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Brain Trauma Induces Massive Hippocampal Neuron Death Linked to a Surge in β-Amyloid Levels in Mice Overexpressing Mutant Amyloid Precursor Protein

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Smith, Douglas H., Nakamura, Michio, McIntosh, Tracy K., Wang, Jun, Rodríguez, Amarís, Chen, Xiao-Han, Raghupathi, Ramesh, Saatman, Kathryn E. +4 more·1998·The American Journal of Pathology

Abstract

Although brain trauma is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, no experimental model has been generated to explore this relationship. We developed a model of brain trauma in transgenic mice that overexpress mutant human amyloid precursor protein (PDAPP) leading to the appearance of Alzheimer's disease-like beta-amyloid (Abeta) plaques beginning at 6 months of age. We induced cortical impact brain injury in the PDAPP animals and their wild-type littermates at 4 months of age, ie, before Abeta plaque formation, and evaluated changes in posttraumatic memory function, histopathology, and regional tissue levels of the Abeta peptides Abeta1-40 and Abeta1-42. We found that noninjured PDAPP mice had impaired memory function compared to noninjured wild-type littermates (P < 0.01) and that brain-injured PDAPP mice had more profound memory dysfunction than brain-injured wild-type littermates (P < 0.001). Although no augmentation of Abeta plaque formation was observed in brain-injured PDAPP mice, a substantial exacerbation of neuron death was found in the hippocampus (P < 0.001) in association with an acute threefold increase in Abeta1-40 and sevenfold increase in Abeta1-42 levels selectively in the hippocampus (P < 0.01). These data suggest a mechanistic link between brain trauma and Abeta levels and the death of neurons.

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  • CCI TBI induced a surge of plaque pathology in PDAPP mice soon after injury at 6 months of age, but a substantial reduction in cortical and hippocampal plaque load was detected chronically.

    “Although CCI TBI induced a surge of plaque pathology in PDAPP mice soon after injury at 6 months of age, a substantial reduction in cortical and hippocampal plaque load was detected chronically (28, 40).”

    From The Inflammatory Continuum of Traumatic Brain Injury and Alzheimer’s Disease (2018) · cites this paper as [28]

    The Brain Injury section says the PDAPP mice were injured at 4 months of age, not 6 months. The Histopathological Analysis section reports no discernible difference in plaque number or distribution between injured and sham mice two months later, contradicting both the claimed surge in plaques and the claimed chronic reduction. The reported acute surge was in Aβ peptide levels, not plaque pathology (Aβ Tissue Levels section); page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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  • Many animal studies show increased production and accumulation of amyloid precursor protein (APP), Aβ, and pathological tau following TBI.

    “Second, many animal studies show increased production and accumulation of amyloid precursor protein (APP), Aβ, and pathological tau following TBI (16, 21–28).”

    From The Inflammatory Continuum of Traumatic Brain Injury and Alzheimer’s Disease (2018) · cites this paper as [28]

    The Aβ Tissue Levels section reports an acute rise in Aβ after injury in PDAPP mice, and the introductory passage reports APP accumulation after trauma in experimental animals. The paper does not report pathological tau in injured animals; it mentions neurofibrillary tangles in human boxers. The Histopathological Analysis section also finds no increase in Aβ plaque deposition after injury, so the claim's accumulation language does not hold for plaques in this study. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Smith, D. H., Nakamura, M., McIntosh, T. K., Wang, J., Rodríguez, A., Chen, X.-H., Raghupathi, R., Saatman, K. E., Clemens, J., Schmidt, M. L., Lee, V. M.-Y., & Trojanowski, J. Q.
Affiliations
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
  • Eli Lilly (United States) (US)
Corresponding author
Smith, Douglas H.
Venue
The American Journal of Pathology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1998-09
Volume
153
Issue
3
Pages
1005-1010
ISSN
0002-9440 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2028535633
Cited by
143
References
28
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • American Journal Of Pathology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (85-23)
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • National Institute on Aging (AG12527, P01AG011542, AG09215, R01AG012527, P01AG009215, AG 11542)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (P50NS008803)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Keywords
traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease, amyloid precursor protein, amyloid-beta, Aβ40, amyloid-beta 42, memory impairment, cortical impact injury, amyloid plaques
MeSH terms
Animals, Brain Injuries, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Hippocampus, Mice, Transgenic, Neurons, Ovariectomy, Amyloid beta-Peptides, Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor, Cell Death, Maze Learning, Mice

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