Mol Psychiatry︱深圳理工大学叶克强团队报道Thy1-ApoE4/C/EBP转基因小鼠可作为散发性AD小鼠模型
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此外,研究人员还对比分析了3xTg和Thy1-ApoE4/C/EBPβ 小鼠在神经炎症水平、神经细胞凋亡以及突触蛋白功能等方面的变化。研究结果表明,Thy1-ApoE4/C/EBPβ 小鼠随着年龄的增加神经炎症水平上升、神经元凋亡加剧以及突触功能受损加重。综合上述结果表明:Thy1-ApoE4/C/EBPβ 小鼠不携带任何AD突变基因,能够利用小鼠内源机制和病理蛋白,随着年龄增加自发形成AD病理特征,可以作为一种散发性AD小鼠模型。
目前研究多认为小鼠体内源Ab和Tau不能聚集形成病理沉积 。基于团队长期的研究理论支持,提出C/EBPb/AEP形成的信号途径是引发AD发生发展的核心调控机制,而ApoE4通过激活CEBPβ/AEP途径,进而驱动AD的发生发展。由此,本研究构建了Thy1-ApoE4/C/EBPβ 小鼠,期望其能自发形成AD的病理特征。本研究以常用的遗传性AD模型3xTg小鼠作为对照,并利用临床诊断AD的“四大黄金标准”,充分验证了Thy1-ApoE4/C/EBPβ 小鼠能够利用小鼠内源Ab和Tau形成病理聚集物,并能够重塑AD发病过程中的重要病理特征,包括认知、学习和记忆功能的障碍、大脑体积的萎缩、Aβ和Tau的PET影像的病理特征等。本研究证实了该小鼠能够模拟散发性AD的形成,可作为一种新的AD小鼠模型开展病理机制以及新药物研发的研究。
原文链接:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-024-02565-x
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