Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology occurs in part as the result of excessive production of β-amyloid (Aβ). Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) is now considered a receptor for Aβ and consequently contributes to pathogenic Aβ signaling in AD. Results: Genetic deletion of mGluR5 rescues the spatial learning deficits observed in APPswe/PS1ΔE9 AD mice. Moreover, both Aβ oligomer formation and Aβ plaque number are reduced in APPswe/PS1ΔE9 mice lacking mGluR5 expression. In addition to the observed increase in Aβ oligomers and plaques in APPswe/PS1ΔE9 mice, we found that both mTOR phosphorylation and fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) expression were increased in these mice. Genetic deletion of mGluR5 reduced Aβ oligomers, plaques, mTOR phosphorylation and FMRP expression in APPswe/PS1ΔE9 mice. Conclusions: Thus, we propose that Aβ activation of mGluR5 appears to initiate a positive feedback loop resulting in increased Aβ formation and AD pathology in APPswe/PS1ΔE9 mice via mechanism that is regulated by FMRP. © 2014 Hamilton et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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Hamilton, A., Esseltine, J. L., Devries, R. A., Cregan, S. P., & Ferguson, S. S. G. (2014). Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 knockout reduces cognitive impairment and pathogenesis in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Molecular Brain, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-6606-7-40
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