PubMed: 22142809

Title
Rac1b increases with progressive tau pathology within cholinergic nucleus basalis neurons in Alzheimer's disease.
Journal
The American journal of pathology
Volume
180
Issue
None
Pages
526-40
Date
2012-02-01
Authors
Counts SE | Coutadeur S | Desire L | Getova DP | Geula C | Ginsberg SD | He B | Mufson EJ | Peillon H | Perez SE

Evidence 14e35597d9

Because we also found Rac1b-positive neurons in the AD cortex, it will be interesting to determine whether these perikarya display a similar gene profile to that found in the NB cholinergic neurons.

Evidence ce44bdae7d

CBF tissues harvested from people who died with a clinical diagnosis of no cognitive impairment (NCI), mild cognitive impairment, or AD were immunolabeled for both p75NTR and Rac1b. Rac1b appeared as cytoplasmic diffuse granules, loosely aggregated filaments, or compact spheres in p75NTR-positive NB neurons. Although Rac1b colocalized with tau cytoskeletal markers, the percentage of p75NTR-immunoreactive neurons expressing Rac1b was significantly increased only in AD compared with both mild cognitive impairment and NCI.

Evidence d006f877fa

Furthermore, single-cell gene expression profiling with custom-designed microarrays showed down-regulation of caveolin 2, GNB4, and lipase A in AD Rac1b-positive/p75NTR-labeled NB neurons compared with Rac1b-negative/p75NTRpositive perikarya in NCI. These proteins are involved in Rac1 pathway/cell cycle progression and lipid metabolism.

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