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ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2024

APOE Christchurch-mimetic therapeutic antibody reduces APOE-mediated toxicity and tau phosphorylation.

Claudia Marino, Paula Perez-Corredor, Michael O'Hare, Annie Heuer, Natalia Chmielewska, Harper Gordon, Anita S Chandrahas, Lucia Gonzalez-Buendia, Santiago Delgado-Tirado, Tri H Doan and 12 more

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Article in Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Glial pathology networks reveal early olfactory vulnerability in post mortem human Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  11. ApoE3 Christchurch and tau interaction as a protective mechanism against Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  19. Cellular and pathological functions of tau.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Claudia MarinoSchepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2332-2163
Paula Perez-CorredorSchepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Michael O'HareSchepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Annie HeuerSchepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Natalia ChmielewskaSchepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Harper GordonSchepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Anita S ChandrahasSchepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Lucia Gonzalez-BuendiaSchepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Santiago Delgado-TiradoSchepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Tri H DoanSchepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Timothy E VanderleestSchepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Said Arevalo-AlquichireSchepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Robert A ObarDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Carolina Ortiz-CorderoDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Andres VillegasGrupo de Neurociencias de Antioquia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
Diego Sepulveda-FallaMolecular Neuropathology of Alzheimer's Disease, Institute of Neuropathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Leo A KimSchepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Francisco LoperaGrupo de Neurociencias de Antioquia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
Robert MahleyGladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, San Francisco, California, USA.
Yadong HuangGladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, San Francisco, California, USA.
Yakeel T QuirozDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Joseph F Arboleda-VelasquezSchepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear and Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary · USGladstone Institutes · USHarvard University · USUniversidad de Antioquia · COMassachusetts Institute of Technology · USUniversität Hamburg · DE

Funding

VISION RESEARCHP30EY003790 · NEI · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI Patricia Ann D'Amore · 1985 to 2026
$25.5M
Relationship between tau pathology and cognitive impairment in autosomal dominant Alzheimer's diseaseR01AG054671 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI QUIROZ, YAKEEL T. · 2017 to 2021
$3.8M
Charting vascular contributions to white matter disease in familial Alzheimer's disease and CADASILRF1NS110048 · NINDS · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI ARBOLEDA-VELASQUEZ, JOSEPH, SEPULVEDA-FALLA, DIEGO · 2018 to 2019
$3.6M
Memory network dysfunction as an early marker of preclinical Alzheimer's DiseaseDP5OD019833 · OD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI QUIROZ, YAKEEL T. · 2014 to 2018
$2.3M
Nerve growth factor (NGF) metabolic dysfunction as a marker of cognitive decline in autosomal dominant Alzheimer's diseaseRF1AG077627 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI AGUILLON, DAVID FERNANDO, CUELLO, A CLAUDIO · 2022 to 2022
$2.0M
Exploring the Role of Aging in Cerebral Ischemic Small Vessel Disease Using Notch3 Mutant MiceUH3NS100121 · NINDS · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI ARBOLEDA-VELASQUEZ, JOSEPH · 2018 to 2020
$739k
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY003790NIA NIH HHS R01 AG054671NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG077627NIH HHS DP5 OD019833NINDS NIH HHS RF1 NS110048NINDS NIH HHS UH3 NS100121
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionWe discovered that the APOE3 Christchurch (APOE3Ch) variant may provide resistance to Alzheimer's disease (AD). This resistance may be due to reduced pathological interactions between ApoE3Ch and heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs).

methodsWe developed and characterized the binding, structure, and preclinical efficacy of novel antibodies targeting human ApoE-HSPG interactions.

resultsWe found that one of these antibodies, called 7C11, preferentially bound ApoE4, a major risk factor for sporadic AD, and disrupts heparin-ApoE4 interactions. We also determined the crystal structure of a Fab fragment of 7C11 and used computer modeling to predict how it would bind to ApoE. When we tested 7C11 in mouse models, we found that it reduced recombinant ApoE-induced tau pathology in the retina of MAPT*P301S mice and curbed pTau S396 phosphorylation in brains of systemically treated APOE4 knock-in mice. Targeting ApoE-HSPG interactions using 7C11 antibody may be a promising approach to developing new therapies for AD.

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Alzheimer DiseaseApolipoprotein E4AnimalsApolipoprotein E3Apolipoproteins EHeparan Sulfate ProteoglycansHumansImmunologic FactorsMicePhosphorylationApolipoprotein E3Apolipoprotein E4Apolipoproteins EHeparan Sulfate ProteoglycansImmunologic FactorsAlzheimer's diseaseApoEApoE ChristchurchApolipoprotein Edrug developmentheparan sulfate proteoglycanheparinHSPGtauopathytau phosphorylationtherapeutic antibody

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PMID37791598
PMCPMC10916992
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