<p>Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive cognitive decline, and increasing evidence indicates that systemic inflammation can accelerate disease progression. Maraviroc, a CCR5 antagonist approved for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, has shown neuroprotective effects in several neurological contexts, but its role in AD-related pathology remains unclear. In this study, cognitive performance was assessed in 5 × FAD mice using the Y-maze, novel object recognition, novel location recognition, and social discrimination tests. Amyloid-related changes were evaluated by hippocampal APP/Aβ immunoblotting and plaque staining using 6E10 and Thioflavin S. Glial responses were examined by IBA1 and GFAP immunostaining, and inflammatory cytokines were quantified by ELISA. We found that 5 × FAD mice exhibited age-dependent cognitive impairments, with detectable deficits emerging at 3 months of age. Systemic administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) further exacerbated cognitive dysfunction, amyloid-related alterations, and neuroinflammatory responses in young 5 × FAD mice. Maraviroc treatment attenuated LPS-associated cognitive impairments, reduced amyloid-related measures, and dampened pro-inflammatory cytokine responses, with a trend toward reduced microglial cell density. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that systemic inflammation accelerates Alzheimer’s-like pathology and cognitive decline, and suggest that pharmacological modulation of neuroinflammatory signaling by maraviroc may mitigate inflammation-driven disease exacerbation at early stages.</p><p></p>

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Maraviroc attenuates inflammation-exacerbated cognitive and amyloid pathology in an early-stage Alzheimer’s disease mouse model

  • Chang Liu,
  • Ting Zhang,
  • Er-Deng E,
  • Tian-Yang Xu,
  • Fei-Ran Yang,
  • Jia-Wen Li,
  • Qing Shang,
  • Zhong-Yu Zhang,
  • Hao-Wei Shen,
  • Xiao-Qin Zhang

摘要

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive cognitive decline, and increasing evidence indicates that systemic inflammation can accelerate disease progression. Maraviroc, a CCR5 antagonist approved for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, has shown neuroprotective effects in several neurological contexts, but its role in AD-related pathology remains unclear. In this study, cognitive performance was assessed in 5 × FAD mice using the Y-maze, novel object recognition, novel location recognition, and social discrimination tests. Amyloid-related changes were evaluated by hippocampal APP/Aβ immunoblotting and plaque staining using 6E10 and Thioflavin S. Glial responses were examined by IBA1 and GFAP immunostaining, and inflammatory cytokines were quantified by ELISA. We found that 5 × FAD mice exhibited age-dependent cognitive impairments, with detectable deficits emerging at 3 months of age. Systemic administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) further exacerbated cognitive dysfunction, amyloid-related alterations, and neuroinflammatory responses in young 5 × FAD mice. Maraviroc treatment attenuated LPS-associated cognitive impairments, reduced amyloid-related measures, and dampened pro-inflammatory cytokine responses, with a trend toward reduced microglial cell density. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that systemic inflammation accelerates Alzheimer’s-like pathology and cognitive decline, and suggest that pharmacological modulation of neuroinflammatory signaling by maraviroc may mitigate inflammation-driven disease exacerbation at early stages.