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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
Volume 215, Issue 6, Pages 1649-1663Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20171487
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- European Union (EU) Joint Program, Neurodegenerative Disease Research program (JPND
- Horizon 2020 Framework Programme) [643417/DACAPO-AD]
- Alzheimer Forschung Initiative (AFI)
- DZNE
- German Research Foundation (DFG) [EXC 1023]
- North Rhine-Westphalia Ruckkehrerprogramm
- DFG [SFB1089]
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Astrocytic hyperactivity is an important contributor to neuronal-glial network dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We have previously shown that astrocyte hyperactivity is mediated by signaling through the P2Y1 purinoreceptor (P2Y1R) pathway. Using the APPPS1 mouse model of AD, we here find that chronic intracerebroventricular infusion of P2Y1R inhibitors normalizes astroglial and neuronal network dysfunction, as measured by in vivo two-photon microscopy, augments structural synaptic integrity, and preserves hippocampal long-term potentiation. These effects occur independently from beta-amyloid metabolism or plaque burden but are associated with a higher morphological complexity of periplaque reactive astrocytes, as well as reduced dystrophic neurite burden and greater plaque compaction. Importantly, APPPS1 mice chronically treated with P2Y1R antagonists, as well as APPPS1 mice carrying an astrocyte-specific genetic deletion (Ip3r2(-/-)) of signaling pathways downstream of P2Y1R activation, are protected from the decline of spatial learning and memory. In summary, our study establishes the restoration of network homoeostasis by P2Y1R inhibition as a novel treatment target in AD.
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