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01-09-2013 | Poster presentation
The beta-secretase-derived C-terminal fragment of APP (C99): a key determinant for intraneuronal pathology in the 3xTgAD mouse
Authors:
Inger Lauritzen, Raphaelle Pardossi-Piquard, Charlotte Druon, Elizabeth Brigham, Daniel Abraham, Sébatien Ranaldi, Linda Chami, Julie Dunys, Fréderic Checler
Published in:
Molecular Neurodegeneration
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
Triple-transgenic mice (3xTgAD) overexpressing Swedish-mutated b-amyloid-precursor-protein (APPswe), P310L-Tau (TauP301L) and physiological levels of M146V-presenilin-1 (PS1M146V) display extracellular amyloid-beta peptides (Abeta) deposits and Tau tangles at late ages. These mice also show an early, age-dependent and hippocampus specific accumulation of intra-neuronal APP-related materiel, which was firstly reported to correspond to Abeta. However, more recent work has disputed the presence of intra-neuronal Abeta and questioned its role in synaptic pathology and behavior. …