Chemical and morphological alterations of spines within the hippocampus and Entorhinal cortex precede the onset of Alzheimer's disease pathology in double knock-in mice

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作者
Aoki, Chiye
Mahadomrongkul, Veeravan
Fujisawa, Sho
Habersat, Rebecca
Shirao, Tomoaki
机构
[1] NYU, Ctr Neural Sci, New York, NY 10003 USA
[2] Yeshiva Univ, Albert Einstein Coll Med, Dominique D Purpura Dept Neurosci, Bronx, NY 10461 USA
[3] Carthage Coll, Dept Psychol, Kenosha, WI 53140 USA
[4] Gunma Univ, Grad Sch Med, Dept Neurobiol & Behav, Gunma 3718511, Japan
关键词
amyloid precursor protein; presenilin; 1; drebrin; excitatory synapses; electron microscopic immunocytochemistry; ultrastructure;
D O I
10.1002/cne.21485
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Mice with knock-in of two mutations that affect beta amyloid processing and levels (2xKI) exhibit impaired spatial memory by 9-12 months of age, together with synaptic plasticity dysfunction in the hippocampus. The goal of this study was to identify changes in the molecular and structural characteristics of synapses that precede and thus could exert constraints upon cellular mechanisms underlying synaptic plasticity. Drebrin A is one protein reported to modulate spine sizes and trafficking of proteins to and from excitatory synapses. Thus, we examined levels of drebrin A within postsynaptic spines in the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex. Our electron microscopic immunocytochemical analyses reveal that, by 6 months, the proportion of hippocampal spines containing drebrin A is reduced and this change is accompanied by an increase in the mean size of spines and decreased density of spines. In the entorhinal cortex of 2xKI brains, we detected no decrement in the proportion of spines labeled for drebrin A and no significant change in spine density at 6 months, but rather a highly significant reduction in the level of drebrin A immunoreactivity within each spine. These changes are unlike those observed for the somatosensory cortex of 2xKI mice, in which synapse density and drebrin A immunoreactivity levels remain unchanged at 6 months and older. These results indicate that brains of 2xKI mice, like those of humans, exhibit regional differences of vulnerability, with the hippocampus exhibiting the first signatures of structural changes that, in turn, may underlie the emergent inability to update spatial memory in later months.
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