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Abstract #108598 Published in IGR 23-4
FDA-approved carbonic anhydrase inhibitors reduce amyloid β pathology and improve cognition, by ameliorating cerebrovascular health and glial fitness
Canepa E; Parodi-Rullan R; Vazquez-Torres R; Gamallo-Lana B; Guzman-Hernandez R; Lemon NL; Angiulli F; Debure L; Ilies MA; Østergaard L; Wisniewski T; Gutiérrez-Jiménez E; Mar AC; Fossati SAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2023; 19: 5048-5073
INTRODUCTION: Cerebrovascular pathology is an early and causal hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), in need of effective therapies. METHODS: Based on the success of our previous in vitro studies, we tested for the first time in a model of AD and cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), the carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (CAIs) methazolamide and acetazolamide, Food and Drug Administration-approved against glaucoma and high-altitude sickness. RESULTS: Both CAIs reduced cerebral, vascular, and glial amyloid beta (Aβ) accumulation and caspase activation, diminished gliosis, and ameliorated cognition in TgSwDI mice. The CAIs also improved microvascular fitness and induced protective glial pro-clearance pathways, resulting in the reduction of Aβ deposition. Notably, we unveiled that the mitochondrial carbonic anhydrase-VB (CA-VB) is upregulated in TgSwDI brains, CAA and AD+CAA human subjects, and in endothelial cells upon Aβ treatment. Strikingly, CA-VB silencing specifically reduces Aβ-mediated endothelial apoptosis. DISCUSSION: This work substantiates the potential application of CAIs in clinical trials for AD and CAA.
Alzheimer's Center at Temple, Department of Neural Sciences, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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