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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Zhong, Ping | Cao, Qing | Yan, Zhen; *
Affiliations: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Correspondence: [*] Correspondence to: Zhen Yan, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA. E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: Background:The impairment of neural circuits controlling cognitive processes has been implicated in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders (ADRD). However, it is largely unclear what circuits are specifically changed in ADRD, particularly at the early stage. Objective:Our goal of this study is to reveal the functional changes in the circuit of entorhinal cortex (EC), an interface between neocortex and hippocampus, in AD. Methods:Electrophysiological, optogenetic and chemogenetic approaches were used to examine and manipulate entorhinal cortical circuits in amyloid-β familial AD model (5×FAD) and tauopathy model (P301S Tau). Results:We found that, compared to wild-type mice, electrical stimulation of EC induced markedly smaller responses in subiculum (hippocampal output) of 5×FAD mice (6-month-old), suggesting that synaptic communication in the EC to subiculum circuit is specifically blocked in this AD model. In addition, optogenetic stimulation of glutamatergic terminals from prefrontal cortex (PFC) induced smaller responses in EC of 5×FAD and P301S Tau mice (6-month-old), suggesting that synaptic communication in the PFC to EC pathway is compromised in both ADRD models. Chemogenetic activation of PFC to EC pathway did not affect the bursting activity of EC neurons in 5×FAD mice, but partially restored the diminished EC neuronal activity in P301S Tau mice. Conclusions:These data suggest that 5×FAD mice has a specific impairment of short-range hippocampal gateway (EC to subiculum), which may be caused by amyloid-β deposits; while two ADRD models have a common impairment of long-range cortical to hippocampal circuit (PFC to EC), which may be caused by microtubule/tau-based transport deficits. These circuit deficits provide a pathophysiological basis for unique and common impairments of various cognitive processes in ADRD conditions.
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, electrophysiology, entorhinal cortex, 5×FAD, neural circuits, optogenetics, P301S Tau, prefrontal cortex, subiculum
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-231413
Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 98, no. 3, pp. 1121-1131, 2024
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