Houzé Ludivine, Dhenain Marc, Lam Suzanne, Petit Fanny, Haïk Stéphane, Mouton-Liger François, Hugon Jacques, Dam Julie, Paquet Claire, Jockers Ralf, Cecon Erika
Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Inserm, Institut Cochin, Paris, F-75014, France.
Laboratoire des Maladies Neurodégénératives, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France.
Alzheimers Res Ther. 2025 Jul 2;17(1):145. doi: 10.1186/s13195-025-01792-w.
Alzheimer disease (AD) clinical progression is highly heterogeneous, making its prediction essential for the development of effective therapies. The advancement of cognitive decline in AD is tightly linked to the spread of pathological tau protein aggregates in the brain, through tau seeding properties.
We developed a cellular biosensor to measure tau seeding activity from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and human brain lysates. Longitudinal analysis of cognitive function was correlated with biosensor response.
Individuals with CSF exhibiting high or intermediate seeding activity experienced more rapid cognitive decline compared to those with low seeding. High tau seeding was associated with total and phosphorylated tau biomarkers in AD. The biosensor also predicts the potential of human AD brain lysates to induce tau aggregation upon experimental transmission in animal models.
These results suggest that seeding activity might be a relevant biomarker to forecast AD pathogenicity and clinical progression.
阿尔茨海默病(AD)的临床进展具有高度异质性,因此对其进行预测对于开发有效的治疗方法至关重要。AD认知功能衰退的进展与病理性tau蛋白聚集体在大脑中的传播紧密相关,这是通过tau种子特性实现的。
我们开发了一种细胞生物传感器,用于测量脑脊液(CSF)和人脑裂解物中的tau种子活性。认知功能的纵向分析与生物传感器的反应相关。
与低种子活性的个体相比,脑脊液表现出高或中等种子活性的个体经历了更快的认知衰退。高tau种子活性与AD中的总tau和磷酸化tau生物标志物相关。该生物传感器还预测了人类AD脑裂解物在动物模型中进行实验性传播时诱导tau聚集的潜力。
这些结果表明,种子活性可能是预测AD致病性和临床进展的相关生物标志物。