Chloe Lopez-Lee, Lay Kodama, Li Fan, Daphne Zhu, Jingjie Zhu, Man Ying Wong, Pearly Ye, Kendra Norman, Nessa R Foxe, Laraib Ijaz, Fangmin Yu, Hao Chen, Gillian K Carling, Eileen R Torres, Rachel D Kim, Dena B Dubal, Shane A Liddelow, Subhash C Sinha, Wenjie Luo, Li Gan
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Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other age-related disorders associated with demyelination exhibit sex differences. In this work, we used single-nuclei transcriptomics to dissect the contributions of sex chromosomes and gonads in demyelination and AD. In a mouse model of demyelination, we identified the roles of sex chromosomes and gonads in modifying microglia and oligodendrocyte responses before and after myelin loss. In an AD-related mouse model expressing APOE4, XY sex chromosomes heightened interferon (IFN) response and tau-induced demyelination. The X-linked gene, Toll-like receptor 7 (Tlr7), regulated sex-specific IFN response to myelin. Deletion of Tlr7 dampened sex differences while protecting against demyelination. Administering TLR7 inhibitor mitigated tau-induced motor impairment and demyelination in male mice, indicating that Tlr7 plays a role in the male-biased type I Interferon IFN response in aging- and AD-related demyelination.
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