RETROSPECTIVE COGNITIVE DECLINE IS ASSOCIATED WITH NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES AND BETA-AMYLOID PLAQUES MEASURED BY [F-18]MK-6240 AND [C-11]PIB IN LATE-MIDDLE AGED PERSONS CLINICALLY UNIMPAIRED AT BASELINE

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Erin Jonaitis ◽  
Rebecca L. Koscik ◽  
Samantha L. Allison ◽  
Karly Alex Cody ◽  
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Gary W. Small ◽  
Eric D. Agdeppa ◽  
Vladimir Kepe ◽  
Linda M. Ercoli ◽  
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Author(s):  
Xiaomin Yin ◽  
Zheng Zhou ◽  
Yanyan Qiu ◽  
Xing Fan ◽  
Chenhao Zhao ◽  
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Background: Amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are two pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, synaptic deficits occur much earlier and correlate stronger with cognitive decline than amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. Mislocalization of tau is an early hallmark of neurodegeneration and precedes aggregations. Sirtuin type 1 (SIRT1) is a deacetylase which acts on proteins including transcriptional factors and associates closely with AD. Objective: The present study investigated the association between SIRT1 and tau expression in cells and in mice brains. Methods: Western blot was performed to detected tau, SIRT1, C/EBPα, and GAPDH protein levels. Immunological fluorescence assay was used to assess tau localization in primary cortical neuronal cells. Golgi staining was performed to evaluated dendritic spine morphology in mice brains. Results: In the present study, we found that SIRT1 negatively regulates expression of tau at the transcriptional level through transcriptional factor C/EBPα. Inhibition of the activity of SIRT1 limits the distribution of tau to the neurites. In the meantime, the alteration of dendritic spine morphology is also observed in the brains of SIRT1+/– mice. Conclusion: SIRT1 may be a potential drug target for early intervention in AD.


Author(s):  
Dikran S. Horoupian ◽  
R.T. Ross

SUMMARY:A 63 year old female with the ataxic form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is presented. In addition to amyloid plaques which were not associated with Alzheimer’s neurofibrillary tangles, rare profiles similar to those reported in Scrapie were also seen. To our knowledge, these profiles have never been observed in CJD and their presence in this condition adds a further morphologic similarity between the human and animal forms of subacute spongiform “viral” encephalopathies.


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