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Amyloid pathology in spinal cord of the transgenic alzheimer's disease mice is correlated to the corticospinal tract pathway
Yuan, Qiuju1; Su, Huanxing6; Zhang, Yalun3; Chau, Wing Hin3; Ng, Cheung Toa3; Song, You-Qiang3,6; Huang, Jian-Dong3,5; Wu, Wutian2,4,5,7; Lin, Zhi-Xiu1
2013
Source PublicationJournal of Alzheimer's Disease
ISSN1387-2877
Volume35Issue:4Pages:675-685
Abstract

The transgenic TgCRND8 mouse is widely used as an animal model of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and exhibits an early onset of senile plaque pathogenesis in the brain. Here we report that TgCRND8 mice also have amyloid-β (Aβ) neuropathology in spinal cord. TgCRND8 mice began to show obvious Aβ deposition in both gray matter of dorsal horn and white matter in the central part of dorsal column of the spinal cord at 10 months of age onward. Further experiments showed that the distribution of Aβ deposition in the spinal cord corresponds to the corticospinal tract pathway and its projection regions in TgCRND8 mice. We hypothesized that neurons in the sensorimotor cortex is the source of the Aβ peptide deposited in the spinal cord of these mice. To test the hypothesis, we ablated the sensorimotor cortex to interrupt connections between the sensorimotor cortex and spinal cord. We found that Aβ burden was significantly reduced in the denervated side compared to the contralateral side. Our results suggest that the sensorimotor cortex might be the primary source of Aβ in spinal cord of TgCRND8 mice. This is consistent with the observation that the sensorimotor cortex is one region particularly vulnerable during the progression of AD. The characteristics of Aβ distribution in TgCRND8 mice suggest that there are other ways related to the formation of Aβ plaques in addition to the terminal and synaptic release of Aβ.

KeywordAmyloid-β Formation Axonal Transport Spinal Cord Tgcrnd8 Mice
DOI10.3233/JAD-122323
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Indexed BySCIE
WOS Research AreaNeurosciences & Neurology
WOS SubjectNeurosciences
WOS IDWOS:000319345300003
PublisherIOS PRESS NIEUWE HEMWEG 6B, 1013 BG AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Scopus ID2-s2.0-84878827600
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CollectionUniversity of Macau
Corresponding AuthorWu, Wutian; Lin, Zhi-Xiu
Affiliation1.Faculty of Science, School of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T, Hong Kong SAR, China
2.Department of Anatomy, Development and Growth, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
3.Department of Biochemistry, Development and Growth, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
4.State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Development and Growth, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
5.Research Center of Reproduction, Development and Growth, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
6.State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China
7.GHM Institute of CNS Regeneration, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Yuan, Qiuju,Su, Huanxing,Zhang, Yalun,et al. Amyloid pathology in spinal cord of the transgenic alzheimer's disease mice is correlated to the corticospinal tract pathway[J]. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2013, 35(4), 675-685.
APA Yuan, Qiuju., Su, Huanxing., Zhang, Yalun., Chau, Wing Hin., Ng, Cheung Toa., Song, You-Qiang., Huang, Jian-Dong., Wu, Wutian., & Lin, Zhi-Xiu (2013). Amyloid pathology in spinal cord of the transgenic alzheimer's disease mice is correlated to the corticospinal tract pathway. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 35(4), 675-685.
MLA Yuan, Qiuju,et al."Amyloid pathology in spinal cord of the transgenic alzheimer's disease mice is correlated to the corticospinal tract pathway".Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 35.4(2013):675-685.
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