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Early intervention in the 3xTg-AD mice with an amyloid β-antibody fragment ameliorates first hallmarks of Alzheimer disease.

Lydia Giménez-Llort, Geovanny Rivera-Hernández, Marta Marin-Argany, José L Sánchez-Quesada, Sandra Villegas

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Article in mAbs. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lydia Giménez-LlortInstitut de Neurociències; Unitat de Biociències; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Barcelona, Spain; Departament de Psiquiatria i Medicina Legal; Unitat de Biociències; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Barcelona, Spain.
Geovanny Rivera-Hernández
Marta Marin-Argany
José L Sánchez-Quesada
Sandra Villegas
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ESHospital de Sant Pau · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The single-chain variable fragment, scFv-h3D6, has been shown to prevent in vitro toxicity induced by the amyloid β (Aβ) peptide in neuroblastoma cell cultures by withdrawing Aβ oligomers from the amyloid pathway. Present study examined the in vivo effects of scFv-h3D6 in the triple-transgenic 3xTg-AD mouse model of Alzheimer disease. Prior to the treatment, five-month-old female animals, corresponding to early stages of the disease, showed the first behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia -like behaviors. Cognitive deficits included long- and short-term learning and memory deficits and high swimming navigation speed. After a single intraperitoneal dose of scFv-h3D6, the swimming speed was reversed to normal levels and the learning and memory deficits were ameliorated. Brain tissues of these animals revealed a global decrease of Aβ oligomers in the cortex and olfactory bulb after treatment, but this was not seen in the hippocampus and cerebellum. In the untreated 3xTg-AD animals, we observed an increase of both apoJ and apoE concentrations in the cortex, as well as an increase of apoE in the hippocampus. Treatment significantly recovered the non-pathological levels of these apolipoproteins. Our results suggest that the benefit of scFv-h3D6 occurs at both behavioral and molecular levels.

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Disease Models, AnimalAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsApolipoproteins ECerebral CortexClusterinFemaleHumansImmunoblottingLearningMemoryMiceMice, 129 StrainMice, Inbred C57BLAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorApolipoproteins EClusterinPresenilin-1Single-Chain Antibodiestau ProteinsAlzheimer diseaseamyloid β oligomersapoEapoJbehaviorclusterinimmunotherapyscFv

Identifiers

PMID23884018
PMCPMC3851220
OpenAlexW2023412927

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