Systematic characterization of brain cellular crosstalk signaling networks in Alzheimer's disease reveals a novel role for SEMA6D in TREM2-dependent microglial activation
D'Oliveira Albanus, R.; Finan, G.; Brase, L.; Chen, S.; Guo, Q.; Kannan, A.; Acquarone, M.; You, S.-F.; Novotny, B. C.; Ribeiro Pereira, P. M.; Morris, J. C.; Bateman, R. J.; McDade, E.; Cruchaga, C.; Chhatwal, J. P.; Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN), ; Mace, E. E.; Benitez, B. A.; Piccio, L.; Sutherland, G. T.; Ma, Q.; Fu, H.; Karch, C. M.; Harari, O.; Kim, T.-W.
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Cellular crosstalk, mediated by membrane receptors and their ligands, is crucial for brain homeostasis and can contribute to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimers disease (AD). To discover crosstalk dysregulations in AD, we reconstructed crosstalk networks from single-nucleus transcriptional profiles from 67 clinically and neuropathologically well-characterized controls and AD brain donors. We predicted a significant role for TREM2 and additional AD risk genes mediating neuron-microglia crosstalk in AD. The gene sub-network mediating SEMA6D-TREM2 crosstalk is activated near A{beta} plaques and SEMA6D-expressing cells and is disrupted in late AD stages. Using CRISPR-modified human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived microglia, we demonstrated that SEMA6D induces microglial activation in a TREM2-dependent manner. In summary, we demonstrate that characterizing cellular crosstalk networks can yield novel insights into AD biology. One Sentence SummaryWe investigate cell-to-cell communication in Alzheimers disease to characterize disease biology and suggest new avenues for therapeutic intervention.
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