Total body 100-mGy X-irradiation does not induce Alzheimer disease-like pathogenesis or memory impairment in mice

The cause and progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are poorly understood. Possible cognitive and behavioral consequences induced by low-dose radiation are important because humans are exposed to ionizing radiation from various sources. Early transcriptional response in murine brain to low-do...

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Published in:Journal of radiation research 2014-01, Vol.55 (1), p.84-96
Main Authors: Wang, Bing, Tanaka, Kaoru, Ji, Bin, Ono, Maiko, Fang, Yaqun, Ninomiya, Yasuharu, Maruyama, Kouichi, Izumi-Nakajima, Nakako, Begum, Nasrin, Higuchi, Makoto
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Language:English
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Alterations
Genes
In vivo methods and tests
Irradiation
Learning
Mice
Peptides
X-rays
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Summary:The cause and progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are poorly understood. Possible cognitive and behavioral consequences induced by low-dose radiation are important because humans are exposed to ionizing radiation from various sources. Early transcriptional response in murine brain to low-dose X-rays (100 mGy) has been reported, suggesting alterations of molecular networks and pathways associated with cognitive functions, advanced aging and AD. To investigate acute and late transcriptional, pathological and cognitive consequences of low-dose radiation, we applied an acute dose of 100-mGy total body irradiation (TBI) with X-rays to C57BL/6J Jms mice. We collected hippocampi and analyzed expression of 84 AD-related genes. Mouse learning ability and memory were assessed with the Morris water maze test. We performed in vivo PET scans with super(11)C-PIB, a radiolabeled ligand for amyloid imaging, to detect fibrillary amyloid beta peptide (A beta ) accumulation, and examined characteristic AD pathologies with immunohistochemical staining of amyloid precursor protein (APP), A beta , tau and phosphorylated tau (p-tau). mRNA studies showed significant downregulation of only two of 84 AD-related genes, Apbb1 and Lrp1, at 4 h after irradiation, and of only one gene, Il1 alpha , at 1 year after irradiation. Spatial learning ability and memory were not significantly affected at 1 or 2 years after irradiation. No induction of amyloid fibrillogenesis or changes in APP, A beta , tau, or p-tau expression was detected at 4 months or 2 years after irradiation. TBI induced early or late transcriptional alteration in only a few AD-related genes but did not significantly affect spatial learning, memory or AD-like pathological change in mice.
ISSN:0449-3060
1349-9157
DOI:10.1093/jrr/rrt096