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iPSC Modeling of Presenilin1 Mutation in Alzheimer's Disease with Cerebellar Ataxia.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Li, Ling 
Roh, Jee Hoon 
Chang, Eun Hyuk 
Lee, Yoonkyung 
Lee, Suji 

Abstract

Disease modeling of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been hampered by the lack of suitable cellular models while animal models are mainly based on the overexpression of AD-related genes which often results in an overemphasis of certain pathways and is also confounded by aging. In this study, we therefore developed and used induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines from a middle-aged AD patient with a known presenilin 1 (PSEN1) mutation (Glu120Lys; PS1-E120K) and as a control, an elderly normal subject. Using this approach, we demonstrated that the extracellular accumulation of Aβ was dramatically increased in PS1-E120K iPSC-derived neurons compared with the control iPSC line. PS1-E120K iPSC-derived neurons also exhibited high levels of phosphorylated tau, as well as mitochondrial abnormalities and defective autophagy. Given that the effect of aging is lost with iPSC generation, these abnormal cellular features are therefore indicative of PSEN1-associated AD pathogenesis rather than primary changes associated with aging. Taken together, this iPSC-based approach of AD modeling can now be used to better understand AD pathogenesis as well as a tool for drug discovery.

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Keywords

Alzheimer disease, Amyloid beta, Autophagy, Presenilin1, Tau, stem cell

Journal Title

Experimental Neurobiology

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Journal ISSN

1226-2560
2093-8144

Volume Title

27

Publisher

Korean Society for Brain and Neural Sciences
Sponsorship
Medical Research Council (MC_PC_12009)
This work was supported by the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (HI14C2746) and a grant (2016-0588) from the Asan Institute for Life Sciences.