GSE192674
Multimodal analyses of a non-human primate model harboring mutant amyloid precursor protein transgenes driven by the human EF1a promoter [RNA-seq]
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the first leading cause of dementia which afflicts tens of millions of people worldwide. Despite many scientific progresses to dissect the molecular basis of AD from studies on various mouse models, it has been suffered from evolutionary species differences between mice and humans. Here, we report generation of a non-human primate, common marmoset (marmoset; Callithrix jacchus) model that ubiquitously expresses Amyloid-beta precursor protein (APP) transgenes with the Swedish (KM670/671NL) and Indiana (V717F) mutations. We generated two female transgenic marmosets (TG1 and TG2), whose transgene integration was thoroughly investigated by genomic PCR, whole genome sequencing (WGS) and Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analyses. Using the reprogramming technology, we confirmed the validity of the transgene expression in induced neurons in vitro. Moreover, we discovered structural changes in specific brain regions of transgenic marmosets by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) analysis, including in the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus. In postmortem histological analysis, we detected increased Aß plaque formation in the TG1 cerebrum at the age of 7 years, although evident neuronal loss or glial inflammation was not observed. Thus, this study summarizes our attempt to establish a non-human primate model of AD, which may be beneficial for drug development and further disease modeling in combination with other genetically engineered models. Overall design: RNA-seq of adult marmoset frontal cortex.