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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 281, 期 8, 页码 5037-5041出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M509145200
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Mutations in the presenilin 1 ( PS1) gene are responsible for the early onset of familial Alzheimer disease ( FAD). Accumulating evidence shows that PS1 is involved in gamma-secretase activity and that FAD-associated mutations of PS1 commonly accelerate A beta(1-42) production, which causes Alzheimer disease ( AD). Recent studies suggest, however, that PS1 is involved not only in A beta production but also in other processes that lead to neurodegeneration. To better understand the causes of neurodegeneration linked to the PS1 mutation, we analyzed the development of tau pathology, another key feature of AD, in PS1 knock-in mice. Hippocampal samples taken from FAD mutant ( I213T) PS1 knock-in mice contained hyperphosphorylated tau that reacted with various phosphodependent tau antibodies and with Alz50, which recognizes the conformational change of PHF tau. Some neurons exhibited Congo red birefringence and Thioflavin T reactivity, both of which are histological criteria for neurofibrillary tangles ( NFTs). Biochemical analysis of the samples revealed SDS-insoluble tau, which under electron microscopy examination, resembled tau fibrils. These results indicate that our mutant PS1 knock-in mice exhibited NFT-like tau pathology in the absence of A beta deposition, suggesting that PS1 mutations contribute to the onset of AD not only by enhancing A beta(1-42) production but by also accelerating the formation and accumulation of filamentous tau.
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