Browsing by Author "Wyss-Coray, Tony"

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    Genetic Variants of Phospholipase C-γ2 Alter the Phenotype and Function of Microglia and Confer Differential Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease
    (Elsevier, 2023) Tsai, Andy P.; Dong, Chuanpeng; Lin, Peter Bor-Chian; Oblak, Adrian L.; Di Prisco, Gonzalo Viana; Wang, Nian; Hajicek, Nicole; Carr, Adam J.; Lendy, Emma K.; Hahn, Oliver; Atkins, Micaiah; Foltz, Aulden G.; Patel, Jheel; Xu, Guixiang; Moutinho, Miguel; Sondek, John; Zhang, Qisheng; Mesecar, Andrew D.; Liu, Yunlong; Atwood, Brady K.; Wyss-Coray, Tony; Nho, Kwangsik; Bissel, Stephanie J.; Lamb, Bruce T.; Landreth, Gary E.; Medical and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine
    Genetic association studies have demonstrated the critical involvement of the microglial immune response in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis. Phospholipase C-gamma-2 (PLCG2) is selectively expressed by microglia and functions in many immune receptor signaling pathways. In AD, PLCG2 is induced uniquely in plaque-associated microglia. A genetic variant of PLCG2, PLCG2P522R, is a mild hypermorph that attenuates AD risk. Here, we identified a loss-of-function PLCG2 variant, PLCG2M28L, that confers an increased AD risk. PLCG2P522R attenuated disease in an amyloidogenic murine AD model, whereas PLCG2M28L exacerbated the plaque burden associated with altered phagocytosis and Aβ clearance. The variants bidirectionally modulated disease pathology by inducing distinct transcriptional programs that identified microglial subpopulations associated with protective or detrimental phenotypes. These findings identify PLCG2M28L as a potential AD risk variant and demonstrate that PLCG2 variants can differentially orchestrate microglial responses in AD pathogenesis that can be therapeutically targeted.
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    Proteomics of brain, CSF, and plasma identifies molecular signatures for distinguishing sporadic and genetic Alzheimer's disease
    (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2023) Sung, Yun Ju; Yang, Chengran; Norton, Joanne; Johnson, Matt; Fagan, Anne; Bateman, Randall J.; Perrin, Richard J.; Morris, John C.; Farlow, Martin R.; Chhatwal, Jasmeer P.; Schofield, Peter R.; Chui, Helena; Wang, Fengxian; Novotny, Brenna; Eteleeb, Abdallah; Karch, Celeste; Schindler, Suzanne E.; Rhinn, Herve; Johnson, Erik C. B.; Oh, Hamilton Se-Hwee; Rutledge, Jarod Evert; Dammer, Eric B.; Seyfried, Nicholas T.; Wyss-Coray, Tony; Harari, Oscar; Cruchaga, Carlos; Neurology, School of Medicine
    Proteomic studies for Alzheimer's disease (AD) are instrumental in identifying AD pathways but often focus on single tissues and sporadic AD cases. Here, we present a proteomic study analyzing 1305 proteins in brain tissue, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and plasma from patients with sporadic AD, TREM2 risk variant carriers, patients with autosomal dominant AD (ADAD), and healthy individuals. We identified 8 brain, 40 CSF, and 9 plasma proteins that were altered in individuals with sporadic AD, and we replicated these findings in several external datasets. We identified a proteomic signature that differentiated TREM2 variant carriers from both individuals with sporadic AD and healthy individuals. The proteins associated with sporadic AD were also altered in patients with ADAD, but with a greater effect size. Brain-derived proteins associated with ADAD were also replicated in additional CSF samples. Enrichment analyses highlighted several pathways, including those implicated in AD (calcineurin and Apo E), Parkinson's disease (α-synuclein and LRRK2), and innate immune responses (SHC1, ERK-1, and SPP1). Our findings suggest that combined proteomics across brain tissue, CSF, and plasma can be used to identify markers for sporadic and genetically defined AD.