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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-17
pubmed:abstractText
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the aggregation and deposition of the normally soluble amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptide in the extracellular spaces of the brain as parenchymal plaques and in the walls of cerebral vessels as cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). CAA is a common cause of brain hemorrhage and is found in most patients with AD. As in AD, the epsilon4 allele of the apolipoprotein E (apoE) gene (APOE) is a risk factor for CAA. To determine the effect of human apoE on CAA in vivo, we bred human APOE3 and APOE4 "knock-in" mice to a transgenic mouse model (Tg2576) that develops amyloid plaques as well as CAA. The expression of both human apoE isoforms resulted in a delay in Abeta deposition of several months relative to murine apoE. Tg2576 mice expressing the more fibrillogenic murine apoE develop parenchymal amyloid plaques and CAA by 9 months of age. At 15 months of age, the expression of human apoE4 led to substantial CAA with very few parenchymal plaques, whereas the expression of human apoE3 resulted in almost no CAA or parenchymal plaques. Additionally, young apoE4-expressing mice had an elevated ratio of Abeta 40:42 in brain extracellular pools and a lower 40:42 ratio in CSF, suggesting that apoE4 results in altered clearance and transport of Abeta species within different brain compartments. These findings demonstrate that, once Abeta fibrillogenesis occurs, apoE4 favors the formation of CAA over parenchymal plaques and suggest that molecules or treatments that increase the ratio of Abeta 40:42 may favor the formation of CAA versus parenchymal plaques.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/1,4-bis(3-carboxy-4-hydroxyphenyleth..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Alkenes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Amyloid beta-Peptides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Apolipoprotein E3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Apolipoprotein E4, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Apolipoproteins E, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Benzoates, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Peptide Fragments, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/amyloid beta-protein (1-40), http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/amyloid beta-protein (1-42)
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2803-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15772340-Alkenes, pubmed-meshheading:15772340-Alzheimer Disease, pubmed-meshheading:15772340-Amyloid beta-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:15772340-Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor, pubmed-meshheading:15772340-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15772340-Apolipoprotein E3, pubmed-meshheading:15772340-Apolipoprotein E4, pubmed-meshheading:15772340-Apolipoproteins E, pubmed-meshheading:15772340-Benzoates, pubmed-meshheading:15772340-Blood Vessels, pubmed-meshheading:15772340-Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, pubmed-meshheading:15772340-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:15772340-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:15772340-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:15772340-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15772340-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15772340-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:15772340-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:15772340-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:15772340-Plaque, Amyloid
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Human apolipoprotein E4 alters the amyloid-beta 40:42 ratio and promotes the formation of cerebral amyloid angiopathy in an amyloid precursor protein transgenic model.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural