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JOURNAL OF NEUROINFLAMMATION
Volume 15, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12974-018-1134-4
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid-beta; Antibody; Clearance; Astrocyte; Neuron
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- Swedish Research Council [2012-2172]
- Swedish Alzheimer Foundation
- Ahlen Foundation
- Stohnes Foundation
- Magnus Bergvall Foundation
- Dementia Association Foundation
- Hedlund Foundation
- Uppsala Berzelii Technology Centre for Neurodiagnostics
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Background: Currently, several amyloid beta (A beta) antibodies, including the protofibril selective antibody BAN2401, are in clinical trials. The murine version of BAN2401, mAb158, has previously been shown to lower the levels of pathogenic A beta and prevent A beta deposition in animal models of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the cellular mechanisms of the antibody's action remain unknown. We have recently shown that astrocytes effectively engulf A beta(42) protofibrils, but store rather than degrade the ingested A beta aggregates. In a co-culture set-up, the incomplete degradation of A beta(42) protofibrils by astrocytes results in increased neuronal cell death, due to the release of extracellular vesicles, containing N-truncated, neurotoxic A beta. Methods: The aim of the present study was to investigate if the accumulation of A beta in astrocytes can be affected by the A beta protofibril selective antibody mAb158. Co-cultures of astrocytes, neurons, and oligodendrocytes, derived from embryonic mouse cortex, were exposed to A beta(42) protofibrils in the presence or absence of mAb158. Results: Our results demonstrate that the presence of mAb158 almost abolished A beta accumulation in astrocytes. Consequently, mAb158 treatment rescued neurons from A beta-induced cell death. Conclusion: Based on these findings, we conclude that astrocytes may play a central mechanistic role in anti-A beta immunotherapy.
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