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Published in: Journal of Neuroinflammation 1/2023

Open Access 01-12-2023 | Frontotemporal Dementia | Research

Preclinical investigation in FAAH inhibition as a neuroprotective therapy for frontotemporal dementia using TDP-43 transgenic male mice

Authors: Irene Santos-García, Carmen Rodríguez-Cueto, Patricia Villegas, Fabiana Piscitelli, Anna Lauritano, Che-Kun J. Shen, Vincenzo Di Marzo, Javier Fernández-Ruiz, Eva de Lago

Published in: Journal of Neuroinflammation | Issue 1/2023

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Abstract

Background

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a heterogeneous group of early onset and progressive neurodegenerative disorders, characterized by degeneration in the frontal and temporal lobes, which causes deterioration in cognition, personality, social behavior and language. Around 45% of the cases are characterized by the presence of aggregates of the RNA-binding protein TDP-43.

Methods

In this study, we have used a murine model of FTD that overexpresses this protein exclusively in the forebrain (under the control of the CaMKIIα promoter) for several biochemical, histological and pharmacological studies focused on the endocannabinoid system.

Results

These mice exhibited at postnatal day 90 (PND90) important cognitive deficits, signs of emotional impairment and disinhibited social behaviour, which were, in most of cases, maintained during the first year of life of these animals. Motor activity was apparently normal, but FTD mice exhibited higher mortality. Their MRI imaging analysis and their ex-vivo histopathological evaluation proved changes compatible with atrophy (loss of specific groups of pyramidal neurons: Ctip2- and NeuN-positive cells) and inflammatory events (astroglial and microglial reactivities) in both cortical (medial prefrontal cortex) and subcortical (hippocampus) structures at PND90 and also at PND365. The analysis of the endocannabinoid system in these mice proved a decrease in the hydrolysing enzyme FAAH in the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus, with an increase in the synthesizing enzyme NAPE-PLD only in the hippocampus, responses that were accompanied by modest elevations in anandamide and related N-acylethanolamines. The potentiation of these elevated levels of anandamide after the pharmacological inactivation of FAAH with URB597 resulted in a general improvement in behaviour, in particular in cognitive deterioration, associated with the preservation of pyramidal neurons of the medial prefrontal cortex and the CA1 layer of the hippocampus, and with the reduction of gliosis in both structures.

Conclusions

Our data confirmed the potential of elevating the endocannabinoid tone as a therapy against TDP-43-induced neuropathology in FTD, limiting glial reactivity, preserving neuronal integrity and improving cognitive, emotional and social deficits.
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Metadata
Title
Preclinical investigation in FAAH inhibition as a neuroprotective therapy for frontotemporal dementia using TDP-43 transgenic male mice
Authors
Irene Santos-García
Carmen Rodríguez-Cueto
Patricia Villegas
Fabiana Piscitelli
Anna Lauritano
Che-Kun J. Shen
Vincenzo Di Marzo
Javier Fernández-Ruiz
Eva de Lago
Publication date
01-12-2023
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Journal of Neuroinflammation / Issue 1/2023
Electronic ISSN: 1742-2094
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-023-02792-z

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