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Bidirectional Relationship between Functional Connectivity and Amyloid-β Deposition in Mouse Brain

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Bero, Adam W., Bauer, Adam Q., Stewart, Floy R., White, Brian R., Cirrito, John R., Raichle, Marcus E., Culver, Joseph P., Holtzman, David M.·2012·The Journal of Neuroscience

Abstract

Brain region-specific deposition of extracellular amyloid plaques principally composed of aggregated amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide is a pathological signature of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recent human neuroimaging data suggest that resting-state functional connectivity strength is reduced in patients with AD, cognitively normal elderly harboring elevated amyloid burden, and in advanced aging. Interestingly, there exists a striking spatial correlation between functional connectivity strength in cognitively normal adults and the location of Aβ plaque deposition in AD. However, technical limitations have heretofore precluded examination of the relationship between functional connectivity, Aβ deposition, and normal aging in mouse models. Using a novel functional connectivity optical intrinsic signal (fcOIS) imaging technique, we demonstrate that Aβ deposition is associated with significantly reduced bilateral functional connectivity in multiple brain regions of older APP/PS1 transgenic mice. The amount of Aβ deposition in each brain region was associated with the degree of local, age-related bilateral functional connectivity decline. Normal aging was associated with reduced bilateral functional connectivity specifically in retrosplenial cortex. Furthermore, we found that the magnitude of regional bilateral functional correlation in young APP/PS1 mice before Aβ plaque formation was proportional to the amount of region-specific plaque deposition seen later in older APP/PS1 mice. Together, these findings suggest that Aβ deposition and normal aging are associated with region-specific disruption of functional connectivity and that the magnitude of local bilateral functional connectivity predicts regional vulnerability to subsequent Aβ deposition in mouse brain.

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  • Bilateral functional connectivity in the HJ6.3 group appeared more globally restored and resembled that of healthy wild-type mice.

    “Compared with PBS-treated mice, bilateral functional connectivity in the HJ6.3 group appeared to be more globally restored and to resemble that of healthy, wild-type mice (Fig. 7C), as described previously (White et al., 2011;Bero et al., 2012).”

    From Anti-ApoE Antibody Given after Plaque Onset Decreases Aβ Accumulation and Improves Brain Function in a Mouse Model of Aβ Amyloidosis (2014) · cites this paper as Bero et al., 2012

    The Results sections on functional connectivity disruption and local Aβ deposition report bilateral connectivity measurements in wild-type and APP/PS1 mice, providing a basis for the wild-type comparison. They do not report HJ6.3 or PBS treatment, so this paper does not support the claimed restoration in the HJ6.3 group. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Validation data for non-commercial antibodies (anti-Fcrls, anti-Apoe, anti-Abeta, anti-Itgb8) were published in cited works.

    “Validation data for non-commercial antibodies: anti-Fcrls mab was published by Butovsky et al. 2014 (PMID: 24316888). Validation data for anti-Apoe mab was published by Kim et al. 2012 (PMID: 23129750), anti-Abeta mab was published by Bero et al. 2012 (PMID: 22457485), and anti-Itgb8 mAb was published by Dodagatta-Marri et al., 2021 (PMID: 34233193).”

    From APOE4 impairs the microglial response in Alzheimer’s disease by inducing TGFβ-mediated checkpoints (2023) · cites this paper as Bero et al. 2012

    The Materials and methods section (Aβ plaque deposition; page unavailable) identifies HJ3.4 as an in-house anti-Aβ monoclonal antibody, and the Results report its use to stain and quantify Aβ plaques. These passages support the antibody’s identification and use, but do not present antibody-specific validation data, such as specificity controls. The other antibodies in the citing sentence are attributed to other works, not to Bero et al. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  • Functional connectivity deficits in ArcAβ mice appeared already robustly reduced in the early phase of life, whereas functional connectivity appeared increased in young APP/PS1 mice compared with wild-type.

    “Their results differ from ours as FC deficits in ArcA␤ mice appeared already robustly reduced in the early phase of life, whereas it appeared increased in young APP/PS1 compared with wild-type”

    From Early Alterations in Functional Connectivity and White Matter Structure in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Cerebral Amyloidosis (2014) · cites this paper as Bero et al., 2012

    The Results section (page unavailable) reports higher connectivity values for young APP/PS1 than young wild-type mice in several regions, including motor and retrosplenial cortex. It does not report a direct statistical comparison between those groups, and the pattern is not consistent across all regions. This paper studies APP/PS1 mice, not the ArcAβ finding in the preceding clause. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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  • The discrepancy in regional functional connectivity impairments between mice and humans might be related to a link between neuronal activity and Aβ release affecting FC strength and amyloid deposition in later life.

    “The discrepancy in regional FC impairments between mice and human might be related to a link between neuronal activity and A␤ release affecting FC strength and amyloid deposition in later life (Bero et al., 2011(Bero et al., , 2012)).”

    From Early Alterations in Functional Connectivity and White Matter Structure in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Cerebral Amyloidosis (2014) · cites this paper as Bero et al., 2012

    The Discussion (page unavailable) links neuronal activity with interstitial Aβ levels and suggests an association among neural activity, functional connectivity, and later amyloid deposition in mice. It also notes a mouse–human difference in regional connectivity changes, but does not propose the neuronal-activity/Aβ link as an explanation for that discrepancy or establish Aβ release as the mechanism. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • fcOIS is a sensitive imaging modality capable of measuring functional connectivity between brain regions in healthy mice.

    “We have shown previously that fcOIS is a sensitive imaging modality capable of measuring functional connectivity between brain regions in healthy mice (White et al., 2011;Bero et al., 2012)”

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Authors
Bero, A. W., Bauer, A. Q., Stewart, F. R., White, B. R., Cirrito, J. R., Raichle, M. E., Culver, J. P., & Holtzman, D. M.
Affiliations
Washington University in St. Louis (US)
Corresponding author
Holtzman, David M.
Venue
The Journal of Neuroscience
Published
2012-03-28
Volume
32
Issue
13
Pages
4334-4340
ISSN
  • 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-2401
OpenAlex
W2156997013
Cited by
181
References
8
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FWCI
9.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Commons@Becker (Washington University School of Medicine) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Ellison Medical Foundation
  • Cure Alzheimer's Fund
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute on Aging (AG033452, F31AG033452)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (T90DA022871)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (P30NS057105, P01NS074969)
  • National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (R01EB008085, R01EB009233)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Keywords
amyloid-beta deposition, resting-state functional connectivity, Alzheimer's disease, APP/PS1 mice, normal brain aging, retrosplenial cortex, amyloid plaques, mouse models of Alzheimer's disease
MeSH terms
Aging, Amyloidosis, Animals, Brain, Disease Models, Animal, Male, Mice, Inbred Strains, Mice, Transgenic, Neural Pathways, Amyloid beta-Peptides, Mice, Plaque, Amyloid, Functional Neuroimaging

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