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ArticleActa neuropathologica communications2017

High plasticity of axonal pathology in Alzheimer's disease mouse models.

Lidia Blazquez-Llorca, Susana Valero-Freitag, Eva Ferreira Rodrigues, Ángel Merchán-Pérez, J Rodrigo Rodríguez, Mario M Dorostkar, Javier DeFelipe, Jochen Herms

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Article in Acta neuropathologica communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 63 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 2 countries.

Lidia Blazquez-LlorcaGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases-Munich site (DZNE-M) and Center for Neuropathology and Prion Research (ZNP), Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Feodor-Lynen-St 23, 81377, Munich, Germany. lblazquez@psi.uned.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4865-8974
Susana Valero-FreitagGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases-Munich site (DZNE-M) and Center for Neuropathology and Prion Research (ZNP), Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Feodor-Lynen-St 23, 81377, Munich, Germany.
Eva Ferreira RodriguesGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases-Munich site (DZNE-M) and Center for Neuropathology and Prion Research (ZNP), Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Feodor-Lynen-St 23, 81377, Munich, Germany.
Ángel Merchán-PérezLaboratorio Cajal de Circuitos Corticales, Centro de Tecnología Biomédica, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
J Rodrigo RodríguezLaboratorio Cajal de Circuitos Corticales, Centro de Tecnología Biomédica, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Mario M DorostkarGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases-Munich site (DZNE-M) and Center for Neuropathology and Prion Research (ZNP), Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Feodor-Lynen-St 23, 81377, Munich, Germany.
Javier DeFelipeLaboratorio Cajal de Circuitos Corticales, Centro de Tecnología Biomédica, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Jochen HermsGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases-Munich site (DZNE-M) and Center for Neuropathology and Prion Research (ZNP), Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Feodor-Lynen-St 23, 81377, Munich, Germany. Jochen.Herms@med.uni-muenchen.de.
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DEConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · ESUniversidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia · ESUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Axonal dystrophies (AxDs) are swollen and tortuous neuronal processes that are associated with extracellular depositions of amyloid β (Aβ) and have been observed to contribute to synaptic alterations occurring in Alzheimer's disease. Understanding the temporal course of this axonal pathology is of high relevance to comprehend the progression of the disease over time. We performed a long-term in vivo study (up to 210 days of two-photon imaging) with two transgenic mouse models (dE9xGFP-M and APP-PS1xGFP-M). Interestingly, AxDs were formed only in a quarter of GFP-expressing axons near Aβ-plaques, which indicates a selective vulnerability. AxDs, especially those reaching larger sizes, had long lifetimes and appeared as highly plastic structures with large variations in size and shape and axonal sprouting over time. In the case of the APP-PS1 mouse only, the formation of new long axonal segments in dystrophic axons (re-growth phenomenon) was observed. Moreover, new AxDs could appear at the same point of the axon where a previous AxD had been located before disappearance (re-formation phenomenon). In addition, we observed that most AxDs were formed and developed during the imaging period, and numerous AxDs had already disappeared by the end of this time. This work is the first in vivo study analyzing quantitatively the high plasticity of the axonal pathology around Aβ plaques. We hypothesized that a therapeutically early prevention of Aβ plaque formation or their growth might halt disease progression and promote functional axon regeneration and the recovery of neural circuits.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsAxonsCell SizeDisease Models, AnimalGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansImaging, Three-DimensionalMice, TransgenicMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionMicroscopy, FluorescenceNeuronal PlasticityPlaque, AmyloidPresenilin-1Amyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAPP protein, humanGreen Fluorescent ProteinsPresenilin-1PSEN1 protein, humanAlzheimer’s diseaseDystrophic neuritesFIB/SEM microscopyThree-dimensionalTwo-photon microscopy

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PMID28173876
PMCPMC5296955
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