RAGE inhibition in microglia prevents ischemia-dependent synaptic dysfunction in an amyloid-enriched environment.
Nicola Origlia, Chiara Criscuolo, Ottavio Arancio, Shirley ShiDu Yan, Luciano Domenici
Index: J. Neurosci. 34(26) , 8749-60, (2014)
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Abstract
Ischemia is known to increase the deleterious effect of β-amyloid (Aβ), contributing to early cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease. Here, we investigated whether transient ischemia may function as a trigger for Aβ-dependent synaptic impairment in the entorhinal cortex (EC), acting through specific cellular signaling. We found that synaptic depression induced by oxygen glucose deprivation (OGD) was enhanced in EC slices either in presence of synthetic oligomeric Aβ or in slices from mutant human amyloid precursor protein transgenic mice (mhAPP J20). OGD-induced synaptic depression was ameliorated by functional suppression of RAGE. In particular, overexpression of the dominant-negative form of RAGE targeted to microglia (DNMSR) protects against OGD-induced synaptic impairment in an amyloid-enriched environment, reducing the activation of stress-related kinases (p38MAPK and JNK) and the release of IL-1β. Our results demonstrate a prominent role for the RAGE-dependent neuroinflammatory pathway in the synaptic failure induced by Aβ and triggered by transient ischemia. Copyright © 2014 the authors 0270-6474/14/348749-12$15.00/0.
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