Synthesis,aggregation, neurotoxicity,and secondary structure of various A beta 1-42 mutants of familial Alzheimer's disease at positions 21-23 |
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Authors: | Murakami Kazuma Irie Kazuhiro Morimoto Akira Ohigashi Hajime Shindo Mayumi Nagao Masaya Shimizu Takahiko Shirasawa Takuji |
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Affiliation: | Laboratory of Organic Chemistry in Life Science, Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) due to amyloid beta (A beta) deposition is a key pathological feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD), especially in some form of familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) including hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis-Dutch type. A beta mainly consists of 40- and 42-mer peptides (Abeta 1-40 and A beta 1-42), which accumulate in senile plaques of AD brains and show neurotoxicity for cultured nerve cells. We synthesized all variant forms of A beta 1-42 associated with reported FAD, such as A21G (Flemish), E22Q (Dutch), E22K (Italian), E22G (Arctic), and D23N (Iowa) along with three potential mutants by one point missense mutation (E22A, E22D, and E22V) in a highly pure form, and examined their ability to aggregate and their neurotoxicity in PC12 cells. The mutants at positions 22 and 23 showed potent aggregative ability and neurotoxicity whereas the potential mutants did not, indicating that A beta 1-42 mutants at positions 22 and 23 play a critical role in FAD of Dutch-, Italian-, Arctic-, and Iowa-types. However, Flemish-type FAD needs alternative explanation except the aggregation and neurotoxicity of the corresponding A beta 1-42 mutant. |
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