Investigating intracellular cholesterol distribution and trafficking using novel environment-sensitive cholesterol probes - supplementary instrumentation grant

使用新型环境敏感胆固醇探针研究细胞内胆固醇分布和运输 - 补充仪器补助金

• 批准号: 10796611
• 负责人: Maciej J. Stawikowski
• 金额: $ 9.66万
• 依托单位: FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-01 至 2025-08-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10796611
• 关键词: Affect; Alzheimer' s Disease; Amyloid beta-Protein; Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor; Astrocytes; Award; Cell membrane; Cell physiology; Cells; Cholesterol; Cholesterol Homeostasis; Endosomes; Environment; Equipment; Fibroblasts; Fluorescent Probes; Functional disorder; Funding; Grant; High Pressure Liquid Chromatography; Homeostasis; Huntington Disease; Impairment; Interdisciplinary Study; Intracellular Transport; Link; Lipids; Lysosomes; Membrane; Metabolism; Methods; Modernization; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Neurodegenerative Disorders; Neurons; Organelles; Parkinson Disease; Pathogenesis; Play; Property; Proteins; Proteolysis; Regulation; Rejuvenation; Reporter; Reporting; Resources; Stains; Sterols; Synapses; Synaptic Receptors; Synaptic Vesicles; System; Technology; Transgenic Organisms; abeta accumulation; brain cell; cell type; chemical synthesis; computational chemistry; experience; fluorescence imaging; fluorophore; imaging capabilities; inhibitor; instrumentation; live cell imaging; multidisciplinary; neuron loss; novel; parent grant; pharmacologic; postsynaptic; protein distribution; scaffold; secretase; spatiotemporal; student participation; tau Proteins; trafficking; uptake

Abstract Cholesterol (Chol) plays a key role for neuronal functionality and survival, the disruption of cellular Chol homeostasis has been linked to major neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Cholesterol not only modifies the trafficking and cleavage of amyloid precursor protein (APP) but also worsens the aggregation of β-amyloid peptides (Aβs) and Tau protein. Moreover, abnormality of membrane-embedded cholesterol can cause synaptic dysfunction by impairing the turnover of synaptic vesicles (SVs) and the activities of postsynaptic receptors. While the vast majority studies have been focused on Chol’s cellular metabolism, more and more reports have suggested that intracellular Chol transport via membrane trafficking or newly discovered sterol transporters provides more local control of subcellular membrane cholesterol distribution than the global regulation of cholesterol metabolism. Studying cholesterol transport, especially in live cells, requires fluorescent probes and imaging capability that can not only mimic membrane cholesterol but also distinguish the plasma membrane and intracellular compartments like endosomes. In this project we propose to develop a class of environment-sensitive fluorescent Chol probes (CNDs) using 1,8-naphthalimide fluorophore and use them to elucidate the subcellular distribution and trafficking of Chol as well as its implication in AD pathogenesis. We will take a multidisciplinary strategy with advanced technologies including computational chemistry, chemical synthesis and live-cell imaging. Based on the modular scaffold of our proposed probes, we will generate new CNDs with different properties. We will determine the uptake, distribution, and dispersion of selected CNDs in different cell types (3T3 fibroblast cells, astrocytes, and neurons) and different subcellular compartments (e.g., different organelles including endosomes, lysosomes and lipid droplets) with high spatiotemporal precision. To study CNDs’ resemblance to endogenous Chol, we will ask how disrupting cellular processes and activity of proteins involved in Chol uptake, intracellular transport, sequestration, and dispersion will affect CNDs staining. Combining selected CNDs with spectrally separable reporters for synaptic vesicles (SVs) and APP, we will study how Chol in different membrane compartments affect SV turnover, APP distribution and cleavage in major types of brain cells. Using transgenic methods, we will ask how APP and its major cleavage product affect mChol trafficking and homeostasis. Using pharmacological inhibitors, we will ask how the secretase cleavages of APP affect mChol. Furthermore, we will ask how such altered mChol regulation associates with synaptic dysfunction and neuronal loss commonly found in AD. In summary, this project will rejuvenate the studies of membrane Chol and give the participating students an interdisciplinary research experience.

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