期刊
NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING
卷 35, 期 6, 页码 1345-1351出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.11.020
关键词
Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid-beta; Aging; Head injury
资金
- Australian Postgraduate Award
- Jean Rogerson Postgraduate Scholarship
- Neurotrauma Research Program of Western Australia (NRP)
- The McCusker Foundation for Alzheimer's Disease Research Inc
- NHMRC
- CSIRO
- Edith Cowan University
- ARC
- NRP
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized histopathologically by the abnormal deposition of the proteins amyloid-beta (A beta) and tau. A major issue for AD research is the lack of an animal model that accurately replicates the human disease, thus making it difficult to investigate potential risk factors for AD such as head injury. Furthermore, as age remains the strongest risk factor for most of the AD cases, transgenic models in which mutant human genes are expressed throughout the life span of the animal provide only limited insight into age-related factors in disease development. Guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) are of interest in AD research because they have a similar A beta sequence to humans and thus may present a useful non-transgenic animal model of AD. Brains from guinea pigs aged 3-48 months were examined to determine the presence of age-associated AD-like pathology. In addition, fluid percussion-induced brain injury was performed to characterize mechanisms underlying the association between AD risk and head injury. No statistically significant changes were detected in the overall response to aging, although we did observe some region-specific changes. Diffuse deposits of A beta were found in the hippocampal region of the oldest animals and alterations in amyloid precursor protein processing and tau immunoreactivity were observed with age. Brain injury resulted in a strong and sustained increase in amyloid precursor protein and tau immunoreactivity without A beta deposition, over 7 days. Guinea pigs may therefore provide a useful model for investigating the influence of environmental and non-genetic risk factors on the pathogenesis of AD. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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