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Differential roles of A? processing in hypoxia-induced axonal damage.

ABSTRACT: Axonopathy is a common and early phase in neurodegenerative and traumatic CNS diseases. Recent work suggests that amyloid ? (A?) produced from amyloid precursor protein (APP) may be a critical downstream mediator of CNS axonopathy in CNS diseases, particularly those associated with hypoxia. We critically tested this hypothesis in an adult retinal explant system that preserves the three-dimensional organization of the retina while permitting direct imaging of two cardinal features of early-stage axonopathy: axonal structural integrity and axonal transport capacity. Using this system, we found via pharmacological inhibition and genetic deletion of APP that production of A? is a necessary step in structural compromise of retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axons induced by the disease-relevant stressor hypoxia. However, identical blockade of A? production was not sufficient to protect axons from associated hypoxia-induced reduction in axonal transport. Thus, A? mediates distinct facets of hypoxia-induced axonopathy and may represent a functionally selective pharmacological target for therapies directed against early-stage axonopathy in CNS diseases.

SUBMITTER: Christianson MG

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4402275 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Differential roles of Aβ processing in hypoxia-induced axonal damage.

Christianson Melissa G MG Lo Donald C DC

Neurobiology of disease 20150311

Axonopathy is a common and early phase in neurodegenerative and traumatic CNS diseases. Recent work suggests that amyloid β (Aβ) produced from amyloid precursor protein (APP) may be a critical downstream mediator of CNS axonopathy in CNS diseases, particularly those associated with hypoxia. We critically tested this hypothesis in an adult retinal explant system that preserves the three-dimensional organization of the retina while permitting direct imaging of two cardinal features of early-stage ...[more]

PMID: 25771168

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Differential roles of A? processing in hypoxia-induced axonal damage.

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Differential roles of Aβ processing in hypoxia-induced axonal damage.

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