PMID- 37385335 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230819 LR - 20231003 IS - 1873-7544 (Electronic) IS - 0306-4522 (Print) IS - 0306-4522 (Linking) VI - 526 DP - 2023 Aug 21 TI - Association of Apolipoprotein E4-related Microvascular Disease in the Alzheimer's Disease Hippocampal CA1 Stratum Radiatum. PG - 204-222 LID - S0306-4522(23)00289-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2023.06.019 [doi] AB - Current data suggest a hypothesis of vascular pathogenesis for the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). To investigate this, we studied the association of apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4) gene on microvessels in human autopsy-confirmed AD with and without APOE4, compared with age/sex-matched control (AC) hippocampal CA1 stratum radiatum. AD arterioles (without APOE4 gene) had mild oxidative stress and loss of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and endothelial cell density, reflecting aging progression. In AD + APOE4, an increase in strong oxidative DNA damage marker 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), VEGF, and endothelial cell density were associated with increased diameter of arterioles and perivascular space dilation. In cultured human brain microvascular cells (HBMECs), treatment of ApoE4 protein plus amyloid-beta (Abeta) oligomers increased superoxide production and the apoptotic marker cleaved caspase 3, sustained hypoxia inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) stability that was associated with an increase in MnSOD, VEGF, and cell density. This cell over-proliferation was inhibited with the antioxidants N-acetyl cysteine and MnTMPyP, the HIF-1alpha inhibitor echinomycin, the VEGFR-2 receptor blocker SU1498, the protein kinase C (PKC) epsilon knock-down (KD) and the extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK) inhibitor FR180204. The PKCepsilon KD and echinomycin decreased VEGF and/or ERK. In conclusion, AD capillaries and arterioles in hippocampal CA1 stratum radiatum of non-APOE4 carriers are related with aging, while those in APOE4 carriers with AD are related with pathogenesis of cerebrovascular disease. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Wang, Huaixing AU - Wang H AD - Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. FAU - Zhang, Zongxiu AU - Zhang Z AD - Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. FAU - Sittirattanayeunyong, Sorawit AU - Sittirattanayeunyong S AD - Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. FAU - Hongpaisan, Jarin AU - Hongpaisan J AD - Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. Electronic address: jarin.hongpaisan@jefferson.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 AG058884/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20230628 PL - United States TA - Neuroscience JT - Neuroscience JID - 7605074 RN - 0 (Amyloid beta-Peptides) RN - 0 (Apolipoprotein E4) RN - 0 (Apolipoproteins E) RN - 512-64-1 (Echinomycin) RN - 0 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A) RN - 0 (ApoE protein, human) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Alzheimer Disease/pathology MH - Amyloid beta-Peptides/metabolism MH - Apolipoprotein E4/genetics/metabolism MH - Apolipoproteins E MH - CA1 Region, Hippocampal/pathology MH - *Echinomycin/metabolism MH - Hippocampus/metabolism MH - Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism PMC - PMC10528415 MID - NIHMS1914629 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Alzheimer's disease OT - arteriolosclerosis OT - hippocampus OT - human brain microvascular cells OT - oxidative stress COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/06/30 01:06 MHDA- 2023/08/16 06:43 PMCR- 2024/08/21 CRDT- 2023/06/29 19:12 PHST- 2022/12/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/06/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/06/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/08/21 00:00 [pmc-release] PHST- 2023/08/16 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/06/30 01:06 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/06/29 19:12 [entrez] AID - S0306-4522(23)00289-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2023.06.019 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuroscience. 2023 Aug 21;526:204-222. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2023.06.019. Epub 2023 Jun 28.