Complement C3aR deletion does not attenuate neurodegeneration in a tauopathy model or alter acute inflammation-induced gene expression changes in the brain
Wang, Y.; Pandey, S.; Weber, M.; Choy, M. K.; Wu, T.; Chernov-Rogan, T.; Ngu, H.; Foreman, O.; Xie, L.; Hanson, J. E.
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Aberrant activation of the classical complement pathway in the brain is implicated in contributing to synapse loss and neurodegeneration in various neurodegenerative conditions. Given that C3aR is a druggable target in the complement pathway, we evaluated the potential of C3aR KO to rescue neurodegeneration in a tauopathy model and neuroinflammatory responses in an acute endotoxemia model. We found that C3aR KO did not rescue tau pathology, microglia activation markers, neurodegeneration, or behavioral abnormalities in tauopathy model mice. While we found that endotoxemia resulted in numerous transcriptional changes including distinct alterations in subpopulations of microglia, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes, C3aR KO did not impact these alterations. Together, our results suggest that the beneficial effects of blocking the complement classical pathway in neurodegeneration models is likely independent of C3aR activation and raise questions about the rationale for therapeutically targeting C3aR for neurodegenerative disease.
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