Article
Region- and age-specific changes in glutamate transport in the AβPP23 mouse model for Alzheimer's disease.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2011
Schallier Anneleen, Smolders Ilse, Van Dam Debby, Loyens Ellen, De Deyn Peter Paul, Michotte Alex, Michotte Yvette, Massie Ann
Abstract excerpt
Using 8- and 18-month-old AβPP23 mice, we investigated the involvement of high-affinity glutamate transporters (GLAST, GLT-1, EAAC1), vesicular glutamate transporters (VGLUT1-3) and xCT, the specific subunit of system x(c)⁻, in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis. Transporter expression was studied in cortical and hippocampal tissue and linked to extracellular glutamate and glutamate reuptake activity as...
Topics
- Aging
- Alzheimer Disease
- Amino Acid Transport System X-AG
- Amyloid beta-Peptides
- Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
- Animals
- Cerebral Cortex
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Disease Models, Animal
- Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 2
