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Alzheimer-type neuropathology in transgenic mice overexpressing V717F β-amyloid precursor protein

Games, Dora, Adams, David, Alessandrini, Ree, Barbour, Robin, Borthelette, Patricia, Blackwell, Catherine, Carr, Tony, Clemens, James +26 more·1995·Nature

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of progressive intellectual failure in aged humans. AD brains contain numerous amyloid plaques surrounded by dystrophic neurites, and show profound synaptic loss, neurofibrillary tangle formation and gliosis. The amyloid plaques are composed of amyloid beta-peptide (A beta), a 40-42-amino-acid fragment of the beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP). A primary pathogenic role for APP/A beta is suggested by missense mutations in APP that are tightly linked to autosomal dominant forms of AD. A major obstacle to elucidating and treating AD has been the lack of an animal model. Animals transgenic for APP have previously failed to show extensive AD-type neuropathology, but we now report the production of transgenic mice that express high levels of human mutant APP (with valine at residue 717 substituted by phenylalanine) and which progressively develop many of the pathological hallmarks of AD, including numerous extracellular thioflavin S-positive A beta deposits, neuritic plaques, synaptic loss, astrocytosis and microgliosis. These mice support a primary role for APP/A beta in the genesis of AD and could provide a preclinical model for testing therapeutic drugs.

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Games, D., Adams, D., Alessandrini, R., Barbour, R., Borthelette, P., Blackwell, C., Carr, T., Clemens, J., Donaldson, T., Gillespie, F., Guido, T., Hagopian, S., Johnson-Wood, K., Khan, K., Lee, M., Leibowitz, P., Lieberburg, I., Little, S., Masliah, E., McConlogue, L., Montoya-Zavala, M., Mucke, L., Paganini, L., Penniman, E., Power, M., Schenk, D., Seubert, P., Snyder, B., Soriano, F., Tan, H., Vitale, J., Wadsworth, S., Wolozin, B., & Zhao, J.
Affiliations
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute (US)
  • University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
  • Eli Lilly (United States) (US)
  • Boston Children's Hospital (US)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
  • Scripps Research Institute (US)
Venue
Nature
Published
1995-02
Volume
373
Issue
6514
Pages
523-527
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2126800086
Cited by
2,516
References
28
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FWCI
101.17
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease, amyloid precursor protein, transgenic mice, amyloid-beta, amyloid plaques, neuritic plaques, synaptic loss, astrocyte activation, microglial activation, animal models of Alzheimer's disease, thioflavin S staining
MeSH terms
Alzheimer Disease, Animals, Base Sequence, Brain, Humans, Immunoenzyme Techniques, Mice, Transgenic, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor, Amyloid beta-Peptides, Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor, DNA Primers, Microscopy, Confocal, Mice

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