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APP-Induced Patterned Neurodegeneration Is Exacerbated by APOE4 in Caenorhabditis elegans.

ABSTRACT: Genetic and epidemiological studies have found that variations in the amyloid precursor protein (APP) and the apoliopoprotein E (APOE) genes represent major modifiers of the progressive neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD). An extra copy of or gain-of-function mutations in APP correlate with early onset AD. Compared to the other variants (APOE2 and APOE3), the ?4 allele of APOE (APOE4) hastens and exacerbates early and late onset forms of AD. Convenient in vivo models to study how APP and APOE4 interact at the cellular and molecular level to influence neurodegeneration are lacking. Here, we show that the nematode C. elegans can model important aspects of AD including age-related, patterned neurodegeneration that is exacerbated by APOE4 Specifically, we found that APOE4, but not APOE3, acts with APP to hasten and expand the pattern of cholinergic neurodegeneration caused by APP Molecular mechanisms underlying how APP and APOE4 synergize to kill some neurons while leaving others unaffected may be uncovered using this convenient worm model of neurodegeneration.

SUBMITTER: Sae-Lee W

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7407474 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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APP-Induced Patterned Neurodegeneration Is Exacerbated by APOE4 in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Sae-Lee Wisath W Scott Luisa L LL Brose Lotti L Encarnacion Aliyah J AJ Shi Ted T Kore Pragati P Oyibo Lashaun O LO Ye Congxi C Rozmiarek Susan K SK Pierce Jonathan T JT

G3 (Bethesda, Md.) 20200805 8

Genetic and epidemiological studies have found that variations in the amyloid precursor protein (APP) and the apoliopoprotein E (APOE) genes represent major modifiers of the progressive neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD). An extra copy of or gain-of-function mutations in APP correlate with early onset AD. Compared to the other variants (APOE2 and APOE3), the ε4 allele of APOE (APOE4) hastens and exacerbates early and late onset forms of ...[more]

PMID: 32580938

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APP-Induced Patterned Neurodegeneration Is Exacerbated by APOE4 in Caenorhabditis elegans.

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<i>APP</i>-Induced Patterned Neurodegeneration Is Exacerbated by <i>APOE4</i> in <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>.

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