TY - JOUR
T1 - Conserved brain myelination networks are altered in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases
AU - Allen, Mariet
AU - Wang, Xue
AU - Burgess, Jeremy D.
AU - Watzlawik, Jens
AU - Serie, Daniel J.
AU - Younkin, Curtis S.
AU - Nguyen, Thuy
AU - Malphrus, Kimberly G.
AU - Lincoln, Sarah
AU - Carrasquillo, Minerva M.
AU - Ho, Charlotte
AU - Chakrabarty, Paramita
AU - Strickland, Samantha
AU - Murray, Melissa E.
AU - Swarup, Vivek
AU - Geschwind, Daniel H.
AU - Seyfried, Nicholas T.
AU - Dammer, Eric B.
AU - Lah, James J.
AU - Levey, Allan I.
AU - Golde, Todd E.
AU - Funk, Cory
AU - Li, Hongdong
AU - Price, Nathan D.
AU - Petersen, Ronald C.
AU - Graff-Radford, Neill R.
AU - Younkin, Steven G.
AU - Dickson, Dennis W.
AU - Crook, Julia R.
AU - Asmann, Yan W.
AU - Ertekin-Taner, Nilüfer
PY - 2018/3
Y1 - 2018/3
N2 - Introduction: Comparative transcriptome analyses in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative proteinopathies can uncover both shared and distinct disease pathways. Methods: We analyzed 940 brain transcriptomes including patients with AD, progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP; a primary tauopathy), and control subjects. Results: We identified transcriptional coexpression networks implicated in myelination, which were lower in PSP temporal cortex (TCX) compared with AD. Some of these associations were retained even after adjustments for brain cell population changes. These TCX myelination network structures were preserved in cerebellum but they were not differentially expressed in cerebellum between AD and PSP. Myelination networks were downregulated in both AD and PSP, when compared with control TCX samples. Discussion: Downregulation of myelination networks may underlie both PSP and AD pathophysiology, but may be more pronounced in PSP. These data also highlight conservation of transcriptional networks across brain regions and the influence of cell type changes on these networks.
AB - Introduction: Comparative transcriptome analyses in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative proteinopathies can uncover both shared and distinct disease pathways. Methods: We analyzed 940 brain transcriptomes including patients with AD, progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP; a primary tauopathy), and control subjects. Results: We identified transcriptional coexpression networks implicated in myelination, which were lower in PSP temporal cortex (TCX) compared with AD. Some of these associations were retained even after adjustments for brain cell population changes. These TCX myelination network structures were preserved in cerebellum but they were not differentially expressed in cerebellum between AD and PSP. Myelination networks were downregulated in both AD and PSP, when compared with control TCX samples. Discussion: Downregulation of myelination networks may underlie both PSP and AD pathophysiology, but may be more pronounced in PSP. These data also highlight conservation of transcriptional networks across brain regions and the influence of cell type changes on these networks.
KW - Alzheimer's disease
KW - Cerebellum
KW - Coexpression networks
KW - Myelination
KW - Progressive supranuclear palsy
KW - Proteinopathies
KW - Temporal cortex
KW - Transcriptome
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.09.012
DO - 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.09.012
M3 - Article
C2 - 29107053
AN - SCOPUS:85033698535
VL - 14
SP - 352
EP - 366
JO - Alzheimer's and Dementia
JF - Alzheimer's and Dementia
SN - 1552-5260
IS - 3
ER -