Richard Killick
Deletion of Irs2 reduces amyloid deposition and rescues behavioural deficits in APP transgenic mice
Killick, Richard; Scales, Georgie; Leroy, Karelle; Causevic, Mirsada; Hooper, Claudie; Irvine, Elaine E; Choudhury, Agharul I; Drinkwater, Laura; Kerr, Fiona; Al-Qassab, Hind; Stephenson, John; Yilmaz, Zehra; Giese, K Peter; Brion, Jean-Pierre; Withers, Dominic J; Lovestone, Simon
Authors
Georgie Scales
Karelle Leroy
Mirsada Causevic
Claudie Hooper
Elaine E Irvine
Agharul I Choudhury
Laura Drinkwater
Dr Fiona Kerr F.Kerr@napier.ac.uk
Lecturer
Hind Al-Qassab
John Stephenson
Zehra Yilmaz
K Peter Giese
Jean-Pierre Brion
Dominic J Withers
Simon Lovestone
Abstract
As impaired insulin signalling (IIS) is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease we crossed mice (Tg2576) over-expressing human amyloid precursor protein (APP), with insulin receptor substrate 2 null (Irs2(-/-)) mice which develop insulin resistance. The resulting Tg2576/Irs2(-/-) animals had increased tau phosphorylation but a paradoxical amelioration of Abeta pathology. An increase of the Abeta binding protein transthyretin suggests that increased clearance of Abeta underlies the reduction in plaques. Increased tau phosphorylation correlated with reduced tau-phosphatase PP2A, despite an inhibition of the tau-kinase glycogen synthase kinase-3. Our findings demonstrate that disruption of IIS in Tg2576 mice has divergent effects on pathological processes-a reduction in aggregated Abeta but an increase in tau phosphorylation. However, as these effects are accompanied by improvement in behavioural deficits, our findings suggest a novel protective effect of disrupting IRS2 signalling in AD which may be a useful therapeutic strategy for this condition.
Citation
Killick, R., Scales, G., Leroy, K., Causevic, M., Hooper, C., Irvine, E. E., …Lovestone, S. (2009). Deletion of Irs2 reduces amyloid deposition and rescues behavioural deficits in APP transgenic mice. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 386(1), 257-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.06.032
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Jun 10, 2009 |
Publication Date | 2009-08 |
Deposit Date | Aug 19, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 16, 2020 |
Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
Print ISSN | 0006-291X |
Electronic ISSN | 1090-2104 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 386 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 257-262 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.06.032 |
Keywords | Alzheimer’s disease; Diabetes; Insulin signalling; Tau; APP; Abeta; GSK-3; PP2a; Transthyretin; Irs2 |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/355818 |
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