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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus
SUBMITTER: Ulrich Hengst
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-70860 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Baleriola Jimena J Walker Chandler A CA Jean Ying Y YY Crary John F JF Troy Carol M CM Nagy Peter L PL Hengst Ulrich U
Cell 20140801 5
In Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain, exposure of axons to Aβ causes pathogenic changes that spread retrogradely by unknown mechanisms, affecting the entire neuron. We found that locally applied Aβ1-42 initiates axonal synthesis of a defined set of proteins including the transcription factor ATF4. Inhibition of local translation and retrograde transport or knockdown of axonal Atf4 mRNA abolished Aβ-induced ATF4 transcriptional activity and cell loss. Aβ1-42 injection into the dentate gyrus (DG) of ...[more]