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ArticleNeurobiology of aging2015

An anti-pyroglutamate-3 Aβ vaccine reduces plaques and improves cognition in APPswe/PS1ΔE9 mice.

Jeffrey L Frost, Bin Liu, Jens-Ulrich Rahfeld, Martin Kleinschmidt, Brian O'Nuallain, Kevin X Le, Inge Lues, Barbara J Caldarone, Stephan Schilling, Hans-Ulrich Demuth and 1 more

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Article in Neurobiology of aging, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jeffrey L FrostDepartment of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Bin LiuDepartment of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Jens-Ulrich RahfeldProbiodrug AG, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Martin KleinschmidtProbiodrug AG, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Brian O'NuallainDepartment of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Kevin X LeDepartment of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Inge LuesProbiodrug AG, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Barbara J CaldaroneDepartment of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center NeuroBehavior Laboratory Core, Harvard Institutes of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Stephan SchillingProbiodrug AG, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Hans-Ulrich DemuthProbiodrug AG, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Cynthia A LemereDepartment of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: clemere@partners.org.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USProbiodrug (Germany) · DE

Funding

Mucosal ABeta Vaccination/Modulating the Immune ResponseR01AG020159 · NIA · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LEMERE, CYNTHIA A · 2001 to 2011
$4.1M
Understanding and Mitigating Vascular Side-Effects Associated with Anti-Amyloid ImmunotherapyR01NS136122 · NINDS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI CYNTHIA A LEMERE · 2024 to 2026
$2.5M
Pyroglutamate Amyloid-beta as an Immunotherapeutic Target for Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG040092 · NIA · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LEMERE, CYNTHIA A · 2012 to 2015
$1.5M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG020159NIA NIH HHS R01 AG040092NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS136122
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pyroglutamate-3 amyloid-beta (pGlu-3 Aβ) is an N-terminally truncated Aβ isoform likely playing a decisive role in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis. Here, we describe a prophylactic passive immunization study in APPswe/PS1ΔE9 mice using a novel pGlu-3 Aβ immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) monoclonal antibody, 07/1 (150 and 500 μg, intraperitoneal, weekly) and compare its efficacy with a general Aβ IgG1 monoclonal antibody, 3A1 (200 μg, intraperitoneal, weekly) as a positive control. After 28 weeks of treatment, plaque burden was reduced and cognitive performance of 07/1-immunized Tg mice, especially at the higher dose, was normalized to wild-type levels in 2 hippocampal-dependent tests and partially spared compared with phosphate-buffered saline-treated Tg mice. Mice that received 3A1 had reduced plaque burden but showed no cognitive benefit. In contrast with 3A1, treatment with 07/1 did not increase the concentration of Aβ in plasma, suggesting different modes of Aβ plaque clearance. In conclusion, early selective targeting of pGlu-3 Aβ by immunotherapy may be effective in lowering cerebral Aβ plaque burden and preventing cognitive decline in the clinical setting. Targeting this pathologically modified form of Aβ thereby is unlikely to interfere with potential physiologic function(s) of Aβ that have been proposed.

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CognitionImmunization, PassiveAlzheimer DiseaseAlzheimer VaccinesAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalBrainCognition DisordersMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicPlaque, AmyloidPyrrolidonecarboxylic AcidAlzheimer VaccinesAmyloid beta-PeptidesAntibodies, MonoclonalPyrrolidonecarboxylic AcidAPPswe/PS1ΔE9ImmunotherapyMircrohemorrhagePyroglutamate-3 amyloid-betaVascular amyloid

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PMID26453001
PMCPMC4641825
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