transcription factors Creb1 and Atf4 were also evident. Furthermore, the VCD*genotype interaction specifically diminished Ephb2 expression, while Fos, and Cnr1 expression reduced as a consequence of APOE4 genotype. Brain DHA levels were 13% lower in VCD-treated animals independent of genotype. Consistent with this, we detected alterations in the expression of the DHA transporters Acsl6 and Fatp4. Our results indicate that the combination of ovarian failure and APOE4 leads to an exacerbation of cognitive and neurological deficits.
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- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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He H, Lu H, Liu S, Cai J, Tang X, Mo C, Xu X, Chen Q, Xu M, Nong C, Liu Q, Zhang J, Qin J, Zhang Z. Effects of the association between APOE rs405509 polymorphisms and gene-environment interactions on hand grip strength among middle-aged and elderly people in a rural population in southern China. J Orthop Surg Res 2021; 16:372. [PMID: 34116692 PMCID: PMC8194121 DOI: 10.1186/s13018-021-02522-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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Background Hand grip strength is a complex phenotype. The current study aimed to identify the effects of the association between APOE rs405509 polymorphisms and gene-environment interactions on hand grip strength among middle-aged and elderly people in a rural population in Gongcheng, southern China. Methods APOE rs405509 polymorphisms in 1724 participants (695 men and 1029 women, aged 45–97 years old) were genotyped using the Sequenom MassARRAY platform. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS 21.0 and Plink 1.90. Results The APOE rs405509 G allele was associated with lower hand grip strength in all participants (β = −1.04, P value <0.001), and the correlation seemed to be even stronger among women. A significant gene-environment interaction was observed between APOE rs405509 and smoking, especially in men. The hand grip strength of male smokers carrying the GG genotype was significantly higher than that of nonsmokers (P value = 0.004). Conclusions APOE rs405509 polymorphisms might be genetic factors that affect hand grip strength in a rural population in Gongcheng, southern China. The APOE rs405509-smoking interaction has an impact on hand grip strength.
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- Haoyu He
- School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, 22 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.,Department of Quality Management, The Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, Guangxi Medical University, 10 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
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- School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, 22 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.,Department of Guangxi Science and Technology Major Project, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, 18 Jinzhou Road, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
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- School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, 22 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
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- School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, 22 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
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- School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, 22 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
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- School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, 22 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
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- School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, 22 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
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- School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, 22 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
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- School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, 22 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
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- School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, 22 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
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- School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, 22 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
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- School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, 22 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
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- School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, 22 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
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- School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, 22 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. .,School of Public Health, Guilin Medical University, 20 Lequn Road, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
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Richens JL, Bramble JP, Spencer HL, Cantlay F, Butler M, O'Shea P. Towards defining the Mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease based on a contextual analysis of molecular pathways. AIMS GENETICS 2021. [DOI: 10.3934/genet.2016.1.25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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AbstractAlzheimer's disease (AD) is posing an increasingly profound problem to society. Our genuine understanding of the pathogenesis of AD is inadequate and as a consequence, diagnostic and therapeutic strategies are currently insufficient. The understandable focus of many studies is the identification of molecules with high diagnostic utility however the opportunity to obtain a further understanding of the mechanistic origins of the disease from such putative biomarkers is often overlooked. This study examines the involvement of biomarkers in AD to shed light on potential mechanisms and pathways through which they are implicated in the pathology of this devastating neurodegenerative disorder. The computational tools required to analyse ever-growing datasets in the context of AD are also discussed.
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- Joanna L. Richens
- Cell Biophysics Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Cell Biophysics Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Cell Biophysics Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Cell Biophysics Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Cell Biophysics Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Cell Biophysics Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Address as of 1st July 2016: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Generation of APOE knock-down SK-N-SH human neuroblastoma cells using CRISPR/Cas9: a novel cellular model relevant to Alzheimer's disease research. Biosci Rep 2021; 41:227846. [PMID: 33600562 PMCID: PMC7897917 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20204243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2020] [Revised: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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APOE ε4 is the major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). A precise role for apolipoprotein E (apoE) in the pathogenesis of the disease remains unclear in part due to its expression in multiple cell types of the brain. APOE is highly expressed in astrocytes and microglia, however its expression can also be induced in neurons under various conditions. The neuron-like cell line SK-N-SH is a useful model in the study of the cellular and molecular effects of apoE as it can be differentiated with retinoic acid to express and secrete high levels of apoE and it also shows the same apoE fragmentation patterns observed in the human brain. We previously found that apoE is cleaved into a 25-kDa fragment by high temperature-requirement serine protease A1 (HtrA1) in SK-N-SH cells. To further understand the endogenous functions of apoE, we used CRISPR/Cas9 to generate SK-N-SH cell lines with APOE expression knocked-down (KD). APOE KD cells showed lower APOE and HTRA1 expression than parental SK-N-SH cells but no overt differences in neuritogenesis or cell proliferation compared with the CRISPR/Cas9 control cells. This research shows that the loss of apoE and HtrA1 has a negligible effect on neuritogenesis and cell survival in SK-N-SH neuron-like cells.
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Kim R, Park S, Yoo D, Jun JS, Jeon B. Impact of the apolipoprotein E ε4 allele on early Parkinson's disease progression. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2021; 83:66-70. [PMID: 33484977 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2021.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Emerging evidence shows that apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 exacerbates alpha-synuclein pathology. We aimed to investigate whether the APOE ε4 allele contributes to early Parkinson's disease (PD) progression. METHODS This cohort study included 361 early PD patients who were classified as APOE ε4 carriers (n = 90) and noncarriers (n = 271). The patients underwent yearly motor and nonmotor assessments covering neuropsychiatric, sleep-related, and autonomic symptoms over 5 years of follow-up. Dopamine transporter (DAT) imaging was conducted at baseline and the 1-, 2-, and 4-year follow-up visits. RESULTS The APOE ε4 carriers had steeper declines in the Montreal Cognitive Assessment score (p=0.005) and the semantic fluency test score (p=0.012) than the noncarriers. No significant between-group differences in the longitudinal changes in motor, other nonmotor, and DAT imaging variables were observed. CONCLUSIONS Our exploratory analyses show that only cognitive performance was negatively affected by the APOE ε4 allele in the progression of early PD. More specifically, this allele was associated with poorer performance in semantic verbal fluency among cognitive domains.
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- Ryul Kim
- Department of Neurology, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
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- Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
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Ettcheto M, Busquets O, Cano A, Sánchez-Lopez E, Manzine PR, Espinosa-Jimenez T, Verdaguer E, Sureda FX, Olloquequi J, Castro-Torres RD, Auladell C, Folch J, Casadesús G, Camins A. Pharmacological Strategies to Improve Dendritic Spines in Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2021; 82:S91-S107. [PMID: 33325386 PMCID: PMC9853464 DOI: 10.3233/jad-201106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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To deeply understand late onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD), it may be necessary to change the concept that it is a disease exclusively driven by aging processes. The onset of LOAD could be associated with a previous peripheral stress at the level of the gut (changes in the gut microbiota), obesity (metabolic stress), and infections, among other systemic/environmental stressors. The onset of LOAD, then, may result from the generation of mild peripheral inflammatory processes involving cytokine production associated with peripheral stressors that in a second step enter the brain and spread out the process causing a neuroinflammatory brain disease. This hypothesis could explain the potential efficacy of Sodium Oligomannate (GV-971), a mixture of acidic linear oligosaccharides that have shown to remodel gut microbiota and slowdown LOAD. However, regardless of the origin of the disease, the end goal of LOAD-related preventative or disease modifying therapies is to preserve dendritic spines and synaptic plasticity that underlay and support healthy cognition. Here we discuss how systemic/environmental stressors impact pathways associated with the regulation of spine morphogenesis and synaptic maintenance, including insulin receptor and the brain derived neurotrophic factor signaling. Spine structure remodeling is a plausible mechanism to maintain synapses and provide cognitive resilience in LOAD patients. Importantly, we also propose a combination of drugs targeting such stressors that may be able to modify the course of LOAD by acting on preventing dendritic spines and synapsis loss.
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- Miren Ettcheto
- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Science, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Medicine and Life Science, University Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Centre in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
- Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Science, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Medicine and Life Science, University Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Centre in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
- Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Science, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Biomedical Research Networking Centre in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Science, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Science, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Centre in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
- Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Gerontology, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Science, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Centre in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
- Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Biomedical Research Networking Centre in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
- Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Laboratorio de Neurobiología de laneurotransmisión, C.U.C.B.A, Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Medicine and Life Science, University Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Talca, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Laboratorio de Neurobiología de laneurotransmisión, C.U.C.B.A, Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
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- Biomedical Research Networking Centre in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
- Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Medicine and Life Science, University Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Centre in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Science, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Centre in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
- Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Talca, Chile
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Apolipoprotein E ε4 genotype and risk of freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2020; 81:173-178. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2020.10.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Revised: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Enhancement of Executive Functions but Not Memory by Multidomain Group Cognitive Training in Patients with Parkinson's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. PARKINSONS DISEASE 2020; 2020:4068706. [PMID: 33312495 PMCID: PMC7721510 DOI: 10.1155/2020/4068706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Background Meta-analyses have demonstrated cognitive training (CT) benefits in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. However, the patients' cognitive status has only rarely been based on established criteria. Also, prediction analyses of CT success have only sparsely been conducted. Objective To determine CT effects in PD patients with mild cognitive impairment (PD-MCI) on cognitive and noncognitive outcomes compared to an active control group (CG) and to analyze CT success predictors. Methods Sixty-four PD-MCI patients (age: 67.61 ± 7.70; UPDRS-III: 26.58 ± 13.54; MoCA: 24.47 ± 2.78) were randomized to either a CT group or a low-intensity physical activity CG for six weeks (twice weekly, 90 minutes). Outcomes were assessed before and after training. MANOVAs with follow-up ANOVAs and multiple regression analyses were computed. Results Both interventions were highly feasible (participation, motivation, and evaluation); the overall dropout rate was 4.7%. Time × group interaction effects favoring CT were observed for phonemic fluency as a specific executive test (p=0.018, ηp2=0.092) and a statistical trend for overall executive functions (p=0.095, ηp2=0.132). A statistical trend for a time × group interaction effect favoring CG was shown for the digit span backward as a working memory test (p=0.098, ηp2=0.043). Regression analyses revealed cognitive baseline levels, education, levodopa equivalent daily dose, motor scores, and ApoE status as significant predictors for CT success. Conclusions CT is a safe and feasible therapy option in PD-MCI, yielding executive functions improvement. Data indicate that vulnerable individuals may show the largest cognitive gains. Longitudinal studies are required to determine whether CT may also attenuate cognitive decline in the long term. This trial is registered with DRKS00010186.
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Geerts H, van der Graaf P. A modeling informed quantitative approach to salvage clinical trials interrupted due to COVID-19. ALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIA (NEW YORK, N. Y.) 2020; 6:e12053. [PMID: 33163611 PMCID: PMC7606183 DOI: 10.1002/trc2.12053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Many ongoing Alzheimer's disease central nervous system clinical trials are being disrupted and halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They are often of a long duration' are very complex; and involve many stakeholders, not only the scientists and regulators but also the patients and their family members. It is mandatory for us as a community to explore all possibilities to avoid losing all the knowledge we have gained from these ongoing trials. Some of these trials will need to completely restart, but a substantial number can restart after a hiatus with the proper protocol amendments. To salvage the information gathered so far, we need out-of-the-box thinking for addressing these missingness problems and to combine information from the completers with those subjects undergoing complex protocols deviations and amendments after restart in a rational, scientific way. Physiology-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling has been a cornerstone of model-informed drug development with regard to drug exposure at the site of action, taking into account individual patient characteristics. Quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP), based on biology-informed and mechanistic modeling of the interaction between a drug and neuronal circuits, is an emerging technology to simulate the pharmacodynamic effects of a drug in combination with patient-specific comedications, genotypes, and disease states on functional clinical scales. We propose to combine these two approaches into the concept of computer modeling-based virtual twin patients as a possible solution to harmonize the readouts from these complex clinical datasets in a biologically and therapeutically relevant way.
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Jiang S, Zhang CY, Tang L, Zhao LX, Chen HZ, Qiu Y. Integrated Genomic Analysis Revealed Associated Genes for Alzheimer's Disease in APOE4 Non-Carriers. Curr Alzheimer Res 2020; 16:753-763. [PMID: 31441725 DOI: 10.2174/1567205016666190823124724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Revised: 07/14/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND APOE4 is the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD). LOAD patients carrying or not carrying APOE4 manifest distinct clinico-pathological characteristics. APOE4 has been shown to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of AD by affecting various aspects of pathological processes. However, the pathogenesis involved in LOAD not-carrying APOE4 remains elusive. OBJECTIVE We aimed to identify the associated genes involved in LOAD not-carrying APOE4. METHODS An integrated genomic analysis of datasets of genome-wide association study, genome-wide expression profiling and genome-wide linkage scan and protein-protein interaction network construction were applied to identify associated gene clusters in APOE4 non-carriers. The role of one of hub gene of an APOE4 non-carrier-associated gene cluster in tau phosphorylation was studied by knockdown and western blot. RESULTS We identified 12 gene clusters associated with AD APOE4 non-carriers. The hub genes associated with AD in these clusters were MAPK8, POU2F1, XRCC1, PRKCG, EXOC6, VAMP4, SIRT1, MME, NOS1, ABCA1 and LDLR. The associated genes for APOE4 non-carriers were enriched in hereditary disorder, neurological disease and psychological disorders. Moreover, knockdown of PRKCG to reduce the expression of protein kinase Cγ isoform enhanced tau phosphorylation at Thr181 and Thr231 and the expression of glycogen synthase kinase 3β and cyclin-dependent kinase 5 in the presence of APOE3 but not APOE4. CONCLUSION The study provides new insight into the mechanism of distinct pathogenesis of LOAD not carrying APOE4 and prompts the functional exploration of identified genes based on APOE genotypes.
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- Shan Jiang
- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.,Center for Precision Health, School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Institute of Interdisciplinary Integrative Biomedical Research, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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Geerts H, Spiros A. Simulating the Effects of Common Comedications and Genotypes on Alzheimer's Cognitive Trajectory Using a Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Approach. J Alzheimers Dis 2020; 78:413-424. [PMID: 33016912 DOI: 10.3233/jad-200688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Many Alzheimer's disease patients in clinical practice are on polypharmacy for treatment of comorbidities. OBJECTIVE While pharmacokinetic interactions between drugs have been relatively well established with corresponding treatment guidelines, many medications and common genotype variants also affect central brain circuits involved in cognitive trajectory, leading to complex pharmacodynamic interactions and a large variability in clinical trials. METHODS We applied a mechanism-based and ADAS-Cog calibrated Quantitative Systems Pharmacology biophysical model of neuronal circuits relevant for cognition in Alzheimer's disease, to standard-of-care cholinergic therapy with COMTVal158Met, 5-HTTLPR rs25531, and APOE genotypes and with benzodiazepines, antidepressants, and antipsychotics, all together 9,585 combinations. RESULTS The model predicts a variability of up to 14 points on ADAS-Cog at baseline (COMTVV 5-HTTLPRss APOE 4/4 combination is worst) and a four-fold range for the rate of progression. The progression rate is inversely proportional to baseline ADAS-Cog. Antidepressants, benzodiazepines, first-generation more than second generation, and most antipsychotics with the exception of aripiprazole worsen the outcome when added to standard-of-care in mild cases. Low dose second-generation benzodiazepines revert the negative effects of risperidone and olanzapine, but only in mild stages. Non APOE4 carriers with a COMTMM and 5HTTLPRLL are predicted to have the best cognitive performance at baseline but deteriorate somewhat faster over time. However, this effect is significantly modulated by comedications. CONCLUSION Once these simulations are validated, the platform can in principle provide optimal treatment guidance in clinical practice at an individual patient level, identify negative pharmacodynamic interactions with novel targets and address protocol amendments in clinical trials.
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Gliozzi M, Musolino V, Bosco F, Scicchitano M, Scarano F, Nucera S, Zito MC, Ruga S, Carresi C, Macrì R, Guarnieri L, Maiuolo J, Tavernese A, Coppoletta AR, Nicita C, Mollace R, Palma E, Muscoli C, Belzung C, Mollace V. Cholesterol homeostasis: Researching a dialogue between the brain and peripheral tissues. Pharmacol Res 2020; 163:105215. [PMID: 33007421 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2020.105215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Cholesterol homeostasis is a highly regulated process in human body because of its several functions underlying the biology of cell membranes, the synthesis of all steroid hormones and bile acids and the need of trafficking lipids destined to cell metabolism. In particular, it has been recognized that peripheral and central nervous system cholesterol metabolism are separated by the blood brain barrier and are regulated independently; indeed, peripherally, it depends on the balance between dietary intake and hepatic synthesis on one hand and its degradation on the other, whereas in central nervous system it is synthetized de novo to ensure brain physiology. In view of this complex metabolism and its relevant functions in mammalian, impaired levels of cholesterol can induce severe cellular dysfunction leading to metabolic, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases. The aim of this review is to clarify the role of cholesterol homeostasis in health and disease highlighting new intriguing aspects of the cross talk between its central and peripheral metabolism.
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- Micaela Gliozzi
- Institute of Research for Food Safety & Health (IRC-FSH) - Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Institute of Research for Food Safety & Health (IRC-FSH) - Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Institute of Research for Food Safety & Health (IRC-FSH) - Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Institute of Research for Food Safety & Health (IRC-FSH) - Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Institute of Research for Food Safety & Health (IRC-FSH) - Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Institute of Research for Food Safety & Health (IRC-FSH) - Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Institute of Research for Food Safety & Health (IRC-FSH) - Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Institute of Research for Food Safety & Health (IRC-FSH) - Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Institute of Research for Food Safety & Health (IRC-FSH) - Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Institute of Research for Food Safety & Health (IRC-FSH) - Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Institute of Research for Food Safety & Health (IRC-FSH) - Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Institute of Research for Food Safety & Health (IRC-FSH) - Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Division of Cardiology, University Hospital Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
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- Institute of Research for Food Safety & Health (IRC-FSH) - Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Institute of Research for Food Safety & Health (IRC-FSH) - Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Institute of Research for Food Safety & Health (IRC-FSH) - Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Institute of Research for Food Safety & Health (IRC-FSH) - Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Institute of Research for Food Safety & Health (IRC-FSH) - Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy; IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Via di Valcannuta, Rome, Italy.
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- Institute of Research for Food Safety & Health (IRC-FSH) - Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy; IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Via di Valcannuta, Rome, Italy.
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Roda AR, Montoliu-Gaya L, Villegas S. The Role of Apolipoprotein E Isoforms in Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2020; 68:459-471. [PMID: 30775980 DOI: 10.3233/jad-180740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common type of dementia worldwide, is characterized by high levels of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide and hyperphosphorylated tau protein. Genetically, the ɛ4 allele of apolipoprotein E (ApoE) has been established as the major risk factor for developing late-onset AD (LOAD), the most common form of the disease. Although the role ApoE plays in AD is still not completely understood, a differential role of its isoforms has long been known. The current review compiles the involvement of ApoE isoforms in amyloid-β protein precursor transcription, Aβ aggregation and clearance, synaptic plasticity, neuroinflammation, lipid metabolism, mitochondrial function, and tau hyperphosphorylation. Due to the complexity of LOAD, an accurate description of the interdependence among all the related molecular mechanisms involved in the disease is needed for developing successful therapies.
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- Alejandro R Roda
- Protein Design and Immunotherapy Group, Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Protein Design and Immunotherapy Group, Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Protein Design and Immunotherapy Group, Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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Geerts H, Spiros A. Learning from amyloid trials in Alzheimer's disease. A virtual patient analysis using a quantitative systems pharmacology approach. Alzheimers Dement 2020; 16:862-872. [PMID: 32255562 PMCID: PMC7983876 DOI: 10.1002/alz.12082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Revised: 01/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Many trials of amyloid-modulating agents fail to improve cognitive outcome in Alzheimer's disease despite substantial reduction of amyloid β levels. METHODS We applied a mechanism-based Quantitative Systems Pharmacology model exploring the pharmacodynamic interactions of apolipoprotein E (APOE), Catechol -O -methyl Transferase (COMTVal158Met), and 5-HT transporter (5-HTTLPR) rs25531 genotypes and aducanumab. RESULTS The model predicts large clinical variability. Anticipated placebo differences on Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS)-COG in the aducanumab ENGAGE and EMERGE ranged from 0.77 worsening to 1.56 points improvement, depending on the genotype-comedication combination. 5-HTTLPR L/L subjects are found to be the most resilient. Virtual patient simulations suggest improvements over placebo between 4% and 20% at the 10 mg/kg dose, depending on the imbalance of the 5-HTTLPR genotype and exposure. In the Phase II PRIME trial, maximal anticipated placebo difference at 10 mg/kg ranges from 0.3 worsening to 5.3 points improvement. DISCUSSION These virtual patient simulations, once validated against clinical data, could lead to better informed future clinical trial designs.
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- Hugo Geerts
- In-Silico Biosciences, Certara-QSP, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, USA
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- In-Silico Biosciences, Certara-QSP, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, USA
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Kotloski RJ, Rutecki PA, Sutula TP. Genetic Background Influences Acute Response to TBI in Kindling-Susceptible, Kindling-Resistant, and Outbred Rats. Front Neurol 2020; 10:1286. [PMID: 31998207 PMCID: PMC6968787 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.01286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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We hypothesized that the acute response to traumatic brain injury (TBI) shares mechanisms with brain plasticity in the kindling model. Utilizing two unique, complementary strains of inbred rats, selected to be either susceptible or resistant to seizure-induced plasticity evoked by kindling of the perforant path, we examined acute electrophysiological alterations and differences in brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) protein concentrations after a moderate-to-severe brain injury. At baseline, limited strain-dependent differences in acute electrophysiological activity were found, and no differences in BDNF. Following injury, pronounced strain-dependent differences in electrophysiologic activity were noted at 0.5 min. However, the divergence is transient, with diminished differences at 5 min after injury and no differences at 10 and 15 min after injury. Strain-specific differences in BDNF protein concentration were noted 4 h after injury. A simple risk score model generated by machine learning and based solely on post-injury electrophysiologic activity at the 0.5-min timepoint distinguished perforant path kindling susceptible (PPKS) rats from non-plasticity-susceptible strains. The findings demonstrate that genetic background which affects brain circuit plasticity also affects acute response to TBI. An improved understanding of the effect of genetic background on the cellular, molecular, and circuit plasticity mechanisms activated in response to TBI and their timecourse is key in developing much-needed novel therapeutic approaches.
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- Robert J Kotloski
- Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States.,Department of Neurology, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States.,Department of Neurology, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States
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Jeong W, Lee H, Cho S, Seo J. ApoE4-Induced Cholesterol Dysregulation and Its Brain Cell Type-Specific Implications in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease. Mol Cells 2019; 42:739-746. [PMID: 31711277 PMCID: PMC6883979 DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2019.0200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2019] [Revised: 10/13/2019] [Accepted: 10/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Significant knowledge about the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been gained in the last century; however, the understanding of its causes of onset remains limited. Late-onset AD is observed in about 95% of patients, and APOE4-encoding apolipoprotein E4 (ApoE4) is strongly associated with these cases. As an apolipoprotein, the function of ApoE in brain cholesterol transport has been extensively studied and widely appreciated. Development of new technologies such as human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) and CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing tools have enabled us to develop human brain model systems in vitro and readily manipulate genomic information. In the context of these advances, recent studies provide strong evidence that abnormal cholesterol metabolism by ApoE4 could be linked to AD-associated pathology. In this review, we discuss novel discoveries in brain cholesterol dysregulation by ApoE4. We further elaborate cell type-specific roles in cholesterol regulation of four major brain cell types, neurons, astrocytes, microglia, and oligodendrocytes, and how its dysregulation can be linked to AD pathology.
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- Woojin Jeong
- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988,
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988,
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988,
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988,
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Guo J, Cai Y, Ye X, Ma N, Wang Y, Yu B, Wan J. MiR-409-5p as a Regulator of Neurite Growth Is Down Regulated in APP/PS1 Murine Model of Alzheimer's Disease. Front Neurosci 2019; 13:1264. [PMID: 31849582 PMCID: PMC6892840 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.01264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a heterogeneous neurodegenerative disease. Recent studies suggest that miRNA expression changes are associated with the development of AD. Our previous study showed that the expression level of miR-409-5p was stably downregulated in the early stage of APP/PS1 double transgenic mice model of AD. We now report that miR-409-5p impairs neurite outgrowth, decreases neuronal viability, and accelerates the progression of Aβ1–42-induced pathologies. In this study, we found that Aβ1–42 peptide significantly decreased the expression of miR-409-5p, which was consistent with the expression profile of miR-409-5p in the APP/PS1 mice cortexes. Plek was confirmed to be a potential regulatory target of miR-409-5p by luciferase assay and Western blotting. Overexpression of miR-409-5p has an obvious neurotoxicity in neuronal cell viability and differentiation, whereas Plek overexpression could partially rescue neurite outgrowth from this toxicity. Some cytoskeleton regulatory proteins have been found to be related to AD pathogenesis. Our data show some clues that cytoskeletal reorganization may play roles in AD pathology. The early downregulation of miR-409-5p in AD progression might be a self-protective reaction to alleviate the synaptic damage induced by Aβ, which may be used as a potential early biomarker of AD.
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- Jing Guo
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Neuronal Structural Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, Shenzhen Peking University - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Neuronal Structural Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, Shenzhen Peking University - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Neuronal Structural Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, Shenzhen Peking University - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Neuronal Structural Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, Shenzhen Peking University - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Neuronal Structural Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, Shenzhen Peking University - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Translational Medicine of Dermatology, Biomedical Research Institute, Shenzhen Peking University - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen, China.,Department of Dermatology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Neuronal Structural Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, Shenzhen Peking University - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen, China.,Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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The Role of Physical Fitness in Cognitive-Related Biomarkers in Persons at Genetic Risk of Familial Alzheimer's Disease. J Clin Med 2019; 8:jcm8101639. [PMID: 31591322 PMCID: PMC6832576 DOI: 10.3390/jcm8101639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Revised: 10/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Introduction: Nondemented people with a family history of Alzheimer’s disease (ADFH) and the ApoE-4 allele have been demonstrated to show a trend for a higher probability of cognitive decline and aberrant levels of cognitive-related biomarkers. However, the potential interactive effects on physical fitness have not been investigated. Purpose: The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether ADFH individuals with the ApoE-4 genotype show deviant brain event-related neural oscillatory performance and cognitively-related molecular indices. A secondary purpose was to examine the interactive effects on physical fitness. Methods: Blood samples were provided from 110 individuals with ADFH to assess molecular biomarkers and the ApoE genotype for the purpose of dividing them into an ApoE-4 group (n = 16) and a non-ApoE-4 group (n = 16) in order for them to complete a visuospatial working memory task while simultaneously recording electroencephalographic signals. They also performed a senior functional physical fitness (SFPF) test. Results: While performing the cognitive task, the ApoE-4 relative to non-ApoE-4 group showed worse accuracy rates (ARs) and brain neural oscillatory performance. There were no significant between-group differences with regard to any molecular biomarkers (e.g., IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, BDNF, Aβ1-40, Aβ1-42). VO2max was significantly correlated with the neuropsychological performance (i.e., ARs and RTs) in the 2-item and 4-item conditions in the ApoE-4 group and across the two groups. However, the electroencephalogram (EEG) oscillations during visuospatial working memory processing in the two conditions were not correlated with any SFPF scores or cardiorespiratory tests in the two groups. Conclusions: ADFH individuals with the ApoE-4 genotype only showed deviant neuropsychological (e.g., ARs) and neural oscillatory performance when performing the cognitive task with a higher visuospatial working memory load. Cardiorespiratory fitness potentially played an important role in neuropsychological impairment in this group.
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Biffi A, Murphy MP, Kubiszewski P, Kourkoulis C, Schwab K, Gurol ME, Greenberg SM, Viswanathan A, Anderson CD, Rosand J. APOE genotype, hypertension severity and outcomes after intracerebral haemorrhage. Brain Commun 2019; 1:fcz018. [PMID: 32954261 PMCID: PMC7425529 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcz018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Revised: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Intracerebral haemorrhage in the elderly is a severe manifestation of common forms of cerebral small vessel disease. Nearly 60% of intracerebral haemorrhage survivors will develop clinical manifestations of small vessel disease progression including recurrent haemorrhage, ischaemic stroke, dementia, late-life depression and gait impairment within 5 years. Blood pressure measurements following intracerebral haemorrhage are strongly associated with this risk. However, aggressive blood pressure lowering in the elderly carries substantial risks. In order to determine whether there might be an opportunity to select individuals at the highest risk for small vessel disease progression for aggressive blood pressure reduction, we investigated whether APOE gene variants ɛ2/ɛ4 modify the association between blood pressure and small vessel disease clinical progression after intracerebral haemorrhage. We conducted a single-centre longitudinal study at a tertiary care referral centre (Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, USA), analysing 716 consecutive survivors of acute intracerebral haemorrhage, enrolled from January 2006 to December 2016. We conducted research interviews at the time of enrolment and obtained APOE genotypes from peripheral venous blood samples. We followed patients longitudinally by means of validated phone-based research encounters, aimed at gathering measurements of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, as well as information on small vessel disease clinical outcomes (including recurrent haemorrhage, incident ischaemic stroke, incident dementia, incident depression and incident gait impairment). APOE ε4 and systolic blood pressure were associated with the risk of recurrent haemorrhage, ischaemic stroke and post-haemorrhage dementia, depression and gait impairment (all P < 0.05). APOE ε4 and systolic blood pressure interacted to increase the risk of recurrent haemorrhage, ischaemic stroke, dementia and gait impairment (all interaction P < 0.05). Among patients with elevated blood pressure following intracerebral haemorrhage (average systolic blood pressure 120–129 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure <80 mmHg) only those with one or more APOE ε4 copies were at increased risk for one or more small vessel disease outcomes (hazard ratio = 1.97, 95% confidence interval 1.17–3.31). Among haemorrhage survivors with hypertension (stage 1 and beyond) APOE genotype also stratified risk for all small vessel disease outcomes. In conclusion, APOE genotype modifies the already strong association of hypertension with multiple small vessel disease clinical outcomes among intracerebral haemorrhage survivors. These data raise the possibility that genetic screening could inform blood pressure treatment goals in this patient population.
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- Alessandro Biffi
- Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health, MGH, Boston, MA, USA.,Division of Behavioral Neurology, Department of Neurology, MGH, Boston, MA, USA.,Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, MGH, Boston, MA, USA.,Hemorrhagic Stroke Research Program, J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, MGH, Boston, MA, USA.,Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, MA, USA
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- Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health, MGH, Boston, MA, USA.,Division of Behavioral Neurology, Department of Neurology, MGH, Boston, MA, USA.,Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, MGH, Boston, MA, USA.,Hemorrhagic Stroke Research Program, J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, MGH, Boston, MA, USA.,Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, MA, USA
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- Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health, MGH, Boston, MA, USA.,Division of Behavioral Neurology, Department of Neurology, MGH, Boston, MA, USA.,Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, MGH, Boston, MA, USA.,Hemorrhagic Stroke Research Program, J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, MGH, Boston, MA, USA.,Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, MA, USA
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- Hemorrhagic Stroke Research Program, J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, MGH, Boston, MA, USA
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- Hemorrhagic Stroke Research Program, J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, MGH, Boston, MA, USA
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- Hemorrhagic Stroke Research Program, J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, MGH, Boston, MA, USA
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- Hemorrhagic Stroke Research Program, J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, MGH, Boston, MA, USA
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- Hemorrhagic Stroke Research Program, J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, MGH, Boston, MA, USA.,Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, MA, USA.,Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology, Department of Neurology, MGH, Boston, MA, USA.,Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health, MGH, Boston, MA, USA.,Hemorrhagic Stroke Research Program, J. Philip Kistler Stroke Research Center, MGH, Boston, MA, USA.,Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, MA, USA.,Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology, Department of Neurology, MGH, Boston, MA, USA.,Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Buss SS, Padmanabhan J, Saxena S, Pascual-Leone A, Fried PJ. Atrophy in Distributed Networks Predicts Cognition in Alzheimer's Disease and Type 2 Diabetes. J Alzheimers Dis 2019; 65:1301-1312. [PMID: 30149455 DOI: 10.3233/jad-180570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Alzheimer's disease (AD) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are common causes of cognitive decline among older adults and share strong epidemiological links. Distinct patterns of cortical atrophy are observed in AD and T2DM, but robust comparisons between structure-function relationships across these two disease states are lacking. OBJECTIVE To compare how atrophy within distributed brain networks is related to cognition across the spectrum of cognitive aging. METHODS The relationship between structural MRI changes and cognition was studied in 22 mild-to-moderate AD, 28 T2DM, and 27 healthy participants. Cortical thickness measurements were obtained from networks of interest (NOIs) matching the limbic, default, and frontoparietal resting-state networks. Composite cognitive scores capturing domains of global cognition, memory, and executive function were created. Associations between cognitive scores and the NOIs were assessed using linear regression, with age as a covariate. Within-network General Linear Model (GLM) analysis was run in Freesurfer 6.0 to visualize differences in patterns of cortical atrophy related to cognitive function in each group. A secondary analysis examined hemispheric differences in each group. RESULTS Across all groups, cortical atrophy within the limbic NOI was significantly correlated with Global Cognition (p = 0.009) and Memory Composite (p = 0.002). Within-network GLM analysis and hemispheric analysis revealed qualitatively different patterns of atrophy contributing to cognitive dysfunction between AD and T2DM. CONCLUSION Brain network atrophy is related to cognitive function across AD, T2DM, and healthy participants. Differences in cortical atrophy patterns were seen between AD and T2DM, highlighting neuropathological differences.
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- Stephanie S Buss
- Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Division of Cognitive Neurology, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Division of Cognitive Neurology, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Division of Cognitive Neurology, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Division of Cognitive Neurology, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Institut Guttman, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Division of Cognitive Neurology, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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de Leeuw S, Tackenberg C. Alzheimer's in a dish - induced pluripotent stem cell-based disease modeling. Transl Neurodegener 2019; 8:21. [PMID: 31338163 PMCID: PMC6624934 DOI: 10.1186/s40035-019-0161-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background Since the discovery of the induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technique more than a decade ago, extensive progress has been made to develop clinically relevant cell culture systems. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease, accounting for approximately two thirds of all cases of dementia. The massively increasing number of affected individuals explains the major interest of research in this disease as well as the strong need for better understanding of disease mechanisms. Main body IPSC-derived neural cells have been widely used to recapitulating key aspects of AD. In this Review we highlight the progress made in studying AD pathophysiology and address the currently available techniques, such as specific differentiation techniques for AD-relevant cell types as well as 2D and 3D cultures. Finally, we critically discuss the key challenges and future directions of this field and how some of the major limitations of the iPSC technique may be overcome. Conclusion Stem cell-based disease models have the potential to induce a paradigm shift in biomedical research. In particular, the combination of the iPSC technology with recent advances in gene editing or 3D cell cultures represents a breakthrough for in vitro disease modeling and provides a platform for a better understanding of disease mechanisms in human cells and the discovery of novel therapeutics.
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- Sherida de Leeuw
- 1Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland.,2Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- 1Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland.,2Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Chernick D, Ortiz-Valle S, Jeong A, Qu W, Li L. Peripheral versus central nervous system APOE in Alzheimer's disease: Interplay across the blood-brain barrier. Neurosci Lett 2019; 708:134306. [PMID: 31181302 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2019.134306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2018] [Revised: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele has been demonstrated as the preeminent genetic risk factor for late onset Alzheimer's disease (AD), which comprises greater than 90% of all AD cases. The discovery of the connection between different APOE genotypes and AD risk in the early 1990s spurred three decades of intense and comprehensive research into the function of APOE in the normal and diseased brain. The importance of APOE in the periphery has been well established, due to its pivotal role in maintaining cholesterol homeostasis and cardiovascular health. The influence of vascular factors on brain function and AD risk has been extensively studied in recent years. As a major apolipoprotein regulating multiple molecular pathways beyond its canonical lipid-related functions in the periphery and the central nervous system, APOE represents a critical link between the two compartments, and may influence AD risk from both sides of the blood-brain barrier. This review discusses recent advances in understanding the different functions of APOE in the periphery and in the brain, and highlights several promising APOE-targeted therapeutic strategies for AD.
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Departments of Pharmacology, Minneapolis, MN, United States; Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Minneapolis, MN, United States; Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
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BACKGROUND The growing body of evidence indicating the heterogeneity of Alzheimer's disease (AD), coupled with disappointing clinical studies directed at a fit-for-all therapy, suggest that the development of a single magic cure suitable for all cases may not be possible. This calls for a shift in paradigm where targeted treatment is developed for specific AD subpopulations that share distinct genetic or pathological properties. Apolipoprotein E4 (apoE4), the most prevalent genetic risk factor of AD, is expressed in more than half of AD patients and is thus an important possible AD therapeutic target. REVIEW This review focuses initially on the pathological effects of apoE4 in AD, as well as on the corresponding cellular and animal models and the suggested cellular and molecular mechanisms which mediate them. The second part of the review focuses on recent apoE4-targeted (from the APOE gene to the apoE protein and its interactors) therapeutic approaches that have been developed in animal models and are ready to be translated to human. Further, the issue of whether the pathological effects of apoE4 are due to loss of protective function or due to gain of toxic function is discussed herein. It is possible that both mechanisms coexist, with certain constituents of the apoE4 molecule and/or its downstream signaling mediating a toxic effect, while others are associated with a loss of protective function. CONCLUSION ApoE4 is a promising AD therapeutic target that remains understudied. Recent studies are now paving the way for effective apoE4-directed AD treatment approaches.
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Anderson SR, Vetter ML. Developmental roles of microglia: A window into mechanisms of disease. Dev Dyn 2019; 248:98-117. [PMID: 30444278 PMCID: PMC6328295 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Revised: 10/21/2018] [Accepted: 10/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Microglia are engineers of the central nervous system (CNS) both in health and disease. In addition to the canonical immunological roles of clearing damaging entities and limiting the spread of toxicity and death, microglia remodel the CNS throughout life. While they have been extensively studied in disease and injury, due to their highly variable functions, their precise role in these contexts still remains uncertain. Over the past decade, we have greatly expanded our understanding of microglial function, including their essential homeostatic roles during development. Here, we review these developmental roles, identify parallels in disease, and speculate whether developmental mechanisms re-emerge in disease and injury. Developmental Dynamics 248:98-117, 2019. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Sarah R Anderson
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Maire V, Mahmood F, Rigaill G, Ye M, Brisson A, Némati F, Gentien D, Tucker GC, Roman-Roman S, Dubois T. LRP8 is overexpressed in estrogen-negative breast cancers and a potential target for these tumors. Cancer Med 2018; 8:325-336. [PMID: 30575334 PMCID: PMC6346259 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.1923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Revised: 10/19/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Triple‐negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the breast cancer subtype with the worst prognosis. New treatments improving the survival of TNBC patients are, therefore, urgently required. We performed a transcriptome microarray analysis to identify new treatment targets for TNBC. We found that low‐density lipoprotein receptor‐related protein 8 (LRP8) was more strongly expressed in estrogen receptor‐negative breast tumors, including TNBCs and those overexpressing HER2, than in luminal breast tumors and normal breast tissues. LRP8 depletion decreased cell proliferation more efficiently in estrogen receptor‐negative breast cancer cell lines: TNBC and HER2 overexpressing cell lines. We next focused on TNBC cells for which targeted therapies are not available. LRP8 depletion induced an arrest of the cell cycle progression in G1 phase and programmed cell death. We also found that LRP8 is required for anchorage‐independent growth in vitro, and that its depletion in vivo slowed tumor growth in a xenograft model. Our findings suggest that new approaches targeting LRP8 may constitute promising treatments for hormone‐negative breast cancers, those overexpressing HER2 and TNBCs.
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- Virginie Maire
- Translational Research Department, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Paris, France.,Breast Cancer Biology Group, Paris, France
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- Translational Research Department, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Paris, France.,Breast Cancer Biology Group, Paris, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), UMR 9213, UMR1403, CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université d'Evry, Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Orsay, France.,Laboratoire de Mathématiques et Modélisation d'Evry (LaMME), Université d'Evry Val d'Essonne, UMR CNRS 8071, ENSIIE, USC INRA, Evry, France
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- Translational Research Department, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Paris, France.,Breast Cancer Biology Group, Paris, France
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- Translational Research Department, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Paris, France.,Breast Cancer Biology Group, Paris, France
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- Translational Research Department, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Paris, France.,Preclinical Investigation Laboratory, Paris, France
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- Translational Research Department, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Paris, France.,Genomics Platform, Paris, France
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- Center for Therapeutic Innovation in Oncology, Institut de Recherches SERVIER, Croissy-sur-Seine, France
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- Translational Research Department, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Paris, France
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- Translational Research Department, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Paris, France.,Breast Cancer Biology Group, Paris, France
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Yuan C, Guo X, Zhou Q, Du F, Jiang W, Zhou X, Liu P, Chi T, Ji X, Gao J, Chen C, Lang H, Xu J, Liu D, Yang Y, Qiu S, Tang X, Chen G, Zou L. OAB-14, a bexarotene derivative, improves Alzheimer's disease-related pathologies and cognitive impairments by increasing β-amyloid clearance in APP/PS1 mice. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2018; 1865:161-180. [PMID: 30389579 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2018.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2018] [Revised: 10/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is complex, though the clinical failures of anti-AD candidates targeting Aβ production (such as β- and γ-secretase inhibitors) make people suspect the Aβ hypothesis, in which the neurotoxicity of Aβ is undoubtedly involved. According to studies, >95% of AD patients with sporadic AD are primarily associated with abnormal Aβ clearance. Therefore, drugs that increase Aβ clearance are becoming new prospects for the treatment of AD. Here, the novel small molecule OAB-14, designed using bexarotene as the lead compound, significantly alleviated cognitive impairments in amyloid precursor protein (APP)/presenilin 1 (PS1) transgenic mice after administration for 15 days or 3 months. OAB-14 rapidly cleared 71% of Aβ by promoting microglia phagocytosis and increasing IDE and NEP expression. This compound also attenuated the downstream pathological events of Aβ accumulation, such as synaptic degeneration, neuronal loss, tau hyperphosphorylation and neuroinflammation in APP/PS1 mice. Moreover, OAB-14 had no significant effect on body weight or liver toxicity after acute and chronic treatment. OAB-14 was well tolerated and its maximum-tolerated dose in mice was >4.0 g/kg. Based on these findings, OAB-14 represents a promising new candidate for AD treatment.
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- Chunling Yuan
- Department of Pharmacology, Life Science and Biopharmaceutics School, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China; Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacy School, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou 121001, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Life Science and Biopharmaceutics School, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drugs Design & Discovery of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drugs Design & Discovery of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Life Science and Biopharmaceutics School, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Life Science and Biopharmaceutics School, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Life Science and Biopharmaceutics School, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Life Science and Biopharmaceutics School, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drugs Design & Discovery of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drugs Design & Discovery of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Life Science and Biopharmaceutics School, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Life Science and Biopharmaceutics School, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Life Science and Biopharmaceutics School, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Life Science and Biopharmaceutics School, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Life Science and Biopharmaceutics School, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drugs Design & Discovery of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Life Science and Biopharmaceutics School, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China.
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Dementia is a complex clinical syndrome characterised by progressive decline in cognitive function. It usually presents itself as impairment in memory, loss of judgement, abstract thinking and other disturbances that are severe enough to interfere with activities of daily living. It has long been considered as one of the major challenges at present posing an ever-increasing demand on global health and social care systems. Of all the different forms of dementia, Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common. The term non-coding RNA (ncRNA) refers to RNA sequences which do not have the ability to be translated into proteins and therefore mainly fall within the realm of the recently acknowledged ‘dark matter’ of the genome. This genomic dark matter encompasses a whole spectrum of differing ncRNA families such as microRNAs (miRNAs), long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), transfer RNAs (tRNAs), small nuclear RNAs (snoRNAs) and circular RNAs (circRNAs), to name but a few. Consequently, due to the widespread influences of miRNAs and lncRNAs across all disease pathways, it is of critical importance for researchers in the field of dementia to focus their attention on possible ncRNA-induced pathogeneses, with the ultimate goal of identifying novel diagnostic procedures and drug targets, together with the development of novel therapies to control such a devastating mental condition in the patient population.
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