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ArticleJournal of neurochemistry2025

Label-Free Proteomic Profiling of the dvls2 (CL2006) Caenorhabditis elegans Alzheimer's Disease (AD) Model Reveals Conserved Molecular Signatures Shared With the Human AD Brain.

Iverson Conrado Bezerra, Emily Raphaely Souza Dos Santos, Katarine G Aurista do Nascimento, Artur José da Silva, Josivan Barbosa de Farias, Maria Luiza de Lima Vitorino, Roberto Afonso da Silva, José Luiz de Lima Filho, Priscila Gubert

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Iverson Conrado BezerraKeizo Asami Institute, iLIKA, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0524-8913
Emily Raphaely Souza Dos SantosKeizo Asami Institute, iLIKA, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
Katarine G Aurista do NascimentoKeizo Asami Institute, iLIKA, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
Artur José da SilvaKeizo Asami Institute, iLIKA, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
Josivan Barbosa de FariasKeizo Asami Institute, iLIKA, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
Maria Luiza de Lima VitorinoKeizo Asami Institute, iLIKA, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
Roberto Afonso da SilvaKeizo Asami Institute, iLIKA, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
José Luiz de Lima FilhoKeizo Asami Institute, iLIKA, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
Priscila GubertKeizo Asami Institute, iLIKA, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3598-8050

Funding

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior 88887.956451/2024-00FACEPE-Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia de Pernambuco APQ-1223-2.05/22ODCDC CDC HHS P40 OD010440the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior CAPES, 88887.956451/2024-00the National Institute of Science and Technology on Molecular Science (INCT-CiMol-406804/2022-2) #317462/2021-0
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Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, posing significant challenges to cognitive, emotional, social, and financial well-being. The biochemical and molecular pathways associated with AD are complex, making it difficult to study and simulate in patients or through in vitro research. Thus, animal models play a crucial role in investigating the development and progression of AD. One widely used model in neuroscience studies is the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). The development of transgenic animals has allowed for the construction of the dvls2 (CL2006) C. elegans strain, which constitutively expresses the amyloid beta (Aβ) peptide. This study conducted a proteomic analysis on the dvls2 (CL2006) strain. Also, a cross-species comparative analysis was performed using microarray data from AD patients to identify genes with ontology in the dvls2 (CL2006). A total of 543 proteins were found to be differentially regulated in the dvls2 (CL2006) strain. Furthermore, in the analysis of the human datasets, 397 upregulated and 767 downregulated genes were identified. The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were analyzed in Ortholist to identify their orthologs in C. elegans. Then, the orthologous genes in the dvls2 (CL2006) model were compared to the proteomic data, resulting in the identification of 29 upregulated and 24 downregulated proteins (DEPs). Functional enrichment analysis of DEPs revealed terms related to pyruvate, glucose, and glutamate metabolism, in addition to binding activities to unfolded proteins and ligases, highlighting the upregulation of chaperone and ubiquitination-associated proteins. Protein-protein network (PPI) was performed for the human DEGs and DEPs of dvls2 (CL2006). Topological analyses of the networks were performed, revealing the following C. elegans hub proteins: EEF-2, ALH-13, ENOL-1, RPL-2, TPI-1, CTS-1, RPL-9, RPL-23, CCT-1, and RPS-8. eEF-2 was identified as a key regulator of the human AD PPI and dvls2 (CL2006). Modules were analyzed in the networks, and the presence of key regulators was identified. This study provides the first proteomic characterization of the AD model dvls2 (CL2006) and a cross-species comparative analysis with data from AD individuals, supporting the use of dvls2 (CL2006) in AD studies.

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Alzheimer DiseaseBrainCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsProteomicsAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedCaenorhabditis elegansDisease Models, AnimalHumansAmyloid beta-PeptidesCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsAlzheimerC. elegansConserved targetsProteomics

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