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ArticleNeuroscience2014

The role of choroid plexus in IVIG-induced beta-amyloid clearance.

Huiying Gu, Zhaohui Zhong, Wendy Jiang, Eileen Du, Richard Dodel, Martin R Farlow, Wei Zheng, Yansheng Du

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Article in Neuroscience, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Huiying Gu *Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202.
Zhaohui Zhong *Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202.
Wendy JiangSchool of Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907.
Eileen DuDepartment of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202.
Richard DodelDepartment of Neurology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germary.
Martin R FarlowDepartment of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202.
Wei ZhengSchool of Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907.
Yansheng DuDepartment of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202.
Indiana University School of MedicinePurdue University West Lafayette · USPeking University · CNPhilipps University of Marburg · DE

Funding

Choroid Plexus a Target in Metal-Induced NeurotoxicityR01ES008146 · NIEHS · PURDUE UNIVERSITY WEST LAFAYETTE · PI ZHENG, WEI · 1998 to 2014
$5.0M
Beta-Amyloid Clearance by Mammalian Choroid Plexus: Effect of Lead ExposureR21ES017055 · NIEHS · PURDUE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHENG, WEI · 2009 to 2010
$457k
NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES008146NIEHS NIH HHS R21 ES017055
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have shown that intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) contains anti-Aβ autoantibodies and IVIG could induce beta amyloid (Aβ) efflux from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to blood in both Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer disease (AD) patients. However, the molecular mechanism underlying IVIG-induced Aβ efflux remains unclear. In this study, we used amyloid precursor protein (AβPP) transgenic mice to investigate if the IVIG could induce efflux of Aβ from the brain and whether low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein-1 (LRP1), a hypothetic Aβ transporter in blood-CSF barrier (BCB); could mediate this clearance process. We currently provide strong evidence to demonstrate that IVIG could reduce brain Aβ levels by pulling Aβ into the blood system in AβPP transgenic mice. In the mechanistic study, IVIG could induce Aβ efflux through the in vitro BCB membrane formed by cultured BCB epithelial cells. Both receptor-associated protein (RAP; a functional inhibitor of LRP1), and LRP1 siRNA were able to significantly inhibit the Aβ efflux. Should Aβ prove to be the underlying cause of AD, our results strongly suggest that IVIG could be beneficial in the therapy for AD by inducing efflux of Aβ from the brain through the LRP1 in the BCB.

Indexed as

Amyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsBlotting, WesternCell Culture TechniquesCell LineCerebral CortexChoroid PlexusEpithelial CellsGene Knockdown TechniquesHippocampusHumansImmunoglobulins, IntravenousImmunologic FactorsLow Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1Mice, Inbred C57BLAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAPP protein, humanImmunoglobulins, IntravenousImmunologic FactorsLow Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1Lrp1 protein, mouseReceptors, LDLRNA, Small InterferingTumor Suppressor ProteinsAβ clearancechoroid plexusIVIGLRP1

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PMID24747018
PMCPMC4035429
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