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Stable Beta-Secretase Activity and Presynaptic Cholinergic Markers During Progressive Central Nervous System Amyloidogenesis in Tg2576 Mice

Stable Beta-Secretase Activity and Presynaptic Cholinergic Markers During Progressive Central Nervous System Amyloidogenesis in Tg2576 Mice

Jen-Tzer Gau, Michelle L Steinhilb, Tzu-Cheg Kao, Constance J D'Amato, James R Gaut, Kirk A Frey, R Scott Turner

Am J Pathol. 2002 Feb;160(2):731-8.

PMID: 11839594

Abstract:

We examined presynaptic cholinergic markers and beta-secretase activity during progressive central nervous system amyloidogenesis in Tg2576 Alzheimer mice (transgenic for human amyloid precursor protein Swedish mutation; hAPPswe). At 14, 18, and 23 months of age there were no significant differences between wild-type and transgenic mice in four distinct central nervous system cholinergic indices--choline acetyltransferase and acetylcholinesterase activities, and binding to vesicular acetylcholine transporter and Na(+)-dependent high-affinity choline uptake sites. A novel enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay measuring only the secreted human beta-secretase cleavage product (APPsbetaswe) of APPswe also revealed no change with aging in Tg2576 mouse brain. In contrast, transgenic but not wild-type mice exhibited an age-dependent increase in soluble Abeta40 and Abeta42 levels and progressive amyloid deposition in brain. Thus, aging Tg2576 mice exhibited presynaptic cholinergic integrity despite progressively increased soluble Abeta40 and Abeta42 levels and amyloid plaque density in brain. Older Tg2576 mice may best resemble preclinical or early stages of human Alzheimer's disease with preserved presynaptic cholinergic innervation. Homeostatic APPsbetaswe levels with aging suggest that progressive amyloid deposition in brain results not from increased beta-secretase cleavage of APP but from impaired Abeta/amyloid clearance mechanisms.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
IAR4248083	Amyloid Precursor Protein β, Secreted human			Price

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