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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2014

Intracellular accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) protein plays a major role in Aβ-induced alterations of glutamatergic synaptic transmission and plasticity.

Cristian Ripoli, Sara Cocco, Domenica D Li Puma, Roberto Piacentini, Alessia Mastrodonato, Federico Scala, Daniela Puzzo, Marcello D'Ascenzo, Claudio Grassi

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07732933 (GSK-3 as a Target for Lithium-charged Au Nanoparticles in Bipolar Disorder), which is not on this map. Cited by 79 papers.

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79citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT07732933 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

GSK-3 as a Target for Lithium-charged Au Nanoparticles in Bipolar Disorder

TypeinterventionalSponsorFondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCSRan2026 to 2029Enrolled20ConditionsBipolar Disorder (BD), Bipolar Disorder (BPD)ArmsPeripheral blood sampling for PBMC isolation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

79 citing papers in PubMed, 117 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Tau and Amyloid β Protein in Patient-Derived Aqueous Brain Extracts Act Concomitantly to Disrupt Long-Term PotentiationThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cristian RipoliInstitute of Human Physiology, Università Cattolica, 00168 Rome, Italy and.
Sara CoccoInstitute of Human Physiology, Università Cattolica, 00168 Rome, Italy and.
Domenica D Li PumaInstitute of Human Physiology, Università Cattolica, 00168 Rome, Italy and.
Roberto PiacentiniInstitute of Human Physiology, Università Cattolica, 00168 Rome, Italy and.
Alessia MastrodonatoInstitute of Human Physiology, Università Cattolica, 00168 Rome, Italy and.
Federico ScalaInstitute of Human Physiology, Università Cattolica, 00168 Rome, Italy and.
Daniela PuzzoDepartment of Bio-Medical Sciences-Section of Physiology, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy.
Marcello D'AscenzoInstitute of Human Physiology, Università Cattolica, 00168 Rome, Italy and.
Claudio GrassiInstitute of Human Physiology, Università Cattolica, 00168 Rome, Italy and grassi@rm.unicatt.it.
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITUniversity of Catania · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intracellular accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) protein has been proposed as an early event in AD pathogenesis. In patients with mild cognitive impairment, intraneuronal Aβ immunoreactivity was found especially in brain regions critically involved in the cognitive deficits of AD. Although a large body of evidence demonstrates that Aβ42 accumulates intraneuronally ((in)Aβ), the action and the role of Aβ42 buildup on synaptic function have been poorly investigated. Here, we demonstrate that basal synaptic transmission and LTP were markedly depressed following Aβ42 injection into the neuron through the patch pipette. Control experiments performed with the reverse peptide (Aβ42-1) allowed us to exclude that the effects of (in)Aβ depended on changes in oncotic pressure. To further investigate (in)Aβ synaptotoxicity we used an Aβ variant harboring oxidized methionine in position 35 that does not cross the neuronal plasma membrane and is not uploaded from the extracellular space. This Aβ42 variant had no effects on synaptic transmission and plasticity when applied extracellularly, but induced synaptic depression and LTP inhibition after patch-pipette dialysis. Finally, the injection of an antibody raised against human Aβ42 (6E10) in CA1 pyramidal neurons of mouse hippocampal brain slices and autaptic microcultures did not, per se, significantly affect LTP and basal synaptic transmission, but it protected against the toxic effects of extracellular Aβ42. Collectively, these findings suggest that Aβ42-induced impairment of glutamatergic synaptic function depends on its internalization and intracellular accumulation thus paving the way to a systemic proteomic analysis of intracellular targets/partners of Aβ42.

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Amyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsGlutamic AcidHippocampusIntracellular SpaceLong-Term PotentiationMaleMiceMicroinjectionsNeuronal PlasticityPeptide FragmentsPrimary Cell CultureSynaptic TransmissionAmyloid beta-Peptidesamyloid beta-protein (1-42)Glutamic AcidPeptide Fragments6E10amyloid-β proteinautaptic hippocampal neuronsintraneuronal accumulationsynaptic transmissionwhole-cell LTP

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PMID25232124
PMCPMC6705320
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