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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-3-29
pubmed:abstractText
Hirano bodies are filamentous, paracrystalline inclusions that are found in dendrites and cell bodies of neurons in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. Actin appears to be a major component of these structures. We present evidence that tropomyosin and high molecular weight microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) are also components of Hirano bodies. Although an association between actin and MAPs has been noted in vitro, interactions in vivo have not heretofore been demonstrated. Since microtubules are not present in Hirano bodies, and anti-tubulin and anti-neurofilament antibodies do not bind to Hirano bodies, the association between MAPs and these inclusions is likely a result of interactions between MAPs and actin, and not MAPs and microtubules or neurofilaments.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-6322
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
168-74
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
High molecular weight microtubule-associated proteins bind to actin lattices (Hirano bodies).
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't