Multiple infarcts and hemorrhages in the central nervous system of a dog with cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a case report

β-amyloid (Aβ) can accumulate in the brain of aged dogs, and within vessels walls, the disease is called cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). In humans, Alzheimer's disease and CAA are strongly correlated with cerebrovascular disease. However, in dogs, this association has not been extensively st...

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Published in:	BMC veterinary research Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 370
Main Authors:	Rodrigues, Laís Limeira, Mesquita, Leonardo Pereira, Costa, Rafael Carneiro, Gomes, Raquel Gonçalves, Biihrer, Daniel Arrais, Maiorka, Paulo César
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BioMed Central Ltd 27-11-2018 BioMed Central BMC
Subjects:	Accumulation Aging Alzheimer's disease Amyloid Amyloid beta-protein Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor - metabolism Amyloid precursor protein Animal euthanasia Animals Antigens Ataxia Brain Brain - metabolism Brain infarction Brain Infarction - etiology Brain Infarction - metabolism Brain Infarction - veterinary CAA Canine Case Report Case reports Case studies Central nervous system Cerebral amyloid angiopathy Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy - metabolism Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy - physiopathology Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy - veterinary Cognitive ability Congophilic angiopathy Cortex (frontal) Dementia Diencephalon Dog Diseases - metabolism Dog Diseases - physiopathology Dogs Female Glial fibrillary acidic protein Gliosis Health aspects Hemorrhage Immunohistochemistry Ischemia Medulla oblongata Mesencephalon Nervous system Nystagmus Occipital lobe Pathology Posture Proteins Stroke Studies Superior colliculus Temporal cortex Thalamus Veterinary medicine β-Amyloid United States > US California CAA Stroke Amyloid Ischemia Congophilic angiopathy Canine
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Summary:	β-amyloid (Aβ) can accumulate in the brain of aged dogs, and within vessels walls, the disease is called cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). In humans, Alzheimer's disease and CAA are strongly correlated with cerebrovascular disease. However, in dogs, this association has not been extensively studied yet. The present report highlights the pathological and clinical features of a concomitant cerebrovascular disease and amyloid precursor protein (APP) accumulation in the brain of a dog. A female, 16-year-old, Standard Poodle with a one-year history of cognitive deficits presented with an acute onset of right-sided postural reaction deficit and circling, left-sided head tilt, positional nystagmus, and ataxia. Due to poor prognosis the dog was euthanized, and pathological examination of the brain revealed an acute lacunar infarction within the thalamus extending to rostral colliculus. Additional findings included subacute and chronic areas of ischemia throughout the brain and areas of hemorrhage within the medulla. Immunolabeling revealed APP deposition within intraparenchymal vessels of frontal, temporal and occipital cortex, hippocampus, diencephalon, mesencephalon and myelencephalon, besides meningeal vessels walls. Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) immunolabeling showed marked astrocytosis around the acute area of infarction and within chronic areas of ischemia. Histological examination of the brain along with immunohistochemistry results showed a concomitant APP, which is an Aβ precursor, accumulation within the neuroparenchyma and vessels (CAA) with histological evidences of a cerebrovascular disease in an aged dog. This report shows that APP accumulation in the brain can occur concomitantly to a severe cerebrovascular disease in a dog. Further studies are necessary to elucidate if cerebrovascular disease is associated with Aβ accumulation in the brain of dogs.
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ISSN:	1746-6148 1746-6148
DOI:	10.1186/s12917-018-1700-0