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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-8-30
pubmed:abstractText
Since the first report showing that Alzheimer disease (AD) might be caused by mutations in the amyloid precursor protein gene (APP), 20 different missense mutations have been reported. The majority of early-onset AD mutations alter processing of APP increasing relative levels of Abeta42 peptide, either by increasing Abeta42 or decreasing Abeta40 peptide levels or both. In a diagnostic setting using direct sequence analysis, we identified in one patient with familial early-onset AD a novel mutation in APP (c.2172G>C), predicting a K724N substitution in the intracytosolic fragment. The mutation is located downstream of the epsilon-cleavage site of APP and is the furthermost C-terminal mutation reported to date. In vitro expression of APP K724N cDNA showed an increase in Abeta42 and a decrease in Abeta40 levels resulting in a near three-fold increase of the Abeta42/Abeta40 ratio. Further, in vivo amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) imaging revealed significantly increased cortical amyloid deposits, supporting that in human this novel APP mutation is likely causing disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1098-1004
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
888-96
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16917905-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16917905-Alzheimer Disease, pubmed-meshheading:16917905-Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor, pubmed-meshheading:16917905-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16917905-Belgium, pubmed-meshheading:16917905-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:16917905-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:16917905-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:16917905-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16917905-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16917905-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16917905-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16917905-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16917905-Mutation, Missense, pubmed-meshheading:16917905-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:16917905-Positron-Emission Tomography, pubmed-meshheading:16917905-Protein Processing, Post-Translational, pubmed-meshheading:16917905-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:16917905-Sequence Analysis, Protein
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Alzheimer dementia caused by a novel mutation located in the APP C-terminal intracytosolic fragment.
pubmed:affiliation
Neurodegenerative Brain Diseases Group, Department of Molecular Genetics, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't