Co-aggregation with apolipoprotein E modulates the function of amyloid-β in Alzheimer's disease

Zengjie Xia; Emily E Prescott; Agnieszka Urbanek; Hollie E Wareing; Marianne C King; Anna Olerinyova; Helen Dakin; Tom Leah; Katy A Barnes; Martyna M Matuszyk; Eleni Dimou; Eric Hidari; Yu P Zhang; Jeff Y L Lam; John S H Danial; Michael R Strickland; Hong Jiang; Peter Thornton; Damian C Crowther; Sohvi Ohtonen; Mireia Gómez-Budia; Simon M Bell; Laura Ferraiuolo; Heather Mortiboys; Adrian Higginbottom; Stephen B Wharton; David M Holtzman; Tarja Malm; Rohan T Ranasinghe; David Klenerman; Suman De

doi:10.1038/s41467-024-49028-z

Co-aggregation with apolipoprotein E modulates the function of amyloid-β in Alzheimer's disease

Zengjie Xia, Emily E Prescott, Agnieszka Urbanek, Hollie E Wareing, Marianne C King, Anna Olerinyova, Helen Dakin, Tom Leah, Katy A Barnes, Martyna M Matuszyk, Eleni Dimou, Eric Hidari, Yu P Zhang, Jeff Y L Lam, John S H Danial, Michael R Strickland, Hong Jiang, Peter Thornton, Damian C Crowther, Sohvi OhtonenMireia Gómez-Budia, Simon M Bell, Laura Ferraiuolo, Heather Mortiboys, Adrian Higginbottom, Stephen B Wharton, David M Holtzman, Tarja Malm, Rohan T Ranasinghe^*, David Klenerman^*, Suman De^*

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School of Physics and Astronomy

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Abstract

Which isoforms of apolipoprotein E (apoE) we inherit determine our risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's Disease (AD), but the mechanism underlying this link is poorly understood. In particular, the relevance of direct interactions between apoE and amyloid-β (Aβ) remains controversial. Here, single-molecule imaging shows that all isoforms of apoE associate with Aβ in the early stages of aggregation and then fall away as fibrillation happens. ApoE-Aβ co-aggregates account for ~50% of the mass of diffusible Aβ aggregates detected in the frontal cortices of homozygotes with the higher-risk APOE4 gene. We show how dynamic interactions between apoE and Aβ tune disease-related functions of Aβ aggregates throughout the course of aggregation. Our results connect inherited APOE genotype with the risk of developing AD by demonstrating how, in an isoform- and lipidation-specific way, apoE modulates the aggregation, clearance and toxicity of Aβ. Selectively removing non-lipidated apoE4-Aβ co-aggregates enhances clearance of toxic Aβ by glial cells, and reduces secretion of inflammatory markers and membrane damage, demonstrating a clear path to AD therapeutics.

Original language	English
Article number	4695
Number of pages	18
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	15
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49028-z
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2024

Keywords

Neuroglia
Animals
Mice, Transgenic
Humans
Mice
Alzheimer Disease
Apolipoproteins E
Protein isoforms
Female
Male
Apolipoprotein E4
Amyloid beta-peptides
Protein aggregates
Protein aggregation, Pathological

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Xia, Z., Prescott, E. E., Urbanek, A., Wareing, H. E., King, M. C., Olerinyova, A., Dakin, H., Leah, T., Barnes, K. A., Matuszyk, M. M., Dimou, E., Hidari, E., Zhang, Y. P., Lam, J. Y. L., Danial, J. S. H., Strickland, M. R., Jiang, H., Thornton, P., Crowther, D. C., ... De, S. (2024). Co-aggregation with apolipoprotein E modulates the function of amyloid-β in Alzheimer's disease. Nature Communications, 15(1), Article 4695. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49028-z

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Co-aggregation with apolipoprotein E modulates the function of amyloid-β in Alzheimer's disease

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