The APOE-R136S mutation protects against APOE4-driven Tau pathology, neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation

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Apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4) is the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD), leading to earlier age of clinical onset and exacerbating pathologies. There is a critical need to identify protective targets. Recently, a rare APOE variant, APOE3-R136S (Christchurch), was found to protect against early-onset AD in a PSEN1-E280A carrier. In this study, we sought to determine if the R136S mutation also protects against APOE4-driven effects in LOAD. We generated tauopathy mouse and human iPSC-derived neuron models carrying human APOE4 with the homozygous or heterozygous R136S mutation. We found that the homozygous R136S mutation rescued APOE4-driven Tau pathology, neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation. The heterozygous R136S mutation partially protected against APOE4-driven neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation but not Tau pathology. Single-nucleus RNA sequencing revealed that the APOE4-R136S mutation increased disease-protective and diminished disease-associated cell populations in a gene dose-dependent manner. Thus, the APOE-R136S mutation protects against APOE4-driven AD pathologies, providing a target for therapeutic development against AD.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Nature neuroscience - 26(2023), 12 vom: 13. Dez., Seite 2104-2121

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nelson, Maxine R [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Peng [VerfasserIn]
Agrawal, Ayushi [VerfasserIn]
Yip, Oscar [VerfasserIn]
Blumenfeld, Jessica [VerfasserIn]
Traglia, Michela [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Min Joo [VerfasserIn]
Koutsodendris, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
Rao, Antara [VerfasserIn]
Grone, Brian [VerfasserIn]
Hao, Yanxia [VerfasserIn]
Yoon, Seo Yeon [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Qin [VerfasserIn]
De Leon, Samuel [VerfasserIn]
Choenyi, Tenzing [VerfasserIn]
Thomas, Reuben [VerfasserIn]
Lopera, Francisco [VerfasserIn]
Quiroz, Yakeel T [VerfasserIn]
Arboleda-Velasquez, Joseph F [VerfasserIn]
Reiman, Eric M [VerfasserIn]
Mahley, Robert W [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yadong [VerfasserIn]

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ApoE protein, human
Apoe protein, mouse
Apolipoprotein E3
Apolipoprotein E4
Journal Article

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Date Completed 06.12.2023

Date Revised 19.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41593-023-01480-8

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NLM36448957X