| Literature DB >> 24790184 |
Igor Klyubin1, Andrew J Nicoll, Azadeh Khalili-Shirazi, Michael Farmer, Stephanie Canning, Alexandra Mably, Jacqueline Linehan, Alexander Brown, Madeleine Wakeling, Sebastian Brandner, Dominic M Walsh, Michael J Rowan, John Collinge.
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with pathological assembly states of amyloid-β protein (Aβ). Aβ-related synaptotoxicity can be blocked by anti-prion protein (PrP) antibodies, potentially allowing therapeutic targeting of this aspect of AD neuropathogenesis. Here, we show that intravascular administration of a high-affinity humanized anti-PrP antibody to rats can prevent the plasticity-disrupting effects induced by exposure to soluble AD brain extract. These results provide an in vivo proof of principle for such a therapeutic strategy.Entities:
Keywords: Alzheimer's; drug discovery; immunotherapy; long-term potentiation; prion
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24790184 PMCID: PMC4004804 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3526-13.2014
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurosci ISSN: 0270-6474 Impact factor: 6.167