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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2019

Thioredoxin-Interacting Protein (TXNIP) Associated NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation in Human Alzheimer's Disease Brain.

Lexiao Li, Saifudeen Ismael, Sanaz Nasoohi, Kazuko Sakata, Francesca-Fang Liao, Michael P McDonald, Tauheed Ishrat

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

70 citing papers in PubMed, 106 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lexiao LiDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Saifudeen IsmaelDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Sanaz NasoohiDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Kazuko SakataDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Francesca-Fang LiaoDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Michael P McDonaldDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Tauheed IshratDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center · USShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

Novel mechanistic link between metabolic changes and dementia - potential role of miRNAsRF1AG058467 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI LIAO, FRANCESCA-FANG, YUE, JUNMING · 2018 to 2018
$2.7M
Mechanisms and therapeutic targets of neurovascular injury in hyperglycemic strokeR01NS097800 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI ISHRAT, TAUHEED · 2016 to 2020
$1.6M
Effects of glycomacropeptide on memory and Alzheimer-related neuropathologyR01AG054562 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI MCDONALD, MICHAEL P · 2017 to 2020
$1.5M
Is HSF1 the key in mediating Hsp90 inhibitor effect in AD?R01AG049772 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI LIAO, FRANCESCA-FANG · 2015 to 2019
$1.4M
Effects of modified erythropoietin on cognition and neuropathologyR01NS094595 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI LIAO, FRANCESCA-FANG, MCDONALD, MICHAEL P · 2016 to 2018
$1.2M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG049772NIA NIH HHS R01 AG054562NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG058467NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS094595NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS097800
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of age-associated dementia characterized by amyloid-β plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. Recent studies have demonstrated that thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP), an endogenous regulator of redox/glucose induced stress and inflammation, is now known to be upregulated in stroke, traumatic brain injury, diabetes and AD. We hypothesized that TXNIP overexpression sustains neurodegeneration through activation of the nucleotide binding and oligomerization domain-like receptor protein 3 in human AD brains. We analyzed TXNIP and the components of the NLRP3 inflammasome in the cortex of postmortem human brain samples by western blotting, real-time PCR, and immunohistochemical techniques in comparison with age-matched non-demented controls. Our results demonstrate that TXNIP protein as well as its mRNA levels in the cortex was significantly upregulated in AD compared to control brains. Moreover, using double immunofluorescence staining, TXNIP and interlukin-1β (IL-1β) were co-localized near Aβ plaques and p-tau. These results suggest an association between TXNIP overexpression levels and AD pathogenesis. Further, a significant increased expression of cleaved caspase-1 and IL-1β, the products of inflammasome activation, was detected in the cortex of AD brains. Together, these findings suggest that TXNIP, an upstream promising new therapeutic target, is a molecular link between inflammation and AD. The significant contribution of TXNIP to AD pathology suggests that strategies focusing on specific targeting of the TXNIP-NLRP3 inflammasome may lead to novel therapies for the management of AD and other age-related dementias.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer DiseaseBrainCarrier ProteinsCaspase 1FemaleHumansInflammasomesInterleukin-1betaMaleMiddle AgedNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinPlaque, Amyloidtau ProteinsCarrier ProteinsCaspase 1InflammasomesInterleukin-1betaNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Proteintau ProteinsTXNIP protein, humanAlzheimer’s diseaseamyloid plaqueshyperphosphorylated tauNLRP3 inflammasome interlukin-1thioredoxin-interacting protein

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PMID30741672
PMCPMC10947081
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