期刊
BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
卷 224, 期 6, 页码 2061-2078出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-019-01886-w
关键词
Alzheimer's disease; Calcium-binding proteins; Locus coeruleus; Norepinephrine; Phylogenetic conservation
资金
- Semmelweis University (SE)
- National Brain Research Program of Hungary [2017-1.2.1-NKP-2017-00002]
- Excellence Program for Higher Education of Hungary (FIKP-2018)
- Swedish Research Council
- Novo Nordisk Foundation
- Hjarnfonden
- European Research Council (SECRET-CELLS) [2015-AdG-695136]
- Medical University of Vienna
Calcium-binding proteins are widely used to distinguish neuronal subsets in the brain. This study focuses on secretagogin, an EF-hand calcium sensor, to identify distinct neuronal populations in the brainstem of several vertebrate species. By using neural tube whole mounts of mouse embryos, we show that secretagogin is already expressed during the early ontogeny of brainstem noradrenaline cells. In adults, secretagogin-expressing neurons typically populate relay centres of special senses and vegetative regulatory centres of the medulla oblongata, pons and midbrain. Notably, secretagogin expression overlapped with the brainstem column of noradrenergic cell bodies, including the locus coeruleus (A6) and the A1, A5 and A7 fields. Secretagogin expression in avian, mouse, rat and human samples showed quasi-equivalent patterns, suggesting conservation throughout vertebrate phylogeny. We found reduced secretagogin expression in locus coeruleus from subjects with Alzheimer's disease, and this reduction paralleled the loss of tyrosine hydroxylase, the enzyme rate limiting noradrenaline synthesis. Residual secretagogin immunoreactivity was confined to small submembrane domains associated with initial aberrant tau phosphorylation. In conclusion, we provide evidence that secretagogin is a useful marker to distinguish neuronal subsets in the brainstem, conserved throughout several species, and its altered expression may reflect cellular dysfunction of locus coeruleus neurons in Alzheimer's disease.
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