RRC ID 81106
Author Ahmed C, Greve HJ, Garza-Lombo C, Malley JA, Johnson JA Jr, Oblak AL, Block ML.
Title Peripheral HMGB1 is linked to O3 pathology of disease-associated astrocytes and amyloid.
Journal Alzheimers Dement
Abstract INTRODUCTION:Ozone (O3) is an air pollutant associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk. The lung-brain axis is implicated in O3-associated glial and amyloid pathobiology; however, the role of disease-associated astrocytes (DAAs) in this process remains unknown.
METHODS:The O3-induced astrocyte phenotype was characterized in 5xFAD mice by spatial transcriptomics and proteomics. Hmgb1fl/fl LysM-Cre+ mice were used to assess the role of peripheral myeloid cell high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1).
RESULTS:O3 increased astrocyte and plaque numbers, impeded the astrocyte proteomic response to plaque deposition, augmented the DAA transcriptional fingerprint, increased astrocyte-microglia contact, and reduced bronchoalveolar lavage immune cell HMGB1 expression in 5xFAD mice. O3-exposed Hmgb1fl/fl LysM-Cre+ mice exhibited dysregulated DAA mRNA markers.
DISCUSSION:Astrocytes and peripheral myeloid cells are critical lung-brain axis interactors. HMGB1 loss in peripheral myeloid cells regulates the O3-induced DAA phenotype. These findings demonstrate a mechanism and potential intervention target for air pollution-induced AD pathobiology.
HIGHLIGHTS:Astrocytes are part of the lung-brain axis, regulating how air pollution affects plaque pathology. Ozone (O3) astrocyte effects are associated with increased plaques and modified by plaque localization. O3 uniquely disrupts the astrocyte transcriptomic and proteomic disease-associated astrocyte (DAA) phenotype in plaque associated astrocytes (PAA). O3 changes the PAA cell contact with microglia and cell-cell communication gene expression. Peripheral myeloid cell high mobility group box 1 regulates O3-induced transcriptomic changes in the DAA phenotype.
Volume 20(5)
Pages 3551-3566
Published 2024-5-1
DOI 10.1002/alz.13825
PMID 38624088
PMC PMC11095433
MeSH Air Pollutants Alzheimer Disease* / metabolism Alzheimer Disease* / pathology Amyloid beta-Peptides / metabolism Animals Astrocytes* / metabolism Astrocytes* / pathology Brain / metabolism Brain / pathology Disease Models, Animal HMGB1 Protein* / metabolism Lung / pathology Mice Mice, Transgenic Microglia / metabolism Ozone* Plaque, Amyloid / metabolism Plaque, Amyloid / pathology
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