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- Title
Sex Dimorphism Profile of Alzheimer's Disease-Type Pathologies in an APP/PS1 Mouse Model.
- Authors
Jiao, Shu-Sheng; Bu, Xian-Le; Liu, Yu-Hui; Zhu, Chi; Wang, Qing-Hua; Shen, Lin-Lin; Liu, Cheng-Hui; Wang, Ye-Ran; Yao, Xiu-Qing; Wang, Yan-Jiang
- Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia among the elderly, characterized by parenchymal and vascular beta-amyloid (Aβ) burden, tau pathology, neuroinflammation, and loss of neurons and synapses. There is a clear sex difference in the prevalence of AD. However, sex differences in AD-type pathologies have not been systematically documented. Applying 12-month-old female and male APP/PS1 mice as a model, we investigated the sex dimorphism in these major pathological indices. Compared with male APP/PS1 mice, the females exhibited higher parenchymal Aβ burdens, with the sex difference in hippocampus being the most significant. Female APP/PS1 mice had more severe cerebral amyloid angiopathy and subsequent microhemorrhage. In addition, female APP/PS1 mice also showed higher levels of phosphorylated tau and proinflammatory cytokines, more severe astrocytosis and microgliosis, and greater neuronal and synaptic degenerations. The present study systematically described a sex dimorphism in AD-type pathologic indices, suggesting that gender should be taken into account in designing studies involving these pathological indices and when interpreting the relevant findings in those studies.
- Subjects
GENDER differences (Psychology); ALZHEIMER'S disease; LABORATORY mice; DEMENTIA; CYTOKINES
- Publication
Neurotoxicity Research, 2016, Vol 29, Issue 2, p256
- ISSN
1029-8428
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12640-015-9589-x