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. 1995 Feb 9;373(6514):523-7.
doi: 10.1038/373523a0.

Alzheimer-type neuropathology in transgenic mice overexpressing V717F beta-amyloid precursor protein

D Games  1 , D Adams, R Alessandrini, R Barbour, P Berthelette, C Blackwell, T Carr, J Clemens, T Donaldson, F Gillespie, et al.
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Alzheimer-type neuropathology in transgenic mice overexpressing V717F beta-amyloid precursor protein

D Games et al. Nature. .

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of progressive intellectual failure in aged humans. AD brains contain numerous amyloid plaques surrounded by dystrophic neurites, and show profound synaptic loss, neurofibrillary tangle formation and gliosis. The amyloid plaques are composed of amyloid beta-peptide (A beta), a 40-42-amino-acid fragment of the beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP). A primary pathogenic role for APP/A beta is suggested by missense mutations in APP that are tightly linked to autosomal dominant forms of AD. A major obstacle to elucidating and treating AD has been the lack of an animal model. Animals transgenic for APP have previously failed to show extensive AD-type neuropathology, but we now report the production of transgenic mice that express high levels of human mutant APP (with valine at residue 717 substituted by phenylalanine) and which progressively develop many of the pathological hallmarks of AD, including numerous extracellular thioflavin S-positive A beta deposits, neuritic plaques, synaptic loss, astrocytosis and microgliosis. These mice support a primary role for APP/A beta in the genesis of AD and could provide a preclinical model for testing therapeutic drugs.

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