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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-6-13
pubmed:abstractText
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) increases susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease (AD), but it is not known if TBI affects the progression of AD. To address this question, we studied the neuropathological consequences of TBI in transgenic (TG) mice with a mutant human Abeta precursor protein (APP) mini-gene driven by a platelet-derived (PD) growth factor promoter resulting in overexpression of mutant APP (V717F), elevated brain Abeta levels, and AD-like amyloidosis. Since brain Abeta deposits first appear in 6-month-old TG (PDAPP) mice and accumulate with age, 2-year-old PDAPP and wild-type (WT) mice were subjected to controlled cortical impact (CCI) TBI or sham treatment. At 1, 9, and 16 weeks after TBI, neuron loss, gliosis, and atrophy were most prominent near the CCI site in PDAPP and WT mice. However, there also was a remarkable regression in the Abeta amyloid plaque burden in the hippocampus ipsilateral to TBI compared to the contralateral hippocampus of the PDAPP mice by 16 weeks postinjury. Thus, these data suggest that previously accumulated Abeta plaques resulting from progressive amyloidosis in the AD brain also may be reversible.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0014-4886
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
163
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
244-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10785464-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:10785464-Alzheimer Disease, pubmed-meshheading:10785464-Amyloid beta-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:10785464-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10785464-Brain Injuries, pubmed-meshheading:10785464-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:10785464-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:10785464-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10785464-Gliosis, pubmed-meshheading:10785464-Head Injuries, Closed, pubmed-meshheading:10785464-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:10785464-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10785464-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:10785464-In Situ Nick-End Labeling, pubmed-meshheading:10785464-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10785464-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:10785464-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10785464-Plaque, Amyloid, pubmed-meshheading:10785464-Remission Induction
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Brain trauma in aged transgenic mice induces regression of established abeta deposits.
pubmed:affiliation
The Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.