Prostaglandin H2 (PGH2) accelerates formation of amyloid beta1-42 oligomers |
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Authors: | Boutaud Olivier Ou Joyce J Chaurand Pierre Caprioli Richard M Montine Thomas J Oates John A |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pharmacology, Center for Molecular Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. oliver.boutaud@vanderbilt.edu |
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Abstract: | Epidemiologic evidence implicates cyclooxygenase activity in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, in which amyloid plaques have been found to contain increased levels of dimers and higher multimers of the amyloid beta peptide. The product of the oxygenation of arachidonic acid by the cyclooxygenases, prostaglandin H2 (PGH2), rearranges non-enzymatically to several prostaglandins, including the highly reactive gamma-keto aldehydes, levuglandins E2 and D2. We demonstrate that PGH2 markedly accelerates the formation of dimers and higher oligomers of amyloid beta1-42. This is associated with the formation of levuglandin adducts of the peptide. These findings provide the molecular basis for a hypothesis linking cyclooxygenase activity to the formation of oligomers of amyloid beta. |
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Keywords: | Alzheimer amyloid cyclooxygenase levuglandin oligomer |
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