Brain Region-Specific Differences in Amyloid-β Plaque Composition in 5XFAD Mice

Bader, Angelika Sabine; Gnädig, Marius-Uwe; Fricke, Merle; Büschgens, Luca; Berger, Lena Josefine; Klafki, Hans-Wolfgang; Meyer, Thomas; Jahn, Olaf; Weggen, Sascha; Wirths, Oliver

doi:10.3390/life13041053

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Brain Region-Specific Differences in Amyloid-β Plaque Composition in 5XFAD Mice

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Jahn, Olaf
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Bader, A. S., Gnädig, M.-U., Fricke, M., Büschgens, L., Berger, L. J., Klafki, H.-W., et al. (2023). Brain Region-Specific Differences in Amyloid-β Plaque Composition in 5XFAD Mice. Life, 13(4): 1053. doi:10.3390/life13041053.

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Senile plaques consisting of amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptides are a major pathological hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Aβ peptides are heterogeneous regarding the exact length of their amino- and carboxy-termini. Aβ1-40 and Aβ1-42 are often considered to represent canonical “full-length” Aβ species. Using immunohistochemistry, we analyzed the distribution of Aβ1-x, Aβx-42 and Aβ4-x species in amyloid deposits in the subiculum, hippocampus and cortex in 5XFAD mice during aging. Overall plaque load increased in all three brain regions, with the subiculum being the area with the strongest relative plaque coverage. In the subiculum, but not in the other brain regions, the Aβ1-x load peaked at an age of five months and decreased thereafter. In contrast, the density of plaques positive for N-terminally truncated Aβ4-x species increased continuously over time. We hypothesize that ongoing plaque remodeling takes place, leading to a conversion of deposited Aβ1-x peptides into Aβ4-x peptides in brain regions with a high Aβ plaque burden.