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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
25
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-17
pubmed:abstractText
Mutations in the tau gene, which is located on chromosome 17, were found causative for autosomal dominantly inherited frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17). To determine if cognitive deficits could be caused by tau mutations, two transgenic mouse lines were generated expressing a four-repeat isoform of human tau or its mutant, containing one of the FTDP-17 mutations (WILD mice and N279K mice). In open field test, N279K mice showed hyperactivity in locomotion and rearing. In prepulse inhibition test, N279K mice but not Wild mice showed significant deficits. Both transgenic mice, especially N279K mice, showed impairment in acquisition of spatial learning in Morris water maze. Although both N279K mice and Wild mice acquired passive avoidance as well as non-transgenic mice, N279K mice but not Wild mice showed severe deficits in acquisition of active avoidance. Histological analysis of the present mutant mice did not show any signs of neurofibrillary tangle formations in the brain, and cognitive dysfunction seemed to precede such neuropathological changes or occur independently from them. The behavioral phenotype of N279K mice mimics features of human FTDP-17 and provides a basic model for elucidating mechanisms underlying cognitive deficits in not only FTDP-17, but also diverse tauopathies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
579
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5704-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16219306-Alzheimer Disease, pubmed-meshheading:16219306-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16219306-Asparagine, pubmed-meshheading:16219306-Avoidance Learning, pubmed-meshheading:16219306-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17, pubmed-meshheading:16219306-Cognition Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:16219306-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:16219306-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:16219306-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16219306-Lysine, pubmed-meshheading:16219306-Maze Learning, pubmed-meshheading:16219306-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16219306-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:16219306-Mutation, Missense, pubmed-meshheading:16219306-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16219306-Neurofibrillary Tangles, pubmed-meshheading:16219306-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:16219306-tau Proteins
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Transgenic mice expressing mutant (N279K) human tau show mutation dependent cognitive deficits without neurofibrillary tangle formation.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Biosignal Research Center, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Japan. tanigu@kobe-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't