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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-17
pubmed:abstractText
The very low density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR) is a newly described receptor which binds to apolipoprotein E (apoE) specifically. The authors designed a synthetic peptide of 17 amino acids representing the N-terminus of the putative first ligand binding domain of human VLDLR, this being a unique domain for VLDLR. When the synthetic peptide was used as the antigen, two different monoclonal antibodies were obtained (anti-VLDLR1 and anti-VLDLR2). Expressional cloning revealed that anti-VLDLR1 recognized the variant form of VLDLR which lacks 84 bp of O-linked sugar domain and anti-VLDLR2 recognized the full length form of VLDLR. The variant VLDLR was expressed in neuroblasts as well as matrix cells and Cajal-Retzius cells in the early stages of the developing human brain; later its expression was sequentially found in glioblasts, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and finally in myelin. The expression of a full length form of VLDLR was detected in senile plaques and some neurons and satellite glia in aged and Alzheimer brains. This suggests that the variant VLDLR is important for the developing human brain and the full length VLDLR has modified functions in aged and Alzheimer brains.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
922
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
209-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Alzheimer Disease, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Antibody Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Apolipoproteins E, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Epitopes, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Fetus, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Neuroglia, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Plaque, Amyloid, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Receptors, LDL, pubmed-meshheading:11743951-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Significance of the variant and full-length forms of the very low density lipoprotein receptor in brain.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, St. Mary's Hospital, Tsubukuhon-machi 422, Kurume 830-8543, Japan. naka@st-mary-med.or.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't