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Functional connectivity favors hyperactivity leading to synapse loss in amyloidosis

Oliver J. L’Esperance, Josh McGhee, Garett Davidson, Adam Steven Smith, Jaichandar Subramanian
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.05.522900
Oliver J. L’Esperance
1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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Josh McGhee
1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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Garett Davidson
1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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Adam Steven Smith
1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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Jaichandar Subramanian
1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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Hyperactivity is observed in early Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in multiple brain regions, including the visual cortex. We recently found that the postsynaptic structures favor visual cortex hyperactivity, which disrupts functional connectivity and leads to visual recognition memory deficits in a mouse AD model. It is unclear whether presynaptic structures also favor hyperactivity and whether hyperactivity depends on the target or source of presynaptic terminals. In addition, it is not well understood whether the functional connectivity of brain regions under nonpathological conditions predicts their hyperactivity in amyloid pathology. We used c-Fos immunolabeling under resting state conditions to map brain-wide neural activity and performed network analysis. We also quantified excitatory and inhibitory presynaptic terminals in hyperactive and non-hyperactive brain regions.We found that hyperactivity in the visual network originates in the cortex, and brain regions highly connected to the primary visual cortex in nonpathological conditions tend to be hyperactive in amyloid pathology. Immunolabeling presynaptic terminals from subcortical and cortical neurons show that the source rather than the target brain regions determine the vulnerability of synapses. Furthermore, we observed a reduction in presynaptic structures selectively in the hyperactive region, indicating presynaptic changes are unfavorable to hyperactivity. Brain regions with higher functional connectivity under nonpathological conditions are vulnerable to hyperactivity in amyloid pathology. Furthermore, presynapse loss may serve as an adaptation to maintain neuronal activity homeostasis.

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Functional connectivity favors hyperactivity leading to synapse loss in amyloidosis
Oliver J. L’Esperance, Josh McGhee, Garett Davidson, Adam Steven Smith, Jaichandar Subramanian
bioRxiv 2023.01.05.522900; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.05.522900
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Functional connectivity favors hyperactivity leading to synapse loss in amyloidosis
Oliver J. L’Esperance, Josh McGhee, Garett Davidson, Adam Steven Smith, Jaichandar Subramanian
bioRxiv 2023.01.05.522900; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.05.522900

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