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Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease
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APOE genotype is a major genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD). ABCA1, a member of the ATP-binding cassette family of active transporters, lipidates apoE in the CNS. Abca1(-/-) mice have decreased lipid associated with apoE and increased amyloid deposition in several AD mouse models. We hypothesized that mice overexpressing ABCA1 in the brain would have increased lipidation of apoE-containing lipoproteins and decreased amyloid deposition. To address these hypotheses, we created PrP-mAbca1 Tg mice that overexpress mouse Abca1 throughout the brain under the control of the mouse prion promoter. We bred the PrP-mAbca1 mice to the PDAPP AD mouse model, a transgenic line overexpressing a mutant human amyloid precursor protein. PDAPP/Abca1 Tg mice developed a phenotype remarkably similar to that seen in PDAPP/Apoe(-/-) mice: there was significantly less amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta) deposition, a redistribution of Abeta to the hilus of the dentate gyrus in the hippocampus, and an almost complete absence of thioflavine S-positive amyloid plaques. Analyses of CSF from PrP-mAbca1 Tg mice and media conditioned by PrP-mAbca1 Tg primary astrocytes demonstrated increased lipidation of apoE-containing particles. These data support the conclusions that increased ABCA1-mediated lipidation of apoE in the CNS can reduce amyloid burden and that increasing ABCA1 function may have a therapeutic effect on AD.
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Overexpression of ABCA1 in the brain increased lipidation of apoE-containing lipoproteins and markedly reduced fibrillar amyloid deposition in PDAPP mice. The phenotype resembled PDAPP/Apoe−/− mice, supporting ABCA1/apoE lipidation as a potential AD therapeutic target.
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- PrP-mAbca1 transgenic mice overexpressed ABCA1 throughout the brain at approximately 2- to 14-fold across five lines; when crossed to PDAPP mice, PDAPP/Abca1 Tg mice had significantly less Aβ deposition, redistribution of Aβ to the hilus of the dentate gyrus, and almost no thioflavine S–positive amyloid plaques, similar to PDAPP/Apoe−/− mice.
- At 12 months, Aβ levels were approximately 2.5-fold lower in PDAPP/Abca1 line D and approximately 3-fold lower in line E versus non-Tg littermates; thioflavine S–positive amyloid was decreased by approximately 50% with 2-fold ABCA1 overexpression and to almost 0 with 6-fold or greater overexpression.
- At 3 months, before histological Aβ deposition, PDAPP/Abca1 line D and E Tg mice had 15%–50% higher Aβ levels than non-Tg controls, with no differences in APP or APP C-terminal fragments, suggesting altered clearance/transport rather than increased production.
- ABCA1 overexpression increased apoE lipidation: CSF apoE particles tended to be larger, astrocyte-conditioned media had a greater proportion of apoE particles larger than 11 nm, and lipoprotein fractions showed a significantly greater cholesterol-to-apoE ratio. High-expressing lines also had lower apoE in hippocampus (approximately 40%) and CSF (approximately 40%–70%), but line D reduced Aβ without lowering apoE.
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- Mouse Abca1 cDNA was cloned into the MoPrP.HD-N171 vector to create PrP-mAbca1 Tg mice; five lines (D, E, L, J, G) with 2- to 14-fold brain ABCA1 overexpression were characterized, and lines D, E, and J were bred to the PDAPP AD mouse model.
- Mice were analyzed at 3 or 12 months with non-Tg littermate controls; outcomes included Aβ and thioflavine S histology/stereology, Aβ and apoE ELISAs, Western blotting, real-time RT-PCR, CSF and astrocyte-conditioned media lipoprotein analyses by nondenaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and size-exclusion chromatography, and testis histology/TUNEL/immunohistochemistry.
- Statistical comparisons used two-tailed Student’s t test or Mann-Whitney U test, with P < 0.05 considered significant.
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- The paper states that it is unclear whether increasing ABCA1 in adulthood may compromise male fertility, or whether ABCA1 can be selectively targeted to brain versus testes or other organs; male mice overexpressing ABCA1 at 6-fold or greater were infertile, with approximately 50% reduced testes mass and approximately 3-fold more apoptotic testicular cells.
- The paper notes that mechanisms linking increased apoE lipidation to altered Aβ transport, clearance, or aggregation were not directly tested, and that behavioral studies in APP Tg mice can be difficult to interpret.
- Evident from the text: findings are from transgenic mouse models with supraphysiological ABCA1 overexpression, some high-expressing lines had peripheral cholesterol changes of unknown mechanism, and several supporting observations are reported as data not shown.
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“ranging from approximately 2-fold in line D to approximately 14-fold in line G (Figure 1A).”
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“Analysis of tissue from the occipital cortex, frontal cortex, hippocampus, cerebellum, striatum, septum, and thalamus showed that PrP-mAbca1 Tg mice overexpressed ABCA1 throughout the brain (Figure 1B).”
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“In the CSF, apoE levels were decreased by approximately 40%-70% in all lines overexpressing ABCA1 (Figure 6C).”
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“We found no difference between Tg and non-Tg apoE mRNA levels in either the hippocampus or cortex of either line (Figure 6D and data not shown).”
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“overexpression of ABCA1 by 6-fold or greater resulted in reductions in hippocampal apoE of approximately 40% compared with non-Tg littermate control mice (Figure 6A).”
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“Quantification of the APP and CTF bands using image analysis software revealed no significant differences between PDAPP/Abca1 Tg and PDAPP/ Abca1 non-Tg mice.”
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“Compared with astrocytes derived from non-Tg mice, astrocytes derived from Tg mice secreted less apoE and associated cholesterol in HDL-like lipoproteins (Figure 7, C and D).”
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“Spermatogenesis defects in 3-month-old PrP-mAbca1 line E Tg mice.”
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“In addition to the positive effects of overexpression of ABCA1 on Aβ, we did observe that male mice overexpressing ABCA1 at levels 6-fold or greater than those in normal brain were infertile.”
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“No elongated spermatids were present in testes from Tg mice.”
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“the PDAPP/Abca1 line E Tg mice had approximately 3-fold less Aβ in the brain compared with PDAPP/non-Tg littermate control mice (Figure 5D and Table 1).”
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“Aβ levels in PDAPP/Abca1 line D Tg mice were approximately 2.5-fold lower compared with those in PDAPP/ non-Tg littermate control mice (Figure 5C and Table 1)”
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“TUNEL staining shows occasional apoptotic cells in testes from non-Tg mice (bottom left panel) and frequent apoptotic cells in testes from Tg mice (bottom right panel).”
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“Two-fold overexpression of ABCA1 in the brain decreased deposition of thioflavine S-positive amyloid by approximately 50%.”
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“The apoEcontaining lipoprotein particles from the Tg mice had a greater proportion of lipoprotein particles larger than 11 nm than that seen in media derived from non-Tg mice (Figure 7B).”
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“Overexpression of ABCA1 by 6-fold or more decreased deposition of thioflavine S-positive amyloid to almost 0.”
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“However, within the lipoprotein fractions, there was a significantly greater ratio of cholesterol to apoE (Figure 7E).”
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“apoE-containing lipoprotein particles from the Tg mice tended to be larger in size than particles from non-Tg mice (Figure 7A).”
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“At 3 months of age, both the PDAPP/Abca1 line D and line E Tg mice, which overexpress ABCA1 by 2-and 6-fold, respectively, had significantly (15%-50%) higher Aβ levels than non-Tg littermate control mice (Figure 5, A and B, and Table 1).”
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“In all groups of PrP-mAbca1 Tg mice that overexpressed ABCA1 by 6-fold or greater, approximately twice as much apoE in the hippocampus and cortex was insoluble in carbonate buffer and required 5 M guanidine for extraction compared with non-Tg littermate control groups (data not shown).”
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“However, levels of apoJ (also called clusterin) were significantly lower in PrP-mAbca1 line E Tg brain lysates versus non-Tg control brain lysates (Figure 8, A and B).”
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“Quantitative stereological analyses of Aβ deposition demonstrated markedly and significantly lower Aβ load in the cortex of 12-monthold PDAPP/Abca1 Tg mice as compared with PDAPP/Abca1 non-Tg littermate control mice (Figure 4A).”
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“No differences were found in the levels of low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR), LDLR-related protein 1 (LRP1), and apoA-I when comparing ABCA1 line E Tg mice to non-Tg littermates (Figure 8, A and B).”
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“Mice lacking ABCA1 have dramatically lower apoE in the plasma, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and brain (18)(19)(20)”
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“Intriguingly, the functional effect of increasing apoE lipidation is strikingly similar to that of deleting apoE, with respect to Aβ fibrillization, deposition, or clearance.”
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“This demon-strates that Aβ deposits in the PDAPP/Abca1 Tg mice are almost all diffuse, with very little true amyloid.”
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“The findings that selective ABCA1 deficiency promotes amyloidogenesis whereas selective ABCA1 overexpression lowers amyloid load demonstrates that ABCA1 is a key regulator of Aβ aggregation and deposition.”
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“Thus, the PDAPP/Abca1 Tg mice have a phenotype similar to that seen in PDAPP/Apoe -/-mice.”
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“The fact that PDAPP Tg mice crossed with PrP-mAbca1 Tg mice have a phenotype virtually identical to that seen in PDAPP/Apoe -/-mice strongly argues that the effect of ABCA1 on Aβ related pathology is via altering the properties of apoE.”
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“These findings demonstrate that the paucity of fibrillar Aβ in the brains of PDAPP/Abca1 Tg mice is associated with decreased microglial activation.”
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“While alterations of genes and proteins such as secretases, Aβ-degrading enzymes, and chaperones have been shown to modify Aβ deposition, this triad of findings described above has only been described in APP Tg mice that lack apoE (32)(33)(34)37).”
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“Thus, changes in Aβ production are not likely to account for the changes we observed in Aβ levels in PDAPP/Abca1 Tg mice.”
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“The relative insolubility of brain-associated apoE from PrP-mAbca1 mice in carbonate buffer suggests a difference in apoE metabolism induced by ABCA1 overexpression.”
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“This demonstrates that ABCA1 overexpression resulted in increased lipidation of nascent apoE particles.”
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“However, since the effect of ABCA1 overexpression on Aβ accumulation and deposition was still marked even in PrP-mAbca1 line D, which did not have lower apoE levels in the brain, it does not appear that lowered apoE levels are responsible for the effects on Aβ that we observed.”
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“Notably, because 2-fold overexpression of ABCA1 was sufficient to reduce Aβ levels in PDAPP/Abca1 line D mice (Figure 5, A and C) without significant alterations in either apoE or apoJ levels, the beneficial effects of excess ABCA1 function in Aβ reduction appear to be largely independent of the absolute levels of apoE and apoJ.”
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“This is probably due to overexpression of ABCA1 in the testes, which occurs throughout the entire lifetime of the PrP-mAbca1 Tg mice.”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Discussion
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“LXR agonists have been shown in both in vitro and in vivo experiments to affect Aβ levels (20,(53)(54)(55)(56)(57).”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Discussion
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“In the PDAPP/Abca1 Tg mice, the preferential deposition of Aβ in the hilus of the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus, along with the lack of thioflavine S-positive Aβ deposits, is virtually identical to the pattern of Aβ deposition in PDAPP/Apoe -/-mice.”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Amyloid deposition in the brains of PDAPP/Abca1 Tg mice.
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“Our data suggest that treatments that increase the expression of ABCA1 would likely decrease Aβ deposition, especially fibrillar Aβ.”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Discussion
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“The PDAPP mice with wild-type ABCA1 levels (PDAPP/Abca1 non-Tg mice) had frequent punctate Aβ deposits in the cortex and hippocampus (Figure 3A, top left panel), including the molecular layer of the hippocampus, but almost no Aβ deposits in the hilus of the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus (Figure 3A, middle left panel).”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Amyloid deposition in the brains of PDAPP/Abca1 Tg mice.
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“In contrast, the PDAPP mice with ABCA1 overexpression (PDAPP/Abca1 Tg mice) had rare Aβ deposition in the cortex (Figure 3A, top middle panel), occasional Aβ deposition in the molecular layer, and frequent Aβ deposition in the hilus of the dentate gyrus (Figure 3A, middle panel).”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Amyloid deposition in the brains of PDAPP/Abca1 Tg mice.
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“Since decreases or increases in ABCA1 expression alter the absolute level of apoE without affecting Apoe transcription, understanding how ABCA1 alters apoE metabolism in the brain will be important.”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Discussion
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“However, almost no thioflavine S-positive amyloid plaques were seen in the PDAPP/Abca1 Tg mice (Figure 3A, bottom middle panel) or in PDAPP/Apoe -/-mice (Figure 3A, bottom right panel), even in sections with extensive Aβ deposits.”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Amyloid deposition in the brains of PDAPP/Abca1 Tg mice.
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“In the cortex, apoE was decreased by only approximately 20% in Tg mice from PrP-mAbca1 lines L, J, and G and was not decreased significantly in lines D or E (Figure 6B).”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > ApoE levels and solubility in PrP-mAbca1 Tg mice.
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“The Aβ load in the entire hippocampus did not vary significantly according to the presence of the mABCA1 transgene, but the distribution of Aβ within the hippocampus was altered by the transgene.”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Amyloid deposition in the brains of PDAPP/Abca1 Tg mice.
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“PDAPP/Abca1 Tg mice had more Aβ deposition in the hilus of the dentate gyrus and less in the molecular layer (Figure 4A).”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Amyloid deposition in the brains of PDAPP/Abca1 Tg mice.
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“We found that PDAPP/Abca1 Tg mice had (a) decreased deposition of Aβ; (b) a near absence of thioflavine S-positive amyloid plaques; and (c) a redistribution of Aβ deposits in the hippocampus from the molecular layer to the hilus of the dentate gyrus.”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Discussion
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“APP Tg mice that are crossed to mice lacking Apoe develop significantly less Aβ deposition, and strikingly, the Aβ plaques that do form are almost all nonfibrillar and are not associated with neuritic dystrophy (20,23,24).”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Introduction
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“3 laboratories independently found that deletion of Abca1 either has no effect on or even increases Aβ deposition in 4 different mouse models of AD (20,23,24).”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Introduction
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“demonstrating that lipid-poor apoE binds to fibrillar Aβ in vivo and likely promotes amyloidogenesis.”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Introduction
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“To control for genetic background effects, non-Tg littermate mice were always used as controls in experiments with the PrP-mAbca1 Tg mice from the appropriate line.”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Animals and tissue collection.
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“The size of the decrease did not vary between lines that overexpressed ABCA1 6-fold to 14-fold, indicating that the effect is saturable.”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > ApoE levels and solubility in PrP-mAbca1 Tg mice.
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“Activation of the transcription factor LXR has been shown to increase transcription of ABCA1 and many other genes involved in lipid metabolism and other pathways (50)(51)(52).”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Discussion
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“This phenotype strongly argues that overexpression of ABCA1 in the brain decreases the amyloidogenic properties of apoE and, further, that increased apoE lipidation results in a phenotype very similar to apoE deficiency with respect to Aβ metabolism.”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Discussion
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- Rests on an assumption: The PDAPP mouse model of AD recapitulates key features of human AD such that findings in this model are relevant to AD.
- Rests on an assumption: Aβ deposition and fibrillogenesis in mouse models are appropriate measures of AD pathology.
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“Because this difference in apoJ levels was not observed in ABCA1 line D mice (data not shown), a 2-fold overexpression of ABCA1 in the brain is insufficient to significantly alter either apoJ or apoE levels (Figure 6A).”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Effects of brain overexpression of ABCA1 on other proteins.
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“In addition, lipidated apoE binds with a much higher affinity than poorly lipidated apoE to soluble Aβ (60).”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Discussion
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“Previous in vitro work has shown that lipidated apoE forms an SDS-stable complex with Aβ to a greater extent than nonlipidated apoE (58,59).”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Discussion
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“These higher levels do not represent deposited Aβ, as the mice did not have histological evidence of Aβ deposition at this age.”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Amyloid deposition in the brains of PDAPP/Abca1 Tg mice.
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“There were no differences between PDAPP/Abca1 line E Tg and PDAPP/non-Tg mice (Figure 5E), suggesting that Aβ production was not likely to account for the differences in Aβ levels at 3 months.”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Amyloid deposition in the brains of PDAPP/Abca1 Tg mice.
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The PDAPP mouse model of AD recapitulates key features of human AD such that findings in this model are relevant to AD.
“PDAPP AD mouse model, a transgenic line overexpressing a mutant human amyloid precursor protein.”
“increasing ABCA1 function may have a therapeutic effect on AD.”
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Aβ deposition and fibrillogenesis in mouse models are appropriate measures of AD pathology.
“These data support the conclusions that increased ABCA1-mediated lipidation of apoE in the CNS can reduce amyloid burden and that increasing ABCA1 function may have a therapeutic effect on AD.”
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The effects of ABCA1 overexpression on Aβ deposition are not due to altered expression of other proteins outside those tested.
“No differences were found in the levels of low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR), LDLR-related protein 1 (LRP1), and apoA-I when comparing ABCA1 line E Tg mice to non-Tg littermates (Figure 8, A and B).”
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“Conversely, increasing Abca1 expression, and subsequently apoE lipidation, reduces Aβ peptides and plaque deposition. 13”
From Deletion of miR-33, a regulator of the ABCA1–APOE pathway, ameliorates neuropathological phenotypes in APP/PS1 mice (2024) · cites this paper as [13]
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“ABCA1 overexpression or LXR/RXR agonist treatment decreased amyloid deposition [66-69].”
From MicroRNAs in brain cholesterol metabolism and their implications for Alzheimer's disease (2016) · cites this paper as [69]
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“Both the overexpression and deletion of ABCA1 in the mouse brain resulted in a decrease in apoE protein level [28-30].”
From Measurement of apolipoprotein E and amyloid β clearance rates in the mouse brain using bolus stable isotope labeling (2012) · cites this paper as [30]
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“However, the apoE containing lipoprotein particles isolated from the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) of ABCA1−/− mice were poorly lipidated, while those from the CSF of mice overexpressing ABCA1 had higher levels of lipidation compared to Wt animals [28,30].”
From Measurement of apolipoprotein E and amyloid β clearance rates in the mouse brain using bolus stable isotope labeling (2012) · cites this paper as [30]
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“In addition, several studies have demonstrated that increasing apoE lipidation, either through genetic or pharmacological approaches, promotes Aβ clearance and improves cognitive performance in mice (27, 44, 45).”
From APOE3 -Jacksonville (V236E) variant reduces self-aggregation and risk of dementia (2021) · cites this paper as [44]
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“because the extent of apoE lipidation may also play a role in modulating Aβ accumulation (41)”
From Human ApoE isoforms differentially regulate brain amyloid-β peptide clearance (2011) · cites this paper as [41]
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“This finding is consistent with a previous report that demonstrated no change in apoE protein levels when ABCA1 was overexpressed 2‐ or 6‐fold over the endogenous level in the cortex. 13”
From Deletion of miR-33, a regulator of the ABCA1–APOE pathway, ameliorates neuropathological phenotypes in APP/PS1 mice (2024) · cites this paper as [13]
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“ABCA1 gene ablation in mice decreased APOE lipidation and levels and increased Aβ accumulation in APP transgenic mouse models.”
From MicroRNAs in brain cholesterol metabolism and their implications for Alzheimer's disease (2016) · cites this paper as [69]
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“whereas ABCA1 overexpression ameliorated Aβ accumulation (Donkin et al., 2010; Wahrle et al., 2008).”
From miR-106b impairs cholesterol efflux and increases Aβ levels by repressing ABCA1 expression (2012) · cites this paper as Wahrle et al., 2008
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“In the brain, the level of ABCA1 has been shown to modulate the extent of apoE lipidation and apoE levels.”
From Measurement of apolipoprotein E and amyloid β clearance rates in the mouse brain using bolus stable isotope labeling (2012) · cites this paper as [30]
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“Brain levels of the cholesterol transporter ATP binding cassette A1 (ABCA1) also alter the amount of apoE and the extent of apoE lipidation in mice.”
From Measurement of apolipoprotein E and amyloid β clearance rates in the mouse brain using bolus stable isotope labeling (2012) · cites this paper as [30]
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“In transgenic mice that overexpress the human amyloid precursor protein (APP), increasing ABCA1 levels caused a significant decrease in amyloid deposition in the brain [30].”
From Measurement of apolipoprotein E and amyloid β clearance rates in the mouse brain using bolus stable isotope labeling (2012) · cites this paper as [30]
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“ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) overexpression in APP transgenic mice also showed a similar phenotype (Wahrle et al., 2008).”
From Apolipoprotein E in Synaptic Plasticity and Alzheimer’s Disease: Potential Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms (2014) · cites this paper as Wahrle et al., 2008
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“When these mice, which had greater apoE lipidation, were crossed with PDAPP mice, there was a dramatic decrease in the amount of Aβ deposition and thioflavine-S positive plaques in the ABCA1 transgenic mice (Wahrle et al., 2008).”
From The role of apolipoprotein E in Alzheimer's disease (2009) · cites this paper as Wahrle et al., 2008
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“Over a decade of evidence demonstrates that the cell-surface lipid transporter ATP binding cassette subfamily A member 1 (ABCA1) modulates AD pathogenesis, with ABCA1 antagonism increasing, and agonism decreasing, pathology [48–51].”
From Inhibition of ACAT as a Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer's Disease Is Independent of ApoE4 Lipidation (2023) · cites this paper as [49]
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“Furthermore, overexpressing ABCA1 increases the percentage of lipidated ApoE fractions and reduces A accumulation (Wahrle et al., 2008).”
From ApoE4 Alters ABCA1 Membrane Trafficking in Astrocytes (2019) · cites this paper as Wahrle et al., 2008
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“In contrast, overexpression of ABCA1 led to a decrease in Aβ plaques (Fig. 2B) [43].”
From ApoE lipoproteins in the central nervous system under homeostasis and role in Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders (2026) · cites this paper as [43]
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“This transporter is of prime interest in AD because its impact on brain cholesterol metabolism modulates the brain's amyloid burden.”
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“In a mouse model, improved ApoE lipidation by the overexpression of ATP-binding cassette transporter family member A1 (ABCA1) decreased plaque deposition (Wahrle et al., 2005; Wahrle et al., 2008; Wahrle et al., 2004).”
From NHE6 depletion corrects ApoE4-mediated synaptic impairments and reduces amyloid plaque load (2021) · cites this paper as Wahrle et al., 2008
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“Previous research has shown that the overexpression of ABCA1 ameliorated Aβ pathology in a mouse model of Aβ amyloidosis and that treatment with an LXR agonist was protective in a mouse model of tau-mediated neurodegeneration (65, 66).”
From Lipidome and proteome of astrocyte and microglia ApoE lipoprotein reveal differences based on cell type and ApoE isoform (2026) · cites this paper as [66]
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“Whereas overexpression of ABCA1 decreases the amyloid accumulation [14]”
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“whereas overexpression of the gene decreases amyloid deposition and improves the animals' behavior [14].”
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“| +, n = 11 | 0.23 ± 0.09 | 0.35 ± 0.08 | 0.05 ± 0.07 | 0.86 ± 0.13 | 0.73 ± 0.12 | 1.21 ± 0.11 |”
§ Overexpression of ABCA1 reduces amyloid deposition in the PDAPP mouse model of Alzheimer disease > Statistics.
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- Authors
- Wahrle, S. E., Jiang, H., Parsadanian, M., Kim, J., Li, A., Knoten, A., Jain, S., Hirsch-Reinshagen, V., Wellington, C. L., Bales, K. R., Paul, S. M., & Holtzman, D. M.
- Affiliations
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Eli Lilly (United States) (US)
- Corresponding author
- Holtzman, David M.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Investigation
- Published
- 2008-01-17
- Volume
- 118
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 671-82
- ISSN
- 0021-9738 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2200302
- OpenAlex
- W2165895874
- Semantic Scholar
- d3897f2ef12c640d78228188112f4cc8ebffe747
- Cited by
- 370
- References
- 65
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 24 · 2014: 33 · 2013: 25 · 2012: 30
- FWCI
- 15.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical Investigation (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Digital Commons@Becker (Washington University School of Medicine) (submittedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (submittedVersion)
- PubMed Central (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- American Health Assistance Foundation
- Eli Lilly and Company
- National Institutes of Health (AG13956)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- National Institute on Aging (R01 AG013956, R37AG013956, AG13956)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30DK079333)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD047396, K08 HD047396)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › 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
- ABCA1, Alzheimer's disease, amyloid-beta deposition, amyloid plaques, apolipoprotein E, amyloid precursor protein overexpression, transgenic mice, dentate gyrus, cerebrospinal fluid, astrocytes, APOE genotype, therapeutic target
- MeSH terms
- Alzheimer Disease, Animals, Apolipoproteins E, Astrocytes, Brain, Brain Chemistry, Disease Models, Animal, Lipoproteins, Male, Mice, Transgenic, Amyloid beta-Peptides, ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters, Mice, ATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1
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