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Chronic PPARγ Stimulation Shifts Amyloidosis to Higher Fibrillarity but Improves Cognition

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Blume, Tanja, Deussing, Maximilian, Biechele, Gloria, Peters, Finn, Zott, Benedikt, Schmidt, Claudio, Franzmeier, Nicolai, Wind, Karin +20 more·2022·Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

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We undertook longitudinal β-amyloid positron emission tomography (Aβ-PET) imaging as a translational tool for monitoring of chronic treatment with the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) agonist pioglitazone in Aβ model mice. We thus tested the hypothesis this treatment would rescue from increases of the Aβ-PET signal while promoting spatial learning and preservation of synaptic density. Here, we investigated longitudinally for 5 months PS2APP mice ( N = 23; baseline age: 8 months) and App NL – G – F mice ( N = 37; baseline age: 5 months) using Aβ-PET. Groups of mice were treated with pioglitazone or vehicle during the follow-up interval. We tested spatial memory performance and confirmed terminal PET findings by immunohistochemical and biochemistry analyses. Surprisingly, Aβ-PET and immunohistochemistry revealed a shift toward higher fibrillary composition of Aβ-plaques during upon chronic pioglitazone treatment. Nonetheless, synaptic density and spatial learning were improved in transgenic mice with pioglitazone treatment, in association with the increased plaque fibrillarity. These translational data suggest that a shift toward higher plaque fibrillarity protects cognitive function and brain integrity. Increases in the Aβ-PET signal upon immunomodulatory treatments targeting Aβ aggregation can thus be protective.

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Blume, T., Deussing, M., Biechele, G., Peters, F., Zott, B., Schmidt, C., Franzmeier, N., Wind, K., Eckenweber, F., Sacher, C., Shi, Y., Ochs, K., Kleinberger, G., Xiang, X., Focke, C., Lindner, S., Gildehaus, F.-J., Beyer, L., von Ungern-Sternberg, B., Bartenstein, P., Baumann, K., Adelsberger, H., Rominger, A., Cumming, P., Willem, M., Dorostkar, M. M., Herms, J., & Brendel, M.
Affiliations
  • German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DE)
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
  • TUM Klinikum (DE)
  • Institut für Schlaganfall- und Demenzforschung (DE)
  • F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG (CH)
  • University Hospital of Bern (CH)
  • Queensland University of Technology (AU)
Corresponding author
Brendel, Matthias
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Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Published
2022-03-30
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14
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854031-854031
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1663-4365 (ISSN-L)
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Keywords
PPARγ agonists, pioglitazone, amyloid-beta, amyloid plaques, spatial learning, synaptic density, cognitive function, Alzheimer's disease, APP transgenic mice, immunomodulatory therapy

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