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The Journal of Neuroscience, April 1, 2003, 23(7):2557
Neuronal Cell Death Is Preceded by Cell Cycle Events at All
Stages of Alzheimer's Disease
Yan
Yang1,
Elliott J.
Mufson2, and
Karl
Herrup1
1 Alzheimer Research Laboratory, University Hospitals
of Cleveland and Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve
University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, and
2 Department of Neurological Sciences and Alzheimer's
Disease Center, Rush Presbyterian Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
60612
Cell cycle events play a major role in the loss of neurons in
advanced Alzheimer's disease (AD). It is currently unknown, however,
whether the same is true for the neuronal losses in early disease
stages. To explore this issue we analyzed brain autopsy material from
individuals clinically categorized with mild cognitive impairment
(MCI), many if not most of whom will progress to AD. Immunocytochemistry for three cell cycle-related proteins,
proliferating cell nuclear antigen, cyclin D, and cyclin B, was
performed on sections from hippocampus, basal nucleus of Meynert, and
entorhinal cortex. The results obtained from MCI cases were compared
with material from individuals diagnosed with AD and those without cognitive impairment. In both hippocampus and basal nucleus, there was
a significant percentage of cell cycle immunopositive neurons in the
MCI cases. These percentages were similar to those found in the AD
cases but significantly higher than non-cognitively impaired controls.
In entorhinal cortex, the density of cell cycle-positive neurons was
greater in MCI than in AD. However, we observed large variations in the
percentages of immunopositive neurons from individual to individual.
These findings lend support to the hypothesis that both the mechanism
of cell loss (a cell cycle-induced death) and the rate of cell loss (a
slow atrophy over several months) are identical at all stages of the AD
disease process. The implication of the findings for human clinical
trials is discussed.
Key words:
PCNA; cyclin D; cyclin B; mild cognitive
impairment; -amyloid; tangles
Copyright © 2003 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/03/2372557-07$05.00/0
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