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Epigenetic Memory Engram Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease

Hypothesis

Epigenetic Memory Engram Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease

Migratory animals maintain spatial memories across generations through epigenetic modifications.
🧬 DNMT3A, CREB-binding protein (CBP)🩺 spatial-memory🎯 Composite 46%💱 $0.52▲6.0%active
spatial memory
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🧪 Overview

Migratory animals maintain spatial memories across generations through epigenetic modifications. Reactivating these pathways could restore lost spatial memories in Alzheimer's patients by reinstating dormant memory traces.

🧬 Mechanism

🔗 Mechanism from KG for DNMT3A, CREB-binding protein (CBP)

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graph TD
    AMPK["AMPK"] -->|regulates| mitochondrial_biogenesis["mitochondrial_biogenesis"]
    PGC_1_["PGC-1α"] -->|activates| oxidative_metabolism["oxidative_metabolism"]
    BDNF["BDNF"] -->|enhances| synaptic_plasticity["synaptic_plasticity"]
    BDNF_1["BDNF"] -->|activates| memory_formation["memory formation"]
    Glucocorticoid_receptor["Glucocorticoid receptor"] -->|regulates| Stress_response["Stress response"]
    CLOCK["CLOCK"] -->|regulates| Circadian_rhythm["Circadian rhythm"]
    BMAL1["BMAL1"] -->|regulates| Circadian_rhythm_2["Circadian rhythm"]
    DNMT3A["DNMT3A"] -->|regulates| EPIGENETIC_MODIFICATION["EPIGENETIC MODIFICATION"]
    n5_azacytidine["5-azacytidine"] -.->|inhibits| DNMT3A_3["DNMT3A"]
    Decitabine["Decitabine"] -.->|inhibits| DNMT3A_4["DNMT3A"]
    hippocampal_place_cells["hippocampal_place_cells"] -->|regulates| spatial_memory["spatial memory"]
    FKBP5["FKBP5"] -->|modulates| glucocorticoid_signaling["glucocorticoid_signaling"]
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    style Stress_response fill:#4fc3f7,stroke:#333,color:#000
    style CLOCK fill:#ce93d8,stroke:#333,color:#000
    style Circadian_rhythm fill:#81c784,stroke:#333,color:#000
    style BMAL1 fill:#ce93d8,stroke:#333,color:#000
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    style glucocorticoid_signaling fill:#81c784,stroke:#333,color:#000

⚖️ Evidence

⚖️ Evidence Matrix5 supports0 contradicts
Supports
The role of CREB and BDNF in neurobiology and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
Life Sci2020PMID:32603820medium
Supports
Nitric oxide/cGMP/CREB pathway and amyloid-beta crosstalk: From physiology to Alzheimer's disease.
Free Radic Biol Med2022PMID:36400326medium
Supports
Apoptosis in Alzheimer's disease: insight into the signaling pathways and therapeutic avenues.
Apoptosis2023PMID:37186274medium
Supports
Procyanidins and Alzheimer's Disease.
Mol Neurobiol2019PMID:30649713medium
Supports
Mechanistic insights and emerging therapeutic stratagems for Alzheimer's disease.
Ageing Res Rev2024PMID:38615895medium
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🔮 Predictions

🔎 Predictions vs Observations2 predictions · 0 with recorded observations
PredictionPredictedObservedStatusConf
IF CBP is pharmacologically activated in the entorhinal cortex of APP/PS1 mice using a CBP-activating small molecule (CC-10175031, 10mg/kg/day i.p. for 3 weeks), THEN place cell stability and spatial 30% increase in place cell stability (spatial information content) and grid cell spatial coherence scores— no observation —pending0.45
IF DNMT3A is selectively overexpressed in the dorsal hippocampus of 5xFAD transgenic mice via bilateral AAV-mediated gene delivery at 6 months of age, THEN these mice will demonstrate a ≥25% improveme25% improvement in spatial memory retention (time in target quadrant during probe trial)— no observation —pending0.55
🔮 Falsifiable Predictions (2)
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IF DNMT3A is selectively overexpressed in the dorsal hippocampus of 5xFAD transgenic mice via bilateral AAV-mediated gene delivery at 6 months of age, THEN these mice will demonstrate a ≥25% improvement in spatial reference memory retention during probe trial testing in the Morris water maze within
Predicted outcome: 25% improvement in spatial memory retention (time in target quadrant during probe trial)
Falsification: No significant difference in spatial memory retention between DNMT3A-overexpressing and control 5xFAD mice (p > 0.05), or spatial memory performance worsens in the DNMT3A group
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IF CBP is pharmacologically activated in the entorhinal cortex of APP/PS1 mice using a CBP-activating small molecule (CC-10175031, 10mg/kg/day i.p. for 3 weeks), THEN place cell stability and spatial coding precision in layer II medial entorhinal grid cells will increase by ≥30% within 6 weeks, as m
Predicted outcome: 30% increase in place cell stability (spatial information content) and grid cell spatial coherence scores
Falsification: No increase in grid cell spatial coding precision or grid cell firing patterns become more irregular (grid score decreases by >20%) following CBP activation
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