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ArticleFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2022

Seed-induced Aβ deposits in the corpus callosum disrupt white matter integrity in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

Vanessa Aires, Stephanie Ziegler-Waldkirch, Marina Friesen, Wilfried Reichardt, Daniel Erny, Desiree Loreth, Andrew Harborne, Oliver Kretz, Dominik von Elverfeldt, Melanie Meyer-Luehmann

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Article in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Vanessa AiresDepartment of Neurology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Stephanie Ziegler-WaldkirchDepartment of Neurology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Marina FriesenDepartment of Neurology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Wilfried ReichardtFaculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Daniel ErnyFaculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Desiree LorethDepartment of Neurology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Andrew HarborneDepartment of Neurology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Oliver KretzDepartment of Internal Medicine III, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Dominik von ElverfeldtFaculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Melanie Meyer-LuehmannDepartment of Neurology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
University Medical Center Freiburg · DEUniversity of Freiburg · DEUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DE

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Abstract

Neuropathologically, Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the accumulation of amyloid-beta peptide (Aβ) and subsequent formation of the so-called Aβ plaques. Along with neuronal loss, previous studies report white matter anomalies and corpus callosum (CC) atrophy in AD patients. Notably, perturbations in the white matter can be observed years before expected disease onset, suggesting that early stages of disease progression play a role in AD-associated loss of myelin integrity. Through seed-induced deposition of Aβ, we are able to examine alterations of central nervous system (CNS) integrity during the initial stages of plaque formation. In this study, we investigate the impact of Aβ seeding in the CC utilizing various imaging techniques as well as quantitative gene expression analysis and demonstrate that Aβ deposits result in an imbalance of glial cells in the CC. We found increased amounts of phagocytic microglia and reactive astrocytes, while oligodendrocyte progenitor cell (OPC) numbers were reduced. Moreover, white matter aberrations adjacent to the Aβ seeding were observed together with an overall decline in callosal myelination. This data indicate that the initial stages of plaque formation induce oligodendrocyte dysfunction, which might ultimately lead to myelin loss.

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Alzheimer’s disease (AD)Aβcorpus callosumglial cellsmyelinationoligodendrocytesseeding

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