Protein chemical and immunocytochemical studies of meningovascular beta-amyloid protein in Alzheimer's disease and normal aging

Brain Research
C L JoachimD J Selkoe

Abstract

As a comparison to previous analyses of purified amyloid plaque cores from Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain, we performed protein chemical and immunocytochemical studies on amyloid filaments extracted from meningeal blood vessels of patients with Alzheimer's disease. Results were compared with those obtained from identically prepared fractions of aged normals without cerebral amyloid angiopathy or other microscopic findings of AD. The amyloid isolation method of Glenner and Wong was modified, including an extraction with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). Gel electrophoresis of purified amyloid from AD meninges yielded bands centered at 4.2 kDa. Sequencing of the HPLC-purified amyloid protein from AD meninges confirmed the published beta-protein sequence for residues 1-30 and 35-40, with the exception of glutamic acid rather than glutamine at position 11. N-terminal heterogeneity was not prominent. No sequence beyond residue 40 was obtained. Proteins of similar but not identical mol. wt. were present in HPLC-purified fractions of normal meninges; neither the beta-protein sequence nor any other interpretable sequence was detected in such fractions. Two antisera raised against the purified AD meningovascular amyloid protein identified t...Continue Reading

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