Ectopic Cell Cycle Events Link Human Alzheimer's Disease and Amyloid Precursor Protein Transgenic Mouse Models.
From: Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA. yxy33@case.edu
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
- Publish Date: Jan 2006
- ISSN: 1529-2401
- Volume: 26
- Issue: 3
- Pages: 775-84
- Medium: Internet
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Yang Yan, Varvel Nicholas H, Lamb Bruce T, et al. Ectopic Cell Cycle Events Link Human Alzheimer's Disease and Amyloid Precursor Protein Transgenic Mouse Models.. J. Neurosci. Jan 2006;26:775-84
Abstract
Nerve cells that re-enter a cell cycle will die rather than divide, a fact that likely underlies the neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Several mouse models of familial AD have been created, and although many display amyloid plaques in their brains, none captures the extensive pattern of nerve cell death found in the human disease. Using both immunocytochemistry and fluorescent in situ hybridization, we show that neurons in three different mouse models reproduce the ectopic cell cycling found in human AD. The temporal and spatial appearance of the cell cycle events in the mouse closely mimics the human disease progression. The cell-cycle events are evident 6 months before the first amyloid deposits and significantly precede the appearance of the first CD45+ microglia. These data suggest that the ectopic initiation of cell-cycle processes in neurons is an early sign of neuronal distress in both human and mouse AD. The close phenotypic correspondence indicates a previously unsuspected level of fidelity of the mouse model to the human disease. Finally, the relative timing suggests that neither the activated microglia nor the amyloid plaques themselves are necessary to initiate the pathogenic events in AD.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Alzheimer Disease, Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor, Animals, Cell Cycle, Cell Cycle Proteins, Disease Models, Animal, Humans, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Inbred DBA, Mice, Transgenic
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