Journal
PEPTIDES
Volume 23, Issue 12, Pages 2223-2226Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(02)00261-9
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease; amyloid beta protein; amyloid precursor protein; antibody; blood-brain barrier; mice
Funding
- NIAAA NIH HHS [R01 AA12743] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS41863] Funding Source: Medline
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Vaccinations against amyloid beta protein (AbetaP) reduce amyloid deposition and reverse learning and memory deficits in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. This has raised the question of whether circulating antibodies, normally restricted by the blood-brain barrier (BBB), can enter the brain [Nat. Med. 7 (2001) 369-372]. Here, we show that antibody directed against AbetaP does cross the BBB at a very low rate. Entry is by way of the extracellular pathways with about 0.11% of an intravenous (i.v.) dose entering the brain by 1 h. Clearance of antibody from brain increasingly dominates over time, but antibody is still detectable in brain 72 h after i.v. injection. Uptake and clearance is not altered in mice overexpressing AbetaP. This ability to enter and exit the brain even in the presence of increased brain ligand supports the use of antibody in the treatment of Alzheimer's and other diseases of the brain. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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