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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
14
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-4-4
pubmed:abstractText
The serpinopathies result from conformational transitions in members of the serine proteinase inhibitor superfamily with aberrant tissue deposition or loss of function. They are typified by mutants of neuroserpin that are retained within the endoplasmic reticulum of neurons as ordered polymers in association with dementia. We show here that the S49P mutant of neuroserpin that causes the dementia familial encephalopathy with neuroserpin inclusion bodies (FENIB) forms a latent species in vitro and in vivo in addition to the formation of polymers. Latent neuroserpin is thermostable and inactive as a proteinase inhibitor, but activity can be restored by refolding. Strikingly, latent S49P neuroserpin is unlike any other latent serine proteinase inhibitor (serpin) in that it spontaneously forms polymers under physiological conditions. These data provide an alternative method for the inactivation of mutant neuroserpin as a proteinase inhibitor in FENIB and demonstrate a second pathway for the formation of intracellular polymers in association with disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
280
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
13735-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Latent S49P neuroserpin forms polymers in the dementia familial encephalopathy with neuroserpin inclusion bodies.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, United Kingdom. onda@center.osaka-wu.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't