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Age-dependent instability of mature neuronal fate in induced neurons from Alzheimer's patients.

ABSTRACT: Sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) exclusively affects elderly people. Using direct conversion of AD patient fibroblasts into induced neurons (iNs), we generated an age-equivalent neuronal model. AD patient-derived iNs exhibit strong neuronal transcriptome signatures characterized by downregulation of mature neuronal properties and upregulation of immature and progenitor-like signaling pathways. Mapping iNs to longitudinal neuronal differentiation trajectory data demonstrated that AD iNs reflect a hypo-mature neuronal identity characterized by markers of stress, cell cycle, and de-differentiation. Epigenetic landscape profiling revealed an underlying aberrant neuronal state that shares similarities with malignant transformation and age-dependent epigenetic erosion. To probe for the involvement of aging, we generated rejuvenated iPSC-derived neurons that showed no significant disease-related transcriptome signatures, a feature that is consistent with epigenetic clock and brain ontogenesis mapping, which indicate that fibroblast-derived iNs more closely reflect old adult brain stages. Our findings identify AD-related neuronal changes as age-dependent cellular programs that impair neuronal identity.

SUBMITTER: Mertens J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8423435 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Age-dependent instability of mature neuronal fate in induced neurons from Alzheimer's patients.

Mertens Jerome J Herdy Joseph R JR Traxler Larissa L Schafer Simon T ST Schlachetzki Johannes C M JCM Böhnke Lena L Reid Dylan A DA Lee Hyungjun H Zangwill Dina D Fernandes Diana P DP Agarwal Ravi K RK Lucciola Raffaella R Zhou-Yang Lucia L Karbacher Lukas L Edenhofer Frank F Stern Shani S Horvath Steve S Paquola Apua C M ACM Glass Christopher K CK Yuan Shauna H SH Ku Manching M Szücs Attila A Goldstein Lawrence S B LSB Galasko Douglas D Gage Fred H FH

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Sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) exclusively affects elderly people. Using direct conversion of AD patient fibroblasts into induced neurons (iNs), we generated an age-equivalent neuronal model. AD patient-derived iNs exhibit strong neuronal transcriptome signatures characterized by downregulation of mature neuronal properties and upregulation of immature and progenitor-like signaling pathways. Mapping iNs to longitudinal neuronal differentiation trajectory data demonstrated that AD iNs reflect ...[more]

PMID: 33910058

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Age-dependent instability of mature neuronal fate in induced neurons from Alzheimer's patients.

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Age-dependent instability of mature neuronal fate in induced neurons from Alzheimer's patients.

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