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Mapping Cellular Resolution Connectopathies in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease

Award Number: U01AG076804
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/15/2022
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2027

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Mapping Cellular Resolution Connectopathies in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The proposed project, “Mapping Cellular Resolution Connectopathies in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease,” will systematically and comprehensively characterize cell-type specific anatomical and molecular phenotypes across aging and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in the entorhinal cortex (ENT): the ground zero of AD pathology. We will map cellular resolution, age-dependent morpho-molecular phenotypes of ENT projection neurons by performing single-nucleus RNA-sequencing and methylomic analysis in 2m, 9m, 18m APPSAA-(KI/KI) male and female mice. Novel genetic sparse labeling will be used to label and characterize morphology of ENT pyramidal neurons in different cortical layers in APPSAA-(KI/KI)/MORF3/Cux2-CreER and APPSAA-(KI/KI)/MORF3/Etv1-CreER mice. These studies will provide comprehensive data on how molecularly defined ENT neuronal cell types interact with age-, sex- and Aβ pathology to confer progressive transcriptomic/epigenomic, morphological, and synaptic deficits in vivo. In addition, we will map the age-dependent morpho-molecular phenotypes of ENT projection neurons in humanized Tau models, MAPT(H1)-GR*N279K and their MAPT(H1) controls. A combined single- nucleus transcriptomics and genome-wide chromatin accessibility assays will be applied to MAPT(H1)- GR*N279K and MAPT(H1) male and female mice at 2m, 9m, and 18m to define integrated transcriptomic/epigenomic ENT neuronal cell types, and to identify neuronal subsets undergoing age-dependent multi-modal molecular dysregulation in mutant “humanized” Tau mouse models. RNAscope multiplex in situ hybridization and GeoMX digital spatial profiling analyses will be performed to identify morpho-molecular types of neurons in ENT that are most affected in MAPT(H1)-GR*N279K knock-in mice compared to MAPT(H1) mice during aging. To identify age-related connectional vulnerabilities and to map connectivity disruptions in AD, we will systematically quantify changes of axonal outputs arising from genetically and connectionally defined ENT cell types using 2m, 9m, 18m male and female Cux2-CreER and Etv1-CreER mice. Cell-type specific connectivity disruptions also will be examined in two next generation AD mouse models, APP knock-in (APPSAA-KI/KI with wildtype controls) and MAPT(H1)-GR*N279K [with MAPT(H1) controls], across ages and in both sexes. Novel viral sparse labeling will be used to characterize age- and AD-related axonal dystrophy, while genetic sparse labeling in newly generated MORF3 mouse lines will help to identify local morphological changes in ENT cell types. Age- and AD-related morphological compromises to ENT input neurons will be studied along with their synaptic disruptions onto different ENT cell types. Finally, we will establish a cloud-based visualization platform to map the integrated molecular-anatomic circuit deficits of aging and AD to the Allen Common Coordinate Framework to facilitate dissemination and analysis of the data. Although the focus of the current project is the ENT, the pipelines established for data production, collection, and analysis can be scaled up to identify brainwide cell-type specific anatomic-molecular deficits in aging and other late-onset AD mouse models.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $2,825,794 )
2026	2026	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES	10889 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 700	LOS ANGELES	CA	90024	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	000	5	5/5/2026	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$2,825,794
														Subtotal = $2,825,794

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $2,815,466 )
2025	2025	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES	10889 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 700	LOS ANGELES	CA	90024	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	001	4	6/10/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$229,833
2025	2025	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES	10889 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 700	LOS ANGELES	CA	90024	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	000	4	5/2/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$2,585,633
														Subtotal = $2,815,466

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $2,918,576 )
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES	10889 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 700	LOS ANGELES	CA	90024	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	000	3	5/7/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$2,918,576
														Subtotal = $2,918,576

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $2,888,439 )
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES	10889 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 700	LOS ANGELES	CA	90024	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	000	2	5/10/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$2,888,439
														Subtotal = $2,888,439

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $2,874,982 )
2022	2022	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES	10889 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 700	LOS ANGELES	CA	90024	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	000	1	5/13/2022	NEW	$2,874,982
														Subtotal = $2,874,982

Grand Total All Awards = $14,323,257

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Mapping Cellular Resolution Connectopathies in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease

Award Number: U01AG076804

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/15/2022

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2027

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