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ArticleBrain : a journal of neurology2024

APP antisense oligonucleotides reduce amyloid-β aggregation and rescue endolysosomal dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease.

Christy Hung, Emre Fertan, Frederick J Livesey, David Klenerman, Rickie Patani

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Article in Brain : a journal of neurology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Christy HungHuman Stem Cells and Neurodegeneration Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0056-7587
Emre FertanDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0060-5806
Frederick J LiveseyDevelopmental Biology and Cancer Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children, London WC1N 1DZ, UK.
David KlenermanDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.
Rickie PataniHuman Stem Cells and Neurodegeneration Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3825-7675
Great Ormond Street Hospital · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GBThe Francis Crick Institute · GB

Funding

Alzheimer's Research UKCancer Research UKFrancis Crick InstituteGreat Ormond Street Hospital CharityLister Institute of Preventative MedicineMedical Research Council MR/S006591/1Rosetrees TrustRoyal SocietyUK Dementia Research InstituteWellcome TrustWellcome Trust WT101052MA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

APP gene dosage is strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis. Genomic duplication of the APP locus leads to autosomal dominant early-onset AD. Individuals with Down syndrome (trisomy of chromosome 21) harbour three copies of the APP gene and invariably develop progressive AD with highly characteristic neuropathological features. Restoring expression of APP to the equivalent of that of two gene copies, or lower, is a rational therapeutic strategy, as it would restore physiological levels of neuronal APP protein without the potentially deleterious consequences of inadvertently inducing loss of APP function. Here we find that antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) targeting APP are an effective approach to reduce APP protein levels and rescue endolysosome and autophagy dysfunction in APP duplication and Trisomy 21 human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived cortical neurons. Importantly, using ultrasensitive single-aggregate imaging techniques, we show that APP targeting ASOs significantly reduce both intracellular and extracellular amyloid-β-containing aggregates. Our results highlight the potential of APP ASOs as a therapeutic approach for forms of AD caused by duplication of the APP gene, including monogenic AD and AD related to Down syndrome.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorDown SyndromeInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsLysosomesOligonucleotides, AntisenseCells, CulturedEndosomesHumansNeuronsAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorOligonucleotides, Antisenseaggregationamyloid precursor proteinautophagyendosomeiPSCslysosome

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PMID38527856
PMCPMC11224613
OpenAlexW4394760786

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