TY - JOUR T1 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging Detection and Time Course of Cerebral Microhemorrhages during Passive Immunotherapy in Living Amyloid Precursor Protein Transgenic Mice JF - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics JO - J Pharmacol Exp Ther SP - 580 LP - 588 DO - 10.1124/jpet.110.172932 VL - 335 IS - 3 AU - Feng Luo AU - Nathan R. Rustay AU - Terese Seifert AU - Beate Roesner AU - Vincent Hradil AU - Heinz Hillen AU - Ulrich Ebert AU - Jean M. Severin AU - Bryan F. Cox AU - Daniel A. Llano AU - Mark Day AU - Gerard B. Fox Y1 - 2010/12/01 UR - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/335/3/580.abstract N2 - In recent years immunotherapy-based approaches for treating Alzheimer's disease have become the subject of intensive research. However, an important mechanistic-related safety concern is exacerbation of the risk of microhemorrhage that may be associated with fast removal of amyloid-β (Aβ) deposits found in blood vessels or brain parenchyma. Rapid in vivo detection of microhemorrhages in living amyloid precursor protein transgenic mice has not been described, and histological analysis can take several months before this risk is assessed. Aged transgenic mice were divided into two groups that would undergo longitudinal passive immunotherapy for 12 or 18 weeks. 6G1, a nonselective anti-Aβ monoclonal antibody, and 8F5, a more selective antioligomeric Aβ monoclonal antibody, were examined in both longitudinal studies. High-resolution T2*-weighted magnetic resonance microscopy (100 × 100 × 400 μm) was used for microhemorrhage detection in vivo. Cerebral microhemorrhages by magnetic resonance imaging were compared with histological hemosiderin staining in each animal; results showed that T2*-weighted magnetic resonance microscopy can reliably detect microhemorrhages of ≥60 μm in diameter at baseline and after 12 to 18 weeks of treatment in the same animals in vivo. This correlated significantly with histological readings. This new imaging safety biomarker can be readily applied to preclinical antibody screening in a longitudinal manner. 6G1 and 8F5, however, both increased microhemorrhage incidence in aged amyloid precursor protein transgenic mice compared with their baseline and vehicle treatment. A highly selective antibody for soluble Aβ is needed to address the question of whether antibodies that do not bind to deposited Aβ have microhemorrhage liability. ER -