2018
Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factor Pyk2 Mediates Amyloid-β-Induced Synaptic Dysfunction and Loss
Salazar SV, Cox TO, Lee S, Brody AH, Chyung AS, Haas LT, Strittmatter SM. Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factor Pyk2 Mediates Amyloid-β-Induced Synaptic Dysfunction and Loss. Journal Of Neuroscience 2018, 39: 758-772. PMID: 30518596, PMCID: PMC6343652, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1873-18.2018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransgenic AD model miceAD model miceAbsence of Pyk2Synaptic dysfunctionModel miceHippocampal slicesSynaptic transmissionAlzheimer's diseaseAmyloid-β plaque pathologyHippocampal Schaffer collateral pathwayDisease riskLearning/memory deficitsDeletion of Pyk2Suppression of LTPBasal synaptic transmissionLate-onset Alzheimer's diseaseImpairment of learningSchaffer collateral pathwayAD-related synaptic dysfunctionAlzheimer's disease riskLate-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) riskOnset Alzheimer's diseaseAge-dependent lossMechanism of actionSynaptic LTD
2017
Chapter Thirteen Synaptotoxic Signaling by Amyloid Beta Oligomers in Alzheimer's Disease Through Prion Protein and mGluR5
Brody AH, Strittmatter SM. Chapter Thirteen Synaptotoxic Signaling by Amyloid Beta Oligomers in Alzheimer's Disease Through Prion Protein and mGluR5. Advances In Pharmacology 2017, 82: 293-323. PMID: 29413525, PMCID: PMC5835229, DOI: 10.1016/bs.apha.2017.09.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlzheimer's diseaseNovel potential therapeutic targetDisease-modifying AD therapiesPotential therapeutic targetAmyloid-beta oligomersPrion proteinSynapse lossTau pathologySynaptic dysfunctionAD symptomsSynaptic damageAD pathophysiologyNeuronal dysfunctionSynaptic toxicityDisease progressionAD progressionAD therapyMemory dysfunctionTherapeutic targetCellular prion proteinBeta oligomersDysfunctionDiseaseGlobal health crisisMGluR5
2016
Binding Sites for Amyloid-β Oligomers and Synaptic Toxicity
Smith LM, Strittmatter SM. Binding Sites for Amyloid-β Oligomers and Synaptic Toxicity. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives In Medicine 2016, 7: a024075. PMID: 27940601, PMCID: PMC5411685, DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a024075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlzheimer's diseaseAβ oligomersSoluble Aβ oligomersFibrillary amyloidNeuronal impairmentSynaptic dysfunctionAD pathogenesisSynaptic toxicityAmyloid-β OligomersCellular prion proteinNeuronal cascadesFurther studiesCell surface proteinsDiseaseAβPrion proteinOligomer toxicityToxicityDysfunctionMolecular basisPathogenesisDementiaProteinPlaquesImpairmentCellular prion protein as a receptor for amyloid-β oligomers in Alzheimer's disease
Salazar SV, Strittmatter SM. Cellular prion protein as a receptor for amyloid-β oligomers in Alzheimer's disease. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications 2016, 483: 1143-1147. PMID: 27639648, PMCID: PMC5303667, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.09.062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular prion proteinPrion proteinSignal transduction downstreamDisease pathophysiologyNeuronal surfaceMetabotropic glutamate receptor 5Neuronal cell surface moleculesGlutamate receptor 5Disease-associated stateAlzheimer's disease pathophysiologyAltered signal transductionTransduction downstreamSignal transductionGenetic evidenceSpecificity of bindingPyk2 kinaseCell surface moleculesFyn kinaseSynaptic dysfunctionAβO toxicitySynaptic transmissionMouse modelIntervention sitesReceptor 5Alzheimer's disease