V-084
Generation and validation of a human induced pluripotent stem cell line from an Argentine patient with familial Alzheimer’s disease carrying the PSEN1 M146L variant
Mercedes Florencia Vautier1, Patricio Chrem Mendez3, Guillermo Jerez Ferreyra1, Victoria Massazza2, Manuela Apecetche1, Giulia Clas2, Ricardo Allegri3, Gustavo Sevlever1, María Elida Scassa1, Ezequiel Surace2, Mariela Marazita1, Leonardo Romorini1
  1. 1Laboratorio de Investigación Aplicada a Neurociencias (LIAN-CONICET), Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia (Fleni), Escobar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  2. Departamento de Neuropatología y Biología Molecular, Laboratorio de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia (Fleni), Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  3. Departamento de Neurología Cognitiva, Centro de Memoria y Envejecimiento, Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia (Fleni), Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Presenting Author:
Mercedes Florencia Vautier
mechivautier@gmail.com
Familial Alzheimer’s disease (fAD) is an autosomal dominant, early-onset form of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), commonly caused by mutations in PSEN1. Among these, the PSEN1 M146L variant is one of the most frequently reported pathogenic mutations and has been associated with aggressive disease progression. Despite its prevalence, the functional consequences of this mutation remain poorly understood, particularly in underrepresented populations such as those from Latin America. To address this gap, we generated a human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) line from erythroblasts amplified from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of an Argentine patient clinically diagnosed with fAD and carrying the heterozygous PSEN1 p.M146L variant. Reprogramming was performed using the STEMCCA lentiviral vector, which encodes the Yamanaka factors (OCT4, KLF4, SOX2, and c-MYC). The resulting hiPSC line, named FBAD1, exhibited typical pluripotent morphology and expressed endogenous markers (OCT4, SOX2, NANOG, and TRA-1-60), as validated by immunofluorescence and RT-qPCR. FBAD1 also showed differentiation into the three germ layers by embryoid body assay, maintained a normal karyotype, and carried the PSEN1 M146L variant, confirmed by Sanger sequencing. Importantly, directed differentiation yielded cortical and glutamatergic neurons, validated by neuronal and subtype-specific markers. This hiPSC line represents a patient-specific model to identify early pathogenic signatures associated with AD.