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Sustained microglial depletion with CSF1R inhibitor impairs parenchymal plaque development in an Alzheimer’s disease model

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  • Elizabeth Spangenberg

    (University of California Irvine (UCI))

  • Paul L. Severson

    (Plexxikon Inc)

  • Lindsay A. Hohsfield

    (University of California Irvine (UCI))

  • Joshua Crapser

    (University of California Irvine (UCI))

  • Jiazhong Zhang

    (Plexxikon Inc)

  • Elizabeth A. Burton

    (Plexxikon Inc)

  • Ying Zhang

    (Plexxikon Inc)

  • Wayne Spevak

    (Plexxikon Inc)

  • Jack Lin

    (Plexxikon Inc)

  • Nicole Y. Phan

    (University of California Irvine (UCI))

  • Gaston Habets

    (Plexxikon Inc)

  • Andrey Rymar

    (Plexxikon Inc)

  • Garson Tsang

    (Plexxikon Inc)

  • Jason Walters

    (Plexxikon Inc)

  • Marika Nespi

    (Plexxikon Inc)

  • Parmveer Singh

    (Plexxikon Inc)

  • Stephanie Broome

    (Plexxikon Inc)

  • Prabha Ibrahim

    (Plexxikon Inc)

  • Chao Zhang

    (Plexxikon Inc)

  • Gideon Bollag

    (Plexxikon Inc)

  • Brian L. West

    (Plexxikon Inc)

  • Kim N. Green

    (University of California Irvine (UCI))

Abstract

Many risk genes for the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are exclusively or highly expressed in myeloid cells. Microglia are dependent on colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R) signaling for their survival. We designed and synthesized a highly selective brain-penetrant CSF1R inhibitor (PLX5622) allowing for extended and specific microglial elimination, preceding and during pathology development. We find that in the 5xFAD mouse model of AD, plaques fail to form in the parenchymal space following microglial depletion, except in areas containing surviving microglia. Instead, Aβ deposits in cortical blood vessels reminiscent of cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Altered gene expression in the 5xFAD hippocampus is also reversed by the absence of microglia. Transcriptional analyses of the residual plaque-forming microglia show they exhibit a disease-associated microglia profile. Collectively, we describe the structure, formulation, and efficacy of PLX5622, which allows for sustained microglial depletion and identify roles of microglia in initiating plaque pathogenesis.

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  • Elizabeth Spangenberg & Paul L. Severson & Lindsay A. Hohsfield & Joshua Crapser & Jiazhong Zhang & Elizabeth A. Burton & Ying Zhang & Wayne Spevak & Jack Lin & Nicole Y. Phan & Gaston Habets & Andrey, 2019. "Sustained microglial depletion with CSF1R inhibitor impairs parenchymal plaque development in an Alzheimer’s disease model," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-21, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-11674-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11674-z
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