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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-5-18
pubmed:abstractText
Amyloid beta protein (Abeta) deposition in the brain is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The fibrillar form of Abeta is neurotoxic, although the mechanism of its toxicity is unknown. We showed that conversion of Abeta to the fibrillar form markedly increased binding to specific neuronal membrane proteins, including amyloid precursor protein (APP). Nanomolar concentrations of fibrillar Abeta bound cell-surface holo-APP in cortical neurons. Reduced vulnerability of cultured APP-null neurons to Abeta neurotoxicity suggested that Abeta neurotoxicity involves APP. Thus Abeta toxicity may be mediated by the interaction of fibrillar Abeta with neuronal membrane proteins, notably APP. An Abeta-APP interaction reminiscent of the pathogenic mechanism of prions may thus contribute to neuronal degeneration in AD.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1097-6256
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
460-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10769385-Alzheimer Disease, pubmed-meshheading:10769385-Amyloid beta-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:10769385-Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor, pubmed-meshheading:10769385-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10769385-Biopolymers, pubmed-meshheading:10769385-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:10769385-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:10769385-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:10769385-Gene Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:10769385-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:10769385-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10769385-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10769385-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:10769385-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:10769385-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:10769385-Plaque, Amyloid, pubmed-meshheading:10769385-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:10769385-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10769385-Solubility
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Amyloid beta interacts with the amyloid precursor protein: a potential toxic mechanism in Alzheimer's disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, The Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't