Detection of Aβ plaque-associated astrogliosis in Alzheimer’s disease brain by spectroscopic imaging and immunohistochemistryPalombo, F., Tamagnini, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8741-5094, Jeynes, C., Mattana, S., Swift, I., Nallala, J., Hancock, J., Brown, J. T., Randall, A. D. and Stone, N. (2018) Detection of Aβ plaque-associated astrogliosis in Alzheimer’s disease brain by spectroscopic imaging and immunohistochemistry. Analyst, 143 (4). pp. 850-857. ISSN 0003-2654
It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing. To link to this item DOI: 10.1039/c7an01747b Abstract/SummaryRecent work using micro-Fourier transform infrared (μFTIR) imaging has revealed that a lipid-rich layer surrounds many plaques in post-mortem Alzheimer’s brain. However, the origin of this lipid layer is not known, nor is its role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Here, we studied the biochemistry of plaques in situ using a model of AD. We combined FTIR, Raman and immunofluorescence images, showing that astrocyte processes co-localise with the lipid-ring surrounding many plaques. We used μFTIR imaging to rapidly measure chemical signatures of plaques over large fields of view, and selected plaques for higher resolution analysis with Raman. Raman maps showed similar lipid-rings and dense protein cores as in FTIR images, but also revealed cell bodies. We confirmed the presence of plaques using amylo-glo staining, and measured astrocytes using immunohistochemistry, revealing astrocyte colocalisation with lipid-rings. This work is important because it correlates biochemically changes surrounding the plaque with the biological process of astrogliosis.
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