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Antón-Fernández A, Cuadros R, Peinado-Cahuchola R, Hernández F, Avila J. Role of folate receptor α in the partial rejuvenation of dentate gyrus cells: Improvement of cognitive function in 21-month-old aged mice. Sci Rep 2024; 14:6915. [PMID: 38519576 PMCID: PMC10960019 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-57095-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024] Open
Abstract
Neuronal aging may be, in part, related to a change in DNA methylation. Thus, methyl donors, like folate and methionine, may play a role in cognitive changes associated to neuronal aging. To test the role of these metabolites, we performed stereotaxic microinjection of these molecules into the dentate gyrus (DG) of aged mice (an average age of 21 month). Folate, but not S-Adenosyl-Methionine (SAM), enhances cognition in aged mice. In the presence of folate, we observed partial rejuvenation of DG cells, characterized by the expression of juvenile genes or reorganization of extracellular matrix. Here, we have also tried to identify the mechanism independent of DNA methylation, that involve folate effects on cognition. Our analyses indicated that folate binds to folate receptor α (FRα) and, upon folate binding, FRα is transported to cell nucleus, where it is acting as transcription factor for expressing genes like SOX2 or GluN2B. In this work, we report that a FRα binding peptide also replicates the folate effect on cognition, in aged mice. Our data suggest that such effect is not sex-dependent. Thus, we propose the use of this peptide to improve cognition since it lacks of folate-mediated side effects. The use of synthetic FRα binding peptides emerge as a future strategy for the study of brain rejuvenation.
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- A Antón-Fernández
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC/UAM, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC/UAM, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
- Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC/UAM, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC/UAM, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC/UAM, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
- Center for Networked Biomedical Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain.
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Molinero N, Antón-Fernández A, Hernández F, Ávila J, Bartolomé B, Moreno-Arribas MV. Gut Microbiota, an Additional Hallmark of Human Aging and Neurodegeneration. Neuroscience 2023; 518:141-161. [PMID: 36893982 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2023.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2022] [Revised: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/19/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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Gut microbiota represents a diverse and dynamic population of microorganisms harbouring the gastrointestinal tract, which influences host health and disease. Bacterial colonization of the gastrointestinal tract begins at birth and changes throughout life, with age being one of the conditioning factors for its vitality. Aging is also a primary risk factor for most neurodegenerative diseases. Among them, Alzheimeŕs disease (AD) is probably the one where its association with a state of dysbiosis of the gut microbiota has been most studied. In particular, intestinal microbial-derived metabolites have been associated with β-amyloid formation and brain amyloid deposition, tau phosphorylation, as well as neuroinflammation in AD patients. Moreover, it has been suggested that some oral bacteria increase the risk of developing AD. However, the causal connections among microbiome, amyloid-tau interaction, and neurodegeneration need to be addressed. This paper summarizes the emerging evidence in the literature regarding the link between the oral and gut microbiome and neurodegeneration with a focus on AD. Taxonomic features of bacteria as well as microbial functional alterations associated with AD biomarkers are the main points reviewed. Data from clinical studies as well as the link between microbiome and clinical determinants of AD are particularly emphasized. Further, relationships between gut microbiota and age-dependent epigenetic changes and other neurological disorders are also described. Together, all this evidence suggests that, in some sense, gut microbiota can be seen as an additional hallmark of human aging and neurodegeneration.
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- Natalia Molinero
- Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación (CIAL), CSIC-UAM. c/ Nicolás Cabrera, 9. 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBMSO), CSIC-UAM. c/ Nicolás Cabrera, 1. 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBMSO), CSIC-UAM. c/ Nicolás Cabrera, 1. 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBMSO), CSIC-UAM. c/ Nicolás Cabrera, 1. 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación (CIAL), CSIC-UAM. c/ Nicolás Cabrera, 9. 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación (CIAL), CSIC-UAM. c/ Nicolás Cabrera, 9. 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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Antón-Fernández A, Vallés-Saiz L, Avila J, Hernández F. Neuronal nuclear tau and neurodegeneration. Neuroscience 2022; 518:178-184. [PMID: 35872252 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Tau is a well-known microtubule-associated protein related to its cytoplasmic localization in a neuronal cell. However, tau has been located at the cell nucleus where it could be a nucleic acid-associated protein by its preferential binding to DNA sequences present in the nucleolus and pericentromeric heterochromatin. This less well-known localization of tau could not be trivial, since during aging, an increase in the amount of nuclear tau takes place and it may be related to the described role of tau in the activation of transposons and further aging acceleration.
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- Alejandro Antón-Fernández
- Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa", CSIC/UAM, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa", CSIC/UAM, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa", CSIC/UAM, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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- Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa", CSIC/UAM, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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León-Espinosa G, Antón-Fernández A, Tapia-González S, DeFelipe J, Muñoz A. Modifications of the axon initial segment during the hibernation of the Syrian hamster. Brain Struct Funct 2018; 223:4307-4321. [PMID: 30219944 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-018-1753-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2018] [Accepted: 09/09/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Mammalian hibernation is a natural process in which the brain undergoes profound adaptive changes that appear to protect the brain from extreme hypoxia and hypothermia. In addition to a virtual cessation of neural and metabolic activity, these changes include a decrease in adult neurogenesis; the retraction of neuronal dendritic trees; changes in dendritic spines and synaptic connections; fragmentation of the Golgi apparatus; and the phosphorylation of the microtubule-associated protein tau. Furthermore, alterations of microglial cells also occur in torpor. Importantly, all of these changes are rapidly and fully reversed when the animals arouse from torpor state, with no apparent brain damage occurring. Thus, hibernating animals are excellent natural models to study different aspects of brain plasticity. The axon initial segment (AIS) is critical for the initiation of action potentials in neurons and is an efficient site for the regulation of neural activity. This specialized structure-characterized by the expression of different types of ion channels and adhesion, scaffolding and cytoskeleton proteins-is subjected to morpho-functional plastic changes upon variations in neural activity or in pathological conditions. Here, we used immunocytochemistry and 3D confocal microscopy reconstruction techniques to measure the possible morphological differences in the AIS of neocortical (layers II-III and V) and hippocampal (CA1) neurons during the hibernation of the Syrian hamster. Our results indicate that the general integrity of the AIS is resistant to the ischemia/hypoxia conditions that are characteristic of the torpor phase of hibernation. In addition, the length of the AIS significantly increased in all the regions studied-by about 16-20% in torpor animals compared to controls, suggesting the existence of compensatory mechanisms in response to a decrease in neuronal activity during the torpor phase of hibernation. Furthermore, in double-labeling experiment, we found that the AIS in layer V of torpid animals was longer in neurons expressing phospho-tau than in those not labeled for phospho-tau. This suggests that AIS plastic changes were more marked in phospho-tau accumulating neurons. Overall, the results further emphasize that mammalian hibernation is a good physiological model to study AIS plasticity mechanisms in non-pathological conditions.
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- Gonzalo León-Espinosa
- Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain.,Laboratorio Cajal de Circuitos Corticales, Centro de Tecnología Biomédica (CTB), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223, Madrid, Spain.,Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad San Pablo CEU, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain.,Laboratorio Cajal de Circuitos Corticales, Centro de Tecnología Biomédica (CTB), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain.,Laboratorio Cajal de Circuitos Corticales, Centro de Tecnología Biomédica (CTB), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain.,Laboratorio Cajal de Circuitos Corticales, Centro de Tecnología Biomédica (CTB), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223, Madrid, Spain.,CIBERNED, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain. .,Laboratorio Cajal de Circuitos Corticales, Centro de Tecnología Biomédica (CTB), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223, Madrid, Spain. .,Departamento de Biología Celular, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
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Antón-Fernández A, Merchán-Rubira J, Avila J, Hernández F, DeFelipe J, Muñoz A. Phospho-Tau Accumulation and Structural Alterations of the Golgi Apparatus of Cortical Pyramidal Neurons in the P301S Tauopathy Mouse Model. J Alzheimers Dis 2018; 60:651-661. [PMID: 28922155 PMCID: PMC5611801 DOI: 10.3233/jad-170332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
The Golgi apparatus (GA) is a highly dynamic organelle involved in the processing and sorting of cellular proteins. In Alzheimer’s disease (AD), it has been shown to decrease in size and become fragmented in neocortical and hippocampal neuronal subpopulations. This fragmentation and decrease in size of the GA in AD has been related to the accumulation of hyperphosphorylated tau. However, the involvement of other pathological factors associated with the course of the disease, such as the extracellular accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) aggregates, cannot be ruled out, since both pathologies are present in AD patients. Here we use the P301S tauopathy mouse model to examine possible alterations of the GA in neurons that overexpress human tau (P301S mutated gene) in neocortical and hippocampal neurons, using double immunofluorescence techniques and confocal microscopy. Quantitative analysis revealed that neurofibrillary tangle (NFT)-bearing neurons had important morphological alterations and reductions in the surface area and volume of the GA compared with NFT-free neurons. Since in this mouse model there are no Aβ aggregates typical of AD, the present findings support the idea that the progressive accumulation of phospho-tau is associated with structural alterations of the GA, and that these changes may occur in the absence of Aβ pathology.
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- Alejandro Antón-Fernández
- Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain.,Laboratorio Cajal de Circuitos Corticales (CTB), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain.,CIBERNED, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain.,CIBERNED, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Spain
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- Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain.,Laboratorio Cajal de Circuitos Corticales (CTB), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.,CIBERNED, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Spain
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- Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain.,Laboratorio Cajal de Circuitos Corticales (CTB), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.,CIBERNED, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Spain.,Department of Cell Biology, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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Marquié M, Normandin MD, Meltzer AC, Chong MST, Andrea NV, Antón-Fernández A, Klunk WE, Mathis CA, Ikonomovic MD, Debnath M, Bien EA, Vanderburg CR, Costantino I, Makaretz S, DeVos SL, Oakley DH, Gomperts SN, Growdon JH, Domoto-Reilly K, Lucente D, Dickerson BC, Frosch MP, Hyman BT, Johnson KA, Gómez-Isla T. Pathological correlations of [F-18]-AV-1451 imaging in non-alzheimer tauopathies. Ann Neurol 2017; 81:117-128. [PMID: 27997036 PMCID: PMC5319193 DOI: 10.1002/ana.24844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Revised: 11/08/2016] [Accepted: 12/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Recent studies have shown that positron emission tomography (PET) tracer AV-1451 exhibits high binding affinity for paired helical filament (PHF)-tau pathology in Alzheimer's brains. However, the ability of this ligand to bind to tau lesions in other tauopathies remains controversial. Our goal was to examine the correlation of in vivo and postmortem AV-1451 binding patterns in three autopsy-confirmed non-Alzheimer tauopathy cases. METHODS We quantified in vivo retention of [F-18]-AV-1451 and performed autoradiography, [H-3]-AV-1451 binding assays, and quantitative tau measurements in postmortem brain samples from two progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) cases and a MAPT P301L mutation carrier. They all underwent [F-18]-AV-1451 PET imaging before death. RESULTS The three subjects exhibited [F-18]-AV-1451 in vivo retention predominantly in basal ganglia and midbrain. Neuropathological examination confirmed the PSP diagnosis in the first two subjects; the MAPT P301L mutation carrier had an atypical tauopathy characterized by grain-like tau-containing neurites in gray and white matter with heaviest burden in basal ganglia. In all three cases, autoradiography failed to show detectable [F-18]-AV-1451 binding in multiple brain regions examined, with the exception of entorhinal cortex (reflecting incidental age-related neurofibrillary tangles) and neuromelanin-containing neurons in the substantia nigra (off-target binding). The lack of a consistent significant correlation between in vivo [F-18]-AV-1541 retention and postmortem in vitro binding and tau measures in these cases suggests that this ligand has low affinity for tau lesions primarily made of straight tau filaments. INTERPRETATION AV-1451 may have limited utility for in vivo selective and reliable detection of tau aggregates in these non-Alzheimer tauopathies. ANN NEUROL 2017;81:117-128.
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- Marta Marquié
- MassGeneral Institute for NeuroDegenerative Disease, Charlestown, MA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- MassGeneral Institute for NeuroDegenerative Disease, Charlestown, MA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- MassGeneral Institute for NeuroDegenerative Disease, Charlestown, MA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Pittsburgh Clinical System, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- MassGeneral Institute for NeuroDegenerative Disease, Charlestown, MA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
- Harvard Neurodiscovery Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- MassGeneral Institute for NeuroDegenerative Disease, Charlestown, MA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
- Harvard Neurodiscovery Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- MassGeneral Institute for NeuroDegenerative Disease, Charlestown, MA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- MassGeneral Institute for NeuroDegenerative Disease, Charlestown, MA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- MassGeneral Institute for NeuroDegenerative Disease, Charlestown, MA
- C.S. Kubik Neuropathology Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- MassGeneral Institute for NeuroDegenerative Disease, Charlestown, MA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- MassGeneral Institute for NeuroDegenerative Disease, Charlestown, MA
- C.S. Kubik Neuropathology Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- MassGeneral Institute for NeuroDegenerative Disease, Charlestown, MA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- MassGeneral Institute for NeuroDegenerative Disease, Charlestown, MA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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Antón-Fernández A, Aparicio-Torres G, Tapia S, DeFelipe J, Muñoz A. Morphometric alterations of Golgi apparatus in Alzheimer's disease are related to tau hyperphosphorylation. Neurobiol Dis 2016; 97:11-23. [PMID: 27793637 PMCID: PMC5176038 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2016.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Revised: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 10/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The Golgi apparatus (GA) is a highly dynamic organelle, which is mainly involved in the post-translational processing and targeting of cellular proteins and which undergoes significant morphological changes in response to different physiological and pathological conditions. In the present study, we have analyzed the possible alterations of GA in neurons from the temporal neocortex and hippocampus of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, using double immunofluorescence techniques, confocal microscopy and 3D quantification techniques. We found that in AD patients, the percentage of temporal neocortical and CA1 hippocampal pyramidal neurons with a highly altered GA is much higher (approximately 65%) in neurons with neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) than in NFT-free neurons (approximately 6%). Quantitative analysis of the surface area and volume of GA elements in neurons revealed that, compared with NFT-free neurons, NFT-bearing neurons had a reduction of approximately one half in neocortical neurons and one third in CA1 neurons. In both regions, neurons with a pre-tangle stage of phospho-tau accumulation had surface area and GA volume values that were intermediate, that is, between those of NFT-free and NFT-bearing neurons. These findings support the idea that the progressive accumulation of phospho-tau is associated with structural alterations of the GA including fragmentation and a decrease in the surface area and volume of GA elements. These alterations likely impact the processing and trafficking of proteins, which might contribute to neuronal dysfunction in AD.
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- Alejandro Antón-Fernández
- Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain; Laboratorio Cajal de Circuitos Corticales (CTB), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain; Laboratorio Cajal de Circuitos Corticales (CTB), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain; Laboratorio Cajal de Circuitos Corticales (CTB), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain; Laboratorio Cajal de Circuitos Corticales (CTB), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; CIBERNED, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Spain
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- Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain; Laboratorio Cajal de Circuitos Corticales (CTB), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Department of Cell Biology, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
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Antón-Fernández A, León-Espinosa G, DeFelipe J, Muñoz A. Changes in the Golgi Apparatus of Neocortical and Hippocampal Neurons in the Hibernating Hamster. Front Neuroanat 2015; 9:157. [PMID: 26696838 PMCID: PMC4678224 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2015.00157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Hibernating animals have been used as models to study several aspects of the plastic changes that occur in the metabolism and physiology of neurons. These models are also of interest in the study of Alzheimer's disease because the microtubule-associated protein tau is hyperphosphorylated during the hibernation state known as torpor, similar to the pretangle stage of Alzheimer's disease. Hibernating animals undergo torpor periods with drops in body temperature and metabolic rate, and a virtual cessation of neural activity. These processes are accompanied by morphological and neurochemical changes in neurons, which reverse a few hours after coming out of the torpor state. Since tau has been implicated in the structural regulation of the neuronal Golgi apparatus (GA) we have used Western Blot and immunocytochemistry to analyze whether the GA is modified in cortical neurons of the Syrian hamster at different hibernation stages. The results show that, during the hibernation cycle, the GA undergo important structural changes along with differential modifications in expression levels and distribution patterns of Golgi structural proteins. These changes were accompanied by significant transitory reductions in the volume and surface area of the GA elements during torpor and arousal stages as compared with euthermic animals.
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- Alejandro Antón-Fernández
- Departamento de Neurobiología Funcional y de Sistemas, Instituto Cajal, CSICMadrid, Spain
- Laboratorio Cajal de Circuitos Corticales, Centro de Tecnología Biomédica, Universidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Funcional y de Sistemas, Instituto Cajal, CSICMadrid, Spain
- Laboratorio Cajal de Circuitos Corticales, Centro de Tecnología Biomédica, Universidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid, Spain
- Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad San Pablo CEUMadrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Funcional y de Sistemas, Instituto Cajal, CSICMadrid, Spain
- Laboratorio Cajal de Circuitos Corticales, Centro de Tecnología Biomédica, Universidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades NeurodegenerativasMadrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Funcional y de Sistemas, Instituto Cajal, CSICMadrid, Spain
- Laboratorio Cajal de Circuitos Corticales, Centro de Tecnología Biomédica, Universidad Politécnica de MadridMadrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Biología, Universidad ComplutenseMadrid, Spain
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López-Gallardo M, Antón-Fernández A, Llorente R, Mela V, Llorente-Berzal A, Prada C, Viveros MP. Neonatal Treatment with a Pegylated Leptin Antagonist Induces Sexually Dimorphic Effects on Neurones and Glial Cells, and on Markers of Synaptic Plasticity in the Developing Rat Hippocampal Formation. J Neuroendocrinol 2015; 27:658-69. [PMID: 25981175 DOI: 10.1111/jne.12294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2015] [Revised: 04/04/2015] [Accepted: 04/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
The present study aimed to better understand the role of the neonatal leptin surge, which peaks on postnatal day (PND)9-10, on the development of the hippocampal formation. Accordingly, male and female rats were administered with a pegylated leptin antagonist on PND9 and the expression of neurones, glial cells and diverse markers of synaptic plasticity was then analysed by immunohistochemistry in the hippocampal formation. Antagonism of the actions of leptin at this specific postnatal stage altered the number of glial fibrillary acidic protein positive cells, and also affected type 1 cannabinoid receptors, synaptophysin and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), with the latter effect being sexually dimorphic. The results indicate that the physiological leptin surge occurring around PND 9-10 is critical for hippocampal formation development and that the dynamics of leptin activity might be different in males and females. The data obtained also suggest that some but not all the previously reported effects of maternal deprivation on hippocampal formation development (which markedly reduces leptin levels at PND 9-10) might be mediated by leptin deficiency in these animals.
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- M López-Gallardo
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physiology (Animal Physiology II), Faculty of Biology, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physiology (Animal Physiology II), Faculty of Biology, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physiology (Animal Physiology II), Faculty of Biology, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physiology (Animal Physiology II), Faculty of Biology, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Antón-Fernández A, Rubio-Garrido P, DeFelipe J, Muñoz A. Selective presence of a giant saccular organelle in the axon initial segment of a subpopulation of layer V pyramidal neurons. Brain Struct Funct 2013; 220:869-84. [DOI: 10.1007/s00429-013-0689-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2013] [Accepted: 12/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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