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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Saito, Kozo
• Shigetomi, Eiji
• Yasuda, Rei
• Sato, Ryuichi
• Nakano, Masakazu
• Tashiro, Kei
• Tanaka, Kenji F
• Ikenaka, Kazuhiro
• Mikoshiba, Katsuhiko
• Mizuta, Ikuko
• Yoshida, Tomokatsu
• Nakagawa, Masanori
• Mizuno, Toshiki
• Koizumi, Schuichi

Titel

Aberrant astrocyte Ca 2+ signals "AxCa signals" exacerbate pathological alterations in an Alexander disease model

Ist Teil von

• Glia, 2018-05, Vol.66 (5), p.1053-1067

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

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Quelle

Wiley Online Library (Online service)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Alexander disease (AxD) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder caused by gain of function mutations in the glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) gene. Accumulation of GFAP proteins and formation of Rosenthal fibers (RFs) in astrocytes are hallmarks of AxD. However, malfunction of astrocytes in the AxD brain is poorly understood. Here, we show aberrant Ca responses in astrocytes as playing a causative role in AxD. Transcriptome analysis of astrocytes from a model of AxD showed age-dependent upregulation of GFAP, several markers for neurotoxic reactive astrocytes, and downregulation of Ca homeostasis molecules. In situ AxD model astrocytes produced aberrant extra-large Ca signals "AxCa signals", which increased with age, correlated with GFAP upregulation, and were dependent on stored Ca . Inhibition of AxCa signals by deletion of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate type 2 receptors (IP3R2) ameliorated AxD pathogenesis. Taken together, AxCa signals in the model astrocytes would contribute to AxD pathogenesis.