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  • Microvascular degeneration ...
    Quintana, Dominic D.; Anantula, Yamini; Garcia, Jorge A.; Engler-Chiurazzi, Elizabeth B.; Sarkar, Saumyendra N.; Corbin, Deborah R.; Brown, Candice M.; Simpkins, James W.

    Neurobiology of aging, 09/2021, Letnik: 105
    Journal Article

    •3xTg AD mice develop tortuous arterioles and both arteriolar and capillary aneurysms.•Both capillary and non-capillary vessels progressively decline with age in 3xTg AD mice.•Hippocampal subregion-dependent changes to microvessels with age in 3xTg AD mice.•Cortical subregion-dependent changes to the microvasculature with age in 3xTg AD mice. Heart disease and vascular disease positively correlate with the incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although there is ostensible involvement of dysfunctional cerebrovasculature in AD pathophysiology, the characterization of the specific changes and development of vascular injury during AD remains unclear. In the present study, we established a time-course for the structural changes and degeneration of the angioarchitecture in AD. We used cerebrovascular corrosion cast and µCT imaging to evaluate the geometry, topology, and complexity of the angioarchitecture in the brain of wild type and 3xTg AD mice. We hypothesized that changes to the microvasculature occur early during the disease, and these early identifiable aberrations would be more prominent in the brain subregions implicated in the cognitive decline of AD. Whole-brain analysis of the angioarchitecture indicated early morphological abnormalities and degeneration of microvascular networks in 3xTg AD mice. Our analysis of the hippocampus and cortical subregions revealed microvascular degeneration with onset and progression that was subregion dependent.