Kim Nam Gyo, Jung Dong Ju, Jung Yeon-Kwon, Kang Kyung-Sun
Adult Stem Cell Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
Sol to B Co., Ltd., Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06242, Republic of Korea.
Nanomaterials (Basel). 2023 Feb 27;13(5):893. doi: 10.3390/nano13050893.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most well-known neurodegenerative diseases, with a substantial amount of advancements in the field of neuroscience and AD. Despite such progress, there has been no significant improvement in AD treatments. To improve in developing a research platform for AD treatment, AD patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) was employed to generate cortical brain organoids, expressing AD phenotypes, with the accumulation of amyloid-beta (Aβ) and hyperphosphorylated tau (pTau). We have investigated the use of a medical grade mica nanoparticle, STB-MP, as a treatment to decrease the expression of AD's major hallmarks. STB-MP treatment did not inhibit the expression of pTau; however, accumulated Aβ plaques were diminished in STB-MP treated AD organoids. STB-MP seemed to activate the autophagy pathway, by mTOR inhibition, and also decreased γ-secretase activity by decreasing pro-inflammatory cytokine levels. To sum up, the development of AD brain organoids successfully mimics AD phenotype expressions, and thus it could be used as a screening platform for novel AD treatment assessments.
阿尔茨海默病(AD)是最广为人知的神经退行性疾病之一,神经科学和AD领域取得了大量进展。尽管有这些进展,但AD治疗并未取得显著改善。为了改进AD治疗研究平台的开发,利用源自AD患者的诱导多能干细胞(iPSC)生成表达AD表型的皮质脑类器官,伴有淀粉样β蛋白(Aβ)和过度磷酸化tau蛋白(pTau)的积累。我们研究了使用医用级云母纳米颗粒STB-MP作为一种治疗方法来降低AD主要特征的表达。STB-MP治疗并未抑制pTau的表达;然而,在经STB-MP处理的AD类器官中,积累的Aβ斑块减少。STB-MP似乎通过抑制mTOR激活自噬途径,还通过降低促炎细胞因子水平降低γ-分泌酶活性。总之,AD脑类器官的开发成功模拟了AD表型表达,因此可作为新型AD治疗评估的筛选平台。