Neuronal activity after exposure to Aβ preparations is altered in mutants of Aβ binding targets.(A) After Aβshort injection into WT larvae (top right), c-fos is detected in many larval brain areas, including the dorsal and ventral telencephalon and posterior hypothalamus (black arrowheads), but not after injection of Aβ reverse controls (left). In contrast, Aβshort injections into either adrb2a-/- (middle right) or pgrmc1-/- mutants (bottom right) do not induce c-fos expression. The brains in the middle and lower panels were stained longer than the WT (+/+) brains to ensure detection of weaker expression. D = dorsal, p=Posterior. n = blinded counts of brains with expression pattern/total brains. (B) Compared to Aβrev injections, Aβlong oligomers induce less c-fos expression in WT larvae (top panels). In contrast, Aβlong induced relatively increased c-fos expression in the telencephalon and posterior hypothalamus (black arrows) in the prp1-/-; prp2 -/- double mutants. These Aβrev and Aβlonginjectedbrains were stained longer to ensure detection of weaker c-fos expression. D = dorsal, p=Posterior.
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