Int Neurourol J.  2022 Nov;26(Suppl 2):S106-116. 10.5213/inj.2244254.127.

Striatal ZBTB16 Is Associated With Cognitive Deficits in Alzheimer Disease Mice

Affiliations
  • 1Center for Brain Function, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Korea
  • 2Department of Pharmacology and Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
  • 3Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
  • 4Division of Bio-Medical Science & Technology, KIST School, Korea University of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Purpose
In Alzheimer disease (AD), brain regions such as the cortex and the hippocampus show abundant amyloid load which correlates with cognitive function decline. Prior to the significant development of AD pathophysiology, patients report the manifestation of neuropsychiatric symptoms, indicating a functional interplay between basal ganglia structures and hippocampal regions. Zinc finger and BTB domain-containing protein 16 (ZBTB16) is a transcription factor that controls the expression of downstream genes and the involvement of ZBTB16 in the striatum undergoing pathological aging in AD and the resulting behavioral phenotypes has not yet been explored.
Methods
To study molecular alterations in AD pathogenesis, we analyzed the brain from amyloid precursor protein (APP)/ presenilin 1 (PS1) transgenic mice. The molecular changes in the striatal region of the brain were analyzed via the immunoblotting, and the quantitative RNA sequencing. The cognitive impairments of APP/PS1 mice were assessed via 3 behavioral tests: 3-chamber test, Y-maze test, and noble object recognition test. And multielectrode array experiments for the analysis of the neuronal activity of the striatum in APP/PS1 mice was performed.
Results
We found that the alteration in ZBTB16 levels that occurred in the early ages of the pathologically aging striatum coalesces with the disruption of transcriptional dysregulation while causing social memory deficits, anxiety-like behavior. The early ZBTB16 knockdown treatment in the striatum of APP/PS1 mice rescued cognition that continued into later age.
Conclusions
This study demonstrates that perturbation of transcriptional regulation of ZBTB16 during pathological aging may influence cognitive impairments and reveals a potent approach to targeting the transcriptional regulation of the striatum for the treatment of AD.

Keyword

ZBTB16; Alzheimer disease; Cognitive dysfunctions; Striatum; Transcription factors
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