PUBLICATION
IL4/STAT6 Signaling Activates Neural Stem Cell Proliferation and Neurogenesis upon Amyloid-β42 Aggregation in Adult Zebrafish Brain
- Authors
- Bhattarai, P., Thomas, A.K., Cosacak, M.I., Papadimitriou, C., Mashkaryan, V., Froc, C., Reinhardt, S., Kurth, T., Dahl, A., Zhang, Y., Kizil, C.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-161025-31
- Date
- 2016
- Source
- Cell Reports 17: 941-948 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Bhattarai, Prabesh, Cosacak, Mehmet Ilyas, Froc, Cynthia, Kizil, Caghan, Papadimitriou, Christos
- Keywords
- Alzheimer’s disease, Amyloid-β42, STAT6, inflammation, interlukin-4, neural stem cell, neuro-immune crosstalk, neurodegeneration, regeneration, zebrafish
- Datasets
- GEO:GSE74326
- MeSH Terms
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- Neurogenesis*
- Cell Proliferation
- Neurons
- Amyloid beta-Peptides/metabolism*
- Microglia
- Cell Plasticity
- Neural Stem Cells/cytology
- STAT6 Transcription Factor/metabolism*
- Zebrafish/metabolism
- Aging/pathology
- Signal Transduction*
- Brain/metabolism*
- Brain/pathology
- Animals
- Nerve Degeneration/pathology
- Phenotype
- Protein Aggregates*
- Peptide Fragments/metabolism*
- Interleukin-4/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 27760324 Full text @ Cell Rep.
Citation
Bhattarai, P., Thomas, A.K., Cosacak, M.I., Papadimitriou, C., Mashkaryan, V., Froc, C., Reinhardt, S., Kurth, T., Dahl, A., Zhang, Y., Kizil, C. (2016) IL4/STAT6 Signaling Activates Neural Stem Cell Proliferation and Neurogenesis upon Amyloid-β42 Aggregation in Adult Zebrafish Brain. Cell Reports. 17:941-948.
Abstract
Human brains are prone to neurodegeneration, given that endogenous neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs) fail to support neurogenesis. To investigate the molecular programs potentially mediating neurodegeneration-induced NSPC plasticity in regenerating organisms, we generated an Amyloid-β42 (Aβ42)-dependent neurotoxic model in adult zebrafish brain through cerebroventricular microinjection of cell-penetrating Aβ42 derivatives. Aβ42 deposits in neurons and causes phenotypes reminiscent of amyloid pathophysiology: apoptosis, microglial activation, synaptic degeneration, and learning deficits. Aβ42 also induces NSPC proliferation and enhanced neurogenesis. Interleukin-4 (IL4) is activated primarily in neurons and microglia/macrophages in response to Aβ42 and is sufficient to increase NSPC proliferation and neurogenesis via STAT6 phosphorylation through the IL4 receptor in NSPCs. Our results reveal a crosstalk between neurons and immune cells mediated by IL4/STAT6 signaling, which induces NSPC plasticity in zebrafish brains.
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