A-mediated Synaptic Glutamate Dynamics and Calcium Dynamics in Astrocytes Associated with Alzheimer's Disease

Overview

Journal Cogn Neurodyn

Publisher Springer

Specialty Neurology

Date 2024 Dec 23

PMID 39712135

Authors

YuPeng Li

Xiaoli Yang

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Abstract

The accumulation of amyloid peptide is assumed to be one of the main causes of Alzheimer's disease . There is increasing evidence that astrocytes are the primary targets of A. A can cause abnormal synaptic glutamate, aberrant extrasynaptic glutamate, and astrocytic calcium dysregulation through astrocyte glutamate transporters facing the synaptic cleft (GLT-syn), astrocyte glutamate transporters facing the extrasynaptic space (GLT-ess), metabotropic glutamate receptors in astrocytes (mGluR), N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in astrocytes (NMDAR), and glutamatergic gliotransmitter release (Glio-Rel). However, it is difficult to experimentally identify the extent to which each pathway affects synaptic glutamate, extrasynaptic glutamate, and astrocytic calcium signaling. Motivated by these findings, this work established a concise mathematical model of astrocyte dynamics, including the above A-mediated glutamate-related multiple pathways. The model results presented the extent to which five mechanisms acted upon by A affect synaptic glutamate, extrasynaptic glutamate, and astrocytic intracellular signals. We found that GLT-syn is the main pathway through which A affects synaptic glutamate. GLT-ess and Glio-Rel are the main pathways through which A affects extrasynaptic glutamate. GLT-syn, mGluR, and NMDAR are the main pathways through which A affects astrocytic intracellular signals. Additionally, we discovered a strong, monotonically increasing relationship between the mean glutamate concentration and the mean oscillation amplitude (or frequency). Our results may have therapeutic implications for slowing cell death induced by the combination of glutamate imbalance and dysregulation in AD.

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