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Blockade of STING Activation Alleviates Microglial Dysfunction and a Broad Spectrum of Alzheimer's Disease Pathologies
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Abnormal glial activation promotes neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia. Stimulation of the cGAS-STING pathway induces microglial dysfunction and sterile inflammation, which exacerbates AD. We showed that inhibiting STING activation can control microglia and ameliorate a wide spectrum of AD symptoms. The cGAS-STING pathway is required for the detection of ectopic DNA and the subsequent immune response. Amyloid-β (Aβ) and tau induce mitochondrial stress, which causes DNA to be released into the cytoplasm of microglia. cGAS and STING are highly expressed in Aβ plaque-associated microglia, and neuronal STING is upregulated in the brains of AD model animals. The presence of the APOE ε4 allele, an AD risk factor, also upregulated both proteins. STING activation was necessary for microglial NLRP3 activation, proinflammatory responses, and type-I-interferon responses. Pharmacological STING inhibition reduced a wide range of AD pathogenic features in App NL-G-F /hTau double-knock-in mice. An unanticipated transcriptome shift in microglia reduced gliosis and cerebral inflammation. Significant reductions in the Aβ load, tau phosphorylation, and microglial synapse engulfment prevented memory loss. To summarize, our study describes the pathogenic mechanism of STING activation as well as its potential as a therapeutic target in AD.
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In AD model mice and human iPSC-derived microglia, Aβ, tau, and APOE ε4 activate cGAS-STING, and STING is required for microglial inflammatory, type-I-IFN, and NLRP3 responses. Pharmacological STING inhibition with H-151 in AppNL-G-F/hTau double-knock-in mice reduced gliosis, Aβ burden, tau phosphorylation, synaptic engulfment, and memory impairment.
Key findings
- cGAS and STING were increased in AppNL-G-F, ADLPAPP/PS1, and AppNL-G-F/hTau dKI brains; cGAMP was significantly elevated in AppNL-G-F cortex (N = 6,6), and cGAS/STING were highly expressed in Aβ plaque-associated microglia.
- Aβ and tau increased cytoplasmic dsDNA in primary microglia; Aβ induced a proinflammatory followed by type-I-IFN response, while tau induced a type-I-IFN-skewed response. H-151 blocked persistent proinflammatory/IFN responses, iNOS, p-STAT1, ISG15, and NLRP3/IL-1β maturation.
- APOE ε4/ε4 iMGs had almost twice the cGAS and STING protein levels of ε3/ε3 iMGs without stimulation; STING-KO ε4 iMGs tended to abrogate higher IFNB1/TNFA expression.
- In 10-month dKI mice, H-151 for 2.5 months reduced Iba1+ and GFAP+ areas, Aβ plaque coverage, Gu-HCl-soluble Aβ40/Aβ42, p-tau at pT181, AT8, pS356, pS396, and pS422, microglial p-STAT1, and PSD95 engulfment, and improved Y-maze and novel object recognition performance (n = 13 per group). Microglial RNA-seq found 34 upregulated and 132 downregulated genes in dKI mice, 434 upregulated genes in WT mice, 5 shared upregulated and 73 shared downregulated transcripts, and 78 STING-dependent microglial genes.
Methods
- Female AppNL-G-F knock-in and AppNL-G-F/hTau double-knock-in C57BL/6 mice were used; 10-month-old dKI mice received intraperitoneal H-151 at 210 μg (7 mg/kg) three times weekly for 2.5 months. Primary microglia/neurons and human APOE ε3/ε4 iPSC-derived microglia-like cells, including CRISPR STING knockout, were also studied.
- Main assays included immunoblotting, immunofluorescence, Aβ fractionation/ELISA, cGAMP ELISA, cytoplasmic dsDNA PicoGreen measurement, CD11b+ microglia isolation with RNA-seq (DESeq2, GO, GSEA), and Y-maze/NOR behavioral tests.
- Statistics used unpaired Student’s t-test, one-way or two-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple-comparisons test, or Mann-Whitney test; p ≤ 0.05 was considered significant.
Limitations
- Stated: the cause of increased neuronal STING in the AD brain remains to be determined; H-151 was given intraperitoneally for 2.5 months, so chronic or peripheral effects may have contributed; the relationship between cGAS-STING and T-cell infiltration was not directly addressed and requires further systematic analysis.
- Stated: pharmacological STING inhibition unexpectedly increased some chemokines and interferon-stimulated genes in dKI microglia, and it is difficult to determine why Cxcl10 and a few other genes were elevated.
- Evident: in vivo experiments used female mice only, and the study relies on mouse models and iPSC-derived microglia rather than human AD brain tissue validation.
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“cGAS and STING were more highly expressed in ADLPAPP/PS1 mice than in AppNL-G-F mice at similar ages, with a pattern similar to that of amyloidosis.”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > The cGAS-STING pathway is activated by diverse AD pathologies and risk factors
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“Pharmacological STING inhibition reduced a wide range of AD pathogenic features in AppNL-G-F/hTau double-knock-in mice.”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Abstract
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“Aβ and tau induced different profiles of GAS-STING downstream activation.”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > Aβ and tau increased cytoplasmic DNA levels and induced distinct activation of microglia, which is dependent on STING
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“we further utilized AppNL-G-F/hTau-dKI mice and found the same expression patterns”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > The cGAS-STING pathway is activated by diverse AD pathologies and risk factors
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“The presence of the APOE ε4 allele, an AD risk factor, also upregulated both proteins.”
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“the levels of the cGAS and STING proteins were almost twice as high in APOE ε4/ε4 iMGs than in ε3/ε3 iMGs in the absence of any stimulation”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Abstract
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“cGAS and STING protein levels were significantly increased in the brains of two independent AD model mice, AppNL-G-F and ADLPAPP/PS1 mice.”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > The cGAS-STING pathway is activated by diverse AD pathologies and risk factors
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“In particular, donut- and oval-shaped mitochondria were mainly observed after Aβ treatment.”
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“Moreover, there were no significant changes in the γH2AX levels in the brains of 9-month-old AppNL-G-F mice.”
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“Microglia in the brains of dKI mice exhibited typical neurodegenerative transcriptomic features, such as downregulation of the homeostatic gene Tmem119 and upregulation of scavenging receptors (Trem2, Clec7a, and Axl) and genes associated with immune activation (Itgax, Ccl6, and Cxcl10) and lipid metabolism (ApoE and Lpl)”
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“Consistently, the transcript levels of cGAS-STING pathway members were increased in microglia.”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > The cGAS-STING pathway is activated by diverse AD pathologies and risk factors
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“Stimulation of the cGAS-STING pathway induces microglial dysfunction and sterile inflammation, which exacerbates AD.”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Abstract
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [19] Xie, X. et al. Activation of innate immune cGAS-STING pathway contributes to Alzheimer’s pathogenesis in 5×FAD mice. Nat. Aging 3, 202–212 (2023). source
- Supportedcites [20] Udeochu, J. C. et al. Tau activation of microglial cGAS-IFN reduces MEF2C-mediated cognitive resilience. Nat. Neurosci. 26, 737–750 (2023). source
The Discussion reports that deleting Cgas in tau-stimulated microglia reduced IFN and inflammatory signaling and describes the resulting microglial response as disease-enhancing. The Abstract reports protection against tau-associated synaptic and cognitive deficits after Cgas deletion and describes the pathway as a maladaptive innate immune response relevant to AD-related dementia. This supports the claim as a broad paraphrase, although the paper's direct protective-effect experiments were in mice with tauopathy. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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“Potential ex vivo activation was inhibited as described in a previous study25 (Supplementary Fig. 7c).”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > Pharmacological STING inhibition mitigated brain inflammation with unexpected microglial transcriptomic changes
What the sources say
- Supportedcites [25] Marsh, S. E. et al. Dissection of artifactual and confounding glial signatures by single-cell sequencing of mouse and human brain. Nat. Neurosci. 25, 306–316 (2022). source
The Discussion says that a transcriptional and translational inhibitor cocktail eliminated ex vivo activation during enzymatic digestion. The Methods section, “Inhibitor cocktail to prevent activation,” describes how the inhibitors were used, supporting the citation as a reference to the inhibition procedure. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“the interferon-responsive microglial state has been steadily reported, and this state is not an artifact of ex vivo activation25.”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > Pharmacological STING inhibition mitigated brain inflammation with unexpected microglial transcriptomic changes
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- Supportedcites [25] Marsh, S. E. et al. Dissection of artifactual and confounding glial signatures by single-cell sequencing of mouse and human brain. Nat. Neurosci. 25, 306–316 (2022). source
In Results (“scRNA-seq reveals that mouse microglia are highly sensitive to ex vivo alterations”; page unavailable), the paper identifies an interferon-responsive microglial cluster separately from the cluster it calls ex vivo ‘activated’ microglia (exAM). It describes exAM, rather than the interferon-responsive cluster, as strongly enriched after enzymatic digestion without inhibitors. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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“STING activation was necessary for microglial NLRP3 activation, proinflammatory responses, and type-I-interferon responses.”
- Also stated in: § Aβ and tau increased cytoplasmic DNA levels and induced distinct activation of microglia, which is dependent on STING · plain
“In summary, NLRP3 activation and proinflammatory and interferon responses are mitigated by targeting STING.”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Abstract
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“The senescence marker genes (Cdkn1a, Cdkn2a) and cGAS-STING pathway downstream response genes (Irf7, Stat1, Ifitm3, Cxcl10) were upregulated in dKI microglia, and the expression of the cGAMP-degrading enzyme Enpp1 was also upregulated”
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“cGAS, STING and γH2AX levels were all increased in the hippocampi of 8-month-old ADLPAPP/PS1 mice.”
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“However, in the brains of 4.5-month-old ADLPAPP/PS1 mice, in which cGAS and STING protein levels were already increased, γH2AX levels did not differ from those in the brains of WT mice.”
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“In terms of gene expression profiles, Aβ induced a proinflammatory response followed by a type-I-IFN response, while tau induced a type-I IFN-skewed response.”
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“TBK1 and p65 phosphorylation were strongly activated by Aβ, but their phosphorylation was mild in tau-treated microglia.”
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“Immunostaining of the brains of dKI mice confirmed the presence of dsDNA and p-tau within the Aβ plaques”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > The cGAS-STING pathway is activated by diverse AD pathologies and risk factors
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“STING inhibition had a negligible effect on Aβ-induced gene expression at the early timepoint but effectively attenuated persistent proinflammatory and type I IFN responses at the 24 h timepoint.”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > Aβ and tau increased cytoplasmic DNA levels and induced distinct activation of microglia, which is dependent on STING
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“cGAS was upregulated by both Aβ and tau, but STING was slightly downregulated by Aβ but upregulated by tau.”
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“Both Aβ and tau induced IRF3 and STAT1 phosphorylation”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > Aβ and tau increased cytoplasmic DNA levels and induced distinct activation of microglia, which is dependent on STING
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“The brain STING protein level was inversely correlated with the PSD95 level but positively correlated with the NLRP3 level”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > STING inhibition ameliorated AD pathology and cognitive impairment in AppNL-G-F/hTau-dKI mice
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“The level of TBS-soluble Aβ42 tended to increase, but the difference was not significant”
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“When iMGs were stimulated with Aβ, ε4 iMGs expressed TNFA than ε3 iMGs.”
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“In the WT mouse group, 434 genes were upregulated”
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“but through different kinetics and the activator of different downstream kinases”
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“brain staining revealed that the CXCL10 signal strongly overlapped with that of astrocytes and was reduced by H-151”
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“STING inhibition did not change the total tau level but significantly reduced tau phosphorylation.”
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“Our data showed that STING inhibition reduced Aβ aggregation and tau phosphorylation (Fig. 6c–i).”
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“pharmacological inhibition of STING in dKI mice significantly reduced the Aβ burden and tau hyperphosphorylation”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Discussion
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“Cxcl10, Ccl12, Iigp1, Lox2, and Spp1 were highly expressed in AD microglia and further upregulated after H-151 administration”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > Pharmacological STING inhibition mitigated brain inflammation with unexpected microglial transcriptomic changes
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“While control dKI mice exhibited memory impairment, H-151-injected dKI mice exhibited improved memory function”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > STING inhibition ameliorated AD pathology and cognitive impairment in AppNL-G-F/hTau-dKI mice
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“No significant weight loss was observed after injection”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > Pharmacological STING inhibition mitigated brain inflammation with unexpected microglial transcriptomic changes
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“the Aβ burden, tau hyperphosphorylation and abnormal synapse loss, which are widespread pathological features of AD, were suppressed by pharmacological STING inhibition.”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Discussion
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“Aβ-induced iNOS was upregulated by cGAMP in a dose-dependent manner, and the STING antagonists H-151 and SN-011 both robustly decreased iNOS levels”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > Aβ and tau increased cytoplasmic DNA levels and induced distinct activation of microglia, which is dependent on STING
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“Both Aβ and tau increased the amount of cytoplasmic mtDNA”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Discussion
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“STING was found to be strongly required for microglial proinflammatory activity, type-I-IFN responses and NLRP3 activation.”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Discussion
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“Both Aβ and tau, as well as the APOE ε4 allele, were linked to increases in cGAS and STING levels in human microglia.”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Discussion
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“STING was required for Aβ and p-tau accumulation and microglial synapse engulfment (Fig. 8a).”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Discussion
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“Surprisingly, however, significant STING expression was observed in neurons but not in astrocytes in vivo”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > Neuronal STING is upregulated in the brains of AD model mice
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“neurons showed an increase in IFITM3 in response to cGAMP, whereas another interferon-inducible protein, MX1, was not affected”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > Neuronal STING is upregulated in the brains of AD model mice
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“both iPSCs and iMGs expressed cGAS, but differences in cGAS expression were detected only in iMGs. STING expression was limited in iMGs”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > STING knockout reversed the reduced reactivity of APOE ε4 human iPSC-derived microglia
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“The reduction in brain p-TBK1 levels confirmed that H-151 was able to cross the BBB and affect the brain”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > Pharmacological STING inhibition mitigated brain inflammation with unexpected microglial transcriptomic changes
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“the STING inhibitor-treated mice exhibited preserved working memory and object recognition memory (Fig. 6a, b).”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Discussion
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“Higher levels of the postsynaptic component PSD95 and had lower NLRP3 levels were observed in the in brains of STING-inhibited dKI mice”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > STING inhibition ameliorated AD pathology and cognitive impairment in AppNL-G-F/hTau-dKI mice
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“In the WT mouse group, Xlr4c, Atp2a3, Rfwd3, and Insig1 were upregulated, while Malat1, Rnf25, Bax, Ly9, and Isg15 were downregulated”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > Pharmacological STING inhibition mitigated brain inflammation with unexpected microglial transcriptomic changes
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“Compared to WT mice with clear dendritic PSD95 patterns, dKI mice had disrupted PSD95 patterns and microglia with an enlarged CD68+ lysosomes”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > STING inhibition reduced microglial p-STAT1 levels and synaptic engulfment in AppNL-G-F/hTau-dKI mice
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“successive Aβ and cGAMP treatment induced IL-1β maturation and vice versa.”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Discussion
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“Thus, both Aβ and tau were able to increase ectopic DNA in the cytoplasm, while Aβ induced clear morphological changes in mitochondria.”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > Aβ and tau increased cytoplasmic DNA levels and induced distinct activation of microglia, which is dependent on STING
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“our data suggest that the cGAS-STING pathway is strongly involved in these phenomena.”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Discussion
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“peritoneal injection of the STING inhibitor H-151 induced an unexpected shift in the brain microglial transcriptome while reducing overall glial reactivity and brain inflammation.”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > Pharmacological STING inhibition mitigated brain inflammation with unexpected microglial transcriptomic changes
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“These results indicate that the cGAS-STING pathway may be involved in reduced ε4 microglial responsiveness and may be affected by the APOE ε4 allele in addition to Aβ, tau, and age.”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > STING knockout reversed the reduced reactivity of APOE ε4 human iPSC-derived microglia
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- Rests on an assumption: APOE ε4 is the single strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset AD.
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“To summarize, neuronal STING is upregulated in the brains of AD model mice, and STING activation can induce IFITM3 expression.”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > Neuronal STING is upregulated in the brains of AD model mice
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“pharmacological inhibition of STING effectively reduced microglial p-STAT1 levels and postsynaptic engulfment, which is consistent with the results of the behavioral tests.”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > STING inhibition reduced microglial p-STAT1 levels and synaptic engulfment in AppNL-G-F/hTau-dKI mice
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“pharmacological inhibition of STING in dKI mice significantly reduced the Aβ burden and tau hyperphosphorylation and preserved memory function.”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > STING inhibition ameliorated AD pathology and cognitive impairment in AppNL-G-F/hTau-dKI mice
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- Rests on an assumption: Hyperphosphorylated tau, rather than normal tau, contributes to synaptic dysfunction and loss.
- Rests on an assumption: Aβ-induced tau hyperphosphorylation is closely associated with synapse loss and memory impairment in AD.
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APOE ε4 is the single strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset AD.
“the APOE ε4 allele, the single strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset AD (LOAD)”
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Abnormal immune activation is a consistent feature of neurodegenerative diseases, including AD.
“Abnormal immune activation is a consistent feature of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD).”
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The cGAS-STING pathway is a common denominator among diverse AD-associated factors.
“In searching for a common denominator among these diverse factors, we focused on the immune response against ectopic DNA and specifically the cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS)-stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway.”
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Hyperphosphorylated tau, rather than normal tau, contributes to synaptic dysfunction and loss.
“hyperphosphorylated tau, rather than normal tau, contributes to synaptic dysfunction and loss.”
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Aβ-induced tau hyperphosphorylation is closely associated with synapse loss and memory impairment in AD.
“Aβ-induced tau hyperphosphorylation is closely associated with synapse loss and memory impairment in AD”
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Both amyloid and tau are key players in AD pathogenesis, and their interaction results in different outcomes than those induced by each factor individually.
“Both amyloid and tau are key players in AD pathogenesis, and their interaction results in different outcomes than those induced by each factor individually.”
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Pharmacological targeting or genetic ablation of cGAS and STING tends to be protective in diverse neural disorders.
“Pharmacological targeting or genetic ablation of cGAS and STING tends to be protective in diverse neural disorders.”
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Maturation of IL-1β is dependent on NLRP3 activation.
“The maturation of IL-1β is dependent on NLRP3 activation”
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STING activation leads to NLRP3 inflammasome activation.
“STING activation leads to NLRP3 inflammasome activation.”
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Aβ can activate TLR4, which is located upstream of TBK1 and p65, causing excessive phosphorylation.
“Aβ can activate TLR4, which is located upstream of TBK1 and p65, causing excessive phosphorylation.”
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Chemokines such as CXCL10, which attracts infiltrating T cells, are known downstream effectors of STING.
“chemokines such as CXCL10, which attracts infiltrating T cells, are known downstream effectors of STING.”
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“For example, pharmacological inhibition of STING activation reduces microglia‐mediated inflammatory response and ameliorates a wide range of AD‐related symptoms in AppNL−G−F/hTau double‐knock‐in mice [68].”
From Targeting Microglial Transcriptional Reprogramming as a Therapy Strategy for Alzheimer's Disease (2026) · cites this paper as [68]
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§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > Aβ and tau increased cytoplasmic DNA levels and induced distinct activation of microglia, which is dependent on STING
“Tom20- and DAPI-negative DNA signals in the cytoplasm were significantly increased in both Aβ- and tau-stimulated microglia (Fig. 2d).”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > Aβ and tau increased cytoplasmic DNA levels and induced distinct activation of microglia, which is dependent on STING
“b Quantification of DAPI- and Tom20-negative DNA signals in the cytoplasm of microglia. n = 51, 53, 72, N = 5 for each group. c Scheme of the subcellular fractionation of primary microglia. d Quantification of cytoplasmic dsDNA accumulation in Aβ- and tau-treated primary microglia.”
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§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > Aβ and tau increased cytoplasmic DNA levels and induced distinct activation of microglia, which is dependent on STING
“Compared with control microglia, Aβ- and tau-treated microglia contained significantly more cytoplasmic DNA (Fig. 2e, f).”
§ Blockade of STING activation alleviates microglial dysfunction and a broad spectrum of Alzheimer’s disease pathologies > Results > Aβ and tau increased cytoplasmic DNA levels and induced distinct activation of microglia, which is dependent on STING
“d Quantification of cytoplasmic dsDNA accumulation in Aβ- and tau-treated primary microglia. The cytoplasmic dsDNA signal was normalized to the β-actin immunoblot signal from the cytoplasmic fraction. N = 6 for each group. e Representative immunoblots of cGAS-STING pathway proteins in primary microglia treated with Aβ, tau, and cGAMP for 24 h. f Quantification of cGAS, STING and downstream molecules.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Chung, S., Jeong, J.-H., Park, J.-C., Han, J. W., Lee, Y., Kim, J.-I., & Mook-Jung, I.
- Affiliations
- Seoul National University (KR)
- Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
- Venue
- Experimental & Molecular Medicine
- Published
- 2024-09-02
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1936-1951
- ISSN
- 1226-3613 (ISSN-L)
- 2092-6413
- PMC
- PMC11447230
- OpenAlex
- W4402143990
- Cited by
- 103
- References
- 65
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
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- Funders
- National Research Foundation
- Seoul National University
- Ministry of Education (2020R1A6A3A13070845)
- Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (HU23C1234)
- Ministry of Health and Welfare (HU23C1234)
- Korea Basic Science Institute (2021R1A6C101A445)
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea (RS‐2020‐KH106747)
- RIKEN
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Keywords
- Alzheimer's disease, STING, cGAS-STING pathway, microglial dysfunction, sterile inflammation, amyloid-beta, tau phosphorylation, mitochondrial stress, APOE ε4, NLRP3 inflammasome, type I interferon, gliosis, synapse engulfment, memory loss, STING inhibition, therapeutic target
- MeSH terms
- STING Protein, Alzheimer Disease, Animals, Disease Models, Animal, Humans, Membrane Proteins, Mice, Transgenic, Nucleotidyltransferases, Signal Transduction, Amyloid beta-Peptides, Microglia, Mice
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
A language model drew the claims from the paper on 2026-10-19, under version 3 of the claim definition (model deepseek-v4.1-flash, prompt extract-v3).
A second model labelled each claim on 2026-10-19 (model jev-1.13-20260917, definition revision gold-guideline-v0.2).
Cited sources are checked with a language model’s help (gpt-6-sol).
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
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