Naturally secreted oligomers of amyloid β protein potently inhibit hippocampal long-term potentiation in vivo
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Although extensive data support a central pathogenic role for amyloid beta protein (Abeta) in Alzheimer's disease, the amyloid hypothesis remains controversial, in part because a specific neurotoxic species of Abeta and the nature of its effects on synaptic function have not been defined in vivo. Here we report that natural oligomers of human Abeta are formed soon after generation of the peptide within specific intracellular vesicles and are subsequently secreted from the cell. Cerebral microinjection of cell medium containing these oligomers and abundant Abeta monomers but no amyloid fibrils markedly inhibited hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) in rats in vivo. Immunodepletion from the medium of all Abeta species completely abrogated this effect. Pretreatment of the medium with insulin-degrading enzyme, which degrades Abeta monomers but not oligomers, did not prevent the inhibition of LTP. Therefore, Abeta oligomers, in the absence of monomers and amyloid fibrils, disrupted synaptic plasticity in vivo at concentrations found in human brain and cerebrospinal fluid. Finally, treatment of cells with gamma-secretase inhibitors prevented oligomer formation at doses that allowed appreciable monomer production, and such medium no longer disrupted LTP, indicating that synaptotoxic Abeta oligomers can be targeted therapeutically.
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- Authors
- Walsh, D. M., Klyubin, I., Fadeeva, J. V., Cullen, W. K., Anwyl, R., Wolfe, M. S., Rowan, M. J., & Selkoe, D. J.
- Affiliations
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Trinity College Dublin (IE)
- Corresponding author
- Selkoe, Dennis J.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2002-04
- Volume
- 416
- Issue
- 6880
- Pages
- 535-539
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2150999725
- Cited by
- 4,291
- References
- 31
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- FWCI
- 101.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Keywords
- amyloid-beta, amyloid-beta oligomers, Alzheimer's disease, amyloid hypothesis, hippocampal long-term potentiation, synaptic plasticity, synaptotoxicity, intracellular vesicles, gamma-secretase inhibitors, insulin-degrading enzyme, cerebrospinal fluid, neurotoxicity
- MeSH terms
- Alzheimer Disease, Animals, Cricetinae, Hippocampus, Humans, Insulysin, Microsomes, Endopeptidases, Protease Inhibitors, Recombinant Proteins, Amyloid beta-Peptides, Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases, CHO Cells, Culture Media, Conditioned, Long-Term Potentiation, Rats, Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases, Plaque, Amyloid
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