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ArticleScientific reports2016

Thiazine Red(+) platelet inclusions in Cerebral Blood Vessels are first signs in an Alzheimer's Disease mouse model.

Kathrin M Kniewallner, Daniela Wenzel, Christian Humpel

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kathrin M KniewallnerLaboratory of Psychiatry and Exp. Alzheimer's Research, Department of Psychiatry Psychotherapy and Psychosomatik, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria.
Daniela WenzelInstitute of Physiology I, University Hospital Bonn, Germany.
Christian HumpelLaboratory of Psychiatry and Exp. Alzheimer's Research, Department of Psychiatry Psychotherapy and Psychosomatik, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria.
Innsbruck Medical University · ATUniversity Hospital Bonn · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Strong evidence shows an association between cerebral vascular diseases and Alzheimer´s disease (AD). In order to study the interaction of beta-amyloid (Aβ) plaques with brain vessels, we crossbred an AD mouse model (overexpressing amyloid precursor protein with the Swedish-Dutch-Iowa mutations, APP_SweDI) with mice expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP) under the flt-1/VEGFR1 promoter in vessels (GFP_FLT1). Our data show, that only very few Aβ plaques were seen in 4-months old mice, focused in the mammillary body and in the lateral septal nucleus. The number of plaques markedly increased with age being most prominent in 12-months old mice. Thiazine Red was used to verify the plaques. Several Thiazine Red(+) inclusions were found in GFP(+) vessels, but only in non-perfused 4-months old mice. These inclusions were verified by Resorufin stainings possibly representing cerebral amyloid angiopathy. The inclusions were also seen in non-crossbred APP_SweDI but not in wildtype and GFP_FLT1 mice. In order to characterize these inclusions Flow Cytometry (FACS) analysis demonstrated that platelets were specifically stained by Thiazine Red(+), more pronounced when aggregated. In conclusion, our data show that Thiazine Red(+) inclusions representing aggregated platelets are a first pathological sign in AD before plaque development and may become important therapeutic targets in early AD.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsBlood PlateletsBlood VesselsBrainDisease Models, AnimalGreen Fluorescent ProteinsImmunohistochemistryInclusion BodiesMammillary BodiesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicOxazinesPlaque, AmyloidAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorGreen Fluorescent ProteinsOxazinesresorufinThiazines

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PMID27345467
PMCPMC4921929
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