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Isolation, Chemical Characterization, and Quantitation of Aβ 3-Pyroglutamyl Peptide from Neuritic Plaques and Vascular Amyloid Deposits

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Kuo, Yu-Min, Emmerling, Mark R., Woods, Amina S., Cotter, Robert J., Roher, Alex E.·1997·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

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From the neuritic plaques and vascular walls of the brains of patients with Alzheimer disease, we have purified and quantified an A beta peptide which starts at residue 3Glu in the form of pyroglutamyl (A beta3pE). The N-terminally truncated A beta3pE comprised 51% of the A beta in the neuritic plaques. This was followed by 30% starting at position 1Asp which included 20% in the isomerized form (IsoAsp). In contrast, the vascular amyloid only contained an average of 11% in the form of A beta3pE with the major component starting at residue 1Asp (69%), which included only 6% in the form of IsoAsp. The presence of A beta3pE has important structural consequences since it is more hydrophobic than other forms of A beta, thus increasing the insolubility of A beta. In addition, A beta3pE, with its blocked N-terminus to the action of common aminopeptidases, may result in the profuse accumulation of A beta in the neuritic plaques of Alzheimer disease.

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Authors
Kuo, Y.-M., Emmerling, M. R., Woods, A. S., Cotter, R. J., & Roher, A. E.
Affiliations
  • Banner Sun Health Research Institute (US)
  • Pfizer (United States) (US)
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
Corresponding author
Roher, Alex E.
Venue
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1997-08
Volume
237
Issue
1
Pages
188-191
ISSN
0006-291X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2100791245
Cited by
178
References
25
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2.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
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Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01gm054882-04, 5r01ag011925-05, AG-11925)
  • National Institute on Aging (AG-11925)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM-54882)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Keywords
amyloid-beta, Alzheimer's disease, neuritic plaques, vascular amyloid deposits, N-terminal truncation, peptide hydrophobicity, amyloid accumulation
MeSH terms
Alzheimer Disease, Amino Acid Sequence, Aminopeptidases, Amyloid, Blood Vessels, Brain, Brain Chemistry, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Humans, Peptide Fragments, Mass Spectrometry, Trypsin, Amyloid beta-Peptides, Neurites

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