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8558237

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
Recent reports suggest a relationship between traumatic brain injury and the precocious development of neurodegenerative cascades, including diffuse deposits of beta-amyloid peptides (A beta) in the injured brain. Because the lateral fluid-percussion (FP) model of experimental brain injury produces clinically relevant neuropathological sequelae in the rat brain, we used this model together with a series of antibodies specific for amyloid precursor proteins (APPs), APP-like proteins (APLPs), or A beta to identify acute neurodegenerative changes after brain trauma. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were anesthetized and subjected to lateral FP brain injury of moderate to high severity. At 1 hr, 2 hr, 48 hr, 1 week, or 2 weeks after injury, animals were killed and their brains were removed for immunohistochemical analysis. APP/APLP immunoreactivity increased in specific brain regions as early as 1 hr after injury and persisted for at least 2 weeks. Axons in the thalamus and subcortical white matter showed the greatest APP/APLP accumulation. Injured cortex, striatum, cingulum, and hippocampus also demonstrated significant axonal accumulations of APP/APLP. Accumulation of APP/APLPs occurred primarily ipsilateral to the injury, although bilateral changes were observed in some brain regions. No deposition of A beta was observed in any brain region at any time point examined. These results demonstrate a pattern of widespread axonal pathology after lateral FP brain injury in the rat, characterized by intra-axonal accumulations of APP/APLP immunoreactivity in the absence of plaque-like deposits of A beta in the traumatized brain.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0270-6474
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1083-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunohistochemical characterization of alterations in the distribution of amyloid precursor proteins and beta-amyloid peptide after experimental brain injury in the rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.