De, S;
Whiten, DR;
Ruggeri, FS;
Hughes, C;
Rodrigues, M;
Sideris, D;
Taylor, CG;
... Klenerman, D; + view all
(2019)
Soluble aggregates present in cerebrospinal fluid change in size and mechanism of toxicity during Alzheimer's disease progression.
Acta Neuropathologica Communications
, 7
, Article 120. 10.1186/s40478-019-0777-4.
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Abstract
Soluble aggregates of amyloid-β (Aβ) have been associated with neuronal and synaptic loss in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, despite significant recent progress, the mechanisms by which these aggregated species contribute to disease progression are not fully determined. As the analysis of human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) provides an accessible window into the molecular changes associated with the disease progression, we characterised soluble aggregates present in CSF samples from individuals with AD, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and healthy controls using a range of sensitive biophysical methods. We used super-resolution imaging and atomic force microscopy to characterise the size and structure of the aggregates present in CSF and correlate this with their ability to permeabilise lipid membranes and induce an inflammatory response. We found that these aggregates are extremely heterogeneous and exist in a range of sizes, varying both structurally and in their mechanisms of toxicity during the disease progression. A higher proportion of small aggregates of Aβ that can cause membrane permeabilization are found in MCI CSF; in established AD, a higher proportion of the aggregates were larger and more prone to elicit a pro-inflammatory response in glial cells, while there was no detectable change in aggregate concentration. These results show that large aggregates, some longer than 100 nm, are present in the CSF of AD patients and suggest that different neurotoxic mechanisms are prevalent at different stages of AD.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Soluble aggregates present in cerebrospinal fluid change in size and mechanism of toxicity during Alzheimer's disease progression |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s40478-019-0777-4 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40478-019-0777-4 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © the Authors. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Alzheimer’s disease, Mild cognitive impairment, Cerebrospinal fluid, Protein aggregation, Structurefunction relation, Super-resolution imaging, Disease mechanism |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Neurodegenerative Diseases |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10079923 |
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