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ArticleCell death & disease2025

A unique subpopulation of wild-type neurons recapitulating familial Alzheimer's disease phenotypes.

Midori Yokomizo, Michael Sadek, Emily Williams, Mei C Q Houser, Natalia Wieckiewicz, Sebastian Torres, Oksana Berezovska, Masato Maesako

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Midori YokomizoMassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
Michael SadekMassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-1532-6613
Emily WilliamsMassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
Mei C Q HouserMassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
Natalia WieckiewiczMassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
Sebastian TorresMassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
Oksana BerezovskaMassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
Masato MaesakoMassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA. MMAESAKO@mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1970-2462

Funding

A unique subpopulation of wild-type neurons recapitulating FAD phenotypesR01AG079838 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Masato Maesako · 2023 to 2026
$2.1M
BrightFocus Foundation (BrightFocus) A2019056FNIA NIH HHS R01 AG079838U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Aging (U.S. National Institute on Aging) AG015379U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Aging (U.S. National Institute on Aging) AG044486U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Aging (U.S. National Institute on Aging) AG079838
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Abstract

Mutations in the genes encoding APP, Presenilin-1 (PSEN1), and PSEN2 result in early-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). Previous studies, using iPSC-derived neurons and/or knock-in mice, elucidated the characteristics of neurons expressing familial AD (fAD) mutations. Here, we employ biochemical and state-of-the-art fluorescence imaging assays and report the discovery of a unique subpopulation of wild-type neurons strikingly recapitulating key phenotypes previously identified in the fAD neurons, including the favored production of longer over shorter β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides, endo-lysosomal abnormalities, and increased vulnerability phenotypes in response to toxic insults. Importantly, mechanistic studies define inefficient γ-secretase and impaired endo-lysosomes as the upstream events of increased neuronal susceptibility. This discovery of the unique population of neurons with disease phenotypes would open a new avenue to develop novel therapeutics targeting neuronal vulnerability.

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Alzheimer DiseaseNeuronsAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesAnimalsHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsLysosomesMicePhenotypePresenilin-1Presenilin-2Amyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesPresenilin-1Presenilin-2

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PMID40783385
PMCPMC12335501

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