Rejuvenating aged microglia by $ p16^{ink4a} $-siRNA-loaded nanoparticles increases amyloid-β clearance in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease

Abstract Age-dependent accumulation of amyloid plaques in patients with sporadic Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is associated with reduced amyloid clearance. Older microglia have a reduced ability to phagocytose amyloid, so phagocytosis of amyloid plaques by microglia could be regulated to prevent amyloid accumulation. Furthermore, considering the aging-related disruption of cell cycle machinery in old microglia, we hypothesize that regulating their cell cycle could rejuvenate them and enhance their ability to promote more efficient amyloid clearance. First, we used gene ontology analysis of microglia from young and old mice to identify differential expression of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A ($ p16^{ink4a} $), a cell cycle factor related to aging. We found that $ p16^{ink4a} $ expression was increased in microglia near amyloid plaques in brain tissue from patients with AD and 5XFAD mice, a model of AD. In BV2 microglia, small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated p16ink4a downregulation transformed microglia with enhanced amyloid phagocytic capacity through regulated the cell cycle and increased cell proliferation. To regulate microglial phagocytosis by gene transduction, we used poly (D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanoparticles, which predominantly target microglia, to deliver the siRNA and to control microglial reactivity. Nanoparticle-based delivery of $ p16^{ink4a} $ siRNA reduced amyloid plaque formation and the number of aged microglia surrounding the plaque and reversed learning deterioration and spatial memory deficits. We propose that downregulation of $ p16^{ink4a} $ in microglia is a promising strategy for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

Molecular neurodegeneration - 19(2024), 1 vom: 16. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shin, Hyo Jung [VerfasserIn]
Kim, In Soo [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Seung Gyu [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Kayoung [VerfasserIn]
Park, Hyewon [VerfasserIn]
Shin, Juhee [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Dayoung [VerfasserIn]
Beom, Jaewon [VerfasserIn]
Yi, Yoon Young [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Deepak Prasad [VerfasserIn]
Song, Gyun Jee [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Won-Suk [VerfasserIn]
Lee, C. Justin [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Dong Woon [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alzheimer’s disease
Cell cycle
Microglia senescence
P16
Phagocytosis

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© The Author(s) 2024

doi:

10.1186/s13024-024-00715-x

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SPR055183948