Zinc transporter mRNA levels in Alzheimer's disease postmortem brain

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease : JAD
Nancy BeyerJanet A Johnston

Abstract

Zinc (Zn2+) is concentrated into pre-synaptic vesicles and co-released with neurotransmitter at some synapses. Zn2+ can accelerate assembly of the amyloid-β peptides (Aβ) and tau protein central to the neuropathological changes found in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Altered protein levels of the membrane Zn2+ transporters ZnT1, ZnT4, and ZnT6 have been reported in AD postmortem brain tissue. The present study analyzed mRNA levels of five established (LIV1, ZIP1, ZnT1, ZnT4, and ZnT6) and one potential (PRNP) Zn2+ transporter in human postmortem brain tissue from Braak-staged individuals with AD and controls using quantitative real-time PCR. Four cortical regions (middle temporal gyrus, superior occipital gyrus, superior parietal gyrus, and superior frontal gyrus) and cerebellum were examined. PRNP mRNA levels were decreased by ∼30% in all four cortical regions examined in AD patients, but unchanged in the cerebellum. In contrast, some increases in mRNA levels of the other more established Zn2+ transporters (LIV1, ZIP1, ZnT1, ZnT6) were found in AD cortex. The ratios of the mRNA levels of LIV1, ZIP1, ZnT1, ZnT4, and ZnT6/mRNA level of neuron specific enolase increased significantly as the disease progressed and Braak stage increased...Continue Reading

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