创伤性脑损伤
神经炎症
神经科学
发病机制
高磷酸化
痴呆
阿尔茨海默病
神经病理学
医学
β淀粉样蛋白
病理
心理学
疾病
生物
细胞生物学
精神科
激酶
作者
Zhourui Wu,Zhi‐Hao Wang,Xia Liu,Zhentao Zhang,Xiaohuan Gu,Shan Ping Yu,C. Dirk Keene,Liming Cheng,Keqiang Ye
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.pneurobio.2019.101730
摘要
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated in some studies with clinical dementia, and neuropathological features, including amyloid plaque deposition and Tau neurofibrillary degeneration commonly identified in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the molecular mechanisms linking TBI to AD remain unclear. Here we show that TBI activates transcription factor CCAAT/Enhancer Binding Protein Beta (C/EBPβ), increasing delta-secretase (AEP) expression. Activated AEP cleaves both APP and Tau at APP N585 and Tau N368 sites, respectively, which mediate AD pathogenesis by promoting Aβ production and Tau hyperphosphorylation and inducing neuroinflammation and neurotoxicity. Knockout of AEP or C/EBPβ diminishes TBI-induced AD-like pathology and cognitive impairment in the 3xTg AD mouse model. Remarkably, viral expression of AEP-resistant Tau N368A in the hippocampus of 3xTg mice also ameliorates the pathological and cognitive consequences of TBI. Finally, clinical TBI activates C/EBPβ and escalates AEP expression, leading to APP N585 and Tau N368 proteolytic cleavage in TBI patient brains. Hence, our findings support a potential role for AEP in linking TBI exposure with AD pathogenesis.
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