Apolipoprotein E isoform-specific regulation of dendritic spine morphology in apolipoprotein E transgenic mice and Alzheimer's disease patients

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作者
Ji, Y
Gong, Y
Gan, W
Beach, T
Holtzman, DM
Wisniewski, T
机构
[1] NYU, Sch Med, Dept Neurol, New York, NY 10016 USA
[2] NYU, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, New York, NY 10016 USA
[3] NYU, Sch Med, Dept Pathol, New York, NY 10016 USA
[4] NYU, Sch Med, Dept Physiol & Neurosci, Skirball Inst, New York, NY 10016 USA
[5] Sun Hlth Res Inst, Sun City, AZ 85351 USA
[6] Washington Univ, Sch Med, Ctr Study Nervous Syst Injury, Dept Neurol, St Louis, MO 63110 USA
[7] Washington Univ, Sch Med, Ctr Study Nervous Syst Injury, Dept Mol Biol, St Louis, MO 63110 USA
[8] Washington Univ, Sch Med, Ctr Study Nervous Syst Injury, Dept Pharmacol, St Louis, MO 63110 USA
关键词
Alzheimer's disease; apolipoprotein E; transgenic mice; dendrite spine; dentate gyrus; neuronal plasticity;
D O I
10.1016/j.neuroscience.2003.08.007
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Dendritic spines are postsynaptic sites of excitatory input in the mammalian nervous system. Apolipoprotein (apo) E participates in the transport of plasma lipids and in the redistribution of lipids among cells. A role for apoE is implicated in regeneration of synaptic circuitry after neural injury. The apoE4 allele is a major risk factor for late-onset familial and sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) and is associated with a poor outcome after brain injury. ApoE isoforms are suggested to have differential effects on neuronal repair mechanisms. In vitro studies have demonstrated the neurotrophic properties of apoE3 on neurite outgrowth. We have investigated the influence of apoE genotype on neuronal cell dendritic spine density in mice and in human postmortem tissue. In order to compare the morphology of neurons developing under different apoE conditions, gene gun labeling studies of dendritic spines of dentate gyrus (DG) granule cells of the hippocampus were carried out in wild-type (WT), human apoE3, human apoE4 expressing transgenic mice and apoE knockout (KO) mice; the same dendritic spine parameters were also assessed in human postmortem DG from individuals with and without the apoE4 gene. Quantitative analysis of dendritic spine length, morphology, and number was carried out on these mice at 3 weeks, 1 and 2 years of age. Human apoE3 and WT mice had a higher density of dendritic spines than human E4 and apoE KO mice in the 1 and 2 year age groups (P<0.0001), while at 3 weeks there were no differences between the groups. These age dependent differences in the effects of apoE isoforms on neuronal integrity may relate to the increased risk of dementia in aged individuals with the apoE4 allele. Significantly in human brain, apoE4 dose correlated inversely with dendritic spine density of DG neurons cell in the hippocampus of both AD (P=0.0008) and aged normal controls (P=0.0015). Our findings provide one potential explanation for the increased cognitive decline seen in aged and AD patients expressing apoE4. (C) 2003 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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