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Advancements in high-resolution 3D microscopy analysis of endosomal morphology in postmortem Alzheimer's disease brains.

ABSTRACT: Abnormal endo-lysosomal morphology is an early cytopathological feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have implicated genes involved in the endo-lysosomal network (ELN) as conferring increased risk for developing sporadic, late-onset AD (LOAD). Characterization of ELN pathology and the underlying pathophysiology is a promising area of translational AD research and drug development. However, rigorous study of ELN vesicles in AD and aged control brains poses a unique constellation of methodological challenges due in part to the small size of these structures and subsequent requirements for high-resolution imaging. Here we provide a detailed protocol for high-resolution 3D morphological quantification of neuronal endosomes in postmortem AD brain tissue, using immunofluorescent staining, confocal imaging with image deconvolution, and Imaris software analysis pipelines. To demonstrate these methods, we present neuronal endosome morphology data from 23 sporadic LOAD donors and one aged non-AD control donor. The techniques described here were developed across a range of AD neuropathology to best optimize these methods for future studies with large cohorts. Application of these methods in research cohorts will help advance understanding of ELN dysfunction and cytopathology in sporadic AD.

SUBMITTER: Rose SE

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10824887 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Advancements in high-resolution 3D microscopy analysis of endosomal morphology in postmortem Alzheimer's disease brains.

Rose Shannon E SE Williams C Andrew CA Hailey Dale W DW Mishra Swati S Kirkland Amanda A Keene C Dirk CD Garden Gwenn A GA Jayadev Suman S Young Jessica E JE

Frontiers in neuroscience 20240116

Abnormal endo-lysosomal morphology is an early cytopathological feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have implicated genes involved in the endo-lysosomal network (ELN) as conferring increased risk for developing sporadic, late-onset AD (LOAD). Characterization of ELN pathology and the underlying pathophysiology is a promising area of translational AD research and drug development. However, rigorous study of ELN vesicles in AD and aged control brains pose ...[more]

PMID: 38292900

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Advancements in high-resolution 3D microscopy analysis of endosomal morphology in postmortem Alzheimer's disease brains.

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