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Distribution and Expression of Picalm in Alzheimer Disease

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Baig, Shabnam, Joseph, Sally A., Tayler, Hannah, Abraham, Richard, Owen, Michael J., Williams, Julie, Kehoe, Patrick G., Love, Seth·2010·Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology

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PICALM, the gene encoding phosphatidylinositol-binding clathrin assembly (picalm) protein, was recently shown to be associated with risk of Alzheimer disease (AD). Picalm is a key component of clathrin-mediated endocytosis. It recruits clathrin and adaptor protein 2 (AP-2) to the plasma membrane and, along with, AP-2 recognizes target proteins. The attached clathrin triskelions cause membrane deformation around the target proteins enclosing them within clathrin-coated vesicles to be processed in lysosomes or endosomes. We examined the distribution of picalm in control and AD brain tissue and measured levels of picalm messenger RNA (mRNA) by real-time polymerase chain reaction. Immunolabeling of brain tissue showed that picalm is predominately present in endothelial cells. This was further supported by the demonstration of picalm in human cerebral microvascular cells grown in culture. Picalm mRNA was elevated in relation to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase but not factor VIII-related antigen or CD31 mRNA in the frontal cortex in AD. No change was seen in the temporal cortex or thalamus. The transport of Aβ across vessel walls and into the bloodstream is a major pathway of Aβ removal from the brain and picalm is ideally situated within endothelial cells to participate in this process. Further research is needed to determine whether PICALM expression is influenced by Aβ levels and whether it affects Aβ uptake and transport by endothelial cells.

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  • PICALM expression in patients with AD may also be influenced by cell type, MG state and disease stage.

    “Although our study indicates a reduced PICALM expression in LOAD-risk-allele iMGs, PICALM expression in patients with AD may also be influenced by cell type, MG state and disease stage31,56.”

    From PICALM Alzheimer’s risk allele causes aberrant lipid droplets in microglia (2025) · cites this paper as [56]

    The Results and Discussion report that picalm is concentrated in endothelial cells, with relatively little in glial cells, supporting a cell-type distinction. The Discussion also speculates that changes in expression may relate to the stage of disease spread. The paper does not address microglial (MG) state, so that part of the claim is unsupported. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Baig, S., Joseph, S. A., Tayler, H., Abraham, R., Owen, M. J., Williams, J., Kehoe, P. G., & Love, S.
Affiliations
Frenchay Hospital (GB)
Corresponding author
Baig, Shabnam
Venue
Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology
Published
2010-10
Volume
69
Issue
10
Pages
1071-1077
ISSN
  • 0022-3069 (ISSN-L)
  • 1554-6578
OpenAlex
W2010846728
Cited by
115
References
25
Citations by year
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FWCI
6.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Explore Bristol Research (submittedVersion)
  • Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Alzheimer's Society
  • Alzheimer's Research Trust
  • Medical Research Council (G0801418, G0300429)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Barrier Structure and Function Studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Cellular transport and secretion
Keywords
PICALM, Alzheimer's disease, clathrin-mediated endocytosis, endothelial cells, cerebral microvasculature, amyloid-beta transport, gene expression, mRNA distribution, brain tissue
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alzheimer Disease, Brain, Factor VIII, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Male, RNA, Messenger, Amyloid beta-Peptides, Statistics, Nonparametric, Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1, Monomeric Clathrin Assembly Proteins, Endothelial Cells

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