Accession Number:

AD1064695

Title:

Tau Processing by Mural Cells in Traumatic Brain Injury and Alzheimer's Disease

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Annual Report]

Corporate Author:

Roskamp Institute

Personal Author(s):

• Bachmeier, Corbin

Report Date:

2018-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

11

Abstract:

One of the pathways responsible for the removal of solutes from the brain involves brain vascular mural cells. Previously, we found that mural cells associate with tau which accumulates in the brain following TBI to a greater extent than other cerebrovascular cells. The purpose of the current proposal is to investigate mural cell status following repetitive mild TBI r-mTBI and determine the contribution of these cells to the tau pathology associated with head trauma. Consistent with other neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimers disease AD, we observed a progressive decline in cerebrovascular mural cell expression following r-mTBI in mice. In particular, we observed significant reductions in an important mural cell ligand, PDGF-BB, post-injury. Moreover, isolated cerebrovasculature from r-mTBI animals were less able to internalize tau than r-sham animals. To our knowledge, these are the first studies to observe perturbations in mural cell expression and functional tau processing in the context of brain trauma. In totality, our studies indicate mural cell disruption in TBI and AD may be an important factor in tau pathogenesis and neurodegeneration and could explain the association between head trauma and the development of AD.

Descriptors:

• brain injuries
• medical personnel
• brain diseases
• alzheimer disease
• pathogenesis
• perturbations
• military personnel
• patent applications
• pathology
• biomedical research
• confocal microscopy
• culture techniques
• degradation
• inflammation
• muscle cells
• smooth muscle
• technology transfer
• training
• abstracts
• acquisition

Subject Categories:

• Medicine and Medical Research

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]