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ArticleCell stress & chaperones2013

Overexpression of Hsp27 ameliorates symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in APP/PS1 mice.

Melinda Erzsébet Tóth, Viktor Szegedi, Edina Varga, Gábor Juhász, János Horváth, Emőke Borbély, Balázs Csibrány, Róbert Alföldi, Nikolett Lénárt, Botond Penke and 1 more

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Article in Cell stress & chaperones, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Melinda Erzsébet TóthInstitute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Temesvari Ave. 62, 6726, Szeged, Hungary, toth.e.melinda@gmail.com.
Viktor Szegedi
Edina Varga
Gábor Juhász
János Horváth
Emőke Borbély
Balázs Csibrány
Róbert Alföldi
Nikolett Lénárt
Botond Penke
Miklós Sántha
University of Szeged · HUHUN-REN Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpont · HUHungarian Academy of Sciences · HUInstitute of Biochemistry · HU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hsp27 belongs to the small heat shock protein family, which are ATP-independent chaperones. The most important function of Hsp27 is based on its ability to bind non-native proteins and inhibit the aggregation of incorrectly folded proteins maintaining them in a refolding-competent state. Additionally, it has anti-apoptotic and antioxidant activities. To study the effect of Hsp27 on memory and synaptic functions, amyloid-β (Aβ) accumulation, and neurodegeneration, we generated transgenic mice overexpressing human Hsp27 protein and crossed with APPswe/PS1dE9 mouse strain, a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Using different behavioral tests, we found that spatial learning was impaired in AD model mice and was rescued by Hsp27 overexpression. Electrophysiological recordings have revealed that excitability of neurons was significantly increased, and long-term potentiation (LTP) was impaired in AD model mice, whereas they were normalized in Hsp27 overexpressing AD model mice. Using anti-amyloid antibody, we counted significantly less amyloid plaques in the brain of APPswe/PS1dE9/Hsp27 animals compared to AD model mice. These results suggest that overexpression of Hsp27 protein might ameliorate certain symptoms of AD.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsApolipoprotein A-IBehavior, AnimalBrainDisease Models, AnimalHippocampusHSP27 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicPresenilin-1Amyloid beta-Protein PrecursorApolipoprotein A-IHSP27 Heat-Shock ProteinsPresenilin-1

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PMID23605646
PMCPMC3789881
OpenAlexW2021180495

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