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The neurite extension factor S100 beta is overexpressed by activated astrocytes associated with amyloid-containing plaques in Alzheimer's disease, and has been implicated in dystrophic neurite formation in these plaques. This predicts (a) that the appearance of S100beta- immunoreactive (S100beta+) astrocytes precedes that of dystrophic neurites in diffuse amyloid deposits and (b) that the number of these astrocytes correlates with the degree of dystrophic neurite proliferation in neuritic plaques. As a test of the first prediction, we determined the number of S100beta+ astrocytes associated with different plaque types: diffuse non-neuritic, diffuse neuritic, dense-core neuritic, and dense-core non-neuritic. Diffuse non-neuritic plaques had small numbers of associated S100beta+ astrocytes (1.3 +/- 0.1 S100beta astrocytes per plaque [mean +/- SEM]; 80% of plaques had one or more). These astrocytes were most abundant in diffuse neuritic plaques (4.2 +/- 0.2; 100%), were somewhat less numerous in dense-core neuritic plaques (1.6 +/- 0.2; 90%), and were only rarely associated with dense-core non-neuritic plaques (0.15 +/- 0.05; 12%). As a test of the second prediction, we correlated the number of S100beta+ astrocytes per plaque with the area of beta-amyloid precursor protein (beta-APP) immunoreactivity per plaque (an index of the size of the plaques' dystrophic neurite shells) and found a significant positive correlation (r = 0.74, p &lt; 0.001). This correlation was also evident at the tissue level: the numbers of S100beta+ astrocytes per plaque-rich field correlated with the total area beta-APP immunoreactivity in these fields (r = 0.66, p &lt; 0.05). These correlations support the idea that astrocytic activation and S100 beta overexpression are involved in the induction and maintenance of dystrophic neurites in amyloid deposits, and support the concept of a glial cytokine-mediated cascade underlying the progression of neuropathological changes in Alzheimer's disease.

Correlation of Astrocytic S100β Expression with Dystrophic Neurites in Amyloid Plaques of Alzheimerʼs Disease