TY - JOUR
T1 - Expression profiling in APP23 mouse brain
T2 - Inhibition of Aß amyloidosis and inflammation in response to LXR agonist treatment
AU - Lefterov, Iliya
AU - Bookout, Angie
AU - Wang, Zhu
AU - Staufenbiel, Matthias
AU - Mangelsdorf, David
AU - Koldamova, Radosveta
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Background: Recent studies demonstrate that in addition to its modulatory effect on APP processing, in vivo application of Liver × Receptor agonist T0901317 (T0) to APP transgenic and non-transgenic mice decreases the level of Aß42. Moreover, in young Tg2576 mice T0 completely reversed contextual memory deficits. Compared to other tissues, the regulatory functions of L×Rs in brain remain largely unexplored and our knowledge so far is limited to the cholesterol transporters and apoE. In this study we applied T0 to APP23 mice for various times and examined gene and protein expression. We also performed a series of experiments with primary brain cells derived from wild type and L×R knockout mice subjected to various L×R agonist treatments and inflammatory stimuli. Results: We demonstrate an upregulation of genes related to lipid metabolism/transport, metabolism of xenobiotics and detoxification. Downregulated genes are involved in immune response and inflammation, cell death and apoptosis. Additional treatment experiments demonstrated an increase of soluble apolipoproteins E and A-I and a decrease of insoluble Aß. In primary L×Rwt but not in L×Rα-/-β-/- microglia and astrocytes L×R agonists suppressed the inflammatory response induced by LPS or fibrillar Aß. Conclusion: The results show that L×R agonists could alleviate AD pathology by acting on amyloid deposition and brain inflammation. An increased understanding of the L×R controlled regulation of Aß aggregation and clearance systems will lead to the development of more specific and powerful agonists targeting L×R for the treatment of AD.
AB - Background: Recent studies demonstrate that in addition to its modulatory effect on APP processing, in vivo application of Liver × Receptor agonist T0901317 (T0) to APP transgenic and non-transgenic mice decreases the level of Aß42. Moreover, in young Tg2576 mice T0 completely reversed contextual memory deficits. Compared to other tissues, the regulatory functions of L×Rs in brain remain largely unexplored and our knowledge so far is limited to the cholesterol transporters and apoE. In this study we applied T0 to APP23 mice for various times and examined gene and protein expression. We also performed a series of experiments with primary brain cells derived from wild type and L×R knockout mice subjected to various L×R agonist treatments and inflammatory stimuli. Results: We demonstrate an upregulation of genes related to lipid metabolism/transport, metabolism of xenobiotics and detoxification. Downregulated genes are involved in immune response and inflammation, cell death and apoptosis. Additional treatment experiments demonstrated an increase of soluble apolipoproteins E and A-I and a decrease of insoluble Aß. In primary L×Rwt but not in L×Rα-/-β-/- microglia and astrocytes L×R agonists suppressed the inflammatory response induced by LPS or fibrillar Aß. Conclusion: The results show that L×R agonists could alleviate AD pathology by acting on amyloid deposition and brain inflammation. An increased understanding of the L×R controlled regulation of Aß aggregation and clearance systems will lead to the development of more specific and powerful agonists targeting L×R for the treatment of AD.
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U2 - 10.1186/1750-1326-2-20
DO - 10.1186/1750-1326-2-20
M3 - Article
C2 - 17953774
AN - SCOPUS:38749147712
SN - 1750-1326
VL - 2
JO - Molecular neurodegeneration
JF - Molecular neurodegeneration
IS - 1
M1 - 20
ER -