Title |
In Vivo Detection of Amyloid Plaques by Gadolinium-Stained MRI Can Be Used to Demonstrate the Efficacy of an Anti-amyloid Immunotherapy
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Published in |
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, March 2016
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DOI | 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00055 |
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Authors |
Mathieu D. Santin, Michel E. Vandenberghe, Anne-Sophie Herard, Laurent Pradier, Caroline Cohen, Thomas Debeir, Thierry Delzescaux, Thomas Rooney, Marc Dhenain |
Abstract |
Extracellular deposition of β amyloid plaques is an early event associated to Alzheimer's disease. Here, we have used in vivo gadolinium-stained high resolution (29(∗)29(∗)117 μm(3)) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to follow-up in a longitudinal way individual amyloid plaques in APP/PS1 mice and evaluate the efficacy of a new immunotherapy (SAR255952) directed against protofibrillar and fibrillary forms of Aβ. APP/PS1 mice were treated for 5 months between the age of 3.5 and 8.5 months. SAR255952 reduced amyloid load in 8.5-months-old animals, but not in 5.5-months animals compared to mice treated with a control antibody (DM4). Histological evaluation confirmed the reduction of amyloid load and revealed a lower density of amyloid plaques in 8.5-months SAR255952-treated animals. The longitudinal follow-up of individual amyloid plaques by MRI revealed that plaques that were visible at 5.5 months were still visible at 8.5 months in both SAR255952 and DM4-treated mice. This suggests that the amyloid load reduction induced by SAR255952 is related to a slowing down in the formation of new plaques rather than to the clearance of already formed plaques. |
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