Analysis of Motor Function in Amyloid Precursor-Like Protein 2 Knockout Mice: The Effects of Ageing and Sex.
In: Neurochemical research, Jg. 44 (2019-06-01), Heft 6, S. 1356-1366
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The amyloid precursor protein (APP) is a member of a conserved gene family that includes the amyloid precursor-like proteins 1 (APLP1) and 2 (APLP2). APP and APLP2 share a high degree of similarity, and have overlapping patterns of spatial and temporal expression in the central and peripheral tissues, in particular at the neuromuscular junction. APP-family knockout (KO) studies have helped elucidate aspects of function and functional redundancy amongst the APP-family members. In the present study, we investigated motor performance of APLP2-KO mice and the effect sex differences and age-related changes have on motor performance. APLP2-KO and WT (on C57Bl6 background) littermates control mice from 8 (young adulthood) to 48 weeks (middle age) were investigated. Analysis of motor neuron and muscle morphology showed APLP2-KO females but not males, had less age-related motor function impairments. We observed age and sex differences in both motor neuron number and muscle fiber size distribution for APLP2-KO mice compared to WT (C57Bl6). These alterations in the motor neuron number and muscle fiber distribution pattern may explain why female APLP2-KO mice have far better motor function behaviour during ageing.
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Analysis of Motor Function in Amyloid Precursor-Like Protein 2 Knockout Mice: The Effects of Ageing and Sex.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Truong, PH ; Ciccotosto, GD ; Cappai, R |
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Zeitschrift: | Neurochemical research, Jg. 44 (2019-06-01), Heft 6, S. 1356-1366 |
Veröffentlichung: | 1999- : New York, NY : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers ; <i>Original Publication</i>: New York, Plenum Press, 2019 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1573-6903 (electronic) |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11064-018-2669-6 |
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