Amyloid-beta vaccination, but not nitro-nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug treatment, increases vascular amyloid and microhemorrhage while both reduce parenchymal amyloid

Neuroscience. 2007 Feb 9;144(3):950-60. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.10.020. Epub 2006 Nov 28.

Abstract

Vaccination with Abeta(1-42) and treatment with NCX-2216, a novel nitric oxide releasing flurbiprofen derivative, have each been shown separately to reduce amyloid deposition in transgenic mice and have been suggested as potential therapies for Alzheimer's disease. In the current study we treated doubly transgenic amyloid precursor protein and presenilin-1 (APP+PS1) mice with Abeta(1-42) vaccination, NCX-2216 or both drugs simultaneously for 9 months. We found that all treatments reduced amyloid deposition, both compact and diffuse, to the same extent while only vaccinated animals, with or without nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) treatment, showed increased microglial activation associated with the remaining amyloid deposits. We also found that active Abeta vaccination resulted in significantly increased cerebral amyloid angiopathy and associated microhemorrhages, while NCX-2216 did not, in spite of similar reductions in parenchymal amyloid. Co-administration of NCX-2216 did not attenuate this effect of the vaccine. This is the first report showing that active immunization can result in increased vascular amyloid and microhemorrhage, as has been observed with passive immunization. Co-administration of an NSAID agent with Abeta vaccination does not substantially modify the effects of Abeta immunotherapy. The difference between these treatments with respect to vascular amyloid development may reflect the clearance-promoting actions of the vaccine as opposed to the production-modifying effects proposed for flurbiprofen.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alzheimer Disease / drug therapy*
  • Alzheimer Disease / metabolism
  • Alzheimer Disease / physiopathology
  • Amyloid beta-Peptides / immunology
  • Amyloid beta-Peptides / pharmacology*
  • Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor / genetics
  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / pharmacology
  • Brain / drug effects
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy / chemically induced*
  • Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy / immunology
  • Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy / physiopathology
  • Cerebral Arteries / drug effects
  • Cerebral Arteries / metabolism
  • Cerebral Arteries / physiopathology
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / chemically induced*
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / immunology
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / physiopathology
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Flurbiprofen / analogs & derivatives
  • Flurbiprofen / pharmacology
  • Metabolic Clearance Rate / drug effects
  • Metabolic Clearance Rate / physiology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Peptide Fragments / immunology
  • Peptide Fragments / pharmacology*
  • Plaque, Amyloid / drug effects*
  • Plaque, Amyloid / metabolism
  • Plaque, Amyloid / pathology
  • Presenilin-1 / genetics
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vaccination / methods*

Substances

  • (3-4-(2-fluoromethyl-(1,1'-biphenyl)-4-acetyloxy)-3-methoxyphenyl)-2-propenoic acid 4-nitrooxy butyl ester
  • Amyloid beta-Peptides
  • Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Presenilin-1
  • amyloid beta-protein (1-42)
  • Flurbiprofen