Abstract
INTRODUCTION
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and primary age-related tauopathy (PART) both harbor 3R/4R hyperphosphorylated-tau (p-tau)-positive neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) but differ in the spatial p-tau development in the hippocampus.
METHODS
Using Nanostring GeoMx Digital Spatial Profiling, we compared protein expression within hippocampal subregions in NFT-bearing and non-NFT-bearing neurons in AD (n = 7) and PART (n = 7) subjects.
RESULTS
Proteomic measures of synaptic health were inversely correlated with the subregional p-tau burden in AD and PART, and there were numerous differences in proteins involved in proteostasis, amyloid beta (Aβ) processing, inflammation, microglia, oxidative stress, and neuronal/synaptic health between AD and PART and between definite PART and possible PART.
DISCUSSION
These results suggest subfield-specific proteome differences that may explain some of the differences in Aβ and p-tau distribution and apparent pathogenicity. In addition, hippocampal neurons in possible PART may have more in common with AD than with definite PART, highlighting the importance of Aβ in the pathologic process.
Highlights

Synaptic health is inversely correlated with local p-tau burden.
The proteome of NFT- and non-NFT-bearing neurons is influenced by the presence of Aβ in the hippocampus.
Neurons in possible PART cases share more proteomic similarities with neurons in ADNC than they do with neurons in definite PART cases.


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