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@ARTICLE{Wiesner:270678,
author = {Wiesner, Diana and Feldengut, Simone and Woelfle, Sarah and
Boeckers, Tobias M and Ludolph, Albert C and Roselli,
Francesco and Del Tredici, Kelly},
title = {{N}europeptide {FF} ({NPFF})-positive nerve cells of the
human cerebral cortex and white matter in controls, selected
neurodegenerative diseases, and schizophrenia.},
journal = {Acta Neuropathologica Communications},
volume = {12},
number = {1},
issn = {2051-5960},
address = {London},
publisher = {Biomed Central},
reportid = {DZNE-2024-00850},
pages = {108},
year = {2024},
abstract = {We quantified and determined for the first time the
distribution pattern of the neuropeptide NPFF in the human
cerebral cortex and subjacent white matter. To do so, we
studied n = 9 cases without neurological disorders and n =
22 cases with neurodegenerative diseases, including sporadic
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, n = 8), Alzheimer's
disease (AD, n = 8), Pick's disease (PiD, n = 3), and
schizophrenia (n = 3). NPFF-immunopositive cells were
located chiefly, but not exclusively, in the superficial
white matter and constituted there a subpopulation of white
matter interstitial cells (WMIC): Pyramidal-like and
multipolar somata predominated in the gyral crowns, whereas
bipolar and ovoid somata predominated in the cortex
surrounding the sulci. Their sparsely ramified axons were
unmyelinated and exhibited NPFF-positive bead-like
varicosities. We found significantly fewer
NPFF-immunopositive cells in the gray matter of the frontal,
cingulate, and superior temporal gyri of both sporadic ALS
and late-stage AD patients than in controls, and
significantly fewer NPFF-positive cells in the subjacent as
well as deep white matter of the frontal gyrus of these
patients compared to controls. Notably, the number of
NPFF-positive cells was also significantly lower in the
hippocampal formation in AD compared to controls. In PiD,
NPFF-positive cells were present in significantly lower
numbers in the gray and white matter of the cingulate and
frontal gyrii in comparison to controls. In schizophrenic
patients, lower wNPFF cell counts in the neocortex were
significant and global (cingulate, frontal, superior
temporal gyrus, medial, and inferior gyri). The precise
functions of NPFF-positive cells and their relationship to
the superficial corticocortical white matter U-fibers are
currently unknown. Here, NPFF immunohistochemistry and
expression characterize a previously unrecognized population
of cells in the human brain, thereby providing a new
entry-point for investigating their physiological and
pathophysiological roles.},
keywords = {Humans / White Matter: pathology / White Matter: metabolism
/ Male / Schizophrenia: pathology / Schizophrenia:
metabolism / Female / Cerebral Cortex: pathology / Cerebral
Cortex: metabolism / Aged / Middle Aged / Neurodegenerative
Diseases: pathology / Neurodegenerative Diseases: metabolism
/ Aged, 80 and over / Oligopeptides / Adult / Neurons:
pathology / Neurons: metabolism / Alzheimer’s disease
(Other) / Alzheimer’s disease (Other) / Amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (Other) / Cerebral cortex (Other) / Human
brain (Other) / Interneurons (Other) / NOS (type I) (Other)
/ Neurodegeneration (Other) / Neuropeptide FF (NPFF) (Other)
/ Pick’s disease (Other) / Schizophrenia (Other) /
Somatostatin (Other) / U-fibers (Other) / White matter
interstitial cells (Other) /
phenylalanyl-leucyl-phenylalanyl-glutaminyl-prolyl-glutaminyl-arginyl-phenylalaninamide
(NLM Chemicals) / Oligopeptides (NLM Chemicals) / Pick’s
disease (Other)},
cin = {AG Roselli / AG Böckers / Clinical Study Center Ulm ;
Clinical Study Center (Ulm)},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1910001 / I:(DE-2719)1910002 /
I:(DE-2719)5000077},
pnm = {352 - Disease Mechanisms (POF4-352) / 353 - Clinical and
Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-352 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:38943180},
pmc = {pmc:PMC11212262},
doi = {10.1186/s40478-024-01792-1},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/270678},
}