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P. Prakash, Krupal P. Jethava, Nils Korte, P. Izquierdo, E. Favuzzi, Indigo V. L. Rose, Kevin A. Guttenplan, S. Dutta, J. Rochet, G. Fishell, S. Liddelow, D. Attwell, G. Chopra
bioRxiv, 2020
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Prakash, P., Jethava, K. P., Korte, N., Izquierdo, P., Favuzzi, E., Rose, I. V. L., … Chopra, G. (2020). Monitoring phagocytic uptake of amyloid β into glial cell lysosomes in real time. BioRxiv.
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Prakash, P., Krupal P. Jethava, Nils Korte, P. Izquierdo, E. Favuzzi, Indigo V. L. Rose, Kevin A. Guttenplan, et al. “Monitoring Phagocytic Uptake of Amyloid β into Glial Cell Lysosomes in Real Time.” bioRxiv (2020).
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Prakash, P., et al. “Monitoring Phagocytic Uptake of Amyloid β into Glial Cell Lysosomes in Real Time.” BioRxiv, 2020.
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@article{p2020a,
title = {Monitoring phagocytic uptake of amyloid β into glial cell lysosomes in real time},
year = {2020},
journal = {bioRxiv},
author = {Prakash, P. and Jethava, Krupal P. and Korte, Nils and Izquierdo, P. and Favuzzi, E. and Rose, Indigo V. L. and Guttenplan, Kevin A. and Dutta, S. and Rochet, J. and Fishell, G. and Liddelow, S. and Attwell, D. and Chopra, G.}
}
Abstract
Phagocytosis by glial cells is essential to regulate brain function during development and disease. Given recent interest in using amyloid β (Aβ)-targeted antibodies as a therapy for patients with Alzheimer’s disease, removal of Aβ by phagocytosis is likely protective early in Alzheimer’s disease, but remains poorly understood. Impaired phagocytic function of glial cells surrounding Aβ plaques during later stages in Alzheimer’s disease likely contributes to worsened disease outcomes, but the underlying mechanisms of how this occurs remain unknown. We have developed a human Aβ1-42 analogue (AβpH) that exhibits green fluorescence upon internalization into the acidic phagosomes of cells but is non-fluorescent at physiological pH. This allowed us to image, for the first time, glial uptake of AβpH in real time in live animals. Microglia phagocytose more AβpH than astrocytes in culture, in brain slices and in vivo. AβpH can be used to investigate the phagocytic mechanisms removing Aβ from the extracellular space, and thus could become a useful tool to study Aβ clearance at different stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
