Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology is characterized by the presence of phosphorylated tau in neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), dystrophic neurites and abundant extracellular ?-amyloid in senile plaques. However, the etiology of AD remains elusive, partly due to the wide spectrum of clinical and neurobiological/neuropathological features in AD patients. Thus, heterogeneity in AD has complicated the task of discovering disease-modifying treatments and developing accurate in vivo indices for diagnosis and clinical prognosis. Different approaches have been proposed for AD subtyping, but they are generally neither suitable for high-dimensional data nor actionable due to the lack of mechanistic insights. Increased knowledge and understanding of different AD subtypes would shed light on recently failed clinical trials and provide for the potential to tailor treatments with specificity to more homogeneous subgroups of patients. By integrating genetic, molecular and neuroimaging data to more precisely define AD subtypes, we may be able to better discriminate between highly overlapping clinical phenotypes. Furthermore, the identification of such subtypes may potentially improve our understanding of its underlying pathomechanisms, prediction of its course, and the development of novel disease-modifying treatments. In this application, we propose to systematically identify and characterize molecular subtypes of AD by developing and employing cutting-edge network biology approaches to multiple existing large-scale genetic, gene expression, proteomic and functional MRI datasets. We will investigate the functional roles of key drivers underlying predicted AD subtypes as well as three candidate key drivers from our current AMP-AD consortia work in control and AD hiPSC-derived neural co-culture systems and then in complex organoids by screening the predicted transcriptional impact of top key drivers in single cell and cell-population-wide analyses. Functional assays in each cell type will be used to build evidence for relevance to AD-subtype phenotypes. Single cell RNA sequencing data will be generated to identify perturbation signatures in selected drivers that will then be mapped to subtype specific networks to build comprehensive signaling maps for each driver. The top three most promising drivers of AD subtypes and the three existing AMP-AD targets will be further validated using a) an independent postmortem cohort, and b) recombinant mice, including amyloidosis, tauopathy and new ?humanized? models.

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- This proposal aims to integrate large-scale molecular and imaging data to more precisely define and identify Alzheimer's disease (AD) subtypes in order to improve our understanding of AD pathomechanisms, the prediction of AD course, and the development of novel disease-modifying treatments. We will comprehensively characterize AD molecular subtypes and identify their key molecular network structures and key drivers for experimental validations using an independent human postmortem cohort, human iPSC derived brain cell cultures and AD transgenic mice.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Research Project--Cooperative Agreements (U01)
Project #
3U01AG046170-07S2
Application #
10126510
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAG1)
Program Officer
Petanceska, Suzana
Project Start
2014-05-15
Project End
2023-08-31
Budget Start
2020-04-01
Budget End
2020-08-31
Support Year
7
Fiscal Year
2020
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Department
Genetics
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
078861598
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10029
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