Decoding microglial immunometabolism: a new frontier in Alzheimer's disease research DOI Creative Commons
Eun Sun Jung, Hayoung Choi, Inhee Mook‐Jung

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Molecular Neurodegeneration, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 20(1)

Published: March 27, 2025

Abstract Alzheimer’s disease (AD) involves a dynamic interaction between neuroinflammation and metabolic dysregulation, where microglia play central role. These immune cells undergo reprogramming in response to AD-related pathology, with key genes such as TREM2, APOE, HIF-1α orchestrating these processes. Microglial metabolism adapts environmental stimuli, shifting oxidative phosphorylation glycolysis. Hexokinase-2 facilitates glycolytic flux, while AMPK acts an energy sensor, coordinating lipid glucose metabolism. TREM2 APOE regulate microglial homeostasis, influencing Aβ clearance responses. LPL ABCA7, both associated AD risk, modulate processing cholesterol transport, linking neurodegeneration. PPARG further supports by regulating inflammatory Amino acid also contributes function. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase controls the kynurenine pathway, producing neurotoxic metabolites linked pathology. Additionally, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase regulates pentose phosphate maintaining redox balance activation. Dysregulated metabolism, influenced genetic variants APOE4, impair responses exacerbate progression. Recent findings highlight interplay regulators like REV-ERBα, which modulates inflammation, Syk, influences clearance. insights offer promising therapeutic targets, including strategies aimed at modulation, could restore function depending on stage. By integrating metabolic, immune, factors, this review underscores importance of immunometabolism AD. Targeting pathways provide novel for mitigating restoring function, ultimately paving way innovative treatments neurodegenerative diseases.

Language: Английский

APOE in the bullseye of neurodegenerative diseases: impact of the APOE genotype in Alzheimer’s disease pathology and brain diseases DOI Creative Commons
Rosalía Fernández‐Calle, Sabine C. Konings, Javier Frontiñán-Rubio

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Molecular Neurodegeneration, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 17(1)

Published: Sept. 24, 2022

Abstract ApoE is the major lipid and cholesterol carrier in CNS. There are three human polymorphisms, apoE2, apoE3, apoE4, genetic expression of APOE4 one most influential risk factors for development late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). Neuroinflammation has become third hallmark AD, together with Amyloid-β plaques neurofibrillary tangles hyperphosphorylated aggregated tau protein. This review aims to broadly extensively describe differential aspects concerning apoE. Starting from evolution apoE how APOE's single-nucleotide polymorphisms affect its structure, function, involvement during health disease. reflects on impact critical AD pathology, such as neuroinflammatory response, particularly effect APOE astrocytic microglial function dynamics, synaptic amyloid-β load, autophagy, cell–cell communication. We discuss affecting pathology combined genotype, sex, age, diet, physical exercise, current therapies clinical trials field. The genotype other neurodegenerative diseases characterized by overt inflammation, e.g., alpha- synucleinopathies Parkinson's disease, traumatic brain injury, stroke, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple also addressed. Therefore, this gathers relevant findings related up date implications CNS pathologies provide a deeper understanding knowledge

Language: Английский

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Neuropathobiology of COVID-19: The Role for Glia DOI Creative Commons
Marie‐Ève Tremblay, Charlotte Madore,

Maude Bordeleau

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Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 14

Published: Nov. 11, 2020

SARS-CoV-2, which causes the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, has a strong brain neurotropism via binding to receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 expressed by neurones and glial cells, including astrocytes microglia. Systemic infection accompanies severe cases of COVID-19 also triggers substantial increase in circulating levels chemokines interleukins that compromise blood-brain barrier, enter parenchyma affect its defensive systems, Brain areas devoid barrier such as circumventricular organs are particularly vulnerable inflammatory mediators. The performance microglia, well immune cells required for health, is considered critical defining neurological damage outcome COVID-19. In this review, we discuss implication neuroinflammation, adaptive innate immunity, autoimmunity, astrocytic microglial homeostatic functions psychiatric aspects consequences SARS-CoV-2 during ageing, presence systemic comorbidities, exposed pregnant mother foetus will be specifically covered.

Language: Английский

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Microglia and Neuroinflammation: Crucial Pathological Mechanisms in Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Neurodegeneration DOI Creative Commons

Fangjie Shao,

Xiaoyu Wang, Haijian Wu

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Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 14

Published: March 25, 2022

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most common diseases in central nervous system (CNS) with high mortality and morbidity. Patients TBI usually suffer many sequelae life time post injury, including neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) Parkinson’s (PD). However, pathological mechanisms connecting these two processes have not yet been fully elucidated. It important to further investigate pathophysiological underlying TBI-induced neurodegeneration, which will promote development precise treatment target for notorious consequences after TBI. A growing body evidence shows that neuroinflammation a pivotal process chronic neurodegeneration following Microglia, immune cells CNS, play crucial roles other CNS diseases. Of interest, microglial activation functional alteration has proposed key mediators evolution pathology Here, we review updated studies involving phenotypical alterations microglia survey molecules regulating activities responses pathology, explore their potential implications injury. The work give us comprehensive understanding driving TBI-related offer novel ideas developing corresponding prevention strategies this disease.

Language: Английский

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Glucose metabolic crosstalk and regulation in brain function and diseases DOI
Shuai Zhang, Brittany Bolduc Lachance, Mark P. Mattson

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Progress in Neurobiology, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 204, P. 102089 - 102089

Published: June 10, 2021

Language: Английский

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Neuroinflammation and Oxidative Stress in the Pathogenesis of Autism Spectrum Disorder DOI Open Access
Noriyoshi Usui, Hikaru Kobayashi, Shoichi Shimada

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International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 24(6), P. 5487 - 5487

Published: March 13, 2023

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental (NDD) characterized by impairments in social communication, repetitive behaviors, restricted interests, and hyperesthesia/hypesthesia caused genetic and/or environmental factors. In recent years, inflammation oxidative stress have been implicated the pathogenesis of ASD. this review, we discuss pathophysiology ASD, particularly focusing on maternal immune activation (MIA). MIA one common risk factors for onset ASD during pregnancy. It induces an reaction pregnant mother’s body, resulting further placenta fetal brain. These negative cause developing brain subsequently behavioral symptoms offspring. addition, also effects anti-inflammatory drugs antioxidants basic studies animals clinical Our review provides latest findings new insights into involvements

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Neuroinflammation and Parkinson’s Disease—From Neurodegeneration to Therapeutic Opportunities DOI Creative Commons
Bruna Araújo, Rita Caridade-Silva, Carla Guedes

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Cells, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 11(18), P. 2908 - 2908

Published: Sept. 17, 2022

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder worldwide. Clinically, it characterized by a progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons (DAn), resulting in severe motor complications. Preclinical and clinical studies have indicated that neuroinflammation can play role PD pathophysiology, being associated with its onset progression. Nevertheless, several key points concerning neuroinflammatory process remain to be answered. Bearing this mind, present review, we cover impact on exploring inflammatory cells (i.e., microglia astrocytes) interconnections between brain peripheral system. Furthermore, discuss both innate adaptive immune responses regarding pathology explore gut-brain axis communication influence progression disease.

Language: Английский

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Role of Inflammatory Processes in Hemorrhagic Stroke DOI Open Access
Sarah Ohashi, Jonathan H. DeLong, Mariel G. Kozberg

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Stroke, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 54(2), P. 605 - 619

Published: Jan. 5, 2023

Hemorrhagic stroke is the deadliest form of and includes subtypes intracerebral hemorrhage subarachnoid hemorrhage. A common cause hemorrhagic in older individuals cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Intracerebral both lead to rapid collection blood central nervous system generate inflammatory immune responses that involve brain resident infiltrating cells. These are complex can contribute tissue recovery injury. Despite interconnectedness these major stroke, few reviews have discussed them collectively. The present review provides an update on processes occur response hemorrhage, role inflammation pathophysiology angiopathy-related goal highlight underlie disease pathology recovery. We aim discuss recent advances our understanding conditions identify gaps knowledge with potential develop effective therapeutic strategies.

Language: Английский

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Microglia-containing human brain organoids for the study of brain development and pathology DOI Creative Commons
Wendiao Zhang,

Jiamei Jiang,

Zhenhong Xu

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Molecular Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 28(1), P. 96 - 107

Published: Dec. 6, 2022

Microglia are resident immune cells in the central nervous system, playing critical roles brain development and homeostasis. Increasing evidence has implicated microglia dysfunction pathogenesis of various disorders ranging from psychiatric to neurodegenerative diseases. Using a human cell-based model illuminate functional mechanisms will promote pathological studies drug development. The recently developed microglia-containing organoids (MC-HBOs), in-vitro three-dimensional cell cultures that recapitulate key features brain, have provided new avenue pathology. However, MC-HBOs generated different methods differ origin, proportion, fidelity within organoids, may produced inconsistent results. To help researchers develop robust reproducible recapitulates in-vivo signatures study pathology, this review summarized current used generate opinions on use for disease modeling studies.

Language: Английский

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Human microglia show unique transcriptional changes in Alzheimer’s disease DOI Creative Commons
Katherine E. Prater,

Kevin J. Green,

Sainath Mamde

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Nature Aging, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 3(7), P. 894 - 907

Published: May 29, 2023

Abstract Microglia, the innate immune cells of brain, influence Alzheimer’s disease (AD) progression and are potential therapeutic targets. However, microglia exhibit diverse functions, regulation which is not fully understood, complicating therapeutics development. To better define transcriptomic phenotypes gene regulatory networks associated with AD, we enriched for nuclei from 12 AD 10 control human dorsolateral prefrontal cortices (7 males 15 females, all aged >60 years) before single-nucleus RNA sequencing. Here describe both established previously unrecognized microglial molecular phenotypes, inferred driving observed change, apply trajectory analysis to reveal putative relationships between phenotypes. We identify more prevalent in cases compared controls. Further, heterogeneity subclusters expressing homeostatic markers. Our study demonstrates that deep profiling brain can provide insight into transcriptional changes AD.

Language: Английский

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Stress induced microglial activation contributes to depression DOI
Bingjin Li, Wei Yang, Tongtong Ge

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Pharmacological Research, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 179, P. 106145 - 106145

Published: Feb. 24, 2022

Language: Английский

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