Aggravated decrease in the activity of nucleus basalis neurons in Alzheimer’s disease is apolipoprotein E-type dependent
AUTOR(ES)
Salehi, A.
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
As reported before, the metabolic activity of nucleus basalis neurons is reduced significantly in Alzheimer patients. Because the apolipoprotein E (ApoE) ɛ4 genotype is a major risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), we determined whether the decrease in metabolic activity in nucleus basalis neurons in AD is ApoE-type dependent. The size of the Golgi apparatus (GA) was determined as a measure of neuronal metabolic activity in 30 controls and 41 AD patients with a known ApoE genotype by using an image analysis system in the nucleus basalis of Meynert. A polyclonal antibody directed against MG-160, a sialoglycoprotein of the GA, was used to visualize this organelle. There was a very strong reduction in the size of the GA in the nucleus basalis of AD patients. Furthermore, a strong and significant extra reduction in the size of the GA was found in the nucleus basalis neurons of AD patients with either one or two ApoE ɛ4 alleles compared with Alzheimer patients without ApoE ɛ4 alleles. Our data show that the decreased activity of nucleus basalis neurons in AD is ApoE ɛ4 dependent and suggest that ApoE ɛ4 participates in the pathogenesis of AD by decreasing neuronal metabolism.
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