Department of Neurosurgery, HSC T-12/086, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8122, USA.
Stroke. 2010 Oct;41(10 Suppl):S135-8. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.595272.
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy Type 1 is characterized by amyloid β protein deposition along cerebral capillaries and is accompanied by perivascular neuroinflammation and accumulation of phospho-tau protein. Tg-SwDI mice recapitulate capillary amyloid deposition and associated neuroinflammation but lack accumulation of perivascular phospho-tau protein.
Tg-SwDI mice were bred onto a nitric oxide synthase 2 gene knockout background and aged for 1 year. Brains were harvested and analyzed using immunohistochemical and quantitative stereological methods to determine the extent of capillary amyloid deposition, perivascular activated microglia, and cell-specific accumulation of phospho-tau protein. Similar methods were also used to compare Tg-SwDI/NOS2(-/-) and human cerebral amyloid angiopathy Type 1 brain tissues.
The absence of nitric oxide synthase 2 gene had no effect on the regional pattern or frequency of capillary cerebral amyloid angiopathy or the numbers of perivascular activated microglia in Tg-SwDI mice. On the other hand, Tg-SwDI/NOS2(-/-) mice accumulated phospho-tau protein in perivascular neurons and activated microglia. Tg-SwDI/NOS2(-/-) mice exhibited a very similar distribution of capillary amyloid, activated microglia, and perivascular phospho-tau protein as seen in human cerebral amyloid angiopathy Type 1.
These findings indicate that Tg-SwDI/NOS2(-/-) mice more fully recapitulate the pathological changes observed with capillary amyloid in human cerebral amyloid angiopathy Type 1.
脑淀粉样血管病 1 型的特征是淀粉样 β 蛋白沿脑毛细血管沉积,并伴有血管周围神经炎症和磷酸化 tau 蛋白的积累。Tg-SwDI 小鼠再现了毛细血管淀粉样沉积和相关的神经炎症,但缺乏血管周围磷酸化 tau 蛋白的积累。
将 Tg-SwDI 小鼠繁殖到一氧化氮合酶 2 基因敲除背景上,并使其老化 1 年。采集大脑并使用免疫组织化学和定量立体学方法进行分析,以确定毛细血管淀粉样沉积、血管周围活化的小胶质细胞以及磷酸化 tau 蛋白的细胞特异性积累的程度。类似的方法也用于比较 Tg-SwDI/NOS2(-/-)和人类脑淀粉样血管病 1 型脑组织。
一氧化氮合酶 2 基因的缺失对 Tg-SwDI 小鼠毛细血管脑淀粉样血管病的区域模式或频率或血管周围活化的小胶质细胞数量没有影响。另一方面,Tg-SwDI/NOS2(-/-)小鼠在血管周围神经元和活化的小胶质细胞中积累了磷酸化 tau 蛋白。Tg-SwDI/NOS2(-/-)小鼠表现出与人类脑淀粉样血管病 1 型中所见非常相似的毛细血管淀粉样、活化的小胶质细胞和血管周围磷酸化 tau 蛋白的分布。
这些发现表明,Tg-SwDI/NOS2(-/-)小鼠更充分地再现了人类脑淀粉样血管病 1 型中观察到的与毛细血管淀粉样相关的病理变化。