Alzheimer's disease brain endothelial-like cells reveal differential drug transporter expression and modulation by potentially therapeutic focused ultrasound

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The blood-brain barrier (BBB) has a key function in maintaining homeostasis in the brain, partly modulated by transporters, which are highly expressed in brain endothelial cells (BECs). Transporters mediate the uptake or efflux of compounds to and from the brain and they can also challenge the delivery of drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Currently there is a limited understanding of changes in BBB transporters in AD. To investigate this, we generated brain endothelial-like cells (iBECs) from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) with familial AD (FAD) Presenilin 1 (PSEN1) mutation and identified AD-specific differences in transporter expression compared to control (ctrl) iBECs. We first characterized the expression levels of 12 BBB transporters in AD-, Ctrl-, and isogenic (PSEN1 corrected) iBECs to identify any AD specific differences. We then exposed the cells to focused ultrasound (FUS) in the absence (FUSonly) or presence of microbubbles (MB) (FUS+MB), which is a novel therapeutic method that can be used to transiently open the BBB to increase drug delivery into the brain, however its effects on BBB transporter expression are largely unknown. Following FUSonly and FUS+MB, we investigated whether the expression or activity of key transporters could be modulated. Our findings demonstrate that PSEN1 mutant FAD (PSEN1AD) possess phenotypical differences compared to control iBECs in BBB transporter expression and function. Additionally, we show that FUSonly and FUS+MB can modulate BBB transporter expression and functional activity in iBECs, having potential implications on drug penetration and amyloid clearance. These findings highlight the differential responses of patient cells to FUS treatment, with patient-derived models likely providing an important tool for modelling therapeutic effects of FUS.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

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Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics - 21(2024), 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite e00299

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chaves, Juliana C S [VerfasserIn]
Wasielewska, Joanna M [VerfasserIn]
Cuní-López, Carla [VerfasserIn]
Rantanen, Laura M [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Serine [VerfasserIn]
Koistinaho, Jari [VerfasserIn]
White, Anthony R [VerfasserIn]
Oikari, Lotta E [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alzheimer's disease
Blood-brain barrier
Drug transport
Induced pluripotent stem cells
Journal Article
Membrane Transport Proteins
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Transporters
Ultrasound therapy

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Date Completed 16.02.2024

Date Revised 07.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.neurot.2023.10.009

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36731651X