Zhao Zhongming, Liu Andi, Citu Citu, Enduru Nitesh, Chen Xian, Manuel Astrid, Sinha Tirthankar, Gorski Damian, Fernandes Brisa, Yu Meifang, Schulz Paul, Simon Lukas, Soto Claudio
Center for Precision Health, McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston.
Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Res Sq. 2024 Aug 1:rs.3.rs-4622123. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4622123/v1.
Sporadic early-onset Alzheimer's disease (sEOAD) represents a significant but less-studied subtype of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we generated a single-nucleus multiome atlas derived from the postmortem prefrontal cortex, entorhinal cortex, and hippocampus of nine individuals with or without sEOAD. Comprehensive analyses were conducted to delineate cell type-specific transcriptomic changes and linked candidate -regulatory elements (cCREs) across brain regions. We prioritized seven conservative transcription factors in glial cells in multiple brain regions, including RFX4 in astrocytes and IKZF1 in microglia, which are implicated in regulating sEOAD-associated genes. Moreover, we identified the top 25 altered intercellular signaling between glial cells and neurons, highlighting their regulatory potential on gene expression in receiver cells. We reported 38 cCREs linked to sEOAD-associated genes overlapped with late-onset AD risk loci, and sEOAD cCREs enriched in neuropsychiatric disorder risk loci. This atlas helps dissect transcriptional and chromatin dynamics in sEOAD, providing a key resource for AD research.
散发性早发型阿尔茨海默病(sEOAD)是阿尔茨海默病(AD)中一个重要但研究较少的亚型。在此,我们生成了一个单核多组学图谱,该图谱来自9名有或无sEOAD个体的死后前额叶皮质、内嗅皮质和海马体。进行了全面分析,以描绘跨脑区细胞类型特异性的转录组变化以及相关的候选调控元件(cCRE)。我们在多个脑区的胶质细胞中确定了7个保守的转录因子,包括星形胶质细胞中的RFX4和小胶质细胞中的IKZF1,它们参与调节与sEOAD相关的基因。此外,我们确定了胶质细胞和神经元之间前25种改变的细胞间信号传导,突出了它们对受体细胞中基因表达的调控潜力。我们报告,与sEOAD相关基因相连的38个cCRE与晚发型AD风险位点重叠,且sEOAD的cCRE在神经精神疾病风险位点中富集。该图谱有助于剖析sEOAD中的转录和染色质动力学,为AD研究提供了关键资源。