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TRANSLATIONAL NEURODEGENERATION
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s40035-023-00379-5
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease; Animal model; Tau hyperphosphorylation; Truncated tau; Tet-on system
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This study developed an easy-to-use tool for drug development and investigations of Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies. A new mouse model was generated that mimics the exclusive neuronal tau pathologies of AD.
BackgroundIntraneuronal accumulation of hyperphosphorylated tau is a defining hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, mouse models imitating AD-exclusive neuronal tau pathologies are lacking.MethodsWe generated a new tet-on transgenic mouse model expressing truncated human tau N1-368 (termed hTau368), a tau fragment increased in the brains of AD patients and aged mouse brains. Doxycycline (dox) was administered in drinking water to induce hTau368 expression. Immunostaining and Western blotting were performed to measure the tau level. RNA sequencing was performed to evaluate gene expression, and several behavioral tests were conducted to evaluate mouse cognitive functions, emotion and locomotion.ResultsDox treatment for 1-2 months at a young age induced overt and reversible human tau accumulation in the brains of hTau368 transgenic mice, predominantly in the hippocampus. Meanwhile, the transgenic mice exhibited AD-like high level of tau phosphorylation, glial activation, loss of mature neurons, impaired hippocampal neurogenesis, synaptic degeneration and cognitive deficits.ConclusionsThis study developed a well-characterized and easy-to-use tool for the investigations and drug development for AD and other tauopathies.
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