Neuropathology and Apolipoprotein E Profile of Aged Chimpanzees: Implications for Alzheimer Disease

Overview

Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Specialty Science

Date 1994 Sep 27

PMID 7937774

Citations 58

Authors

M Gearing

G W Rebeck

B T Hyman

J Tigges

S S Mirra

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Abstract

Neuropathological findings in three aged chimpanzees were compared with those in rhesus monkeys and individuals with Alzheimer disease. Senile plaques and blood vessels were immunoreactive for amyloid beta-protein and apolipoprotein E (apoE) in the nonhuman primates, recapitulating findings in human aging and Alzheimer disease. Neurofibrillary tangles, another hallmark of Alzheimer disease, were absent. PCR/restriction-enzyme analysis in chimpanzees revealed an APOE profile similar to the human APOE type 4 allele associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer disease. These findings militate against the hypothesis that the absence of APOE type 3 allele predisposes to neurofibrillary tangle formation and support the value of aged primates for exploring mechanisms of amyloid processing and the role of apoE.

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