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LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE ENDOTOXEMIA INDUCES AMYLOID-β AND P-TAU FORMATION IN THE RAT BRAIN
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University of Utah. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
University of Utah. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
University of Utah. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
University of Washington. Department of Radiology. Seattle, WA, USA.
University of Utah. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
University of Utah. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
University of Utah. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
University of Utah. Department of Pathology. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center. Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Imunofarmacologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em Medicina Intensiva. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Department of Radiology. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
University of Utah. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
University of Utah. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
University of Utah. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
University of Washington. Department of Radiology. Seattle, WA, USA.
University of Utah. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
University of Utah. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
University of Utah. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
University of Utah. Department of Pathology. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center. Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Imunofarmacologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em Medicina Intensiva. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Department of Radiology. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
University of Utah. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Abstract
Amyloid beta (Aβ) plaques are not specific to Alzheimer’s disease and occur with aging and neurodegenerative disorders. Soluble brain Aβ may be neuroprotective and increases in response to neuroinflammation. Sepsis is
associated with neurocognitive compromise. The objective was to determine, in a rat endotoxemia model of sepsis, whether neuroinflammation and soluble Aβ production are associated with Aβ plaque and hyperphosphorylated tau deposition in the brain. Male Sprague Dawley rats received a single intraperitoneal injection of 10 mg/kg of lipopolysaccharide endotoxin (LPS). Brain and blood levels of IL-1β, IL-6, and TNFα and cortical microglial density were measured in LPS-injected and control animals. Soluble brain Aβ and p-tau were compared and Aβ plaques were quantified and characterized. Brain uptake of [18F]flutemetamol was measured by phosphor imaging. LPS endotoxemia resulted in elevations of cytokines in blood and brain. Microglial density was increased in LPS-treated rats relative to controls. LPS resulted in increased soluble Aβ and in p-tau levels in whole brain. Progressive increases in morphologically-diffuse Aβ plaques occurred throughout the interval of observation (to 7-9 days post LPS). LPS endotoxemia resulted in increased [18F]flutemetamol in the cortex and increased cortex: white matter ratios of activity. In conclusion, LPS endotoxemia causes neuroinflammation, increased soluble Aβ and Aβ diffuse plaques in the brain. Aβ PET tracers may inform this neuropathology. Increased p-tau in the brain of LPS treated animals suggests that downstream consequences of Aβ plaque formation may occur. Further mechanistic and neurocognitive studies to understand the causes and consequences of LPS-induced neuropathology are warranted.
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