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01.02.2016 | Original Article
Sex Dimorphism Profile of Alzheimer’s Disease-Type Pathologies in an APP/PS1 Mouse Model
verfasst von:
Shu-Sheng Jiao, Xian-Le Bu, Yu-Hui Liu, Chi Zhu, Qing-Hua Wang, Lin-Lin Shen, Cheng-Hui Liu, Ye-Ran Wang, Xiu-Qing Yao, Yan-Jiang Wang
Erschienen in:
Neurotoxicity Research
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Ausgabe 2/2016
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Abstract
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia among the elderly, characterized by parenchymal and vascular beta-amyloid (Aβ) burden, tau pathology, neuroinflammation, and loss of neurons and synapses. There is a clear sex difference in the prevalence of AD. However, sex differences in AD-type pathologies have not been systematically documented. Applying 12-month-old female and male APP/PS1 mice as a model, we investigated the sex dimorphism in these major pathological indices. Compared with male APP/PS1 mice, the females exhibited higher parenchymal Aβ burdens, with the sex difference in hippocampus being the most significant. Female APP/PS1 mice had more severe cerebral amyloid angiopathy and subsequent microhemorrhage. In addition, female APP/PS1 mice also showed higher levels of phosphorylated tau and proinflammatory cytokines, more severe astrocytosis and microgliosis, and greater neuronal and synaptic degenerations. The present study systematically described a sex dimorphism in AD-type pathologic indices, suggesting that gender should be taken into account in designing studies involving these pathological indices and when interpreting the relevant findings in those studies.