| First Author | Veeraraghavalu K | Year | 2014 |
| Journal | J Neurosci | Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 10 | Pages | 3668-73 |
| PubMed ID | 24599465 | Mgi Jnum | J:209619 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:5568188 | Doi | 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5079-13.2014 |
| Citation | Veeraraghavalu K, et al. (2014) Age-dependent, non-cell-autonomous deposition of amyloid from synthesis of beta-amyloid by cells other than excitatory neurons. J Neurosci 34(10):3668-73 |
| abstractText | Rare, familial, early-onset autosomal dominant forms of familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) are caused by mutations in genes encoding beta-amyloid (Abeta) precursor protein (APP), presenilin-1 (PS1), and presenilin-2. Each of these genes is expressed ubiquitously throughout the CNS, but a widely held view is that excitatory neurons are the primary (or sole) source of the Abeta peptides that promote synaptic dysfunction and neurodegeneration. These efforts notwithstanding, APP and the enzymes required for Abeta production are synthesized by many additional cell types, and the degree to which those cells contribute to the production of Abeta that drives deposition in the CNS has not been tested. We generated transgenic mice in which expression of an ubiquitously expressed, FAD-linked mutant PSEN1 gene was selectively inactivated within postnatal forebrain excitatory neurons, with continued synthesis in all other cells in the CNS. When combined with an additional transgene encoding an FAD-linked APP "Swedish" variant that is synthesized broadly within the CNS, cerebral Abeta deposition during aging was found to be unaffected relative to mice with continued mutant PS1 synthesis in excitatory neurons. Thus, Abeta accumulation is non-cell autonomous, with the primary age-dependent contribution to cerebral Abeta deposition arising from mutant PS1-dependent cleavage of APP within cells other than excitatory neurons. |
