a(HBP:HBP00038)
There are two main toxic species, Ab40 and Ab42, with Abeta42 more hydrophobic and more prone to fibril formation while only making up about 10% of the Abeta peptide produced [143] PubMed:21214928
Studies done on familial AD (FAD) mutations consistently show increases in the ratio of Abeta42/40 [105,144], suggesting that elevated levels of Abeta42 relative to Abeta40 is critical for AD pathogenesis, probably by providing the core for Abeta assembly into oligomers, fibrils and amyloidogenic plaques [145,146] PubMed:21214928
gamma-Secretase further cleaves C99 to release AICD and the amyloidogenic Abeta peptide which aggregates and fibrillates to form amyloid plaques in the brain PubMed:22122372
Studies also suggest that increased Abeta 42 levels probably provide the core for oligomerization, fibrillation and amyloid plaque generation (Jarrett et al. 1993; Iwatsubo et al. 1994) PubMed:22122372
Similarly, stimulation of microglia with the LXR agonist, GW3965, acts simultaneously to suppress inflammation and promote fibrillar Ab stimulated phagocytosis [47]. PubMed:21718217
Conversely, overexpression of ABCA1 in a mouse model of AD was shown to decrease both soluble and fibrillar pools of Ab in 12-month-old mice and reduce plaque burden [53]. PubMed:21718217
gamma-Secretase further cleaves C99 to release AICD and the amyloidogenic Abeta peptide which aggregates and fibrillates to form amyloid plaques in the brain PubMed:22122372
The deposition of fibrillar Ab in the AD brain results in the recruitment of microglia to the plaques owing to their expression of CCL2, which acts to attract microglia [82]. PubMed:21718217
The deposition of fibrillar Ab in the AD brain results in the recruitment of microglia to the plaques owing to their expression of CCL2, which acts to attract microglia [82]. PubMed:21718217
Similarly, stimulation of microglia with the LXR agonist, GW3965, acts simultaneously to suppress inflammation and promote fibrillar Ab stimulated phagocytosis [47]. PubMed:21718217
Activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome by fibrillar Abeta has been described first by Halle et al. in 2008 PubMed:28019679
In vivo and cell studies demonstrate that fibrillar Aβ activates the NLRP3 inflammasome which is composed of the NLRP3 receptor, ASC and caspase-1, to produce IL-1β in microglia (Halle et al., 2008) PubMed:24561250
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