The amyloid precursor protein intracellular domain induces sleep disruptions and its nuclear localization fluctuates in circadian pacemaker neurons in Drosophila and mice.

Autor: Long DM; Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA. Electronic address: longdan@ohsu.edu., Cravetchi O; Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA., Chow ES; Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA., Allen C; Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA., Kretzschmar D; Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Neurobiology of disease [Neurobiol Dis] 2024 Mar; Vol. 192, pp. 106429. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 02.
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2024.106429
Abstrakt: The most prominent symptom of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is cognitive decline; however, sleep and other circadian disruptions are also common in AD patients. Sleep disruptions have been connected with memory problems and therefore the changes in sleep patterns observed in AD patients may also actively contribute to cognitive decline. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms that connect sleep disruptions and AD are unclear. A characteristic feature of AD is the formation of plaques consisting of Amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides generated by cleavage of the Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP). Besides Aβ, APP cleavage generates several other fragments, including the APP intracellular domain (AICD) that has been linked to transcriptional regulation and neuronal homeostasis. Here we show that overexpression of the AICD reduces the early evening expression of two core clock genes and disrupts the sleep pattern in flies. Analyzing the subcellular localization of the AICD in pacemaker neurons, we found that the AICD levels in the nucleus are low during daytime but increase at night. While this pattern of nuclear AICD persisted with age, the nighttime levels were higher in aged flies. Increasing the cleavage of the fly APP protein also disrupted AICD nuclear localization. Lastly, we show that the day/nighttime nuclear pattern of the AICD is also detectable in neurons in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of mice and that it also changes with age. Together, these data suggest that AD-associated changes in APP processing and the subsequent changes in AICD levels may cause sleep disruptions in AD.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no competing interests.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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