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Neurochemical mapping of the human hippocampus reveals perisynaptic matrix around functional synapses in Alzheimer’s disease.

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Lendvai, Dávid, Morawski, Markus, Négyessy, László, Gáti, Georgina, Jäger, Carsten, Baksa, Gábor, Glasz, Tibor, Attems, Johannes +4 more·2013·Acta Neuropathologica

Abstract

Perineuronal matrix is an extracellular protein scaffold to shape neuronal responsiveness and survival. Whilst perineuronal nets engulf the somatodendritic axis of neurons, axonal coats are focal extracellular protein aggregates surrounding individual synapses. Here, we addressed the chemical identity and subcellular localization of both perineuronal and perisynaptic matrices in the human hippocampus, whose neuronal circuitry is progressively compromised in Alzheimer's disease. We hypothesized that (1) the cellular expression sites of chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan-containing extracellular matrix associate with specific neuronal identities, reflecting network dynamics, and (2) the regional distribution and molecular composition of axonal coats must withstand Alzheimer's disease-related modifications to protect functional synapses. We show by epitope-specific antibodies that the perineuronal protomap of the human hippocampus is distinct from other mammals since pyramidal cells but not calretinin(+) and calbindin(+) interneurons, neurochemically classified as novel neuronal subtypes, lack perineuronal nets. We find that cartilage link protein-1 and brevican-containing matrices form isolated perisynaptic coats, engulfing both inhibitory and excitatory terminals in the dentate gyrus and entorhinal cortex. Ultrastructural analysis revealed that presynaptic neurons contribute components of perisynaptic coats via axonal transport. We demonstrate, by combining biochemical profiling and neuroanatomy in Alzheimer's patients and transgenic (APdE9) mice, the preserved turnover and distribution of axonal coats around functional synapses along dendrite segments containing hyperphosphorylated tau and in amyloid-β-laden hippocampal microdomains. We conclude that the presynapse-driven formation of axonal coats is a candidate mechanism to maintain synapse integrity under neurodegenerative conditions.

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Lendvai, D., Morawski, M., Négyessy, L., Gáti, G., Jäger, C., Baksa, G., Glasz, T., Attems, J., Tanila, H., Arendt, T., Harkany, T., & Alpár, A.
Affiliations
  • Semmelweis University (HU)
  • SUNY Upstate Medical University (US)
  • Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics (HU)
  • Leipzig University (DE)
  • Newcastle University (GB)
  • University of Eastern Finland (FI)
  • University of Aberdeen (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Arendt, Thomas
  • Alpár, Alán
Venue
Acta Neuropathologica
Published
2012-09-09
Volume
125
Issue
2
Pages
215-229
ISSN
  • 0001-6322 (ISSN-L)
  • 1432-0533
OpenAlex
W2020761647
Cited by
93
References
74
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Acta Neuropathologica (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Semmelweis University Repository (Semmelweis University) (submittedVersion)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity)
Funders
  • Medical Research Council (MR/L016451/1)
  • NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre (BH111030)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research
Keywords
perineuronal nets, extracellular matrix, Alzheimer's disease, human hippocampus, chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, brevican, presynaptic neurons, axonal transport, hyperphosphorylated tau, amyloid-beta, dentate gyrus, entorhinal cortex, interneurons, pyramidal neurons
MeSH terms
Proteoglycan Link Protein, Alzheimer Disease, Animals, Axons, Brain Mapping, Calcium-Binding Proteins, Dendrites, Extracellular Matrix, Female, Hippocampus, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Male, Mice, Transgenic, Microscopy, Electron, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Proteoglycans, Synapses, Blotting, Western, Cohort Studies, Amyloid beta-Peptides, Extracellular Matrix Proteins, tau Proteins, Microscopy, Confocal, Vesicular Neurotransmitter Transport Proteins, Mice, Aggrecans, Brevican

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