Title
APOE and Alzheimer’s Disease: Evidence Mounts that Targeting APOE4 may Combat Alzheimer’s Pathogenesis
Date Issued
01 April 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Publisher(s)
Humana Press Inc.
Abstract
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an immutable neurodegenerative disease featured by the two hallmark brain pathologies that are the extracellular amyloid ß (Aß) and intraneuronal tau protein. People carrying the APOE4 allele are at high risk of AD concerning the ones carrying the ε3 allele, while the ε2 allele abates risk. ApoE isoforms exert a central role in controlling the transport of brain lipid, neuronal signaling, mitochondrial function, glucose metabolism, and neuroinflammation. Regardless of widespread indispensable studies, the appropriate function of APOE in AD etiology stays ambiguous. Existing proof recommends that the disparate outcomes of ApoE isoforms on Aβ accretion and clearance have a distinct function in AD pathogenesis. ApoE–lipoproteins combine diverse cell-surface receptors to transport lipids and moreover to lipophilic Aβ peptide, that is believed to begin deadly events that generate neurodegeneration in the AD. ApoE has great influence in tau pathogenesis, tau-mediated neurodegeneration, and neuroinflammation, as well as α-synucleinopathy, lipid metabolism, and synaptic plasticity despite the presence of Aβ pathology. ApoE4 shows the deleterious effect for AD while the lack of ApoE4 is defensive. Therapeutic strategies primarily depend on APOE suggest to lessen the noxious effects of ApoE4 and reestablish the protective aptitudes of ApoE. This appraisal represents the critical interactions of APOE and AD pathology, existing facts on ApoE levels in the central nervous system (CNS), and the credible active stratagems for AD therapy by aiming ApoE. This review also highlighted utmost ApoE targeting therapeutic tactics that are crucial for controlling Alzheimer’s pathogenesis.
Start page
2450
End page
2465
Volume
56
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Neurociencias
Genética, Herencia
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85050294356
PubMed ID
Source
Molecular Neurobiology
ISSN of the container
08937648
DOI of the container
10.1007/s12035-018-1237-z
Source funding
Southeast University
Department of Pharmacy
Sponsor(s)
The authors are grateful to the Department of Pharmacy, Southeast University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The authors wish to thank the anonymous reviewer(s)/editor(s) of this article for their constructive reviews.
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