Metabotropic P2Y1 receptor signalling mediates astrocytic hyperactivity in vivo in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model

Andrea Delekate, Martina Füchtemeier, Toni Schumacher, Cordula Ulbrich, Marco Foddis and Gabor C. Petzold ()
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Andrea Delekate: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Martina Füchtemeier: Charité—University Medicine Berlin
Toni Schumacher: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Cordula Ulbrich: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Marco Foddis: Charité—University Medicine Berlin
Gabor C. Petzold: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)

Nature Communications, 2014, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: Abstract Astrocytic network alterations have been reported in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but the underlying pathways have remained undefined. Here we measure astrocytic calcium, cerebral blood flow and amyloid-β plaques in vivo in a mouse model of AD using multiphoton microscopy. We find that astrocytic hyperactivity, consisting of single-cell transients and calcium waves, is most pronounced in reactive astrogliosis around plaques and is sometimes associated with local blood flow changes. We show that astroglial hyperactivity is reduced after P2 purinoreceptor blockade or nucleotide release through connexin hemichannels, but is augmented by increasing cortical ADP concentration. P2X receptor blockade has no effect, but inhibition of P2Y1 receptors, which are strongly expressed by reactive astrocytes surrounding plaques, completely normalizes astrocytic hyperactivity. Our data suggest that astroglial network dysfunction is mediated by purinergic signalling in reactive astrocytes, and that intervention aimed at P2Y1 receptors or hemichannel-mediated nucleotide release may help ameliorate network dysfunction in AD.

Date: 2014
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