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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-24
pubmed:abstractText
To explore the correlation between cerebral functional alterations revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and Alzheimer disease- (AD)-like tau hyperphosphorylation, we injected bilaterally 2 microl each of 20 mM isoproterenol (IP), a PKA activator, or of saline as a vehicle control into the hippocampus of rats. FMRI was employed to measure the intensity of BOLD signal, one of the cerebral functional markers reflecting the changes of cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO2) and cerebral blood flow (CBF), in hippocampus and cortex 24 h after the operation. Immunohistochemical staining of hippocampus and cortex was carried out using phosphorylation-dependent tau antibodies. The results showed (1) that BOLD intensity in hippocampus and cortex of IP-injected rats was obviously lower than that of sham-operated group, indicating a decrease in CMRO2 and CBF of the particular brain regions in IP-treated rats; (2) that tau was hyperphosphorylated at Ser-262/Ser-356 (12e8), Ser-396/Ser-404 (PHF-1) sites in CA1 CA2 CA3 CA4 and dentate gyrus regions of hippocampal formation and cortex area in IP group, but not in sham rats; (3) that a negative correlation between tau hyperphosphorylation and BOLD intensity in hippocampus and cortex area of IP rats was observed. The data suggested that hippocampal and cortical tau hyperphosphorylation was intimately related to BOLD intensity of the same areas. To our knowledge, this is the first report exploring the relationship between fMRI BOLD signal and AD-like tau hyperphosphorylation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1567-2050
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
143-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15975079-Alzheimer Disease, pubmed-meshheading:15975079-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15975079-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:15975079-Cerebrovascular Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:15975079-Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:15975079-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:15975079-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:15975079-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:15975079-Injections, pubmed-meshheading:15975079-Isoproterenol, pubmed-meshheading:15975079-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:15975079-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15975079-Oxygen, pubmed-meshheading:15975079-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:15975079-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:15975079-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:15975079-Staining and Labeling, pubmed-meshheading:15975079-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:15975079-tau Proteins
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Correlation of Alzheimer-like tau hyperphosphorylation and fMRI bold intensity.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathophysiology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, WuHan, 430030, PR China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't