Mice expressing human mutant presenilin-1 exhibit decreased activation of NF-κB p50 in hippocampal neurons after injury

C. A. Kassed, T. L. Butler, M. T. Navidomskis, M. N. Gordon, D. Morgan, K. R. Pennypacker

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Abstract

Mutations in the presenilin-1 (mutPS-1) gene, a cause of familial Alzheimer's disease, increase the susceptibility of neurons to apoptotic death. Using the trimethyltin model of hippocampal neurodegeneration, mice expressing the human mutPS-1 gene (M146L) exhibited increased neurodegeneration and mortality relative to non-transgenic littermates. Activation of NF-κB p50 was found to be impaired in transgenic mice with unaltered expression levels suggesting that mutPS-1 expression inhibits p50 activation to adversely affect neuronal resistance to injury.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)152-157
Number of pages6
JournalMolecular Brain Research
Volume110
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 31 2003

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by NIH Grant RO1 NS39141-01A2 and American Heart Association Grants 9930072N (K.R.P.) and 0120233B (T.L.B.).

Keywords

  • Fluoro-Jade
  • Hippocampus
  • NF-κB
  • Neurodegeneration
  • Neuroprotection
  • Neurotoxicity
  • P50
  • Presenilin-1 gene mutations
  • Resistance to injury
  • Signal transduction
  • Transcription factors
  • Trimethyltin
  • mutPS-1 mice

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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