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  1. Article: Reduced brain volumes in mice expressing APP-Austrian mutation but not in mice expressing APP-Swedish-Austrian mutations.

    Van Broeck, Bianca / Vanhoutte, Greet / Cuijt, Ivy / Pereson, Sandra / Joris, Geert / Timmermans, Jean-Pierre / Van der Linden, Annemie / Van Broeckhoven, Christine / Kumar-Singh, Samir

    Neuroscience letters

    2008  Volume 447, Issue 2-3, Page(s) 143–147

    Abstract: We previously described two transgenic mouse lines expressing sub-endogenous levels of the 'Austrian' APP-T714I mutation (driven by the prenatally active PDGF-beta promoter; APP-Au mice) and showing intraneuronal Abeta pathology and reduced brain volumes ...

    Abstract We previously described two transgenic mouse lines expressing sub-endogenous levels of the 'Austrian' APP-T714I mutation (driven by the prenatally active PDGF-beta promoter; APP-Au mice) and showing intraneuronal Abeta pathology and reduced brain volumes on MRI at 12 and 20 months of age. To further investigate whether reduced brain sizes were caused by neurodegeneration or a neurodevelopmental defect, we now measured brain volumes as early as postnatal day 10. At this age, a distinguishable reduction in brain volumes was absent, indicating that brain volume deficits in APP-Au mice are not caused by a neurodevelopmental defect. To further study the association between intraneuronal Abeta and reduced brain volumes, we further generated and analyzed an APP transgenic mouse model expressing both Austrian and Swedish (K670N/M671L) mutations (APP-SwAu mice). APP-Swedish mutation is known to lead to altered APP processing in the secretory pathway, precluding its later processing in endosomal-lysosomal compartments, the site of intraneuronal Abeta accumulation. Also, to have higher levels of transgene expression only after birth, a murine Thy-1 promoter was utilized for APP-SwAu mouse lines. Despite having five times higher transgene APP levels compared to APP-Au mice, APP-SwAu mice showed significantly lower intraneuronal Abeta levels in the absence of reduced brain volumes, suggesting that intraneuronal Abeta accumulation is related to reduced brain volumes in APP-Au mice. These data also provide a first in vivo indication of altered processing of APP-Swedish at sub-endogenous levels, an effect not observed in mouse models expressing the APP-Swedish mutation in high amounts.
    MeSH term(s) Age Factors ; Alzheimer Disease/genetics ; Alzheimer Disease/pathology ; Amyloid beta-Peptides/genetics ; Amyloid beta-Peptides/metabolism ; Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor/classification ; Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor/genetics ; Analysis of Variance ; Animals ; Brain/pathology ; Disease Models, Animal ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/methods ; Humans ; Mice ; Mice, Transgenic ; Mutation/genetics ; Peptide Fragments/genetics ; Peptide Fragments/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Amyloid beta-Peptides ; Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor ; Peptide Fragments ; amyloid beta-protein (1-40) ; amyloid beta-protein (1-42)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2008-12-12
    Publishing country Ireland
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 194929-9
    ISSN 1872-7972 ; 0304-3940
    ISSN (online) 1872-7972
    ISSN 0304-3940
    DOI 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.09.073
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  2. Article: Ammonia affects brain nitrogen metabolism but not hydration status in the Gulf toadfish (Opsanus beta).

    Veauvy, Clémence M / McDonald, M Danielle / Van Audekerke, Johan / Vanhoutte, Greet / Van Camp, Nadja / Van der Linden, Annemie / Walsh, Patrick J

    Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

    2005  Volume 74, Issue 1, Page(s) 32–46

    Abstract: Laboratory rodents made hyperammonemic by infusing ammonia into the blood show symptoms of brain cell swelling and increased intracranial pressure. These symptoms could be caused in part by an increase in brain glutamine formed when brain glutamine ... ...

    Abstract Laboratory rodents made hyperammonemic by infusing ammonia into the blood show symptoms of brain cell swelling and increased intracranial pressure. These symptoms could be caused in part by an increase in brain glutamine formed when brain glutamine synthetase (GS) naturally detoxifies ammonia to glutamine. Previous studies on the Gulf toadfish (Opsanus beta) demonstrated that it is resistant to high ammonia exposure (HAE) (96 h LC(50)=10mM) despite an increase in brain glutamine. This study attempts to resolve whether the resistance of O. beta is mediated by special handling of brain water in the face of changing glutamine concentrations. Methionine sulfoximine (MSO), an inhibitor of GS, was used to pharmacologically manipulate glutamine concentrations, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to assess the status of brain water. Ammonia or MSO treatment did not substantially affect blood acid-base parameters. Exposure to 3.5mM ammonium chloride in seawater for 16 or 40 h resulted in a parallel increase in brain ammonia (3-fold) and glutamine (2-fold) and a decrease in brain glutamate (1.3-fold). Pre-treatment with MSO prevented ammonia-induced changes in glutamine and glutamate concentrations. HAE also induced an increase in plasma osmolality (by 7%) which was probably due to a disturbance of osmoregulatory processes but which did not result in broader whole body dehydration as indicated by muscle water analysis. The increase in brain glutamine was not associated with any changes in brain water in toadfish exposed to 3.5 mM ammonia for up to 40 h or even at 10, 20 and 30 mM ammonia consecutively and for one hour in each concentration. The lack of brain water accumulation implies that ammonia toxicity in toadfish appears to be via pathways other than cerebral swelling. Furthermore, toadfish pre-treated with MSO did not survive a normally sub-lethal exposure to 3.5 mM ammonia for 40 h. The enhancement of ammonia toxicity by MSO suggests that GS function is critical to ammonia tolerance in this species.
    MeSH term(s) Ammonia/toxicity ; Animals ; Batrachoidiformes/metabolism ; Body Water/metabolism ; Brain/drug effects ; Brain/metabolism ; Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase/antagonists & inhibitors ; Glutamine/metabolism ; Intracranial Pressure ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Methionine Sulfoximine/pharmacology ; Nitrogen/metabolism ; Osmolar Concentration ; Seawater
    Chemical Substances Glutamine (0RH81L854J) ; Methionine Sulfoximine (1982-67-8) ; Ammonia (7664-41-7) ; Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase (EC 6.3.1.2) ; Nitrogen (N762921K75)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2005-08-15
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Comparative Study ; Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 782699-0
    ISSN 1879-1514 ; 0166-445X
    ISSN (online) 1879-1514
    ISSN 0166-445X
    DOI 10.1016/j.aquatox.2005.05.003
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  3. Article ; Online: Intraneuronal amyloid beta and reduced brain volume in a novel APP T714I mouse model for Alzheimer's disease.

    Van Broeck, Bianca / Vanhoutte, Greet / Pirici, Daniel / Van Dam, Debby / Wils, Hans / Cuijt, Ivy / Vennekens, Krist'l / Zabielski, Monika / Michalik, Andrej / Theuns, Jessie / De Deyn, Peter Paul / Van der Linden, Annemie / Van Broeckhoven, Christine / Kumar-Singh, Samir

    Neurobiology of aging

    2008  Volume 29, Issue 2, Page(s) 241–252

    Abstract: Transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) expressing high levels of amyloid precursor protein (APP) with familial AD (FAD) mutations have proven to be extremely useful in understanding pathogenic processes of AD especially those that involve ... ...

    Abstract Transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) expressing high levels of amyloid precursor protein (APP) with familial AD (FAD) mutations have proven to be extremely useful in understanding pathogenic processes of AD especially those that involve amyloidogenesis. We earlier described Austrian APP T714I pathology that leads to one of the earliest AD age-at-onsets with abundant intracellular and extracellular amyloid deposits in brain. The latter strikingly was non-fibrillar diffuse amyloid, composed of N-truncated A beta 42 in absence of A beta 40. In vitro, this mutation leads to one of the highest A beta 42/A beta 40 ratios among all FAD mutations. We generated an APP T714I transgenic mouse model that despite having 10 times lower transgene than endogenous murine APP deposited intraneuronal A beta in brain by 6 months of age. Accumulations increased with age, and this was paralleled by decreased brain sizes on volumetric MRI, compared to age-matched and similar transgene-expressing APP wild-type mice, although, with these levels of transgenic expression we did not detect neuronal loss or significant memory impairment. Immunohistochemical studies revealed that the majority of the intraneuronal A beta deposits colocalized with late endosomal markers, although some A beta inclusions were also positive for lysosomal and Golgi markers. These data support earlier observations of A beta accumulation in the endosomal-lysosomal pathway and the hypothesis that intraneuronal accumulation of A beta could be an important factor in the AD pathogenesis.
    MeSH term(s) Alzheimer Disease/genetics ; Alzheimer Disease/pathology ; Alzheimer Disease/physiopathology ; Amyloid beta-Peptides/metabolism ; Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor/genetics ; Analysis of Variance ; Animals ; Behavior, Animal/physiology ; Brain/pathology ; Disease Models, Animal ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Humans ; Isoleucine/genetics ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Maze Learning/physiology ; Mice ; Mice, Transgenic ; Neurons/cytology ; Peptide Fragments/metabolism ; Psychomotor Performance/physiology ; Tyrosine/genetics
    Chemical Substances Amyloid beta-Peptides ; Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor ; Peptide Fragments ; amyloid beta-protein (1-40) ; amyloid beta-protein (1-42) ; Isoleucine (04Y7590D77) ; Tyrosine (42HK56048U)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2008-02
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 604505-4
    ISSN 1558-1497 ; 0197-4580
    ISSN (online) 1558-1497
    ISSN 0197-4580
    DOI 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.10.016
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  4. Article ; Online: Impaired autonomic regulation of resistance arteries in mice with low vascular endothelial growth factor or upon vascular endothelial growth factor trap delivery.

    Storkebaum, Erik / Ruiz de Almodovar, Carmen / Meens, Merlijn / Zacchigna, Serena / Mazzone, Massimiliano / Vanhoutte, Greet / Vinckier, Stefan / Miskiewicz, Katarzyna / Poesen, Koen / Lambrechts, Diether / Janssen, Ger M J / Fazzi, Gregorio E / Verstreken, Patrik / Haigh, Jody / Schiffers, Paul M / Rohrer, Hermann / Van der Linden, Annemie / De Mey, Jo G R / Carmeliet, Peter

    Circulation

    2010  Volume 122, Issue 3, Page(s) 273–281

    Abstract: Background: Control of peripheral resistance arteries by autonomic nerves is essential for the regulation of blood flow. The signals responsible for the maintenance of vascular neuroeffector mechanisms in the adult, however, remain largely unknown.: ... ...

    Abstract Background: Control of peripheral resistance arteries by autonomic nerves is essential for the regulation of blood flow. The signals responsible for the maintenance of vascular neuroeffector mechanisms in the adult, however, remain largely unknown.
    Methods and results: Here, we report that VEGF( partial differential/ partial differential) mice with low vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels suffer defects in the regulation of resistance arteries. These defects are due to dysfunction and structural remodeling of the neuroeffector junction, the equivalent of a synapse between autonomic nerve endings and vascular smooth muscle cells, and to an impaired contractile smooth muscle cell phenotype. Notably, short-term delivery of a VEGF inhibitor to healthy mice also resulted in functional and structural defects of neuroeffector junctions.
    Conclusions: These findings uncover a novel role for VEGF in the maintenance of arterial neuroeffector function and may help us better understand how VEGF inhibitors cause vascular regulation defects in cancer patients.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Autonomic Nervous System Diseases/genetics ; Autonomic Nervous System Diseases/physiopathology ; Cardiovascular Diseases/genetics ; Cardiovascular Diseases/physiopathology ; Carotid Artery, Common/innervation ; Carotid Artery, Common/physiology ; Gene Expression/physiology ; Gene Transfer Techniques ; Lac Operon ; Mesenteric Arteries/innervation ; Mesenteric Arteries/physiology ; Mice ; Mice, Transgenic ; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiology ; Signal Transduction/physiology ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/genetics ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1/genetics ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1/metabolism ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2/genetics ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2/metabolism ; Vascular Resistance/physiology ; Vasoconstriction/physiology
    Chemical Substances Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ; vascular endothelial growth factor A, mouse ; Flt1 protein, mouse (EC 2.7.10.1) ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1 (EC 2.7.10.1) ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 (EC 2.7.10.1)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2010-07-20
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 80099-5
    ISSN 1524-4539 ; 0009-7322 ; 0069-4193 ; 0065-8499
    ISSN (online) 1524-4539
    ISSN 0009-7322 ; 0069-4193 ; 0065-8499
    DOI 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.929364
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