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Vaccination with Sarkosyl insoluble PHF-tau decrease neurofibrillary tangles formation in aged tau transgenic mouse model: a pilot study.

Abstract
Active immunization using tau phospho-peptides in tauopathy mouse models has been observed to reduce tau pathology, especially when given prior to the onset of pathology. Since tau aggregates in these models and in human tauopathies are composed of full-length tau with many post-translational modifications, and are composed of several tau isoforms in many of them, pathological tau proteins bearing all these post-translational modifications might prove to be optimal tau conformers to use as immunogens, especially in models with advanced tau pathology. To this aim, we immunized aged wild-type and mutant tau mice with preparations containing human paired helical filaments (PHF) emulsified in Alum-adjuvant. This immunization protocol with fibrillar PHF-tau was well tolerated and did not induce an inflammatory reaction in the brain or adverse effect in these aged mice. Mice immunized with four repeated injections developed anti-PHF-tau antibodies with rising titers that labeled human neurofibrillary tangles in situ. Immunized mutant tau mice had a lower density of hippocampal Gallyas-positive neurons. Brain levels of Sarkosyl-insoluble tau were also reduced in immunized mice. These results indicate that an immunization protocol using fibrillar PHF-tau proteins is an efficient and tolerated approach to reduce tau pathology in an aged tauopathy animal model.
AuthorsKunie Ando, Anna Kabova, Virginie Stygelbout, Karelle Leroy, Céline Heraud, Christelle Frédérick, Valérie Suain, Zehra Yilmaz, Michèle Authelet, Robert Dedecker, Marie-Claude Potier, Charles Duyckaerts, Jean-Pierre Brion
JournalJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD (J Alzheimers Dis) Vol. 40 Suppl 1 Pg. S135-45 ( 2014) ISSN: 1875-8908 [Electronic] Netherlands
PMID24614899 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • tau Proteins
  • sarkosyl
  • Sarcosine
Topics
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Alzheimer Disease (metabolism, pathology)
  • Animals
  • Brain (metabolism, pathology)
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Neurofibrillary Tangles (metabolism, pathology)
  • Neurons (metabolism, pathology)
  • Pilot Projects
  • Sarcosine (administration & dosage, analogs & derivatives)
  • Vaccination
  • tau Proteins (genetics, metabolism)

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