a(MESH:"Amyloid beta-Peptides")
The histopathological changes in the brain include the presence of extracellular amyloid plaques consisted of various peptide variants of amyloid β (Aβ) and accumulation of intracellular neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) composed mainly of phosphorylated Tau proteins (pTau), localized predominantly in neurons (reviewed by Serrano-Pozo et al. 2011). PubMed:29196815
γ-Secretase cleaves at multiple sites within the transmembrane domain of APP, generating Aβ peptides ranging in length from 38 to 43 residues (4). PubMed:18650430
The amyloid plaques associated with AD were first purified and found to consist of multimeric aggregates of Abeta polypeptide containing about 40 amino acid residues in the mid-1980s (Glenner and Wong 1984; Masters et al. 1985) PubMed:22122372
APP undergoes post-translational proteolysis/processing to generate the hydrophobic beta-amyloid (Abeta) peptides PubMed:22122372
Plaques consisting of beta-amyloid (Abeta) peptide (Selkoe 1998), neurofibrillary tangles consisting largely of hyperphosphorylated microtubule-associated tau protein (Buee et al. 2000; Gendron and Petrucelli 2009) and neuron loss in the hippocampus and cortex regions are the major pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease. PubMed:22122372
Moreover, AF267B treatment leads to an increase in alpha secretase, which is an enzyme that can prevent the production of Aβ peptide PubMed:26813123
Possible factors such as amyloid peptide accumulation, hyperphosphorylation of tau protein, oxidative stress, and modification of cell membrane during the development of AD may be related to decreased protein levels of nAChRs (Farooqui et al 1995; Smith et al 1996) PubMed:11230871
The plaques in AD are rich in amyloid beta peptides (Abeta) that are produced by proteolytic cleavage of the amyloid precursor peptide (APP), a glycolipid located in the outer cell membrane PubMed:14556719
The plaques in AD are rich in amyloid beta peptides (Abeta) that are produced by proteolytic cleavage of the amyloid precursor peptide (APP), a glycolipid located in the outer cell membrane PubMed:14556719
Cellular cholesterol can directly impact the level of Aβ, as decreases in cholesterol levels inhibit the generation of Aβ peptides through direct modulation of γ-secretase activity [78,79]. PubMed:29758300
Aβ peptides originate from the transmembrane protein amyloid precursor protein (APP) which undergoes sequential cleavage via two distinct pathways by the enzyme complexes β- and γ-secretase [31] PubMed:29758300
In line with this, reduced Beclin 1 levels, as seen in AD models [16], increase the levels of intracellular and extracellular Aβ peptides, supporting the role of macroautophagy in the generation and degradation of Aβ [33,35]. PubMed:29758300
AVs are also enriched in APP substrates and secretases and, during autophagy, Ab peptide is generated from APP (Yu et al. 2005), although it is subsequently degraded in lysosomes under normal circumstances (Heinrich et al. 1999; Bahr et al. 2002; Florez-McClure et al. 2007). PubMed:22908190
Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα) has been shown to induce BACE-1 expression and to contribute to brain accumulation of Aβ peptides PubMed:25331948
NF-κB activity abrogates Amyloid-β peptide-induced toxicity in dissociated hippocampal cultures from C57Bl/6 mice PubMed:28745240
The histopathological changes in the brain include the presence of extracellular amyloid plaques consisted of various peptide variants of amyloid β (Aβ) and accumulation of intracellular neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) composed mainly of phosphorylated Tau proteins (pTau), localized predominantly in neurons (reviewed by Serrano-Pozo et al. 2011). PubMed:29196815
Interestingly, because the RHDS sequence is contained within the N terminus of Aβ, similar cell adhesion-promoting properties have also been attributed to the Aβ peptide itself. PubMed:18650430
Plaques consisting of beta-amyloid (Abeta) peptide (Selkoe 1998), neurofibrillary tangles consisting largely of hyperphosphorylated microtubule-associated tau protein (Buee et al. 2000; Gendron and Petrucelli 2009) and neuron loss in the hippocampus and cortex regions are the major pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease. PubMed:22122372
The amyloid plaques associated with AD were first purified and found to consist of multimeric aggregates of Abeta polypeptide containing about 40 amino acid residues in the mid-1980s (Glenner and Wong 1984; Masters et al. 1985) PubMed:22122372
Possible factors such as amyloid peptide accumulation, hyperphosphorylation of tau protein, oxidative stress, and modification of cell membrane during the development of AD may be related to decreased protein levels of nAChRs (Farooqui et al 1995; Smith et al 1996) PubMed:11230871
The plaques in AD are rich in amyloid beta peptides (Abeta) that are produced by proteolytic cleavage of the amyloid precursor peptide (APP), a glycolipid located in the outer cell membrane PubMed:14556719
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