a) Table of 130 genes up-regulated by 40 Hz FS-PV-interneuron stimulation determined by whole transcriptome RNA-Seq of CA1 from 3-month-old 5XFAD/PV-Cre mice (p52 b) Table of 393 genes down-regulated by 40 Hz FS-PV-interneuron stimulation determined by whole transcriptome RNA-Seq of CA1 from 3-month-old 5XFAD/PV-Cre mice (p52 c) Box plot showing fragments per kilobase (FPKM) values of up- and down-regulated genes in EYFP and 40 Hz groups. Box shows median (black lines in box) and quartiles (top and bottom of box), whiskers show minimum and maximum values, and circles show outliers. d) GSEA statistics tables showing statistical significance of correlation between genes up- or down- regulated by 40 Hz stimulation and publicly available neuron, microglia, and macrophage specific RNA-Seq data under different chemical and genetic perturbations; the perturbation terms were ranked based on the FDR q-values for the up-regulated gene list, from the smallest to the largest (Methods). e) RT-qPCR verification of specific gene targets in the RNA-Seq data set. Bar graph shows relative RNA levels (fold change) from EYFP (black) and 40 Hz stimulation (red) conditions (* indicates p
a) Power spectral densities of local field potentials in VC during 40 Hz light flicker (red, far left), random light flicker (blue, center left), dark (black, center right), or light (green, far right) in VC for each recording session for each mouse (n=5 recordings from 4 5XFAD mice with 47, 51, 64, 49, 16 40 Hz flicker, 47, 50, 64, 50, 16 random flicker, 279, 301, 382, 294, 93 dark and 47, 50, 64, 49, 15 light periods). Light flicker at other frequencies increased power in the flicker frequency, as others have found previously, (data not shown). b) Histogram of the difference in firing rates between 40 Hz light flicker and random light flicker (n=226 stimulation periods from 5 recording sessions in 4 5XFAD mice). c) Multiunit firing rates in VC during 40 Hz light flicker (red), random light flicker (blue), dark (black), or light (green) periods. Box plots show median (white lines in box) and quartiles (top and bottom of box). In all animals, firing rates between 40 Hz flicker and random flicker conditions were not significantly different showing that the random stimulation condition serves as a control for spiking activity (ranksum tests for each of 5 recording session from 4 5XFAD mice, p's>0.06, n=47, 51, 64, 49, 16 40 Hz flicker periods and 47, 50, 64, 50, 16 random flicker periods per recording). There were no significant differences in firing rates between 40 Hz flicker and light conditions indicating that 40 Hz light flicker generally did not cause neuronal hyperexcitability (ranksum tests for each of 5 recording session from 4 5XFAD mice, p's > 0.2 for 4 recording sessions, p
Extended Data Figure 5. 40 Hz light…
Extended Data Figure 5. 40 Hz light flicker does not affect A β levels in…
Extended Data Figure 5. 40 Hz light flicker does not affect Aβ levels in hippocampus or barrel cortex a) Example local field potential trace in hippocampal CA1 before and during 40 Hz light flicker (above). Mean (solid line) and standard deviation (shaded area) of power spectral density during 40 Hz light flicker (red), random light flicker (blue), or dark (black) in CA1 (n=2 5XFAD and 3 WT mice). b) Histogram of the fraction of spikes in hippocampus as a function of time for 4 cycles of 40 Hz light flicker (left, red) or the equivalent period of time for random light flicker (right, blue, n=2 5XFAD and 3 WT mice, mean ± SEM across animals). Bar above indicates when light was on (yellow) or off (black). For random stimulation, spiking was aligned to the start of the light turning on, additional periods with light-on occurred at random intervals indicated by grey (Methods). c) Histogram of the difference in firing rates between 40 Hz light flicker and random light flicker (bottom n=168 stimulation periods from 5 recording sessions in 2 5XFAD and 3 WT mice). d) Power spectral densities of local field potentials in CA1 during 40 Hz light flicker (red, far left), random light flicker (blue, center left), dark (black, center right), or light (green, far right) for each recording session for each mouse (n=5 recordings from 2 5XFAD and 3 WT mice with 22, 54, 42, 71, 55, 40 Hz flicker, 12, 34, 32, 54, 36 random flicker, 115, 240, 224, 342, 282 dark and 12, 33, 33, 54, 35 light periods). e) Multiunit firing rates in CA1 during 40 Hz light flicker (red), random light flicker (blue), dark (black), or light (green) periods. Box plots show median (white lines in box) and quartiles (top and bottom of box). In all animals firing rates between 40 Hz flicker and random flicker conditions were not significantly different showing that the random stimulation condition serves as a control for spiking activity (ranksum tests for each of 5 recordings from 2 5XFAD and 3 WT animals, p's>0.2, n=22, 54, 42, 71, 55 40 Hz flicker periods and 12, 34, 32, 54, 36 random flicker periods per recording). There were no significant differences in firing rates between 40 Hz flicker and light conditions indicating that 40 Hz light flicker generally did not cause neuronal hyperexcitability (ranksum tests for each of 5 recordings from 2 5XFAD and 3 WT animals, p's > 0.3, n=22, 54, 42, 71, 55 40 Hz periods and 12, 34, 33, 54, 35 light periods per recording). f) Bar graphs of relative A β1-40 levels in VC of 5XFAD mice in dark, 40 Hz flicker, and random flicker conditions, normalized to dark (n=4 mice per group; n.s. indicates not significant). Bar graphs represent mean + SEM. Circles superimposed on bars in bar graphs indicate individual data points in each group. g) Bar graphs of relative A β1-42 levels in VC of 5XFAD mice in dark, 40 Hz flicker, and random flicker conditions, normalized to dark (n=4 mice per group; n.s. indicates not significant). Bar graphs represent mean + SEM. Circles superimposed on bars in bar graphs indicate individual data points in each group. h) Bar graph of relative A β1-40 and A β1-42 levels in barrel cortex of 5XFAD mice in dark and 40 Hz flicker conditions, normalized to dark (n=3 mice per group; n.s. indicates not significant by Student's t-test).
Extended Data Figure 6. Acute reduction in…
Extended Data Figure 6. Acute reduction in A β after light flicker in APP/PS1 and…
Extended Data Figure 6. Acute reduction in A β after light flicker in APP/PS1 and WT mice and at various time points a) Bar graph of relative A β1-40 and A β1-42 levels of APP/PS1 in VC in dark and 40 Hz flicker conditions, normalized to dark (n=5 mice per group for dark and n=4 mice per group for 40 Hz flicker conditions; n.s. indicates not significant and * indicates p<0.05, by Student's t-test). All bar graphs show mean + SEM throughout this figure. Circles superimposed on bars in bar graphs indicate individual data points in each group. b) Bar graph of relative mouse A β1-40 and Aβ1-42 levels in VC of 9-month-old WT mice in dark and 40 Hz flicker conditions, normalized to dark (n=11 mice per group for dark and n=9 mice per group for 40 Hz flicker conditions; * indicates p<0.05, by Student's t-test).
Extended Data Figure 7. 40 Hz light…
Extended Data Figure 7. 40 Hz light flicker does not decrease synaptic density in VC
Extended Data Figure 7. 40 Hz light flicker does not decrease synaptic density in VC a) Schematic depicting isolation of microglia from VC. VC was dissected, then single cells were suspended and labeled with CD11b and CD45 antibodies. Subsequently, cells were sorted via fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) and lysed. A β1-40 levels were analyzed by ELISA. b) Bar graph of A β1-40 levels in microglia purified using FACS (Methods) from VC of 3-month-old 5XFAD and WT mice (n=8 mice per group for 5XFAD and n=4 mice per group for WT mice; * indicates p<0.05 by Student's t-test). Circles superimposed on bars in bar graphs indicate individual data points in each group. c) Immunohistochemistry with SVP38 (red) antibodies to detect synaptophysin in VC of3-month-old 5XFAD mice in dark and 40 Hz flicker conditions (Images were taken with 40x objective; scale bar = 50 μm). Right: 100X rendering of dark and 40 Hz flicker conditions. d) Bar graph of relative SVP38 intensity levels in VC of 5XFAD mice after dark (black) and 40 Hz (red) flicker conditions, normalized to dark (n=4 mice per group; n.s. indicates not significant, by Student's t-test).
Extended Data Figure 8. A β levels…
Extended Data Figure 8. A β levels in VC return to baseline 24 hr after…
Extended Data Figure 8. Aβ levels in VC return to baseline 24 hr after 1 hr of 40 Hz light flicker a) Bar graph of relative Aβ1-40 and Aβ1-42 levels in VC of 5XFAD mice 1, 4, 12, and 24 hours after 1 hour of dark or 40 Hz flicker treatment, normalized to dark (n=4 mice per group for 4 and 12 hr wait, n=6 for 1 and 24 hr wait, n=12 for dark; n.s. indicates not significant, * indicates p<0.05 and ** indicates p<0.01, by one-way ANOVA).
Extended Data Figure 9. Driving 40 Hz…
Extended Data Figure 9. Driving 40 Hz oscillations in VC via light flicker reduces phosphorylated…
Extended Data Figure 9. Driving 40 Hz oscillations in VC via light flicker reduces phosphorylated tau in a tauopathy mouse model a) Immunohistochemistry with anti-pTau (S202, green) and anti-MAP2 (red) antibodies in VC of 4-month-old P301S mice after 7 days of 1 hr/day dark or 40 Hz flicker conditions (Images were taken with 40× objective; scale bar = 50 μm). Insets: 100X rendering of representative cell body in dark and 40 Hz flicker conditions. No changes were observed by western blot (Data not shown). b) Bar graph of relative pTau (S202) intensity levels in P301S mice after 7 days of 1 hr/day dark (black) and 40 Hz flicker (red) conditions (n=8 mice per group; * indicates p
Figure 1. 5XFAD mice have reduced power…
Figure 1. 5XFAD mice have reduced power in gamma during hippocampal SWRs
a) Average SWR-triggered…
Figure 1. 5XFAD mice have reduced power in gamma during hippocampal SWRs a) Average SWR-triggered spectrograms for one mouse (left) showing gamma (yellow arrow) during SWRs (red arrow);right: frequencies below 80 Hz enlarged (n=370 SWRs). b) Histogram of instantaneous gamma frequencies during SWRs for mouse in d. a) Above: Z-scored gamma power around SWR peak for one WT and one 5XFAD mouse (mean ± SEM). Below: Cumulative distribution of gamma power during SWRs (ranksum test, n=2166 and 3085 SWRs in 6 5XFAD and WT mice, respectively). c) Above: Fraction of spikes during SWRs as a function of gamma phase (mean ± SEM). Below: Depth of gamma spiking modulation during SWRs. (ranksum test, bootstrap resampling, n=2500 5XFAD and 3000 WT phase distributions). d) Above: Local field potential trace before and during 40 Hz optogenetic stimulation.Below: Mean and standard deviation of power spectral density (n=4 5XFAD and 3 WT mice). e) Relative A β1-40 levels in CA1 of 5XFAD/PV-Cre mice in each stimulation condition normalized to EYFP controls (n=8 EYFP, n=7 40 Hz, n=4 8 Hz n=6 random mice). f) As in i for A β1-42(n=4 EYFP, n=4 40 Hz, n=3 8 Hz n=3 random mice). g) Relative A β1-40 levels in CA1 of 5XFAD/αCamKII-Cre mice in each stimulation condition normalized to EYFP controls (n=6 40 Hz, n=3 8 Hz n=3 random mice). h) As in k for A β1-42(n=3 mice per group). n.s. not significant, * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001 by one-way ANOVA; circles indicate n, mean+SEM in bar graphs.
Figure 2. Driving 40 Hz oscillations optogenetically…
Figure 2. Driving 40 Hz oscillations optogenetically in hippocampus reduces A β in 5XFAD mice
Figure 2. Driving 40 Hz oscillations optogenetically in hippocampus reduces A β in 5XFAD mice a) Representative western blot showing levels of APP (CT695), APP NTFs (A8967), APP CTFs (CT695), and β-Actin (A5316, loading control) in CA1 of 5XFAD/PV-Cre mice expressing only EYFP or ChR2 with 40 Hz, or random stimulation conditions. 1 mouse per lane, 2 biological replicates. b) Relative immunoreactivity of full-length APP normalized to actin (for b-d, n=6 mice per group). c) Relative immunoreactivity of APP NTF normalized to actin. d) Relative immunoreactivity of APP CTFs normalized to actin. e) Immunohistochemistry with anti-A β (D54D2, green) and anti-EEA1 (610457, red) antibodies in CA1 of 5XFAD/PV-Cre mice (scale bar = 50 μm). f) Relative immunoreactivity of A β normalized to EYFP controls(for f, g, n=3 mice per group). g) Relative immunoreactivity of EEA1 normalized to EYFP controls. n.s. not significant, * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, by one-way ANOVA; mean + SEM in bar graphs.
Figure 3. Driving 40 Hz oscillations optogenetically…
Figure 3. Driving 40 Hz oscillations optogenetically in hippocampus causes a distinct morphological transformation of…
Figure 3. Driving 40 Hz oscillations optogenetically in hippocampus causes a distinct morphological transformation of microglia in 5XFAD mice a) Heat map of differentially expressed genes determined by whole-transcriptome RNA-Seq of CA1 from 5XFAD/PV-Cre mice expressing only EYFP or ChR2 with 40 Hz stimulation. Normalized z-score values (high: red, low: blue) were calculated for each differentially expressed gene (row). b) Cell-type-specific expression patterns of up-regulated genes following 40 Hz stimulation (MO: myelinating oligodendrocyte, OPC: oligodendrocyte progenitor cell, NFO: newly formed oligodendrocyte). c) RT-qPCR of specific up-regulated genes:relative RNA levels (fold change) in CA1 of 5XFAD/PV-Cre expressing only EYFP or ChR2 with 40 Hz stimulation, normalized to EYFP controls (Student's t-test; n=6 mice per group). d) Immunohistochemistry with anti-Iba1 (019-19741, green) to identify microglia and anti-A β(12F4, red) antibodies in CA1 of 5XFAD/PV-Cre mice expressing only EYFP or ChR2 with 40 Hz, and random stimulation (40× objective; scale bar = 50 μm). e) Number of Iba1-positive microglia (for f-I,one-way ANOVA; n=4 mice per group). f) Diameter of Iba1-positive microglia cell bodies. g) Average length of Iba1-positive microglia primary processes. h) Percent of Iba1-positive microglia cell bodies that are also A β-positive. n.s. not significant, * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001, **** p<0.0001; mean + SEM in bar graphs.
Figure 4. Driving 40 Hz oscillations in…
Figure 4. Driving 40 Hz oscillations in VC via light flicker reduces A β and…
Figure 4. Driving 40 Hz oscillations in VC via light flicker reduces A β and amyloid plaques in 5XFAD mice a) Local field potential trace in VC before and during 40 Hz light flicker (above). Power spectral density mean and standard deviation (below, n=4 5XFAD mice, 5 recording sessions). b) Fraction of spikes in VC over 4 cycles of 40 Hz flicker (left) or the equivalent time for random flicker (right, n=4 5XFAD mice from 5 recording sessions, mean ± SEM across animals). For random stimulation, spiking was aligned to light turning on, grey indicates additional light-on flickers occurring randomly (Methods). c) Relative A β1-40 (left) and A β1-42 (right) levels normalized to dark, in VC of 5XFAD mice exposed to dark, light, 40 Hz, 20 Hz, 80 Hz, 40 Hz with picrotoxin (PTX), and random conditions (n=12 dark; n=6 light, 40 Hz, 20 Hz, 80 Hz flicker and PTX; n=4 random mice; one-way ANOVA). d) Immunohistochemistry with anti-Iba1 (019-19741, green) and anti-A β (12F4, red)antibodies in VC of 5XFAD mice exposed to dark or 40 Hz flicker. Right: 120X zoom; arrows indicate +Iba1/+Aβ signal in cell body(scale bar=50 μm). e) Number of Iba1-positive microglia(for e-h Student's t-test unpaired, n=4 mice per group) f) Diameter of Iba1-positive microglia cell bodies. g) Average length of Iba1-positive microglia primary processes. h) Percent of Iba1-positive microglia cell bodies that are also A β-positive. i) Relative A β1-40 levels in VC of 6-month-old 5XFAD mice after 7 days of 1 hr/day dark or 40 Hz flicker (Student's t-test unpaired; n=13 mice per group). j) As in i forA β1-42. k) Immunohistochemistry with anti-A β(D5452, green) antibody in 6-month-old VC of 5XFAD mice after 7 days of 1 hr/day dark or 40 Hz flicker showing plaques (white arrows; scale bar=50 μm). i) Number of A β-positive plaques; (for l,m Student's t-test unpaired, n=8 mice per group). m) Area of A β-positive plaques. n.s. not significant, * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001; circles indicate n, mean + SEM in bar graphs.
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