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Neuron ; 2024 Jun 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38878768

RESUMO

NMDA receptors (NMDARs) are ionotropic receptors crucial for brain information processing. Yet, evidence also supports an ion-flux-independent signaling mode mediating synaptic long-term depression (LTD) and spine shrinkage. Here, we identify AETA (Aη), an amyloid-ß precursor protein (APP) cleavage product, as an NMDAR modulator with the unique dual regulatory capacity to impact both signaling modes. AETA inhibits ionotropic NMDAR activity by competing with the co-agonist and induces an intracellular conformational modification of GluN1 subunits. This favors non-ionotropic NMDAR signaling leading to enhanced LTD and favors spine shrinkage. Endogenously, AETA production is increased by in vivo chemogenetically induced neuronal activity. Genetic deletion of AETA production alters NMDAR transmission and prevents LTD, phenotypes rescued by acute exogenous AETA application. This genetic deletion also impairs contextual fear memory. Our findings demonstrate AETA-dependent NMDAR activation (ADNA), characterizing AETA as a unique type of endogenous NMDAR modulator that exerts bidirectional control over NMDAR signaling and associated information processing.

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Curr Opin Neurobiol ; 82: 102754, 2023 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37542943

RESUMO

The amyloid-ß precursor protein (APP) is a ubiquitous protein with a strong genetic link to Alzheimer's disease. Although the protein was identified more than forty years ago, its physiological function is still unclear. In recent years, advances in technology have allowed researchers to tackle APP functions in greater depth. In this review, we discuss the latest research pertaining to APP functions from development to aging. We also address the different roles that APP could play in specific types of cells of the central and peripheral nervous system and in other organs of the body. We argue that, until we fully identify the functions of APP in space and time, we will be missing important pieces of the puzzle to solve its pathological implication in Alzheimer's disease and beyond.


Assuntos
Doença de Alzheimer , Precursor de Proteína beta-Amiloide , Humanos , Precursor de Proteína beta-Amiloide/genética , Precursor de Proteína beta-Amiloide/metabolismo , Doença de Alzheimer/genética , Doença de Alzheimer/patologia , Sinapses/metabolismo , Sistema Nervoso Periférico/patologia , Peptídeos beta-Amiloides/metabolismo
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Aging Cell ; 22(3): e13778, 2023 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36704841

RESUMO

N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are critical for the maturation and plasticity of glutamatergic synapses. In the hippocampus, NMDARs mainly contain GluN2A and/or GluN2B regulatory subunits. The amyloid precursor protein (APP) has emerged as a putative regulator of NMDARs, but the impact of this interaction to their function is largely unknown. By combining patch-clamp electrophysiology and molecular approaches, we unravel a dual mechanism by which APP controls GluN2B-NMDARs, depending on the life stage. We show that APP is highly abundant specifically at the postnatal postsynapse. It interacts with GluN2B-NMDARs, controlling its synaptic content and mediated currents, both in infant mice and primary neuronal cultures. Upon aging, the APP amyloidogenic-derived C-terminal fragments, rather than APP full-length, contribute to aberrant GluN2B-NMDAR currents. Accordingly, we found that the APP processing is increased upon aging, both in mice and human brain. Interfering with stability or production of the APP intracellular domain normalized the GluN2B-NMDARs currents. While the first mechanism might be essential for synaptic maturation during development, the latter could contribute to age-related synaptic impairments.


Assuntos
Precursor de Proteína beta-Amiloide , Receptores de N-Metil-D-Aspartato , Camundongos , Humanos , Animais , Precursor de Proteína beta-Amiloide/genética , Precursor de Proteína beta-Amiloide/metabolismo , Receptores de N-Metil-D-Aspartato/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais , Hipocampo/metabolismo , Sinapses/metabolismo
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Cell Rep ; 36(9): 109574, 2021 08 31.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34469732

RESUMO

Neuroinflammation in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related mouse models has been recognized for decades, but the contribution of the recently described meningeal immune population to AD pathogenesis remains to be addressed. Here, using the 3xTg-AD model, we report an accumulation of interleukin-17 (IL-17)-producing cells, mostly γδ T cells, in the brain and the meninges of female, but not male, mice, concomitant with the onset of cognitive decline. Critically, IL-17 neutralization into the ventricles is sufficient to prevent short-term memory and synaptic plasticity deficits at early stages of disease. These effects precede blood-brain barrier disruption and amyloid-beta or tau pathology, implying an early involvement of IL-17 in AD pathology. When IL-17 is neutralized at later stages of disease, the onset of short-memory deficits and amyloidosis-related splenomegaly is delayed. Altogether, our data support the idea that cognition relies on a finely regulated balance of "inflammatory" cytokines derived from the meningeal immune system.


Assuntos
Doença de Alzheimer/metabolismo , Comportamento Animal , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Cognição , Mediadores da Inflamação/metabolismo , Interleucina-17/metabolismo , Linfócitos Intraepiteliais/metabolismo , Doenças Neuroinflamatórias/metabolismo , Sinapses/metabolismo , Doença de Alzheimer/patologia , Doença de Alzheimer/prevenção & controle , Doença de Alzheimer/psicologia , Animais , Anti-Inflamatórios/farmacologia , Anticorpos Monoclonais/farmacologia , Anticorpos Neutralizantes/farmacologia , Comportamento Animal/efeitos dos fármacos , Encéfalo/efeitos dos fármacos , Encéfalo/patologia , Cognição/efeitos dos fármacos , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Feminino , Mediadores da Inflamação/antagonistas & inibidores , Interleucina-17/antagonistas & inibidores , Linfócitos Intraepiteliais/efeitos dos fármacos , Masculino , Memória de Curto Prazo , Camundongos da Linhagem 129 , Camundongos Transgênicos , Doenças Neuroinflamatórias/patologia , Doenças Neuroinflamatórias/prevenção & controle , Doenças Neuroinflamatórias/psicologia , Plasticidade Neuronal , Sinapses/efeitos dos fármacos , Sinapses/patologia
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Alzheimers Res Ther ; 13(1): 125, 2021 07 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34238366

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Amyloid precursor protein (APP) processing is central to Alzheimer's disease (AD) etiology. As early cognitive alterations in AD are strongly correlated to abnormal information processing due to increasing synaptic impairment, it is crucial to characterize how peptides generated through APP cleavage modulate synapse function. We previously described a novel APP processing pathway producing η-secretase-derived peptides (Aη) and revealed that Aη-α, the longest form of Aη produced by η-secretase and α-secretase cleavage, impaired hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) ex vivo and neuronal activity in vivo. METHODS: With the intention of going beyond this initial observation, we performed a comprehensive analysis to further characterize the effects of both Aη-α and the shorter Aη-ß peptide on hippocampus function using ex vivo field electrophysiology, in vivo multiphoton calcium imaging, and in vivo electrophysiology. RESULTS: We demonstrate that both synthetic peptides acutely impair LTP at low nanomolar concentrations ex vivo and reveal the N-terminus to be a primary site of activity. We further show that Aη-ß, like Aη-α, inhibits neuronal activity in vivo and provide confirmation of LTP impairment by Aη-α in vivo. CONCLUSIONS: These results provide novel insights into the functional role of the recently discovered η-secretase-derived products and suggest that Aη peptides represent important, pathophysiologically relevant, modulators of hippocampal network activity, with profound implications for APP-targeting therapeutic strategies in AD.


Assuntos
Doença de Alzheimer , Potenciação de Longa Duração , Secretases da Proteína Precursora do Amiloide , Peptídeos beta-Amiloides , Precursor de Proteína beta-Amiloide/genética , Humanos , Neurônios
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