Autoantibody-catalyzed hydrolysis of amyloid beta peptide |
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Authors: | Taguchi Hiroaki Planque Stephanie Nishiyama Yasuhiro Symersky Jindrich Boivin Stephane Szabo Paul Friedland Robert P Ramsland Paul A Edmundson Allen B Weksler Marc E Paul Sudhir |
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Affiliation: | Chemical Immunology Research Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. |
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Abstract: | We describe IgM class human autoantibodies that hydrolyze amyloid beta peptide 1-40 (Abeta40). A monoclonal IgM from a patient with Waldenstr?m's macroglobulinemia hydrolyzed Abeta40 at the Lys-28-Gly-29 bond and Lys-16-Ala-17 bonds. The catalytic activity was inhibited stoichiometrically by an electrophilic serine protease inhibitor. Treatment with the catalytic IgM blocked the aggregation and toxicity of Abeta40 in neuronal cell cultures. IgMs purified from the sera of patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) hydrolyzed Abeta40 at rates superior to IgMs from age-matched humans without dementia. IgMs from non-elderly humans expressed the least catalytic activity. The reaction rate was sufficient to afford appreciable degradation at physiological Abeta and IgM concentrations found in peripheral circulation. Increased Abeta concentrations in the AD brain are thought to induce neurodegenerative effects. Peripheral administration of Abeta binding antibodies has been suggested as a potential treatment of AD. Our results suggest that catalytic IgM autoantibodies can help clear Abeta, and they open the possibility of using catalytic Abs for AD immunotherapy. |
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