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2019 (English)In: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, ISSN 1663-4365, E-ISSN 1663-4365, Vol. 11, article id 64Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Different strategies for treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are currently under investigation, including passive immunization with anti-amyloid beta (anti-A beta) monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Here, we investigate the therapeutic potential of a novel type of A beta-targeting agent based on an affibody molecule with fundamentally different properties to mAbs. We generated a therapeutic candidate, denoted Z(SYM73)-albumin-binding domain (ABD; 16.8 kDa), by genetic linkage of the dimeric Z(SYM73) affibody for sequestering of monomeric A beta-peptides and an ABD for extension of its in vivo half-life. Amyloid precursor protein (APP)/PS1 transgenic AD mice were administered with Z(SYM73)-ABD, followed by behavioral examination and immunohistochemistry. Results demonstrated rescued cognitive functions and significantly lower amyloid burden in the treated animals compared to controls. No toxicological symptoms or immunology-related side-effects were observed. To our knowledge, this is the first reported in vivo investigation of a systemically delivered scaffold protein against monomeric A beta, demonstrating a therapeutic potential for prevention of AD.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Frontiers Media S.A., 2019
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease, affibody molecule, amyloid beta (A beta), behavior, histology, immunotherapy, transgenic mice
National Category
Geriatrics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-249880 (URN)10.3389/fnagi.2019.00064 (DOI)000462530400001 ()30967771 (PubMedID)
Note
QC 20190423
2019-04-232019-04-232019-04-23Bibliographically approved