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Accumulation of Filamentous Tau in the Cerebral Cortex of Human Tau R406W Transgenic Mice

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Ikeda, Masaki, Kawarai, Toshitaka, Kawarabayashi, Takeshi, Matsubara, Etsuro, Murakami, Tetsuro, Sasaki, Atsushi, Tomidokoro, Yasushi, Ikarashi, Yasushi +11 more·2005·The American Journal of Pathology

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Missense mutations of the tau gene cause autosomal dominant frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17), an illness characterized by progressive personality changes, dementia, and parkinsonism. There is prominent frontotemporal lobe atrophy of the brain accompanied by abundant tau accumulation with neurofibrillary tangles and neuronal cell loss. Using a hamster prion protein gene expression vector, we generated several independent lines of transgenic (Tg) mice expressing the longest form of the human four-repeat tau with the R406W mutation associated with FTDP-17. The TgTauR406W 21807 line showed tau accumulation beginning in the hippocampus and amygdala at 6 months of age, which subsequently spread to the cortices and subcortical areas. The accumulated tau was phosphorylated, ubiquitinated, conformationally changed, argyrophilic, and sarcosyl-insoluble. Activation of GSK-3beta and astrocytic induction of mouse tau were observed. Astrogliosis and microgliosis correlated with prominent tau accumulation. Electron microscopic examination revealed the presence of straight filaments. Behavioral tests showed motor disturbances and progressive acquired memory loss between 10 to 12 months of age. These findings suggested that TgTauR406W mice would be a useful model in the study of frontotemporal dementia and other tauopathies such as Alzheimer's disease (AD).

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Ikeda, M., Kawarai, T., Kawarabayashi, T., Matsubara, E., Murakami, T., Sasaki, A., Tomidokoro, Y., Ikarashi, Y., Kuribara, H., Ishiguro, K., Hasegawa, M., Yen, S.-H., Chishti, M. A., Harigaya, Y., Abe, K., Okamoto, K., St. George-Hyslop, P., Westaway, D., & Shoji†, M.
Affiliations
  • Gunma University (JP)
  • University Health Network (CA)
  • Okayama University (JP)
  • Tsumura (Japan) (JP)
  • Mitsubishi Chemical (Japan) (JP)
  • Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry (JP)
  • Mayo Clinic (US)
  • Maebashi Red Cross Hospital (JP)
Corresponding author
Ikeda, Masaki
Venue
The American Journal of Pathology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2005-02
Volume
166
Issue
2
Pages
521-531
ISSN
0002-9440 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2129830770
Cited by
120
References
51
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FWCI
5.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • American Journal Of Pathology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Alzheimer Society
  • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
Keywords
FTDP-17, tauopathy, transgenic mouse model, cerebral cortex, neurofibrillary tangles, tau phosphorylation, ubiquitination, GSK3β, astrocyte activation, microglial activation, motor disturbances, memory loss, Alzheimer's disease
MeSH terms
Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta, Amygdala, Animals, Astrocytes, Behavior, Animal, Brain, Cerebral Cortex, Genetic Vectors, Cricetinae, Hippocampus, Humans, Mice, Transgenic, Microscopy, Electron, Mutation, Phosphorylation, Prions, Protein Conformation, Time Factors, Blotting, Western, tau Proteins, Microglia, Transgenes, Mutation, Missense, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Ubiquitin, Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3, Mice

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