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# Mechanistically-Novel Hypotheses: Microglial Priming in Early Alzheimer's Disease --- ## Hypothesis 1: PRC2/EZH2-Mediated Epigenetic Lock-In of Peripheral Inflammatory Memory **Title:** *Epigenetic Lock-In of Peripheral Inflammation in Microglia* **Mechanism:** Peripheral chronic low-grade inflammation (inflammaging) induces suppressive H3K27me3 mark loss at microglial promoters of IL1β, TNFα, and CCL2 via EZH2 downregulation. This occurs through sustained NF-κB p65 sequestration of EZH2 cofactors, rendering the histone methyltransferase unavailable for repressive complex formation. APOE4 accelerates this process by attenuating AKT-mediated EZH2 stability, while TREM2 R47H variants fail to restore EZH2 expression through defective PI3K signaling. The result is transcriptionally "unlocked" pro-inflammatory loci that respond hypersensitively to subthreshold stimuli during prodromal AD. **Key Evidence:** Shi et al. (2020) demonstrated age-dependent EZH2 loss in microglia with corresponding H3K27me3 depletion at Il1b and Tnf promoters (PMID: 33004752). Holtman et al. (2017) showed persistent primed chromatin states in DAM microglia with altered histone modifications (PMID: 28916752). **Testable Prediction:** Microglial-specific EZH2 overexpression in