Figure 8
Intracellular Aβ 1–42 accumulation is immunohistochemically detectable by 3 months of age in 3xTg-AD mouse hippocampus. A polyclonal antibody specific for human Aβ1–42 (Biosource/Invitrogen) was incubated with 20 month-old 3xTg-AD mouse brain sections alone (A), or with a 200-fold molar excess of the cognate reverse peptide (B), forward peptide (C), or no-primary control (D) according to a protocol designed to detect intracellular Aβ1–42 [27]. Arrows indicate immunopositive cells, while "*" depicts non-specific signal due to precipitant. Coronal mouse brain sections (30 μm) were prepared from 3xTg-AD mice sacrificed at 2 (E, M, U), 3 (F, N, V), 6 (G, O, W), 9 (H, P, X), 12 (I, Q, Y), 15 (J, R, Z), 18 (K, S, AA), and 26 months of age (L, T, AB) and were processed for immunohistochemistry to detect intracellular Aβ1–42 peptide accumulation using the Biosource/Invitrogen anti-Aβ1–42 polyclonal antibody. CA1 hippocampal sections at Bregma -1.8 mm (E-L), at Bregma -2.5 mm (M-T), and at Bregma -2.8 mm (U-AB), were examined for regional and temporal patterns of intracellular Aβ1–42 and photomicrographs were obtained. The insets in panels U-AB represent digitally magnified images of designated photomicrographs for more optimal visualization of stained cell morphology. Scale bar in D represents 50 μm.