Age-related changes in hippocampal AD pathology, actin remodeling proteins and spatial memory behavior of male APP/PS1 mice

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly, characterized by amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaques and tau neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs). Synaptic plasticity impairment is one of the early pathological events in AD. Transgenic APP/PS1 mice that overproduce Aβ are one of the most extensively used AD animal models. Many studies have investigated the roles of NTF-related p-Tau, non-amyloidogenic ADAM10, amyloidogenic BACE1, Aβ proteolytic NEP and IDE in certain ages of APP/PS1 mice as well as dendritic spine-related Rictor and Profilin-1 in normal mice, but there are few studies exploring the age-related changes of these molecules in the hippocampus of APP/PS1 mice. Furthermore, current studies regarding when memory impairment occurs in these mice are controversial. Thus, we examined the changes of these molecules in APP/PS1 and control mice using Western blot in mice 2-month-old (2 m) to 10 m of age and behavior changes using the Morris water maze from 4 m to 8 m. The results showed that in APP/PS1 mice, significant changes of hippocampal p-Tau, Aβ, ADAM10, BACE1 and Rictor occurred at 6 m, NEP at 8 m, and IDE and Profilin-1 at 10 m. In control mice, changes of p-Tau, ADAM10, and BACE1 occurred at 8 m and NEP at 10 m, while IDE, Rictor and Profilin-1 remained unchanged. Importantly, the Morris water maze test revealed that spatial memory impairment was detected at 8 m but not 4 or 6 m. The above findings clearly evidence that neurochemical changes overtly precede cognitive dysfunctions in this AD model and provide novel knowledge for a better understanding of the molecular events driving AD.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

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2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:376

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Behavioural brain research - 376(2019) vom: 30. Dez., Seite 112182

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sun, Huan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Mengying [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yutong [VerfasserIn]
Lan, Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Lian, Biyao [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Chengjun [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zhi [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jiqiang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yan [VerfasserIn]

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A-beta metabolism
APP/PS1 mice
Actin polymerization
Actins
Alzheimer’s disease
Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases
Amyloid beta-Peptides
Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
EC 3.4.-
Journal Article
Presenilin-1
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Rictor
Tau protein

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Date Completed 17.09.2020

Date Revised 17.09.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112182

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NLM300814895