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9295226

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-10-23
pubmed:abstractText
To understand the retinal changes in Alzheimer disease (AD) patients, pathological and immunocytochemical studies were performed on retinal cells in the chloroquine-treated rats at 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, and 24 weeks after the initial injection, using anti-amyloid precursor protein (APP), -amyloid beta protein (A beta), -apolipoprotein E (apoE), -ubiquitin, and -cathepsin D antibodies. Pathological alterations consistent with chloroquine retinopathy were recognized in the ganglion cells of the ganglion cell layer (GCL) and the inner plexiform layer (IPL) 4 weeks after initial chloroquine injection. Rat retinal changes appear to have a direct relationship to the duration of chloroquine administration. Intense immunoreactivities for anti-APP, A beta, apoE (an associated protein), and ubiquitin co-localized in the swollen ganglion cells and Muller cells by 20-24 weeks together with the lysosomal enzyme cathepsin D. The present data indicate that the endosomal/lysosomal pathway plays an important role in the processing of APP in rat retina. This experimental model is considered to be a suitable neural model to understand retinal pathology and the processing of APP in terms of the pathogenesis of AD, whereas chloroquine-induced myopathy is a useful extra neuronal model.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
764
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
283-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Amyloid precursor protein, A beta and amyloid-associated proteins involved in chloroquine retinopathy in rats--immunopathological studies.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't