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This study aims to discuss the effect of preventing pathological changes and cognitive degeneration of Tg2576 mice by inoculating the subunit fragment of Aβ vaccine. Thirty-two Tg2576 mice were randomly divided into four groups, each having eight mice: Group I, the control group, inoculated with adjuvants; Group II, the Aβ42 group, inoculated with Aβ42 vaccine; Group III, the Aβ1-15 group, inoculated with Aβ1-15 vaccine; and Group IV, the Aβ36-42 group, inoculated with Aβ36-42 vaccine. The titer of the serum antibody against Aβ42 (Group II) was significantly higher than that of the control group (Group I), and a low level of antibodies could be detected in the brain homogenate in the three vaccine-inoculated groups. Morris water maze test showed that the Aβ42 group, Aβ1-15 group and Aβ36-42 group were obviously improved compared with the control group. The cultured splenocytes sampled from each group were induced by Con A or their respective antigens, and the cell proliferation of the three vaccine-inoculated groups was significantly higher than that of the control group. In the Aβ42 group, IL2 and IFN-γ were relatively low and IL4 and IL10 were relatively high. By contrast, IL4 and IL10 were much higher in the Aβ1-15 group and IL2 and IFN-γ were much higher in the Aβ36-42 group. The immunohistochemical test showed a large number of senile plaques in the brain cortex and hippocampus of the mice in the control group, no senile plaque in the brain of the Aβ1-15 group and Aβ42 group mice, and a small number of senile plaques in the brain of the Aβ36-42 group mice. The results suggest that the subunit fragment of Aβ1-15 vaccine could prevent not only cognitive and behavioral degeneration but also Aβ deposition and formation of senile plaques in Tg2576 mice.
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Number of Premature Deaths: one mouse in the Aβ36-42 group died at the age of 11 months.