title: Hippocampal A beta 42 levels correlate with spatial memory deficit in APP and PS1 double transgenic mice.
abstract: We investigated the role of hippocampal amyloid pathology in spatial learning impairment of a new mouse line carrying mutated human amyloid precursor protein (APP) and presenilin-1 (PS1) transgenes. The APP + PS1 mice were tested in spatial navigation in the water maze and in position discrimination in the T-maze at ages of 3-4 and 11-12 months, before and after the appearance of first amyloid plaques. The APP + PS1 mice were impaired in water maze acquisition and retention only at the age of 11-12 months, but performed equally to controls in the T-maze task at both ages. In the impaired older age group, the levels of total Abeta1-42 in the hippocampus of APP + PS1 mice correlated negatively with the retention score. Here we show for the first time that the age-dependent impairment in memory retention in the traditional water maze of APP + PS1 mice correlates with the amount of total Abeta in hippocampus even at a stage when the amyloid deposits cover less than 1% of the hippocampal volume.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience and Neurology, University of Kuopio, Finland. Jukka.Puolivali@uku.fi
authors.forename: Jukka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Puoliväli
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Taneli
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heikkinen
authors.forename: Matti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heikkilä
authors.forename: Tero
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tapiola
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: van Groen
authors.forename: Heikki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanila
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D058225:Plaque, Amyloid / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D053764:Presenilin-1
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C508853:PSEN1 protein, human; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D053764:Presenilin-1; C075222:amyloid beta-protein (1-42)