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ArticleProgress in neurobiology2022

RNA-binding protein ELAVL4/HuD ameliorates Alzheimer's disease-related molecular changes in human iPSC-derived neurons.

Robert J van der Linden, Jacqueline S Gerritsen, Meichen Liao, Joanna Widomska, Richard V Pearse, Forest M White, Barbara Franke, Tracy L Young-Pearse, Geert Poelmans

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Article in Progress in neurobiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Robert J van der LindenDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Jacqueline S GerritsenKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research; Center for Precision Cancer Medicine; Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Meichen LiaoAnn Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Joanna WidomskaDepartment of Cognitive Neuroscience, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Richard V PearseAnn Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Forest M WhiteKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research; Center for Precision Cancer Medicine; Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Barbara FrankeDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Tracy L Young-PearseAnn Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: tyoung@rics.bwh.harvard.edu.
Geert PoelmansDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: geert.poelmans@radboudumc.nl.
Harvard University · USMassachusetts Institute of Technology · USRadboud University Medical Center · NLRadboud University Nijmegen · NLBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

Probing Heterogeneity of Alzheimer's Disease Using iPSCsR01AG055909 · NIA · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Tracy L YOUNG-PEARSE · 2018 to 2026
$5.7M
Cell and Molecular Consequences of Alzheimer's Disease Genetic Variants on BBB Integrity and FunctionRF1NS117446 · NINDS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI YOUNG-PEARSE, TRACY L · 2020 to 2020
$3.6M
Genes and developmental signaling pathways in neuropsychiatric disordersR01MH101148 · NIMH · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI YOUNG-PEARSE, TRACY L · 2014 to 2018
$2.5M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG055909NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH101148NINDS NIH HHS RF1 NS117446
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The RNA binding protein ELAVL4/HuD regulates the translation and splicing of multiple Alzheimer's disease (AD) candidate genes. We generated ELAVL4 knockout (KO) human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons to study the effect that ELAVL4 has on AD-related cellular phenotypes. ELAVL4 KO significantly increased the levels of specific APP isoforms and intracellular phosphorylated tau, molecular changes that are related to the pathological hallmarks of AD. Overexpression of ELAVL4 in wild-type neurons and rescue experiments in ELAVL4 KO cells showed opposite effects and also led to a reduction of the extracellular amyloid-beta (Aβ)42/40 ratio. All these observations were made in familial AD (fAD) and fAD-corrected neurons. To gain insight into the molecular cascades involved in neuronal ELAVL4 signaling, we conducted pathway and upstream regulator analyses of transcriptomic and proteomic data from the generated neurons. These analyses revealed that ELAVL4 affects multiple biological pathways linked to AD, including those involved in synaptic function, as well as gene expression downstream of APP and tau signaling. The analyses also suggest that ELAVL4 expression is regulated by insulin receptor-FOXO1 signaling in neurons. Taken together, ELAVL4 expression ameliorates AD-related molecular changes in neurons and affects multiple synaptic pathways, making it a promising target for novel drug development.

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Alzheimer DiseaseInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorELAV-Like Protein 4HumansNeuronsProteomicsRNA-Binding Proteinstau ProteinsAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorELAVL4 protein, humanELAV-Like Protein 4RNA-Binding Proteinstau ProteinsAlzheimer’s disease (AD)ELAVL4HuDRNA-binding protein

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