Alejandro Martín-Belmonte, Carolina Aguado, Rocío Alfaro-Ruiz, Akos Kulik, Luis de la Ossa, Ana Esther Moreno-Martínez, Samuel Alberquilla, Lucía García-Carracedo, Miriam Fernández, Ana Fajardo-Serrano, Ester Aso, Ryuichi Shigemoto, Eduardo D Martín, Yugo Fukazawa, Francisco Ciruela, Rafael Luján
Voltage-gated CaV2.1 (P/Q-type) Ca2+ channels play a crucial role in regulating neurotransmitter release, thus contributing to synaptic plasticity and to processes such as learning and memory. Despite their recognized importance in neural function, there is limited information on their potential involvement in neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we aimed to explore the impact of AD pathology on the density and nanoscale compartmentalization of CaV2.1 channels in the hippocampus in association with GABAB receptors. Histoblotting experiments showed that the density of CaV2.1 channel was significantly reduced in the hippocampus of APP/PS1 mice in a laminar-dependent manner. CaV2.1 channel was enriched in the active zone of the axon terminals and was present at a very low density over the surface of dendritic tree of the CA1 pyramidal cells, as shown by quantitative SDS-digested freeze-fracture replica labelling (SDS-FRL). In APP/PS1 mice, the density of CaV2.1 channel in the active zone was significantly reduced in the strata radiatum and lacunosum-moleculare, while it remained unaltered in the stratum oriens. The decline in Cav2.1 channel density was found to be associated with a corresponding impairment in the GABAergic synaptic function, as evidenced by electrophysiological experiments carried out in the hippocampus of APP/PS1 mice. Remarkably, double SDS-FRL showed a co-clustering of CaV2.1 channel and GABAB1 receptor in nanodomains (~40-50 nm) in wild type mice, while in APP/PS1 mice this nanoarchitecture was absent. Together, these findings suggest that the AD pathology-induced reduction in CaV2.1 channel density and CaV2.1-GABAB1 de-clustering may play a role in the synaptic transmission alterations shown in the AD hippocampus. Therefore, uncovering these layer-dependent changes in P/Q calcium currents associated with AD pathology can benefit the development of future strategies for AD management.
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Longhong Zhu, Dazhang Bai, Xiang Wang, Kaili Ou, Bang Li, Qingqing Jia, Zhiqiang Tan, Jiahui Liang, Dajian He, Sen Yan, Lu Wang, Shihua Li, Xiao-Jiang Li, Peng Yin
Growing evidence indicates that non-neuronal oligodendrocyte plays an important role in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other neurodegenerative diseases. In patient's brain, the impaired myelin structure is a pathological feature with the observation of TDP-43 in cytoplasm of oligodendrocyte. However, the mechanism underlying the gain of function by TDP-43 in oligodendrocytes, which are vital for the axonal integrity, remains unclear. Recently, we found that the primate-specific cleavage of truncated TDP-43 fragments occurred in cytoplasm of monkey neural cells. This finding opened up the avenue to investigate the myelin integrity affected by pathogenic TDP-43 in oligodendrocytes. In current study, we demonstrated that the truncated TDP-35 in oligodendrocytes specifically, could lead to the dysfunctional demyelination in corpus callosum of monkey. As a consequence of the interaction of myelin regulatory factor with the accumulated TDP-35 in cytoplasm, the downstream myelin-associated genes expression was downregulated at the transcriptional level. Our study aims to investigate the potential effect on myelin structure injury, affected by the truncated TDP-43 in oligodendrocyte, which provided the additional clues on the gain of function during the progressive pathogenesis and symptoms in TDP-43 related diseases.
{"title":"Pathologic TDP-43 downregulates myelin gene expression in the monkey brain","authors":"Longhong Zhu, Dazhang Bai, Xiang Wang, Kaili Ou, Bang Li, Qingqing Jia, Zhiqiang Tan, Jiahui Liang, Dajian He, Sen Yan, Lu Wang, Shihua Li, Xiao-Jiang Li, Peng Yin","doi":"10.1111/bpa.13277","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bpa.13277","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Growing evidence indicates that non-neuronal oligodendrocyte plays an important role in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other neurodegenerative diseases. In patient's brain, the impaired myelin structure is a pathological feature with the observation of TDP-43 in cytoplasm of oligodendrocyte. However, the mechanism underlying the gain of function by TDP-43 in oligodendrocytes, which are vital for the axonal integrity, remains unclear. Recently, we found that the primate-specific cleavage of truncated TDP-43 fragments occurred in cytoplasm of monkey neural cells. This finding opened up the avenue to investigate the myelin integrity affected by pathogenic TDP-43 in oligodendrocytes. In current study, we demonstrated that the truncated TDP-35 in oligodendrocytes specifically, could lead to the dysfunctional demyelination in corpus callosum of monkey. As a consequence of the interaction of myelin regulatory factor with the accumulated TDP-35 in cytoplasm, the downstream myelin-associated genes expression was downregulated at the transcriptional level. Our study aims to investigate the potential effect on myelin structure injury, affected by the truncated TDP-43 in oligodendrocyte, which provided the additional clues on the gain of function during the progressive pathogenesis and symptoms in TDP-43 related diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":9290,"journal":{"name":"Brain Pathology","volume":"34 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bpa.13277","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141080687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Davide Mulone, Rita Polati, Evelina Miele, Sara Patrizi, Andrea Mafficini, Valeria Barresi
<p>A 31-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a one-month history of headache, dizziness, and phosphenes.</p><p>Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a 5 cm, well-circumscribed mass with small cystic areas, in the left cerebellar hemisphere. It was isointense, with focal hyperintensity and heterogeneous contrast enhancement, on T1-weigheted images, and hyperintense, with focal accentuation of hyperintensity, on T2-weigheted images (Figure 1).</p><p>Intra-operative cytological smear showed uniform neurocytic cells without mitoses or pleomorphism. Histological examination of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) surgical specimens revealed a tumor composed of small monomorphic cells with round to oval nuclei (Figure 2A) and rare mitoses (two in 50 high-power fields) arranged in sheets or lobules. In some areas, the tumor cells exhibited a clear cytoplasm and an oligodendroglial-like appearance (Figure 2A, Box 1). In others, the presence of fibrillary matrix around the vessels was reminiscent of perivascular pseudorosettes (Figure 2B). Lipidized cells, scattered or in small foci, were focally identified (Figure 2A, circles). Necrosis and microvascular proliferation were absent.</p><p>By immunohistochemistry, the tumor was extensively positive for synaptophysin (Figure 2C) and NeuN (Figure 2D) and negative for OLIG2, EMA, and IDH1 p. R132H. GFAP immunostaining was restricted to reactive astrocytes. Ki-67 labelling index was 2% (Figure 2E).</p><p>Next-generation sequencing revealed the lack of mutations or copy number variations in <i>APC</i>, <i>PTCH1</i>, <i>CTNNB1</i>, <i>IDH1/2</i>, and <i>TP53</i>. DNA methylation profiling indicated a match with cerebellar liponeurocytoma (calibrated score, 0.99; v. 12.5 Heidelberg Classifier). Copy number analysis using DNA methylation array revealed a flat profile. In t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding (t-SNE) analysis, the tumor was positioned separately from medulloblastoma and central or extraventricular neurocytoma methylation classes (Figure 2F).</p><p>Cerebellar liponeurocytoma, CNS WHO grade 2 (2021 WHO CNS tumor classification).</p><p>Cerebellar liponeurocytoma is a rare, slow-growing tumor, with approximately 70 cases reported to date [<span>1</span>]. By definition, it occurs in the cerebellum, mostly in the cerebellar hemispheres of adults between the third and fifth decades of life [<span>1</span>], and displays neuronal or neurocytic differentiation and lipoma-like changes [<span>2</span>], caused by lipid accumulation in neuroepithelial tumor cells.</p><p>The diagnosis of cerebellar liponeurocytoma is relatively straightforward when extensive lipomatous foci are present but it can be challenging if lipomatous foci are limited, as in the present case. On MRI, cerebellar liponeurocytoma is well-circumscribed, with fat deposits appearing as hyperintense in T1 and as accentuated hyperintensity in T2. In this case, the areas of hyperintensity in T1 and accentuation o
{"title":"Cerebellar mass in a 31-year-old woman","authors":"Davide Mulone, Rita Polati, Evelina Miele, Sara Patrizi, Andrea Mafficini, Valeria Barresi","doi":"10.1111/bpa.13268","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bpa.13268","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A 31-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a one-month history of headache, dizziness, and phosphenes.</p><p>Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a 5 cm, well-circumscribed mass with small cystic areas, in the left cerebellar hemisphere. It was isointense, with focal hyperintensity and heterogeneous contrast enhancement, on T1-weigheted images, and hyperintense, with focal accentuation of hyperintensity, on T2-weigheted images (Figure 1).</p><p>Intra-operative cytological smear showed uniform neurocytic cells without mitoses or pleomorphism. Histological examination of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) surgical specimens revealed a tumor composed of small monomorphic cells with round to oval nuclei (Figure 2A) and rare mitoses (two in 50 high-power fields) arranged in sheets or lobules. In some areas, the tumor cells exhibited a clear cytoplasm and an oligodendroglial-like appearance (Figure 2A, Box 1). In others, the presence of fibrillary matrix around the vessels was reminiscent of perivascular pseudorosettes (Figure 2B). Lipidized cells, scattered or in small foci, were focally identified (Figure 2A, circles). Necrosis and microvascular proliferation were absent.</p><p>By immunohistochemistry, the tumor was extensively positive for synaptophysin (Figure 2C) and NeuN (Figure 2D) and negative for OLIG2, EMA, and IDH1 p. R132H. GFAP immunostaining was restricted to reactive astrocytes. Ki-67 labelling index was 2% (Figure 2E).</p><p>Next-generation sequencing revealed the lack of mutations or copy number variations in <i>APC</i>, <i>PTCH1</i>, <i>CTNNB1</i>, <i>IDH1/2</i>, and <i>TP53</i>. DNA methylation profiling indicated a match with cerebellar liponeurocytoma (calibrated score, 0.99; v. 12.5 Heidelberg Classifier). Copy number analysis using DNA methylation array revealed a flat profile. In t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding (t-SNE) analysis, the tumor was positioned separately from medulloblastoma and central or extraventricular neurocytoma methylation classes (Figure 2F).</p><p>Cerebellar liponeurocytoma, CNS WHO grade 2 (2021 WHO CNS tumor classification).</p><p>Cerebellar liponeurocytoma is a rare, slow-growing tumor, with approximately 70 cases reported to date [<span>1</span>]. By definition, it occurs in the cerebellum, mostly in the cerebellar hemispheres of adults between the third and fifth decades of life [<span>1</span>], and displays neuronal or neurocytic differentiation and lipoma-like changes [<span>2</span>], caused by lipid accumulation in neuroepithelial tumor cells.</p><p>The diagnosis of cerebellar liponeurocytoma is relatively straightforward when extensive lipomatous foci are present but it can be challenging if lipomatous foci are limited, as in the present case. On MRI, cerebellar liponeurocytoma is well-circumscribed, with fat deposits appearing as hyperintense in T1 and as accentuated hyperintensity in T2. In this case, the areas of hyperintensity in T1 and accentuation o","PeriodicalId":9290,"journal":{"name":"Brain Pathology","volume":"34 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bpa.13268","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141064928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lieke Jäkel, Kiki K. W. J. Claassen, Anna M. De Kort, Wilmar M. T. Jolink, Yannick Vermeiren, Floris H. B. M. Schreuder, Benno Küsters, Catharina J. M. Klijn, H. Bea Kuiperij, Marcel M. Verbeek
Decreased microvascular levels of claudin-5 in the occipital and temporal lobe of patients with cerebral amyloid angiopathy are associated with intracerebral haemorrhage.