Impact Of Age On Acute Post-Tbi Neuropathology In Mice Expressing Humanized Tau: A Chronic Effects Of Neurotrauma Consortium Study

Department

neurobiology

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Objectives: We hypothesized that polypathology is more severe in older than younger mice during the acute phase following repetitive mild traumatic brain injury (r-mTBI). Methods: Young and aged male and female mice transgenic for human tau (hTau) were exposed to r-mTBI or a sham procedure. Twenty-four hours post-last injury, mouse brain tissue was immunostained for alterations in astrogliosis, microgliosis, tau pathology, and axonal injury. Results: Quantitative analysis revealed a greater percent distribution of glial fibrillary acid protein and Iba-1 reactivity in the brains of all mice exposed to r-mTBI compared to sham controls. With respect to axonal injury, the number of amyloid precursor protein-positive profiles was increased in young vs aged mice post r-mTBI. An increase in tau immunoreactivity was found in young and aged injured male hTau mice. Conclusions: We report the first evidence in our model that r-mTBI precipitates a complex sequelae of events in aged vs young hTau mice at an acute time point, typified by an increase in phosphorylated tau and astroglisosis, and a diminished microgliosis response and axonal injury in aged mice. These findings suggest differential age-dependent effects in TBI pathobiology.

Publication Date

8-24-2018

Publication Title

Brain Injury

ISSN

02699052

Volume

32

Issue

10

First Page

1285

Last Page

1294

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1080/02699052.2018.1486457

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