Immunocytochemical Characterization of Alzheimer’s Disease Hallmarks in APP/PS1 Transgenic Mice Treated with a New Anti-Amyloid-β Vaccine

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Ivan Carrera
Ignacio Etcheverria
Yi Li
Lucia Fernandez-Novoa
Valter Lombardi
Carmen Vigo
Hector H. Palacios
Valery V. Benberin
Ramon Cacabelos
Gjumrakch Aliev

Аннотация

Introduction: APP/PS1 double-transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which overexpress mutated forms of the gene for the human amyloid precursor protein (APP) and presenilin 1 (PS1), have provided robust neuropathological hallmarks of an AD-like pattern at early ages. This study aimed to characterize immunocytochemical patterns of the AD mouse brain, which is treated with the EB101 vaccine, as a model for human AD.

Material and methods: In this novel vaccine, a new approach has been taken to circumvent past failures with A? vaccines by judiciously selecting an adjuvant consisting of a physiological matrix embedded in liposomes, composed of naturally occurring phospholipids (phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, and cholesterol).

Results: Our findings showed that the administration of amyloid-?1?42 (A?) and sphingosine-1-phosphate emulsified in liposome complex (EB101) to APP/PS1 mice before the onset of A? brain deposition (at 7 weeks of age) and/or at an older age (35 weeks of age) can be effective in both halting the progression and clearing the AD-like neuropathological hallmarks. In addition, passive immunization with EB101 did not activate inflammatory responses from the immune system and astrocytes. Consistent with a decreased inflammatory background, the basal immunological interaction between the T cells and the affected areas (hippocampus) in the brain of treated mice was notably reduced.

Conclusion: These results provide strong evidence that immunization with the EB101 vaccine prevents and attenuates AD neuropathology in this type of double-transgenic mice.

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Carrera, I., Etcheverria, I., Li, Y., Fernandez-Novoa, L., Lombardi, V., Vigo, C., Palacios, H. H., Benberin, V. V., Cacabelos, R., & Aliev, G. (2014). Immunocytochemical Characterization of Alzheimer’s Disease Hallmarks in APP/PS1 Transgenic Mice Treated with a New Anti-Amyloid-β Vaccine. Central Asian Journal of Global Health, 2. https://doi.org/10.5195/cajgh.2013.119
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