Julie E. Simpson
Microarray analysis of the astrocyte transcriptome in the aging brain: Relationship to Alzheimer's pathology and APOE genotype
Simpson, Julie E.; Ince, Paul G.; Shaw, Pamela J.; Heath, Paul R.; Raman, Rohini; Garwood, Claire J.; Gelsthorpe, Catherine; Baxter, Lynne; Forster, Gillian; Matthews, Fiona E.; Brayne, Carol; Wharton, Stephen B.
Authors
Paul G. Ince
Pamela J. Shaw
Paul R. Heath
Rohini Raman
Claire J. Garwood
Catherine Gelsthorpe
Lynne Baxter
Gillian Forster
Professor Fiona Matthews F.Matthews@hull.ac.uk
Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research and Enterprise
Carol Brayne
Stephen B. Wharton
Abstract
Astrocytes contribute to a variety of functions in the brain, including homeostasis, synapse formation, plasticity, and metabolism. Astrocyte dysfunction may disrupt their normal role, including neuronal support, thereby contributing to neurodegenerative pathologies, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). To understand the role of astrocytes in the pathogenesis of age-related disorders, we isolated astrocytes by laser capture microdissection, using glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) as a marker, and characterized the astrocyte transcriptome at different Braak neurofibrillary tangle stages in postmortem temporal cortex samples derived from the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS) cohort, using microarray analysis. The largest number of significant, differentially expressed genes were identified when the expression profile of astrocytes from isocortical stages of neurofibrillary tangle pathology (Braak stages V-VI) were compared with entorhinal stages (Braak stages I-II). Dysregulation of genes associated with the actin cytoskeleton, proliferation, apoptosis, and ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis occurred at low Braak stages, while altered regulation of intracellular signaling pathways, including insulin, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt, and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways were primarily associated with high levels of Alzheimer-type pathology, and occurred at lower Braak stages in individuals with the APOEε4 allele. Our findings implicate astrocyte dysfunction in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative pathology in the aging brain, and provide a basis for future candidate studies based on specific pathways. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.
Citation
Simpson, J. E., Ince, P. G., Shaw, P. J., Heath, P. R., Raman, R., Garwood, C. J., …Wharton, S. B. (2011). Microarray analysis of the astrocyte transcriptome in the aging brain: Relationship to Alzheimer's pathology and APOE genotype. Neurobiology of Aging, 32(10), 1795-1807. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.04.013
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Oct 1, 2011 |
Deposit Date | Dec 8, 2023 |
Journal | Neurobiology of Aging |
Print ISSN | 0197-4580 |
Electronic ISSN | 1558-1497 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Volume | 32 |
Issue | 10 |
Pages | 1795-1807 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.04.013 |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4454832 |
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