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ArticleFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2020

Accelerated Dystrophy and Decay of Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells in the APP/PS1 Model of Alzheimer's-Like Pathology.

Irene Chacon-De-La-Rocha, Gemma Fryatt, Andrea D Rivera, Alexei Verkhratsky, Olivier Raineteau, Diego Gomez-Nicola, Arthur M Butt

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Article in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2020. 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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Irene Chacon-De-La-RochaSchool of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
Gemma FryattSchool of Biological Sciences, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
Andrea D RiveraSchool of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
Alexei VerkhratskyFaculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Olivier RaineteauUniversity of Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Inserm, Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute U1208, Bron, France.
Diego Gomez-NicolaSchool of Biological Sciences, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
Arthur M ButtSchool of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.

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Medical Research Council MR/P024572/1Medical Research Council MR/P025811/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myelin disruption is a feature of natural aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD). In the CNS, myelin is produced by oligodendrocytes, which are generated throughout life by oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs). Here, we examined age-related changes in OPCs in APP/PS1 mice, a model for AD-like pathology, compared with non-transgenic (Tg) age-matched controls. The analysis was performed in the CA1 area of the hippocampus following immunolabeling for NG2 with the nuclear dye Hoescht, to identify OPC and OPC sister cells, a measure of OPC replication. The results indicate a significant decrease in the number of OPCs at 9 months in APP/PS1 mice, compared to age-matched controls, without further decline at 14 months. Also, the number of OPC sister cells declined significantly at 14 months in APP/PS1 mice, which was not observed in age-matched controls. Notably, OPCs also displayed marked morphological changes at 14 months in APP/PS1 mice, characterized by an overall shrinkage of OPC process domains and increased process branching. The results indicate that OPC disruption is a pathological sign in the APP/PS1 mouse model of AD.

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Alzheimer’s diseasehippocampusmyelinoligodendrocyte progenitor cellOPC

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PMID33343301
PMCPMC7744306

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