1. Cholinergic neurodegeneration and cholesterol metabolism dysregulation by constitutive p75NTR signaling in the p75exonIII-KO mice.
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Comaposada-Baró, Raquel, Benito-Martínez, Andrea, Julian Escribano-Saiz, Juan, Luisa Franco, María, Ceccarelli, Lorenzo, Calatayud-Baselga, Isabel, Mira, Helena, and Vilar, Marçal
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NEUROTROPHIN receptors ,CHOLESTEROL metabolism ,NEURODEGENERATION ,CHOLINERGIC mechanisms ,ALZHEIMER'S disease ,NERVE growth factor ,MEMORY testing - Abstract
Degeneration of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons (BFCNs) is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, few mouse models of AD recapitulate the neurodegeneration of the cholinergic system. The p75 neurotrophin receptor, p75
, has been associated with the degeneration of BFCNs in AD. The senescence-accelerated mouse prone number 8 (SAMP8) is a well-accepted model of accelerated and pathological aging. To gain a better understanding of the role of p75NTR NTR in the basal forebrain during aging, we generated a new mouse line, the SAMP8-p75exonIII−/−. Deletion of p75NTR in the SAMP8 background induces an increase in the number of BFCNs at birth, followed by a rapid decline during aging compared to the C57/BL6 background. This decrease in the number of BFCNs correlates with a worsening in the Y-maze memory test at 6 months in the SAMP8-p75exonIII−/− . We found that SAMP8-p75exonIII−/− and C57/ BL6-p75exonIII−/− mice expressed constitutively a short isoform of p75NTR that correlates with an upregulation of the protein levels of SREBP2 and its targets, HMGCR and LDLR, in the BF of both SAMP8-p75 and C57/BL6-p75exonIII−/− exonIII−/− mice. As the neurodegeneration of the cholinergic system and the dysregulation of cholesterol metabolism are implicated in AD, we postulate that the generated SAMP8-p75exonIII−/− mouse strain might constitute a good model to study longterm cholinergic neurodegeneration in the CNS. In addition, our results support the role of p75NTR signaling in cholesterol biosynthesis regulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2023
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