1. X11α haploinsufficiency enhances Aβ amyloid deposition in Alzheimer's disease transgenic mice
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Inderjeet Saluja, Henry Paulson, Ashwin Gupta, and R. Scott Turner
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Amyloid precursor protein ,Aβ ,Amyloid ,X11α ,Mint-1 ,APBA-1 ,Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ,RC321-571 - Abstract
The neuronal adaptor protein X11α/mint-1/APBA-1 binds to the cytoplasmic domain of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) to modulate its trafficking and metabolism. We investigated the consequences of reducing X11α in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We crossed hAPPswe/PS-1ΔE9 transgenic (AD tg) mice with X11α heterozygous knockout mice in which X11α expression is reduced by approximately 50%. The APP C-terminal fragments C99 and C83, as well as soluble Aβ40 and Aβ42, were increased significantly in brain of X11α haploinsufficient mice. Aβ/amyloid plaque burden also increased significantly in the hippocampus and cortex of one year old AD tg/X11α (+/−) mice compared to AD tg mice. In contrast, the levels of sAPPα and sAPPβ were not altered significantly in AD tg/X11α (+/−) mice. The increased neuropathological indices of AD in mice expressing reduced X11α suggest a normal suppressor role for X11α on CNS Aβ/amyloid deposition.
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- 2009
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