Journal
HIPPOCAMPUS
Volume 19, Issue 12, Pages 1247-1253Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20587
Keywords
proliferation; bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU); immunohistochemistry; plaque; memory
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- Canadian Psychiatry Research Foundation
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- NeuroScience Canada and the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation
- AstraZeneca (Canada) Investigator Initiation Research [401454]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease associated with senile beta-amyloid (A beta) plaques and cognitive decline. Neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus is implicated in regulating learning and memory, and is increased in human postmortem brain of AD patients. However, little is currently known about the changes of hippocampal neurogenesis in the progression of AD. As brain tissues from patients during the progression of AD are generally not available, an amyloid precursor protein (APP)/presenilin1 (PS1) double transgenic mouse model of AD was studied. Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) labeling supported by doublecortin staining was used to detect proliferating hippocampal cells in the mice. Compared with age-matched wild-type controls, 9-month-old transgenic mice with memory impairment and numerous brain A beta deposits showed increased numbers of proliferating hippocampal cells. However, 3-month-old transgenic mice with normal memory and subtle brain A beta deposits showed normal hippocampal proliferation. Double immunofluorescent labeling with BrdU and either NeuN or glial fibrillary acidic protein was conducted in mice at 10 months (28 days after the last BrdU injection) to determine the differentiation of proliferating cells. The number of hippocampal BrdU-positive cells and BrdU-positive cells differentiating into neurons (neurogenesis) in 10-month-old mice was greater in transgenic mice compared with age-matched controls, but the ratio of hippocampal BrdU-positive cells differentiating into neurons and astroglia was comparable. These results suggest hippocampal neurogenesis may increase during the progression of AD. Targeting this change in neurogenesis and understanding the underlying mechanism could lead to the development of a new treatment to control the progression of AD. (C) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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