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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2020

Transcriptional, Behavioral and Biochemical Profiling in the 3xTg-AD Mouse Model Reveals a Specific Signature of Amyloid Deposition and Functional Decline in Alzheimer's Disease.

Wencheng Yin, Navei Cerda-Hernández, Atahualpa Castillo-Morales, Mayra L Ruiz-Tejada-Segura, Jimena Monzón-Sandoval, Perla Moreno-Castilla, Rodrigo Pérez-Ortega, Federico Bermudez-Rattoni, Araxi O Urrutia, Humberto Gutiérrez

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Wencheng YinCentre for Computational Biology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Navei Cerda-HernándezDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.
Atahualpa Castillo-MoralesDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.
Mayra L Ruiz-Tejada-SeguraDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.
Jimena Monzón-SandovalDementia Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Perla Moreno-CastillaNational Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Rodrigo Pérez-OrtegaDepartamento de Neurociencias, Instituto de Fisiología Celular UNAM, Ciudad de México, México City, Mexico.
Federico Bermudez-RattoniDepartamento de Neurociencias, Instituto de Fisiología Celular UNAM, Ciudad de México, México City, Mexico.
Araxi O UrrutiaDepartment of Biology and Biochemistry, Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.
Humberto GutiérrezInstituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Ciudad de México, México City, Mexico.
University of Bath · GBInstituto Nacional de Cardiología · MXNational Institute of Genomic Medicine · MXNational Institutes of Health · USUK Dementia Research Institute · GBUniversity of Birmingham · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD)-related degenerative decline is associated to the presence of amyloid beta (Aβ) plaque lesions and neuro fibrillary tangles (NFT). However, the precise molecular mechanisms linking Aβ deposition and neurological decline are still unclear. Here we combine genome-wide transcriptional profiling of the insular cortex of 3xTg-AD mice and control littermates from early through to late adulthood (2-14 months of age), with behavioral and biochemical profiling in the same animals to identify transcriptional determinants of functional decline specifically associated to build-up of Aβ deposits. Differential expression analysis revealed differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the cortex long before observed onset of behavioral symptoms in this model. Using behavioral and biochemical data derived from the same mice and samples, we found that down but not up-regulated DEGs show a stronger average association with learning performance than random background genes in control not seen in AD mice. Conversely, these same genes were found to have a stronger association with Aβ deposition than background genes in AD but not in control mice, thereby identifying these genes as potential intermediaries between abnormal Aβ/NFT deposition and functional decline. Using a complementary approach, gene ontology analysis revealed a highly significant enrichment of learning and memory, associative, memory, and cognitive functions only among down-regulated, but not up-regulated, DEGs. Our results demonstrate wider transcriptional changes triggered by the abnormal deposition of Aβ/NFT occurring well before behavioral decline and identify a distinct set of genes specifically associated to abnormal Aβ protein deposition and cognitive decline.

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Alzheimer’sbeta amyloid depositsdementiamemory declineneurodegenerationtranscriptome

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PMID33390887
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