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Genetic manipulation of adult-born hippocampal neurons rescues memory in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

In English

Författare

  • Kevin Richetin
  • Clémence Leclerc
  • Nicolas Toni
  • Thierry Gallopin
  • Stéphane Pech
  • Laurent Roybon
  • Claire Rampon

Summary, in English

In adult mammals, neural progenitors located in the dentate gyrus retain their ability to generate neurons and glia throughout lifetime. In rodents, increased production of new granule neurons is associated with improved memory capacities, while decreased hippocampal neurogenesis results in impaired memory performance in several memory tasks. In mouse models of Alzheimer's disease, neurogenesis is impaired and the granule neurons that are generated fail to integrate existing networks. Thus, enhancing neurogenesis should improve functional plasticity in the hippocampus and restore cognitive deficits in these mice. Here, we performed a screen of transcription factors that could potentially enhance adult hippocampal neurogenesis. We identified Neurod1 as a robust neuronal determinant with the capability to direct hippocampal progenitors towards an exclusive granule neuron fate. Importantly, Neurod1 also accelerated neuronal maturation and functional integration of new neurons during the period of their maturation when they contribute to memory processes. When tested in an APPxPS1 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, directed expression of Neurod1 in cycling hippocampal progenitors conspicuously reduced dendritic spine density deficits on new hippocampal neurons, to the same level as that observed in healthy age-matched control animals. Remarkably, this population of highly connected new neurons was sufficient to restore spatial memory in these diseased mice. Collectively our findings demonstrate that endogenous neural stem cells of the diseased brain can be manipulated to become new neurons that could allow cognitive improvement.

Avdelning/ar

Publiceringsår

2015

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

440-455

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Brain

Volym

138

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Oxford University Press

Ämne

  • Neurology

Status

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • IPSC Laboratory for CNS Disease Modeling

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1460-2156