ZINC AND ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE - RESPONSE
ZINC AND ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE - RESPONSE
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DOI:
10.1126/science.268.5219.1921
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发表时间:
1995-06-30
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
TANZI, RE
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作者:
BUSH, AI;MOIR, RD;TANZI, RE
c., zy ing out that our experiments (1) were con-ducted ata concentration (3 KM) that is lower than the physiological concentrations of Mg, Ca, Cu, and Fe. We have addressed this question by performing studies of the effects of metal ions at the maximum total concentrations at which they are found in biological fluids (Table 2). Out data indicate that Ca (II) and Mg (II) at 1 mM, and Fe (III) at 25 pM (Tables1 and 2), do not significantly induce retention of A13 40 in the filtration assay. Cu (II) at 25 [. M in-duces a 20% loss of OD214 in the filtrate, and Fe (II) at-8 pM induces a 40% loss (Table 2).These findings confirm that the effect of 25, uM Fe (II) on A13I40 solubility resem-bles that of Zn (II) at the same concentration (2). To characterize this reaction, we incubated API 40 with EDTA, Zn (II), or Fe (II) and examined the content of the pellets after centrifugation by immunoblot and Congo Red staining. Protein immu-noblot analysis confirmed that abundant API 40 precipitate was produced only when the peptide was incubated with Zn (II) at-8, uM (Fig. 2). A much smaller amount of AI40 precipitate was induced by Fe (II), and sparse unstained particles, of much smaller averagesize than those induced by Zn, were observed under the microscope in the resuspended pellet. In contrast, Zn in-duces the formation of abundant particles that are visible by light microscopy, fre-quently as large as 10 to 40 pLm in diameter, and stained by Congo Red (1). These ob-servations were corroboratedby capture ELISA assay of thefiltrates, proteinimmu-noblots of the filter retentates, and by OD214 measurements of the centrifuged su-pernatants (data not shown). The observa-tion that filter retention of AI_40 exceeded pellet formation after incubation with Fe (II) indicates that there are significant qualitative differences between the reaction products induced by Fe (II) as opposed to Zn (II).